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08/20/2008
President To Open International Astronomy Olympiad (Bernama)
BANDUNG, Aug 20 (Bernama) -- President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to open the second International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) at the presidential palace in Jakarta on Wednesday, Indonesia's ANTARA news agency reported.
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08/20/2008
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Bandung, Aug 20 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to open the second International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) at the presidential palace in Jakarta on Wednesday.
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08/20/2008
Artist Scott Prior finds his comfort zone in Western Massachusetts (The Republican)
Scott Prior is one of the very talented artists that add to the rich cultural life of the Pioneer Valley. Originally from a small town north of Boston, he came here to attend the University of Massachusetts as an astronomy major.
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08/19/2008
ASTRONOMY | North Star pulses brightly with constant change (The Columbus Dispatch)
People believe a lot of things that are simply untrue. Like that it's cold in winter because Earth is farther from the sun. Or that Polaris, the "North Star," is the brightest star in the sky.
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08/19/2008
Stars in Park to feature clinic on telescopes (Cumberland Times-News)
The Cumberland Astronomy Club's next Stars in the Park public star-gazing session Saturday at 7:30 p.m. will feature a telescope clinic.
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08/18/2008
Astronomy author comes to MUH (The Oxford Press)
HAMILTON —Shooting for the stars is a literal theme for Miami University and Miami University Hamilton students this year as astronomer and author Dr. Jeffrey Bennett travels to the campuses next week.
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08/19/2008
Archives (The Daily Tar Heel)
Last year, graduate student and teaching assistant David Ticehurst had a few students from his Astronomy 101 class over for dinner. Ticehurst went out and got barbecue, and he and his students discussed the stars until late in the evening.
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08/19/2008
In defence of Stonehenge Aotearoa (Scoop.co.nz)
Fans of Stonehenge Aotearoa, New Zealand’s outdoor observatory and astronomy attraction, think the Lonely Planet 2008 guide is way off the astral beam.
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08/19/2008
Shock Absorber Plan Set for NASA's New Rocket (SPACE.com via Yahoo! News)
NASA engineers have come up with a dual shock absorber solution to the problem of excessive vibrations with the new Ares I rocket that will launch the agency's Orion space shuttle replacement.
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08/19/2008
Russian Rocket Launches New Communications Satellite (SPACE.com via Yahoo! News)
PONTE VEDRA, Fla. - The third and last Inmarsat 4 mobile-broadband satellite was successfully placed into orbit Tuesday by an International Launch Services (ILS) Proton Breeze M rocket, ILS and Inmarsat announced.
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  • Absolute Astronomy - Facts and statistical information about planets, moons, constellations, stars, galaxies, and Messier objects.
  • AOL Space - Get space and astronomy news, photos, and videos.
  • Astronomical Applications Department, U.S. Naval Observatory - Computes the position, brightness, and other observable characteristics of celestial bodies, as well as the circumstances of astronomical phenomena. Includes information on calendars and related topics.
  • Astronomical Optical Interferometry - The use of multiple telescopes to produce high resolution images - commonly used at most modern observatories. A literature review article.
  • Astronomical Pseudo-Science: A Skeptic's Resource List - List of links for those, who want to examine theories that are on the fringe of accepted scientific thought that are related connected to astronomy. A few examples are astrology, UFO's, the
  • Astronomy Education and Outreach - General astronomy tutorial, education links, web courses, documents at the UCSD Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences.
  • Astronomy Facts and Trivia - Fun facts and trivia relating to astronomy, space, science fiction movies. Most trivia items are submitted by users.
  • Astronomy for All - Index with graphics and illustrations about stars, the Solar System, cosmology and Galileo.
  • Astronomy Forum - Message board.
  • Astronomy Net - Resources, searchable forums and searchable lists of organizations providing astronomy services.
  • Astronomy Online - Gives overview of the solar system, the Milky Way galaxy, extrasolar planets, cosmology and astrophotography. Includes images, additional resources, and forums.
  • Astronomy Today - Information and articles on astronomy, space and related topics. Also features a friendly forum and a telescope buyer's FAQ page.
  • AstroWeb - Astronomical internet resources from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory.
  • An Atlas of the Universe - Contains 3D maps of the universe zooming out from the nearest stars to the scale of the galaxy and out to the surrounding superclusters and finally to the scale of the known universe.
  • Beyond Earth - Everything Not on Earth - Provides information about the beginning of universe and solar system. About the planets, quasars, the Milky Way, black holes. Life of a star. Travel in space and extra terrestrial beings.
  • Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy - A web encyclopedia. Over 500 entries, ranging from definitions to full articles.
  • Infrared Astronomy - All about infrared astronomy from NASA's infrared astronomy center: Discovery of infrared, what is infrared and infrared astronomy, history, the infrared universe, gallery, activities, discoveries, missions and a lot of links to IR astronomy sites.
  • Logarithmic Maps of the Universe - Show universe in terms of distance from Earth center. Includes such things as satellites, planets, stars, nebulae, and galaxies, out to cosmic microwave background radiation from the Big Bang.
  • The Naming of Stars - Leaflet from Royal Greenwich Observatory.
  • Space.com - The Greatest Myths, Hoaxes & Mysteries in Astronomy and Space Science - Article briefly discussing 21 topics.
  • Stars and Planets - Information about interesting stars and planets in the galaxy, as well as astral bodies outside the Milky Way. Includes photos.
  • When God drops needles and pins along your path in life, don't avoid them. Pick them up and collect them. They were designed to teach you to be stronger.
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