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Chinese Antarctic telescopes
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China to install five Antarctic telescopes In the next five years, China will install five astronomical telescopes in the Antarctic areas to conduct research mainly on supernova cosmology, cosmic dark matter, the formation of extra solar planets and fixed stars. [url=http://english.peopled...
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Byurakan Observatory
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Byurakan Observatory seeks status of regional astronomical centre Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO) applied to International Astronomical Union (IAU) for the status of a regional astronomical centre, Director of Byurakan Observatory Hayk Harutyunytan told the reporters on Decemb...
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Cork radio telescope
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Cork students to ride the waves of cosmic storms with launch of giant satellite dish A giant 32-metre satellite dish is starting a new life as a deep space radio telescope at the National Space Centre in Cork this evening. The dish, which will become the largest radio dish available for educational pu...
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Stanton Drew
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Stanton Drew - new Great Circle entrance found New evidence of archaeological features in and around the three prehistoric stone circles at Stanton Drew has been revealed. The results of a geophysical survey carried out by Bath and Camerton Archaeological Society (BACAS) in collaboration with B...
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Wurdi Youang
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Aboriginal Stonehenge: Stargazing in ancient Australia An egg-shaped ring of standing stones in Australia could prove to be older than Britain's Stonehenge - and it may show that ancient Aboriginal cultures had a deep understanding of the movements of the stars. Fifty metres wide and containing...
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Laguna neutrino observatory
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A further step in the design of the LAGUNA large neutrino observatory is launched The kick-off meeting for the second phase of the LAGUNA's design study starts today at CERN. The principal goal of LAGUNA (Large Apparatus for Grand Unification and Neutrino Astrophysics) is to assess the feasibi...
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Monte Sano observatory
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Von Braun Astronomical Society rededicates Monte Sano observatory founded in 1954 During a trip to California's Palomar Observatory around 1954, Dr. Wernher von Braun asked if anyone knew of a large telescope for sale. Von Braun explained that he and some fellow scientists had recently formed an...
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Magdalenenberg Celtic calendar
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An early Celtic "Stonehenge" discovered in the Black Forest A huge early Celtic calendar construction has been discovered in the royal tomb of Magdalenenberg, nearby Villingen-Schwenningen in the Black Forest. This discovery was made by researchers at the Römisch-GermanischesPr...
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Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope
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Opportunity with the Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope As part of its restructuring of telescope operations on La Palma, the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) of the United Kingdom announces its intention to make the Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope (JKT) available free of charge to a suitable...
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Machrie Moor Stone Circles
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Machrie Moor - Stone Circles The stone circles on Machrie Moor on Arran. Arran is a beautiful island which lies in the Firth of Clyde snuggled into Argyll's sweaty armpit. Archeo-astronomy, midsummer sunrise alignments and a wintery guid...
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Cairnholy Chambered cairns
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Cairnholy - Chambered Cairns Cairnholy 1 and 2 are a couple of beautifully preserved chambered cairns situated in a spectacular location on the gently sloping hills above the Galloway Coast between Gatehouse of Fleet and Creetown. In thi...
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SP-39 polar station
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The Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker NS Rossiya ("Russia") has arrived at the Severny Polyus-38 (SP-38) polar station to help the 16 scientists living there relocate to a new Arctic drift station. The SP-38 polar station was established on an 7 x 12 kilometre Arctic ice floe in the C...
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RAF Fylingdales
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RAF Fylingdales is a Royal Air Force station on Snod Hill in the North York Moors, England. Its motto is "Vigilamus" (translates to "We are watching"). It is a radar base and part of the United States-controlled Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS). [url=http://e...
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Widener University Observatory
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The Widener University Observatory resumes its public stargazing sessions on Monday night, from 8-9 p.m., with more sessions set for Oct. 3, 10 and 24, from 7-8 p.m. In addition, the observatory will host a Friday-evening session on Oct. 7, from 8-9 p.m. [url=http://www.delcotimes.com/article...
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Barnett Observatory
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Created on 17th November 1956 the Chesterfield Astronomical Society began work on the Barnett Observatory in Newbold, Chesterfield. The Barnett Observatory housing the William Brown 18-inch (450mm) reflecting telescope, was constructed in the following three years with the support of over f...
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