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Institute for Astronomy The Institute for Astronomy is a research and teaching group within the School of Physics, University of Edinburgh. The IfA runs introductory courses in astronomy for students of any discipline at first year level, Honours Degree courses in Astrophysics (both BSc and MPhys), and research degrees leading to the award of PhD in astronomy. The Royal Observatory Edinburgh comprises the UK Astronomy Technology Centre of the Science and Technology Facilities Council, the Institute for Astronomy of the University of Edinburgh and the ROE Visitor Centre. www.roe.ac.uk /ifa   (159 words)

Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Institute of Astronomy is the largest of the three Astronomy departments in the University of Cambridge. Institute of Astronomy at the University of Cambridge Institute of Astronomy at the University of Vienna en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Institute_of_Astronomy,_Cambridge   (144 words)

The Sackler Institute of Astronomy, Tel-Aviv University, Israel The Sackler Institute of Astronomy, Tel-Aviv University, Israel The Raymond and Beverly Sackler Institute of Astronomy, at the Tel Aviv University, was approved by the University Senate in 1994 and inaugurated on December 1, 1994. The Institute operates within the School of Physics and Astronomy at the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences. wise-obs.tau.ac.il /institute.html   (1129 words)

Cycles Research Institute - Astronomy Astronomy is the most ancient science, no doubt studied by people to keep track of the seasons so that the right time was known for hunting and planting and other activities. Other areas of cycles in astronomy are variable stars, binary stars, pulsars, galactic cores, solar oscillations and perhaps the oscillation of the entire universe. It is not possible, when considering astronomy from a cyclic point of view to not consider its relationship to astrology. www.cyclesresearchinstitute.org /astronomy.html   (1094 words)

Astronomy Departments The Astronomical Observatory is an institute in Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland. The Institute for Theoretical Physics/Astrophysics of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt. The Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale (IAS) in Orsay, France, is a laboratory of French CNRS and University of Paris-Orsay. www.cv.nrao.edu /fits/www/yp_dept.html   (10333 words)

Astronomy News Elliot Moore, an astronomer at the university, dismissed the woman's claim, telling her that all stars seem to flicker. Astronomy emerged as one of many interests for Father Burger, a Scripture teacher who served as a missionary to Alaska and Iraq before returning to his... Astronomy enthusiasts Gerry and Donna Venable donated a telescope for the raffle. www.dailyastronomy.com   (452 words)

Enterprise Honolulu | Astronomy & Space Science Honolulu Oahu Hawaii IFA conducts solar research and long-term stellar studies, planetary, galactic and extragalactic research, and cosmology. IFA also use, and support space observatories, such as the Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra (an X-ray astronomy satellite), to make observations that cannot be made from the ground. Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology (HIGP), at the University of Hawaii is also pioneering the frontiers of space science through basic and applied research with specific emphasis on remote sensing. www.enterprisehonolulu.com /html/display.cfm?sid=45   (780 words)

The Peruvian Institute of Astronomy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) The Peruvian Institute of Astronomy is a nonprofit institution whose main objective is to promote and develop Astronomy and Space Sciences. The Peruvian Institute of Astronomy has three maim DOME THEATERS that are open all year round. Another main teaching area is Cultural Astronomy, where you learn how the ancient pre-columbian cultures: Nasca Tiwanaku-Wari, Mochica, Inca, and the current Andean, Quechua and Aymara populations observed, interpreted, and used the sky with their myths and cosmovision. www.concytec.gob.pe /ipa/inicio_ingles.htm   (207 words)

ETHZ Institute of Astronomy: About us The institute, which belongs to the ETH and was founded in 1980, is responsible for astronomy teaching at both the ETH and the University of Zurich. The main research areas of the institute include physics of the Sun and stars, radio astronomy, astrophysical plasma physics, and astronomical instrumentation. Examples are observational programs with the Hubble Space Telescope, HESSI (High energy solar spectroscopic imager), ESO, VLA, National Solar Observatory, Canary Islands facilities, ISO, etc. The institute also has a station for radio astronomy near the city of Aarau and a solar tower in Zurich to test new instrumentation and for teaching purposes. www.astro.phys.ethz.ch /intro/intro_nf.html   (989 words)

IfA Research Experiences for Undergraduates The Institute for Astronomy (IfA) of the University of Hawaii (UH) at Manoa expects to offer eight research assistant positions for the summer of 2006. Astronomers at the IfA conduct research in a wide range of astrophysical disciplines, including solar physics, planetary astronomy, astrobiology, stars, the interstellar medium and star formation, the formation and evolution of galaxies, and cosmology. In addition to carrying out their research at the IfA on Oahu, REU students will also participate in an observing run on one of the telescopes at the Mauna Kea (Big Island) or Haleakala (Maui) observatories. www.ifa.hawaii.edu /reu   (370 words)

Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Preparatory Office The Institute of Astronomy was among the first to be established when Academia Sinica was founded in 1928. The further growth of the Institute was discontinued because of the Second Sino-Japanese war and the civil war. The Institute aims to conduct observational and theoretical research in order to understand the origin, structure, and evolution of the universe and its constituents. www.sinica.edu.tw /as/intro/astr.html   (1823 words)

Astronomical Institute of the Charles University   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) The Astronomical Institute of Charles University in Prague was founded by August Seydler (1849-1891), professor of theoretical physics and astronomy. The Institute was located in a villa in Letna and than, for a long time, in another villa in Smichov, a district of Prague. Nowadays, the Astronomical Institute is a part of the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics. astro.troja.mff.cuni.cz /en   (78 words)

1998 Franklin Institute Laureates   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) England's Astronomer Royal, Rees was Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at Cambridge University, and was elected to this chair at the age of 30. He was appointed to the faculty at California Institute of Technology in 1976, was tenured within two years and in 1982 became a full professor. Zewail is recognized for his pioneering work in the new and growing field of "femtochemistry," which has already had an impact on chemical, biological, and medical research all over the world, and is someday expected to yield practical results by allowing improved control of chemical processes used in manufacturing and drug design. sln.fi.edu /tfi/exhibits/bower/98winners.html   (1904 words)

Niels Bohr Institute - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Niels Bohr Institute is part of the Niels Bohr Institute for Astronomy, Physics and Geophysics of the University of Copenhagen. On Niels Bohr's 80th birthday - October 7, 1965 - the Institute for Theoretical Physics of the University of Copenhagen officially became The Niels Bohr Institute. During the 1910s, 1920s, and 1930s, the Institute was the center of the developing disciplines of atomic physics and quantum physics. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Niels_Bohr_Institute   (174 words)

Astronomy institute gleaming - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper The community has long known that the University of Hawai'i-Manoa's Institute for Astronomy is one of the stars in its academic constellation, but it's a shinier star than we realized. A document prepared for a peer review — the first overall assessment in almost 20 years — notes that the UH program is "second to Princeton" in number of "citations," and Princeton is the nation's top-ranked university. Caltech was third, Harvard fifth, MIT ninth, Columbia 16th and Yale 18th in the "Top 20" astronomy programs ranked by the National Research Council. the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2001/Dec/13/ln/ln30a.html   (501 words)

Celestron.com/ News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) Celestron representative Kevin Kawai and Gary Fujihara of the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. The institute plans to use the telescopes for public observing as part of their science education and outreach programs. Celestron was invited by the Institute for Astronomy to participate in the annual Astro Day event in April of 2005. www.celestron.com /c2/news_view.php?NewsID=7&Style=printable   (306 words)

PRESS RELEASE The Kavli Foundation Establishes Two New Scientific Institutes in China   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) The Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics China at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics at Peking University Will Be Part of a Dozen-Strong Worldwide Network The Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics at Peking University and the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics China at the Chinese Academy of Sciences will join a network of ten existing Kavli Institutes around the world dedicated to furthering scientific knowledge in astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience. The Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics at Peking University will carry out fundamental research on the origin and evolution of astrophysical structures, from planetary systems to the universe as a whole. www.marketwire.com /mw/release_html_b1?release_id=136425   (517 words)

Max Planck Society - Press Release Led by the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, five German institutes participated, garnering a total of 25 percent of the observation time. Among them were the Max Planck Institutes for Astronomy in Heidelberg, Extraterrestrial Physics in Garching, and for Radio Astronomy in Bonn, as well as the Landessternwarte (state observatory), part of the Centre for Astronomy in Heidelberg. With it, we can conduct particularly effective investigations of the structure and dynamics of the surface of stars.’ At the Institute, the Acquisition, Guiding, and Wavefront sensing units are being built, which are responsible for the exact tracking of the telescope, as well as for mirror adjustments. www.mpg.de /english/illustrationsDocumentation/documentation/pressReleases/2005/pressRelease20051026/index.html   (1427 words)

Radio Astronomy The radio telescope at Radio Astronomy at the University of Indianapolis is a 5 meter educational radio telescope. The SETI Institute (the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) serves as an institutional home for scientific and educational projects relevant to the nature, distribution, and prevalence of life in the universe. The mission of the SETI Institute is to explore, understand and explain the origin, nature and prevalence of life in the universe. www.cv.nrao.edu /fits/www/yp_radio.html   (7170 words)

