observatory
观察站,观测站,观察所,观察台
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plural ob·serv·a·to·ries.
- : a place or building equipped and used for making observations of astronomical, meteorological, or other natural phenomena, especially a place equipped with a powerful telescope for observing the planets and stars.
- : an institution that controls or carries on the work of such a place.
- : a place or structure that provides an extensive view; lookout.
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It was the brightest and closest supernova since the invention of the telescope some four centuries earlier, and just about every observatory turned to take a look.
A lucky celestial lineup means that dozens of other observatories will be trained on the sun at the same time.
“Webb is the world’s most complex space observatory and our top science priority, and we’ve worked hard to keep progress moving during the pandemic,” Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, said this year.
The observatory would take images of the radio universe fifty times crisper than any other telescope.
As an adult, Rivera-Valentín returned to the observatory to work as a planetary scientist, using Arecibo to map the shapes and motions of potentially dangerous near-Earth asteroids.
Lenormand managed to jump publicly from an observatory and survive.
The instrument is attached to the Anglo-Australian Telescope at the Siding Spring Observatory, northwest of Sydney, Australia.
Because GRBs are so rare, the best way to look for them is with an automated observatory.
I visited the Apache Point Observatory in New Mexico two years ago, where the telescope taking data for BOSS is located.
Nearly 700 people have been killed in the fighting in recent days, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Captain Vane came from the , his face blazing with excitement and oily with heat, to announce the fact.