SMASH: The Survey of the MAgellanic Stellar History
We report on early pilot program results and progress made in the Survey of the Magellanic Stellar History (SMASH). SMASH is an NOAO community survey that is...
SMOS PLM MIRAS hold-down release and deployment mechanisms
The hold-down, release and deployment mechanisms designed for SMOS PLM MIRAS have been a challenging activity in terms of design compromise, schedule and cost...
Snorkelling between the stars: submarine methods for astronomical observations.
Trying to reach diffraction-limited astronomical observations from ground-based telescopes is very challenging due to the atmospheric effects contributing to a...
Certain results of observational cosmology cast critical doubt on the foundations of standard cosmology but leave most cosmologists untroubled. Alternative...
SOFIA observations of the planetary nebula NGC 7009
We report spectrophotometric observations made with SOFIA/FORCAST on 2011 June 2 UT. Optical measurements have previously shown that the abundance discrepancy...