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    Use of Terms "Astronomy" and "Astrophysics"

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    This document provides an overview of the field of astronomy. It begins by defining astronomy as the study of objects and matter outside Earth's atmosphere, including their physical and chemical properties. It notes that astronomy should not be confused with astrology. The document discusses using the terms "astronomy" and "astrophysics," explaining that astronomy generally refers to the qualitative study while astrophysics refers to the physics-oriented version dealing with behaviors and processes of celestial objects. It provides examples of specific subfields that astronomy encompasses, such as solar, planetary, stellar, galactic, and extragalactic astronomy.

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    This document provides an overview of the field of astronomy. It begins by defining astronomy as the study of objects and matter outside Earth's atmosphere, including their physical and chemical properties. It notes that astronomy should not be confused with astrology. The document discusses using the terms "astronomy" and "astrophysics," explaining that astronomy generally refers to the qualitative study while astrophysics refers to the physics-oriented version dealing with behaviors and processes of celestial objects. It provides examples of specific subfields that astronomy encompasses, such as solar, planetary, stellar, galactic, and extragalactic astronomy.

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    This document provides an overview of the field of astronomy. It begins by defining astronomy as the study of objects and matter outside Earth's atmosphere, including their physical and chemical properties. It notes that astronomy should not be confused with astrology. The document discusses using the terms "astronomy" and "astrophysics," explaining that astronomy generally refers to the qualitative study while astrophysics refers to the physics-oriented version dealing with behaviors and processes of celestial objects. It provides examples of specific subfields that astronomy encompasses, such as solar, planetary, stellar, galactic, and extragalactic astronomy.

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    19thcenturyObservatorySydney,

    Australia(1873)
    3.3Opticalastronomy
    3.4Ultravioletastronomy
    3.5Xrayastronomy
    3.6Gammarayastronomy
    3.7Fieldsnotbasedontheelectromagneticspectrum
    3.8Astrometryandcelestialmechanics
    4Theoreticalastronomy
    5Specificsubfields
    5.1Solarastronomy
    5.2Planetaryscience
    5.3Stellarastronomy
    5.4Galacticastronomy
    5.5Extragalacticastronomy
    5.6Cosmology
    6Interdisciplinarystudies
    7Amateurastronomy
    8Unsolvedproblemsinastronomy
    9Seealso
    10References
    11Bibliography
    12Externallinks
    Astronomy(fromtheGreekwordsastron(),"star"and
    nomiafromnomos(),"law"or"culture")means"lawofthe
    stars"(or"cultureofthestars"dependingonthetranslation).
    Astronomyshouldnotbeconfusedwithastrology,thebelief
    systemwhichclaimsthathumanaffairsarecorrelatedwiththe
    positionsofcelestialobjects.
    [3]
    Althoughthetwofieldssharea
    commonorigintheyarenowentirelydistinct.
    [4]
    Useofterms"astronomy"and"astrophysics"
    Generally,eithertheterm"astronomy"or"astrophysics"maybe
    usedtorefertothissubject.
    [5][6][7]
    Basedonstrictdictionary
    definitions,"astronomy"refersto"thestudyofobjectsandmatter
    outsidetheEarth'satmosphereandoftheirphysicaland
    chemicalproperties"
    [8]
    and"astrophysics"referstothebranchofastronomydealingwith"the
    behavior,physicalproperties,anddynamicprocessesofcelestialobjectsandphenomena".
    [9]
    Insome
    cases,asintheintroductionoftheintroductorytextbookThePhysicalUniversebyFrankShu,
    "astronomy"maybeusedtodescribethequalitativestudyofthesubject,whereas"astrophysics"is
    usedtodescribethephysicsorientedversionofthesubject.
    [10]
    However,sincemostmodern
    astronomicalresearchdealswithsubjectsrelatedtophysics,modernastronomycouldactuallybe
    AstronomyWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomy
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