Astronomy   View all facts   Glossary   Help

abstraction > institution > astronomical institution

astronomical institution comparison table

Subject	HEASARC	has acronym	has definition
High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center	-has URL: http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov
Institut de RadioAstronomie Millimetrique		IRAM
International Astronomical Union		IAU
Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics		LHEA
National Optical Astronomy Observatory		NOAO
National Radioastronomy Observatory		NRAO
Royal Greenwich Observatory			Primary national Observatory in Great Britain, first sited at Greenwich in 1675, but in 1958 moved to Herstmonceux, Sussex. From the first, Directorship of the Observatory has entailed appointment as Astronomer Royal. In the 1980s the Observatory will lose its primary national status with the completion of the Northern Hemisphere Observatory in Las Palmas, the Canary Islands.
SETI			The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, by using radiotelescopes to listen for signals transmitted by intelligent alien beings.
Smithsonian Astronomical Observatory		SAO

Next institution: high energy physics institution    Up: institution    Previous institution: space science institution