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51New Millennium Program — (NMP) is a NASA project with focus on engineering validation of new technologies for space applications. Funding for the program was eliminated from the FY2009 budget by the 110th United States Congress, effectively leading to its… …
52Amateur astronomy — Amateur astronomy, a subset of astronomy, is a hobby whose participants enjoy studying and observing celestial objects. Overview The typical amateur astronomer is one who does not depend on the field of astronomy as a primary source of income or… …
53Instrumental temperature record — See also temperature record. The instrumental temperature record shows the fluctuations of the temperature of the atmosphere and the oceans as measured by temperature sensors. Currently, the longest running temperature record is the Central… …
54Daylight saving time around the world — legend|#c00000|Areas that never had DST Daylight saving time around the world, showing usage and a short history by location in alphabetic order. Africa The only African countries which use daylight saving time are: *Canary Islands From last… …
55Ocean observations — The following are considered essential ocean climate variables by the OOPC[1][clarification needed] that are currently feasible with current observational systems. Contents 1 Ocean climate variables 1 …
56Línea de tiempo de la erupción del complejo volcánico Puyehue-Cordón Caulle de 2011 — Fecha Estado Imágenes Abril de 2011 26 al 29 de abril Del 26 al 29 de abril de 2011, se detecta actividad sísmica entre 4 y 6 km de profundidad bajo el volcán Puyehue Cordón Caulle. El más fuerte de estos terremotos es de una magnitud de 3,9,… …
57Very Large Telescope — VLT redirects here. For other uses, see VLT (disambiguation). Very Large Telescope The four Unit Telescopes that form the VLT together with th …
58Dobsonian telescope — A Dobsonian telescope on display at Stellafane in the early 1980s A Dobsonian telescope is an alt azimuth mounted newtonian telescope design popularized by the amateur astronomer John Dobson starting in the 1960s. Dobson s telescopes featured a… …
59Transit of Venus — A transit of Venus across the Sun takes place when the planet Venus passes directly between the Sun and Earth, obscuring a small portion of the Sun s disk. During a transit, Venus can be seen from Earth as a small black disk moving across the… …
60New Worlds Mission — Starshade. The New Worlds Mission is a project planning to build a large occulter in space designed to block the light of nearby stars in order to observe their orbiting planets. The observations could be taken with an existing space telescope,… …
