Astronomy Picture of the Day . Unusual Plates on Mars . ... What are those unusual plates on Mars? ... The unusual plates were photographed recently by the European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft currently orbiting Mars. ... It is still not known why the Sun's light is missing some colors. ... Saturn s Dragon Storm . ... In one of a series of discoveries announced by Cassini researchers, the Dragon.. ... Oklo: Ancient African Nuclear Reactors . ... Next [ Last page ] . ...

... Armagh Observatory, 5 January 2016: Armagh Observatory reports that December 2015 was much wetter than average, the wettest December on record at Armagh, that is, since records of daily precipitation began at Armagh in 1838. ... The month was slightly duller than average, with 15 of the 31 days having no recorded strong sunshine at all. ... The long-term (1838-2010) average December precipitation at Armagh is 77.44 mm and the most recent 30-year (1981-2010) average precipitation is 77.23 mm. ...

... VLBI Schedule . ... Two different antenna are used for observing at ASKAP - AK07 has an L-band feed permanently installed while AK32 has an X-band feed installed. ... There are 3 main processes run for ASKAP observing. askap_drv is the main telescope control. It itself consists of a terminal based control process and a GUI. askap_drv must be running. VLBI scheduling is run from a process called "vlbi_drv", while the actual recording is via a command line process called px14_record. ...

... 2005 February 28 . Unusual Plates on Mars . ... Mars Express , DLR , ESA . Explanation: What are those unusual plates on Mars? A leading current interpretation holds that they are blocks of ice floating on a recently frozen sea covered by dust. The unusual plates were photographed recently by the European Space Agency 's Mars Express spacecraft currently orbiting Mars . Oddly, the region lies near the Martian equator and not near either of Mars' frozen polar caps . ... About APOD | ...

February 10, 2003 (Monday) Igor Tyukhov, Oregon Solar Radiation Monitoring Laboratory . February 17, 2003 (Monday) Osamu Yasuda, Tokyo Metropolitan University . February 20, 2003 (Thursday) Linear Collider Seminar . ... Fall 2002 . Fall 2001 . ... Fall 2000 . ... 3:00 pm, 472 Willamette Hall . ... The American Linear Collider Physics Group (ALCPG) has initiated a series of monthly seminars intended for a broad audience. ... This is the inaugural seminar. 1:00 pm, 472 Willamette Hall . ...

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... Tonight's Sky . ... Observing . ... Super-TIGER balloon breaks records while collecting data . ... The Super Trans-Iron Galactic Element Recorder (Super-TIGER) balloon launched at 3:45 p.m. EST on December 8, 2012, from the Long Duration Balloon site near McMurdo Station in Antarctica. ... On January 24, The Super-TIGER balloon team broke the record for longest flight by a balloon of its size, flying for 46 days. ... Only registered members of Astronomy.com are allowed to comment on this article. ...

... ESO Science Newsletter December 2015 . 17 Dec 2015 . ... This newsletter is a summary of recent ESO Science Announcement items. Follow the links or visit ESO Science Announcements to read more. ... Read more . ... The allocation of ESO telescope time for Period 97 (1 April БЂ“ 30 September 2016) is expected to be emailed in the week beginning 21 December 2015. ... ESO Workshop, ESO Headquarters, Garching, Germany, 27 June БЂ“ 1 July, 2016 . ... Joint ESO, ALMA, NAOJ, NRAO Workshop. ...

... Date . ... Authors . ... 1.000 . ... Kniazev, Alexei Y.; Grebel, Eva K.; Pustilnik, Simon A.; Pramskij, Alexander G.; Kniazeva, Tamara F.; Prada, Francisco; Harbeck, Daniel . Low Surface Brightness Galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. ... 08/2001 . ... V. The fifth list of 161 galaxies . ... IV (Kniazev+, 2001) . ... Email results to: . ... Return:  Results  Form for manual query . ... Databases queried: Astronomy/Planetary Authors: KNIAZEVA, T Start date: 00/1990 End date: 03/2004 . ...

