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... Observing . ... Rosetta closes in on Earth . ESA's comet chaser, Rosetta, is on its way to its second close encounter with Earth on November 13. ... This is an artist's rendition of Rosetta's closest approach to Earth during its second swing-by of our planet on November 13 this year. ... The increased energy from this Earth swing-by will help Rosetta cross the asteroid belt for a second time, observe Lutetia, its second target asteroid, and finally rendezvous with comet 67/P Churyumov-Gerasimenko. ...

... Home Observing-Events Transit of Venus by AAA member Tom Haeberle . ... Observing Resources for Amateur Astronomers - Part 1: Beginning Observers . ... A History of the First Forty Years of the Amateur Astronomers Association . ... AAA In the News . ... Published February 14, 2015 at dimensions 3264 2448 in Transit of Venus by AAA member Tom Haeberle . ... 2012 Transit of Venus by AAA member Tom Haeberle . ... 2016 Amateur Astronomers Association of New York Designed by Press Customizr Powered by . ...

... Figure 8: Can you detect the motion of the near-Earth asteroid 2000PH against the background stars during its close approach to Earth around 27 July 2004? ... Down) observed and imaged the unusual near-Earth asteroid 2000PH during its close approach to the Earth around 27 July 2004. The observations were carried out remotely using the new 2m aperture Faulkes telescope situated on the 10,000-foot summit of Haleakala, on the island of Maui in Hawaii. ...

... Science . ... Science Users Information > Science and Technical Meetings > Conferences 2014 > High Resolution 2014 . ... Science Users Information . Observing Facilities . ... Instrumentation Development . Future Facilities and Development . ... Observing with ESO Telescopes . ... Data Handling and Products . ... ESO Data . ... Recent years have seen a huge development in high-resolution astronomical techniques, which are critical to progress in many different areas of astronomy. ...

This is a new popup window - close it when you are done . Submitted by Bernie Volz on 11/23/2014 14:07:24 . ... Sadly, we didn't get the full tour because they were starting the tour with the telescope afternoon test and found that it was not working properly, so telescope operator had to address the issues for that evening's observing. Our National Park Service guide provided lots of good information about the telescope. ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2013 November 30 . Surprising Comet ISON . Image Credit: NASA , ESA , SOHO - Video Editing: Babak Tafreshi ( TWAN ) . ... But ISON surprised observers yesterday as material still traveling along the comet's trajectory became visible and even developed an extensive fan-shaped dust tail. ... About APOD | ... A service of: ASD at NASA / GSFC . ...

ASTEROID 2005 YU55 . Asteroid 2005 YU55 was listed on NASA's "Sentry Risk Page" as having as small (about one in 10 million) chance of hitting the Earth in the next century. We observed this asteroid with the Arecibo Planetary Radar system on April 19-23 2010. ... A very close pass by Earth will take place November 8, 2011. ... Astronomers used the planetary radar system at the Arecibo Observatory radio telescope to spot the asteroid, called 2005 YU55, over four days starting on April 19 . ...

The X International Astronomy Olympiad has been held in Beijing (China) on October 25 - November 2, 2005. ... China Beijing . ... Like at VII and VIII IAOs the host team (team of Beijing city) took part in the Olympiad as the 16 th team. ... The 10 th International Astronomy Olympiad has been held successfully in Beijing on October 25 - November 2, 2005. ... J.Zhu (Beijing, X IAO-2005 LOC Chairman), . ... Dr. Michael G. Gavrilov, Founding Chairman of the International Astronomy Olympiad, . ...

home publications > mercury . ... Astronomy Beat . ... Nearly four centuries ago, Galileo's simple observations of Earth's planetary sibling, Venus, buoyed the proponents of a Copernican universe. ... The Italian astronomer had settled into a new house in Florence and had begun to observe Venus, which in November 1610 would have appeared as an evening star, bright in the western sky after dusk. ... From these two observations, Galileo inferred that Venus must orbit closer to the Sun than does Earth. ...

... Surprising Comet ISON . ... After failing to appear for Sun staring spacecraft at perihelion, its harrowing closest approach to the Sun, sungrazing Comet ISON was presumed lost. ... Sungrazing Comet ISON reached perihelion, its closest approach to the Sun, yesterday, November 28, at 18:45 UT. ... NGC 1999: South of Orion . ... In the above photograph taken on 1997 April 6, Comet Hale-Bopp was imaged from the Indian Cove Campground in the Joshua Tree National Park in California, USA. ... November . ...

... 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. ...

Implementing Portals to the Universe A workshop held at STScI, 25/4/2012 Neill Reid Head, Science Mission Office STUC Meeting 8 November 2012 Research staff at NASA Astronomy Centers: Portals to the Universe NRC study commissioned by NASA in 2007 to "examine current astronomy science centers with respect to their roles and services, to identify lessons learned and best practices, and to consider whether there are optimum sizes or approaches for such centers". ...

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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. ... For additional details and updates, see the home page of the "Wind" mission. Exploration" home page (index) Glossary . ...

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. ...

Positions of the carriage and focus, 2013. ... South . ... South+Flat reflector . ... Focus . ... 910 . ... 890 . March . ... Feed cabin N2. 02/2013: carriage 1131000 - old position; 2861000 - new location (when the adjusting device close to the center). ... found 18.02.2013 . ... 12516 from 7r (19.04) . ... 2863000 carriage . ... Positions of the carriage and focus, 2012. ... beginning of March - 898 mm . ...