Supernova 1993J is one of the brighter Sn from the recent past. ... 1993J was found in the magnitued 6.9 galaxy M81 (aka NGC 3031) in UMa. ... SEDS SN1993J web page . VSNet's 1993J web page . ... Images of Supernova 1993J . ... Kohl Observatory image 3/30/93 ( mirror ) . ... ISN Reference image Undated . ... The Remnant of Supernova 1993J in M81 9/93 - 9/94 . ... Dr. M. Richmond has 3 papers on his web page decicated to SN 1993J. VSNet has a nice record of the discovery of 1993J . ...

Supernova 1993J is one of the brighter Sn from the recent past. Announced in IAUC 5731 this supernova was discovered independently by several people. 1993J was found in the magnitued 6.9 galaxy M81 (aka NGC 3031) in UMa. ... SEDS SN1993J web page . ... Images of Supernova 1993J . ... Kohl Observatory image 3/30/93 ( mirror ) . ... ISN Reference image Undated . ... Dr. M. Richmond has 3 papers on his web page decicated to SN 1993J. VSNet has a nice record of the discovery of 1993J . ...

Comet Ikeya Zhang Brightens . ... Credit Copyright: Gerald Rhemann Explanation: In the last week , Comet Ikeya-Zhang has become bright enough to be just visible to the unaided eye. Based on its present activity, observers are optimistic that Ikeya-Zhang will become substantially brighter. This composite color image from March 3rd, captured with a wide-field telescope, shows this active comet's bright, condensed coma and a delightful array of subtle structures in its developing tail. ...

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The Solar spots - are the dark formations on the Sun's disk. ... The greatest observed spot is 100 thousand kilomiters. The spots are the places of the magnetic fields' getting out to the solar atmosphere. ... That's why they look so dark . ... The Solar convection zone is the layer with the thickness of 150 - 200 thousand kilomiters, situated under the photosphere; the substance of this layer being in convectional movement transformes the energy from inside the Sun's to its surface. ...

ARCSAT ID NUMBER: AS01 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Search for Short-Period Planets Orbiting Bright White Dwarfs PI: Brett Morris (UW) OBSERVER(S): Brett Morris (UW), Doug Branton (UW) UNCERTIFIED/UNTRAINED OBSERVERS: Undetermined Pre-MAP students ... In addition, since typical white dwarfs are roughly Earth-sized, the transit of an Earth-sized planet can cause changes in brightness on the order of several tens of percent for durations on the order of one minute (Agol 2011). ...

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Next: Transparency of the Stochastic Up: Model of the Galaxy Previous: Frequency distribution of galactic . ... The parameters of the model resulted from a numerical fitting of various data, such as the observed distribution of the young star population and neutral hydrogen, the density of population II stars in the vicinity of the Sun, the galactic rotation curve and the dynamics and distribution of globular clusters   and dwarf irregular satellites of the Galaxy. ...

Check out the new images (Jan 18-25) and (Jan 26-Feb 05) of the comet by Rob McNaught. ... Every few years a comet becomes bright enough to be easily seen with the naked eye but only every decade or so are these comparable with comets like Halley. ... Before Jan 13, the comet is not visible in the Australian sky after sunset. ... SOHO images . ... On Jan 12 at approximately 09:00 UT (8pm NSW time), comet C/2006 P1 McNaught appears at the 11 o'clock position in the images. ... STEREO images . ...

COPRATES CHASMA NORTH WALL INTERIOR LAYERED DEPOSIT: LAYER MEASUREMENTS AND COMPARISON WITH JUVENTAE CHASMA ILDS USING MARS EXPRESS HIGH RESOLUTION STEREO CAMERA (HRSC) DERIVED TOPOGRAPHY Michael, G.1, E. Hauber1, K. Gwinner1, R. Stesky2 ... Planets, Freie Universitaet, Berlin, Germany 5ESTEC, ESA, Noordwijk, The Netherlands Introduction: The interior layered deposit ( ILD ) in the north wall of Coprates ... The lesser section of the ILD is confined by a ridge of the chasma wall. ...

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