1. Australia Telescope National Facility
... ATNF Home . ... About ATNF overview . ... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Parkes radio telescope . Australia Telescope Compact Array . ... CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, operates a number of world-class radio astronomy observatories that are collectively known as the Australia Telescope National Facility or ATNF. ... CSIRO also manages the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory, where the Square Kilometre Array telescope infrastructure in Australia is to be centred. ...
2. APOD: February 13, 1999 - Pluto: The Frozen Planet
... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. February 13, 1999 . Pluto: The Frozen Planet . Credit: R. Albrecht ( ESA /ESO), NASA . ... Pluto is usually the most distant planet from the Sun but because of its eccentric orbit Pluto crossed inside of Neptune's orbit in 1979. On Thursday, February 11th, it crossed back out, recovering its status as the most distant of nine planets . ...
3. The Very Large Telescope Project
... ESO is building what will be the World's largest optical telescope array, The Very Large Telescope (VLT). The VLT Project organisation is responsible for the design and construction of the Unit Telescopes, including enclosures, optics, adapter-rotators and coating unit. ... Unit Telescopes Overview - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ... Secondary mirror (M2 Unit) - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ... Coating Unit - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ...
4. Telescope nights at Armagh Planetarium | Astronotes
Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Armagh Planetarium . Colin Johnston . ... Telescopes and Observatories . ... January . ... By admin February 20, 2013 Posted in: Armagh Planetarium . ... M42, the Great Nebula in Orion, imaged through Armagh Planetarium?s telescope in January 2013. ... Image credit: Colin Johnston/Armagh Planetarium) . ... M31, the Andromeda Galaxy, imaged with the new telescope in January 2013. ... Armagh Planetarium?s new telescope in action in January 2013. ...
5. XWare > APOD
... Hubble Telescope Maps Pluto . ... A stunning map of this distant, diminutive planet, the first based on direct images, was revealed late last week in a Hubble Space Telescope press release. ... The first module of the Russian Space Agency's Mir Space Station was launched into orbit 10 years ago (on February 20, 1986). ... Arecibo: The Largest Telescope . ... The Arecibo radio telescope is currently the largest single-dish telescope in the world. ... Uranus' Largest Moon: Titania . ...
6. Space Telescope-European Coordinating Facility
... The European HST Archive has been moved to ESA's European Space Astronomy Centre ( ESAC ), Spain, where most of ESA's Space Science Archives are located and operated from. ... The Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility (ST-ECF), jointly operated by ESA and the European Southern Observatory ( ESO ) was, until the end of 2010, the European HST science facility, supporting the European astronomy community in exploiting the research opportunities provided by the Hubble Space Telescope. ...
7. Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston
... Apr 14, 2016 - Monthly Meeting . ... The Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ATMoB) is an astronomy club devoted to telescope making, observing, and studying the heavens. ... CURRENT MOON . ... April Sky . ... Lyrids Meteor Shower . ... Sources: NASA JPL Space Calendar , StarDate Online , Sky Telescope , Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics , RASC Observer’s Handbook , Abrams Planetarium Sky Calendar and Astronomy Magazine . ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...
8. Telescope.ru - купить телескоп в специализированном магазине
Магазин . ... Старейший магазин телескопов в России . ... Корзина 0 0 Р . ... Телескопы Celestron . ... Добавить в избранное . ... 49 990 Р . ... Мы рады приветствовать Вас в нашем специализированном магазине телескопов и других астрономических товаров. ... Интерес к звездам, к созерцанию неба, обычно приводит человека к желанию купить телескоп, который позволит ему увидеть своими глазами все далекие сокровища космоса, так красочно описываемые в книгах. ... Copyright TELESCOPE.RU, 2016. ...
9. Space Telescope Science Institute
STScI . ... What is STScI . ... Hubble Heritage Project . ... Research . Research Staff Directory . Journal Clubs and Research Groups . Colloquia . ... Hubble Fellowships . ... Youth for Astronomy and Engineering . ... Engineering Technology Colloquia . ... Operates the science program for the Hubble Space Telescope and will conduct the science and mission operations for the James Webb Space Telescope and supports other astronomy programs and conducts world-class scientific research. ...
10. Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy: Info
... Bad Astronomy . ... Mad Science . ... Site Info . ... Public Talks . ... Keep Bad Astronomy close to your heart, and help make me filthy rich. ... Who is this guy who calls himself "The Bad Astronomer?" ... First, yes, I am a real live astronomer (when people ask me what astronomers do, I tell them "They astronom !" ... These are emitted by powerful objects like black holes, exploding stars, and super-dense neutrons stars. ... Finally, am I really a bad astronomer? ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...
