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 . ...

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... Grab them with an engaging question or give them something to do. ... Involve them in the presentation. ... Asking Engaging Questions: What is an "Engaging Question?" ... Why do we ask an Engaging Questions? ... 10 Examples of Engaging Questions: 1. ... Astronomical Society of the Pacific http://www.astrosociety.org Sharing the Universe Videos http://www.astrosociety.org/SharingTheUniverse Tips for Observing with Kids: You may need to provide a step stool for smaller children to reach the eyepiece. ...

... Team . ... GRB mini-workshop 2006 . ... 6-meter telescope BTA: . The monitoring of gamma-ray burst afterglows and the study of their host galaxies . Monitoring of core-collapse supernovae and investigation of their host galaxies . ... Supernovae and gamma-ray bursts . ... Are some GRB host galaxies lying in galaxy clusters? ... Supernovae and gamma-ray bursts (Within the scope of the international program "Astronomy in Prielbrusiye") . ... The physics of gamma-ray bursts in the SWIFT era . ...

... January 16, 1996 . Wild Duck Open Cluster M11 . ... Explanation: Many stars like our Sun were formed in open clusters . The above open cluster, M 11, contains thousands of stars and is just over three thousand light years distant. ... The many bright stars in the cluster appear blue. Open clusters , also called galactic clusters, contain fewer and younger stars than globular clusters . Also unlike globular clusters , open clusters are generally confined to the plane of our Galaxy . ...

... This telescope is also able to be used in a non-assisted manner. ... Upon availability, the use of the Club's 10" dobsonian mount telescope. Upon availability, the use of the Club's 16" Meade LightBridge telescope. ... Use of the Club's Coronado Personal Solar Telescope and Cemax Eyepieces. Use of the Club's Video Eyepieces. ... Use of Club Binoculars. ... It's all part of being here and just one of many telescopes that are the benefit of being a member of the Richland Astronomical Society. ...

... A Web browser with Java support and an account to establish a secure Internet HTTP connection to the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), is everything needed in order to use the new Control Center System (CCS). Then full access to the telemetry of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is given (Figure 2). A public version of CCS is also available. ... Rifkin, A. 1997, Reengineering the Hubble Space Telescope Control Center System, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. ...