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Doncaster observatory
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Star-gazers can see clearly now, thanks to some new lighting near their Doncaster observatory. Members of the Doncaster Astronomical Society have been struggling to plot the planets and scan the stars because of the glare of bright street lighting. Now Doncaster Council has installed nine cut-o...
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Perchlorate
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EPA Won't Regulate Rocket Fuel Toxic in Drinking Water Perchlorate, a toxic component of rocket fuel that contaminates drinking water at sites in at least 35 states, will not be regulated at the national level the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has decided. The agency announced its prelimi...
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Goat Mountain observatory
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Astronomical Society of the Desert members and guests will learn about the Goat Mountain Observatory at the society's lecture meeting at 7 p.m. Friday. Read more
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SEAGal/STARLIGHT Project
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The study of stellar populations in galaxies is entering a new era with the availability of large and high quality databases of both observed galactic spectra and state-of-the-art evolutionary synthesis models. In this project we are investigating the power of spectral synthesis as a mean to est...
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James Wylie Shepherd Observatory
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The University of Montevallo will break ground on a future residence hall and dedicate a new observatory Thursday. Both events are part of the 112th Founders' Day at Montevallo. The James Wylie Shepherd Observatory will be dedicated Thursday. [url=http://www.shelbycountyreporter.com/new...
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Fan Mountain
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The single-lane road to the top of this Blue Ridge mountain is knotted with hairpin curves and sudden cliffs that offer a horrifying look straight down at tiny trees and buildings and highways - that little white string is a highway? - at its foot. One must drive cautiously, as it is not only narrow and c...
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Penny Sackett
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Penny Sackett has spent her professional career pondering galactic structures, searching for extrasolar planets and divining the presence of dark matter. Now she is coming back to earth. The Federal Government announced yesterday it had appointed the American-born astronomer as Australia's...
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POISE
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The Space Experiment Competition for UK schools which will see the winning team flying their entry on board a British-built satellite has been won by Shrewsbury School with their proposal for an ionospheric scintillation experiment called POISE. Shrewsbury School, in Shropshire, beat five oth...
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Bahrain's first planetarium
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Work on Bahrain's first planetarium has been stalled indefinitely, with officials still trying to get government permits. The BD78,000 dome-shaped project at The Indian School campus in Isa Town, will feature educational and entertainment shows displayed on its projection screen. The GDN rep...
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Ken Crawford
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Extremely Large Telescopes
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The Design of Extremely Large Telescopes In the late 1970s, astronomers had a problem: the scale of their telescopes no longer matched the size of their ambitions. To see deeper and deeper into our universe's past, they needed a bigger telescope. To build a bigger telescope, they needed a larger mir...
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Richland College planetarium
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Richland College planetarium to reopen on Friday[url=http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/2008/oct/01/richland-college-p...
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South African Stone Structures
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When historians first stumbled upon these structures they simply assumed that they were cattle kraal left behind by the Bantu people as they moved south and settled the land from around the 13th century. But research work done by people like Cyril Hromnik, Richard Wade, Johan Heine and a handful of o...
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Holcomb Observatory
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The Holcomb Observatory at Butler University has opened for its fall season of telescope viewing and planetarium shows. It's a fun and budget-friendly way to spend the evening! Source
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Dave Jessie
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Dave Jessie loads his 12-inch computer-controlled telescope onto his tractor and manoeuvres from his home to the next-door field behind Fishcreek Elementary School on Friday nights from early spring until late fall. That is his forum to tell anyone who shows up about the world of astronomy at his W...
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