BOOTES

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Acronym	Definition
BOOTES	Burst Observer and Optical Transient Exploring System

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Mr Bootes, who brought Tolwood Technologies out of administration, saving more than 100 jobs in November 2005, said he has since invested pounds 2m in that business, which has seen staff numbers rise to 120.

Bootes to invest in DPE

Mr Bootes said: "There are good opportunities for people from the top to the bottom of the company.

Rescued firm goes for rapid growth

Bootes contains a fine selection of binary (double) stars.

Night sky diary: Moon with a view of total eclipse; A lunar eclipse is among the treats in store for May's star-gazers

The name Bootes is often said to come from a Greek term meaning "ox driver.

The first plowman: Bootes is home to one globular cluster and many great galaxies

Arcturus is so bright that many people glance over the rest of Bootes too quickly.

June: navigating the June deeps: Vega pins the top of the Summer Triangle to the high eastern sky

Within hours, Belokurov replied that he had found yet another Milky Way satellite, a dwarf galaxy in the constellation Bootes.

Galactic de Gustibus: Milky Way's snacks shed light on dark matter and galaxy growth

Luke Bootes, 18, from Sheerness, Kent, was charged with three counts of causing death by careless driving while drunk, aggravated vehicle taking, driving while unfit through drink and driving without insurance.

Death crash teen charged

The constellation Bootes is called the Herdsman--the name literally means an ox-herd.

Pursuing mythic sky bears: the great and little bears are the stuff of history and legend

It is thought Southern investor Vincent Bootes has snapped up the Newton Aycliffe operation.