... Our Sun is part of a huge wheel-shaped collection of stars. ... Astronomers have long suspected it was a very massive black hole, and that every galaxy had such a central mass, created early in the history of the universe. ... However, unless that object happens to be headed directly at the black hole (a relatively small target) it will just swing around and fly away again, like a comet making a pass at the Sun. The velocity acquired in falling towards the black hole also helps it escape. ...

... Home Education Classes AAA Fall Astronomy Class: Astronomy Basics тАУ October-November 2015 . ... AAA Fall Astronomy Class: Astronomy Basics тАУ October-November 2015 . AAA Winter Astronomy Class: Measuring Distances in Space тАУ Dec 2015 тАУ Feb 2016 . AAA Spring Astronomy Class: The Physics of Astronomy тАУ February - March 2016 . ... Observing Resources for Amateur Astronomers - Part 1: Beginning Observers . ... A History of the First Forty Years of the Amateur Astronomers Association . ...

... Luminous blue variable (LBV) stars are the most massive stars with 40-120 solar masses, which are passing the short stage of evolution losing their hydrogen envelopes before exploding as Supernovae. These are extremely rare objects, only about a dozen of the most massive LBVs are known in the Galaxy. ... In the spectral observations of stars with infrared circular nebulae, found in the Spitzer survey (24 microns), a new LBV star in the Galaxy was discovered. It was named MN112. ...

... By comparison, old elliptical galaxies have a wide range of Lx(gas) and some of them (e.g., group or cluster dominant galaxies) have Lx(gas) 10 or 100 times higher than Lx(LMXB). One of the key observables to address the age effect is the abundance ratio of Fe to elements, b ecause of different pro duction yields of SNe Ia and I I. In the merger scenario of young elliptical galaxies, we would exp ect an enrichment of -elements from SN I I, asso ciated with the recent star formation. ...

Crater Gassendi . ... I made this drawing was made on the 26th of november 2001. If you compare this one with the previous drawing of Gassendi (below) the differences are clear. ... This drawing was made on the 28th of september 2001. After nearly a full month without observations I had a one hour gap between the thicker clouds. ... This drawing was made on the 29th of august 2001. ... This drawing was made on the 27th of august 2001. ... This drawing was made on the 25th of august 2001. ...

We note, with deep sorrow, that Dr. Valentin Alexandrovich Lipovetsky, a senior astronomer and the leader of the Laboratory of Galaxy Studies of the Special Asrtrophysical Observatory, passed away at the age of 51 on September 22, 1996, after a several year battle with melanoma. Valentin Lipovetsky was an outstanding astronomer in many areas of extragalactic research and an internationally acknowledged leader in objective prism surveys and studies of AGN and star-forming galaxies. ...

The Arecibo Galaxy Environment Survey (normally known as AGES) is using the Arecibo Telescope to search for galaxies in a number of quite different areas of the local universe. ... NGC 628 group (precursor) - published (Auld et al., ... NGC 1156 (isolated galaxy) - published (Minchin et al, 2010, AJ, 140, 1093) . NGC 7332/9 galaxy pair - published (Minchin et al, 2010, AJ, 140, 1093) . ... NGC 5523 (isolated galaxy) - completed (contact: Robert Minchin) . ... AGES team page - password protected . ...

... It's a Meteor Shower Smaller than grains of sand, meteors vaporize in a bright streak of light as they hit Earth's atmosphere. Meteor showers come from comets, but the sporadic meteors on other nights are mostly asteroid bits. ... Meteor Showers Come From Comets Jupiter Earth Sun Comet Mercury Tips: A bright Moon can wash out meteors, making them hard to see. ... But the comet bits hit Earth's atmosphere so fast, the pieces vaporize in bright streaks -- making a meteor shower! ...

The AstroGuide . ... AstroGuide | ... Photography | ... AstroGuide Listing . ... This listing's details have proven difficult to confirm. See many more Astronomy Listings by: Category or Alphabet . You will find 35mm slides, 8x10 and 16x20 astronomy images for sale here. ... Listed Since July 15, 1998 . ... Web Site . ... Web . ... Unless otherwise specified, web site content Copyright 1994-2016 John Huggins All Rights Reserved . dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

... ISC Kosmotras . ... Comments, Opinions Publications Dnepr Program . Dnepr launch record 17 August 2011. ... Launch of Dnepr LV carrying Sich-2 and BPA-2 (State Space Agency of Ukraine), Nigeriasat-2 and Nigeriasat-X (SSTL, Great Britain), RASAT (Space Research Technology Institute of Turkey (TUBITAK UZAY)), EDUSAT (La Sapienza University of Rome, Italy), and Aprizesat-5 and Aprizesat-6 (SpaceQuest, USA) payloads is scheduled for 17 August 2011, at 10:12:20 decreed Moscow time (7:12:20 UTC). ...

