... Stargazers' in the Classroom . Other material for Teachers --guide, problems, inventory of concepts, article about this site. ... The Path of the Sun, the Ecliptic . ... The Round Earth and Christopher Columbus . Includes 8a. Distance to the Horizon . ... 11a. Ellipses and Kepler's First Law . ... Kepler's Third Law Includes: . ... Rotating Frames of Reference in Space and on Earth . ... From Stargazers to Starships" follows an earlier site "The Exploration of the Earth's Magnetosphere" . ...

... Review Article . ... David P. Stern, Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Physics . ... The history of geomagnetism began around the year 1000 with the discovery in China of the magnetic compass. Methodical studies of the Earth's field started in 1600 with William Gilbert's "De Magnete" and continued with the work of (among others) Halley, Coulomb, Gauss and Sabine. ... From that came modern dynamo theory, of both the solar and terrestrial magnetic fields. ... The Earth's Dynamo . ... References: A-G . ...

... ATNF Home . ... About ATNF overview . ... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Student list | ... Parkes radio telescope . ... PULSE@Parkes . ... The PULSE@Parkes project allows high-school students to carry out real observations using the Parkes radio telescope situated in New South Wales, Australia. ... In the first mode a class of students (Years 10 to 12) undertakes remote observations of the telescope from the Australia Telescope National Facility headquarters in Marsfield, Sydney. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Armagh Planetarium . ... Space Flight . ... Science Fiction . ... Armagh Planetarium is pleased to announce тАШMaths тАУ It Is Rocket ScienceтАЩ, a Summer Course for all primary school teachers. By signing up to the course Armagh Planetarium Primary Teachers can gain key insights into using Space to develop numeracy skills. ... The European Space Education Office (ESERO) Ireland , is offering places for teachers on a 5 day professional development. ...

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During routine astrometry with the 1.0-m to improve the orbit of the Apollo asteroid 2004 CB, the 'asteroid' was found on March 30 to have a short tail! ... it was renamed periodic comet P/2004 CB (LINEAR). ... Back to Previous News . Siding Spring Survey Main Page . ... Follow-up Astrometry with the 1.0-m at SSO . Previous News Items . Anglo-Australian Near Earth Asteroid Survey 1990-96 . ...

... Although many of the images are used for teacher-driven activities, students do have the opportunity to work with scientists on original research projects. ... The primary goal is to have teachers experience astronomy research and then to bring the research data into their classrooms via the internet. ... They also learn how to process their data, build a solar telescope to take home to their classrooms, and learn background information from astronomers in each of the three research areas. ...

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... Science User Portal . ... ESO, the European Southern Observatory . ... Travel and Contacts . Travel to ESO Headquarters . ... Travel to E-ELT Armazones . ... Weekend Visits to the ALMA OSF . ... Survey Telescopes . ... Star Clusters . ... Stars@ESO . ... Teacher Schools . ... New educational material about radio astronomy, ALMA at School, co-authored by the Joint ALMA Observatory and ESO, is now available for free in the educational material section of ESOтАЩs website in both English and Spanish. ...

Next: Blinkers and Bi-directional Jets Up: J.G. Doyle, Research Astronomer Previous: J.G. Doyle, Research Astronomer . Gerry Doyle reports that collaborative research with Maria Madjarska has revealed for the first time the presence of bi-directional jets and magnetic reconnection occurring at coronal hole boundaries. ... Next: Blinkers and Bi-directional Jets Up: J.G. Doyle, Research Astronomer Previous: J.G. Doyle, Research Astronomer M.E. Bailey . ...

... Shevchenko Vladislav Vladimirovich . ... Position: Head of Department of Lunar and Planetary Research, Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics. ... L. Johnson Space Center - Lunar and Planetary Institute. ... Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, Universitetsky 13, Moscow, 119899 , Russia, . ... V.I.Chikmachev, S.G.Pugacheva and V.V.Shevchenko, Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, Moscow, chik@sai.msu.ru ...

... Jupiter's big moon Ganymede is not only the size of a planet -- it sounds like one too, as heard in audio recordings made from data returned by NASA's Galileo spacecraft released today. ... Characterized by a soaring whistle and hissing static, Ganymede's song reveals that the Solar System's largest moon is also the only one known to possess a planet-like, self-generated magnetic cocoon called a magnetosphere , which shields the moon from the magnetic influence of its giant parent body, Jupiter. ...