Sentences with phrase «first astronomical observatory»

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With $ 25,000, help from volunteers, donations of equipment — and despite a fire that nearly destroyed the observatory while it was under construction — «first light» (the first time a telescope is used to make an astronomical observation) was achieved in early 2000.

Clyde Tombaugh, who discovered Pluto in 1930 by spotting a moving «star» in astronomical photographs (top), sits at the Lowell Observatory telescope where he first saw the onetime ninth planet.

The ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array) astronomical observatory has taken another step forward and upward, as one of its state - of - the - art antennas was carried for the first time to the 5000m plateau of Chajnantor, in the Chilean Andes, on the back of a custom - built giant transporter, on 2009 September 18 (JST).

The observatory was equipped with 38 - centimetre astronomical telescope and King became its first director.

During the first few decades of the 1900's, the Eastman Company worked in collaboration with several astronomical observatories to develop emulsions that were increasingly sensitive to light.

My first experience visiting and working at a professional astronomical observatory was with the National Science Foundation's Research Experiences for Undergraduates program at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatoobservatory was with the National Science Foundation's Research Experiences for Undergraduates program at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American ObservatoryObservatory in 2001.

The Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array (ALMA), the most ambitious radio astronomy observatory ever built, is announcing the first opportunity for the worldwide astronomical community to submit proposals for new scientific observations.

Within months of the arrival of the First Fleet, Australia's first «meteorologist», Lieutenant William Dawes, set up an astronomical observatory and commenced recording weather observatFirst Fleet, Australia's first «meteorologist», Lieutenant William Dawes, set up an astronomical observatory and commenced recording weather observatfirst «meteorologist», Lieutenant William Dawes, set up an astronomical observatory and commenced recording weather observations.