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Title Author Type Date Words
Basic observing skills. Dec 22, 2009 3117
34. Brief article Oct 26, 2009 26
400. Brief article Sep 7, 2009 32
Implanted telescope improves vision of individuals with AMD. Report Aug 1, 2009 424
Later this month, on 25 August 2009, it will be exactly 400 years ago since Galileo Galilei demonstrated his telescope to the Venetian lawmakers. Aug 1, 2009 472
SALT undergoing eye surgery. Jun 1, 2009 682
First National star party in South Africa. Jun 1, 2009 2118
Reawakening a masterpiece. Jun 1, 2009 965
Enjoy the indelible experience of emulating Galileo. DeVorkin, David H. May 23, 2009 841
A telescope to the past. Brief article May 4, 2009 170
The Digges--Bourne telescope revisited. Whitaker, Ewen A. Apr 1, 2009 733
Will Hay (1888-1949) and his telescopes. Mobberley, Martin P.; Goward, Kenneth J. Apr 1, 2009 11248
The benefits of the BiOptic: extending the visual range into the social range and beyond. Allen, Peter Report Feb 27, 2009 1946
The sky's the limit: this year marks the 400th anniversary of Galileo's telescope. See how astronomers' view of the night sky has changed since then. Hamalainen, Karina Feb 23, 2009 1329
HartRAO 26m telescope problem. Feb 1, 2009 442
First mirror delivered for the James Webb Space Telescope. Brief article Feb 1, 2009 213
Using the Innes telescope again. Argyle, R.W. Feb 1, 2009 2689
Milky Way puts on weight: new estimate makes galaxy comparable to Andromeda. Cowen, Ron Jan 31, 2009 456
Fermi finds gamma-ray pulsars. Cowen, Ron Brief article Jan 3, 2009 102
Dark sky. Jan 1, 2009 3737
Two new telescopes commissioned in Sutherland. Dec 1, 2008 1082
Hubble trouble doubled. Sohn, Emily Oct 29, 2008 473
Saving Hubble: a famous space telescope gets an out-of-this-world tune-up. Moser, Jennifer Feb 18, 2008 1832
Science news. Feb 18, 2008 478
UCSD receives $1 million in 2 donations to fund telescope project. Glazer, Joyce Brief article Oct 22, 2007 108
National Geographic's knack for fun learning. Brief article Jan 1, 2006 227
South Africa. Dec 1, 2005 207
Telescopes and lenses. Feb 14, 2005 4847
Good for going ... and staying. Nov 1, 2004 413
Tiny scope spies distant planet. Brief Article Oct 2, 2004 218
Pioneers on the look out for a star turn; Technical guru Tony Fox-Leonard talks to Larry Neild about the company's grand designs for the future. Feb 25, 2004 917
Wobble, wobble, little star ... Brief Article Nov 1, 2003 213
Celestial skies. (What's New?). Brief Article Jul 1, 2003 198
Peering into space. (High-Tech). Graves, Brad Brief Article Jun 9, 2003 64
Samford University new telescope and the Internet. Glotfelty, Henry W. Brief Article Apr 1, 2003 168
Remote data acquisition and control using LabVIEW DATASocket Server. (South Carolina Academy of Sciences Abstracts). Fulton, Marvin Brief Article Jan 1, 2003 106
Star struck: a Chilean town turns its sky into a money-maker. (Executive Travel). Franklin, Jonathan Nov 1, 2002 866
Canada's first space telescope. Sep 22, 2002 61
Seeing red: a cool revival of Hubble's infrared camera. (Science News This Week). Cowen, R. Brief Article Jun 8, 2002 264
Faded stars get new role: Hubble takes a long look. (This week). Pickrell, J. Brief Article May 4, 2002 526
Sharper images: new Hubble camera goes the distance. (This week). Cowen, R. Brief Article May 4, 2002 507
Galileo and the moons of Jupiter. Helies, Tony Feb 1, 2002 564
Feedhorn temperature control on a 4.6 m radio telescope. Sweat, Tia L.; Payne, James E.; Mentor, Guy; Cayton, Leah Brief Article Jan 1, 2002 120
Saturn's dirty dozen. Brief Article Sep 17, 2001 78
HUBBLE OPENS YOUR EYES. Apr 1, 2001 370
Gang of four: Debut of a big telescope. Brief Article Oct 7, 2000 109
Telescope unveils a stellar deception. Cowen, R. Brief Article Sep 9, 2000 395
Taking a census of brown dwarfs. R.C. Brief Article Sep 9, 2000 453
A Decade of HUBBLE. Weinstock, Maia Brief Article Sep 4, 2000 373
A supernova's shocking development. R.C. Brief Article Jun 3, 2000 267
Reading through Galileo's Telescope. Margaret Cavendish and the Experience of Reading [*]. SPILLER, ELIZABETH A. Mar 22, 2000 12620
Hubble Space Telescope: Eye wide open. Cowen, R. Brief Article Jan 22, 2000 389
Hubble goes blind, for now. Cowen, R. Brief Article Nov 27, 1999 249
Hubble spies a cluster's unruly past. Cowen, R. Brief Article Jul 24, 1999 240
Blocking light to get a sharper image. Brief Article Apr 17, 1999 330
The Universe en Rose. COWEN, RON Mar 13, 1999 1700
Hubble Eyes Signs of Nearby Planets. Cowen, R. Brief Article Jan 9, 1999 991
Double vision on Mauna Kea. Brief Article Jun 8, 1996 290
COASTing to a sharper image. Brief Article Mar 9, 1996 600
SITe selected to provide CCDs for $20 million telescope; Sloan Digital Sky Survey Program to provide map of universe on CD-ROM. Oct 30, 1995 605
SDSU lab gets funds from sale of telescope device. Wells, Ken R. Jul 31, 1995 623
Upping the chances of finding planets. Cowen, Ron Brief Article May 27, 1995 406
Waves from a parallel universe; preparing a stunningly detailed map of the radio sky. Peterson, Ivars May 7, 1994 718
It's a gas! Images from thin air. Nov 2, 1991 247
'Star Wars' generates sharper stellar images. Cowen, Ron Jun 8, 1991 566
A window on turbulence: taking the twinkle out of infrared images of stars. Peterson, Ivars Nov 24, 1990 863
Low-budget stellar spectroscopy. Peterson, Ivars Jul 1, 1989 187
A sharp, new eye scans the southern sky. May 27, 1989 224
Planetary perks: scientific fringe-benefits of Voyager 2's trip to Neptune. Eberhart, Jonathan Sep 10, 1988 1751
Very Large Telescope. Thomsen, Dietrick E. Jan 2, 1988 344
Telescope tunes in to the guiding light. Hartley, Karen Jul 25, 1987 635
Spectroscopic survey telescope. Thomsen, Dietrick E. Jan 17, 1987 227
Taking the measure of the stars. Thomsen, Dietrick E. Jan 3, 1987 2034
Spinning a large telescope from glass. Thomsen, Dietrick E. Nov 15, 1986 426
Giant telescope begun. Sep 21, 1985 178
Ohio radiotelescope saved. Aug 17, 1985 100

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