11. Земля и Вселенная: астрономия, космонавтика, науки о Земле, Космос, телескопы,
... Размещена статья "Новая карта рельефа Марса" . ... К середине 60-х годов прошлого века многотрудные усилия астрономической общественности нашей страны (в то время Советского Союза) увенчались созданием научно-популярного журнала "Земля и Вселенная", ныне являющегося журналом Президиума РАН. ... Все это в известной степени находило отражение на страницах "Земли и Вселенной" - журнала, пропагандирующего достижения отечественной и мировой науки в области астрономии, космонавтики и комплекса наук о...
12. Observations with the Faulkes Telescopes
... Images obtained using the Faulkes Telescope South, operated by Las Cumbres Observatory. ... The Faulkes Telescope Project and Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network had kindly given us the opportunity to use these telescopes and the observatory had booked us four sessions of controlling the telescope in order for us to make some observations on NEOs. ... Just before our first observing session on Friday, we were given a tour of the observatory building and its telescopes, by John McFarland...
13. Dave Berry on Near Earth Objects. The Miami Herald | 02/10/2002 | Asteroid
... Asteroid . ... In case you didn't hear about it, which you probably didn't: On Jan. 7, an asteroid 1,000 feet across -- nearly three times the current diameter of Marlon Brando -- barely missed the Earth, which is most likely your planet of residence. ... What if this asteroid had hit the Earth? ... As it happens, the American Astronomical Society was holding a conference in Washington AT THE VERY SAME TIME as the asteroid nearly hit the Earth. ...
14. Stereoviews of Telescopes ? Amateur Astronomers Association of New York
... Home Gallery Club Events Stereoviews of Telescopes . ... Lecture Series 2014-2015 . ... AAA Fall Astronomy Class: Astronomy Basics тАУ October-November 2015 . ... Clear Sky Chart . ... This MonthтАЩs Sky тАУ April 2015 . ... Beyond New York City . ... Observing Resources for Amateur Astronomers - Part 1: Beginning Observers . ... A History of the First Forty Years of the Amateur Astronomers Association . ... 2016 Amateur Astronomers Association of New York Designed by Press Customizr Powered by . ...
15. Your First Telescope - an Astronomy Net Article
Your First Telescope . Articles | ... Modern amateur telescopes can be divided into three classes: . 1) The refractor is what most people think of when they hear the word "telescope". ... Refractor disadvantages: Some secondary color ("chromatic aberration") still visible in all but the best units, large aperture instruments can be massive, most expensive of the three designs (often by a large margin), "Guilt By Association" with horrible department store refractors. ... www.astronomy.net . ...
16. Astronomy Magazine - Interactive Star Charts, Planets, Meteors, Comets,
... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . ... Star Atlas . ... An artificial comet holds secrets to Earths life . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... The planet has extreme temperature swings and perhaps active lava flows. ... A digital supplement to Astronomy magazine. ... Join TravelQuest International with Astronomy and Discover magazines on one of three great tour options surrounding this celestial spectacle . ... Astronomy Magazine . ...
17. Astronomer's Guide to the Arecibo 305-m Telescope
Next: Introduction . An Astronomer's Guide to the Arecibo 305-m Telescope . ... Introduction . The Arecibo Observatory and its Telescope . The Telescope Optics and Pointing . ... The ``Interim'' Correlator . The ``WAPP'' Correlator . ... Continuum Observing . Pulsar Observing . ... Spectral-Line Observing . ... Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) at Arecibo . Submitting a Telescope Proposal . Proposal Deadlines and Procedures . ... Observatory Contacts . ...
18. ASP: An Ancient Universe - Overview
An Ancient Universe: How Astronomers Know the Vast Scale of Cosmic Time . THE UNIVERSE: AN OVERVIEW . Telescopes Astronomy is increasingly recommended as an integral part of the school science curriculum. ... The Ancient Universe - The Age of the Expanding Universe - The Age of the Oldest Stars - The Age of Light From Distant Galaxies - The Age of the Chemical Elements | The Changing Universe - Changes in the Solar System - Changes in Stars - Changes in the Universe | ...
19. Siding Spring Survey
T he Siding Spring Survey (SSS) is a Near-Earth Object search program that utilises the 0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory, N.S.W., Australia. ... The mission of the Siding Spring Survey is to contribute to the inventory of near-earth objects (NEOs), or more specifically, the potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs) and comets (PHOs) that may pose a threat of impact and thus harm to civilization. ... Based on the CSS Mission page . ... Siding Spring Survey Main Page . ...
20. Hubble Finds Oxygen Atmosphere On Jupiter's Moon Europa
Hubble Finds Oxygen Atmosphere On Jupiter's Moon Europa . Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST) have identified the presence of an extremely tenuous atmosphere of molecular oxygen around Jupiter's second moon, Europa . ... Europa's oxygen atmosphere is so tenuous that its surface pressure is barely one hundred billionth that of the Earth," said Principal Investigator Doyle Hall, of Johns Hopkins. ... The oxygen gas slowly leaks into space and must be replenished continuously. ...