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Harvard College Observatory (HCO)

A division of the Center for Astrophysics, the Harvard College Observatory supports the Department of Astronomy with research facilities, a model shop, and the telescope called "The Great Refractor."

Affiliation: Center for Astrophysics
Web site: http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/hco/

Recent articles about Harvard College Observatory (HCO)

Astronomers nab culprit in galactic hit-and-run (Center for Astrophysics, October 18, 2006)
Strange new planet baffles astronomers (Center for Astrophysics, September 14, 2006)
Jupiter's 'big brother' has moon-forming dust disk (Center for Astrophysics, June 5, 2006)
'Wintering-over' at the South Pole (Harvard University Gazette, April 13, 2006)
Super-Earths may be three times more common than Jupiters (Center for Astrophysics, March 13, 2006)
Cosmic jet looks like giant tornado in space (Center for Astrophysics, January 12, 2006)
There's more to the North Star than meets the eye (Center for Astrophysics, January 9, 2006)
A star that looks like a planet (Center for Astrophysics, November 29, 2005)
A harvest of dozens of new stars (Center for Astrophysics, November 15, 2005)
Space telescope captures cosmic 'Mountains of Creation' (Center for Astrophysics, November 9, 2005)
First baby photo of stellar twins (Center for Astrophysics, September 20, 2005)
Fastest pulsar speeding out of galaxy (Center for Astrophysics, August 31, 2005)
How to build a big star (Center for Astrophysics, August 31, 2005)
Amateur and professional astronomers team to find new planet (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, May 23, 2005)
Case of Sedna's 'missing moon' solved (Center for Astrophysics, April 5, 2005)
Astronomers measure slowest motion across the sky (Center for Astrophysics, March 3, 2005)
High school AP courses do not predict college success in science (Harvard University Gazette, February 23, 2005)
New maser measurements trace detail in active galactic core (Center for Astrophysics, January 12, 2005)
Astronomers spot the Great Orion Nebula's successor (Center for Astrophysics, January 11, 2005)
Going beyond Einstein (Center for Astrophysics, January 10, 2005)

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