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 . ...

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 Unit Telescopes Overview - This page is outdated, an update is in process.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 Secondary mirror (M2 Unit) - This page is outdated, an update is in process.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 Coating Unit - This page is outdated, an update is in process.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

STScI . Very Wide Field Surveys in Light of Astro2010 . ... What is STScI . ... Science Blog . ... The Institute . ... Space Telescope Science Institute . ... This workshop aimed to address two key topics: what science can be done by integrating current and future very wide-area surveys and what plans can be made for providing spectroscopic coverage. ... J. Gunn (Princeton University) . ... A. Hopkins (Australian Astronomical Observatory) . ... T. Heckman (Johns Hopkins University) . ...

... Home Lectures Lecture Series 2011-2012 Lecture Series 2011-2012 ? тАЬA Ray of Light in a Sea of Dark (Matter)тАЭ ? Charles Keeton . ... Charles Keeton , associate professor of physics and astronomy at Rutgers University and faculty director of the Aresty Research Center for Undergraduates , will speak to the AAA Friday, March 2, on тАЬA Ray of Light in a Sea of Dark (Matter).тАЭ The free public lecture begins at 6:15 p.m. in the Kaufmann Theater of the€а American Museum of Natural History . ...

home education > resources . ... Activities . ... Has an NSF-funded project called TYC21, which brings together regional groups of community college physics and astronomy instructors [see appendix , or consult the web site: http://www.aapt.org/programs/tyc21/tyc.html . ... National Radio Astronomy Observatory: . ... Project ASTRO's The Universe at Your Fingertips: An Astronomy Activity and Resource Notebook, 800+ pages of activities and resources for teachers at all levels, especially grades 4-12. ...

... Following the Observatory's initiative in 2002, drawing attention locally to the issue of light pollution and the problems it produces both for astronomy and awareness of the night sky, and for saving energy and improving the natural environment, Mark Bailey made a presentation on light pollution, on 7 May 2003, to the Armagh City and District Council Environment, Health and Recreation Committee. This focused specifically on the growing problem of light pollution in the City of Armagh. ...

... 2003 August 18 . Bright Lights, Dark City . ... A large power outage in northeast North America , however, dimmed most city lights and brought unfamiliar celestial wonders to many who looked up. ... Prominent in the above four-image digital montage are two of the few celestial wonders that can be seen even above the usual glare of city light pollution : the Moon and Mars . ... Tomorrow's picture: Mars Approaches . ... About APOD | ... NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers . ...

Winer Observatory P.O. Box 797, Sonoita, Arizona 85637-0797, USA . ... Outreach . Projects . ... Science . ... Participating in Project ASTRO, a national program to assist teachers in grades 4 through 12 in teaching astronomy . ... June, 1990: National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Friday Science Lunch Talks: "Engineering Big Science Projects" . ... May 4, 2007: National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Friday Science Lunch Talks: "The Ohio State University KELT Telescope -- Early Results" . ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... SUN MOON MERCURY VENUS MARS, JUPITER SATURN . ... The Magazine . ... Observing . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Sky Guide . ... Guiding the light . ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ... Click here to receive a FREE e-Guide exclusively from Astronomy magazine. ...

Blackholes2 Forum Message . Forums: . ... Brilliant! Thanks . ... My interpretation of the MM experiment was that it did not prove the speed of light was constant in all directions because it could not see direction. ... People assume that the space containing the experiment is rigid (or 4-D grid space-time with fixed scale. ... www.astronomy.net . ... Forum posts are Copyright their authors as specified in the heading above the post. "dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

... ATNF Home . ... About ATNF overview . ... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Australia Telescope User Committee . ... Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory . ... Parkes radio telescope . ... Parkes | ... Visiting Parkes radio telescope . ... Parkes radio telescope webcam . ... The SAURON and ATLAS3D integral field surveys proposed a new classification scheme for galaxies, based on the morphology of their stellar kinematics - their velocity fields - rather than simply their light profiles. ...

