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61Optical Mechanics, Inc. — Optical Mechanics, Inc. or OMI is a high end American telescope and optics instrument manufacturer. OMI was founded in 2002 and produces observatory telescopes, Lidar telescopes, optical tube assemblies, telescope mirrors and reflective coatings… …
62Diurnal motion — is an astronomical term referring to the apparent daily motion of stars around the Earth, or more precisely around the two celestial poles. It is caused by the Earth s rotation on its axis, so every star apparently moves on a circle, that is… …
63National Radio Astronomy Observatory — (NRAO) Logo of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) Formation 17 November 1956 [1] Purpose/focus To provide a full range of radio telescope facil …
64Aldershot — infobox UK place country = England official name = Aldershot latitude = 51.2470 longitude = 0.7598 population = 58,170cite web | url=http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Expodata/Spreadsheets/D8271.csv |title=Table KS01 Usual resident population …
65William Lassell — Infobox Scientist name = William Lassell box width = image width = 180px caption = birth date = June 18 1799 birth place = Bolton, England death date = October 5 1880 death place = Maidenhead, England residence = citizenship = nationality =… …
66Guillaume Bigourdan — Camille Guillaume Bigourdan (April 6, 1851–February 28, 1932) was a French astronomer.Bigourdan was born at Sistels. In 1877 he was appointed by Félix Tisserand as assistant astronomer at the Toulouse Observatory, and in 1879 followed Tisserand… …
67James South — Sir James South (October 1785 ndash; October 19 1867) was a British astronomer.He helped found the Astronomical Society of London, and it was under his name that a petition was successfully submitted to obtain a royal charter in 1831, whereupon… …
68Richard Sheepshanks — (born 30 July 1794 in Leeds died 4 August 1855) was an English astronomer.He graduated from Trinity College of Cambridge University in 1816. He was called to the bar in 1824 and took orders in Church of England in 1825, but did not practice… …
69Heliostat — A Heliostat (from helios , the Greek word for sun , and stat , as in stationary) is a device that tracks the movement of the sun. It is typically used to orient a mirror, throughout the day, to redirect sunlight along a fixed axis towards a… …
70McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope — The McMath Pierce Solar Telescope in Tucson, Arizona. Organization National Solar Observatory …
