... Planets . ... Earth Satellites . ... Looking in the direction of the constellation Cygnus the Swan and launched by NASA in 2009 is the Kepler Space Observatory.Many previous missions searching for exoplanets mainly detected large giant planets, like large hot Jupiters (it is easier to detect larger planets).However KeplerтАЩs main objective is to search for much smaller planets located in a habitable zone which is not too close nor too far from their star; planets which may be just like our Earth. ...

MINUTES OF THE EIGHTY SIXTH MEETING OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE OF ARMAGH OBSERVATORY AND PLANETARIUM HELD ON 21 JUNE 2012 AT 10.30 A.M. IN THE CASSINI ROOM, ARMAGH PLANETARIUM Present: Apologies: His Grace, The Most Reverend A.E.T. Harper (Chairman), Mr B. Hannam, Professor A. Hibbert, Professor T. Ray ... MINUTES OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON 9 FEBRUARY 2012 2.1. ... MINUTES OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE OF ARMAGH OBSERVATORY AND PLANETARIUM 21 June 2012 Page 2 3.12. ...