... Credit Copyright: Pavel Smilyk Explanation: Currently, comet PANSTARRS is passing nearly in front of the galaxy Andromeda. ... In physical size, even though Comet PANSTARRS is currently the largest object in the Solar System with a tail spanning about 15 times the diameter of the Sun , it is still about 70 billion times smaller than the Andromeda galaxy (M31). ... As C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS) on the lower left recedes from the Sun and dims, it is returning to the northerly direction whence it came. ...

Using a combination of instruments on ESO's Very Large Telescope, astronomers have discovered the most massive stars to date, some weighing at birth more than 300 times the mass of the Sun, or twice as much as the currently accepted limit of 150 solar masses. The most extreme of these stars was found in the cluster R136 in the Tarantula Nebula. Named R136a1, it is found to have a current mass of 265 times that of the Sun. ...

... Radio Astronomy . ... ASRAS Board Members . ... To see the most up to date news and events happening with ASRAS log in with your user name and password and then click on the Activities page. ... Messier Marathon (Member Observing) CANCELLED Saturday, April 9, 2016 9:00 PM Location:Farash Center Ionia NY . ... ASRAS Members meeting - Friday May 6 at Farash Center - Ionia NY . ... ASRAS Board members meeting - monday May 9 @ Farash Center Monday, May 9, 2016 7:00 PM Location:Farash Center Ionia NY . ...

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... Sun images . ... Sun flares . ... Active areas . September : 2009 . ... No sunspots and sunspot groups can be currently observed on the Sun's surface . The following H-alpha plages without spots can be currently observed on the Sun's surface . ... Coordinates . ... Coordinates and other characteristics of active regions are issued for September 09, 2009 00:31 UT . Last updated: September 10, 2009 00:00 UT . ... 7(499)132-65-96, Fax: +7(499)132-65-97 . ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Mad Science . ... Where is the Hubble space telescope currently? (near what planet?) You may be surprised by this, but the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is orbiting the Earth! ... At that height, HST is above almost all of the Earth's atmosphere, which gives it a clearer view of the sky than telescopes on the Earth. ... You can find pictures and info from STIS here , which is a page brought to you by the Space Telescope Science Institute . ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

... Fitting and Modeling of AXAF Data with the ASC Fitting Application S. Doe, M. Ljungberg, A. Siemiginowska and W. Joye AXAF Science Center, MS 81, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA Abstract. ... Fitting and Modeling of AXAF Data 159 MODEL MANAGER FIT STATISTIC MANAGER MANAGER SRC BKGD INSTR MODEL = SRC + BKGD * INSTR MODELS MODELS MODELS MANAGER MANAGER STATS METHODS OPTIMIZATION METHOD MANAGER Figure 3. The Model, Method, and Statistic Managers. ...

. Currently . student of the 5th course of Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology . Field of research interest . Network software developing, Image processing. Position . Laboratory assistant of Space Research Institute . Department Number . 902 (Space Monitoring Information Support) . Postal Address . Space Research Inst