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Hampstead Scientific Society
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The Hampstead Scientific Society is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its observatory, the only one in London that regularly opens to the public. The society's president, Doug Daniels, 70, has been a keen amateur astronomer since he was 13. [url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/london/hi/pe...
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Jim Savage-Lowden Observatory
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Doors Open Day Sat. 1st September 2012 14:00 - 18:00 at the Jim Savage-Lowden Observatory, Culloden Battlefield. Visit the observatory and, weather permitting, see the Sun through our Solar Telescope. Read more
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URAT
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USNO's Newest Telescope is Operational The U.S. Naval Observatory's Robotic Astrometric Telescope (URAT) has achieved successful "Initial Operational Capability" at the Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station (NOFS) in Arizona The Observatory's newest telescope is actually deri...
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MASCARA
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Title: Ground-based search for the brightest transiting planets with the Multi-site All-Sky CAmeRA - MASCARA Authors: Ignas Snellen, Remko Stuik, Ramon Navarro, Felix Bettonvil, Matthew Kenworthy, Ernst de Mooij, Gilles Otten, Rik ter Horst, Rudolf le Poole The Multi-site All-sky CAmeRA MAS...
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Aurora Borealis sites
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Lancaster University compiling best Aurora Borealis sites Space physicists are putting together a list of the best places in the UK where people could photograph the Aurora Borealis. Lancaster University's AuroraWatch team has sought information on where shots of the Northern Lights could be f...
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NSF's Astronomy Portfolio Review
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Initial Public Statement from AUI and NRAO on the Report of the NSF's Astronomy Portfolio Review Committee Associated Universities Inc. (AUI) and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) have made a preliminary examination of the report released today from the National Science Foundat...
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Macfarlane Observatory
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At Glasgow University, the Macfarlane Observatory was established in 1757 with instruments donated by Alexander Macfarlane, a merchant in Jamaica The instruments arrived to Glasgow in a deteriorated condition, and their suitability for mounting was in question before they were taken in hand b...
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Uranienborg observatory
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Uranienborg (Swedish: Uraniborg) was an astronomical observatory operated by Tycho Brahe; built circa 1576-1580 on Hven (also spelled Ven or Hveen), an island in the Oresund between Zealand and Scania, at that time belonging to Denmark. It was the first custom-built observatory, and the last to...
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Nearby Earth Astrometric Telescope
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Title: NEAT: a space born astrometric mission for the detection and characterisation of nearby habitable planetary systems Authors: Fabien Malbet, Renaud Goullioud, Pierre-Olivier Lagage, Alain Léger, Mike Shao, Antoine Crouzier, the NEAT Consortium The NEAT (Nearby Earth Astrometric Tel...
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H.E.S.S. II telescope
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Largest ever Cherenkov telescope sees first light On 26 July 2012, the H.E.S.S. II telescope started operation in Namibia. Dedicated to observing the most violent and extreme phenomena of the Universe in very high energy gamma-rays, H.E.S.S. II is the largest Cherenkov telescope ever built, wit...
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Ocmulgee Earthlodge
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Ancient astronomical observatory unearthed in Georgia About three hours west of Savannah, archaeologists unearthed an ancient Indian mound which had a secret hidden chamber inside. Inside this secret chamber was a circle of fifty seats and an altar in the shape of a hawk or eagle. Known as the Ocmu...
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The Castlehill Observatory Aberdeen
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Over the centuries many observations have been conducted from University grounds, windows and rooftops but the University has built three observatories in the past two-and-a-half centuries. Only one survives, that on the roof of the Cromwell Tower of King's College. The first observatory wa...
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CESAR project
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Five telescopes for educational purposes A new educational collaboration agreement for space science and astronomy will bring the use of five telescopes to secondary school and university students in Europe. Students will be able to use one of ESA's radio telescopes in Spain, together with a fur...
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Hoher List Observatory
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Die Zukunft des Observatoriums Hoher List Das Argelander-Instituts für Astronomie der Universität Bonn (AIfA) wird das Observatorium Hoher List Ende Februar 2012 aufgeben. Damit droht unserer Region ein grober Verlust. Findet sich keine Möglichkeit, die Anlage auf dem Hohen List in irgendei...
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Siding Spring Survey
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The Siding Spring Survey (SSS) is a Near-Earth Object search program that utilises the 0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory, N.S.W., Australia. It is the southern hemisphere counterpart of the Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) located in the Santa Catalina Mountains on Mt Bigel...
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