Sentences with phrase «visiting astronomers»

SUTHERLAND, South Africa — High on an arid plateau, an international group of visiting astronomers stands squinting into a simmering orange sunset.

Wang, who did this NASA - supported work while on four - month sabbatical as a Raymond and Beverly Sackler Distinguished Visiting astronomer at the University of Cambridge, U.K., points out, «Now we have physically resolved it and for the first time we've made the connection observationally between the massive stars moving around black holes and the X-ray emitting material.

About half the observing time at the VLT is allocated to projects with visiting astronomers, and about half to «service observing», where the TIO and ESO astronomer make observations on behalf of researchers who therefore do not need to leave their home institutions.

Back at Sutherland later that same evening, the visiting astronomers gather at the base of the SAAO's observing plateau, transfixed by the full swath of the Milky Way, the Southern Cross and the Magellanic Clouds before them.

From the Residencia, the visiting astronomer and the night - time astronomer drive the four kilometres along a specially constructed, paved road to the telescope platform.

The visiting astronomer, on the other hand, could have come from anywhere in the world.

The visiting astronomer does not control the telescope directly, leaving that to the TIO.

The visiting astronomer need only describe the observations he or she wants to make.

Though well intended and keen to see a lasting, peaceful resolution, these visiting astronomers are not the solution to Hawaii's longstanding issues.

* Visiting Astronomer (or student), National Solar Observatory, operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (AURA), under cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation.