69°49′59″N091°34′00″W / 69.83306°N 91.56667°W / 69.83306; -91.56667 (Astronomical Society Islands)
Archipelago
Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Area
139 km2 (54 sq mi)
Administration
Canada
Territory
Nunavut
Region
Kitikmeot
Demographics
Population
Uninhabited
The Astronomical Society Islands[1] are members of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut. They are located in western Gulf of Boothia at the mouth of Lord Mayor Bay. The group is near the Boothia Peninsula and south of the Copeland Islands. The waters surrounding the archipelago have been used for hunting polar bears and walrus.[2]
^"Astronomical Society Islands". Atlas of Canada. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
Astronomical Society of Canada in 1910. In 2018, the research vessel Akademik Ioffe ran aground west of the islands. "AstronomicalSocietyIslands". Atlas...
Circle, south of the Queen Elizabeth Islands, and southeast of the AstronomicalSocietyIslands. "Harrison Islands". Atlas of Canada. Retrieved 2008-06-10...
Federation of AstronomicalSocieties (IFAS) is an umbrella group comprising most of the National and Regional AstronomicalSocieties on the Island of Ireland...
found at high-altitude observatories on small islands, such as those at Mauna Kea or La Palma. Astronomical seeing has several effects: It causes the images...
Staten Island. He currently serves as a professor of physics and astronomy at the College of Staten Island, and as President of the AstronomicalSociety of...
The islands have a population of 2.2 million people and are the most populous special territory of the European Union. The seven main islands are, from...
The Hong Kong AstronomicalSociety (HKAS) is the first public Hong Kong astronomical body, for amateur astronomers and other interested individuals. The...
better astronomical "seeing". Sites that meet the above criteria for modern observatories include the southwestern United States, Hawaii, Canary Islands, the...
Ocean Expeditions until 2019. The vessel ran aground west of the AstronomicalSocietyIslands in the Gulf of Boothia, Nunavut, Canada in August 2018. There...
the north-east, the bay opens into the Gulf of Boothia; the AstronomicalSocietyIslands lie in the bay's mouth. The Nunavut mainland surrounds the rest...
He was awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal AstronomicalSociety in 1905. He became editor of the Astronomical Journal in 1909, and the following year published...
The Indian Astronomical Observatory (IAO) is a high-altitude astronomy station located in Hanle, India and operated by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics...
The Royal AstronomicalSociety of Canada (RASC) is a national, non-profit, charitable organization devoted to the advancement of astronomy and related...
VLT/SPHERE: looking for giant planets down to one astronomical unit". Monthly Notices of the Royal AstronomicalSociety. 454 (1): 129–143. arXiv:1509.00015. Bibcode:2015MNRAS...
sumor. From an astronomical view, the equinoxes and solstices would be the middle of the respective seasons, but sometimes astronomical summer is defined...
This is a partial list of astronomical observatories ordered by name, along with initial dates of operation (where an accurate date is available) and location...
knew that the island was seldom visited, "although it is usually 'sighted' by South-Seamen, when on their way from the SocietyIslands to the North Pacific"...
most famous for his pioneering work in astronomical photography. He was born in Guernsey on the Channel Islands, the son of the founder of the large firm...
founded the Students Astronomical Circle (SAC) in 1978. In 1984, he was elected as the first President of The Malta AstronomicalSociety which resulted from...
Steel Olcott, philanthropist and the founder of the Buddhist Theosophical Society. Having read a printed version of the Panadura Vaadaya of 1873, a public...
Star Kapteyn Astronomical Institute at the University of Groningen Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope (JKT) at La Palma, one of the Canary islands Kapteyn Package...
Island and the Boothia Peninsula. Located at 69°29'N 95°40'W it has an area of 477 km2 (184 sq mi). Other islands in the area include Beverly Islands...
La Palma in the Canary Islands, and at Mauna Kea Observatories at the Hawaiian Islands. He publishes his pictures in astronomical magazines and has written...
joining the AstronomicalSociety of the Pacific in 1894, Aitken was elected to serve as president in 1899 and 1915 of the AstronomicalSociety of the Pacific...
These names of stars that have either been approved by the International Astronomical Union or which have been in somewhat recent use. IAU approval comes mostly...
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