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When an astronomer discovers one of these he does not give it a name, but only a number. He might call it, for example, "Asteroid 325. "

As the nearest celestial body to our Earth, the Moon has, of course, always been a favored object for the amateur astronomer.

It seems to have been invented by the American astronomer David Rittenhouse in about 1785.

Nowadays the light collected by the lens or mirror of a telescope is directed to a photographic plate rather than to the astronomer's eye.

An astronomer makes the case that the best place to search for habitable planets may be very close to white dwarf stars.

"It was a memorable experience and I feel lucky to [have seen] it, " astronomer Gianluca Masi of Rome, Italy, told Space. com.

In fact, a typical astronomer spend most of he or her time analysing data and may only be at the telescope about few weeks of a year.

The typical tour is accompanied by an astronomer and takes in astronomical sites along the way as well as more traditional attractions.

The great astronomer Edmund Halley eventually persuaded Newton to put together the results of his work on the laws of motion.

The astronomer presented a new concept of the beginning of the universe.

Bode was a German astronomer who popularised a mathematical rule, which came to be known as Bode's law, in a book published in 1772.

I used to be a sparetime astronomer , watching the stars with a telescope.

An astronomer predicted the return of this comet [predicted that this comet would return].

How the world began is a problem for the physicist and astronomer, and of course there have been conjectures from that quarter.

Sir Isaac Newton was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian.

In fact, a typical astronomer spend most of his or her time analyzing data, and may only be at the telescope a few weeks of the year.

Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference between an amateur astronomer and a professional astronomer.

The images were taken a few days after an amateur astronomer noticed a bright flash on the planet, indicating something had crashed into it.

That was when Caltech astronomer Mike Brown found a tiny, frigid world orbiting some three times further out than Pluto.

Sir Isaac Newton - physicist, mathematician and astronomer - died in London.

It was initially thought to be a distant galaxy, says Chris Lintott, an Oxford University astronomer involved in the project.

In 10, 000 hours you could have learned enough to become an astronomer or engineer. You could have learned several languages fluently.

You don't have to be an astronomer to look back in time.

He wished to be an astronomer when he was a child.

A suitable method for finding the intrinsic brightness of a star was discovered by the American astronomer W. S. Adams.

There was no gainsaying the astronomer's knowledge about the planets.

Humanity will encounter alien civilisations with the next two decades, a top Russian astronomer predicted yesterday.

The astronomer may speak to you of his understanding of space , but he cannot give you his understanding .

Back in the mid nineties, a different astronomer tried exactly the same trick to get themselves some fame and discredit astrology.

Humanity will encounter alien civilisations with the next two decades, a top Russian astronomer predicted on Monday.

One of the earliest thought experiments originated with the physicist and astronomer Galileo.

German mathematician and astronomer known for his contributions to algebra, differential geometry, probability theory, and number theory.

The astronomer believes the meteorite was a giant rock and probably the largest known to have struck Norway.

HALF a century ago a radio astronomer called Frank Drake thought of a way to calculate the likelihood of establishing contact with aliens.

Tombaugh's widow Patricia said Tombaugh, like any other good astronomer, would accept the result.

Stars provided early astronomer with a reference system for measuring the motions of planets, the Moon, and the Sun.

it must be known to any kind of radio astronomer in the universe.

So a team led by SETI Institute astronomer Laurance Doyle decided to take a closer look.

"I knew that was the famous time, " says the Space Telescope Science Institute astronomer.

The Astronomer Royal, who ought to know, tells me that the earth is round.

According to a Cornell astronomer, it's just a rock formation.

One of the world's leading astronomers, Rees is a professor of cosmology and astrophysics at Cambridge, and UK Astronomer Royal.

Back in 1877, Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli reported a rather shocking discovery: There were "canali, " or canals, on Mars.

We are told that his name as a mathematician was well established when K Vyaghramukha of the Chapa dynasty m him the court astronomer.

The scientist who discovered Eris, Caltech astronomer Mike Brown, thinks Pluto's demotion was the right move.

Thus the activities of the astronomer vary with the stars at which he gazes or about which he calculates.

The astronomer presented a new idea of the beginning of the universe.

In fact, a typical astronomer spent most his or her time analyzing data, and mat only be at telescope a few weeks of the year.

is an outstanding politician, educationist, astronomer, thinker, philosopher in Yuan Dynasty.

Most famous of the gas giants is Jupiter, which also benefited from the vigilant observation of an amateur astronomer this week.

Radio astronomer Melanie Johnston-Hollitt at Victoria University, Wellington , NZ, has collaborated with IBM for developing the system.

Dutch astronomer Ott that the main source of the Earth is our planet within the upper mantle lithosphere.

I got two letters from the Astronomer Royal thanking me for writing about meteors.

