Explanation:
Want to go on an extraordinary voyage?
Today you can, by watching
Around the
World in 80 Telescopes.
The 24-hour long webcast is organized by the European Southern
Observatory for the
International Year of Astronomy
cornerstone project 100 Hours of Astronomy.
As suggested in this astronomically intense composite,
the webcast event follows
night and day around the globe to visit some of the most
advanced observatories on Earth and in space,
exploring the universe in visible light and beyond.
The Gemini North Telescope
(Hawaii, USA) and the
large observatories at the summit of
volcanic Mauna Kea
are scheduled for the first stops in the program beginning April 3 at
09:00
UT.
Others on the schedule include the
Swift
Satellite and
Fermi
Gamma-ray Space Telescope,
the Himalayan
Chandra Telescope (Hanle, India), and
the 10-meter South Pole Telescope
and IceCube Neutrino Telescope
(South Pole, Antarctica).
digg_url = 'http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090403.html'; digg_skin = 'compact';
