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Volume 52 ,  Issue 1  (January 2009) table of contents
Rural engineering development
COLUMN: News table of contents
Pages 12-14  
Year of Publication: 2009
ISSN:0001-0782
Author
Jeff Kanipe  Derwood, MD
Publisher
ACM  New York, NY, USA
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ABSTRACT

Two virtual astronomical telescopes promise to transform the way people view and study the cosmos.


CITED BY
Engela Dednam, Away with computer literacy modules at universities, or not?, Proceedings of the 2009 Annual Conference of the Southern African Computer Lecturers' Association, p.23-32, June 29-July 01, 2009, Eastern Cape, South Africa

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Hubble Space Telescope

Large Synoptic Survey Telescope

NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
Astronomical database with 163 million objects (as of February 2009)

The Hubble Ultra Deep-Field 'Skywalker'

Galaxy Evolution from Morphology and Spectral Energy Distributions (GEMS)
Skywalking Web site

Consolidated Lunar Atlas
The Lunar and Planetary Institute

Heavens Above
Observe artificial satellites in real-time


INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  J. Computer Applications
  J.2 PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING

Additional Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.3 INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL

  I. Computing Methodologies
  I.3 COMPUTER GRAPHICS


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