... I enrolled in his "zero-hour" research class early in the morning [see Black Holes to Blackboards, September/October 1995, p. 8]. Peering at a sheet of vellum over a map of the martian surface, circling and measuring craters for hours, I learned that science isn't all fun and games. ... It was a dream come true: to be surrounded by other young people who were interested in astronomy, to be taught by professional astronomers, and best of all, to use large telescopes. ...

... Well, there are at least a million times more galaxies in the Universe than there are human beings! ... These newcomers are bigger and brighter than anything else in space, and if that wasn't interesting enough, they also glow bright green! This has led astronomers to name them 'green bean' galaxies (look at the little green bean-like spot in the middle of this space picture). ... We think that they shine so brilliantly because of a black hole at their centre. ...

Today's APOD | ... Editor's choices for the most educational Astronomy Pictures of the Day about black holes: . ... If alone, a black hole would indeed appear quite black, but many black hole candidates are part of binary star systems . So how does a black hole binary system look different from a neutron star binary system ? ... A black hole system so equipped would appear much darker than a similar neutron star system. ... APOD: 2004 February 24 - X-Rays Indicate Star Ripped Up by Black Hole . ...

... Posts tagged ?black box? ... Another deduced conclusion from reading preprints listed in arxiv/astro-ph is that astronomers tend to confuse classification and clustering and to mix up methodologies. They tend to think any algorithms from classification or clustering analysis serve their purpose since both analysis algorithms, no matter what, look like a black box . ... Category: Algorithms , arXiv , Astro , Bad AstroStat , Cross-Cultural , Data Processing , Frequentist , Jargon , Methods , Stat | ...

LONG BLACK VEIL C Ten years ago on a cold dark night G7 F C Someone was killed 'neath the town hall light C The people who saw they all agreed G7 F C That the slayer who ran looked a lot like me F C F C She walks these hills in a long black veil F C F C Visits my grave when the night winds wail C Nobody knows, nobody sees F G7 C Nobody knows but me The judge said, "son, what is your alibi? ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . ... Observing . ... Magazine . ... Sky this Month . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... An animated look at black-hole spin . ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ... Astronomy Magazine . ...

... Circling a Black Hole at its Photon Sphere . ... One particularly interesting place near a black hole is its photon sphere, where photons can orbit in circles, a sphere 50 percent further out than the event horizon. Were you to look out from the photon sphere of a black hole , half of the sky would appear completely black, half of the sky would appear unusually bright, and the back of your head would appear across the middle. ... Publications with keywords: black hole . ... Two Black Holes Merge . ...

... 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. ...

... B elfast City Council, 9 June 2008 : BelfastÁ€™s new Lord Mayor, Councillor Naomi Long, will be inviting the people of the city to literally Á€˜Look UpÁ€™ at the stars later this month. The Belfast City Carnival will help celebrate the International Year of Astronomy, when one of the highlights of the cityÁ€™s cultural calendar takes to the streets on Saturday 27 June. ... Direct link to the press release from Belfast City Council . International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node . ...

... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Australia Telescope User Committee . ... Merging Black Holes in Galaxies: Galaxy Evolution, AGN and Gravitational Waves . ... The first meeting in an annual series of international astrophysics conferences, co-organized by the Anglo-Australian Observatory and the Australia Telescope National Facility, is now scheduled for 15 to 20 June with the title, "Merging Black Holes in Galaxies: Galaxy Evolution, AGN and Gravitational Waves". ...

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... We have measured this "redshift" for the pink black holes, and allowed for it in our calculations. ... We see this effect in the emission from gas around these pink black holes, but it is far too small an effect to account for the pinkness. Thus the swirling motions of gas around or into the black holes cannot produc the colour. ... At first we thought that these things were normal blue black holes hidden behind clouds of interstellar dust, that absorbed the blue light and made them appear pink. ...

Blackholes2 Forum Message . Forums: . ... Black Holes Easy Reader. ... To have a Black Hole first you must decide that gravity always is the same no matter how strong it gets. ... So Black Holes may have different sizes. ... Black Holes are a very emotional idea for many of the people who think they are smart and right messages here. ... www.astronomy.net . ... Forum posts are Copyright their authors as specified in the heading above the post. "dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Mad Science . ... Site Info . ... Public Talks . ... Keep Bad Astronomy close to your heart, and help make me filthy rich. ... Who is this guy who calls himself "The Bad Astronomer?" ... First, yes, I am a real live astronomer (when people ask me what astronomers do, I tell them "They astronom !" ... These are emitted by powerful objects like black holes, exploding stars, and super-dense neutrons stars. ... Finally, am I really a bad astronomer? ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

Program Number . ... Gordon Drukier, Yale University . Shooting Stars: Looking for Direct Evidence of Massive Central Black Holes in Globular Clusters . Abstract . ... Hubble Heritage Observations of Arp 148 . ... The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has proven a powerful tool for identifying new lens candidates, although high angular resolution HST observations are essential for confirming those candidates as genuine gravitational lensing systems (see Program GO 10886). ... Past weeks: . ...

The HyperNews Linux KHG Discussion Pages . Forum: The Linux Kernel Hackers' Guide . Keywords: port NeXT . Date: Thu, 03 Jul 1997 02:49:45 GMT . From: Dale Amon < amon@gpl.com > . Could some one email me some good starting points for the Linux system porting bootstrapping process? I'm looking at what it would take to do a port to NeXT black.

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... The USA. ... Halloween - is a nice holiday, for children. People put pumpkins on the windowsills. ... The children play different games we'll show you one of them. ... One or two players at a time get down on their knees and with their hands tied behind their backs, try to get hold one of the apples with their teeth. ... People in the USA and Canada decorate their homes with Christmas trees , wreaths and ornaments. ... St .Valentine's Day. There are several legends about St .Valentine's Day . ...

... The Elephanta island looks like an elephant that lies in the Ocean. ... We arrive at the island. ... There are monkeys on the island. ... This girl was officially recognized as the most beautiful girl on the island. ... But there are wild cows on the island. ... There was a big armed British garrison on the island. ... A Hindu rajah lived on the island before the Portuguese. ... The tickets that we have bought in Mumbai are valid to return. ... And here are Gateway of India. We arrive in Mumbai. ...

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