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

Not exact matches

«Amateur astronomer captures rare first light from massive exploding star: First observation of optical light from shock breakout in a supernova explosion.»

But compare the image taken in June last year with one taken by amateur astronomer Anthony Wesley on 8 May and you will see that one of them, known as the south equatorial belt, has disappeared.

«There's no upper limit on the amount of damage that could occur if a large asteroid were to hit,» says Roy Tucker, an imaging specialist and amateur astronomer in Tucson, Arizona.

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

Amateur astronomers, long major players in ascertaining the exact orbits of asteroids, are likely to play less and less of a role as professionals turn their powerful telescopes to the objects once considered too mundane for academics to study at all.

Isshi Tabe and Dr Jun - ichi Watanabe, of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (ALPO) in Japan, set up the Find Flash project following the observation of an impact flash by four Japanese amateur astronomers on 20th August 2010.

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.

This was the fourth in a series of fireballs in Jupiter observed serendipitously by amateur astronomers since June 2010.

«Twenty years ago, light pollution could be considered only a problem for astronomers,» says lead author Fabio Falchi, a high school physics teacher in Thiene, Italy, who became concerned about the growing threat of light pollution in the 1990s after it began interfering with his hobby of amateur astronomy.

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.

Rasmussen compares Stamets to visionary entrepreneur - scientists like Thomas Edison or «some of the truly fine amateur naturalists or astronomers of the 17th and 18th centuries — people who were experts in their fields, but had other ways to occupy their days.»

Getting Mercury in the crosshairs of a telescope is as problematic for professional astronomers as it is for amateurs like Melillo.

The first person to study the impact sites after Jupiter emerged from behind the Sun was David Gray, an amateur astronomer in County Durham, who saw the dark band immediately, in spite of poor conditions.

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.

Steve: Yeah and he was very attracted to these kinds of things; Johnny Carson: also a very passionate amateur astronomer and a big donor to James Randi's debunking efforts, in fact.

This video, taken by amateur astronomer Masayuki Tachikawa of Kumamoto, Japan, shows the moment when the object burned up in the atmosphere (the small flash to the center - left at about 2 seconds).

With the new recognition, he notes, Sark will likely see a boost in tourism, especially among amateur astronomers who might visit to take advantage of the island's crisp, clear skies during winter months, perhaps to catch a spectacular view of the Milky Way (main picture).

The Australian amateur astronomer's latest discovery is called Comet C / 2014 Q2 (Lovejoy), and it's in the midst of its brightest period.

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.

«This is arguably one of the finest images of M51 ever taken by an amateur astronomer,» said judge and astronomer Will Gater in a press release.

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.

In 1783 the 19 - year - old amateur astronomer John Goodricke suggested in a communication to the Royal Society of London that the cause might be a darker body passing in front of the staIn 1783 the 19 - year - old amateur astronomer John Goodricke suggested in a communication to the Royal Society of London that the cause might be a darker body passing in front of the stain a communication to the Royal Society of London that the cause might be a darker body passing in front of the stain front of the star.

In these words, Juan Valderrama y Aguilar, a 17 - year - old amateur astronomer, described what he saw from Madrid on 10 September 1886 with his small telescope, with an aperture of just 6.6 cm and equipped with a neutral density filter to dim the solar light.

The American Meteor Society, Ltd. is a non-profit scientific organization founded in 1911 and established to inform, encourage, and support the research activities of both amateur and professional astronomers who are interested in the fascinating field of Meteor Astronomy.

First noticed by amateur astronomers, the massive storm works like the much smaller convective events on Earth, where air and water vapor are pushed high into the atmosphere, resulting in the towering, billowing clouds of a thunderstorm.

She earned her doctorate in mathematics from the University of Oxford in 1945, worked as a part - time math instructor for several years, served in local government, including as Lord Mayor of Manchester, and became a dedicated amateur astronomer after her husband died.

Following the proprietary period, in the tradition of previous Sloan Surveys, SDSS - V will continue to make its data publicly available in a format that is helpful to a broad range of users, from the youngest students to both amateur and professional astronomers.

