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Tropical cyclone Izilda
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Tropical cyclone Izilda struck Madagascar at about 06:00 GMT on 26 March. Data supplied by the US Navy and Air Force Joint Typhoon Warning Centre suggest that the point of landfall was near 23.7 S, 43.3 E. [url=http://cdiver.net/blog/weather/tropical-cyclone-izilda-off-east-africa/]Sour...
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Dallas chunk of metal
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Police say a 6-pound chunk of metal that crashed through the roof of a Dallas home was part of a machine that was grinding up an unwanted tree nearby. Read more
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BOOTES-3 telescope
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BOOTES-3 a major boost for New Zealand astronomy New Zealand astronomers will seek a glimpse of the universe's first generation of stars using BOOTES-3, a new gamma-ray telescope to be opened in Blenheim tomorrow. A joint Spanish-New Zealand astronomy project that adds to the BOOTES telescope ne...
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Neumayer Station III
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A new German polar research station was inaugurated on Saturday, 21 February within the framework of International Polar Year. Neumayer Station III is located on the Ekstroem ice shelf in Dronning Maud Land in the Antarctic. Nine people ensure the year-round operation of the station, which serve...
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Padang Stones
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Padang Hill, at an elevation of almost 900 meters above sea level, is home to the largest megalithic site in Southeast Asia, or the second-largest in the Asia-Pacific region. The word padang, in the language of the Sundanese people of West Java Province, translates as bright. One explanation for th...
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Bislee Tier Observatory
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The University of Tasmania has been given a $1.6 million optical telescope from an anonymous UK benefactor. The donation underpins the University's plan to build a state-of-the-art observatory at Bislee Tier near Spring Hill in the Southern Midlands. [url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stori...
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Pueblo Radio and Amateur Astronomy Club
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The Pueblo Radio and Amateur Astronomy Club is now full functioning. A website was developed to demonstrate their involvement in slewing professional telescopes in Norway, Puerto Rico, The Netherlands, New Mexico, Chile, Hawaii and Australia. [url=http://pueblowarriors.wordpress.com/...
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Lake Michigan Stone circle
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According to BLDGBLOG, in 2007, Mark Holley, professor of underwater archeology at Northwestern Michigan College, discovered a series of stones arranged in a circle 40 feet below the surface of Lake Michigan. One stone outside the circle seems to have carvings that resemble a mastodonan elephan...
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AMiBA
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Title: The AMiBA Hexapod Telescope Mount Authors: Patrick M. Koch (1), Michael Kesteven (2), Hiroaki Nishioka (1), Homin Jiang (1), Kai-Yang Lin (1,3), Keiichi Umetsu (1,4), Yau-De Huang (1), Philippe Raffin (1), Ke-Jung Chen (1), Fabiola Ibanez-Romano (1), Guillaume Chereau (1), Chih-Wei Lo...
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Haleakala Telescope
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Durfee telescope
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Johnson Planetarium
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Planetarium faces closure after 46 years The planetarium is part of the Jefferson County School District. Voters in Jefferson County struck down a proposed bond issue and mill levy last November. The district asked for $384 million for building expenses and for operations. The failed measures ar...
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Royal Masonic School Observatory
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Pupils at the Royal Masonic School are looking to the stars with renewed confidence after the completion of a new observatory. The girls'school, in Chorleywood Road, has spent around £5,000 refurbishing its historic observatory and purchasing a new super powered telescope. [url=http://www.w...
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York University Observatory
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York University is offering everyone a look through its telescopes for two hours each week. And you don't even have to leave home. The live telescope feed will run on York's special website in celebration of the International Year of Astronomy. [url=http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Technology/Y...
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Hirsch Observatory
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute invites members of the community to the Hirsch Observatory to view planets, stars, and galaxies with the observatorys 16-inch telescope. The observatory will be open to the public every Saturday evening through November from 8-10 p.m. as part of its annual open...
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