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  • Blog Post: Explore the new Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array

    Sarah Scoles
    [caption image="http://cs.astronomy.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-51-Telescopes/4544.ALMA_5F00_NRAO_5F00_padilla_5F00_09.jpg" position="right" targeturl="http://cs.astronomy.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00...
    on Thu, Apr 4 2013

  • Blog Post: Help save the movie "Saving Hubble"

    Sarah Scoles
    [caption image="http://cs.astronomy.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-51-Telescopes/1157.Hubble.jpg" position="right" targeturl="http://cs.astronomy.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-51-Telescopes/1157.Hubble...
    on Wed, Feb 6 2013

  • Blog Post: On the road: AAS January 2013 meeting — more exoplanets and a donated telescope

    Liz Kruesi
    As the second full day of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting comes to an end, exoplanets yet again were a major focus. The first press conference of the day included announcements of surprising planetary systems. First, we learned of evidence of a planetary system in the Hyades star cluster...
    on Wed, Jan 9 2013

  • Blog Post: It’s all in the instrument renaming

    Karri Ferron
    Back in October, I shared with you two opportunities for the public to contribute to the naming of key scientific instruments . Well, the results are in, and I’d like to hear your thoughts on the new monikers. [caption image="/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components...
    on Tue, Jan 24 2012

  • Blog Post: On the road: January 2012 AAS meeting, Tuesday recap

    Liz Kruesi
    Today was another packed day — but that seems to be the norm at the American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting. The first invited talk echoed a topic that one of today’s press conferences covered: the status of the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. After three years in orbit, the observatory...
    on Wed, Jan 11 2012

  • Blog Post: What’s in an instrument’s name?

    Karri Ferron
    Recently, I’ve learned about two opportunities for the public to contribute in naming key scientific instruments in the astronomy community. [caption image="/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/astronomy.Telescopes/6355.GRAIL_5F00_300.jpg" targeturl...
    on Tue, Oct 18 2011

  • Blog Post: Thinking of buying a telescope?

    Michael Bakich
    Selecting a telescope, like buying a car, is subject to your tastes as a consumer. In other words, the choice is up to you. But the editors at Astronomy magazine have just made that decision a lot easier with “How to Buy Your First Telescope.” This 16-page pluck-out guide sponsored by Celestron...
    on Wed, Oct 12 2011

  • Blog Post: So long, space

    Bill Andrews
    With the safe landing of STS-135 , the final space shuttle mission, yesterday morning, the program is officially over. Barring some kind of crazy, last minute, Hail Mary mission, we’ll never see another space shuttle actually shuttle anyone to space. The United States can no longer do that feat...
    on Fri, Jul 22 2011

  • Blog Post: Out-of-this-world 2010 update

    Bill Andrews
    Just over a month ago, we announced that the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit had won our 2010 Out-of-this-world Award for public outreach . Ruben Gutierrez, the group’s president, recently let me know how they’re doing, and how they’ve put the award money to good use. [caption image...
    on Wed, May 11 2011

  • Blog Post: Astronomy magazine exclusive: Getting to know the field observatories of Caltech astronomers

    Karri Ferron
    Ever wonder what it’s like to be part of an astronomy department at a major university — what instruments the scientists use, and what research they’re doing? Peter V. Mason of the Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena offers...
    on Mon, Apr 25 2011

  • Blog Post: Lowell Observatory offers customized field trip program to astronomy clubs

    Karri Ferron
    Guest blog by Michael T. Kitt What could be more exciting than an inside look at an astronomical research facility? Lowell Observatory, located in Flagstaff, Arizona, is now offering a program developed specifically for astronomy clubs and groups. The field trip will provide a unique opportunity to...
    on Thu, Jan 6 2011

  • Blog Post: Astronomy magazine visits Yerkes Observatory

    Chris Raymond
    Did you know that the world’s largest refracting telescope is located less than an hour from Astronomy magazine’s headquarters? Founded in 1897, Yerkes Observatory sedately sits on the shore of Geneva Lake in Williams Bay, Wisconsin. On December 3, 2010, the staff of Astronomy , its publisher...
    on Tue, Dec 7 2010

  • Blog Post: Road trip: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, part 2

    Rich Talcott
    When you hear the name Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, or Fermilab for short, cosmology likely isn’t the first thing to cross your mind. But Fermilab researchers are busy building an astronomical camera that could help confirm that dark energy rules the current universe — or the unsettling...
    on Mon, Dec 6 2010

