Results for "Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Moonwatch Division"
- Collection
Newsletters and Bulletins, 1956-1975
- Date: 1956 1956-1975
- Creator: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Moonwatch Division
New Chandra X-Ray Images on the Flickr Commons
- Date: October 27, 2011
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Full View of Scientific Experiment, Division of Radiation and Organisms
- Date: c. 1930s
- Creator: Tolman, Ruel P (Ruel Pardee) 1878-1954
- Creator: Tolman, Ruel P (Ruel Pardee) 1878-1954
- SI History Bibliography
The Smithsonian's First Century
- Date: August 11, 1946
- Creator: Robins, Rae
- Creator: Robins, Rae
- Finding Aid
SIA RU009520, Fred L. Whipple Oral History Interviews, 1976
- Date: 1976
- Creator: Whipple, Fred L. (Fred Lawrence), 1906-2004, interviewee
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 08-152, Radio Meteor Project (Harvard College Observatory), Project Records, 1964-1968
- Date: 1964 1964-1968
- Creator: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Radio Meteor Project
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Blog Post
Seeing the Invisible
- Date: May 11, 2009
- Description: Throughout May and June, we are inviting people throughout the Smithsonian to talk about photography and astronomy. This is the first installment from Megan Watzke, Press Officer at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Most people think of a telescope as something in a backyard or the dome at the local planetarium. And it’s true that many telescopes are designed to
Early 20th-Century Women Computers at the Smithsonian
- Date: August 12, 2021
- Description: Learn about Florence A. Graves, Gladys Thurlby Bond, and Nancy Prichard, three 20th century women computers who advanced solar research.
Link Love: 8/4/2017
- Date: August 4, 2017
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Oh those adorable/creepy Medieval beasts...[via Hyperallergic]Did you miss the Society of American Archivists annual conference? The proceedings are now available for a modest fee! [via SAA]Brought to you by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, track the solar eclipse with their new app. [via Smithsonian Associates]Kind of irresistible: Legos of retro technology. [via
- Blog Post
New Commons Photos: The Destiny of a Galaxy
- Date: August 11, 2010
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: In the past week, a series of six more images from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory’s Chandra X-ray team were uploaded to the Flickr Commons. Incidentally, they are all images of supernovas and black holes. Visualizing black holes is a challenge (at least for me) as the term conjures up images in my own head of silent, black infinity. But luckily for us (and as you
Documenting a Geologist's Adventures
- Date: December 11, 2012
- Creator: Tammy L. Peters
- Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives recently acquired the papers of Ursula Marvin, a Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory geologist who has studied meteorites and lunar samples.
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 08-161, Radio Meteor Project (Harvard College Observatory), Project Records, 1964-1967
- Date: 1964 1964-1967
- Creator: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Radio Meteor Project
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