Astronomy Links American Astronomical Society "The American Astronomical Society (AAS) is the major professional organization in North America for astronomers and other scientists and individuals interested in astronomy." Their website has information about the organization, its history and membership, projects, and related information, including links to other astronomical resources. Cambridge Astronomy Home Page--entry point for the Royal Greenwich Observatory, The Institute of Astronomy, Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory, and a wide range of information, photos, and other astronomical links. Space Telescope Institute: Their on-line archives include GIF/JPEG images of photographs taken by the Hubble as well as press releases (many of them technical in nature) about the Hubble and its discoveries. www.sfwa.org /links/sci_astronomy.htm   (432 words)

Undergraduate Astronomy Institute   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) The Undergraduate Astronomical Institute (UAI) was created by a core group of upper-division astronomy and physics majors at the University of Washington for the purpose of encouraging independent research among undergraduates. Although, our telescope is small and limited by the electromagnetic interference in the Seattle area, we hope to be able to see radio emissions from the strongest radio sources in the sky, which include the Sun, Jupiter, and the galactic center. Undergraduates at the University of Washington (astronomy majors as well as students just interested in astronomy) present talks on different topics every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of every month at the Jacobsen Observatory. www.astro.washington.edu /undergrad/uai.html   (241 words)

Institute of Astronomy and Space Physics (CONICET / UBA)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) The organization of the library of the Institute of Astronomy and Space Physics began a few months after the creation of the institute, in November 1971. Its purpose was to make available up to date literature to researchers and technicians of the institute and to members of related organizations. Its material was constituted mainly by publications from national and foreign observatories and institutes, and also by duplicated material offered by related libraries. www.iafe.uba.ar /biblioteca-i.html   (231 words)

IA - BAS The Institute of Astronomy (IA) carries out fundamental research in astronomy and astrophysics, as well as education of specialists in that field. To the IA belong two modern observatories for optical observations and research - the National Astronomical Observatory (NAO) at Rozhen and the Astronomical Observatory (AOB) in Belogradchik. NAO-Rozhen is recognized as a regional center for astronomical reserch. www.astro.bas.bg   (400 words)

Lone Star Astronomy Institute The Institute goals are to build educators' content knowledge and explore the tools of inquiry and current research in astronomy education. While the focus of the Institute is to support educators with first-hand experiences with the tools of astronomy and to build content knowledge in astronomy education, participants will be asked to think about how formal and informal science education links can be strengthened in their local school districts and throughout the state. The Institute is supported by the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History and a subcontract with the Texas Rural Systemic Initiative. www.texasrsi.org /LSAstro.htm   (838 words)

[No title] It is one of the UK's major centres of astronomical research, with cosmology, active galaxies and star formation being particular strengths. In the world of astronomy camp, the sky is truly the limit. Membership is open to anyone interested in any area of astronomy. www.lycos.com /info/astronomy.html   (128 words)

Astronomy - Star ends infancy abruptly - Provided by Subaru Telescope Zooming in on a nearby young star called HD 141569A, astronomers from the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan and the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy used the Subaru telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, to discover a hole in a disk of gas and dust encircling the star. The existence of this large gap, which is about the size of the orbit of Saturn, supports the theory that this young star ended its infancy abruptly, by ionizing and pushing away the gas in the disk from which it was born. COSMOS, a spectacular, image-rich, 100-page special from the editors of Astronomy magazine, presents the greatest results from the world of cosmology over the past two years. www.astronomy.com /asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=4623   (1272 words)

Astronomy Resources at STScI And now, with state-of-the-art instruments delivered during Servicing Mission 4 (SM4), the Hubble Space Telescope will peer into the Universe with new eyes, surpassing even its previous vision. Ultra Deep Field High Level Science Products The Space Telescope Science Institute, in collaboration with the Space Telescope - European Coordinating Facility (ST-ECF), and the Canadian Astronomy Data Centre (CADC) are pleased to release the final reduced images, object catalogs, and ancillary files from the Hubble Space Telescope Ultra Deep Field program. The Astronomer's Proposal Tool The APT is a complete and integrated system for the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) proposal preparation. www.stsci.edu   (227 words)

Institute of Astronomy Latest News Public Open Nights at the Institute of Astronomy restarting on 10th October Lucky Imaging: Sharpest Ever Pictures of the Heavens STFC Fellowship Applications 2007 Invisible: sound-art installation IoA Conference 2008: Putting Gravity to Work Vacancy: Computer Officer The Institute of Astronomy is part of the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry within the School of the Physical Sciences of The University of Cambridge Page last saved: 3rd March 2006 by Webmaster www.ast.cam.ac.uk   (72 words)

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