... 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 Unit Telescopes Overview - This page is outdated, an update is in process.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 Secondary mirror (M2 Unit) - This page is outdated, an update is in process.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 Coating Unit - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ...

... Ancient Craters of Southern Rhea . ... Credit: Cassini Imaging Team , SSI , JPL , ESA , NASA Explanation: Saturn's ragged moon Rhea has one of the oldest surfaces known. ... Like Earth's Moon , Rhea's rotation is locked on Saturn, and the above image shows part of Rhea's surface that always faces Saturn. ... The above image was taken by the robot Cassini spacecraft now orbiting Saturn. ... Publications with keywords: Rhea - cassini spacecraft . ... Saturns Moon Epimetheus from the Cassini Spacecraft...

... 2008 May 13 . Ancient Craters of Southern Rhea . Credit: Cassini Imaging Team , SSI , JPL , ESA , NASA . Explanation: Saturn's ragged moon Rhea has one of the oldest surfaces known. ... Like Earth's Moon , Rhea's rotation is locked on Saturn, and the above image shows part of Rhea's surface that always faces Saturn. Rhea's leading surface is more highly cratered than its trailing surface. ... About APOD | ... NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply . ...

... The Russian TESIS/ CORONAS-PHOTON Solar Observatory, which has been working in orbit since January 30th, 2009, has photographed one of the most important events in the build up to the upcoming solar cycle - the formation of our star's new southern belt of activity. The first magnetic fields of the new cycle in the southern hemisphere appeared on the Sun's surface on May 23-24th. ... The belt of activity is one of the primary concepts, characterizing the solar cycle. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Our Galaxy . ... Stars . ... Space Flight . ... A galaxy is born: This artist's impression shows a young galaxy, about two billion years after the Big Bang, accreting material from the surrounding hydrogen and helium gas and forming many young stars. ... Galaxies, distant from us in space and time, have been in the news recently. ... Astronomers at the European Southern Observatory have observed another process which helped primordial galaxies grow. ...

Home page Registration SOC and LOC The venue Speakers Final Program . ... The conference will be held in the Sebel Harbourside hotel in Kiama. We recommend that all conference attendees also stay at the hotel (details for booking your accommodation are available here ). Kiama is on the South Coast City Rail line. Timetables for the train are available on the City Rail page and typically take around 2.5 hours. ... This can be checked at the City Rail trackwork page . ...

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TABLE: The Constellations . ... The Hunting Dogs . ... But the stars that make up Orion lie at very different distances from the Sun. ... String . ... Tape or glue the string to the top of the cardboard so that the "star" will not move. ... Name of Star . ... Other Constellation Activities Given a star chart without constellation figures marked on it (whether real star charts or made-up star patterns), students can invent their own constellations, looking for patterns in the stars that appeal to them. ...