Sentences with phrase «amateur astronomers did»

«In the 19th century and before, amateur astronomers did a lot of the observation.»

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Now, physicists and amateur astronomers — armed with do - it - yourself gear — are going to double check that math during the Aug. 21 solar eclipse.

Don't forget the amateurs, they make up the majority of astronomers and do much serious and useful wordo much serious and useful work.

The work done by the NASA surveys, and the other international professional and amateur astronomers, to discover and track NEOs is really remarkable.»

«Many amateur astronomers know that stars twinkle, but planets don't,» Frail explained.

Just as Paglen works with hobbyist astronomers, curator Tyler Stallings, whose show «Free Enterprise: The Art of Citizen Space Exploration» will be seen next year at the Sweeney Art Gallery at the University of California, Riverside, comments that the «idea of citizen scientists, a burgeoning movement, shows a shift from scientists informing the public about what's good for them to research often done by amateurs.»

«So this is the second show [at David Zwirner London]-- and I've always been fascinated by Britain for several reasons, for example it is one of the last «class societies» — although I don't know how long it will still go on — but I once tackled that subject in a small show, the first white cube show that I did called «Spelndid Isolation», and one of the portraits in that show was also based on Henry Draper [American doctor, amateur astronomer, and pioneer of astrophotography]-- these three works in front of you [portraits: «William Robertson», 2014, «John Robison», 2014, and «John Playfair», 2014] are derived from the paintings in the professors room at University of Edinburgh.

All that nasty brown stuff, comes from astronomer Brown, who as far as I can see has done little or no research into the BoM and yet describes Jennifer, who definitely has, as an amateur for doing so, despite her qualifications and strong environmental leanings.