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	Leiden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Leiden's medieval name was Leithen, and it was governed until 1420 by burgraves, the representatives of the courts of Holland.
		Leiden is also known as one of the places where some of the Pilgrim Fathers lived for a time in the early 17th century before their departure to the New World.
		The population of Leiden which, it is estimated, reached 100,000 in 1640, had sunk to 30,000 between 1796 and 1811, and in 1904 was 56,044.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Leiden (1472 words)

	Astronomy
		Leiden Observatory ("Sterrewacht Leiden"), founded in 1633, is the oldest university astronomy department in the world, and the largest astronomy department in the Netherlands.
		In 1974, the observatory moved from the "old observatory" in the centre of town to a modern building shared with physicists, and close to the departments of mathematics and chemistry.
		Leiden Observatory has a large network of international collaborations and has a long tradition and an internationally acknowledged reputation for education in astronomy.
	www.science.leidenuniv.nl /graduateschool/index.php3?m=6&c=8 (285 words)

	Bill Keel's Telescope Tourism - Leiden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		This building on the canal ring (Singel) defining the boundaries of old Leiden positively oozes with history, dating to 1861.
		This was one of the first places that astronomy "with a multispectral character" (to quote from a job announcement I once answered) could flourish.
		The Leiden Observatory is one of a couple which took their names so long ago that the spelling has changed since then.
	www.astr.ua.edu /keel/telescopes/leiden.html (309 words)

	Willem Jacob Luyten, March 7, 1899—November 21, 1994 \| By Arthur Upgren \| Biographical Memoirs
		His early years at the Lick Observatory and as a guest investigator at the Royal Greenwich Observatory witnessed his development and application of techniques using proper motions to estimate the distances of stars in large numbers.
		Through the use of Hertzsprung's concept of the reduced proper motion to obtain statistical parallaxes for common stars, he was the first to provide a realistic census of stars in the solar neighborhood and an HR diagram more truly representative of the fainter stars that dominate the solar neighborhood.
		At some time during the three-year interim, the observatory and its 0.25-meter refracting telescope were moved to the top of the then new physics building, a questionable improvement in location.
	bob.nap.edu /html/biomems/wluyten.html (4612 words)

	AURA - AURA Admits Leiden University as 6th International Affiliate Member
		Leiden University was founded in 1575 and is the oldest university in the Netherlands.
		Leiden Observatory (Sterrewacht Leiden) was founded in 1633 to accommodate the so-called quadrant of Snellius (the scientist best known for his law of refraction), and is the oldest university astronomy department in the world.
		AURA operates the National Optical Astronomy Observatory, the National Solar Observatory, and the international Gemini Observatory under cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation; for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, AURA operates the Space Telescopes Science Institute.
	www.aura-astronomy.org /nv/nuresult.asp?nuid=5 (292 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Leiden astronomers carry out observational, interpretative and theoretical research in the fields of formation and evolution of galaxies and clusters, structure and dynamics of galaxies including our own, molecular astrophysics, star- and planet formation.
		Leiden Observatory is a member of the Netherlands (top-)Research School for Astronomy (NOVA), the national association of university astronomy departments.
		Applicants should send a curriculum vitae, a publication list, and a statement of past and future research to Professor de Zeeuw, Director, Leiden Observatory, Niels Bohrweg 2, 2333 CA Leiden, The Netherlands (jobs@strw.Leidenuniv.nl) and arrange for three letters of reference to be sent separately.
	www.astro.virginia.edu /~rps7v/Jobs/Sandy_Leiden.txt (251 words)

	About La Silla
		The idea of establishing a common large observatory that joined the European astronomers was born in the spring of 1953, in the mind of the renowned astronomer Walter Baade.
		Besides, the draft stated that the observatory should be located in the southern hemisphere and should have a large optical telescope and a Schmidt telescope as "Initial program", considering a future extension with any kind of other instrumentation.
		However, by the end of 1963, it was clear that the observatory could not be built in this continent, mainly because of the deterioration of the atmospheric seeing in the course of the night, as a result of the decrease in the temperature.
	www.ls.eso.org /lasilla/user-info/aboutls.html (2545 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Leiden Observatory has a broad-based program in astrophysics, with observational, interpretative and theoretical research in cosmology, distant galaxies and clusters, galactic structure, molecular astrophysics and star- and planet formation.
		Leiden staff has access to a wide variety of telescopes on the ground and in space.
		Leiden has access to a wide variety of telescopes at optical, infrared, radio and millimeter wavelengths, including the VLT, and to the space facilities of ESA.
	www.iafe.uba.ar /astronomia/extrag/html/sa-a5.htm (598 words)

	History - Observatories - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Observatory was initially known as the Transvaal Meteorological Department, and as the name indicate, the main concern was the weather.
		On 29 October 1902, the South African Association for the Advancement of Science petitioned the Government to establish an observatory in or near Johannesburg, "for the collection and distribution of meteorological observations throughout the Transvaal Colony".
		The Observatory achieved its greatest fame during the time that it was known as the Union Observatory (1912-1961).
	www.saao.ac.za /assa/html/his-pl-obs_-_republic.html (2408 words)