... S.P. KOROLEV ROCKET AND SPACE CORPORATION ENERGIA . ... OAO RSC "Energia" . ... Company's History . ... ISS Russian Segment . ... Sea Launch . ... News . ... In accordance with the mission plan of the International Space Station (ISS) and Russian commitments under this international project, a manned transportation spacecraft Soyuz TMA-11M was launched from Baikonur launch site at 08:14:16 Moscow Time. ... RSC Energia: Progress MS-02 docked with the ISS.' ... 2015 JSC "S.P. Korolev RSC "Energia" . ...

КОСМИЧЕСКИЙ КАЛЕНДАРЬ ЯНВАРЯ 2000 ГОДА . ... Jan 01 - Year 2000 . Jan ?? ... Jan 01 - Asteroid 1996 AX1 Closest Approach To Earth (0.702 AU) . ... Jan 03 - Asteroid 3745 Petaev Closest Approach To Earth (1.862 AU) . ... Jan 05 - Asteroid 1999 VO11 Near-Earth Flyby (0.218 AU) . ... Jan 08 - Comet P/1998 VS24 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (2.915 AU) . ... Jan 12 -[Image][Dec 02] Asteroid 1999 WA2 Closest Approach To Earth (1.100 AU) . ... Jan 14 - Mercury Occults 53 Sgr (6.9 Magnitude Star) . ...

This page is devoted to information on Supernova 1999gi in NGC 3184 . ... Information on the original web pages for many of these images can be found on the Supernova links web page. ... NGC 3184 is a fairly close Mag 10.3 galaxy, only about half as distant as the Virgo cluster. ... Seiichi Yoshida has a 1999gi page . Odd Trondal's 1999gi page . ... CfA image . ... 14.5 . ... Jean Marie Llapasset image . ... vsnet-alert 3805 ] SN 1999gi in NGC 3184 . vsnet-chat 2438 ] Host galaxy of SN1999gi . ...

Title: A Dark-Matter Spike at the Galactic Center? Authors: Piero Ullio , HongSheng Zhao , Marc Kamionkowski . ... Title: The Galaxy Environment of Quasars in the Clowes-Campusano Large Quasar Group at z~1.3 . ... Title: The Galaxy Environment of a Quasar at z=1.226: A Possible Cluster Merger . ... 16 matches for the search pattern galaxy environment . The URL for this page is: http://xxx.itep.ru/find/astro-ph/1/galaxy+environment/0/1/0/past,all/0/0 www-admin@xxx.lanl.gov ...

A life dedicated to Olympiads. Waldemar Gorzkowski, the President of the International Physics Olympiad, passed away on 15 th of July 2007 in Isfahan, Iran, at the 38 th International Physics Olympiad. ... Waldemar's contribution in IAO is not well-known. ... The idea of leadership of the National Science Societies (like Astronomy Societies for IAO or Physics Societies for IPhO) in the National Olympiads and formation of the teams was highly approved by Waldemar. ... IAO Chairman. ...

... 12, 2015 Abell 569 MAC 0708+4832 Mar 17 2009 31 Dec 07 2005 31 Lyn Galaxy 17mmT4 EF,ES, PATCH ,AV ONLY A FEW TIMES,DOESN'T HOLD,SUSP, AGC ,R=P 17mmT4 EF,VS, PATCH ,NND,SUSP, ABELL 569 ,R=P MAC 0708+4836 Mar 17 2009 31 Dec 07 2005 31 Lyn Galaxy 17mmT4 VF,VS,ELONG, PATCH ,UB,NND,VF* OFF SIDE, AGC ,R=P 17mmT4 VF,VS, ...

farewell.to.kings ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lyrics to Rush - A Farewell to Kings @ SONG : A Farewell to Kings When they turn the pages of history When these days have passed long ago Will they read of us with sadness For the seeds that we let grow We turned our gaze From the castles in the distance Eyes cast down On the path of least resistance Cities full of hatred Fear and lies Withered hearts And cruel tormented ...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration . ... JOHN E. BLAHA (COLONEL, USAF, RET.) NASA ASTRONAUT (FORMER) . ... EDUCATION: Graduated from Granby High School in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1960; received a bachelor of science in engineering science from the United States Air Force Academy in 1965 and a master of science in astronautical engineering from Purdue University in 1966. ... NASA EXPERIENCE: Selected as an astronaut in May 1980, Blaha has logged 161 days in space on 5 space missions. ...

... Today this year's largest group of sunspots will cross the Sun's central meridian. ... The next day, the number of spots in the group reached five, and the day after, on June 2nd, it was possible to count thirteen sunspots on solar disk, which had been clear prior to this. ... This year's two most powerful active areas, which passed across the solar disk at the beginning of May, 2009, are set to appear in the Sun's eastern sector in two days, on June 6th. ...

. My astronomical research interests center on galaxy structure and evolution. Current topics include: . Polar-ring and interacting galaxies (see also new catalogue ) . Galaxy warps: statistics, properties and origin . Spiral galaxies at z~1: radial and vertical structure of stellar disks, statistics of interactions . Surface photometry and kinematics, dynamical modeling . Observational cosmology . Joomla Counter since Sep 1997