When Zhang Heng, the Chinese astronomer and geographer, wanted to draw a map of the heavens, he wasn't satisfied with a simple paper map.

Bowditch: american mathematician and astronomer noted for his works concerning navigation.

Galileo Galilei becomes the first astronomer to observe the planet Neptune, although he mistakenly catalogued it as a fixed star.

The existence of two Martian moons was predicted around 1610 by Johannes Kepler, the astronomer who derived the laws of planetary motion.

Astronomer Art Hoag first asked this question when he chanced upon this unusual extragalactic object.

It was up to astronomer Peter Jenniskens to find them.

In 200 AD there came a Roman astronomer Ptolemy, who had moved away from his home to live and study in Egypt.

Britain's first Astronomer Royal, John Flamsteed, is believed to have observed the supernova that spawned it in 1680.

telescopes every night . In fact , a typically astronomer spend most of his or her time , analyzing data .

Aristotle was in some sense an astronomer, a physicist, a biologist, a psychologist and a political scientist.

NASA's current chief astronomer, who worked with Roman at the agency, calls her "the mother of the Hubble Space Telescope. "

Noctilucent clouds were first observed in 1885 by an amateur astronomer.

"It is too ugly, " said the astronomer.

There are many historical figures: the great pianist and composer Chopin, the astronomer Copernicus and Marie Curie won two Nobel Prize.

The Eskimo Nebula (NGC 2392), also known as the Clownface Nebula, was discovered by astronomer William Herschel in 1787.

In fact, a typical astronomer spends his or her times analysising data and may only be at telescope a few weeks of the year.

Earlier, astronomer George Ellery Hale had offered Hubble a position at the Mount Wilson Observatory in southern California.

I will phone the Astronomer Royal for a time comparison be tween your planet and ours.

Polish astronomer who produced a workable model of the solar system with the sun in the center (1473-1543).

Some astronomer works on purely theoretical problems and never use telescope at all.

Ever since Galileo pointed his telescope at Saturn , long, cold nights in the observatory have been the astronomer's lot.

Amateur astronomer Juan Carlos Casado stitched together this extraordinary shot from nine photos of the night sky.

Cosmos &Culture: How Astronomy Has Shaped Our World was opened by the Astronomer Royal Lord Rees and runs until the end of 2010.

Our first item is an authentic atlas of the stars drawn by a famous astronomer in the year 1414.

Perhaps it was neither, argues BBC astronomer and Discovery News contributor Mark Thompson.

Says Princeton astronomer Scott Tremaine: "Not a single prediction for what we'd find in other systems has turned out to correct. "

Generally speaking, it started from an early Italian literary originator named Dante and ended with the Italian astronomer named Galileo.

Some astronomer work on purely theoretical problems and never use a telescope at all.

In 1930, astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovered the dwarf planet Pluto while looking at photographs of the night sky.

Leon Stuart reported what he saw to the publication The Strolling Astronomer.

A most unusual astronomer inasmuch as he was deaf mute.

He visited the Royal Observatory to consult with the astronomer and borrowed ideas for coins and cannons from the King's mint and arsenal.

Hulle is not just giving us extraordinary pictures , its helping astronomer unlock the secrets of the universe.

And away sails the famous Dane, the astronomer, to live honored and free in a strange land.

Amateur astronomer David Bates was looking at the moon through his telescope last night when he got a big surprise.

Most people think of astronomer is people who spent their time at cold observatories peering through telescope every night.

The astronomer observed space with a special telescope.

This works fine during everyday life, but for an astronomer looking at a faint object, this is a problem.

The astronomer scanned the heavens through a telescope.

The first reliable system for measuring the transparency of sea water was developed by astronomer and Jesuit priest Pietro Angelo Secchi.

This supernova in the galaxy M100 approximately 50 million light-years from Earth, was discovered by an amateur astronomer in 1979.

In the 1960's, U. S. astronomer Frank Drake started the first real search for alien radio signals being beamed across the Universe.

Astronomer Alexandre Santerne also briefly illuminated a foreground oak tree during the exposure sequence.

An amateur astronomer is over the moon after discovering four new planets in his spare time at home.

Ed Weiler is NASA's chief astronomer. Mr. Weiler has worked closely with the Hubble program since nineteen seventy-nine.

German astronomer Johannes Kepler used these modern logarithms to calculate the orbit of Mars at the start of the 17th century.

The Greek philosopher Anaximander, a biologist, geographer, and astronomer, organizes a map of the world.

My colleague, radio astronomer Eric Chaisson, has written at length that only "ethical" civilizations avoid destroying themselves.

Famous astronomer Kepler defined this number as a precious treasury.

Kuiper crater is named for Gerard Kuiper, a Dutch-American astronomer who was also a member of the Mariner 10 team.

Interestingly enough, an astronomer discussing a competing theory coined the term "Big Bang. "

The Bad Astronomer definitely isn't happy with this, responding quickly and effectively to utter trash.