Supernova 2002fk in NGC 1309 . This page is devoted to information on Supernova 2002fk in NGC 1309 Basic information on this SN, including the last reported brightness, on this Supernova can be found on the main page . Information on the original web pages for many of these images can be found on the updates and links web pages. ... 2002/09/19.848 . ... JM Llapasset image . ... 13.0 . ... Josep M. Bosch . ... Josep M. Bosch image . ... vsnet-campaign-sn 476 ] SN 2002fk in NGC 1309 . ...

... Weidong Li, University of California - Berkeley . ... Abstract . ... Binaries in the Kuiper Belt: Probes of Solar System Formation and Evolution . ... Asteroseismology of Extrasolar Planet Host Stars . ... Hubble Investigation of Asteroid 21 Lutetia in Support of the Rosetta Mission Flyby . ... The present program aims to use the Fine Guidance Sensors on HST to measure the pulsational modes in the star HD 17156, an 8th magnitude G-type subgiant at a distance of ~ 78 parsecs from the Sun. ...

New England observer Lew Gramer, fresh back from his mid-November fish observing and meteor-catching expedition in South Florida, reports that December also promises to be a great month for celestial sky-sparks!" ... Other showers adding to the mix this month include several very minor showers, such as the Chi Orionids (3 Dec), Monocerotids (9 Dec) and Sigma Hydrids (12 Dec), which usually contribute no more than 2 or 3 meteors per hour during even post-midnight observing this month. ...

Discover the cosmos! ... December 6, 1999 . M83: The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy from VLT . ... Explanation: M83 is one of the closest and brightest spiral galaxies on the sky. Visible with binoculars in the constellation of Hydra , majestic spiral arms have prompted its nickname as the Southern Pinwheel. Although discovered 250 years ago, only in this century was it appreciated that M83 was not a gas cloud but a barred spiral galaxy much like our own Milky Way Galaxy . ... About APOD > . ...

... Project page . ... Project workpage . Turbulence in the Multiphase Interstellar Medium . Project I | ... Project highlight | ... Towards simulating turbulence with adaptive meshes . ... A. Kritsuk, P. Padoan, M. Norman . ... A. Kritsuk M. Norman . ... A. Kritsuk, M. Norman, P. Padoan . astro-ph/0411626 | ... P. Padoan, A. Kritsuk, M. Norman, A. Nordlund . ... Introducing Enzo, an AMR Cosmology Application . B. O'Shea, G. Bryan, J. Bordner, M. Norman, T. Abel, R. Harkness, A. Kritsuk . ...

Well Flat Katie really gets around. She recently popped up at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. ... This dish is just an oversized version of the tv satellite dishes that you see on the top of some peoples houses. ... The first picture shows Flat Katie on her way up to the platform. ... The radio waves bounce off the dish (it's down below.. you can't see it here) and then go up into the big round ball (they call it the gregorian dome) just above katie's head. ...

... Outreach . ... I'm a PhD student at the Australian National University's Mt Stromlo observatory and am part of the Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF) graduate program. I study the properties on nearby galaxies and investigate the evolution of the local universe. ... I run the RSAA Student Outreach Group which invites school children to participate in free astronomy outreach evenings. ... Copyright 2007 Emma Kirby. ... All Photos were taken by Emma Kirby unless otherwise stated. ...

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Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Space Flight . ... April . ... Posted on July 30, 2012 | 23 Comments Unidentified Flying Objects seem to be here to stay. ... Continue Reading.. ... Posted on May 3, 2012 | ... Posted on April 19, 2012 | ... Posted on March 29, 2012 | 3 Comments The month of April is fantastic month for stargazing and for astronomy in general with numerous dates to mark in your calendar. €аFrom Earth Day celebrated on 22 April, in [ ] . ...