Sentences with phrase «professional astronomers as»

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

Not exact matches

He joined the local Black Hills Astronomical Society while still in high school in 1957 and became its president a few years later, before seizing on the chance to work with professional astronomers when he took a job at the University of Arizona as a research technician developing imaging devices for telescopes in 1968.

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.

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

Even professional astronomers have long dismissed asteroids as undistinguished flotsam and jetsam, would - be planets that circle the sun endlessly in a belt between Mars and Jupiter.

Google's launch this week of Sky, a new feature within Google Earth that provides a virtual tour of celestial phenomena, may be of limited use to professional astronomers, but its impact on future scientists and amateur stargazers alike is expected to be as infinite and expansive as the universe it portrays.

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.

This remarkable phenomenon has attracted the attention of many astronomers (equally both professionals and amateurs), who observe galaxies regularly as they «hunt» supernovae.

The galaxy's size, brightness and proximity make it a popular object among both amateur and professional astronomers, as it is easy to observe even in smaller telescopes.