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单词 sky survey
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sky survey
sky survey n. Astronomy a systematic project to identify and map particular celestial objects or features over all or part of the sky.Such mapping can be achieved by using cameras to take pictures with visible light, or by monitoring radiation from other parts of the electromagnetic spectrum, such as radio waves or X-rays.
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1931 Los Angeles Times 14 Dec. i3/5 (heading) Antipodes sky survey urged. Scientists seek data on exploding universe theory. Giant telescope suggested in southern hemisphere.
1938 Time 16 May 38/2 Last week Canon Lemaître defended his theory against an apparent anomaly caused by the sky surveys of Harvard's Harlow Shapley.
1949 Sci. News Let. 25 June 406/3 (caption) Rehearsal for sky survey—Dr. Edwin P. Hubble is shown with the 48-inch Schmidt photographic telescope which will be used to provide the world with the first definite photo atlas of the heavens.
1991 Sci. News 26 Jan. 52/3 Next month, the U.S.-European Roentgen Satellite (ROSAT) will complete its first sky survey.
2013 D. Goldberg Universe in Rearview Mirror ii. 65 Beginning in 2000, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) started mapping out much of the nearby universe.
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