	Stieltjes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Two further failures in 1875 and 1876 had his father in despair, but having a friend H G van de Sande-Bakhuyzen as director of Leiden Observatory, Thomas's father was able to put in a good word for his son.
		Stieltjes became assistant at Leiden Observatory in April 1877 but his father, who had done so much to help his son, was not to live long after helping his son to obtain this position for he died in Rotterdam on 23 June 1878.
		It is a great credit to van de Sande-Bakhuyzen, the director of Leiden Observatory, that he responded quickly to Stieltjes' request on 1 January 1883 to stop his observational work to allow him to work more on mathematical topics.
	www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk /~history/Mathematicians/Stieltjes.html (1478 words)

	Faculty Positin in Laboratory Astrophysics - LEIDEN OBSERVATORY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Leiden Observatory invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in the Raymond & Beverly Sackler Laboratory for Astrophysics starting in early 2003.
		The successful applicant is expected to lead the use and development of innovative new laboratory experiments aimed at addressing scientific problems of astrophysical and astrochemical interest.
		Close interaction with the molecular astrophysics group at Leiden Observatory, and with astronomical observations in general, is expected.
	www.aas.org /jobreg/backissues/2002/may/no12687.html (208 words)

	360° Panorama leiden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Leiden is een vestingstad met mooie grachten en singels.
		Een aantal plekken van Leiden zijn zo mooi dat er meerdere 360° panoramafoto's van zijn gemaakt.
		Leiden heeft ook mooie plekjes die niet door een 360°panoramafoto kunnen worden vast gelegd hier zijn videofilmpjes gemaakt.
	www.Leiden360.nl (179 words)

	Job Register - Detail Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Leiden Observatory invites applications for a postdoctoral research position to work on the preparation of the photometric data analysis for ESA's Gaia mission.
		Leiden Observatory is the oldest university astronomy department in the world, and the largest astronomy department in the Netherlands.
		Leiden is a charming university town with international flair.
	members.aas.org /JobReg/JobdetailPage.cfm?JID=21425 (280 words)

	GAIA-PWG workshop
		We invite you to the Leiden PWG workshop and we look forward to your participation and contributions.
		This meeting is preceded by the GST meeting also in Leiden on 7-8 October.
		One map indicates the hotel location with respect to the city centre and the observatory.
	gaia.am.ub.es /PWG/meeting_leiden/announcement.html (1209 words)

	Magnetism shapes beauty in the heavens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The group, lead by Wouter Vlemmings of Leiden Observatory, observed 4 old stars with the U.S. National Science Foundation's VLBA, a network of 10 radio telescopes operated by the American National Radio Astronomy Observatory.
		The Zeeman-effect, which has enabled these observations to be made, was named after the Leiden physicist Pieter Zeeman, who discovered the effect of a magnetic field on the spectrum of a light source in 1896.
		The astronomers, whose work has just been published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, were Wouter Vlemmings of Leiden Observatory, Philip Diamond of the University of Manchester and Huib Jan van Langevelde of the Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe (JIVE).
	www.jb.man.ac.uk /news/magnetism (729 words)

	MSc and PhD Programmes
		eiden Observatory ("Sterrewacht Leiden"), founded in 1633, is the oldest university astronomy department in the world, and the largest astronomy department in the Netherlands.
		n 1974, the observatory moved from the "old observatory" in the centre of town to a modern building shared with physicists, and close to the departments of mathematics and chemistry.
		Every year the Leiden Observatory has paid positions available for PhD students, that are filled on a merit basis.
	www.fwn.leidenuniv.nl /gs/astronomy/ms_phd_prog.htm (737 words)

	Historical Telescopes in the Netherlands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		It should be noted that most observatories are not open to the public on a daily basis and one should therefore make an appointment with a staff member if one wishes to view the instruments.
		Public observatory (founded in 1976), formerly known as “Sterrenwacht Schrieversheide”, houses a large refractor from the former St. Ignatius College of Valkenburg.
		This Jesuit college, founded in 1894 by German Jesuits who had been exiled from their homeland by the ‘Jesuitengesetz’ of 1872, had an observatory of which the main instrument was the large refractor by Georg Nicholas Saegmuller (Washington).
	www.phys.uu.nl /~vgent/telescope/telescopenl.htm (1843 words)

	What's New at the AAO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The members of the research team are Padeli Papadoupoulos of Leiden
		Observatory in the Netherlands, Chris Carilli of the National Radio
		The National Radio Astronomy Observatory is a facility of the US
	www.aao.gov.au /press/starmaking.html (513 words)

