... Galileo Probe . The Galileo spacecraft was designed to study Jupiter's atmosphere, satellites, and surrounding magnetosphere for two years. ... From there, Galileo will spend more than five years traveling to Jupiter, where it will become the first spacecraft to make direct measurements from an instrumented probe within Jupiter's atmosphere. ... This image, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, shows the predicted site at which the Galileo Probe will enter Jupiter's atmosphere on December 7, 1995. ...

... 2000 December 19 . A Close-Up of Aurora on Jupiter . ... Explanation: Jupiter has aurorae . ... Electric force attracts these electrons back. ... Unlike Earth's aurorae , Jupiter's aurorae include several bright streaks and dots . These marks are caused by magnetic flux tubes connecting Jupiter to its largest moons . Specifically, Io caused the bright streak on the far left, Ganymede caused the bright dot below center, and Europa caused the dot to its right. ... About APOD | ...

... Moonset, Planet Earth . ... During the Astro-1 astronomy mission of December, 1990, Space Shuttle astronauts photographed this stunning view of the full moon rising above the Earth's limb. ... Close To Eros . ... This long mosaic was constructed of images returned yesterday by the NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft as it orbited to within 6.4 kilometers of a spot in the southern hemisphere of the rotating asteroid's surface. ... The Nebula And The Neutron Star . ... Wild Duck Open Cluster M11 . ... December ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. December 17, 1996 . Mariner's Mercury . ... Explanation: Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun, remains the most mysterious of the Solar System's inner planets. ... The only spacecraft to explore Mercury close-up was Mariner 10 which executed 3 flybys of Mercury in 1974 and 1975, surveying approximately 45 percent of its surface. ...

... IAA New Year Party: Saturday 3 January 2009 . ... It's life Jim, but not as we know it - Tuesday 2 December 2008 . Astronomy Ireland's Christmas lecture this year, 'Living in the Sun's Atmosphere' will be given on Monday 8 December by Dr. Lucie Green of Mullard Space Science Laboratory. ... Wednesday, 3 December 2008 21:47 . International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node . ...

... I fixed the bugs that caused the map_point changes to fail tests. Then I removed the no longer needed dimensional variables from the p structure and got those changes to pass all the tests. ... I put the code under subversion control in a new branch called refactor. ... The code change which processes each drizzle kernel over an entire image rather than a line at a time now passes the unit tests and was checked in. ... I got the keywords argument changes done and got the tests to pass. ...

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Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Space Flight . Human Exploration . ... December . ... Posted on December 3, 2015 | No Comments WhatтАЩs that we hear? ... Continue Reading.. Posted on December 5, 2014 | 4 Comments The December skies mark my favourite time of the year for stargazing. ... Posted on December 6, 2013 | ... Posted on December 14, 2010 | ... Here you will find the latest news and views from the fascinating worlds of astronomy and space exploration. ...

... The European HST Archive has been moved to ESA's European Space Astronomy Centre ( ESAC ), Spain, where most of ESA's Space Science Archives are located and operated from. ... The Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility (ST-ECF), jointly operated by ESA and the European Southern Observatory ( ESO ) was, until the end of 2010, the European HST science facility, supporting the European astronomy community in exploiting the research opportunities provided by the Hubble Space Telescope. ...

... 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. ...

... SPECIAL HONORS: Eagle Scout; Sam Houston Area Council 1976 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award ; Presidential Medal for Freedom, 1970; NASA Distinguished Service Medal; two Navy Distinguished Flying Crosses; 1967 FAI De Laval and Gold Space Medals (Athens, Greece); the American Academy of Achievement Golden Plate Award ; City of New York Gold Medal in 1969 ; City of Houston Medal for Valor in 1969 ; the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences special Trustees ...

... The 2 nd Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad will held in Vladivostok, Far East part of Russian Federation on December 4-11, 2006, just the same dates as the 1 st APAO took place in 2005. ... Saturday December 2 Possible delegations arrive . ... Main day for delegations arrive . ... Monday December 11 Main day for delegations depart . ... The Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad 2006 - results . ... Dr. Michael G. Gavrilov, Founding Chairman and Coordinator of the Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad (APAO) . ...

... were entered in the atlas. ... In so doing lines were selected which yielded radial velocities close to the symbiotic velocity of MWC 560 (+35 km/s). ... The visible spectrum of MWC 560 is poor in absorption lines especially near the brightness maximum. In our atlas are visible only the blue-shifted components of , , NaI and FeII(42), interstellar lines NaI, a few diffuse interstellar bands (DIB) and telluric lines of and and, at length, traces of the spectra of the M giant. ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... SUN MOON MERCURY VENUS MARS, JUPITER SATURN . Sun . ... Observing . ... An artificial comet holds secrets to Earths life . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... A tough comet survives a close encounter with the Sun . ... Only registered members of Astronomy.com are allowed to comment on this article. ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ...

... Where to eat for 10-15 euros in Moscow: . ... My-My is a self service that you can find anywhere in Moscow, for instance on the Arbat, very close to Poncelet Laboratory. Lioudi kak lioudi ( www.ludikakludi.com ), where you can eat pirogi and drink beer or tea. ... Filial ( www.filialmoscow.com ) is a bar close to Lubianka metro station. ... Glavpivtorg ( www.glavpivtorg.ru ) is a soviet-chic restaurant and bar located close to the Lubianka, where you can eat, drink, listen to live music. ...

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... Sun images . ... December : 2015 . ... Image of Sun's photosphere obtained 09.12.2015 at 23:40 UT with HMI instrument on board SDO spacecraft . ... Image of Sun's magnetic field obtained 09.12.2015 at 23:28 UT with HMI instrument on board SDO spacecraft . ... Image of Sun's transition region obtained 09.12.2015 at 23:39 UT with AIA instrument on board SDO spacecraft . Image of Sun's corona . Image of Sun's corona obtained 09.12.2015 at 23:39 UT with AIA instrument on board SDO spacecraft . ...

Публикации 2012 . ... Note: xyz velocities are ITRF2005; neu are WGS84. http://sopac.ucsd.edu/cgi-bin/refinedModelVelocities.cgi (http://sopac NULL .ucsd NULL .edu/cgi-bin/refinedModelVelocities NULL .cgi) . This entry was posted on Friday, December 7th, 2012 at 9:12 pm and is filed under Uncategorized . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. ... Лаборатория лазерной интерферометрии is proudly powered by WordPress . Entries (RSS) and Comments (RSS) . ...

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... Radiation mechanisms of astrophysical objects: classics today . ... 18 March, 2015 - Registration opens . 2 April, 2015 - Abstract submission opens . 15 August, 2015 - Registration and abstract submission deadline . 27 August, 2015 - Programme available . 21 September, 2015 - Conference opens . 25 September, 2015 - Conference closes . ... Key dates . ... Conference program . Conference poster . Conference venue . Conference proceedings . ...