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Lockwood Custom Optics - Notable Projects
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Lockwood Custom Optics - Projects. Lockwood Custom Optics (LCO) has been involved in some very interesting projects, including professional research telescopes, large amateur telescopes for imaging and visual use, and other one-of-a-kind instruments for science and industry. This page summarizes many (but not all) of these projects, and shows a photo when available. Projects are ordered from the largest to the smallest aperture. This telescope isbeing used for exoplanet research by the University of Tasm...
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Templo del Colibrí: marzo 2009
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Jueves, 26 de marzo de 2009. Extrema explosión de rayos gamma. Una explosión de rayos gamma de gran magnitud, detectó el Telescopio Espacial de Rayos Gamma Fermi, y dicha explosión produjo la mayor energía total y los movimientos más rápidos que se hayan observado hasta la fecha. Cuando el núcleo de la estrella colapsa y se transforma en un agujero negro, chorros de material (impulsados por procesos que aún no se entienden por completo) se expanden casi a la velocidad de la luz. Un espectro de la luminis...
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Lockwood Custom Optics - Clients
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Present and past clients of Lockwood Custom Optics. This is by no means a complete list - I work with a variety of companies on custom projects. Manufacturer of high-quality, custom and production, light-weight, aluminum-structured telescopes, in apertures from 16" to 60". LCO provides custom Newtonian optics of various sizes and focal ratios. Owner Mike Zammit makes his own spiders and secondary holders for the ultimate in collimation stability and accuracy. See the new, innovative StarStructure Horizon.
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Ricerca | Osservatorio Astronomico Dolomiti
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Presso losservatorio si conducono anche osservazioni scientifiche di varia natura. In particolare stiamo realizzando una Survey (ricerca) di pianeti extrasolari. Ovvero di pianeti che orbitano attorno non al Sole ma ad altre stelle. Stiamo poi collaborando con lUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill per losservazioni di Gamma Ray Burst. Gamma Ray Bursts (GRB). Beh perche gli americani sapevano che le esplosioni atomiche generano radiazione gamma e guardando il mondo dallalto sarebbero stati in grado...
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Coming Soon to a Universe Near You! | EIU Astro
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Musings from a physics prof. Coming Soon to a Universe Near You! Coming Soon to a Universe Near You! 400 years after Galileo’s first look through a telescope. On the 40th anniversary of man’s first step on the moon. The United Nations has declared 2009 to be the international year of astronomy. Http:/ www.astronomy2009.org. For the international site. Http:/ www.astronomy2009.us. For information in the United States. No comments yet — be the first. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here.
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Citizen Science Saturday at Yerkes - February 25, 2012 - Stars at Yerkes Observatory
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Stars at Yerkes Observatory. Stars At Yerkes Home. April 11, 2015 S@Y Workshop - Summer Camp Sampler. Yerkes Public Star Party Saturday April 11, 2015 - Sign up now! ARCS Teacher flies with SOFIA Telescope. Building Technologies to Seek the Invisible. Constellation Photography - Color and Variable Star Projects. Constructing the Light Curve. GHOU for Teachers at Yerkes Observatory. Hands On Learning to Troy Schools. Happy New Year from Stars at Yerkes. Lunar Learning for Teachers at Yerkes. Come to the S...
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2011-12 News - Stars at Yerkes Observatory
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Stars at Yerkes Observatory. Stars At Yerkes Home. April 11, 2015 S@Y Workshop - Summer Camp Sampler. Yerkes Public Star Party Saturday April 11, 2015 - Sign up now! ARCS Teacher flies with SOFIA Telescope. Building Technologies to Seek the Invisible. Constellation Photography - Color and Variable Star Projects. Constructing the Light Curve. GHOU for Teachers at Yerkes Observatory. Hands On Learning to Troy Schools. Happy New Year from Stars at Yerkes. Lunar Learning for Teachers at Yerkes. Come to the S...
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CURIOSITY TOUCHDOWN 10:31PM PDT (12:31AM CDT) TONIGHT!!! | EIU Astro
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Musings from a physics prof. Coming Soon to a Universe Near You! CURIOSITY TOUCHDOWN 10:31PM PDT (12:31AM CDT) TONIGHT! August 5, 2012. Posted by jcconwell in Astronomy. TONIGHT the largest rover ever to land on a planet will enter Mar’s astmosphere! There will be a GOOGLE hangout event sponsored by Universe Today at http:/ goo.gl/a5t4O. No comments yet — be the first. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Astronomy Pic of the Day.
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Family Open House Tonight | EIU Astro
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Musings from a physics prof. Coming Soon to a Universe Near You! Family Open House Tonight. September 28, 2012. Posted by jcconwell in Observatory. Tags: Eastern Illinois University. Tonight beginning at 8:30 we will have our monthly open house at the EIU Observatory. This month we will have a full moon and with clear skies, we will observe the Ring Nebula. Through the 16″ main scope. Some come on out and meet the members of the Astronomy Club and rotate our dome! No comments yet — be the first.
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Haunted Observatory TONIGHT! | EIU Astro
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Musings from a physics prof. Coming Soon to a Universe Near You! October 25, 2013. Posted by jcconwell in Astronomy. Come see the real mad scientists at the haunted observatory tonight starting at 8:00 PM. The observatory is ringed with Jack o lanterns and my minions (er… students) will be there to answer all your questions and experiment on you. After the successful transplants….PUMPKIN-HEADS. No comments yet — be the first. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. 365 Days of Astronomy.