	Job Register - Detail Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Leiden Observatory announces the availability of Oort Scholarships for excellent Master students from non-EU countries.
		Leiden Observatory is the oldest university observatory the world, and offers a wide range in advanced courses and research programmes.
		Applications for the Oort scholarship should include the full application materials for the Masters programme (see http://www.fwn.leidenuniv.nl/gs/astronomy/qualapplmsc.htm), the reports of the research project(s) done by the applicant, a copy of the Bachelors diploma, a copy of the passport, and 3 letters of reference from academic supervisors.
	members.aas.org /JobReg/JobdetailPage.cfm?JID=21590 (259 words)

	History - Observatories - Leiden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Needing an observing site with a better climate than that available in Holland, an agreement was reached late in 1923 between Leiden and Union (Republic) Observatories, whereby the facilities of the two institutions were made available to each other.
		Due to very close ties with Leiden Observatory in Holland, an agreement of co-operation was reached in 1923 between the Union and Leiden Observatories.
		The Leiden Observers were concentrating on variable stars.
	www.saao.ac.za /assa/html/his-pl-obs_-_leiden.html (566 words)

	Leiden Observatory
		A postdoctoral fellowship is available at Leiden Observatory for outstanding candidates in the area of observational cosmology or active galaxies.
		In addition, she/he will have the opportunity of becoming involved in ongoing projects at Leiden, including work on protoclusters and associated luminous radio galaxies, the likely progenitors of cD galaxies.
		Leiden Observatory (www.strw.leidenuniv.nl has access to a wide variety of telescopes at optical, infrared, radio and millimeter wavelengths, including the VLT, and the space facilities of ESA.
	amstel.strw.leidenuniv.nl /jobs/cosmology.php (221 words)

	The Bruce Medalists: Willem de Sitter
		Willem de Sitter studied at the University of Groningen and spent most of his career at the University of Leiden, where he directed and expanded the astronomy program.
		He worked extensively on the motions of the satellites of Jupiter, determining their masses and orbits from decades of observations.
		Leiden University, with Einstein, Ehrenfest, Eddington, and Lorentz
	www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu /BruceMedalists/deSitter/index.html (271 words)

	Alcohol Helps Astronomers Date Stars - October, 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Researchers at Leiden Observatory have made their dreams a reality.
		LEIDEN, Netherlands -- Many of us have probably harbored fantasies of dating a star, perhaps at some Hollywood nightspot.
		To search for the presence of methanol, the team used a millimeter-wave receiver from the Royal Observatory in Edinburgh, UK, and mounted atop Mauna Kea, Hawaii.
	www.photonics.com /spectra/tech/XQ/ASP/techid.919/QX/read.htm (375 words)

	Leiden Observatory
		A postdoctoral fellowship is available at Leiden Observatory for outstanding candidates in extragalactic radio astronomy.
		In addition, she/he will have the opportunity of becoming involved with observations using LOFAR, the Low Frequency Radio Array (LOFAR), a powerful next-generation radio telescope that is presently being constructed in the Netherlands (www.lofar.org).
		Leiden Observatory has access to a wide variety of telescopes at radio, millimeter, infrared and optical wavelengths and to the space facilities of ESA.
	amstel.strw.leidenuniv.nl /jobs/lofar_extragalactic.php (191 words)

	Observatory, Health Observatory, Astronomy Observatory, Observatory Websites, Observatories in World - 123World.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		But where there was a case of non-availability of sites related to observatory of any section, we went ahead and screened a number of sites and selected the most informative one.
		Observatory at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
		Ritter Planetarium and Brooks Observatory - University of Toledo
	123world.com /observatory (208 words)

	DENIS: Source Extractions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		A description of the source extraction method as employed in the Deep Near Infrared Survey of the Southern Sky is given.
		Two datacenters at Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris and at Leiden Observatory provide a full off-line data reduction pipeline.
		Paris is responsible for the standard detector array reduction steps such as flat-fielding, bias corrections, etc., while Leiden Observatory is responsible for the actual source extraction.
	cadcwww.dao.nrc.ca /ADASS/adass_proc/adass3/papers/deule/deule.html (1307 words)

	Sterrewacht Leiden \| Leiden Observatory - Molecular Astrophisics and Astrobiology
		The Molecular Astrophysics group in Leiden is composed of people working on various aspects of interstellar molecules (astrophysics, physics, chemistry).
		The group includes the Sackler Laboratory for Astrophysics and is closely linked with the Astrobiology project.
		A database of solid CO and CO2 and Ice analogs database
	www.strw.leidenuniv.nl /astrochem (107 words)

	Visual sightings from last summer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		ISS would pass through a scenic constellation of celestial objects this evening, ascending from the western horizon: past Venus, then close to the lunar crescent and Mars, and liitteraly grazing the pleiades.
		I made an attempt to capture it on a photo, from the little deadlock lane going towards the old observatory of Leiden.
		This one was watched from the Witte Singel again, seeing it descend over Leiden Observatory and the botanical gardens.
	home.wanadoo.nl /marco.langbroek/issvis.html (247 words)

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