observatories — n. astronomical viewing place; place where nature can be observedob·serv·a·to·ry || É™b zÉœrvÉ™tÉ”rɪ / zÉœËvÉ™trɪ … English contemporary dictionary
Great Observatories program — Four Great Observatories satellites NASA s series of Great Observatories satellites are four large, powerful space based telescopes. Each of the Great Observatories has had a similar size and cost at program outset, and each has made a… … Wikipedia
Great Observatories — ▪ United States satellite observatories a semiformal grouping of four U.S. satellite observatories (satellite observatory) that had separate origins: the Hubble Space Telescope, the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, the Chandra X ray Observatory,… … Universalium
Timeline of telescopes, observatories, and observing technology — Timeline of telescopes, observatories, and observing technology.Before Common Era (B.C.)2100*Xiangfen Astronomical Observatory, Xiangfen County, Linfen City, Shanxi Province, China 1100* 11th 7th century B.C., Zhou dynasty astronomical… … Wikipedia
Orion 1 and Orion 2 Space Observatories — The Orion 1 Space Observatory and Orion 2 Space Observatory were space observatories installed in spacecraft launched by the space program of the Soviet Union during the 1970s. Contents 1 Orion 1 1.1 Specifications 2 Orion 2 … Wikipedia
Circumarctic Environmental Observatories Network — (CEON) is a network of terrestrial and freshwater observation platforms, science experts and network partners promoting the collection and dissemination of environmental data from the Arctic. CEON observation platforms include land and freshwater … Wikipedia
List of astronomical observatories — C F I L O R U X References See also * Subsections of * History of telescopes * List of astronomical instrument makers * List of observatory codes * List of largest optical reflecting telescopes * List of largest optical refracting telescopes *… … Wikipedia
List of asteroid-discovering observatories — Contents 1 Observatories 1.1 Bohyunsan Optical Astronomy Observatory 1.2 Cerro El Roble Astronomical Station … Wikipedia
Rocket Astrophysical Observatories K-2, K-3 and K-4 — Rocket astrophysical observatories launched in Soviet Union in 1960s and early 1970s under the direction of Grigor Gurzadyan of Byurakan Observatory in Armenia, for the study of the Solar ultraviolet and X ray emission. Ballistic rockets R 5 were … Wikipedia
Hale Observatories — ▪ astronomy astronomical research unit that included the Palomar Observatory of the California Institute of Technology and the Mount Wilson Observatory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, D.C. Both observatories were… … Universalium
