1. Amateur Astronomers Association of New York ? Amateur Astronomers Association
... Observing . ... Solar Observing . ... April 3 (SUN) - Solar Observing, Central Park , Manhattan . ... APRIL'S SKY . ... Lecture Series at the American Museum of Natural History The Amateur Astronomers Association is proud to present an astronomy lecture series from October through May each year for our members and the .. ... The€аAmateur Astronomers Association of New York€аwas organized in 1927 to promote the study of Astronomy, emphasizing its cultural and inspirational value. ...
2. Why this is interesting: reasons for which astronomers get very excited around
... A wordlwide network of amateur and professional astronomers record and time the mutual eclipses and occultations of the Galilean satellites as accurately as possible. ... Already, the acceleration of Io is evident in the data and continued monitoring through this coming season will help pin down the acceleration of the other three satellites. ... From Dr Apostolos Christou, Armagh Observatory: . ... If you want to know the observing times from your location get it by filling in this form . ...
3. observing | Astronotes - Part 3
Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Monthly Sky Notes . ... Posted on September 26, 2014 | 2 Comments October is an interesting month for astronomers as World Space Week falls from 4 October until 10 October and coincidentally itтАЩs a good month for keen astronomers to take to [ ] . Continue Reading.. ... No Comments I have never met a child who is not fascinated by the stars. €аLearning to find and recognise planets and constellations is the first step in what can be a [ ] . ...
4. Astronomy Magazine - Interactive Star Charts, Planets, Meteors, Comets,
... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . ... Star Atlas . ... An artificial comet holds secrets to Earths life . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... The planet has extreme temperature swings and perhaps active lava flows. ... A digital supplement to Astronomy magazine. ... Join TravelQuest International with Astronomy and Discover magazines on one of three great tour options surrounding this celestial spectacle . ... Astronomy Magazine . ...
5. Accuracy of World positional CCD observations of the numbered minor planets
... Our scientific interest is an accuracy of asteroid CCD observations obtained by amateurs and professional astronomers all over in the World. ... These data help us to analyse an accuracy of real CCD positions in the MPC Database. ... Do you test your observations of the small Solar System bodies permanently before sending them to the International Minor Planets' Center? ... Do you know a real accuracy of your positional CCD-observations in comparison with the other observatories' one ? ...
6. Research Interests
My research efforts have focused on three areas which are: . More than 200 extrasolar planets have been discovered around relatively nearby stars, primarily through the Doppler line shifts owing to the reflex motions of their host stars, and more recently through transits of some planets across the face of the host stars. ... Gravitational microlensing provides a novel technique to look for planets around lens stars, and this is the only technique currently capable of detecting Earth-mass planets. ...
7. Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy: Info
... 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. ...
8. Rocky accretion in a young solar-type star
... General information . ... Staff . Research staff . ... Research . ... Star formation . ... Information . ... Historical highlights . Historical research . ... Rocky accretion in a young solar-type star . ... The results found in the case of the young solar-type stars 2MASS J08095427-4721419 are presented in " The Gaia-ESO Survey: chemical signatures of rocky accretion in a young solar-type star ", by Lorenzo Spina et al, published on Astronomy and Astrophysics ( A&A 2015, 582,6 ). ...
9. ASP: Public Lectures
home events . SEARCH ASP SITE: Match ALL words Match ANY word . ... Public Lectures . ... Special Events . Kepler Mission Planet Discoveries . NASA Ames Research Center . ... Scientists involved with the search for planets around other stars are gathering at NASA Ames Dec. 5 - 9 for a technical conference devoted to the Kepler spacecraft discoveries. Tuesday evening, Dec. 6th, there will be a public event from 7 to 10 pm at the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View. ... events | ...
10. Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton
... PUBLIC LECTURE - APRIL 12, 2016 . New Discoveries in the Outer Solar System: Ceres, Pluto and Planet X . ... Dr. Green will talk about "New Discoveries in the Outer Solar System: Ceres, Pluto, and Planet X". ... Beginning in 1992 planetary astronomers began to find Pluto like objects beyond the orbit of Neptune showing us that Pluto was a member of an entirely new family of objects we now call the Kuiper Belt. ... Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton, Inc., ...
11. The Wind Spacecraft
... It was designed to observe the solar wind approaching Earth, from a position near the Lagrangian point L1, and it is part of the International Solar-Terrestrial Physics (ISTP) Initiative . ... The original plan called for "Wind" to approach its final station over two years, undergoing two close encounters with the Moon to boost its speed. ... If however the object is moving , the encounter is not symmetric, and in the end the spacecraft may have gained or lost speed, depending on its trajectory. ...
