... The Best sky view of the year - this afternoon, Monday 1 December 2008: look out this afternoon after the Sun sets to see the most impressive night sky view of the year! ... Triple conjunction: After the Sun sets this afternoon, Monday 1 December 2008, look towards the south: J upiter, Venus and the crescent Moon are now in a beautiful conjunction that some astronomers are calling "the best sky show of the year". ... International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node . ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2003 December 31 . A Year of Resolving Cosmology . ... Explanation: This year, humanity learned that the universe is 13.7 billion years old . Before this year, the universe's age was thought to be about 13 billion years, but really only constrained to be between about 12 billion and 15 billion years old. ... About APOD | ...

... Bad Astronomy . Misconceptions . ... Bad Astronomy : "We're light years more advanced than our competition!" ... Even the closest astronomical object, the Moon, is 400,000 kilometers away! ... A beam of light will travel 9,500,000,000,000 kilometers in one year. This distance is defined as a light year ; the distance light travels in a year. ... This is another example of Bad Astronomy; like a light year, a parsec is a unit of distance, not time (to be specific, it equals 3.26 light years) . ...

astronomy . Astro Courses . ... IYA 2009 . ... Armagh Planetarium is proud to be associated with the International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009) . IYA 2009 is a global year of events celebrating all things associated with the absorbing science that is astronomy. ... IYA 2009 Autumn/Winter events . ... Here at Armagh Planetarium one of our most important objectives is to promote formal and informal science education and there will be activities celebrating IYA 2009 throughout the year. ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . A Year of Extraterrestrial Fountains and Flows . ... 31.12.2006 . ... December 2006 . ... 2005 2006 . ... NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers . NASA Official: Jay Norris. ... A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC . ... U. Based on Astronomy Picture Of the Day . Publications with keywords: Saturn - Mars - water . Publications with words: Saturn - Mars - water . ... Comanche Outcrop on Mars Indicates Hospitable Past . Brighter Than Mars . ...

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... U.S. statements regarding today's United Nations 62nd General Assembly declaration of 2009 as the International Year of Astronomy . J. Craig Wheeler, president of the American Astronomical Society, said, "I am thrilled that we have received official United Nations designation for the International Year of Astronomy 2009. The American Astronomical Society has been a vigorous and leading supporter of this initiative. ...

... Recent Topics . ... MAO main . ... Swift: 10 years of discovery, conference reminder . ... Кому: Ця електронна адреса захищена в?д спам-бот?в. вам потр?бно ув?мкнути JavaScript, щоб побачити ?? ... Отправленные: Понедельник, 19 Май 2014 г 12:30:38 . Тема: > > : Swift: 10 years of discovery, conference reminder . В?д: SWIFT 10 Years Meeting [ Ця електронна адреса захищена в?д спам-бот?в. вам потр?бно ув?мкнути JavaScript, щоб побачити ?? ... Swift: 10 years of discovery? ...

... On the equator (point C) the sun would always rise until it was overhead, while at the poles (A and B) it would always be on the horizon, going around the horizon once a day. ... Because everything is symmetric with respect to the line AB, the dark and light portions are always equal, and so are day and night, anywhere on Earth. ... Twice a year, the angle is as big as it can get, at the summer and winter solstices , when it reaches 23.5 degrees. ... That part of Earth enjoys summer . ...

1973: 20.48 inches . ... 5 years: 1980 -- 1984: 57.04 inches . 10 years: 1979 -- 1988: 99.40 inches . ... 20 years: 1973 -- 1992: 181.45 inches . ... 10 years: 1927 -- 1936: 38.48 inches . 15 years: 1927 -- 1941: 66.83 inches . ... 1964: 20.99 inches . ... 10 years: 1964 -- 1973: 109.81 inches . ... 20 years: 1964 -- 1983: 205.63 inches . ... 1914: 2.51 inches . ... 5 years: 1910 -- 1914: 17.97 inches . 10 years: 1905 -- 1914: 47.09 inches . ... 20 years: 1908 -- 1927: 99.77 inches . ...

... S.P. KOROLEV ROCKET AND SPACE CORPORATION ENERGIA . ... OAO RSC "Energia" . ... ISS Russian Segment . ... News . ... Russian manned transportation spacecraft Soyuz TMA-03M has docked with the International Space Station (ISS) after two days of free flight in low Earth orbit. ... Mission control for the ISS Russian Segment and the spacecraft is provided by the Lead Operations Control Team (LOCT) of MCC-M under the direction of the first deputy general designer of RSC Energia V.A. Soloviev. ...

