Sentences with phrase «when amateur astronomers»

When amateur astronomers heard about the activity, they turned their telescopes on the planet and were amazed to see a bright blotch on the surface of a normally boring blue dot.

Surveillance is the X-37B's most likely task, and the plane's trajectory — confirmed when amateur astronomers spotted it in a moderately inclined, 40 - degree orbit in May — supports that view.Those sightings «dismissed the idea that the U.S. military was developing technology to put something into orbit undetected,» Weeden notes.

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A group of people gathered at the Battery Park City esplanade on Fri., June 3, when B.P.C. resident, physician and amateur astronomer Sheldon Palgon examined Saturn through his powerful telescope.

«It was my favorite object to look at when I was an amateur astronomer,» Schultz said.

When Jupiter emerged from its annual pass behind the sun last March, amateur astronomers saw a brand - new blotch of vermilion on the solar system's largest planet, just west of the Great Red Spot, Jupiter's signature storm.

When Hummels arrived at Columbia in 2005, only a dozen or so amateur astronomers attended the biweekly open telescope nights hosted by the astronomydepartment, says David Helfand, the department chair.

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).

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.

Monstein, an amateur radio astronomer, began working on the CALLISTO prototype in 2002, when digital radio tuners became available on the consumer market.

When mysterious plumes were observed high in the Martian atmosphere by amateur astronomers back in 2012, explanations ranged from massive auroras to a meteor impact.

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.