1. 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 Unit Telescopes Overview - This page is outdated, an update is in process.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 Secondary mirror (M2 Unit) - This page is outdated, an update is in process.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 Coating Unit - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ...
2. 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. ...
3. HST
... These Frontier Fields will combine the power of HST with the natural gravitational telescopes of high-magnification clusters of galaxies. ... We are soliciting gravitational lensing maps for the last four Hubble Frontier Fields clusters (MACSJ0717.5+3745, MACSJ1149.5+2223, AbellS1063, and Abell 370) based upon the exceptionally deep HST FF imaging and other new ancillary data. ... For the full set of proposal instructions and requirements, see the FY16 Frontier Fields Lensing Map Call for Proposals....
4. Meade Instruments Corporation - Choosing A Telescope
... Meade Instruments Corporation . ... Refracting telescopes (Meade Models NG-60, NGC-60, DS-2070AT, ETX-70AT, LXD55-AR5, LX55-AR6 ) and mirror-lens telescopes ( ETX-90AT, 105AT, 125AT, LXD55-SC8, 8LX90, LX200 GPS Series ) are generally more versatile in a wide array of land and astronomical applications. ... The intermediate-level observer, or the non-casual telescope user who wishes to purchase one telescope for a lifetime, should consider a Meade Model LXD55 series, 8LX90, or LX200GPS. ... Meade 4M ...
5. The Present and Future of Small and Medium Size Telescopes
... Its optical telescopes – the Europe's largest telescope of the mirror diameter 6 m BTA (Big Telescope Azimuthal) Medium-Size telescope of the mirror diameter 1 m ( Zeiss-1000 ) and the small telescope of the mirror diameter 0.6 m (Zeiss-600) – are at the altitude 2100 m above sea level 17 km away from the settlement Nizhnij Arkhyz. ... Nizhnij Arkhyz . SAO staff members live in the settlement Nizhnij Arkhyz at a distance of 25 km to the southward of stanitsa Zelenchukskaya. ...
6. A Very Large Array of Radio Telescopes
Astronomy Picture of the Day . A Very Large Array of Radio Telescopes . ... 20.06.1999 . ... Credit: NRAO , NSF Explanation: Pictured above is one of the world's premiere radio astronomical observatories: The Very Large Array (VLA). ... The VLA is the most sensitive radio telescope ever, and, through interferometry , can resolve a golf ball-sized radio source 150 kilometers away (0.04 arcsec). ... Publications with keywords: radio - telescope . Publications with words: radio - telescope . ...
7. GRB follow-up team
... Team . ... V.V.Sokolov "The gamma-ray bursts, core-collapse supernovae and global star forming rate at large redshifts" . ... I.V.Sokolov, A.S.Moskvitin, Eda Sonbas, O.V.Verkhodanov, O.P.Zhelenkova "A galaxy cluster in the GRB 021004 field" . ... The monitoring of GRB afterglows and the study of their host galaxies with the SAO RAS 6-m telescope from 1997". ... A.S.Moskvitin, T.A.Fatkhullin, V.V.Sokolov and V.N.Komarova, "Spectral and photometric monitoring of CCSNe at SAO RAS" . ...
8. APOD: February 16, 1999 - The Large and Small of M87
... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. February 16, 1999 . The Large and Small of M87 . ... Explanation: The small core of elliptical galaxy M87 appears to be energizing its whole galactic neighborhood. Recent images from the Very Large Array (VLA) of radio telescopes indicate that huge bubbles of hot gas not only exist but are still being created. ... About APOD > . ...
9. Southern African Large Telescope (SALT)
... The British consortium, currently led by Professor Gordon Bromage of the University of Central Lancashire , includes the Universities of Keele , Nottingham and Southampton , the Open University and Armagh Observatory and will be joining the other partners in the SALT project, from South Africa, Poland, Germany, USA and New Zealand. ... SALT Dome . ... The SALT project is managed by a team based at the SALT Headquarters at Sutherland and South African Astronomical Observatory in Cape Town. ...
10. Astronotes | Armagh Planetarium's astronomy news from across the Universe -
... Armagh Planetarium . ... Universe . ... Posted on April 19, 2012 | ... Continue Reading.. ... 2 Comments In the upcoming weeks you will be hearing in the news the words тАЬDragon SpacecraftтАЭ, so Sinead McNicholl has the full story on what exactly this new vehicle is and [ ] . ... Posted on March 29, 2012 | 3 Comments The month of April is fantastic month for stargazing and for astronomy in general with numerous dates to mark in your calendar. €аFrom Earth Day celebrated on 22 April, in [ ] . ...
11. The Galaxy Gallery: Messier Objects
M1 image More About M1 Nice Color Picture . ... M16 image More About M16 HST image . ... M31 image More About M31 Nice Color Picture . ... M42 image ; M43 image More About M42/43 Nice Color CCD Picture . M51 image More About M51 Color Image of M51 M51 Supernova . M57 image More About M57 Nice Color CCD Picture Very Deep M57 Image . ... M81 image More About M81 M81 Supernova Ultraviolet Image of M81 More about Ultraviolet Imaging . M82 image More About M82 M82 False Color M82 True Color . ...
12. Primary mirror supports
... In the case of the 2.5-m telescope primary mirror, the support actuators are air pistons. The 48 axial and 18 transverse air pistons support the axial and transverse components of the mirror weight vector respectively. ... Piston force . ... To measure the response of an air piston to transverse forces, a transverse piston was loaded with 11 kg lead bricks and pressurized using a syringe (Figure 3). ... Figure 4: The air piston acts like a spring with hysteresis in response to a side forc