... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... This shows the Sun, Moon and Earth (not to scale) together with the . ... They have tested the technique on the Earthshine, the light reflected from the Earth by the Moon, and showed that it can reveal the presence of life in our planet. ... This technique uses the fact that the light reflected from the planet is polarised, whereas that emitted by the star is not. ... Polarised light can tell us about the reflecting surface...

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. ...

... 2009 . ... The brochure, called the International Year of Astronomy 2009 Final Report Executive Summary , offers an overview of the many events that took place during the Year , as detailed in full in the 1450-page IYA2009 Final Report, which was released earlier this year . т??Tens of thousands of events were held during IYA2009 , but unfortunately there is only space in this Executive ... Front cover of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 Final Report Executive Summary . ...

... Archives . ... Mar 5th, 2008| 02:13 pm | ... There have been strong collaborations among statisticians, mathematicians, computer scientists, and astronomers (cosmologists) under WMAP (Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe) mission. Today, the 5th year data was released (The news is found here ). ... The Legacy Archive for Microwave Background Data Analysis (LAMBDA) website . ... Tags: 5th year , Data Release , WMAP . ... Comment ( RSS ) | ... Chandra Blog . ... Entries (RSS) and Comments (RSS) . ...

... HUBBLE UNCOVERS DUST DISK AROUND A MASSIVE BLACK HOLE . Resembling a gigantic hubcap in space, a 3,700 light-year-diameter dust disk encircles a 300 million solar-mass black hole in the center of the elliptical galaxy NGC 7052. ... Because the jets in NGC 7052 are not perpendicular to the disk, it may indicate that the black hole and the dust disk in NGC 7052 do not have a common origin. ... NGC 7052 is located in the constellation of Vulpecula, 191 million light-years from Earth. ...

... Recent Results . ... last 10 years in ADS) . in SAO press releases . ... observations database) . ... Last update: . ... Measurement of the dark halo shape in polar ring galaxies . Determining the mass of supermassive black hole in galaxy Mrk6 nucleus based on spectropolarimetric observations . The dust jets in the nucleus of comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 . ... New Polar Ring Galaxies . Traces of recent interactions in isolated Seyfert galaxies . ...

Arecibo is joining 16 other telescopes around the world to form a 'global telescope' to celebrate the start of the International Year of Astronomy. The observations, coordinated from the Netherlands, will follow three quasars for a 24-hour period. Arecibo will join the observations on January 15 between 11 am and 1:15 pm and between 5 and 8 pm (Puerto Rican time). ... Information on activities in Puerto Rico during the International Year of Astronomy can be found at Astronomy2009pr.org . ...

... Press Release Images . ... Quasar PG1115+080 and Gravitational Lens . Left: The light from the single quasar PG 1115+080 is split and distorted in this infrared image. PG 1115+080 is at a distance of about 8 billion light years in the constellation Leo, and it is viewed through an elliptical galaxy lens at a distance of 3 billion light years. ... Right: In this NICMOS image, the four quasar images and the lens galaxy have been subtracted, revealing a nearly complete ring of infrared light. ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . News . Observing . ... Magazine . ... Press Room . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Press Releases . ... Astronomy magazine editors are here to help enrich media and blogger coverage of meteor showers, space missions, and night-sky events. ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ... Astronomy Magazine . ...

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE . ... to the International Space Station . ... During the Progress docking to the ISS, the MCC-M was attended by N.F. Moiseev, and V.A. Grin', co-chairmen of the State Board, Yu.P. Semenov, Technical Manager of Russian Piloted Space Programs, General Designer of S.P. Korolev RSC Energia, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, representatives and specialists from NASA, RSC Energia and allied space organizations. ... Official WEB-site of S.P.Korolev RSC Energia . ...

... Donate to Support Science Literacy . ... 2016 Annual Awards . The ASP is accepting nominations for the organizationтАЩs national annual awards which recognize special achievements in astronomy research, technology, education, and public outreach. ... Shop the AstroShop . ... The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) is accepting nominations for the organizationтАЩs national annual awards which recognize special achievements in astronomy research, technology, education, and public outreach.. ...

Our publications in 2005 year S.A. Pustilnik (SAO), A.Y. Kniazev (ESO, SAO), A.G. Pramskij (SAO) . Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 443, Issue 1, November III 2005, pp.91-102 (11/2005) . ... Kniazev, Alexei Y.; Grebel, Eva K.; Pustilnik, Simon A.; Pramskij, A.G.; Zucker, D.B. The Astronomical Journal, Volume 130, Issue 4, pp. ... 10/2005) . Pustilnik, S. A. Astron. ... Kniazev, A.Y.; Pustilnik, S.A.; Grebel, E.K.; Lee, H.; Pramskij, A.G. VizieR On-line Data Catalog: J/ApJS/153/429. ...

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 . ...

... The expansion is measured as a number called the Hubble Constant . ... Our value is about 20% lower than the one got with the Hubble Space Telescope in 1994," said Dr Jim Lovell, leader of the team that made the measurement. The Hubble Constant is named after American astronomer Edwin Hubble, who in the 1920s found that other galaxies were moving away from ours. ... The Hubble Constant links the galaxy's distance with its speed." ... A short run-down on the Hubble Constant: . ...

... 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) . ...

... Recent Topics . ... MAO main . ... Newsletter : January 2015 : International Space Science Institute . ... Тема: Newsletter : January 2015 : International Space Science Institute . ... January 2015 . ... Space Science Series of ISSI . ... teaching on different topics of space science and technology, featuring lectures . ... www.issibern.ch/newsletter/january_2015.html . ... If you prefer not to receive future email from the International Space Science . ... International Space Science Institute . ...

... 20.02.2001 . ... Today is 15 years since Orbital Complex "Mir" first module (its core module) was launched.It was delivered to Earch orbit by "Proton" which lifted off form the launch pad in Baikonur at 00:28:23 Moscow time. ... Priroda" module attached to the "Mir" Orbital Complex in 1996 was the last to complete the orbital facility assembly. ... Currently, the cargo craft "Progress M1-5" launched on Jan 24 2001 docked the Orbital Complex on Jan 27 2001, it is still in orbit as part of the Station...

JSC Celebrates 40 Years of Human Space Flight . International Space Station . ... Among them: first time a partnership of nations owns and operates a space station , first time access to previously secret facilities, first time linkages between training and control centers, the first time orchestrating of multiple spacecraft traffic, the first -of-its-kind commercial ventures, including space tourism, the first time deployment of very large solar arrays, first ...

... Feeding the Monster: Gas Caught in its Death Spiral into a Massive Black Hole . ... Stromlo Professor Mike Dopita have used the Hubble Space Telescope to discover how a massive Black Hole in a nearby galaxy feeds itself. ... Earlier Hubble Telescope data obtained by another team member, Professor Holland Ford of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, had found a disk of gas rushing around the Black Hole at a speed of 500 kilometers a second. ...

... UA SCIENTIST & TEAM DISCOVER SURFACE FEATURES COVER TITAN (Science contacts: Peter H. Smith, (602) 621-2725; Mark Lemmon, (602) 621-1485; UA Lunar and Planetary Laboratory) . Scientists for the first time have made images of the surface of Saturn 's giant, haze-shrouded moon, Titan. ... About three weeks before Cassini's first flyby of Titan, the spacecraft is to release the European Space Agency's Huygens Probe to parachute to Titan's surface. ... Upper left: hemisphere facing Saturn. ...