Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Planets . ... Exoplanets . ... Space Flight . ... Science Fiction . ... August . ... By admin August 18, 2011 Posted in: August . Artist's impressions of Kepler and the light curve of transiting planet (Image credit: NASA) . ... In 1995 we knew of only nine planets (including Pluto, how times change), but in that year the first of the extra-solar planets or exoplanets was confirmed. ... Another is one of the most Earth-like worlds yet discovered . ...

... 2010 August 18 . Crescent Moon and Planets Over Portugal . ... Explanation: Sometimes, it's fun to share the sky. Although it might appear that the two sky enthusiasts on the ridge are sharing only a crescent moon between them, three bright planets also stand before them. ... Fortunately, this evening sky was not unique to Almada , Portugal last Thursday, but visible to sky enthusiasts the world over last week. ... About APOD | ... NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply . ...

... ESA , NASA Explanation: The bright clusters and nebulae of planet Earth's night sky are often named for flowers or insects , and NGC 6302 is no exception. With an estimated surface temperature of about 250,000 degrees C, the central star of this particular planetary nebula is exceptionally hot though -- shinning brightly in ultraviolet light but hidden from direct view by a dense torus of dust. ... Publications with keywords: planetary nebula - emission nebula . ... Emission Nebula IC 1396 . ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . ... Observing . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... Bright planets meet at dusk . ... Astronomy magazine subscribers can read the full article for free. ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter....

... 2000 August 30 . The Brown Dwarfs of Orion's Trapezium . ... NICMOS IDT , NASA . ... Explanation: The bright stars above are well known as heart of the Trapezium , an open cluster of stars in the center of the Orion Nebula . ... Although many more brown dwarfs than hot stars have now been found in Orion, their very low masses make them inadequate to compose much of the dark matter expected in galaxies and the Universe . ... About APOD | ... NASA Technical Rep.: ...

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... The Pleiades star cluster, also known as the Seven Sisters and Messier 45, is a conspicuous object in the night sky with a prominent place in ancient mythology . ... The stars in the Pleiades are thought to have formed together around 100 million years ago, making them 1/50th the age of our sun, and they lie some 130 parsecs (425 light years ) away. ... Data for these stars are listed in a table below. ... Yes . ... WEBDA Pleiades cluster data . ... M45: The Pleiades Star Cluster (2007 November 18) ...

... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . Armagh Observatory, 11th August 2015: Astronomers at the 29th International Astronomical Union General Assembly in Honolulu, Hawaii, have announced the discovery of the tenth transiting тАЬcircumbinaryтАЭ planet, a result that brings the number of such known planets into double digits. A circumbinary planet orbits two stars, and like the fictional planet тАЬTatooineтАЭ from Star Wars, the planet has two suns in its sky. ...

... Below is a preliminary schedule for the meeting "Planets Beyond the Solar System and the Next Generation of Space Missions," to be held at STScI in Baltimore on October 16, 17, and 18, 1996. ... A workshop to bring together scientists searching for extrasolar planets with those planning a new generation of space instrumentation. ... New programs for the detection and study of planets (interferometry, photometry, microlensing) . ... K. Sahu, STScI: Detecting planets with microlensing . ...

M57 is another famous and often photographed object. It is also known as the Ring Nebula. ... Of course, they have nothing to do with planets but rather represent late stages in the evolution of low mass stars in which a double shell source (Hydrogen and Helium Burning) around a non-fusing Carbon core is driving the outer layes of the star away, thus revealing a hotter star (the central star of the Planetary nebula). ... Here we present 3 images: 1. Normal black and white image 2. ...

... In August 1989, as Voyager 2 approached the planet Neptune, I was not quite eight. ... Voyager 2 was twelve that year, racing near 65,000 kilometers an hour toward the blue planet for its last star-studded planetary encounter, "the last picture show" as scientists called it. ... John Belcher, principal investigator for Voyager's plasma science experiment at the time, recalled the moment he found out when the last picture show would take place. ...

The New Solar System, 3rd Edition, Beatty and Chaikin Eds. Stardust to Planets, Harry Y. McSween, Jr. ... The Planets" opus 32 by Gustav Holst (1874-1934) performed by Andr Previn and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Telarc CD-80133 Many of these are available at The Nine Planets Bookstore . ... Calvin J. Hamilton , the author of Views of The Solar System , made many of the inline images I use here. ... Ken Edgett, the author of DSN Solar System Menu provided a few more inline images. ... Credits .. ...

... Gallery . ... Mars . Mars through the 40-inch . Sidebar Left . Sidebar Top . No Sidebar . ... Sidebar Right . View full size . Title: Mars through the 40-inch . Description: Mars as viewed from ANU's 40-inch telescope Siding Spring Observatory . Left: 26 July 2003 Right: 27 August 2003 . Note the growth in the apparent size of Mars over just a month. ... Mars through the 40-inch Mars as viewed from ANU's 40-inch telescope Siding Spring Observatory . ...

... Master . ... Zel'dovich asteroid . ... August 29, 2013: Asteroid (11438) Zeldovich discovered 40 years ago . ... Asteroid (11438) has quite an elongated orbit with a period of 3.25 yr and eccentricity 0.19 (twice that of Mars). ... Asteroid will be located in Cancer constellation at the distance of 1.63 AU from Earth and 2.62 AU from the Sun (near the aphelion of its orbit), with the magnitude being 17.0m. Telescopes of MASTER network will definitely observe asteroid (11438) Zeldovich in early 2014....

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... It sustains all life on Earth and it can be very harmful to stay out in it for too long. To study the Sun, astronomers have built special telescopes to safely view it. ... We call these stars solar twins . ... Studying these rare solar twins allows astronomers to see what our star used to be like, and what it will be like in the future. Not very far from Earth (compared to the huge vastness of space) astronomers have just discovered the oldest solar twin ever! ...

Class 1 Introduction, Background History of Modern Astronomy The Night Sky, Eclipses and the Seasons Kepler's Laws Newtonian Gravity General Relativity Matter and Light Telescopes Class 2 Solar System Characteristics Formation Exosolar Planets Class 3 Stars The Sun Stellar Evolution of Low and High Mass Stars Deaths of Stars Exotic Stars Class 4 Galaxies Galaxy Classification Formation of Galaxies Galactic Evolution ... So far, one planet has been studied by this method. ...