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Try your skill at imaging the orbiting Nanosail-D space object
Astronomy
February 26, 2011
The 100 foot square solar wind sail, called Nanosail-D, is in low Earth orbit. The sail was unfurled on 20 January 2011. It will be visible over...
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The Geminids meteor shower puts on a color show
Astrophotography
December 11, 2010
For more than one hundred years the Geminids meteor shower has returned to amaze meteor watchers. This meteor shower occurs each year in December....
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An infrared telescope images distant galaxies hidden behind gas and dust clouds
science books
November 4, 2010
Researchers and scientists at the European Space Agency (ESA) are investigating deep space objects in the long-wavelength infrared (IR) emissions...
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The Milky Way Galaxy in the visual light spectrum
Astronomy books
October 25, 2010
Our knowledge of the Milky Way Galaxy has been expanding rapidly. Big advances were made, in the nineteen thirties when the Astronomer’s...
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The famous Hubble Space Telescope is twenty years old 1990 to 2010
Astronomy books
October 18, 2010
The Hubble Telescope has become famous after being in operation for only twenty years. The mission planners and designers started the Hubble...
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Spitzer Telescope surveys Asteroids in the near Earth orbit zone
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October 15, 2010
The Spitzer Telescope can detect larger Asteroids by looking for their heat signature. The larger Asteroids receive more sunlight, and therefore...
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The International Space Station appears in the skies over Tacoma, Washington
Cameras
October 12, 2010
The International Space Station appears in the skies over Tacoma, WashingtonPrecisely on schedule, the International Space Station (ISS) appeared...
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The mystery of the dark side of the Moon is revealed
Cameras
October 6, 2010
The mystery of the dark side of the Moon is revealedThe United Nations General Assembly declared October 4 through 10 as “World Space Week....
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Viewing faint nebula with a Newtonian Telescope
telescopes
October 2, 2010
Viewing faint nebula with a Newtonian TelescopeThe big advantage of the reflector mirror, in a Newtonian Telescope, comes from its ability to...
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Canon 5D Mark III test posted on Digital Photography Review
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May 24, 2012
Digital Photography Review (DPR), one of the web's most trusted resources for all things digital photography, has just completed its in-depth...
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