The Hubble Space Telescope was launched after a two-year delay on April 24th‚ 1990 from the space shuttle Discovery. This telescope has a length of 13.2 meters and a weight at launch that was 11‚110 kg. It is a space-based optical reflective telescope that observes distant and faint objects. (NASA) One of the most important discoveries of the Hubble Space Telescope has to be that it has revealed the age of the universe to be 13 to 14 billion years old‚ this was a huge improvement from the earth based
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Brief History of Telescopes 1608 AD – Hans Lippershey‚ German-born Dutch lens maker‚ applied for a patent for his refracting telescope (using 2 lenses)‚ he intended them for use in the military. 1609-1610 – Galileo Galilei built his own refractor telescopes to observe the sky‚ and discovered Saturn’s rings‚ Jupiter’s moons‚ and along with many other significant discoveries. 1655 – Christian Huygens‚ a Dutch physicist and astronomer developed powerful lenses for refractor telescopes with his new methods
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A disgraced NASA Pilot gets a second chance when he’s sent into space to fix the Hubble Telescope‚ but when he uncovers a conspiracy to destroy Earth‚ he must stop it. BRIEF SYNOPSIS: CHARLIE HIM (40’s) is a disgraced NASA pilot that was fired from his job when he tested positive for marijuana. Charlie now struggles to pay his rent and care for SHE DOS SANTOS (30’s) a former orphan that he rescued and considers his sister. She has a noticeable Blue Parrot tattoo. She also has a reoccurring dream
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Sthanapati: Did you ever set up an Astronomical Observatory in the planetarium? Subramanian: Till now we are not having an observatory as such. Some 20 years ago‚ I had moved for procurement of Celetron C14 telescope‚ which is manufactured in USA. I wrote several times to them‚ on some excuse or the other‚ they were not giving me the quotation. Then I wrote to some German firm‚ who immediately responded. That is how I imported it‚ though American equipment from Germany. It has got several attachments
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provide equal viewing of the universe.” - Museum Guide‚ Hayden Planetarium 1. The quote from the museum guide of Hayden Planetarium is inspirational in that a message is being delivered to people about perceiving their life as equal to everyone’s because every life provides an “equal viewing of the universe.” The quote teaches people that not one “seat” is better than the other‚ meaning that everyone faces difficult situations at some point in their lives. Everyone has an “equal viewing” of the tough
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E-STUDENT PROGRESS (SMS VIEWING OF GRADES) FOR BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY JOSE P. LAUREL POLYTHECNIC COLLEGE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND COMPUTING SCIENCES PRESENTED TO THE FACULTY OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY SUBMITTED BY: JEROME ERIC P. CAÑELAS NIÑA IRESH M. PADILLA JAQUELYN M. LIM 2010 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT In preparation and pursuit of this system‚ the proponents feel that they are indebted to many benevolent individuals for their assistance. The developers wish
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Bialystok Viewing Tower Europe - Poland - Bialystok Designer(s): Krzysztof Butrym Bialystok Technical University Bialystok is one of the few cities which will allow you to travel the distance from the outskirts of the town to its centre and being on its ‘green’ areas at the same time. The square surrounding the tower‚ thanks to its reconstruction and re-function will link the separate parks (pleasure grounds) together. In a consequence of this link‚ the traffic will get moved towards the bypasses
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Medici Godfathers of the Renaissance Viewing Guide for The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance Hagmann Name _Sydney ________________________ Program 1: “The Birth of a Dynasty” Use the list below to fill in the blanks. Use each term only
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1. Introduction 2.1 Background of the Study As the time pass by‚ many developed technology is generally used. Many advanced programmer develop a new system and introduce to the society which made human’s everyday life easy and convenient. Computer is one of these helpful developments is these industrial breakthroughs. It helps the people communicate with the help of social networks and get updated the happenings of the world. Business knew all along that a web portal presents information
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2.5.11 Pathani Samanta Planetarium‚ Bhubaneswar Integrating modern day audio visual technology with advanced researches on outer space objects‚ the new age Space science education has an innovative means of imparting the knowledge namely through planetariums. The first thing that comes to mind upon hearing the word‚ is the replica of the dark glittering sky with a horde of objects moving by us to create an effective and lasting impression of the Universe.
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