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Winterbourne Bassett stone circle
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The lost stone circle at Winterbourne Bassett A lunchtime talk will be held at the Wiltshire Heritage Museum on Wednesday, 12 September, 2007. The illustrated talk by Jim Gunter, Trustee and Chair of the Society's Archaeology Field Group, is about the 'lost' stone circle at Winterbourne Bassett....
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Lijiang Observatory
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Construction of China's largest general optics tracking telescope was completed on May 12 and it is now ready for use at the Chinese Academy of Science Yunnan Province Lijiang astronomic observatory. The telescope, 2.4 meters in diameter, 8 meters tall and weighing 40 tons, is the largest of its ki...
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Laos Quake
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A strong magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurred at 08:56:18 (UTC) on Wednesday, May 16, 2007, in the Laos Region, 110 km NE of Chiang Rai, Thailand, at a depth of 38.1 km. Location 20.473°N, 100.701°E A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck northern Laos on Wednesday, shaking buildings as far away as Bang...
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Astronomer Lisa Kewley
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Astronomer Lisa Kewley laid the foundations of her galactic inquiry during PhD research at the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics on Mt Stromlo. Since then, shes journeyed to the University of Hawaii to use some of the largest telescopes in the world. For her work studying the formation...
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Severe Cyclonic Storm Akash
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Severe Cyclonic Storm Akash is forecast to strike land: Bangladesh probability for CAT 1 or above is 100% currently probability for TS is 100% currently Myanmar probability for CAT 1 or above is 100% currently probability for TS is 100% currently India probability for CAT 1 or above is 40% currently...
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Tropical Storm 01B
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Tropical Storm 01B is forecast to strike land: Myanmar probability for CAT 1 or above is 45% in about 36 hours probability for TS is 65% in about 36 hours Bangladesh probability for CAT 1 or above is 35% in about 36 hours probability for TS is 60% in about 36 hours
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Pir Ghaib monument
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As the country celebrates the 150th anniversary of the First War of Independence, there exists a monument on the Capital's Northern Ridge that is special not only because it was associated with the historic revolt but also because of its astronomical significance. Built by Firoz Shah Tughlaq, the...
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Collingwood All Sky Camera
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Look up , look way up. That is exactly what a special camera near Collingwood is doing every night, all year long. The camera is part of the All Sky Camera Network and is part of the largest meteorite detection system in Eastern Canada and th...
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Yunnan Observatory
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Kunming Base of the United Laboratory of Optical Astronomy Chinese Academy of Sciences Expand (135kb, 800 x 600) Latitude: 25.027005°N, Longitude: 102.790780°E
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Margaret Huss
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Margaret Huss grew up around meteorites, so marrying Glenn Huss was a good fit. Margaret Huss and her husband operated the American Meteorite Laboratory in Westminster for three decades before she died April 14. She was 82. The laboratory was originally in Arizona, where Margaret Huss' father, H....
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Sierra Stars Observatory
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Sierra Stars Observatory will be available to the public Galaxies far, far away will become closer to Tahoe - and the rest of the world - once a private observatory in Markleeville begins operations next month. Unlike almost all telescopes of its calibre, the Sierra Stars Observatory will be availa...
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Govind Swarup
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The father of Indian astronomy and the architect of the giant metrewave radio telescope (GMRT), Govind Swarup, has recently been honoured with the Grote Reber Medal, 2007 for lifetime, innovative achievement in radio astronomy. The Australia Telescope National Facility, which conferred the a...
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Subtropical Storm Andrea
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The first named storm of the year formed on Wednesday off the southeastern U.S. coast, more than three weeks before the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season. Subtropical Storm Andrea had top s...
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Bryce observatory
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Taking advantage of southern Utah's clear, dark skies, Bryce Canyon National Park wants to build a $2 million public astronomical observatory. It would be only the second observatory for the National Park Service and a much grander type than the small facility at Chaco Canyon National Historical...
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European Cooperating State Agreement
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On 27 April 2007, Pawel Poncyljusz, Secretary of State in the Ministry of Economy, and René Oosterlinck, ESA Director of Legal Affairs and External Relations, signed the European Cooperating State Agreement in Warsaw.
Poland is the fourth European Cooperating State (ECS) following Hungary (...
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