... Armagh Planetarium . ... Universe . ... Posted on March 13, 2015 | No Comments In association with BBC Stargazing Live 2015 and the Northern Ireland Amateur Astronomical Society (NIAAS) Armagh Planetarium is opening its doors for a free open evening on Tuesday 24th of [ ] . Continue Reading.. ... 2 Comments At the planetarium it is often stated that every time you look into the sky you are doing astronomy, it has become a slight mantra that we chant to encourage [ ] . ... Newer Entries . ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... Pictured above are not aurora but nearby light pillars, a local phenomenon that can appear as a distant one. ... Big, beautiful spiral galaxy M101 is one of the last entries in Charles Messier's famous catalog, but definitely not one of the least. ... The Flaming Star Nebula from CFHT . ... Inside the Eagle Nebula . ... A closer look at the Eagle Nebula, however, shows the bright region is actually a window into the center of a larger dark shell of dust. ...

... 2016 February 19 . NGC 2403 in Camelopardalis . ... Explanation: Magnificent island universe NGC 2403 stands within the boundaries of the long-necked constellation Camelopardalis . ... A member of the M81 group of galaxies, NGC 2403 closely resembles another galaxy with an abundance of star forming regions that lies within our own local galaxy group, M33 the Triangulum Galaxy . ... About APOD | ... NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply . ... A service of: ASD at NASA / GSFC . ...

... December 30, 1998 . Supernova 1994D and the Unexpected Universe . Credit: High-Z Supernova Search Team , HST , NASA . Explanation: Far away, long ago, a star exploded. ... Supernova 1994D was not of interest for how different it was, but rather for how similar it was to other supernovae . ... The large number and great distances to supernovae measured in 1998 have been interpreted as indicating that we live in a previously unexpected universe . ... About APOD > . ... NASA Technical Rep.: ...

... The expansion is measured as a number called the Hubble Constant . ... Our value is about 20% lower than the one got with the Hubble Space Telescope in 1994," said Dr Jim Lovell, leader of the team that made the measurement. The Hubble Constant is named after American astronomer Edwin Hubble, who in the 1920s found that other galaxies were moving away from ours. ... The Hubble Constant links the galaxy's distance with its speed." ... A short run-down on the Hubble Constant: . ...

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Lectures . ... Home Lectures Lecture Series 2010-2011 Lecture Series 2010-2011 ? The History of the Universe in One Hour? by Max Tegmark . ... Lecture Series 2010-2011 . ... Beyond New York City . ... Observing Resources for Amateur Astronomers - Part 1: Beginning Observers . ... A History of the First Forty Years of the Amateur Astronomers Association . ... Amateur Astronomers Medal . ... 2016 Amateur Astronomers Association of New York Designed by Press Customizr Powered by . ...

... It s because some sunlight bounced off the Earth and dimly lit the side of the Moon that is facing away from the Sun. ... Recently, astronomers used earthshine to help in the search for aliens. Signs of life can be found in the quantities of particular gases in a planet s atmosphere, such as oxygen, ozone, methane and carbon dioxide. And astronomers can work out what gases are in a planet s atmosphere by studying the light that bounces off them their planetshine . ...

... The Galway Astronomy Club are pleased to announce details of their upcoming Astronomy Festival to take place at the 4* Westwood House Hotel from Friday February 12th to Saturday February 13th 2010. The event will be styled in the same manner as this year (which worked very well) and will have ten different speakers. ... Dr Aaron Golden NUI Galway: тАЬHas Earth Contaminated the Solar System? тАУ the Case for Life on MarsтАЭ . ... International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node . ...

... The HDF Project. ... How to obtain the data catalogs. Observing logs and ancillary information. Technical information on the data reduction pipeline. Technical information on image registration and combination. Technical information on source detection and photometry. HDF Clearinghouse -- followup observations and analysis. ... Hubble Deep Field Academy -- Educational Resource for Middle School students . Hubble Deep Field South The Space Telescope Science Institute home page . ...

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The 6th INTEGRAL Workshop . The Obscured Universe . ... July 2-8, 2006 . Workshop Information: . ... Proceedings . ... To provide timely publication authors should submit manuscripts of their papers to the LOC by 15 September 2006 at the latest . All papers should be written in English, be prepared in a special two-column format and not be longer than: 12 pages for invited (40 min) reviews, . ... Please use the special MS Word and Latex template files and Latex style file. ...

... The HI - Star Formation Connection . ... Coffee . ... Dark Galaxies and Dark Matter . ... HI in Normal Galaxies . HI and Galaxy Evolution over Cosmic Time . ... How Galaxies Accrete Gas . ... The Billion Galaxy Survey . ... Searches for Dark Galaxies . ... Evidence for Dark Matter in Galaxies . HI in Galaxies: Overview . ... Open Questions in Normal Galaxies . ... Starburst galaxies and BCDs . ... HI Rich Galaxies . ... Open Questions in HI and Galaxy Evolution . HI and Galaxy Evolution . ...

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The Big Bang was not an explosion from a single point, with a center and an edge. ... Each dot represents a "galaxy". Two of the galaxies have a ring of red photons moving out from them. Most of the photons are cosmic microwave background photons that were present since the Big Bang but which have been traveling freely only since 0.0003 Gyr after the Big Bang. ... However, all parts of the Universe started with CMBR photons, not just the two green galaxies. ... FAQ | ...

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