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According to Owen J. Gingerich, lecturer on Astronomy at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, the shooting stars could start falling by 11 p.m. tonight, with the spectacular shower, if it occurs, coming between 2 a.m. and dawn
...most interesting moment will come on the night of Oct. 20 when the comet will skim by the sun's surface, perhaps as close as 300,000 miles (the sun's diameter is 900,000 miles). Owen J. Gingerich, lecturer on Astronomy, and Brian Marsden of the SAO expect the total brightness of the comet may then, rival that of the crescent moon, and its tail may extend more than half-way from the horizon to the zenith...
...Owen J. Gingerich, lecturer on Astronamy, said in a lecture to the gathering that there may well be undiscovered planets similar to Pluto in our solar system. He then described Pluto and graphically demonstrated the planet's distance from...
Accompanying Sinton will be Owen J. Gingerich 4G, an astronomy student, and Harold Zirin, research fellow in Astronomy. "No unusual discoveries are expected," said Sinton, "but they seldom are. And then again, it might even be cloudy...
Research with the new radio telescopes promises to be equally exciting, but that is a completely different story. We hope that the CRIMSON coverage of the forthcoming installation of Harvard's radio telescope will be more accurate. Owen Gingerich 2G Thomas A. Matthews 2G Harvard College Observatory