... 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 Unit Telescopes Overview - This page is outdated, an update is in process.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 Secondary mirror (M2 Unit) - This page is outdated, an update is in process.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 Coating Unit - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ...

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... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... It is indeed a feeble light that reaches us from the starry sky. ... The 9th European Symposium for the Protection of the Night Sky takes place from September 17th - 19th 2009 in Armagh, Ireland. ... Armagh City and District Council Policy - PDF Format . ... Light Pollution and Armagh Poster - PDF format . ... Parliamentary Report, Light Pollution and Astronomy - PDF Format (862K) . ... Is light pollution killing our birds?...

The Astronomical Society of Australia has been asked by STANDARDS AUSTRALIA to compile a list of "designated" optical observatories that are valuable resources for (i) research, (ii) education and (iii) community use. The ASA is the final arbiter of whether any particular observatory is so designated. ... Upon receipt of your application form, your observatory will be entered on a list of "Pending Designated Observatories" on the ASA Home Page. ... It will be emailed for you. ... Email . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Saturn as you haven't seen it (Image credit: NASA/ESA) . This false colour image from the Hubble Space Telescope not only shows Saturn in an unfamiliar light, but displays some of the giant planet?s features. ... Viewing Saturn at this time not only allows us to see the famous rings almost edge on but also to observe both polar regions at once. There we see Saturn?s aurorae, analogous to Earth?s Northern lights and Southern Lights. ...

. Pulkovo Observatory of Russian Academy of Sciences is situated . near Saint-Petersburg. It was founded in 1839. 196140, Saint-Petersburg, Pulkovskoye chaussee 65/1 . English version . Russian version . This page has been accessed times since May 1, 1999.

... Дни открытых дверей к юбилею САО РАН (12-14 апреля 2016 г.) . Международная конференция "Dark Ages and White Nights (Spectroscopy of the CMB)" (20-24 июня 2016 г.) . ... Международная конференция MULTI-SPIN GALAXIES - 2016 (26-30 сентября 2016 г.) . Международная астрономическая конференция "Физика звезд: от коллапса до коллапса" (3-7 октября 2016 г.) Архив . ... Подробнее.. ... 10.02.16 . ... БТА в реальном времени . ... Цейсс-1000 в реальном времени . ... Последнее обновление: 22/03/2016 ...

... NASA's Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, reached its "First Light" flight milestone during the early morning hours of May 26, when the aircraft's telescope and attached infrared camera collected light from celestial . targets for the first time at altitude. ... the Faint Object infraRed Camera for the SOFIA Telescope (FORCAST). ... For comparison, the human eye sees light with wavelengths between 0.4 and 0.7 microns.) ...

... More information on books, telescopes, clubs, etc. is available in the Getting Started section. ... For more information call 617-495-7461. Boston University Astronomy Department - Public telescopic observing is held every clear Wednesday night. ... Boston Museum of Science - For more information and admission prices call 617-723-2500. ... For information and admission prices call 508-929-2700. ... Springfield Telescope Makers , VT. ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

. Album : asv-album :: Travels to distant places and countries :: 1998/06 Nauchny, Katsively (Crimea, Ukraine) :: В Научном . Up . On the Observatory park alleys. Note the shielded street light (astronomers do not want extra light in the night) . Next >> . Photo album generated by album from D. Madison 's Marginal Hacks on Tue Jun 23 14:46:46 2015 .

Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... 26.05.1999 . ... Two weeks ago, the BATSE instrument on the orbiting NASA Great Observatory Compton detected unusually bright flashes of gamma-rays from a point deep in the southern sky. NGC 6872: A Stretched Spiral . ... What makes NGC 6872 so long? ... The galaxy's elongated shape might have something to do with its continuing collision with the smaller galaxy IC 4970, visible just above center. Introducing Nova Velorum 1999 . ... The Keyhole Nebula . ...

... Astrophysics Group . ... Aperture Synthesis with Light . ... MRAO Telescopes . ... Stars ? ... The astronomer?s desire to see things in ever greater detail is thwarted at optical wavelengths by the Earth?s atmosphere: making optical telescopes larger does not provide more detail in the images. ... The Cambridge Optical Aperture Synthesis Telescope (COAST) has been developed to meet the very demanding task of imaging the surfaces of individual stars and studying the interaction of close pairs of...