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Apochromatic refractors due to their unobstructed, text-book like diffraction patterns produce the sharpest, highest quality optical imaging available bar-none, aperture for aperture, of any Telescope optical system. These breathtakingly pristine celestial views are coveted by experienced amateur astronomers. While the cost is expensive compared to a Newtonian reflector of similar aperture, during those cherished moments of transparent and stable air, the aprochromatic refractor delivers the closest experience to being there human beings may ever know.

What is the most faithful imaging known to amateur astronomy worth? At some point, if you stay serious about the hobby, you too will come to the same realization as thousands of others before you that the APO experience, if not priceless, is indeed at least worth the cost of admission. Sky-Watcher is a leader in the design and manufacturer of ED-APO systems.

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http://slooh.com This video looks at Galileo’s important work with the first telescope and includes an overview of the SLOOH robotic telescopes. Robotic Telescopes are accessed and controlled using the Internet an incredible evolution of technology from Galileo’s first telescopes

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Main types of Telescopes – Galileo-Hubble

Video clip:
http://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/archive/viewall/

Music:
I Ka Barra (Your Work)
by Habib Koité and Bamada
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habib_Koit%C3%A9
http://www.contrejour.com/artists/habibkoite/

Refractor telescope
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refracting_Telescope

Reflector telescope
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflecting_telescope

Equatorial mount telescope
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equatorial_mount

Alt-azimuth mount telescope
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altazimuth

Hubble Space Telescope :
The Hubble Space Telescope is a collaboration between ESA and NASA. It’s a long-term, space-based observatory. The observations are carried out in visible, infrared and ultraviolet light. In many ways Hubble has revolutionised modern astronomy, by not only being an efficient tool for making new discoveries, but also by driving astronomical research in general.
http://www.spacetelescope.org/

Eyes on the Skies:
It has been 400 years since Galileo Galilei first walked out into a field and trained his telescope upon the heavens. To celebrate this extraordinary anniversary, a special series of Hubblecast podcasts is devoted to the telescope — the historical development, the scientific importance, the technological breakthroughs, and also the people behind this ground-breaking invention, their triumphs and their failures.
http://www.eyesontheskies.org/
Eyes on the Skies – playlist 1-7:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=D8BE1C3C1DE47D0E&playnext=1

ST-ECF
The Hubble Archive at the ST-ECF is pleased to announce that most data are now online in fully calibrated form ready for immediate download from the cache – no more waiting for on-the-fly processing is needed.
http://www.stecf.org/

ESA:
The European Space Agency (ESA) is Europes gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europes space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world.
http://www.esa.int
http://www.esa.int/export/esaSC/SEM106WO4HD_index_0_m.html

ESO:
ESO is one of the world’s leading research organisations. It is dedicated to astronomy and astrophysics, and operates the La Silla Paranal Observatory in the Atacama desert in Chile, on behalf of its thirteen member states.
http://www.eso.org
http://www.youtube.com/user/ESOobservatory

400 Years of the Telescope
A journey of science, technology and thought
http://www.400years.org/

IYA2009
I 2009 er det internationalt astronomiår.
http://www.astronomy2009.org/
The International Year of Astronomy 2009 is a global effort initiated by the International Astronomical Union and UNESCO to help the citizens of the world rediscover their place in the Universe through the day- and night-time sky, and thereby engage a personal sense of wonder and discovery.
http://uk.youtube.com/astronomy2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFH-IloDqg0

Astronomisk Selskab Præstø:
http://82.143.209.48/cms/
Selv om det er oppe i himlen, så prøver vi at holde det nede på jorden.

Astronomibladet:
http://www.astronomibladet.dk/

1609-2009:
http://82.143.209.25/asp/1609-2009.htm
Mål hvad der kan måles, og gør det, der ikke kan måles, måleligt!
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)

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