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Lowell Observatory

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Type: Organization

Name: Lowell Observatory

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

Meteor Crater, Arizona

If you happen to be traveling Interstate 40 in the vicinity of Flagstaff, Arizona, you might want to take a short side trip to see a big hole in the ground.A large fragment of the meteorite that hit earth 50,000 years ago is on display at the Meteor Crater ... [Published American Profile - May 11 2013]

Entities: Meteorite, Planetoid, Barringer Crater, Lowell Observatory, Admission

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Lowell Observatory

This date in science: Pluto gets a name

May 1, 1930 . On this date, 11-year-old Venetia Burney in Oxford, England received £5 for her clever suggestion of the name Pluto for then the solar system’s outermost and newest planet. Clyde W. Tombaugh – an assistant at the Lowell Observatory ... [Published EarthSky - May 01 2013]

Entities: Percival Lowell, Lowell Observatory, Solar System

First reported Apr 26 2013 - Updated Apr 26 2013 - 1 reports

Lowell Observatory: Where Pluto Was Discovered

Lowell Observatory, founded in 1894, is perhaps best known for the discovery of Pluto, but that is not the facility's only contribution to astronomy. Astronomers there have studied Halley's Comet, and the observatory led the discovery in 2007 of an exoplanet. ... [Published Space.com - Apr 26 2013]

Entities: Percival Lowell, Lowell Observatory, Clyde Tombaugh, Comet Halley, Solar System

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

Space.com

Comet of the Century? New Comet ISON Views Herald an Amazing Show This Year

An exceptional comet flying ever closer to the sun may offer an amazing naked eye sight to Earth dwellers this fall as it gradually brightens. As continues to approach the sun, it is slowly responding to the increasing warmth of the sun and getting progressively ... [Published Space.com - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Space.com, Nucleus, Lowell Observatory

First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 1 reports

Go To The Sky Bar On 4th Avenue And Restore The Clark!

This may seem a stretch, but there are connections between the Sky Bar on 4th Avenue in Tucson and the Lowell Observatory above Flagstaff, even though they are separated by almost 300 miles. First, both have telescopes through which you & I can view the ... [Published Tucson Citizen - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: Percival Lowell, Astronomy, Tucson, Clyde Tombaugh

First reported Apr 21 2013 - Updated Apr 21 2013 - 1 reports

Steward party to look at history

Z Arizona Daily Star Arizona Daily Star Arizona Daily Star1 hour ago • Arizona Daily Star Arizona Daily StarBits of the region's star-gazing history are the focus of Monday's Public Evening at Steward Observatory, which will mark its 90th birthday T ... [Published Arizona Daily Star - Apr 21 2013]

Entities: Alvan Clark, Astronomy, Andrew Ellicott, John Cocke, P.E.A.K

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 1 reports

A scaled-up solar system

Artist’s rendering of the planetary system HR 8799 at an early stage in its evolution, showing the planet HR 8799c, as well as a disk of gas and dust, and interior planets.A team of astrophysicists have made the most detailed examination yet of the atmosphere ... [Published Laboratory News - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Solar System, Atmosphere, Oxygen

First reported Apr 13 2013 - Updated Apr 13 2013 - 1 reports

Coconino Community College job fair just fair

Z CECILE LeBLANC Sun Staff Reporter Arizona Daily Sun1 hour ago • CECILE LeBLANC Sun Staff ReporterAt Coconino Community College's 10th annual Teen Job Fair Thursday, teenagers, mostly dressed in jeans and T-shirts, traveled alone and in groups from ... [Published Arizona Daily Sun - Apr 13 2013]

Entities: Brian Francis, Coconino County Community College, Coconino High School, Shane Hill

First reported Apr 13 2013 - Updated Apr 13 2013 - 1 reports

Funds sought to restore telescope

Flagstaff's Lowell Observatory has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo.com to restore its famous, 117-year-old Clark Telescope.The observatory is seeking $90,000 in donations to refurbish the 24-inch refracting telescope, completed in 1896. ... [Published AZCentral.com - Apr 13 2013]

Entities: Lowell Observatory, Donations

First reported Apr 09 2013 - Updated Apr 09 2013 - 1 reports

Margaret Thatcher stuck to political topics during 1993 Lexington visit

LEXINGTON, S.C. -- When Margaret Thatcher came to South Carolina in 1993 for a fund-raiser for the Lexington Medical Center Foundation, Chuck Wendt went to greet her at the Columbia airport.He was ready to close the door behind her on the State Department-provided ... [Published Individual.com - Apr 09 2013]

Entities: Margaret Thatcher, Kennebunkport (United States), Lowell Observatory, National Healthcare Corporation, North American Free Trade Agreement

First reported Apr 01 2013 - Updated Apr 02 2013 - 2 reports

NASA's Swift Sizes Up Comet ISON

Astronomers from the University of Maryland at College Park (UMCP) and Lowell Observatory have used NASA's Swift satellite to check out comet C/2012 S1 (ISON), which may become one of the most dazzling in decades when it rounds the sun later this yea ... [Published ASDNews.com: Be the first to know - Apr 02 2013]

Entities: NASA, Lowell Observatory, University of Maryland

First reported Mar 06 2013 - Updated Mar 07 2013 - 1 reports

Comet to come into view next week

“It may reach magnitude zero or brighter as it passes through perihelion within the orbit of Mercury on March 10,” Pagasa said. Perihelion refers to the point in the orbit of the comet where it is nearest the sun.“It will be a fine binocular object and ... [Published Philippine Daily Inquirer - Mar 06 2013]

Entities: NASA, Perihelion, Mercury, Lowell Observatory

Quotes

...and a member of the Swift and teams. "Past comets have failed to live up to expectations once they reached the inner solar system, and only observations over the next few months will improve our knowledge of how ISON will perform." We'll just have to wait and see how ISON evolves in the coming weeks and months. Stay tuned to SPACE.com for future updates...

