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 Unit Telescopes Overview - This page is outdated, an update is in process.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 Secondary mirror (M2 Unit) - This page is outdated, an update is in process.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 Coating Unit - This page is outdated, an update is in process.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. 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. ...
4. Telescopes And Observatories | Astronotes
Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Armagh Planetarium . ... Telescopes and Observatories . Space Flight . ... Continue Reading.. ... 2 Comments The European Southern Observatory (ESO) is an intergovernmental research organisation for astronomy which is supported by fifteen countries. ... 23 Comments Gleaned from NASA and Hubblesite.org, here are some facts you may not know about the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). 1.€а€а€а€а€а The HSTтАЩs history is longer than you might have [ ] . ...
5. Observing with a 100-metre telescope - Wed 21 October, Belfast | International
... Why are we here? Thur 22 October 2009, Armagh . ... Her talk is entitled "Observing with a 100-metre virtual telescope, the VLTI". It's on WEDNESDAY 21 OCTOBER, at 7.30 p.m., in the Bell Lecture Theatre, Physics Building, Queen's University, Belfast. ... Everyone is welcome; particularly ladies - come along and see what women are doing at the leading edge of astronomical research: astronomy is not just a topic for men! ... International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node . ...
6. Memorandum
... On 26 October 2009 in Moscow, in the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) a meeting was held of the leading Russian scientists and statesmen with the Director General of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) Tim de Zeeuw and the Head of International Relations Rowena Sirey. ... Director General of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) Tim de Zeeuw. ... Balega, the Head of International Relations Rowena Sirey, Director General of the ESO Tim de Zeeuw, deputy director of the SAO RAS V.V.Vlasuyk . ...
7. 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) . ...
8. Around the World in 80 Telescopes
Astronomy Picture of the Day . Around the World in 80 Telescopes . ... Today you can, by watching Around the World in 80 Telescopes . The 24-hour long webcast is organized by the European Southern Observatory for the International Year of Astronomy cornerstone project 100 Hours of Astronomy. ... The Gemini North Telescope (Hawaii, USA) and the large observatories at the summit of volcanic Mauna Kea are scheduled for the first stops in the program beginning April 3 at 09:00 UT . ... April . ...
9. 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."
10. VLT Unit Telescopes Named at Paranal Inauguration (ESO Press Release 06/99)
... While "First Light" was achieved at the second 8.2-m VLT Unit Telescope (UT2) ahead of schedule, UT1 produced its sharpest image so far. ... It had long been ESO's intention to provide "real" names to the four VLT Unit Telescopes, to replace the current, somewhat dry and technical designations as UT1 to UT4. ... The participants were left with the impression of mounting expectations, just four weeks before the first VLT Unit Telescope, Antu (UT1), will receive the first visiting astronomers. ...
11. http://www.stsci.edu/~wms/Vita.pdf
: (410) 338-4963 e-mail: wms@stsci.edu Birthdate/Place: 14 October 1940 - Dunsmuir, California, USA Education: 1962 1965 B.A. - University of California, Berkeley Ph.D. - University of Wisconsin, Madison THESIS: The Ionization and Thermal Equilibrium of a Gas Excited by Ultraviolet Synchrotron Radiation (Advisor: D.E. Osterbrock) Astronomer, Emeritus STScI Adjunct Professor The Johns Hopkins University Distinguished Research Scholar - STScI ... Comm. ... Advisory Comm. ...
12. Pulkovo Observatory, St. Petersburgh, Russia ? Amateur Astronomers Association
... Home Gallery Club Events Pulkovo Observatory, St. Petersburgh, Russia . ... Clear Sky Chart . ... Beyond New York City . ... Pulkovo Observatory, St. Petersburgh, Russia . ... Observing Resources for Amateur Astronomers - Part 1: Beginning Observers . ... Observing Resources for Amateur Astronomers - Part 3: Advanced Observers . ... A History of the First Forty Years of the Amateur Astronomers Association . ... 2016 Amateur Astronomers Association of New York Designed by Press Customizr Powered by ....
