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Arecibo is in South America, right?
2008-11-28 13:34:00 Just today, in our newspaper, there's a story about 5 UW students who just discovered a galaxy. I love that kind of stuff - -and I didn't realize that I loved it until I took an astronomy class my fourth year of college.But I do love it, and kids everywhere will likely love astronomy if they're given a chance to do so -- a chance you can give them without sending them to the Arecibo Observatory (like those UW Students). Instead, you can go the much cheaper and much less South-America-ish route of getting them one of the telescopes or solarscopes available from OpticsPlanet.net.OpticsPlanet.n-et has telescopes at prices that are... okay, I can't resist this... Out of thiw World! Ha, ha! But really, they are great prices and they have refractors, reflectors, Newtonian, just about any kind of telescope that exists. (Not the Very Large Array. I said "Just about.") Not sure what's the difference between a Newtonian and a Refractor telescope? I could link you to a 40,000 word ar...
View Petroglyphs Along the Rugged Coast in Arecibo
2008-02-23 18:29:00 Puerto Rico is an island with many different faces. It is both urban and country, modern and historical, laid-back and hurried, built-up and natural. If you visit Arecibo and La Cueva del Indio (Cave of the Indian), you will see it all - modern, country, nature and history - all in one day. ...
Look Beyond Our World at the Arecibo Observatory
2007-12-17 21:58:00 The Arecibo Observatory is the home of the world’s largest radio telescope, which is used to study the ionosphere and nearby planets as they pass overhead. Since it’s opening in 1963, this radio telescope has been in continuous operation and has made many significant scientific discoveries. And during your trip to Puerto Rico, you can ...
Look Beyond Our World at the Arecibo Observatory
2007-12-17 21:58:00 The Arecibo Observatory is the home of the world’s largest radio telescope, which is used to study the ionosphere and nearby planets as they pass overhead. Since it’s opening in 1963, this radio telescope has been in continuous operation and has made many significant scientific discoveries. And during your trip to Puerto Rico, you can ...
Look Beyond Our World at the Arecibo Observatory
2007-12-17 21:58:00 The Arecibo Observatory is the home of the world’s largest radio telescope, which is used to study the ionosphere and nearby planets as they pass overhead. Since it’s opening in 1963, this radio telescope has been in continuous operation and has made many significant scientific discoveries. And during your trip to Puerto Rico, you can ...
El Observatorio de Arecibo el mayor Radiotelescopio del Mundo con problemas
2007-11-21 17:33:00 El radiotelescopio de Arecibo está situado en Arecibo, Puerto Rico. El observatorio funciona bajo el nombre de National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (NAIC) Este radiotelescopio es el segundo telescopio mas grande de un solo plato, solo superado por el RATAN-600 (Rusia) con su antena circular de 576 metros de diámetro. El Radiotelescopio de ARecibo recolecta datos ...
November 1, 1963: The Arecibo Observatory Opens
2006-11-01 21:33:01 Today is the forty-third anniversary of the opening of the Arecibo Observatory, home of the world's largest single-dish radio telescope. The telescope... |
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