Comet of the Century? New Comet ISON Views Herald an Amazing Show This Year [Published Space.com - Apr 25 2013]

...In Tuesday's image release , the Hubble team says that's "remarkably small, considering the high level of activity observed in the comet so far." The comet's fuzzy head, known as the coma, measures about 3,100 miles (5,000 kilometers) across, or a little less than the distance from New York to...

Hubble telescope catches an early glimpse of 'Comet of the Century' [Published Cosmic Log - Apr 23 2013]

...sharpest spectrum ever obtained of an extrasolar planet," said co-author Bruce Macintosh, an astronomer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. "This shows the power of directly imaging a planetary system – the exquisite resolution afforded by these new observations has allowed us to really begin to probe planet formation."

Water signature in distant planet shows clues to its formation [Published PhysOrg.com - Apr 16 2013]

Nesbit added, "Be careful what is on your Facebook page. Many employers are now checking Facebook. We call it a digital tattoo. What's on the Internet, stays on the Internet."

Coconino Community College job fair just fair [Published Arizona Daily Sun - Apr 13 2013]

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Meteor Crater, Arizona [Published American Profile - May 11 2013]
This date in science: Pluto gets a name [Published EarthSky - May 01 2013]
Lowell Observatory: Where Pluto Was Discovered [Published Space.com - Apr 26 2013]
Comet of the Century? New Comet ISON Views Hera... [Published Space.com - Apr 25 2013]
Hubble telescope catches an early glimpse of 'C... [Published Cosmic Log - Apr 23 2013]
Go To The Sky Bar On 4th Avenue And Restore The... [Published Tucson Citizen - Apr 23 2013]
Start thinking about summer camp in Flagstaff [Published Arizona Daily Sun - Apr 21 2013]
Steward party to look at history [Published Arizona Daily Star - Apr 21 2013]
A scaled-up solar system [Published Laboratory News - Apr 17 2013]
Water signature in distant planet shows clues t... [Published PhysOrg.com - Apr 16 2013]
Coconino Community College job fair just fair [Published Arizona Daily Sun - Apr 13 2013]
Funds sought to restore telescope [Published AZCentral.com - Apr 13 2013]
Margaret Thatcher stuck to political topics dur... [Published Individual.com - Apr 09 2013]
Near-Earth objects and recent asteroid events t... [Published PhysOrg.com - Apr 02 2013]
NASA's Swift Sizes Up Comet ISON [Published ASDNews.com: Be the first to know - Apr 02 2013]
NASA spots comet that could be the brightest in... [Published SlashGear - Apr 01 2013]
Swift Satellite Takes a Look at Comet ISON [Published Universe Today - Mar 29 2013]
Swift satellite sizes up comet ISON (w/ video) [Published PhysOrg.com - Mar 29 2013]
Astronomers Detect Water in Atmosphere of Dista... [Published Space Daily - Mar 20 2013]
Sunset Comet [Published Space Daily - Mar 18 2013]
Astronomers produce most detailed analysis of a... [Published Cosmic Log - Mar 15 2013]
Exoplanet Atmospheres Provide Clues to Solar Sy... [Published Universe Today - Mar 15 2013]
Water sign on far-off planet [Published Calcutta Telegraph - Mar 14 2013]
The NASA Comet ISON Observing Campaign [Published SpaceRef - Mar 06 2013]
Comet to come into view next week [Published Philippine Daily Inquirer - Mar 06 2013]
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Educator Teams Fly on SOFIA Airborne Observatory [Published SpaceRef - Feb 21 2013]
A Possible Naked-eye Comet in March [Published SpaceRef - Feb 13 2013]
The Daily Agenda for Saturday, February 9 [Published Box Turtle Bulletin - Feb 09 2013]
A Possible Naked-eye Comet in March [Published Space Daily - Feb 08 2013]

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This date in science: Pluto gets a name [Published EarthSky - May 01 2013] May 1, 1930 . On this date, 11-year-old Venetia Burney in Oxford, England received £5 for her clever suggestion of the name Pluto for then the solar system’s outermost and newest planet. Clyde W. Tombaugh – an assistant at the Lowell Observatory ...
Hubble telescope catches an early glimpse of 'C... [Published Cosmic Log - Apr 23 2013] J.-Y. Li (PSI) / NASA / ESA Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) takes on a fuzzy glow in an April 10 image from the Hubble Space Telescope. The blue tint has been added to the black-and-white imagery. /div>By Alan Boyle, Science Editor, NBC News Follow @b0yle ...
NASA spots comet that could be the brightest in... [Published SlashGear - Apr 01 2013] It may not be as spectacular has the asteroid that flew over Russia back in February , but researchers and astronomers have been eyeing a particular comet in the skies that will pass by Earth later this year, and it’s said that it has the potential ...
Astronomers produce most detailed analysis of a... [Published Cosmic Log - Mar 15 2013] Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics; Mediafarm An artist's rendering shows the HR 8799 planetary system at an early stage in its evolution, with HR 8799c in the foreground. That giant planet orbits its parent star at a distance comparable ...
The Daily Agenda for Saturday, February 9 [Published Box Turtle Bulletin - Feb 09 2013] TODAY’S AGENDA: Events This Weekend: Cologne Street Carnival , Cologne, Mardi Gras , New Orleans, LA; Germany; Sydney Mardis Gras , Sydney, NSW; Sitges Carnival , Sitges, Spain; GayWhistler Winter Pride , Whistler, BC. TODAY IN HISTORY: ...