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		MACHO Project Home Page ^Votes:0 The MACHO Project Welcome to the MACHO Project WWW Home Page! We are maintaining two identical sites: http://wwwmacho.anu.edu.au/ (Australia) and http://wwwmacho.mcmaster.ca/ (North America) New! Microlensing Optical Depth Toward the Galactic Bulge New! Final Catalog of Bulge Microlensing Events Novae in the LMC and SMC Cataclysmic Variables The Project Overview The MACHO Collaboration and Science Team Candidate Microlensing Events Affiliate Programme Systems MACHO Camera Systems MACHO Data System Search Fields Field Centers LMC R-band GIF showing fields [606 kb] SMC R-band GIF showing fields [649 kb] LMC R-band FITS image with WCS [1.284 Mb] SMC R-band FITS image with WCS [1.284 Mb] Original images were obtained by Greg Bothun with his "Parking Lot" camera. Versions of saoimage more recen Read More Go to Site


		Caltech Computational Astronomy Home Page ^Votes:0 Caltech Computational Astronomy A Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 photograph of the core of the globular cluster M15 (courtesy of STScI ). Deep radio searches have revealed eight millisecond-period pulsars in this cluster. The 512-node Intel Paragon XPS The Caltech Computational Astronomy Group is directed by Tom Prince . We use high-performance parallel computers for analysis of data from many different observatories, e.g. Palomar, Arecibo, Parkes, the Infrared Astronomy Satellite, and the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory. Caltech Computational Astronomy Projects Modern astronomical telescopes are using increasingly sophisticated instrument technology, and produce larger and more complex datasets which often require large amounts of computation to extract the maximum signal-to-noise ratio from Read More Go to Site

		Deep Space Network Home Page ^Votes:0 + View the NASA Portal ABOUT THE DEEP SPACE NETWORK The NASA Deep Space Network - or DSN - is an international network of antennas that supports interplanetary spacecraft missions and radio and radar astronomy observations for the exploration of the solar system and the universe. The network also supports selected Earth-orbiting missions. The DSN currently consists of three deep-space communications facilities placed approximately 120 degrees apart around the world: at Goldstone, in California's Mojave Desert; near Madrid , Spain; and near Canberra , Australia. This strategic placement permits constant observation of spacecraft as the Earth rotates, and helps to make the DSN the largest and most sensitive scientific telecommunications system in the world. READ MORE... Fourteen Year-Olds Do Read More Go to Site

		Imaging Radar Home Page at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory ^Votes:0 Imaging Radar Home Page at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Read More Go to Site

		Remote Sensing ^Votes:0 There is more information available on How Satellites Work . That section includes information on satellites' orbits, predicting when satellites will be overhead, about Coordinated Universal Time and more. Sensory Remote Sensing \| Coded Signals from Space \| How Well Can a Satellite See? Color Coded Signals \| Visible and Infrared Imagery Tracking Sea Turtles \| The Grave of the Titanic New! Site Index Let us know what you think! Space Available Gulf of Maine Aquarium Home Page Updated June 2, 2000. Copyright (c) 2000. Gulf of Maine Aquarium. All rights reserved. Please email comments to www@octopus.gma.org Read More Go to Site

		Scholar ^Votes:0 Scholar Welcome to the MAA Scholar Project. The aim of this project is to provide texts about several astronomical and astrophysical subjects, prepared in a way that even a layman can understand them (most of it, respectively) yet interesting enough to be of interest to the professionals. It is meant to be like a course about astronomy. The topics below are currently being considered to be prepared. Of course, we will offer other topics as well if you show interest in them. As many things in the MAA this service is under construction, i.e. we are still collecting and writing, respectively, textes. If you have a text, want to write one or know about an appropriate text, please send a note to MAA (at) clell.de. Please note that all this stuff is copyrighted bythe authors. On January 11th 199 Read More Go to Site