University Satellites and . Space Science Education . ... News . ... Internet seminars as the new way of Inter-University Aerospace Centre activity . ... In such a dynamic field as remote sensing, the Internet resources already beat traditional libraries and image depositories. ... In 2000-2005 seven Internet-based seminars were held: "Obtaining satellite images over Internet". ... Images of new types. ... Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Moscow State University, 2005-2006 . ...

... A wonderful site where the debate about the nature of light sits. ... Shadow and Light science activities - A short list of activities for students about light and shadow designed by an undergraduate Education major in New Foundland. ... Projecting Shadows - Fantastic interactive site about how to make shadows from the Light/Block/Shadow technique. ... The Energy Story: Solar Energy - Aimed towards children, this is a short introduction about solar energy. ... You Light Up My Life | ...

... Our computer services are free. One of our main computer priorities is providing e-mail access. ... Moscow high schools, math teachers, IUM students, and mathematicians can request UUCP accounts from us, for sending and receiving email from home. ... To get a UUCP account, one should arrive to MCCME in person and contact system administrator assistants ( room 306 , phone 2410500). Users who visit MCCME often can use e-mail in our computer room . ... Sergey Dubov, <dubov (at) mccme.ru>. ...

... Usually, the reflection of city lights off of local air impurities makes it hard for casual observers to see more than a handful of stars from a bright urban area . ... Prominent in the above four-image digital montage are two of the few celestial wonders that can be seen even above the usual glare of city light pollution : the Moon and Mars . ... Scrolling right will show how eerily dark New York City appeared from across the Hudson River in New Jersey at about 10 pm on 2003 August 14. ... August ....

... Bad Astronomy . Misconceptions . ... Bad Astronomy : "We're light years more advanced than our competition!" ... Even the closest astronomical object, the Moon, is 400,000 kilometers away! ... A beam of light will travel 9,500,000,000,000 kilometers in one year. This distance is defined as a light year ; the distance light travels in a year. ... This is another example of Bad Astronomy; like a light year, a parsec is a unit of distance, not time (to be specific, it equals 3.26 light years) . ...

... A rich suite of resources for public use is available including multimedia materials, online resources, hardcopies and other items. ... These objectives have been addressed through the creation of an education resource directory meeting the varied needs of the different customers of Space Science education. ... Also, providers and stake-holders wish to generate various reports, probe inventory information and track resource usage with other custom interfaces to the directory. ...

... Global WWW Starting Point and Compilations . ... HTML Manuals and Tutorials . ... ESA/Estec/SAI Home Page . ... Centre de Donn es astronomique de Strasbourg (CDS) Home Page. ... Bibliographical Engine ( xxx forms) - Italian mirror . ... The NASA Home page. An Web Resource Collection by Masters Degree Online . ... The local TCSH . ... The Web Anti-Spam page. ... Apple Italian Home Page . ... Walnut Creek CDRom Home Page and the Italian Mirror . ... A good hotlist of HTML resources around the Web. ...

Please enter the lightcurve file name and period search parameters: . Lightcurve file: . ... Apply the Heliocentric correction and convert all dates to Terrestrial Time (TT)? ... Also, the Heliocentric correction cannot be applied to such lightcurves. ... This period search service is also available at the mirror sites: Mirror 1 , Mirror 2 , Mirror 3 , Mirror 4 . You may download the latest source code distribution and install the period search service at your own web server. ...

... The eleven years cycle of Sun's activity is approaching its maximum! From August 24th to 29th a team of astronomers, engineers and astro-photographers will travel to southern Greenland to observe the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis), a phenomenon expected to be particularly spectacular during this period. ... Auroras . The wonderful celestial spectacle of the aurora occurs when very energetic particles from the Sun reach the Earth's atmosphere via the solar wind. ... About GLORIA . ...