Its purpose was to create and run a research observatory for American astronomers.

This approach irritates and angers most American astronomers if they even think about it.

But many American astronomers saw the compromise as a fair solution to the conflict between commercial communications interests and science.

A1 A possible astronomical discovery was reported by American astronomers.

Less than two percent of professional American astronomers consider the subject even worth showing an interest in.

He later found employment abroad, a development that some friends viewed as a result of his being ostracized by American astronomers.

American astronomers who had hoped to build a telescope of equivalent power will be forced to watch from the sidelines.

Robert Linderholm is an amateur American astronomer who has discovered eight asteroids.

The first strong evidence of a large object orbiting a star other than the Sun was reported yesterday by American astronomers.

The anguish of American astronomers reflects the two current trends in space science which are pulling in opposite directions.