Sentences with phrase «help of the amateur astronomer»

Corey lives with his wife and young daughter in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, where he manages to find the stars (occasionally) with the help of the Amateur Astronomer's Association of New York.

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This is a result in itself and, together with the reports of amateur astronomer John McKeon, has helped us come up with our preliminary estimate which slightly reduces previous estimates of the flux of impacting objects in Jupiter.

To confirm the signal was a planet and not a blip in the system, Dr Bayliss called in help from one of the world's largest telescopes, the Magellan Telescope in Chile, and an amateur astronomer, T G Tan, who operates from his backyard in Perth.

Therapist by day and amateur astronomer by night, Castro joined the NASA - funded Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 citizen science project when it began in February — not knowing she would become one of four volunteers to help identify the project's first brown dwarf, formally known as WISEA J110125.95 +540052.8.

NASA will partner with different government agencies, explore avenues of research from different scientific fields and also ask the help of amateur scientists and astronomers, according to the space agency's news release.

Allen Gilchrist, a local amateur astronomer, will be on hand with others pointing out objects of interest in the night sky and helping visitors use the telescopes that will be available.

NASA has harnessed a network of amateur astronomers to help track and report on asteroids that might someday strike Earth — and debunk hype when it pops up on Twitter.