Sky

The sky (or celestial dome) is everything that lies above the surface of the Earth, including the atmosphere and outer space.

In the field of astronomy, the sky is also called the celestial sphere. This is viewed from Earth's surface as an imaginary dome where the sun, stars, planets, and the moon are seen to be traveling. The celestial sphere is conventionally divided into regions called constellations. Usually, the term sky is used informally as the point of view from the Earth's surface; however, the meaning and usage can vary. In some cases, such as in discussing the weather, the sky refers to only the lower, more dense portions of the atmosphere.

During daylight, the sky appears to be blue because air scatters blue sunlight more than it scatters red. At night, the sky appears to be a mostly dark surface or region scattered with stars. During the day, the Sun can be seen in the sky unless obscured by clouds. In the night sky (and to some extent during the day) the moon, planets and stars are visible in the sky. Some of the natural phenomena seen in the sky are clouds, rainbows, and aurorae. Lightning and precipitation can also be seen in the sky during storms. Birds, insects, aircraft, and kites are often considered to fly in the sky. Due to human activities, smog during the day and light pollution during the night are often seen above large cities.

TheSky (astronomy software)

TheSky is an astronomy application designed to be used for educational, observational purposes. TheSky provides an extensive feature set including the following:

  • The display of star charts using catalogs such as USNO, UCAC4, the Hubble Guide Star Catalog, the Hipparcos Catalogue, the Tycho-2 Catalogue and the NOMAD catalog.
  • Planetarium features capable of depicting the sky in a realistic way, including the simulation of sky movement over time in order to predict the locations of different sky objects
  • Automatic telescope and focuser control using native telescope drivers as well as ASCOM.
  • Scriptable via JavaScript or the Component Object Model, allowing scripted operation.
  • Option Add Ons to extend TheSky's functionality, including a Camera Add On to control CCD, DSLR and video cameras, focusers, filter wheels, and rotators; a Dome Add On to automate dome control; a TPoint Add On for telescope pointing analysis, automated polar alignment, telescope tracking correction (ProTrack), and automated telescope model determination (SuperModel); a Database Add On that provides the NOMAD, UCAC4 star catalogs as well as the 10x Digitized Sky Survey
  • The Sky (album)

    The Sky is the third in a trilogy of albums with music by Anita Kerr, words by Rod McKuen, and featuring the San Sebastian Strings. The first two albums in the trilogy were titled The Sea and The Earth.

    Track listing

    Side one

  • "How Many Colors of Blue?" - 3:39
  • "The Butterfly is Drunk on Sunshine" - 2:16
  • "A Walk with the Angels" - 3:19
  • "So Little Sun" - 2:04
  • "Night Talk" - 2:02
  • "When Winter Comes" - 3:08
  • "My Dog Likes Oranges" - 4:50
  • Side two

  • "The Forehead of the Morning" - 4:20
  • "A Patch of Sky, Away from Everything" - 2:44
  • "Mr. God's Trombones" - 3:02
  • "Buy for Me the Wind" - 2:44
  • "A New Lullaby" - 2:14
  • "In Summing Up" - 1:58
  • "Who Has Touched the Sky" - 2:58
  • External links

  • Rod McKuen discography.

  • Look magazine

    Look magazine can refer to:

  • Look (American magazine), 1937 to 1971
  • Look (UK magazine)
  • LOOK Magazine, a quarterly American magazine for African-American college students
  • Look Magazine (Australia)
  • Sky blue

    Sky blue is the name of a color that resembles the color of the sky at noon. The entry for "sky-blue" in Murray's New English Dictionary (1919) reports a first sighting of the term in the article on "silver" in Ephraim Chambers's Cyclopaedia of 1728. However, many writers had used the term "sky blue" to name a color before Chambers. For example, we find "sky blue" in A Collection of Voyages and Travels (London: Awnsham and John Churchill, 1704), vol. 2, p. 322, where John Nieuhoff describes certain flowers: "they are of a lovely sky blue colour, and yellow in the middle". The sense of this color may have been first used in 1585 in a book by Nicolas De Nicolay where he stated "the tulbant of the merchant must be skie coloured".

    Displayed at right is the web colour sky blue.

    Variations of sky blue

    Celeste

    Celeste (pronounced che-les-te in Italian se-lest in English) is the colloquial name for the pale turquoise blue colour associated with Italian bicycle manufacturer Bianchi S.p.A and sometimes known as Bianchi Green. In Italian, as the name indicates (Celestial), it is an attempt to reproduce the colour of clear skies. In English, this colour may also be referred to as Italian sky blue.

    Sky (song)

    "Sky" is a song co-written and recorded by British singer and DJ Sonique. It was released in September 2000 as the third single from the album, Hear My Cry.

    Track listing

  • "Sky" (Radio Edit)
  • "Sky" (Sharam Jey Remix)
  • "Sky" (The Conductor & The Cowboy Remix)
  • Official versions

  • "Sky" (Radio Edit)
  • "Sky" (Sharam Jey Remix)
  • "Sky" (The Conductor & The Cowboy Remix)
  • "Sky" (Sonique Mix)
  • Chart positions

    Peak positions

    References

    List of students at South Park Elementary

    Various student characters attend the fictional school South Park Elementary in the animated television show South Park. The school is one of the most prominent settings on the show, the narrative of which revolves mostly around the students.

    While there have been a few characters from varying grades have been depicted in recurring minor roles, the students in the fourth grade—including central characters Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Kenny McCormick, and Eric Cartman—receive the primary focus of the series. The fourth grade class is taught throughout most of the series by Mr. Garrison, with a hiatus between seasons 4 and 6 when he is replaced by Ms. Choksondik. These students also attended class under Mr. Garrison during their previous time as third graders during South Park's first three-and-a-half seasons.

    In tradition with the show's cutout animation style, all characters listed below are composed of simple geometrical shapes and bright colors. Ever since the show's second episode, "Weight Gain 4000" (season one, 1997), all characters on South Park have been animated with computer software, though they are portrayed to give the impression that the show still utilizes the method of animating construction paper composition cutouts through the use of stop motion, which was the technique used in creating the show's first episode, "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe".

    Podcasts:

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    Look To The Sky

    by: Head East

    I bet you heard a story or two
    About that mother ship that's comin' for you
    And when it gets here you must decide
    To hide your face or go for a ride
    Look to the sky, oh whoa
    Look to the sky, you may never know
    Look to the sky, oh, look to the sky
    Look to the sky, look to the sky
    You must believe there's no reason for fear
    You may be gone for a day or a year
    Before you go you must examine the fact
    You may decide that you don't want to come back
    Look to the sky, oh whoa
    Look to the sky, you may never ever know
    Look to the sky, oh, look to the sky
    Look to the sky, those who don't know I'm tellin' you so
    Maybe we can go together
    When it comes time to leave
    Maybe we can start all over
    In a garden like Adam & Eve
    Look to the sky, oh whoa
    Look to the sky, you may never ever know
    Look to the sky, oh, look to the sky
    Look to the sky, in case you don't know I'm tellin' you so
    Look to the sky, look to the sky
    Look to the sky, way up high
    Look to the sky, in the sky
    Look to the sky, open your eye(s)
    Look to the sky, look to the sky
    Look to the sky, way up, way up, way up high
    Look to the sky, open your eye(s)




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