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• A vacation spot where gals get guys in line
Taylor holds advanced degrees in astronomy and physics, and is an associate at consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton. He and Boan have done consulting work for the Defense Department and NASA. But their views have won few audiences outside of science ...
• Scientists accelerate planet quest
Observers discussed the state of their search for extrasolar planets, as worlds beyond the solar system are known, during the Royal Astronomical Society's National Astronomy Meeting in the Northern Irish city of Belfast this week. Sting operation ...
• Wondering about the ‘Star of Wonder’
... the approximate date of Jesus’ birth. Then we look into the sky of that period and try to identify the star. It doesn’t work the other way around: Since virtually any year can boast at least one reasonably interesting sky event, the astronomy ...
• Virtual astronomy is just a click away - Space- msnbc.com
Amateur astronomer William Bianco doesn’t huddle over a backyard telescope to hunt for undiscovered planets. He logs onto his computer.
• Doorstep astronomy: See the summer triangle - Space- msnbc.com
Well up in the eastern sky during the late-evening hours is the "Summer Triangle," not a constellation, but a very noteworthy star pattern of the summer sky consisting of three ...

» Borowiec Observatory - The Astrogeodynamic Observatory at Borowiec specializes in the geodynamic studies with the use of space techniques. The site contains information on research programs and facilities and history of the observatory.
» Comets and Meteors Workshop - Co-ordinating observations of transient astronomical phenomena throughout Poland.
» Institute of Astronomy, Wroclaw University - General information, staff, research, education, variable stars observations database, atlas of solar prominences
» Jagiellonian University Astronomical Observatory - Information on current research projects, publications, staff and the observatory's history. Also a real-time graph of solar radio emissions at 10 frequencies in decimeter wavelengths refreshed every 10 minutes.
» Mt. Suhora Astronomical Observatory - Mt. Suhora Observatory is part of the Astronomy Department of the Pedagogical University in Cracow specializing in the photometry of variable stars. Information about the observatory, its scientific output and some useful links.
» Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork - Tourist information, facilities, section on Copernicus (biography, work, portraits).
» Polish Amateur Astronomers Society, Torun Branch - Members, astronomy-related links.
» Polish Amateur Astronomers Society, Warsaw Division - Regional branch of this national organization for amateur astronomers. Introduction in English, the rest of the site in Polish. Also astronomy-related links.
» Polish Meteorite Service - Photographs and data about major Polish meteorites.
» Poznan Astronomical Observatory - Scientific activities in the fields of astrometry, celestial mechanics and astrophysics. Site has news on some of its research projects, publications, teaching and links to astronomy-related resources online.
» Torun Centre for Astronomy of the Nicolaus Copernicus University - Centre was created by a merger of Torun Radio Astronomy Observatory and Institute of Astronomy (optical telescopes). Its radio telescopes are part of the Very Long Baseline Interferometry global network. Real time updates on operations of its 32 m radio telescope.
» Warsaw University Astronomical Observatory - Observatory's homepage; includes scientific results of The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE) Project and The All Sky Automated Survey (ASAS) Project.