− | | nonprofit_logo = [[Image:GalaxiesCollidejpg.jpg|143px]]<br/><small>''The pair of near-colliding galaxies NGC 2207 and IC 2163. Cover photograph from “Laboratory Experiments in Physics for Modern Astronomy” (Springer Business+Media).</br>Hubble Space Telescope photograph, courtesy of [[NASA]]/European Space Agency|ESA]].''</small> | + | | nonprofit_logo = [[Image:GalaxiesCollidejpg.jpg|200px]]<br/><small>''The pair of near-colliding galaxies NGC 2207 and IC 2163. Cover photograph from “Laboratory Experiments in Physics for Modern Astronomy” (Springer Business+Media).</br>Hubble Space Telescope photograph, courtesy of [[NASA]]/European Space Agency|ESA]].''</small> |
− | The '''Center for Computational Astrophysics''' (CCA) is a research organization in Oak Park, Illinois, whose staff performs research into current areas of astronomy and applications of probability, statistics, and Monte Carlo simulations into other areas of inquiry. With a staff of retired professors from the Chicago area, CCA is the home base for the [[Directory:Near Earth Asteroid Reconnaissance Project|Near Earth Asteroid Reconnaissance Project]], a world-wide network of amateur astronomers and small observatories involved in the discovery and determination of the orbits of near-earth asteroids, or more generally near-earth objects, with possible earth-crossing orbits. Its staff also authors textbooks in astronomy.<ref>http://triblocal.com/oak-park-river-forest/community/stories/2010/07/dr-les-golden-receives-book-contract-from-springer-publishers/</ref> | + | The '''Center for Computational Astrophysics''' (CCA) is a research organization in Oak Park, Illinois, whose staff performs research into current areas of astronomy and applications of probability, statistics, and Monte Carlo simulations into other areas of inquiry. With a staff of retired professors from the Chicago area, CCA is the home base for the [[Directory:Near Earth Asteroid Reconnaissance Project|Near Earth Asteroid Reconnaissance Project]], a world-wide network of amateur astronomers and small observatories involved in the discovery and determination of the orbits of near-earth asteroids, or more generally near-earth objects, with possible earth-crossing orbits. Its staff also authors textbooks in astronomy<ref>http://triblocal.com/oak-park-river-forest/community/stories/2010/07/dr-les-golden-receives-book-contract-from-springer-publishers/</ref> and popularizes issues in astronomy with the media.<ref>(2005) Anderson, Holly, “Day shortened by quake, astronomer calculates,” http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1N1-110D9F0B0030ACF0.html, January 5</ref> |