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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| Groombridge Catalogue |
A catalogue of the positions of 4,243 stars in the region of the north celestial pole, by S. Groombridge, published in London in 1838.
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