... Fragments from the report received from Keith Deveneys, South Dublin Astronomy Society . ... The first K.A.S (Keithy's Astronomical Society) event took place last night and into the early hours of Thursday morning under the banner of IFAS IYA2009 and 100 Hours of Astronomy. ... We look at the Moon at 187x predominently with short periods at 88x. We looked at Saturn at 187x predominently and I switched between the two targets all night. ... International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node . ...

Upper stage Block DM-SLB has delivered spacecraft (SC) Measat-3a with a mass of about 2.4 tons into its target geotransfer orbit. The launch took place under the Land Launch program using Zenit-2SB launch vehicle (lift-off at 1 hour 50 minutes Moscow Time). ... The mission control for the upper stage with the SC was provided by the Technical Management (The Technical Manager is the President and Designer General of the S.P.Korolev RSC Energia V.A. Lopota). ...

... So, spaced about 4 hours apart these 4 images of the solar system's most distant gas giant cover one Neptune day. ... Atlantis Last Approach . ... Following a dramatic launch from Cape Canaveral last week that was witnessed by an estimated one million people, Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-135 lifted a small crew to a welcome rendezvous three days ago with the orbiting station. The Perseus Cluster of Galaxies . ... The cluster is seen through a foreground of faint stars in our own Milky Way Galaxy. ...

... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Australia Telescope User Committee . ... Staff list | Student list | Visitor list . ... Email discussion lists . ... Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory . ... Australia Telescope Online Archive (ATOA) . ... Arch | ... Virtual Radio Interferometer . ... Teacher workshops . ... ARC discussion paper: . http://www.arc.gov.au/pdf/e-Research_support_discussion_paper.pdf . ... In addition, the ARC is sponsoring a workshop on 10th June in Sydney . ...

... Michael E. Lopez-Alegria (Captain, USN, RET.) ... After his second mission, he led the International Space Station (ISS) Operations branch of the Astronaut Office. ... In October 2014 Lopez-Alegria became an independent consultant; he is based in Washington, D.C. SPACE FLIGHT EXPERIENCE: Mission Specialist (MS)-2, STS-73 Columbia (October 20 to November 5, 1995). ... The primary mission objective was delivery of the Expedition 6 crew to the ISS and the return of the Expedition 5 crew to Earth. ...

astronomy . Astro Courses . ... IYA 2009 . ... Armagh Planetarium is proud to be associated with the International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009) . IYA 2009 is a global year of events celebrating all things associated with the absorbing science that is astronomy. ... IYA 2009 Autumn/Winter events . ... Here at Armagh Planetarium one of our most important objectives is to promote formal and informal science education and there will be activities celebrating IYA 2009 throughout the year. ...

... Science User Portal . ... ESO, the European Southern Observatory . ... Director General . ... Travel and Contacts . Travel to ESO Headquarters . ... Survey Telescopes . ... Star Clusters . ... 2009 . ... Stars@ESO . ... ESO Science Newsletter . ... ESO 3.6-metre telescope . ... MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope . ... 100 Hours of Astronomy . ... ESO Hour at the ESO exhibition stand during the IAU (International Astronomical Union) General Assembly in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 3-14 August 2009. ...

started September 1998 There is an assumption that hides behind almost all of todays software development/engineering practices. ... For most of the history of software development, one thing was always true: computer time costs far more than people time. Twenty years ago, a top computer programmer might have cost $20/hour. At the same time, computer time cost [Need reference] $XXX/hour. ... But as we all know, not only is computer time cheaper, it's also better. ...

... 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.. ...

... It's the Asiatic Society, Mumbai State Central Library. ... We are going to visit the Elephanta island. Here are the boats that convey people to the island. Warning: never buy the tourist guides (about the Elephanta island) for 100 Rupees in Mumbai! They cost about 10 Rupees on the island. ... It's so-called Gateway of India. ...

The aim of Ulyanovsk International School-Seminar ( UISS-97 ) is twofold. First, to bring together cosmologists from different countries to discuss the most exciting theoretical problems of the Universe with Russian gravitational and cosmological groups. ... Program of UISS-97 . ... Location of UISS-97 . ... Scientific Secretary of the School-Seminar : . ... 432700, Ulyanovsk, Russia . ... President of Russian Gravitational Society, Professor V.N. Melnikov . ... RUSSIAN GRAVITATIONAL SOCIETY . ...