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 Unit Telescopes Overview - This page is outdated, an update is in process.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 Secondary mirror (M2 Unit) - This page is outdated, an update is in process.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 Coating Unit - This page is outdated, an update is in process.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. 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) . ...
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. 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.. ...
7. Tommy's CV
... Research . ... Space Telescope Science Institute . ... Citizenship : Swedish . ... 1997-2000 : Assistant Professor in Astrophysics at Chalmers Institute of Technology, Onsala Space Observatory, Sweden - Funded by the Swedish National Research Council . ... The Swedish Bachelor degree consists of 120 credits (20 credits per semester). ... I am currently working as Astronomer for the European Space Agency (ESA), stationed at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, MD. ...
8. 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 [ ] . ...
9. Astronomy articles, forums, listings, and other resources about Astronomy.
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10. ADASS Conference Series
... He joined ESO in 1990, to integrate the Image Processing Group for the development of instrument-related software in MIDAS. ... Carlos is a staff member of the European Space Agency, currently working in the XMM-Newton Space Operations Centre, at the European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC), located in Villafranca del Castillo, Spain. ... He is currently an associate professor at the Astronomy Data Center (ADC) of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan in charge of data management. ...
11. 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. ...
12. Education and Public Outreach
... In addition to its primary research role, the Armagh Observatory has an important secondary responsibility (a) to maintain and preserve the fabric of the historic buildings, the library, historic books and archives, and the collection of scientific instruments and other artefacts built up over more than two hundred years of continuous astronomical activity in Armagh, and (b) to advance public understanding of science, and of astronomy in particular. ... 2004 Robinson Lectures, 25-26 November 2004 . ...
13. 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 . ...
14. Meade Instruments - Telescopes, Solar Telescopes, Binoculars, Spotting Scopes
STEP INTO THE BLUE - MEADE INSTRUMENTS PRODUCT GUIDE . ... Telescopes . LX850 Series . ... Superb optical performance coupled with time proven computerized pointing and tracking has made the LX200 ACF series a best-seller in the high-performance telescope class. ... Meade's revolutionary LS LightSwitchтДв series of telescopes use advanced technologies to do what no other consumer telescopes have done before: take all the hassle out of using a telescope. ... Coronado€о Solar . ... Spotting Scopes . ...
15. Footnotes
... Visiting astronomer, National Optical Astronomical Observatories.. ... Visiting astronomer, Calar Alto German-Spain Observatory.. ... IRAF 6 . IRAF: the Image Reduction and Analysis Facility is distributed by the National Optical Astronomy Observatories, which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, In. ... MIDAS is an acronym for the European Southern Observatory package - Munich Image Data Analysis System. root . ...
16. 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 . ...
17. Roger Brissenden Committees
... Roger Brissenden . ... All Science Groups . ... 2011 Member, SOFIA Operations Optimization Review Team . 2011 Member, NSF Committee of Visitors (COV) for the Division of Astronomical Sciences . ... 2008 Member, North American ALMA Science Center Manager search committee . ... 2007 Member, Science Working Group, NASA Ares 5 Heavy Lift Capability Assessment . ... 2006-2008 Member, SOFIA Science Management and Operations Review Board . ... 2002-2003 Member, CfA Computation Committee Review Team . ...
18. Winer Observatory - User Science
Winer Observatory P.O. Box 797, Sonoita, Arizona 85637-0797, USA . ... 2/3-m Telescope . ... Science . ... Winer . ... Contact Us . ... The Ohio State University uses the KELT telescope to survey the sky photometrically for extrasolar planets. ... Ohio State also uses a 20-inch Meade telescope called DEMONEX telescope to verify exoplanet candidates identified by surveys such as KELT. ... For more information, visit www.tenagraobservatories.com or to see the invidual discovery images, click here . ...
19. RTT150, Russian-Turkish 1.5-m Telescope
... Russian-Turkish 1.5-m Telescope . ... This page is devoted to the 1.5-m telescope RTT150 (150-cm Russian-Turkish Telescope, previously called AZT-22) located on mountain Bakyrlytepe in the south of Turkey. The telescope is a joint project of Kazan University Observatory (V.P.Engel'gardt Astronomical observatory) , Space Research Institute (IKI) of Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow) and the National Observatory of Turkey , the latter being also responsible for the telescope technical service. ...
20. APOD Index - Space Technology: Orbiting Observatories
... Editor's choices for the most educational Astronomy Pictures of the Day about orbiting observatories: . ... The trouble is that Earth-bound telescopes must look through the Earth's atmosphere . ... Telescopes which explore the Universe using light beyond the visible spectrum, such as those onboard the Chandra X-ray Observatory need to be carried above the absorbing atmosphere. ... By orbiting above the Earth's atmosphere, the Hubble Space Telescope, pictured above , can get clearer images. ... Index...