The astronomer used to look at the moon through a telescope.

Although his work was instrumental in bringing the Copernican system into prominence, Galileo was far more than just an astronomer.

Another astronomer has even applied for time on the Spitzer Space Telescope to peer at Galaxy X in infrared wavelengths.

That astronomer is putting his heart and soul on this strange phenomenon.

"We owe our present climate stability to an exceptional event: the presence of the Moon, " concludes astronomer Jacques Laskar.

In the 17th century, the astronomer Giovanni Cassini noticed Iapetus had one dark side and one lighter side, but had no idea why.

"It's the find of a lifetime, " says astronomer Douglas Hamilton of the University of Maryland, College Park.

It is the only tangible object the astronomer can handle .

The astronomer Johannes Kepler declared that "nature loves simplicity and unity. "

This is the young man in the story who wag to become a great astronomer years later.

There's a difference between a telescope builder and an astronomer, of course.

FIFTY years ago, an American astronomer called Frank Drake started to search for signals coming from alien civilisations.

JONATHAN GARNER: "Any astronomer, at any university, in any country can write a proposal for what they want to do with the telescope. "

It also makes big trouble to astronomer for space observation and bring along high threat to aviation and driving.

"Suddenly it all made sense, " says astronomer and co-author Priyamvada Natarajan of Yale University.

Most people think of the astronomer is people who spend their time in cold observatory peering through telescope every night.

Photo: Astronomer Carl Sagan explores the mysteries of the universe in a 1981 lecture.

French astronomer Urbain Le Verrier and British astronomer John Couch Adams both performed calculations to locate a possible new planet.

Danish astronomer with 30 years DiGu observation of the planet, precision accumulated extensive accurate and reliable information.

It is packed with everything an astronomer could ask for, from hot, young star-forming regions to old clusters with red supergiants.

Radio astronomer Frank Drake's landmark Project Ozma was certainly a triumph of hope over daunting odds.

Another Indian astronomer and mathematician, Brahmagupta estimated in the 7th century that the circumference of the earth was 5000 yojanas.

Martin Rees, the astronomer royal, calls the search for extraterrestrial life the most important scientific endeavour of our time.

Nearly 100 years ago, the astronomer, Schiaparelli, thought the marking to be canals.

Unless I am a physician among physicians they would not believe that I am an astronomer.

100 years ago, the astronomer, Schiaparelli, thought it to be canals.

Bad Astronomer Phil Plait has a nice description of some of the forces at work here.

The paper said that Sir John Herschel , a famous British astronomer, had invented a powerful telescope.

Most people think of astronomer as people who speed their time in cold observatories peering through telescopes every night.

Most people think of astronomer as people who spent their time in cold observatories peering through telescopes every night.

an astronomer who studies the physical properties of celestial bodies.

American astronomer who updated the tables indicating the position of the moon, the planets, and important stars.

In 1972, famed astronomer Carl Sagan proposed that the answer lay in the atmosphere.

This asteroid has only once been seen through the telescope. That was by a Turkish astronomer, in 1909.

1994 - The first discoveries of extrasolar planets are announced by astronomer Alexander Wolszczan.

For the last 20 years, UC Berkeley astronomer Geoff Marcy has been the world's leading planet finder.

He became a famous astronomer by virtue of his song curiosity about the space and stars since he was very young .

And an astronomer said, "Master, what of Time? "

A Russian astronomer claimed Monday that humans will encounter extraterrestrial life by 2031.

It was named after astronomer George Ellery Hale.

In1609, the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei watched space though the telescope.

Giovanni Cassini, an Italian astronomer, described a sunspot that appeared in 1671 as the first he had seen for many years.

The undevout astronomer must be mad.

"This is one supersized ring, " said one of the authors, Anne Verbiscer, an astronomer at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.

VOICE: OK, you've made your point. Man really is the astronomer - the creature who.

Astronomer One that specializes in astronomy.

To overcome this problem, astronomer Lyman Spitzer in 1946 proposed to construct a space telescope.

Astronomer Galileo Galilei died in Arcetri, Italy.

This dark cloud is an example of a "Bok globule, " named after the late University of Arizona astronomer Bart Bok.

But not for the aliens, points out SETI astronomer Seth Shostak, who hunts for ET the old-fashioned way -- with radio waves.

Jim calculates a solar eclipse easily because he is an astronomer.

He is the first known astronomer on that continent to have used a continuous system of counting solar days.

Space storms are not new. The first major solar flare was recorded by British astronomer Richard Carrington in 1859.

Most people think of astronomer as the people who spends their time in cold observatory peering through telescope every night.

astronomer Galileo Galilei died Italy.

February of 2010 marks the 80th anniversary of the discovery of Pluto by American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh.

