The AstroGuide . ... AstroGuide | ... AstroGuide Listing . Login . See many more Astronomy Listings by: Category or Alphabet . The Amateur Astronomers of Central Iowa is a small nonprofit amateur astronomy club located near Marshalltown in Central Iowa. ... Listed Since February 14, 1999 . ... Unless otherwise specified, web site content Copyright 1994-2016 John Huggins All Rights Reserved . dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . are trademarks of John Huggins ...

... Apr 14, 2016 - Monthly Meeting . ... The Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ATMoB) is an astronomy club devoted to telescope making, observing, and studying the heavens. ... CURRENT MOON . ... April Sky . ... Lyrids Meteor Shower . ... Sources: NASA JPL Space Calendar , StarDate Online , Sky Telescope , Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics , RASC Observer’s Handbook , Abrams Planetarium Sky Calendar and Astronomy Magazine . ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

For Astronomers : Finding a Partner Teacher . ... About amateur astronomers . Because Project ASTRO encourages both amateur and professional astronomers to visit schools, there are several avenues to pursue to find a partner astronomer. ... Contact local astronomy clubs . Many amateur astronomers belong to local astronomy clubs. ... To find amateur astronomy clubs in your area, contact your local planetarium, community college astronomy department, or a local telescope store. ...

... Major news, from Terry Moseley: "Irish amateur astronomer Dave McDonald has just discovered an asteroid - the first one to be discovered in Ireland for 160 years! ... He said to me afterwards "Now I'll just have to discover one myself!" ... The only other asteroid ever discovered in Ireland was 9 Metis, by Andrew Graham at Markree Observatory in Co Sligo, on 25 April 1848. ... International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node . ...

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... October 4, 1999 . The 220 Mirrors of CRTF . ... Explanation: Even the largest of modern optical telescopes are small when compared with the light gathering power of the Central Receiver Test Facility (CRTF) located in New Mexico , USA. CRTF has 220 mirrors each over 7-meters in diameter all focused on a single tower. ... Recently, astronomers with the STACEE project have begun using CRTF to collect secondary light emitted when high-energy gamma rays strike the Earth's atmosphere. ...

. Предисловие. Введение. Глава 1. НЕМНОГО ТЕОРИИ. 1. Свет, оптические детали и характеристики систем. 2. Конические сечения. Поверхности вращения. 3. Как работает телескоп? . 4. Простейший телескоп. 5. Аберрации. 6. Ахроматические линзы. 7. Идеальный объектив и тонкая структура изображения. 8. Разрешающая сила телескопа. 9. Предельные увеличения телескопа. 10. Эффективность телескопа. 11. Типы телескопов.

... Астронет | ... Астрономия в России | ... Каталог: любительские организации Amateur Astronomers Association of New York . ... Астрономическая неделя с 11 по 17 апреля 2016 года . Дни открытых дверей на Звенигородской обсерватории ИНАСАН 16 и 17 апреля 2016 г. Астрономическая неделя с 4 по 10 апреля 2016 года . День открытых дверей на Пущинской РадиоАстрономической Обсерватории 09 апреля 2016 года . Журнал "Небосвод" за апрель 2016 года . ... Календарь наблюдателя на апрель 2016 года . ...

... It was with this spirit that Norman Oberle suggested that area amateurs should have the benefit of a large aperture (25 inches or larger) telescope with sufficient focal length for excellent visual work. ... Norm Oberle and Jim Thomas spent 2,000 hours grinding and polishing to work the mirror into an oblate spheroid. ... Norm worked with Jim Thomas in a basement workshop. ... The Richland club is situated in the Hidden Hollow camp ground, and has long held meetings in the clubhouse on the grounds. ...

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Photos courtesy of Julia Olsen . ... Steward Observatory Mirror Lab Tour . Kitt Peak Tour . 2005 ASP Awards Banquet . ... ASP Booth, Dan Zevin . ... Day 2, ASP President Dennis Schatz Welcome . ASP Executive Director, Mike Bennett . ... Group Photo . ... Left to Right: Jeanne Bishop, Thomas J. Bernnan Award Winner Steve Rapp, Mary Rapp,Terry Brennan . Jeff Goldstein receives the Klumpke-Roberts Award from ASP Board Member George Nelson . ...