Sentences with phrase «of amateur astronomers»

There are a number of amateur astronomers who follow these satellites «for fun,» he says.

Marc Delcroix, who coordinates a 60 - strong group of amateur astronomers worldwide said, «Dramatic impacts with Jupiter can be captured with standard amateur equipment and analysed with easy - to - use software.

In 1993, I joined the Montpellier Astronomy Society (Société d'Astronomie de Montpellier), an association of amateur astronomers in the city of Montpellier, in the south of France.

, an association of amateur astronomers in the city of Montpellier, in the south of France.

In 2007, Oxford doctoral candidate Kevin Schawinski, exhausted from classifying 50,000 galaxies in one week, decided to solicit help from the robust community of amateur astronomers, using a technique known as crowdsourcing.

In a first for citizen science, a team of amateur astronomers — comprising thousands of volunteers — has discovered an entire planetary system, BBC News reports.

«A research - quality microscope can cost $ 100,000, but nowadays a good telescope might be as little as $ 10,000,» says Steve Chesley, an expert on near - Earth objects at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory who analyzes the observations of dozens of amateur astronomers.

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.

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.

«The enthusiasm and dedication of amateur astronomers in the past provides us an exciting opportunity,» Kiyomi Iwahashi of NIJL says.

The Science Center is also used for monthly star parties, an annual 4 - day Star Quest gathering of amateur astronomers, the annual meeting of the Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers, community days, and so on.

Dario Robleto, The Sun Remembers Your Shadow, 2012, cyanotypes of amateur astronomers» planetary photographs, watercolor paper, curly maple, gold - mirrored Plexiglas, linseed oil, brass

The exhibition will include works employing high - end optical systems to photograph government sites, as well as images drawn from data of amateur astronomers to track and photograph classified spacecraft in earth's orbit.

She is the founder of an Amateur Astronomers Society, which has hosted a number of salons featuring guest artists and scientists, most recently at Sadie Halie Projects, Brooklyn, and has served as co-editor for 2nd Ave Poetry: a journal and reading series.

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.

Paglen was able to identify and photograph these secret spacecraft due to the work of a diverse international group of amateur astronomers who maintain a catalogue of classified spacecraft in Earth's orbit by producing mathematical descriptions of orbits using simple tools like stopwatches and binoculars.

Leading a group of amateur astronomers, Discovery owner Dr. Joel Moskowitz makes a break for the deep, dark beyond.