... In 1572, Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe recorded the sudden appearance of a bright new star in the constellation Cassiopeia. ... Occasionally, a planet in our Solar System will pass in front of a bright star. ... Two months ago, however, Pluto and its large moon Charon passed in front of a comparatively bright triple star system known as P126. ... A thunderstorm, lightning, a bright star and a bright planet all graced an evening sky for a short while near Bismarck, North Dakota, USA two weeks ago. ...

... 2007 October 11 . Bright Planets, Crescent Moon . ... Explanation: Early risers are currently enjoying the sight of dazzling Venus , near the eastern horizon as the morning star . ... It also includes a crescent Moon and Saturn (lower left). ... Though the Moon has moved on, the tight triangle formed by Venus, Saturn, and Regulus (top), alpha star in the constellation Leo, will continue to look impressive in early morning skies over the next few days. ... About APOD | ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Stars . ... Monthly Sky Notes . ... Posted on January 30, 2012 | 1 Comment If you look towards the west just after sunset this February you will see a very bright star in the darkening sky. ... Continue Reading.. ... Posted on December 5, 2011 | 4 Comments Which is the brightest star in the sky (apart from the Sun)? ... Posted on November 10, 2011 | 19 Comments What was the Star of Bethlehem? ... Posted on October 10, 2011 | ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. March 25, 1999 . March of the Planets . ... Explanation: This March stargazers have been treated to eye-catching formations of bright planets in western evening skies. On March 3rd, looking toward a beautiful sunset from a beach on the Hawaiian isle of Maui, photographer Rick Scott recorded this fleeting, four-planet "hockey stick" array. ...

... One of this year's largest mass ejections from the Sun's atmosphere was recorded last Sunday by TESIS telescopes aboard the CORONAS-PHOTON satellite ( video - wmv 4.3 MB ). ... Over the course of a week, two gigantic solar prominences were simultaneously ejected from the surface of the Sun. ... Earth will not feel the Sun's influence either. ... The TESIS observatory ї TESIS: www.tesis.lebedev.ru . ... One of this year's largest mass ejections from the Sun's atmosphere (movie WMV, 4.3 MB) . ...

Whoever looked up at the sky at dusk on Monday, 1st December was fortunate enough to see one of the most beautiful night-sky views of the year тАУ a massing of planetary bodies in the south-west. The gas giant planet, Jupiter, was nearly in conjunction with bright, тАШevening starтАЩ, Venus, and the Moon. ... The images show, respectively, the telescope and Venus emerging from behind the Moon, after the end of the occultation, while Jupiter is above and to the right. ...

... Общероссийская неделя "Астрономия на тротуаре" - 15-17 апреля . ... Практическая астрономия ? Астрономия и компьютеры (Модераторы: Deimos , Ed_Vazhorov ) ? Venus transit as seen in NYC (previosly recorded) . ... Ответ #20 : 15.06.2004 [08:40:32] ? ... Цитата: SergeyZ от 15.06.2004 [08:40:32] Братцы! ... Последнее редактирование: 15.06.2004 [13:04:40] от Vladimir Nebotov ? ...

... In typical nightly use, the wide field and planetary telescope and cameras record images of favorably placed objects in the sky, including constellations, bright variable stars, nebulae through narrow-band filters, comets, the Moon, and planets. ... Shared Skies telescopes are available for use by students at the University of Louisville and the University of Southern Queensland, and by teachers and students in middle and high schools mentored by faculty at the universities. ...

... 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.. ...

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You Can Make Stellar Images Brighter . Articles | ... A few months ago I wrote an article titled "You Can’t Make Them Brighter". So why am I now writing that you can make them brighter. ... The image of a focused star is actually a small disk called the Airy disk, named after the 19 th century scientist Sir George Airy. ... For a given aperture, a smaller Airy disk means that the light is focused to a smaller disk and is therefore brighter. ... www.astronomy.net . About Astronomy Net | ...

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... Kepler is a mission designed to detect and characterize Earth-sized planets around solar-like stars. The sizes of the planets are determined from the decrease in light from a star that occurs during planetary transits, and the orbital period is determined from the repeatability of the transits. ... These goals are accomplished by continuously and simultaneously monitoring a single field of 140,000 stars for evidence of brightness changes caused by transits of Earth-sized or larger planets. ...

... This glossary is not meant to be an exhaustive list of techno-definitions. ... Is there a term you don't see here? ... Do you know how to pronounce the CONSTELLATIONS , STARS , or the PLANETS and their MOONS ? ... First Law - the orbit of each planet is an ellipse with the sun at a focus . ... LIGHT BUCKET: A common slang term for a large apertures . ... LIGHT POLLUTION: The illumination of the night sky caused by artificial light sources on the ground (streetlights, billboards, etc.) ...

... What's New? Bad Astronomy . ... August 24, 2005 . ... That says Mars will be closer to the Earth on August 27th than it has in 5000 years, and it may be 2267 until it gets this big again? ... Mars won't be closest in August, it won't be as big as the full Moon, and it was actually closer back in 2003. ... It's a near-exact duplicate of an email sent around the internets back in 2003, August 2003 , to be exact, when Mars really did have a close apparition with the Earth. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

... Science User Portal . ... Travel and Contacts . ... Exoplanets . ... TRAnsiting Planets and PlanetesImals Small Telescope . ... This diagram illustrates the relationship between the variations in stellar brightness and velocity, caused by an orbiting exoplanet that transits the disk of its central star. ... Further down, the lightcurve with a brightness (intensity) dip when the planet blocks a small part of the star''s light is shown, and at the bottom the corresponding change in the star''s...

... 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 . ...

. [ Go back to Comet WWW site ] . Andrew A. Martis . martis @ sai.msu.ru .

SN 1999aa - A Third Supernova Discovery . Just 9 weeks after the discovery of SN 1998ey a suspect was found 1" east and 28" north from the centre of NGC 2595 on Feb.11.0166 U.T.. ... Further inspection of 6 images of NGC 2595 taken during Feb. and March 1998 showed no object at the position of the suspect. ... Beijing Astronomical Observatory recorded SN 1999aa on Feb. 11.6 and 12.6 UT, the first obervation being only 14 hours after the discovery. ... Back to Supernova 1999aa in NGC 2595 . ...

... File format . ... The p12mProg is the AO control program for the 12 meter telescope. ... the time from the tick, till when we complete the status read from the device. ... P12M_STAT_BLK struct (read from controller via group read at tick) . ... azimuth master 32bit status word . ... dbl . ... azimuth error read from controller. ... azimuth velocity read back from controller deg/sec . ... elevation position read back from controller. stBlk.elErr_D . ... elevation velocity read back from controller . ...