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Melbhenge
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'Melbhenge' sun spectacle wins fans in Australia It may not rival "Manhattanhenge", but the Australian city of Melbourne has enjoyed its own spectacular solar phenomenon. At 20:27 local time on Tuesday, the setting sun perfectly aligned with the city's east-west streets to cast a golden light be...
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Hartung-Boothroyd Observatory
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Cornell dedicates telescope in honour of James Houck Cornell astronomers gathered atop Mount Pleasant at sunset June 25 to honour one of their own. The 25-inch reflecting telescope at the university's Hartung-Boothroyd Observatory was named in memory of the late James R. Houck. Read more
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Strangford megalithic stone
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The stone was erected to create a landmark as a testament to young people's energy, industry and co-operation to mark the Millennium. Erected on 26 June 1999 using the muscle power of 1000 young people, this project was awarded a Millennium Commission grant of £225,850. [url=http://www.downdc.g...
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El Volcán pyramid
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Mysterious volcano-shaped pyramid discovered in Peru hosted celebrations in honour of solar eclipses The structure, known as El Volcán, was probably erected deliberately to look like a volcano A mysterious pyramid discovered in coastal Peru was built to resemble a volcano, archaeologists hav...
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ASTRI telescope
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CTA Prototype Telescope, ASTRI, Achieves First Light During the nights of 25 and 26 May, the camera of the ASTRI telescope prototype recorded its first ever Cherenkov light while undergoing testing at the astronomical site of Serra La Nave (Mount Etna) in Sicily managed by INAF-Catania. This come...
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Zwicky Transient Facility
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Title: The unblinking eye on the sky Author: Eric C. Bellm, Shrinivas R. Kulkarni From near-Earth asteroids to superluminous supernovae and counterparts to gravitational wave sources, the Zwicky Transient Facility will soon scan the night sky for transient phenomena. Read more (1004kb, PDF)
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Xochicalco observatory
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The observatory is a cave modified to allow study of the movement of the sun. The cave was covered with stucco and painted black, yellow and red with a chimney that measured from the base to the surface 8.7 meters, and which is hexagonal in the top. The chimney has a slight slope allowing the sun's rays to...
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Siberian Radioheliograph
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Title: Siberian Radioheliograph: First Results Author: S.V. Lesovoi (1), A.T. Altyntsev (1), A.A. Kochanov (1,2), V.V. Grechnev (1), A.V. Gubin (1), D.A. Zhdanov (1), E.F. Ivanov (1), A.M. Uralov (1), L.K. Kashapova (1,2), A.A. Kuznetsov (1), N.S. Meshalkina (1), R.A. Sych (1), ((1) Institute...
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High-Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory
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The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory, or HAWC, is a facility designed to observe TeV gamma rays and cosmic rays with an instantaneous aperture that covers more than 15% of the sky. With this large field of view, the detector will be exposed to half of the sky during a 24-hour period. [url=h...
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Event Horizon Telescope
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Mt. Graham telescope to take first-ever picture of a black hole On Wednesday, scientists worldwide are hoping to take the first-even picture of the black hole believed to be at the center of our galaxy, and the University of Arizona's telescope on Mount Graham will be taking part. The Event Horizon T...
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Very Long Baseline Interferometry
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Seeing black holes and beyond Scientists at MIT and other institutions are using a method called VLBI (Very Long Baseline Interferometry) to link a group of radio telescopes spread across the globe into what is, in effect, a telescope the size of our planet. Although the technique of VLBI is not new,...
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LAGO
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Title: LAGO: the Latin American Giant Observatory Author: Iván Sidelnik, Hernán Asorey, for the LAGO Collaboration The Latin American Giant Observatory (LAGO) is an extended cosmic ray observatory composed of a network of water-Cherenkov detectors (WCD) spanning over different sites locate...
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Trellyffaint Tomb
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Complex prehistoric patterns discovered around site of ancient Welsh burial chamber A team of archaeologists, led by a researcher from the University of Bristol, has uncovered the remains of a possible Stonehenge-type prehistoric earthwork monument in a field in Pembrokeshire. Members of the...
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Udaipur Solar Observatory
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Title: Imaging Spectropolarimeter for Multi-application Solar Telescope at Udaipur Solar Observatory: Characterization of polarimeter and preliminary observations Author: Alok Ranjan Tiwary, Shibu K. Mathew, A. Raja Bayanna, P. Venkatakrishnan, Rahul Yadav Multi-Application Solar Te...
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Gela Calendar Rock
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Prehistoric 'Calendar Rock' Found In Sicily Archaeologists have found a Stonehenge-like "calendar rock" in Gela, on the southern coast of Sicily, that they say was used as a prehistoric sundial to measure seasons and years during the Bronze Age. The man-made megalith was found eight kilometres f...
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