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 Unit Telescopes Overview - This page is outdated, an update is in process.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 Secondary mirror (M2 Unit) - This page is outdated, an update is in process.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 Coating Unit - This page is outdated, an update is in process.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. 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."
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. 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. ...
7. HST
... These Frontier Fields will combine the power of HST with the natural gravitational telescopes of high-magnification clusters of galaxies. ... We are soliciting gravitational lensing maps for the last four Hubble Frontier Fields clusters (MACSJ0717.5+3745, MACSJ1149.5+2223, AbellS1063, and Abell 370) based upon the exceptionally deep HST FF imaging and other new ancillary data. ... For the full set of proposal instructions and requirements, see the FY16 Frontier Fields Lensing Map Call for Proposals....
8. 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 . ...
9. Winer Observatory
Winer Observatory P.O. Box 797, Sonoita, Arizona 85637-0797, USA . ... Winer Observatory) was incorporated in 1983 as a 501(c)(3) non-profit public charity to perform basic research in astronomy, provide educational outreach programs, and provide site and maintenance services for small telescopes through cooperative agreements with other astronomical institutions. ... The picture at the top left of this page is of our facility near Sonoita, Arizona, approximately 50 miles southeast of Tucson, Arizona. ...
10. 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 [ ] . ...
11. Sternberg Astronomical Institute
SAI 175 anniversary . ... Moscow University . Search for in SAI Moscow University Search for in Russian astronomical resources . ... SAI Astronomical Databases . ... Browse SAI Software archive(ftp.sai.msu.su) . ASTRONET.RU - Russian Astronomical Network (available in translit also) . ... SAI Supernovae Research Group . ... Department of the Galaxy and Variable Stars (in Russian) . Sternberg Astronomical Institute Seminars . ... All-Russian Astronomical Olympiad (in Russian) . ...
12. Armagh Observatory
... Armagh Observatory astronomers report the publication of the first stunning celestial images obtained with the 11-metre multi-national Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) . ... Exactly five years after groundbreaking, the SALT project has released its first colour images, marking the achievement of 'first light' and the successful debut of full operation for SALTICAM, a $600,000 digital camera designed and built for SALT at the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) . ...
13. 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 . ...
14. ASP: A Taste of Real Astronomy ? The ESA/ESO Astronomy Exercises
... The Hubble Space Telescope is jointly run as a partnership between the European Space Agency and NASA. ... For more information on the European contribution to the Hubble Space Telescope go to: http://hubble.esa.int and for more on the VLT go to: http://www.eso.org . ... A Taste of Real Astronomy ? The ESA/ESO Astronomy Exercises . ... The "ESA/ESO Astronomy Exercise Series" has just been published, on the web and in print. ... The language for the ESA/ESO Astronomy Exercise Series is English. ...
15. ASTROVIRTEL: Accessing Astronomical Archives as Virtual Telescopes
... 238, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems X, eds. F. R. Harnden, Jr., ... We present here ASTROVIRTEL : a project supported by the European Commission within the ``Enhanced Access to Research Infrastructures'' action. ASTROVIRTEL is already being used by European astronomers as a Virtual Telescope, enabling them to access a huge amount of astronomical data with the support of the ASTROVIRTEL personnel. ... The ASTROVIRTEL Cycle I Call-for-Proposal deadline was June 15, 2000. ...
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. Астронет > Astronomy links
... Астронет | ... Astronomy search engine . ... PhysicsWeb Home Page . ... Sternberg Astronomical Institute . ... Astro Space Center Home Page . ... Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics . ... Astronomy and Space Physics Dept of Kiev University . ... NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY Home Page . ... Space Telescope Science Institute Home Page . ... The Next Generation Space Telescope Home Page . ... Sky & Telescope: The Essential Magazine of Astronomy . ... Springer LINK - Physics Online Library ...
18. Astronomy links
... Astronomy search engine . ... PhysicsWeb Home Page . ... Sternberg Astronomical Institute . ... Astro Space Center Home Page . ... Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics . ... Astronomy and Space Physics Dept of Kiev University . ... NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY Home Page . University of Hawaii - Institute for Astronomy . ... Space Telescope Science Institute Home Page . ... Sky & Telescope: The Essential Magazine of Astronomy . ... Springer LINK - Physics Online Library . ... Home . ...
19. MAO
... Observatory . ... Dept. for Astrometry & Space Geodynamics . ... Dept. for Physics of Stars&Galaxies . Dept. for Space Plasma Physics . Dept. for Physics of Minor Celestial Bodies . Dept. for Physics of Planetary Systems . Dept. for Solar Physics . ... Kinematics&Physics.. ... Astronomical Calendar . ... History of MAO . ... NAS of Ukraine . ... Postgraduate at the Main Astronomical Observatory (MAO), Kyiv (1962 - 1965) . ... Head of the Space Geodynamics Department of MAO (1979 - ) . ...
20. University of Louisville Research Telescope
The 24-inch (0.6-meter) Ritchie-Chretien research telescope was manufactured by RC Optical Systems and installed in August 2006. ... Spacers are used to put the camera or other instruments at the proper position, and an encoded focus motor moves the focal plane 5 microns per encoder count. ... The telescope uses an Apogee U16M CCD camera with a 4096x4096 array of 9 micron pixels which oversample the seeing and permit very accurate photometry and imaging over a wide dynamic range. ...