本帖最后由 gohomeman1 于 2009-8-3 19:03 编辑
U. Alaska Anchorage 阿拉斯加州安克雷奇大学,缩写UAA,大学具体翻译名字不详
AURA (美国)大学天文研究联合组织(Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy)
NOAO (美国)国家光学天文台(National Optical Astronomy Observatories)
NSF (美国)国家科学基金会(The National Science Foundation)
WIYN 多个股东联合出资的天文台,四个词是出资方的缩写。从其主页的介绍可见:http://www.noao.edu/wiyn/wiyn.html
The WIYN Telescope, a 3.5-meter instrument employing many technological breakthroughs, is the newest and second largest telescope on Kitt Peak. The WIYN Observatory (pronounced "win") is owned and operated by the WIYN Consortium, which consists of the University of Wisconsin, Indiana University, Yale University, and the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO). Most of the capital costs of the observatory, which amounted to $14 million, were provided by these universities, while NOAO, which operates the other telescopes of the Kitt Peak National Observatory, provides most of the operating services.
WIYN拥有一架集成多项突破技术的3.5米天文望远镜,是基特峰上最新和第2大的天望。WIYN(发音“win”)天文台由WIYN协会拥有和运作,协会由威斯康辛州立大学、印地安那州立大学、耶鲁大学、(美国)国家光学天文台(NOAO)组成。共计1400万美元的出资主要由上述3家大学提供;而NOAO主要提供技术支持,它同时运作着基特峰国家天文台(KPNO)。
——gohomeman1译注 |