Sentences with phrase «by professional astronomer»

Members of the Planet Hunters citizen science project were the first to notice it when they scoured Kepler's data for transiting worlds overlooked by professional astronomers» automated planet - hunting algorithms.

These collaborations bring me to work with the data collected by professional astronomers operating the most powerful telescopes and detectors ever built, like the NASA / ESA's Hubble Space Telescope and the ESO's Very Large Telescope.

This radio telescope at the Kitt Peak Observatory in Arizona is one of many here that are widely used by professional astronomers.

Choose from an increasing number of interstellar and intergalactic tours guided by professional astronomers, and be sure to check out one for educators that explains how to use this remarkable resource in the classroom.

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The estimate was presented at an international workshop on Jupiter for professional and amateur astronomers organised by Europlanet 2020 Research Infrastructure at the Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur in Nice, France.

The Intergalactic Travel Bureau describes itself as an «interactive science - theater experience» and is staffed by professional actors and astronomers.

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

Professional astronomers tended to be more successful in getting time than postdoctoral fellows and students, and men outnumbered women among the professional astronomer applicants by about Professional astronomers tended to be more successful in getting time than postdoctoral fellows and students, and men outnumbered women among the professional astronomer applicants by about professional astronomer applicants by about four to one.

Beyond the threshold is a world shaped by a culture that prized integrity, humility, and equality — Quaker values that nurtured Maria Mitchell, America's first female professional astronomer.

Branded Dark Sky Parks (DSPs) by the International Dark - Sky Association, these «optically clean» places are a blessing for astronomers, both amateur and professional.

These telescopes are available to teachers to use as part of their curricular or extra-curricular activities and are fully supported by a range of educational materials and a team of educators and professional astronomers.

Thousands of professional astronomers will not abide by the IAU's stealthy vote and will continue to consider Pluto a planet.

Nowadays these names are often used by amateur astronomers, but professional astronomers tend to use a simpler scheme: in each constellation the brightest star is named Alpha, the second brightest is Beta, etc. leading to names like alpha Persei (the brightest star of the constellation Perseus).

Astronomers (professional or amateur) can measure a star's brightness (the amount of light it puts out) by using a photometer or charge - coupled device (CCD) on the end of a telescope.

It was opposed by hundreds of professional astronomers in a formal petition led by New Horizons Principal Investigator Dr. Alan Stern.

I'm a professional infrared astronomer who spent his life trying to observe space through the atmosphere's back - radiation that the environmental activists claim is caused by CO2 and guess what?