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... Bad Astronomy . Misconceptions . ... He wrote an article for the "Science and Technology Review" in which he claims that there is a "clear correlation" between transits of Venus and the flooding of the Yellow River! ... The news reports say he looked in historical records dating back 2187 years (the Chinese are known for keeping records a long time!), and found that the Yellow River flooded at the same time as the Venus transits. ... What could Venus do to cause such a flood? ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

Two major reasons: the number of stars isn't really seven (it's many more), and they all have different brightnesses, so that you see more or fewer of them depending on viewing conditions. The brightness of stars is measured on the magnitude scale, where the most prominent stars in the sky are around 1st magnitude, and the faintest you can see with your eye are about 6th. ... I think this makes it quite likely that the list will be truncated at Taygeta, giving six visible stars. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Armagh Planetarium . ... The balloons were launched behind the handing over of the Olympic Torch outside the Planetarium building (Image credit:Sinead McNicholl) . ... So, thatБЂ™s the history bit over!б  How does Helium work in a balloon? ... Balloons flying up into the airБЂ¦.Can you spot the one that travelled to Germany?( ... Could helium lift a person? ... In the film БЂњUpБЂќ, helium balloons are used to lift a house (Image credit:Disney/Pixar) . ...

Winer Observatory P.O. Box 797, Sonoita, Arizona 85637-0797, USA . ... The building is about 106 ft. long by 26 ft. wide and is divided into two parts: a shop area to the north, 54 ft. long by 26 ft. wide with parapet walls containing the control room, and the observatory area 52 ft. long by 26 ft. wide. ... Shop Wall Counterforts . ... The shop roof is suspended between parapet walls, that is, the walls are higher than the roof, to permit the observatory roof to roll unimpeded over the shop roof. ...