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Ali Infrared Telescope
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Title: The First Infrared Telescope in Tibet Plateau Authors: Li-Yong Liu, Yong-Qiang Yao, Yi-Ping Wang, Jun-Rong Li, Yun-He Zhou, Lin Li, Xian-Long You We plan to install an infrared telescope at the new site of Tibet. The primary mirror diameter is 50cm, and the focal ratio F8. The Xenics 640 x 512...
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KELT-North Telescope
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'Extremely little' telescope discovers pair of odd planets Even small telescopes can make big discoveries. Though the KELT North telescope in southern Arizona carries a lens no more powerful than a high-end digital camera, it's just revealed the existence of two very unusual faraway planets. O...
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Faulkes Telescope South
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The FLOYDS spectrograph sees first light at FTS, and types its first supernova The first Folded Low Order whYte-pupil Double-dispersed Spectrograph (FLOYDS, for short) was commissioned at Faulkes Telescope South (FTS) at Siding Spring Observatory during the first two weeks of May, and first l...
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Beaghmore
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Beaghmore is a complex of early Bronze Age megalithic features, stone circles and cairns, 8.5 miles north west of Cookstown, County Tyrone in Northern Ireland, on the south-east edge of the Sperrin Mountains. Some documents suggest that Beaghmore translates into English as 'the moor of the birch...
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Wheaton College Astronomical Observatory
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Wheaton College opens observatory for rare Transit of Venus The Wheaton College Astronomical Observatory is opening at 4:30 p.m. today to provide free viewings of the Transit of Venus. Read more
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UKIRT
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United Kingdom Infra-Red Telescope The world's largest telescope dedicated solely to infrared astronomy, UKIRT is sited in Hawaii near the summit of Mauna Kea at an altitude of 4194m above sea level. It is owned by the United Kingdom Science and Technology Facilities Council and operated, along w...
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Meyer-Womble Observatory
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Observatory needs repair after winter disaster Repairs will begin on the DU-operated Meyer-Womble Observatory on Mount Evans this summer after it was severely damaged by high winds during the winter. A current bid to replace the dome sets the repair price at $72,000, all of which will be covered b...
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University of Guanajuato Virtual Observatory
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Title: An Interface for the Virtual Observatory of the University of Guanajuato Authors: René A. Ortega-Minakata (1), Juan P. Torres-Papaqui (1), Heinz Andernach (1), Hermenegildo Fernández-Santos (2) ((1) Departamento de Astronomía, Universidad de Guanajuato, (2) Maestría en Medios Inte...
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BEST Observatory
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Title: The Black Hole Evolution and Space Time (BEST) Observatory Authors: Henric Krawczynski (Washington Univ. in St. Louis), Jack Tueller (GSFC), Scott Barthelmy (GSFC), Jeremy Schnittman (GSFC), William Zhang (GSFC), Julian Krolik (Johns Hopkins Univ.), Matthew G. Baring (Rice Univ.), E...
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North Eastern Space Applications Centre
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The North Eastern Space Applications Centre (NESAC) is a society registered under the Meghalaya Societies Registration Act, 1983. It is a joint initiative of Department of Space (DOS) and the North Eastern Council (NEC) to provide developmental support to the north eastern region (NER) of our co...
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Tibetan observatory
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Astronomical observatory to be set up in Tibet A remote area in Tibet may be chosen as the location for a new international astronomical observatory, because of "limited clouds and vapours" but "high transparency" ideal for observation activities. A possible location fo...
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McClean telescope
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Celebration of the McClean restoration On Saturday the 24th March there was a special open night held at the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) celebrating the recent renovation of the historic McClean telescope located in the observatory grounds. Dr Ian Glass was the guest speaker a...
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Hamburg-Bergedorf Observatory
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Hamburger Sternwarte (Hamburg Observatory) is an astronomical observatory located in the Bergedorf borough of the city of Hamburg in northern Germany. It is owned and operated by the University of Hamburg, Germany since 1968, although it was founded in 1825 by the City of Hamburg and moved to its p...
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Gardoms Edge standing stone
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Experts help unlock stone's secret past A stone at the popular tourist site Gardom's Edge in the Derbyshire Peak District may in fact be a 4,000 year old seasonal sundial, experts suggest. Academics in astronomy and landscape history from Nottingham Trent University will present the findings fro...
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ROE Grubb Parsons telescope
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Royal Observatory telescope to be relocated to Canterbury A telescope from the Royal Observatory in Edinburgh is to be given to a Kent astronomical society. The ROE Grubb Parsons telescope, which has a half-metre aperture, was built to train students at Edinburgh University. The university is u...
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