Rich Lohman, an educator, amateur astronomer with Hands - On Universe, and founder of Over-The-Hill Observatory in Woodacre, California; and,

French amateur astronomer Marc Delcroix processed the amateur images and confirmed the discovery of a bright spot on an image by French amateur Régis De-Bénedictis, then in others taken by fellow amateurs in September and October.

MAUNA KEA, Hawaii — The normally bland face of Uranus has become increasingly stormy, with enormous cloud systems so bright that for the first time ever, amateur astronomers are able to see details in the planet's hazy blue - green atmosphere.

Amateur astronomers and the general public are invited to participate in events that provide scientific context about the Moon, tweet up events, and telescope observations of the Moon.

The scientists used the National Science Foundation's Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope in New Mexico and the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT) in the Netherlands to produce an image of the galaxy M33, known to amateur astronomers as the Pinwheel Galaxy.

Soon afterward, Paul Maley, a former NASA flight controller turned amateur astronomer, captured a video of what appeared to be an out - of - control Hitomi, spinning wildly in orbit.

The Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh will host star parties April 20 - 21 at Nicholas E. Wagman Observatory in Deer Lakes Park.

On December 16, 2009, a team of astronomers (including David Charbonneau, Zachory K. Berta, Jonathan Irwin, Christopher J. Burke, Philip Nutzman, Lars A. Buchhave, Christophe Lovis, Xavier Bonfils, David W. Latham, Stéphane Udry, Ruth A. Murray - Clay, Matthew J. Holman, Emilio E. Falco, Joshua N. Winn, Didier Queloz, Francesco Pepe, Michel Mayor, Xavier Delfosse, and Thierry Forveille) announced the discovery of a planet «b» of 6.55 ± 0.98 Earth - masses in a tight inner orbit using the «transit method» of planetary detection using «a fleet of ground - based telescopes no larger than those many amateur astronomers have in their backyards» as part of the MEarth Project (CfA news release).

The aim of the visit was to stimulate collaborations between professional and amateur astronomers in light of the large sky surveys that will come online in the next decade.

This expanding cloud of gas surrounding a dying star is known to amateur astronomers in the Southern Hemisphere as the «Eight - Burst» or the «Southern Ring» Nebula.

Amateur astronomers, called «Planet Hunters» have been among those who, sifting through huge quantities of data from NASA's Kepler mission, detected the unusual behaviour of the star in 2015, years after the end of the mission in 2013.

Last month an amateur team of astronomers from the La Sagra Sky Survey Observatory in southeast Spain discovered an asteroid roughly 150 feet wide as it -LSB-...]

The ASP connects scientists, educators, amateur astronomers and the public together to learn about astronomical research, improve astronomy education, and share resources that engage learners of all kinds in the excitement and adventure of scientific discovery.

According to John Bortle of Stormville, N.Y., who has observed several hundred comets in his more - than - 50 years as an assiduous amateur astronomer, Comet Lovejoy, «appears to be only modestly condensed, at best, and lacking in any obvious stellar nucleus, even a very faint one.

On December 16, 2009, a team of astronomers announced the discovery of a super-Earth in an inner orbit using the «transit method» of planetary detection using «a fleet of ground - based telescopes no larger than those many amateur astronomers have in their backyards» as part of the MEarth Project (CfA news release).

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).

Knowing that the terrestrial atmosphere absorbs some of the infrared rays coming from space, astronomers (both amateurs and professionals) began to collect airborne data beginning in the 1930's.

In collaboration with EURASTER, a group of amateur and professional astronomers, the team successfully motivated ~ 50 observers to watch the event.

Dobson is a co-founder of «Sidewalk Astronomers,» an organization encouraging amateurs to share their telescopes and knowledge with others on busy city streets and in national parks.

In an ongoing body of photographs known collectively as The Other Night Sky, Paglen works with amateur astronomers to document classified satellites that orbit the earth.

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.

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.