Portal talk:Astronomy

message: I think it has reached a good standard and should be a featured portal. --Extra999 (talk) 22:19, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Featured portal

message: Hi,
I just wanted to tell that I uploaded one of the newest images of NASA's WISE project to WikiCommons. It shows NGC 6726, NGC 6727, NGC 6729, IC 4812 and NGC 6723. Unfortunately I forgot to give it a catchy name and to be honest I have no idea for a name either. Maybe one of you can rename it and has a great idea for use and name. Hive001 contact 15:44, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The name is almost perfect, and should be kept. But in order to easier find the pic on commons, it needs categorization, f.ex. astronony, IR, globular clusters, dust nebulae etc.. I'll see what I can do. Rursus dixit. (mbork3!) 06:56, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

text: Mostly already done, obviously. I strictified star cluster to globular cluster and added reflection nebula. Rursus dixit. (mbork3!) 07:03, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Cluster picture

message: I propose that this new box be removed. Let's not confuse astronomy with astrology. -- John of Reading (talk) 15:23, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, I think the same as well. extra999 (talk) 15:33, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreeing.  Pseudo-science has no place in a portal pertaining to a natural science.  I reverted the addition twice, on the basis of its being off-topic and irrelevant.  Each time it came right back.  The originating editor was warned about edit warring and invited to use this talk page.  A consensus for removal seems to be developing here.  If that proves to be clearly the case, the astrology addition should be speedily removed.  We might want to give the discussion a little time, to allow others to comment, but not too much time. Hertz1888 (talk) 03:42, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: all Signs in Astrology but 12 signs (30°+ 30° ...=360° of Ecliptic or zodiac) are in astronomy and Astrology. -- Hamedvahid (talk) 11:16, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Astronomers do not employ "signs" and astrology is not part of astronomy.  Readers looking for information on astrology will find numerous articles and Portal:Astrology.  A section on astrology does not belong here. Hertz1888 (talk) 11:52, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

text: In fact This Astrological sign are the signs of starting the seasons of the year such as Spring (Vernal equinox) - Summer (Revolution Summer) - Autumn (autumnal equinox) - Winter (Revolution Summer). And are months of an almanac Astronomy. They are more astronomical. To a lesser degree. Astrological. Hamedvahid (talk) 09:42, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

text: ok. I agree. tanks you for helping me. exquse me to i can not speake English vell. Hamedvahid (talk) 12:33, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Astrological signs? 

message: I am requesting input from those "in the know" about the difference between a collapsar (a stellar-mass black hole) and the collapsar model (a model of hypernova formation), if any.  There is currently ambiguity in how these terms are used in astronomy articles.  A clear definition should be established.  What is the consensus opinion of the following?
The word collapsar, short for collapsed star, was formerly used to refer to the end product of stellar gravitational collapse (i.e. a Type II supernova), a stellar-mass black hole. The word is now sometimes used to refer to a specific model for the collapse of a fast-rotating star, as a hypernova.
Attention also needs to be given to the articles linked above, but also to related articles and redirects to these articles, Thank you for your help. Senator2029 “let's talk”  08:16, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Collapsar]] and [[Collapsar model]] 

message: I recorded some spectra of stars. They are listed on . Some are quite usable, and I'm hoping to add more with improved quality in the future. Anyway, how do you like the idea of adding them to the articles about each star? It would be helpful, to label some lines, of course. --Duff06 (talk) 18:47, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  spectra of stars 

message: Question moved to  Wikipedia:Reference desk/Science#NML Cygni -- Moxy (talk) 08:18, 29 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  NML Cygni 

message: The 'Did you know...?' linking to Al-Khazini may need attention due to miss-used sources by Jagged 85 in the article referred to.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.85.227.134 (talk) 23:09, 17 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Could somebody pay attention to the 'Did you know...' about AL-Khazini  

message: When I typed in the letter W in search, then ^ this appeared. Owing to its strange title, I pressed to get the article, but only got redirected to a list of brown dwarfs. After inquiring, I learned from the article's most recent useful edition that this was about a brown dwarf, and the article was strangely removed as "non-notable" (without any prior discussion at Talk), and made into a redirect to List of brown dwarfs. I think this article should be reinstated. -Mardus /talk 02:58, 15 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[WISEPA_J132233.66-234017.1]] 

message: About 250 photos in :c:Category:Files from Giuseppe Donatiello Flickr stream waiting to be used and categorized. Much more in Giuseppe Donatiello Flick but without the proper licence for Commons (maybe you can ask the owner to change the license). Furthermore please  informe similar portals in other Wikipedias to help in the job JotaCartas (talk) 17:48, 30 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Great set of photos in Commons 

message: Can I add the category Citizen science to the list? CS has been involved with astronomy for many years; even more so in the recent decades with internet-based projects. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Citizen_science . Richard Nowell (talk) 09:09, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Have added CS category.Richard Nowell (talk) 12:18, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Add Citizen science to categories? 

message: Wikipedia:WikiProject Portals is back!
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thread_title:  Status report from the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Portals|Portals WikiProject]] 

message: I have a link from v:Portal:Astronomy to this portal. I'd like to put a link from this portal to v:Portal:Astronomy, suggestions? --Marshallsumter (talk) 03:56, 7 May 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Also, there are s:Portal:Astronomy and d:Portal:Astronomy! --Marshallsumter (talk) 14:33, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wikimedia links 

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replies: text: Please see WP:SPEAKENGLISH --hulmem (talk) 14:07, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Erde 2018 - 3,5 Milliarden Kinder und Teenies im Alter bis 25 Jahren (65 Prozent der Menschheit Jahr 2018)

message: There is an ongoing discussion that may be of interest to the members of this board at [] ResultingConstant (talk) 18:09, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Neil Degrasse Tyson 

message: The discussion is at Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#Proposal to delete Portal space. Voceditenore (talk) 15:19, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposal to delete all portals  

message: Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Outer space is discussing options including a merger into this portal. Certes (talk) 11:58, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible merger with Outer Space 

message: At NASA's website, this page contains several tables of anniversaries by month. Last nite, I gleaned several entries to update month of June. Anyone interested is welcome to add more anniversary dates for Astronomy portal. JoeNMLC (talk) 12:48, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Anniversaries - updated 

message: The portal is not a flex element and it goes out of bounds (when you view the portal in a small window, the view is so wide that a horizontal scroll bar is displayed). GoldRoger487 (talk) 16:40, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Portal size