Results for "Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Telescope Data Center"
Archiving Born-Digital Media from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
- Date: October 27, 2020
- Description: We’ve been processing audiovisual media collections from the Science Media Group division of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.
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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
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Seeing the Invisible (Part 2)
- Date: June 1, 2009
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Sneak Peek: Eclipse Edition
- Date: August 21, 2017
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Solar Eclipse Expedition, Wadesboro, North Carolina, 1900.
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The Near Faraway
- Date: December 3, 2009
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Introducing the Science Media Group YouTube Playlist
- Date: June 29, 2021
- Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives YouTube channel has a new dedicated playlist for the Science Media Group Collection, which features videos from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory program that was active from 1989 to 2013.
For Real - Center for Study of Short-lived Phenomena
- Date: September 25, 2014
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Taking a look at some event cards from the Center for Study of Short-lived Phenomena
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.
Right Places at the Right Time
- Date: October 21, 2013
- Creator: Tammy L. Peters
- Description: Recollections of the October 4, 1957, Sputnik I launch and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory's Satellite Tracking Program.
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New Image of Supernova
- Date: April 8, 2009
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="385" caption="A Young Pulsar Shows its Hand, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory"][/caption] On Friday, April 3, the Chandra X-ray Observatory released a new image (with 10 times more data) of supernova B1509 which is now available on the Smithsonian Flickr Commons photostream. Chandra orbits the earth every 2.5 days capturing images
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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.