		SOFIA - Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy ^Votes:0 Welcome to the SOFIA Website SOFIA Updates SOFIA completes initial flight test segment at NASA Dryden November 16, 2007 Press Release SOFIA Selected for California Space Authority SpotBeam Award September 11, 2007 Press Release SOFIA Airborne Observatory Debuts at NASA-Dryden June 27, 2007 Press Release and Photos SOFIA Aircraft Re-dedicated as "Clipper Lindbergh" May 21, 2007 Press Release and Photos SOFIA Completes First Test Flight! April 26, 2007 Press Release, Photos, and Video SOFIA's 2020 Vision Workshop, 6-8 December 2007 at Caltech More information... SOFIA Early Science Opportunities Workshop, 8 January 2008 at the Austin AAS More information... SOFIA in the News Space.com: SOFIA arrives at NASA-Dryden (June 2007) NewsLetters eNewsletter for Scientists, Sep 25, 2007 eNe Read More Go to Site

		The AFOE Home Page ^Votes:0 The AFOE: A Spectrograph for Precise Stellar Radial Velocity Measurements The AFOE is being re-installed at the 100-Inch Hooker Telescope located at the Mt. Wilson Observatory (CA). It will be used to continue our exo-planet search project and to support the JPL/SIM Grid project. The instrument has been reassembled and is being modified to mate with the telescope. We anticipate re-commissioning in November or December 2004 and routine observations in January 2005. The Instrument The Advanced Fiber-Optic Echelle ( AFOE ) spectrometer is a fiber-fed, bench-mounted echelle spectrograph, initially located at the 1.5m ( 60" ) telescope of the Whipple Observatory , near Tucson, Arizona. The AFOE is being relocated at the Mt. Wilson 100" telescope. The AFOE instrument has been packed and moved to Read More Go to Site

		The Artemis Project: Private Enterprise on the Moon ^Votes:0 Join the Moon Society and become an associate member of Artemis Society International at no additional cost! 12 men have walked on the Moon. When do you get to go? The Artemis Project is going to take you there! The Project is a private venture to establish a permanent, self-supporting community on the Moon. Here, you will find out how we are going to get there, how we are going to pay for it, and how you can come too! You are in the main lobby of the Artemis Project and the on-line headquarters of Artemis Society International . Inside, you will find the Project's central library, with program plans, spacecraft designs, and everything else needed to open space travel to you . Use the buttons on the left to explore the Artemis Project Web . It's not just a dream any more! OUR VIRTUAL LUNAR Read More Go to Site

		The Contact Project - Home Page ^Votes:0 Can you help decipher a message from an alien civilization? Why? History And Recent Developments The Message Discussion - Your Comments And Questions Translator's Notes Click here to return to the SESAS Home Page WebNexus Lunar Institute of Technology <lunar@sunsite.unc.edu> Read More Go to Site

		The NGC / IC Project - Home of the Historically Corrected New General Catalogue (HCNGC) since 1993 ^Votes:0 Mission Of The Project The NGC/IC Project is a collaborative effort between professional and amateur astronomers to correctly identify all of the original NGC and IC objects, starting with the original discoverer's notes and working forward in time to encompass the work of contemporary astronomers, both professional and amateur, such that the identity of each of the NGC and IC objects is known with as much certainty as we can reasonably bring to it from the existing historical record. In so doing, we shall collect images for each object and assemble basic data for the objects -- positions, classifications, photometric parameters (magnitudes, diameters, position angles, colors, etc), and distances -- insofar as the data are accessible. April 07, 1997 StarMaxx Site of the Month July, 1997 Aw Read More Go to Site

		UW: Live from Earth and Mars Project Description ^Votes:0 University of Washington Live From Earth and Mars Project Description Atmospheric and Space Sciences for K-12 and the Public: A Northwest Approach 1995 This project , based at the University of Washington in Seattle and sponsored by NASA, is developing and will disseminate educational materials based on real time and retrospective Atmospheric Sciences and Space Sciences data and information. These resources will be provided to K-12 educational systems, museums and the public via the World Wide Web, with special emphasis being placed on making the resources suitable for use in science and mathematics instruction in kindergarten through twelfth grade. Local workshops and in-service events will assist teachers to further develop curricula around these products. Atmospheric Sciences resources Read More Go to Site

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