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July 2019
Robotic astronomy on the Moon
... a whole new world, one that could be benefited by international, public and private partnerships alike. Astronomy from the Moon the Pinwheel Galaxy M101 from the Chang’e-3 lander’s UV telescope compared to a visible...to place a small observatory on the south pole of the Moon comprising of both a combined radio astronomy/communications payload and an optical telescope in order to conduct astrophysical studies from our nearest celestial neighbour. ...
04 July 2016
ROOM attends the UK National Astronomy Meeting
Last week marked the annual UK National Astronomy Meeting (NAM), held each year at a different academic institution. This year, it was the turn of the University of ...
04 June 2020
Mega constellations and their impact on astronomy
...to simulate satellite constellations, it will take time to understand the effect thousands of additional satellites will have on astronomy at optical and radio wavelengths.” As pointed out, not only will mega-constellations have the potential to cause..., please consider subscribing to ROOM Space Journal to gain immediate and full access to the latest magazine feature articles and receive your own print and/or digital copies of the quarterly ROOM...
26 March 2019
UK Space Agency offers free satellite data of Britain
Anyone working in the UK public sector can now receive free access to more than a thousand high-resolution satellite images of Britain, the UK Space Agency announced this week. ...
01 October 2019
An Introduction to Radio Astronomy (4th Ed)
... the discovery of pulsars the following year; although it fails to excite the public in the same way as optical astronomy, it continues to provide an ever-expanding window on the universe. As the authors suggest, this book will be... with the occasional photograph, but if you need to know what there is to know about radio astronomy it would seem to fit the bill. Appendices cover Fourier transforms, celestial coordinates, signal digitisation and ...
28 April 2020
Free live webinars for the small space sector during COVID-19 pandemic
During this COVID-19 pandemic, ACCESS SPACE ALLIANCE (https://access.space) is organising free live webinars to sponsor the small space sector. Next webinar on 29 Apr 2020, 14:00-15:30 BST, London. Please register in ...
19 February 2018
Stargazing: Beginners Guide to Astronomy
...a practical and engaging introduction to the subject. ‘Stargazing’ is everything you’d expect from a beginner’s guide to astronomy in a small, dense and very affordable package. Although some will find the white text on a black background... from London, England, and Sydney, Australia. The back cover bills it as, ‘The perfect beginners guide to Astronomy’ and, while one usually takes such publishing hype with a pinch of salt, in this case it’s hard ...
26 February 2018
A Sky Wonderful with Stars – 50 years of modern astronomy on Maunakea
...technology at the time”, reminds the author – took “several years of additional effort”. Among its contributions to astronomy was the discovery of the first object (designated QB1) in the Kuiper Belt at the edge of the ...in protests by native Hawaiians who object to yet another telescope on their ‘sacred mountain’. Anyone who likes astronomy will like this book, and there is even a small space technology element in mentioning the training of Apollo...
26 February 2018
Astronomy Photographer of the Year (Collection 5)
... by the images that reached the respective shortlist. The book succeeds on several levels. For anyone interested in astronomy, it’s an obvious hit because it illustrates their subject in an immediate and easily accessible way. And for... the limits of the human imagination as much as scientific research. And that is one of the beauties of astronomy: that it crosses the putative cultural divide between art and science. What was the overall winner...