The original idea behind this site was to be a sort of glossary as I
learned astronomy and astrophotography. The jargon surrounding the
hobbies can be somewhat overwhelming, and I thought that by writing up
definitions for some of the baffling words I came across in my journey,
I could help others - as I helped myself remember.
Well, over the past
year and a few months, this site has mainly served as a repository for
sharing some of my astrophotos with friends and family. More recently
it has become home for some tools I've developed. I finally have
circled around to implementing a feature I'm calling the "Word of the
Day" which is my interpretation of an astronomy or astrophotography
term. In fact, the first two terms I've defined are astronomy and
astrophotography.
The current WOTD will be appear on the home page. All
the Words can be accessed at http://astrojargon.net/Words
While astronomy was my WOTD for several months, I'm hoping to keep up
with this on a regular, if not daily basis. Eventually, I hope to flesh
it out into a useful glossary. I hope that others will read and benefit
from my somewhat eclectic "definitions" of buzzwords, technical terms,
and acronyms relating to astronomy and astrophotography - in other
words, astrojargon.