. Full-Text Search . Latest . Statistics . arXiv.org . > . astro-ph . recent . find . SAI VO . Search sort results by Date Relevance . Use logical operators AND , OR , NOT and round brackets to construct complex queries. Whitespace-separated words are treated as AND ed. Show 10 50 100 articles per page in Full Compact mode . Christopher, I. W. Christopherson, Adam J. Christopher, G. E. Christopher, N. Christopher, Micol . Christopher . SAI VO | Astronet | SAI MSU .

Lunar Libration . Articles | ... Actually, a slight rocking motion, called libration,* makes about 59% of the Moon's surface visible from our planet Earth -- though only 50% at any one time. ... Add to that, the approximate 1.5 degree tilt of the Moon's equator to the ecliptic, and you have the inclination of the Moon's equator to the plane of its orbit around Earth at some 6.5 degrees (5 + 1.5 = 6.5). ... Re-published on Astronomy Net with permission of the author. ... www.astronomy.net . ...

... The WFPC2 Clearinghouse is a new web-based tool designed to provide users with a searchable listing of all known journal articles, STScI documentation and reports, as well as user-submitted documents which report on all aspects of the performance, calibration, and scientific use of WFPC2. The Clearinghouse can be found at the following URL: . ... Science Keyword: IMF,LMC . Calibration Keyword(3): psf_fitting_photometry(3) . ... Comment: Comparison of aperture and PSF fitting photometry, . ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. October 21, 1999 . Follow The Spots . Credit: Louis Strous ( LMSAL ), SOHO - MDI Consortium, ESA , NASA . ... Just follow the sunspots . ... It shows the Sun's visible surface for most days of August 1999 so that the same sunspots appear many times as the solar rotation carries them across the face of the Sun . ... About APOD > . ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... Credit: Louis Strous ( LMSAL ), SOHO - MDI Consortium, ESA , NASA Explanation: The Sun rotates on its axis about once every 27 days. ... Just follow the sunspots . ... It shows the Sun's visible surface for most days of August 1999 so that the same sunspots appear many times as the solar rotation carries them across the face of the Sun . ... Publications with keywords: Sun - solar rotation - sunspot . Publications with words: Sun - solar rotation - sunspot . ...

... From a Bang to a Whimper - Celebrating Differing Views of the Universe - Tuesday 12 May 2009, Trinity College Dublin . ... Constructing a 16 inch Dobsonian Telescope: Monday 11 May 2009, Ballyclare . тАШ Discover the Stars at ArmaghтАЩ - the second Cross-Border Schools Science Conference, an International Year of Astronomy 2009 event, took place in Armagh on Wednesday 29th and Thursday 30th April 2009. ... International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node . ...