1. Portraits of Astronomers: Opening in Armagh on Thur 19 November | International
... From Mark Bailey, Armagh Observatory, and Greer Ramsey, Armagh County Museum . The National Museums Northern Ireland and the Armagh Observatory announce the launch of the exhibition "Portraits of Astronomers", at 8.00pm on Thursday 19th November at Armagh County Museum . ... Among the invited guests will be Lucinda Douglas-Menzies who took the images and whose book and exhibition is a fitting tribute to the United Nations International Year of Astronomy 2009. ... Thursday, 12 November 2009 00:16 . ...
2. ESO - First public release of data products from the VISTA public surveys
... Public . ... Science Users Information > Science Archive Facility > First public release of data products from the VISTA public surveys . ... Public Surveys . ... Science Data Products Forum . ... The ESO Science Archive Facility now provides community access to the first data products from the VISTA public survey projects. ... The data products from the first VISTA public release can be queried for and retrieved at this URL: . ... http://www.eso.org/sci/observing/phase3/data_releases.html . ...
3. ATNF Media Release - November 5, 1998
A team using CSIRO 's Parkes radio telescope has just found the thousandth pulsar known to science. ... This is thanks to the power of a new instrument on the telescope, the multibeam system , which has slashed the time it takes to scan the sky," said co-leader of the pulsar team, CSIRO's Dr Dick Manchester . ... There are many different types of pulsar, and we have only a few examples of some types," said Dr Manchester. ... E-mail: rmanches@atnf.csiro.au . ... e-mail: hsim@atnf.csiro.au . ...
4. APOD: November 29, 1995 - Releasing Compton
... Each day we feature a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. November 29, 1995 . Releasing Compton . Credit NASA , STS-37 Crew . Explanation: Named for Nobel laureate physicist Arthur Holly Compton , the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) Satellite was launched in April of 1991 aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis . CGRO's mission is to explore the Universe at gamma-ray energies. ...
5. 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."
6. HDF-S What's New
Version 2 calibrated data , catalogs , and flanking fields added, at long last. ... In addition to the final combined NICMOS version 1 images that were already released on November 23, 1998, all individual calibrated (un-combined, un-mosaiced) NICMOS exposures are now also available for downloading as gzipped tar files (March 11, 1999). ... Added some links to technical information on the page describing the HDF-S Catalogs (December 23, 1998). ... HDF-S Catalogs are now available (December 21, 1998). ...
7. OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE - S.P. KOROLEV ROCKET & SPACE CORPORATION ENERGIA
OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE . ... The VC-4 flight tasks were successfully completed. The manned transfer vehicle Soyuz TM-34, been a part of ISS orbital complex since April 27, 2002, as a rescue vehicle and been the earlier manned space vehicle modification of Soyuz type, was replaced by Soyuz TMA-1, the new modification, designed by the S.P. Korolev RSC Energia specialists in cooperation with its subcontractors from Russian rocket and space industry. ... Official WEB-site of S.P.Korolev RSC Energia . ...
8. Press Releases | Astronomy.com
... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . News . Observing . ... Magazine . ... Press Room . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Press Releases . ... Astronomy magazine editors are here to help enrich media and blogger coverage of meteor showers, space missions, and night-sky events. ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ... Astronomy Magazine . ...
9. WISE All-Sky Release Catalog
... WISE is achieving 5sigma point source sensitivities better than 0.08, 0.11, 1, and 6 mJy in unconfused regions on the ecliptic in bands centered at wavelengths of 3.4, 4.6, 12, and 22 mum. ... The WISE All-Sky Release Source Catalog is available in compressed (gzip or bzip2) ascii form. ... Users should be aware that the Catalog table is extremely large. ... For complete documentation of the WISE All-Sky Release Source Catalog and the All-Sky Data Release, please see the Explanatory Supplement . ...
10. 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) . ...
11. Three CubeSats Released
Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... 6.01.2014 . ... Credit Copyright: Expedition 38 Crew , NASA Explanation: Cubes are orbiting the Earth. ... Pictured above , three CubeSats were released from the International Space Station (ISS) last November by the arm of the Japan ese Kibo Laboratory module. ... Depending on the exact height of their release, CubeSats will re-enter the Earth's atmosphere on the time scale of months to years. ... Publications with keywords: ISS . Publications with words: ISS . ...
12. X International Astronomy Olympiad
The X International Astronomy Olympiad has been held in Beijing (China) on October 25 - November 2, 2005. ... China Beijing . ... Like at VII and VIII IAOs the host team (team of Beijing city) took part in the Olympiad as the 16 th team. ... The 10 th International Astronomy Olympiad has been held successfully in Beijing on October 25 - November 2, 2005. ... J.Zhu (Beijing, X IAO-2005 LOC Chairman), . ... Dr. Michael G. Gavrilov, Founding Chairman of the International Astronomy Olympiad, . ...