ECLIPSES, TRANSITS OF MERCURY AND VENUS . Year 1999 . Year 2000 . Year 2001 . Year 2002 . Year 2003 . Year 2004 . Year 2005 . ... Total solar eclipse . ... Transit of Mercury across the solar disk . ... Total lunar eclipse . ... Partial solar eclipse . ... Partial lunar eclipse . ... Annular solar eclipse . ... Penumbral lunar eclipse . ... big map . ... Transit of Venus across the solar disk . ... Annular-total solar eclipse . ... Non-central annular solar eclipse . ...

. JSC Turns 40 Home | Article | Gallery . Johnson Space Center at 40 Years Imagery . low res (26 K) . S65-59962 --- The attempted launch of Gemini VI at 9:54 a.m. EST December 12, 1965. Seconds after ignition, the first stage engine of the Gemini Launch Vehicle VI shut down due to a faulty release of a liftoff umbilical plug. Curator: JSC Web Team | Responsible NASA Official: Amiko Kauderer | Updated 7/16/2010 . Privacy Policy and Important Notices

... The Seasons . ... Section #1 Stargazers and Skywatchers described the observed motion of the Sun across the sky, in different seasons of the year. ... If the Earth's axis were perpendicular to the ecliptic, as in the drawings here, the Sun's position in the sky would be halfway between the celestial poles, and its daily path, seen from any point on Earth, would stay exactly the same, day after day. Each point on Earth would be carried around the axis AB once a day. ... The Sun and Seasons . ...

Lectures . ... 100 Years of Cosmology: From Spiral Nebulae to the Cosmic Microwave Background.тАЭ ? ... Michael Way, astronomer/computer scientist at NASAтАЩs Ames Research Center and its Goddard Institute of Space Studies, will give the first lecture of the AAAтАЩs 2009-10 lecture series Friday, October 2 when he discusses тАЬ100 Years of Cosmology: From Spiral Nebulae to the Cosmic Microwave Background.тАЭ The free public lecture is at 6:15 p. m. at the Kaufmann Theater of the AMNH. by . ...

NOVAC Newsletter - Reflections On 1982 . Articles | ... Richard Lawson . ... Attending this observation was Nils Thomas, John Huggins, Richard Lawson, Bob Koberg and his kids, David Edwards and Bryan Bloomer. ... Nils, John, Richard and A.J. Piccillo met for the July lunar eclipse. ... Twelve days later Nils, John, Richard, and Ian Babcock attended a scheduled NOVAC observation. ... Attending were Nils, John, A.J., Richard and Blaine Korcel. ... www.astronomy.net . About Astronomy Net | ...

The 5 th Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad (October-November 2009) : . ... Only students did not participated at the IAO-2009 may participate in the APAO-2009 (that is a student may participate in the 14 th IAO or in the 5 th APAO but not in both of these Olympiads). For the 5 th APAO the (age) group of participants to be analogous to IAO groups, rules 4.5.2-4. to be used, i.e.: . ... Dr. Michael G. Gavrilov, Founding Chairman and Coordinator of the Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad (APAO) . ...

... Observatory . ... Science . ... Science Users Information > Science Publications > Science Announcements > Revolution in Astronomy with ALMA -- The Third Year . ... Observing Facilities . ... ALMA . ... Observing with ESO Telescopes . ... Data Handling and Products . ... Science Data Products Forum . ... Science Archive Facility . ... ESO Data . ... Held in central Tokyo, the aim of this workshop is to highlight the science results from ALMA obtained during the first three years of science...

Past weeks: . June 25 - July 1, 2007 . July 2 - July 8, 2007 . ... July 30 - August 5, 2007 . ... November 26 - December 2, 2007 . December 3 - December 9, 2007 . ... December 3, 2007 - January 6, 2008 . ... February 25 - March 2, 2008 . March 3 - March 9, 2008 . ... March 31 - April 6, 2008 . April 7 - April 13, 2008 . ... May 5 - May 11, 2008 . ... July 7 - July 13, 2008 . ... December 1 - December 7, 2008 . ... December 29, 2008 - January 4, 2009 . ... March 30 - April 5, 2009 . ...

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