12. The Wind Spacecraft
... It was designed to observe the solar wind approaching Earth, from a position near the Lagrangian point L1, and it is part of the International Solar-Terrestrial Physics (ISTP) Initiative . ... The original plan called for "Wind" to approach its final station over two years, undergoing two close encounters with the Moon to boost its speed. ... If however the object is moving , the encounter is not symmetric, and in the end the spacecraft may have gained or lost speed, depending on its trajectory. ...
13. http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1144/kids/
... Although they all formed from similar material, it is a mystery why the planets closest to the Sun Mercury, Venus and Earth are so different. Astronomers hope to learn more about how they were created by studying asteroids, which are pieces of rock that were surplus to requirements in planet building. A team of astronomers has been observing an asteroid called Lutetia that is 100 kilometres wide. ... Meteorites are much smaller than asteroids and range in size from marbles to basketballs.) ...
14. Astrophysics Group Research and Instrumentation
... Search . ... Astrophysics Group . Research . ... Research and Instrumentation . ... While this seems an extraordinary endeavour, in light of what we have learnt about Solar System planets, only a handful of key ingredients are required to start characterising an exoplanet. ... The NGTS project is a partnership between the University of Cambridge, Queen?s University Belfast, University of Warwick, University of Leicester, Observatoire de Geneve, DLR (Berlin) and Universidad Catolica de Chile. ...
15. Evolutionary Paths in Galaxy Morphology
... ATNF Home . About ATNF . ... About ATNF overview . ... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Australia Telescope User Committee . ... Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory . ... Parkes radio telescope . Australia Telescope Compact Array . Mopra radio telescope . ... Australia Telescope Online Archive (ATOA) . ... Parkes | ... Australia Telescope 20GHz Survey . ... Visiting Parkes radio telescope . Visiting Australia Telescope Compact Array . ... Parkes radio telescope webcam . ...
16. Extra-solar planets
... The study of extra solar planets will be one of the most important areas of research in astronomy in this century. ... The first planets outside the solar system were found in 1992 around the millisecond pulsar PSR B1257+12 by Alex Wolszczan at the Arecibo Observatory . ... Three space missions based on this principle (MOST, COROT and Kepler ) have already been launched or approved, and have the last one at least has the potential to find Earth-sized planets. ... SIM ( NASA ) is one of such missions...
17. XWare > APOD
... The last decade saw the profound discovery of many worlds beyond our solar system, but none analogs of our home planet Earth. ... Spacecraft NEAR Shoemaker in orbit around asteroid 433 Eros found out earlier this month when it recorded its first fly-over sequence. ... Venus Once Molten Surface . ... If you could look at Venus with radar eyes - this is what you might see. ... The Lunar Orbiter 1 spacecraft was launched in 1966 to map the lunar surface in preparation for the Apollo moon landings. ...
18. APOD: 2009 April 4 - Star Party on Planet Earth
... 2009 April 4 . Star Party on Planet Earth . ... Explanation: As twilight sweeps around planet Earth tonight (April 4), many amateur astronomers will set up their telescopes for a 24-hour global star party. The planetwide star party is part of 100 Hours of Astronomy (100HA) , a project of the International Year of Astronomy 2009. ... About APOD | ... NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply . NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices . A service of: ASD at NASA / GSFC . ...
19. Philip Lah's Research
PhD Thesis (PDF) . ... The evolution of stars and gas in galaxies. Observing the atomic neutral hydrogen (HI) 21 cm emission and radio continuum emission of galaxies. ... The goal of research is to quantify the neutral atomic hydrogen (HI) gas content galaxies as they evolve with time. ... Neutral atomic hydrogen gas produces a radio signal that can be used to directly measure the amount of gas present. ... USyd Summer Research Scholarship Report (PDF) . ... Research Topic Write Up (PDF) . ...
20. High Energy Astrophysics
... CfA Home . HCO Home . SAO Home . ... Welcome to CfA . CfA History . ... Laboratory Astrophysics . Extreme Astrophysics . ... 617) 495-7210 . ... 617) 495-7044 . ... 617) 495-7265 . ... HEA Research . ... HEA Home Page . CFA/HEA Home Page . ... High Energy Astrophysics Division (HEAD) . Chandra X-ray Center . ... Chandra Cluster Cosmology Project . Chandra Multiwavelength Project (ChaMP) . ... Chandra-Planck Clusters Project . ... CfA Virtual Observatory Project . ...