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 Unit Telescopes Overview - This page is outdated, an update is in process.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 Secondary mirror (M2 Unit) - This page is outdated, an update is in process.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 Coating Unit - This page is outdated, an update is in process.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. National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (Arecibo Observatory)
. " The Arecibo Observatory is sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations . expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation."
3. Buildings
... Construction of the Observatory's principal buildings began in 1789, using plans drawn up by Francis Johnston, one of Ireland's most celebrated architects, a native of Kilmore, County Armagh who in later years became known as `Ireland's Wren'. The main buildings, which are of considerable architectural merit, comprise in their original designation a residence for the Astronomer, a meridian room, a library and several telescope domes. ...
4. 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. ...
5. APO Home Page
... Current APO Weather . ... Search Site . ... Information for New Users . ... Technical Staff pages . Night Logs and Mailing Lists (maintained by APO) . ... Technical Documents and Database Search . ... Observer's Documentation and Procedures . ... Problem Reporting and APO Technical Documents Database Search . ... APO Drawing/Document Management Procedures . ... APO Technical Documents Database Search . Home Astrophysical Research Consortium . ... Mail Lists (maintained by APO) . ...
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. Untitled Document
... Mt Stromlo will resume its mantle as the home of Australian astronomy through the planned redevelopment, which includes the placement of two telescopes on Mount Stromlo and one at the ANU Siding Spring Observatory near Coonabarabran, reconstruction of heritage buildings and enhanced viewing facilities for the public, including a new virtual reality theatre. ... Mt Stromlo is not just an icon of Australian science, it is the workplace of number of the world?s leading researchers,? ...
8. Roll Roof Building at Moore Observatory
This general purpose telescope enclosure offers simple access to the sky for small instruments. Its truss roof rolls back on the steel I-beams and tracks that extend to the north of the building. A chain drive attached to the underside of the trusses provides the power that makes opening the observatory simple. Heavy steel pins secure the roof when it is closed. ...
9. Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston
... Members . ... The ATM's of Boston was founded in 1934 by a group of persons interested in assisting others in the art of optical polishing the craft of telescope making, and to learn together about the science of astronomy and the use of astronomical instruments. ... Mr. Jones introduced the club to Dr. Harlow Shapley at Harvard College Observatory. ... Regular shop activities resumed with the help of these "professional amateurs" and the club grew to 180 members. ... Club Newsletters . ...
10. Astronomical Society
... Donate to Support Science Literacy . ... 2016 Annual Awards . The ASP is accepting nominations for the organizationтАЩs national annual awards which recognize special achievements in astronomy research, technology, education, and public outreach. ... Shop the AstroShop . ... The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) is accepting nominations for the organizationтАЩs national annual awards which recognize special achievements in astronomy research, technology, education, and public outreach.. ...
11. The 31" Telescope at Hidden Hollow
... It was with this spirit that Norman Oberle suggested that area amateurs should have the benefit of a large aperture (25 inches or larger) telescope with sufficient focal length for excellent visual work. ... Norm Oberle and Jim Thomas spent 2,000 hours grinding and polishing to work the mirror into an oblate spheroid. ... Norm worked with Jim Thomas in a basement workshop. ... The Richland club is situated in the Hidden Hollow camp ground, and has long held meetings in the clubhouse on the grounds. ...
12. Harvard College Observatory History in Images
... This is a personal project collecting and documenting early images of Harvard College Observatory, focusing on the site at Observatory Hill (previously Summer House Hill). ... This page shows a list of all images tagged with "donors". [link] 1660-ish Portrait of John Winthrop the Younger (1608-1676) . ... That image is a painting of John Winthrop the Elder's great-great grandson, or the great grandson of this John Winthrop. ... Earliest source: "Thomas Hollis (1659тАУ1731)." ... link] 1891 . ...
13. 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. ...
14. Observatories - part 2
Observatories 1 --- | ... Mills Observatory . ... The observatory building . ... One of the conditions of the transfer was that the Observatory would move to a better site, so ROE moved from the (increasingly smoggy) City Centre to Blackford Hill, about 2 miles south. ... Rumour has it that the site (which is pretty close to being below sea level, a novel idea for an observatory) was chosen based partly on the sunshine records being kept by the town clerk in nearby Bexhill (Florida for the english). ...
15. The Amici Telescope
... General information . ... Staff . Research staff . ... Historical highlights . ... In 1831, Giovanni Battista Amici , an optician from Modena, was invited by the Grand Duke Leopold II to preside as the Professor of Astronomy and to direct the "Specola", the observatory in Florence which was attached to the Royal Museum of Physics and Natural History. ... From that year, the telescope was used by Amici's young assistant, Giovan Battista Donati, mainly for observing comets and asteroids. ...
16. Astrophysics Group CLFST
... Astrophysics Group . ... MRAO Telescopes . CLFST . ... Since the early days of Radio Astronomy in Cambridge we have been building instruments to survey the sky at low frequencies. ... The Cambridge Low-Frequency Synthesis Telescope 151-MHz aerials . The CLFST was built in 1980. ... The Cambridge Low-Frequency Synthesis Telescope 38-MHz aerials . ... The photo on the left shows some of the 38-MHz aerials; a group of 151-MHz aerials can be seen on a parallel baseline alongside. ...
17. 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 ...
18. Russian Turkish 1.5-m telescope
... Telescope . ... Low and medium resolution imaging spectrometer TFOSC (TUBITAK Faint Object Spectrograph and Camera) was build at Copenhagen University Observatory, and is similar in its layout to DFOSC at Danish 1.54-m, ALFOSC at NOT and to other instruments of this serie. ... CCD camera --- 2K x 2K Firechild, 30.72 x 30.72 mm. The field of view --- 13.3' x 13.3'. Filters --- Bessel (UBVRI), SDSS (u'g'r'i'z'), narrow-band filters. ... crossdispersion . ... 12.0 . ...
19. Pulkovo Observatory
. 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.
20. ADASS 2002 Conference Proceedings
... Intelligent agents carry out resource discovery, submit observing requests, and analyse the reduced data returned by the telescope nodes. ... Each telescope has its own scheduler, which can talk to the agents using the Robotic Telescope Markup Language (RTML) transported over Globus middleware. ... From the point of view of an intelligent agent (or indeed a astronomer) there is little difference between a telescope and a database except the timestamps on the data. ... 2002, A&A, in press . ...