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Navigating the Night Sky [PDF]
, 2005 Introduction: What is in the sky tonight? How do you know where and when to look for a certain star? This activity introduces star maps and star wheels as tools for learning about the night sky.McDonald ...
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Lynx X-Ray Observatory: an overview
Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems, 2019 . Lynx, one of the four strategic mission concepts under study for the 2020 Astrophysics Decadal Survey, provides leaps in capability over previous and planned x-ray missions and provides synergistic observations in the 2030s to a multitude of space- and
J. Gaskin +30 more
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Early Pioneers of Telescopic Astronomy in India: G.V.Juggarow and His Observatory [PDF]
arXiv, 2011 G.V.Juggarow was one of the early pioneers of observational astronomy in India who built his own observatory in 1840 at Vizagapatnam. His legacy was continued by his son-in-law A.V.Nursing Row till 1892, his daughter till 1894, Madras Government till 1898, and his grandson till it became inactive in early 1900s.
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Learning About Eliptical Orbits [PDF]
, 2008 Introduction: For thousands of years astronomers tried to model the motion of objects in the sky using circles or combinations of circles. Then in 1609, Johannes Kepler proved that the shape of planetary orbits are actually ellipses.
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What is an Observatory? The Crucial Role of Such Organizations for Maximizing the Science Return from Astronomy Research Facilities [PDF]
arXiv, 2013 Observatories, Institutes and Centers that support major astronomical facilities have, for decades, played a key role in maximizing the scientific return from their facilities and telescopes. It is crucial to realize that an "observatory" is more than simply a telescope or ensemble of telescopes that provide observing opportunities for astronomers ...
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, 2011 Introduction: Without being informed of the expected product, the students will make a Play-doh model of the Earth-Moon system, scaled to size and distance. The facilitator will reveal the true identity of the system at the conclusion of the activity.
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Charles Michie Smith - founder of the Kodaikanal (Solar Physics) Observatory and beginnings of physical astronomy in India [PDF]
Current Science, 2014, vol.106, no.3,447 - 467, 2014 It has been about 115 years since the establishment of Kodaikanal Observatory as an extension of the original Madras Observatory, which has evolved into the present Indian Institute of Astrophysics at Bangalore. It is also the first mountain observatory in India.
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The Sky Polarization Observatory
New Astronomy, 2004 SPOrt is an ASI-funded experiment specifically designed to measure the sky polarization at 22, 32 and 90 GHz, which was selected in 1997 by ESA to be flown on the International Space Station. Starting in 2006 and for at least 18 months, it will be taking direct and simultaneous measurements of the Stokes parameters Q and U at 660 sky pixels, with FWHM ...
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Observations of the Satellite of Neptune, from photographs taken at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, between 1909 November 22 and 1910 April 15 [PDF]
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