... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... Two observations of HD 32633 obtained at close phases, one with NARVAL (Phase 0.689, taken 17 Dec 2006) and one with ESPaDOns (Phase 0.700, taken 26 Jan 2008). ... In this paper we describe and evaluate new spectral line polarisation observations obtained with the goal of mapping the surfaces of magnetic Ap stars in great detail. ...

... About ATNF overview . ... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Australia Telescope User Committee . ... Parkes radio telescope . Australia Telescope Compact Array . ... Visiting Parkes radio telescope . Visiting Australia Telescope Compact Array . ... Parkes radio telescope webcam . ... Neutrino Telescopes in Antarctica . ... The South Pole is home to two high energy neutrino telescopes AMANDA (Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array) and RICE (Radio Ice Cherenkov Experiment). ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... solar system . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Traces of enormous solar storms in the ice of Greenland and Antarctica . ... SOLAR STORM | ... A team of researchers at Lund University, together with colleagues at Uppsala University in Sweden, as well as researchers in Switzerland, Denmark, and the US, have been looking for traces of solar storms in ice cores from Greenland and Antarctica. ... Only registered members of Astronomy.com are allowed to comment on this article. ...

Michele Bannister . Publications . ... Research . ... M.J. Godfrey, M.T. Bannister , D.C. Nobes and R.S. Sletten. 3D time-lapse imaging of polygonal patterned ground in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica. 12th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar, Birmingham, UK, 2008. (pdf) . ... M.T. Bannister , M.E. Brown, B.P. Schmidt, P. Francis, R. McNaught, G. Garrad, S. Larson, E. Beshore. ... M.T. Bannister , M.E. Brown, B.P. Schmidt, R. McNaught, G. Garrad, S. Larson, E. Beshore. ...

... Stony iron meteorites (1.5%) . ... Some meteoriticists have suggested that the different properties found in various chondrites suggest the location in which they were formed. ... Iron Meteorite . This iron meteorite was found at Derrick Peak, Antarctica. ... This meteorite is assumed to be a sample of the crust of the asteroid Vesta , which is only the third solar system object beyond Earth where scientists have a laboratory sample (the other extraterrestrial samples are from Mars and the Moon). ...

JSC Celebrates 40 Years of Human Space Flight . ... JSC Turns 40 Home | ... The Lunar Samples Office, a Planetary and Earth Sciences Division and a separate Earth Observations Aircraft Program Office sprung up across the center. ... From the first moon rocks of the late 1960s to today's Martian meteorites, JSC scientists have led the way in the study of fascinating rocks to better understand how our solar system, and perhaps life itself, came into being. ... Curator: JSC Web Team | ...

... Moon . ... This year marks four centuries since sunspots were first observed telescopically by Galileo Galilei (actually astronomers Johannes and David Fabricius beat him to the post by a few months but their discovery is usually overlooked). ... 18 March: Mercury will gain its first artificial satellite today when NASA?s MESSENGER spacecraft arrives in orbit around the planet after a journey of almost seven years. ... 5 May 1961: Fifty years ago today Alan Shepard became the first American in space...

... February 2016 Monthly Meeting - The World At Night (TWAN) . Babak Tafreshi   . Thursday, Feb 11, 2016 at 8:00 PM . This month, we are pleased to welcome Babak Tafreshi, founder and director of The World At Night (TWAN) . ... He is the founder and director of The World At Night (TWAN), a board member of Astronomers Without Borders, a contributing photographer at Sky magazine and the European Southern Observatory. ... 2016 . ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

... ARTICLE: The Adventurous Search For The Astronomical Unit . ... Kepler himself had suggested to use the rare occasions of Venus transiting (crossing) the solar disk to measure our distance to the planet. ... Due to the orbital inclination of Venus against the ecliptic of 3.5°, a Venus transit is so rare that it happens only at intervals of 121.5 years, 8 years, 105.5 years, 8 years and so on. ... Crabtree witnessing the transit of Venus 1639 . ... Transits of Venus - The Quest for the Solar Parallax...

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