Space exploration began with the launch of Sputnik and Astrophysics was born as the application of physics to the phenomena observed by Astronomy, which etymologically means laws of the stars.
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| All-Sky Camera |
A camera with a very wide-angle, fish-eye lens, capable of photographing all or most of the visible hemisphere of the sky on one exposure. Cameras of this type have applications in routine surveys for meteors and artificial satellites.
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