Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Meteors and Meteorites . ... Stars . ... Monthly Sky Notes . ... This famous depiction of the Leonids was based on a first hand account of a meteor storm by a minister, Joseph Harvey Waggoner. ... In the autumn the Great Square of Pegasus is visible in the southern night sky. ... I hope this guide to the November night sky is helpful and have fun star sight-seeing! ... Tweets that mention The Leonid meteors: highlights of the November night sky | ...

... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . This year's annual display of the Leonid meteor shower occurs from 10th to 21st November, with the broad peak of activity occurring during the night of Tuesday 17th and Wednesday 18th. According to theoretical predictions by David Asher of the Armagh Observatory, and colleagues, there may be up to 100 meteors per hour seen under ideal conditions during the late evening of the 17th and early morning of the 18th November. ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2011 November 22 . Leonid Fireball over Tenerife . ... Explanation: Historically active, this year's Leonid meteor shower was diminished by bright moonlight . ... The two large telescope buildings are the GREGOR telescope with reddish dome and the Vacuum Tower Telescope along the right edge of the frame, both sun watching telescopes. ...

... Credit Copyright: Juergen Rendtel ( AIP Potsdam ), IMO Explanation: Historically active, this year's Leonid meteor shower was diminished by bright moonlight . Still, faithful night sky watchers did see the shower peak on November 18 and even the glare of moonlight didn't come close to masking this brilliant fireball meteor. ... November . ... Publications with keywords: Leonids - Leonid meteor shower - fireball . Publications with words: Leonids - Leonid meteor shower - fireball . ...

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... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2000 November 8 . October Skylights . ... Explanation: With brilliant Venus above the western horizon at sunset and Jupiter and Saturn high in the east by early evening, November's night sky is filled with bright planets. October's sky featured bright planets as well and, triggered by the active Sun, some lovely auroral displays . ...

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. ...

... SEARCH ASP SITE: Match ALL words Match ANY word . ... November 2 ? 11, 2010 . From 69 degrees north, your cruise aboard the ms Midnatsol weaves along Norway’s breathtaking coastline from Bergen to Kirkenes. ... 1-night hotel Bergen . ... Northern lights hunt each night . ... Tuesday, November 2, 2010 — U.S.A. – Bergen, Norway . ... Wednesday, November 3, 2010 — Bergen, Norway . ... Thursday, November 4, 2010 — Sail from Bergen, Norway . ... Cross the Arctic Circle at 66 degrees. ...

The 14 th International Astronomy Olympiad has been held successfully in Hangzhou (China) on November 8-16, 2009. ... There were 17 teams participated and 1 team observed in the XIV IAO: . ... Sunday, November 8 - Day of arrival . ... Thursday, November 12 - Day of excursions . ... M. G. Gavrilov (IAO Chairman) - Chairman, . J. Zhu (Beijing, XIV IAO-2009 and X IAO-2005 LOC Chairman), . ... Dr. Michael G. Gavrilov, Founding Chairman and Coordinator of the International Astronomy Olympiad (IAO) . ...

Astronomy Discussion Forums . ... Here Am A Even More Clearer Repsonse! ... Post Message | ... I am "well behind" in so many of my tasks that . ... It is more true in physics than in biology. ... Most everyone takes mathematics as a recipe book for solving problems (think about some Aurino's comments on E )." ... www.astronomy.net . About Astronomy Net | ... Forum posts are Copyright their authors as specified in the heading above the post. "dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

New England observer Lew Gramer, fresh back from his mid-November fish observing and meteor-catching expedition in South Florida, reports that December also promises to be a great month for celestial sky-sparks!" ... Other showers adding to the mix this month include several very minor showers, such as the Chi Orionids (3 Dec), Monocerotids (9 Dec) and Sigma Hydrids (12 Dec), which usually contribute no more than 2 or 3 meteors per hour during even post-midnight observing this month. ...

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... Field-aligned currents (FAC, also called the Birkeland currents) are essential to the linkage between the solar wind - magnetosphere system and the ionosphere . The main large scale FAC systems are the Region 1 and 2 currents. ... Expands to lower latitudes with increasing activity (see also the auroral ovals ) . ... TCV currents . ... Yamamoto, T., S. Inoue, N. Nishitani, M. Ozaki, and C.-I. Meng, A theory for generation of the paired region 1 and region 2 field-aligned currents, J. Geophys. ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Site Info . ... NEW: see the Leonids LIVE! ... I have added a list of live webcasts that will let people all over the Earth see what the shower is doing from the points which may get the predicted max from the meteors. ... A dark site is best, but Leonids are known for fast bright meteors, so even a bright sky is not so bad. ... Here is a list of web sites that will be broadcasting the Leonids live over the web. ... Leonids Live! ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

... Archive for November 2008 . Nov 19th, 2008| 01:34 am | Posted by hlee . ... Category: arXiv , Astro , Cross-Cultural , Frequentist , Methods , News , Quotes , Stat , Uncertainty | Comment . Nov 17th, 2008| 01:39 pm | ... Continue reading ?after ?Thanks to Henrietta Leavitt?? Category: Astro , Bad AstroStat , Data Processing , Methods , Stars , Stat | ... Tags: 2008 , cepheid , CfA , Henrietta Leavitt , Henrietta Swan Leavitt , history , November , period-luminosity , symposium . ...

A team using CSIRO 's Parkes radio telescope has just found the thousandth pulsar known to science. ... This is thanks to the power of a new instrument on the telescope, the multibeam system , which has slashed the time it takes to scan the sky," said co-leader of the pulsar team, CSIRO's Dr Dick Manchester . ... There are many different types of pulsar, and we have only a few examples of some types," said Dr Manchester. ... E-mail: rmanches@atnf.csiro.au . ... e-mail: hsim@atnf.csiro.au . ...

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... 11:10: "Non-parametric methods for analysis of industrial technical structure" by Alexander SHANANIN from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MPTI) . ... 12:00: "Discrete convexity and applications" by Gleb A. KOSHEVOY, from the Central Economico-Mathematical Institute (TsEMI) of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) . 12:30: "Optimal metric extensions and the multifacility location problem" by Alexander V. KARZANOV, from the Institute for System Analysis (RAS) . ...

... This is a preliminary summary of the event on November 24, 1996, considered during the INTERBALL Workshop in Kiljavanranta, Finland, February 1998. ... Pronounced plasma sheet thinning (Bz decrease) . ... Particle burst observed inside the Polar Cap and in tail lobes . A short burst of particles detected by the Auroral Probe particle detectors during the Polar Cap crossing at 21:45 UT, almost simultaneously with the Tail Probe detectors registration of the particle burst inside the North Lobe. ...

TUNE FOR NOVEMBER (Gordon Bok ) When the wind backs around to the North in November Wild geese go a ganging out to sea There's snow on the wind And it's ever been the same That north wind don't even know my name (2x) Long time ago, I had a pretty little girl She had pretty ways and silver in her tongue But that winter wind come prowling 'round That pretty girl did go She found a man whose ...