Observatory
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An observatory is a location used for observing terrestrial and/or celestial events.
Observatory
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scientific facility especially equipped to detect and record naturally occurring scientific phenomena.
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Observatory
An observatory is a location with equipment permanently mounted for the purpose of observing the sky and celestial events.
Yerkes Observatory
Laser Interferometer Gravity-wave Observatory
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My first backyard observatory was a simple 8 ft x 8 ft roll-off roof shed located in Sooke, BC. After moving to Ontario last March and finding a rural property North of Kingston, I have decided that the next one would be a bit bigger.
Royal Observatory & history of astronomy
The Prime Meridian at Greenwich
The Royal Observatory in Greenwich is the home of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and the Prime Meridian of the world.
Arecibo Observatory
A facility of the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (NAIC) located 19 kilometers (12 miles) south of Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Its principal instrument is the 305-meter Arecibo radio telescope.
Chandra observatory marks a decade of X-ray astronomy
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Observatory Design & Construction
- Site & Building Schematics
- Observatory Construction Documents
- Training the Binary Eye - Short tutorial on observing binary stars.
The Observatory was founded by King Charles II in 1675 to answer the most pressing scientific question of the time: how to navigate ships on the high seas.
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The observatory is located at the end of a 1.5-kilometre (0.9 mi) long drift, whimsically named the 'SNO drift', isolating it from other mining operations.
Chandra Observatory Launch Lights Up the Night Sky
X-ray astronomy moved into the 21st century today with the launch of the Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO). Shortly before 12:30 a.m.
McDonald Observatory, a research unit of The University of Texas at Austin, is one of the world's leading centers for astronomical research, teaching, and public education and outreach.
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Mt Stromlo Observatory celebrates a century of observations with the return of the Oddie refractor
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Chandra X-ray Observatory
Chandra is solar powered and has three major parts. The X-ray telescope contains eight mirrors that focus the X-rays emitted by space objects.
Chandra X-ray Observatory
The Chandra Telescope is in orbit around Earth. Image Credit: NASA
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Compton Gamma Ray Observatory
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Interview with a planetarium and observatory coordinator
Introduction
Ms. Brenda Culbertson is the Observatory and Planetarium Coordinator at Washburn University in Kansas, USA.
OBSERVATORY OPEN HOUSES: There are public nights at the McCormick Observatory, on the first and third Friday of every month from 9-11 PM September and October, and 7-9 PM in November and December.
The Observatory and Telescope Tube
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(7) Observatory Spacecraft
Spitzer (SIRTF)
An observatory spacecraft does not travel to a destination to explore it.
KECK OBSERVATORY
The W. M. Keck Observatory is located on the top of the dormant volcano Mauna Kea in Hawaii. The Keck observatory has world's largest infrared and optical telescopes, called the Keck 1 and the Keck 2.
A space observatory is any instrument in outer space which is used for observation of distant planets, galaxies, and other outer space objects....
data. Others work with radio telescopes like the Very Large Array
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OBSERVATORY
An observatory is a place set up with a device (or devices) for observing astronomical or meteorological phenomenon, like , planets, , etc. Observatories often have powerful (visual, radio, or other types).
Observatory
A structure designed and equipped for making astronomical observations. Observatories are located on Earth and in space.
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The observatory sits out in the middle of the lake to reduce distortion from Sun heating the air above the ground. Turbulence is reduced by a smooth flow of wind across the lake.
The observatory detected X-rays with an energy of 0.3 to 1.0 kilo electron Volts. The bulk of the X-rays were between 0.5 and 0.7 kilo electron Volts.
KECK OBSERVATORY
The is located on the top of the dormant volcano Mauna Kea in Hawaii. The Keck observatory has world's largest infrared and optical telescopes, called the Keck 1 and the Keck 2.
Keck Observatory, UC Berkeley
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The rings of Uranus are changing
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Gemini Observatory is the public home page for the Gemini telescope project. Links are provided to a range of pages including those dealing with the engineering and technology, observations, media releases and images.