13. APOD: 2009 April 3 - Around the World in 80 Telescopes
... 2009 April 3 . Around the World in 80 Telescopes . Illustration Credit Copyright: ESO / 100 Hours of Astronomy . ... Today you can, by watching Around the World in 80 Telescopes . ... The Gemini North Telescope (Hawaii, USA) and the large observatories at the summit of volcanic Mauna Kea are scheduled for the first stops in the program beginning April 3 at 09:00 UT . ... About APOD | ... NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply . NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices . ...
14. University of Louisville Research Telescope Photo Gallery
The CDK20 North is seen in November 2012 with its new A200HR mount, Apogee 16M camera, and Optec IFW-3 filter wheel. The Sirius dome of the CDK20 North is seen in May 2010, and the telescope is visible through the open shutter. ... Brad Carter (left) and Rhodes Hart (right) of the University of Southern Queensland visited their northern Shared Skies CDK20 at Moore Observatory in September 2009. ... Microswitches were added to limit the range of polar axis rotation on the original mounting. ...
15. Preface
... Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XII . ASP Conference Series, Vol. ... Conference Photograph . ... This volume contains papers presented at the twelfth annual conference for Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems (ADASS XII). It was held October 13-16, 2002 at the Marriott Waterfront Hotel on Baltimore's Inner Harbor, and hosted by the Space Telescope Science Institute. ... Details about ADASS XII, including the final program, are available from the conference web site. ...
16. Observatory Links
Optical Observatories . ... National Optical Astronomy Observatories . ... Adam Mickiewicz University - Astronomical Observatory . ... Astronomical Institute and National Observatory of Athens . ... Jagiellonian University Astronomical Observatory - Scientific research here comprises radio and extragalactic astronomy, solar radio emission, active galactic nuclei, interstellar matter, galaxies, cosmology, variable stars and comets. ... National Radio Astronomy Observatory Home Page . ...
17. IV International Astronomy Olympiad
The IV-th International Astronomy Olympiad took place on September 25 - October 2, 1999 in the scientific town of Nauchnyj, Republic of Crimea, on a base of Sternberg Astronomical Institute Crimean Laboratory , Crimean Astrophysical Observatory and Crimean "Youth Academy os Sciences" Astronomical Department . ... India . ... The 5th International Astronomy Olympiad took place on October 20-27, 2000 at the Special Astrophysical Observatory of Russian Academy of Sciences (SAO RAS) in the North Caucasus. ...
18. The 2.3m Advanced Technologies Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory
... The 2.3m Advanced Technologies Telescope at SтАж . Sidebar Left . Sidebar Top . No Sidebar . Sidebar Bottom . Sidebar Right . Title: The 2.3m Advanced Technologies Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory . ... Sep 1983 . Views: 2212 . 1983 . Views: 2153 . ... Views: 2108 . ... Views: 2129 . ... Views: 1581 . ... Views: 1556 . ... Views: 1526 . 2.3m mount . Views: 1549 . ... Views: 1563 . ...
19. Participants
... Alexander Gusev, Sternberg Astronomical Institute . Andrei Tokovinin, National Optical Astronomy Observatory . ... Antonia M. Varela, Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias . ... Behnam Javanmardi, Shiraz University-Biruni Observatory . Boris Safonov, Sternberg Astronomical Institute . ... Davoud Afshari, Zanjan University . ... Florian Kerber, European Southern Observatory . Gianluca Lombardi, European Southern Observatory . ... Hiroshi Matsuo, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan . ...
20. Astronomical Schools
... Therefore, the observatory supports educational events, occured in the SAO, including astronomical and astrophysical schools, lectures and excursions at the SAO's telescopes. ... Thursday 9-00 Breakfast 9-30 Opening of the School and Astronomical Olimpiad 10-15 Photo of particapants (near the SAO entrance) 10-30 Lecture about Specail Astrophysical observatory. Chentsov E.L. 13-30 Lunch 14-00 Excursion to historical places of Nizhnij Arkhyz 18-00 Dinner 19-00 Acquaintance evening. ...