  • Blog Post: Future Galileos: Starry Messenger Project class of 2010

    David Eicher
    The 2010 class of Future Galileos from the Cincinnati Observatory each received an 8-inch telescope for future outreach use. Dean Regas photo I just received an update from Cincinnati Observatory Center's Outreach Astronomer Dean Regas, which won Astronomy 's 2008 Out-of-this-World Award for...
    on Tue, Oct 12 2010

  • Blog Post: New products abound at PATS 2010

    Michael Bakich
    Senior Editor Michael E. Bakich talked to three well-known companies at the PATS 2010 about their new products. Click on the image above to go to the videos. Michael E. Bakich The third annual Pacific Astronomy and Telescope Show (PATS) occurred September 18–19, 2010. While I was at PATS, I talked to...
    on Tue, Sep 28 2010

  • Blog Post: Revisiting the old rockets

    Bill Andrews
    To most people (including my wife), this is what Puerto Rico is all about. Liz Andrews photo Apart from visiting the world-famous Arecibo Observatory on our recent vacation to Puerto Rico, my wife and I made sure to hit the more typical vacation spots too, like the rain forest and beaches. But, because...
    on Tue, Jul 13 2010

  • Blog Post: Recibidos en Arecibo (Received in Arecibo)

    Bill Andrews
    The Arecibo Observatory’s radio telescope platform hangs 500 feet (150 meters) above the 1,000-foot-wide (305 meters) dish. Liz Andrews photo People are often surprised to learn I’m Puerto Rican, especially when they’ve only seen my name or picture. But I was indeed born and raised on the tropical island...
    on Fri, Jul 9 2010

  • Blog Post: Visiting the Harvard-Smithsonian Observatory

    Liz Kruesi
    Venus shines to the left of the Great Refractor’s dome atop the Harvard-Smithsonian Observatory. Liz Kruesi photo I’m back from the Knight/Kavli Universe Workshop and, whew, it was a whirlwind few days, jam-packed with astronomy lectures and lab visits. Luckily, I love learning about the different areas...
    on Wed, Jun 30 2010

  • Blog Post: Escape to the observatories of the Southwest

    David Eicher
    Observatories of the Southwest: A Guide for Curious Skywatchers covers basic visitor information, historical background, and research results of eight observatories under the dark skies of America's Southwest. Astronomy magazine photo Q . Which amateur astronomer has dreamed of traveling through...
    on Tue, Jun 8 2010

  • Blog Post: Grab the popcorn for our NEAF 2010 videos

    Bill Andrews
    During his time at the 2010 Northeast Astronomy Forum, Astronomy magazine Assistant Editor Bill Andrews spoke with dozens of manufacturers about their products. Fortunately for us, he brought along a handheld high-definition video camera and recorded his conversations. Not even two weeks back from the...
    on Fri, Apr 30 2010

  • Blog Post: Happy Anniversary Hubble!

    Bill Andrews
    This brand new Hubble image, celebrating the legendary space telescope's 20th anniversary, shows off the top of a pillar of gas and dust in one of the biggest known regions of star birth in the Milky Way, the Carina Nebula. NASA/ESA/M. Livio and the Hubble 20th Anniversary Team (STScI) These are...
    on Fri, Apr 23 2010

  • Blog Post: A Venus and Mercury movie

    Michael Bakich
    Steve Cullen, president of LightBuckets Online Telescope Rental, just sent me a cool video he took Thursday night. It shows Venus and Mercury setting behind the Chiricahua Mountains April 8, 2010, from the LightBuckets facility in Rodeo, New Mexico. Both planets now lie in the constellation Aries the...
    on Mon, Apr 12 2010

  • Blog Post: Hubble on the big screen

    Liz Kruesi
    Astronauts aboard the STS-125 mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope brought along IMAX 3-D cameras. During the May 2009 mission, they documented their spacewalks. NASA, in collaboration with the IMAX Collaboration and Warner Bros. Pictures, combined this IMAX footage with Hubble photographs. The...
    on Mon, Mar 29 2010

  • Blog Post: Take a look back at how Celestron began

    Michael Bakich
    In recognition of its 50th anniversary, Celestron has just posted the first of six planned videos in its “Path of Light” series. Episode 1, “Generation of Dreamers” explains how the company’s founder, Tom Johnson, developed the first commercial Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes. Interviews with Johnson,...
    on Wed, Mar 24 2010

  • Blog Post: A satisfied astronomy group

    Michael Bakich
    Yesterday, I blogged about an e-mail I received from developer Gene Turner, who runs the Rancho Hidalgo Astronomy and Equestrian Village near Animas, New Mexico. He had hosted an astronomy group , and they had a great time. We thought it would be a nice follow-up if we posted an e-mail from Art Humphrey...
    on Thu, Mar 18 2010
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