Copernicus (1473-1543), great polish astronomer, the founder of modern astronomy, disrupting the founder.

The moon maps, the first ever made from telescope observations, were the work of the English astronomer Thomas Harriot.

In 1787, astronomer William Herschel discovered the Eskimo Nebula.

"I'm still a little skeptical, " said astronomer Nick Schneider ofthe University of Colorado, Boulder, lead author of the second study.

Now any astronomer will tell you, this is the telltale sign of something that doesn't originate from Earth.

Archimedes (former 212 BC 287 ~ 2002) was born in Italy in batter ancient, his father was astronomer and mathematician.

The astronomer already confirmed that in this huge galaxy 5 planets, are seeking for other 2 planet existence the evidence.

My dream is to become an astronomer someday.

But how do astronomer detectives know if an impact is caused by a comet or asteroid?

January 2002: "We've known that it exists for more than 25 years, " says astronomer Virginia Trimble of the University of California Irvine.

An astronomer used to go out at night to observe the stars.

LiChunFeng (602 ~ 670), the early tang dynasty astronomer and mathematician.

Sir Patrick Moore is a well-known astronomer with .

The astronomer predicts the return of comet.

But one astronomer has just done precisely that.

Just before noon the following Thursday, September 1, English astronomer Richard C.

But 2009 is also the 400th anniversary of the publication by Johannes Kepler, a German mathematician and astronomer, of "Astronomia Nova" .

This accuracy makes SkyMap equally suited for both the novice astronomer who just wants to know "what's that bright object up there? "

In 1930, a young astronomer named Clyde Tombaugh found Pluto.

"It really boosts my confidence in the model, " said astronomer Andrew Benson of Caltech, a co-researcher in the study.

astronomer is the one that specializes in astronomy.

Beer: German banker and astronomer who published MAPS of the moon and Mars.

Most people think of astronomer is the people who spend all of their time in cold observatory peering through telescopes every night.

An astronomer observes the stars.

Zu chongzhi (429 ~ 500), the northern and southern dynasties outstanding mathematician and astronomer.

In the 18th century, astronomer Charles Messier cataloged two of them; colorful M8, above and right of center, and compact M20 at the left.

drawn by a famous astronomer in the year 1414.

He is an avid amateur astronomer.

British astronomer John Herschel first recorded NGC 6334 in 1837 during his stay in South Africa.

If people know you're an astronomer, they will soon be asking you all about it.

1642- astronomer Galileo Galilei died in Italy.

(1600 ~ 1680), in late Ming and early qing dynasty mathematician and astronomer.

Ancient Chinese mathematician and astronomer Zu Chongzhi was born on April 20.

Sergio: You've become an astronomer. I wouldn't have guessed it.

Which is why astronomer John Webb has got himself into such trouble.

First off, my badge says I'm an astronomer.

Then one day an astronomer came.

Kormendy worked on a large team of researchers led by University of Michigan astronomer Douglas Richstone.

Zu Chongzhi (429-500 AD) was a famous mathematician, astronomer and mechanic in the Southern and Northern dynasties (421-581 AD).

And when she doesn't mind a two-hour conversation, she tells them she's an astronomer.

Now, astronomer Eric Agol at the University of Washington says we've been looking in the wrong places.

Houston likes to bring up one story from an astronomer.

Zhang (78 ~ 139), the eastern han dynasty period of great astronomer.

Named after Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834 - 1906), American astronomer, physicist, and pioneer in the development of heavier-than-air craft.

Danish astronomer DiGu do later than the same measurements GuoShouJing 300 years.

This was captured on film at that time also, by more than one amateur astronomer.

More than just a philosopher, Aristotle was a scientist, astronomer and political theorist

John Flamsteed, the first Astronomer Royal, observed one in 1684, after a gap of ten years.

Professor Ronald Bracewell, a leading American radio astronomer, argued in Nature that such a superior civilization,

The magnitude of a star is based on a scale more than 2, 000 years old, devised by Greek astronomer Hipparchus in about 125 BC.

Colin Stuart is a science writer and astronomer based in London

Brahe: Danish astronomer whose accurate astronomical observations formed the basis for Johannes Kepler's laws of planetary motion

Seth Shostak is senior astronomer at the SETI Institute, and chair of the International Academy of Astronautics' SETI Permanent Study Group

Biographical sketch of astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus

But Campbell has competition from British astronomer Arthur Eddington,

Polish Archeologists Believe They've Found Grave of 16th-Century Astronomer Copernicus in a Church

Biographical sketch of astronomer Galileo Galilei

Biographical sketch of astronomer Johannes Kepler

"Soccer Ball" Nebula Discovered by Amateur Astronomer

Biographical sketch of astronomer Sir Isaac Newton

In 1808 he became astronomer to the Bureau des Longitudes;

When I heard the Learn'd Astronomer