The Musk Observatory located at the Mars Desert Research Station
When you think of observatories, you may think of a round building with a telescope sticking out of it and astronomers squabbling over observation time.
Selecting observatory sites with "good seeing" (and distant from urban lights!) became a big consideration, and ultimately "adaptive optics" overcame the problem of turbulence, ...
Mauna Kea Observatory (observatory, Hawaii, United States)
Star of Bethlehem (celestial phenomenon)
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The Planck observatory that was sent into space to record the origins of the universe has beamed back the first glimpse into the past.
Palomar Observatory Sky Survey [BFM02]
Ptolemaic Model of the Universe ...
Wilcox Solar Observatory Magnetograph
Web Links
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Mount Wilson Observatory was established for study of the Sun.
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Optical SETI Observatory facilities that are shared with conventional telescopes. While conventional astronomy is done at night, Optical SETI may be done both at night and during the day. See Daylight Optical SETI.
The Mauna Kea Observatory is probably the best observing site in the world. Many very large telescopes are at the 4177-meter summit of the extinct volcano.
Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO) Formerly called AXAF, Chandra was launched July 23, 1999, and is the largest and most sophisticated X-ray observatory to date. [More Info] ...
The Greenwich Observatory is founded by King Charles II. John Flamsteed is the first Astronomer Royal and calculates a table of the EoT.
1685
John Twysden publishes his "Use of the Great Planisphere called the Analemma".
National Solar Observatory / Sacramento Peak Image Index
more info and links about sunspots
historical info about sunspots
Virtual Tour of the Sun by Michael Berger
The Sun: a Pictorial Introduction, a slide set by P. Charbonneau and O.R. White ...
Infrared Space Observatory.
Isobars
Nuclei with the same A number but different Z numbers. Also, lines connecting equal atmospheric pressures.
British Royal Observatory Greenwich, England
"The Royal Observatory Greenwich is often asked how stars may be named after individuals.
The first Great Observatory to be launched was the famous Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Launched in 1990, Hubble is a long term space-based observatory designed to gather visible, ultraviolet, and near-infrared light.
VSOP (VLBI Space Observatory Programme) was a space VLBI mission. Data collected using a 8-m radio dish on board the Japanese satellite HALCA (Highly Advanced Laboratory for Communications and Astronomy) were correlated with data collected from ...
Infrared Space Observatory (ISO)
A space telescope designed to observe in the infrared region of the spectrum. ISO was launched in 1995 and is a project of the European Space Agency.
Chandra: An X-ray observatory in orbit around the Earth.
Charon: Pluro's moon.
Cluster: A group of stars that are close together.
NASA's Last "Great Observatory" Starts Imaging
(Added 09/10/03) The Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTIF), launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, on August 25, has switched on two of its onboard instruments to take preliminary images of stars.
Title: New Roll-top Observatory in Panama
Submitted by: Ed Case
Ed Case from Dolega, Chiriqui, Panama shared an image of his new roll-top observatory. He just recently completed the new observatory after retiring in Panama.
A space-based X-ray observatory built and operated by the Italian Space Agency and the Netherlands Agency for Aerospace Programs. BeppoSAX has been instrumental in identifying and locating gamma-ray bursts.
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Naval Observatory, containing elaborate tables of the predicted positions of various celestial bodies and other data of use to astronomers and navigators.
(HST), space-based observatory named for the American astronomer Edwin Powell Hubble. The spacecraft is a cooperative program of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the European Space Agency. The heart of the HST is a 94-in.
Double stars dot the sky, many the favorites of amateurs and observatory nights, some like those that make Mizar in Ursa Major plain white, others like Albireo exhibiting beautiful contrasts.
Forget it -- you'll probably need a separate observatory to house one.
4.5" or 6" reflectors make excellent beginner's instruments. For $300-$650, you get a decent aperture and a scope that's relatively portable.
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Very, applied it to determine the moon's radiation at the Allegheny observatory.
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