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Astronomy is an ongoing, cumulative science in which astronomers either discover previously unseen constituents of the observable universe or determine physical properties of known ones. They measure the mass, luminosity, distance, size, chemical composition, motion, and magnetic fields of planets, stars, galaxies, and their surroundings.
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Lang, K. (2013). Observing the Universe. In: Essential Astrophysics. Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35963-7_1
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