... In projection, the mosaic view sandwiches the horizons visible in all-sky images taken from the northern hemisphere's Canary Island of La Palma (top) and the south's high Atacama Desert between the two hemispheres of the Milky Way Galaxy. Gale Crater . ... This sharp view from the Thermal Emission Imaging System camera on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter is centered on 154 kilometer (96 mile) wide Gale crater, near the martian equator. ... NGC 6188 and NGC 6164 . ... A Flight of Helios . ... August . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Earth Satellites . ... Sadly C/ 2014 Q2 will probably not be as spectacular a sight as Comet C/ 2011 W3 (Lovejoy), visible near Earth?s horizon in this nighttime image from the International Space Station on 22 December 2011. ... The comet made its closest approach to Earth on 7€а January 2015, at a distance of 72 million km (45 million miles).€а In January the comet will race though the constellations Eridanus, Taurus, Aries and Triangulum. ...

... 2012 December 28 . NGC 6188 and NGC 6164 . ... Massive, young stars of the embedded Ara OB1 association were formed in that region only a few million years ago, sculpting the dark shapes and powering the nebular glow with stellar winds and intense ultraviolet radiation. ... Joining NGC 6188 on this cosmic canvas is rare emission nebula NGC 6164 , also created by one of the region's massive O-type stars. ... Best of APOD 2012: Download a free 2013 APOD Calendar . ... About APOD | ...

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... Main . ... Pulsar Emission Mechanisms . ... Distinguished Visitor . PPTA algorithm development . ... Flux variations of PPTA pulsars . Carolyn Raithel (Carleton College) . ... Pulsar Wind Nebluae . ... Nov 1, 2010 - Jan 31, 2011 . ... June 23 - Aug 9, 2010 . ... Dec 8 - 17, 2009 . ... Dec 13 - 23, 2006 . ... Dec 3, 2006 - Jan 5, 2007 . ... Aug 10 - Dec 7, 2006 . ... June 29, 2006 - June 15, 2007 . ... May 15 - June 26, 2006 . ... Dec 31, 2005 - Feb 1, 2006 . ... Group . ... Pulsar Groups . ...

... August 28, 1998 . Hydrogen Trifid . ... Explanation: Clouds of glowing hydrogen gas mingle with dark dust lanes in the Trifid Nebula , a star forming region in the constellation Sagittarius. In this and other similar emission nebulae , energetic ultraviolet light from an embedded hot young star strips electrons from the surrounding hydrogen atoms . ... It shows those regions with substantial emission from atomic hydrogen . ... Tomorrow's picture: Star Colors . ... About APOD > . ...

... Updated 2008 December 22nd . ... Updated 2008 December 18th . ... Updated 2008 December 17th . ... Updated 2008 December 16th . ... Updated 2008 December 15th . ... Updated 2008 December 10th . ... Updated 2008 December 2nd . ... Some Videos on our Web Sites . ... Cool October . ... Updated 2008 October 31st . ... Updated 2008 October 15th . ... Updated 2008 October 10th . ... Updated 2008 October 9th . ... Updated 2008 October 8th . ... Updated 2008 October 7th . ... Updated 2008 October 2nd . ...

August 26, 2006, . ... The 2 nd Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad to be held in Vladivostok and Ussurijsk (Far East of Russian Federation). Preliminary dates for the 2 nd Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad are December 4-11 (a couple weeks later than the 11 th IAO in Bombay ). ... For the teams which ask for Russian visa - together with the personal data for visas (or before). E-mails for sending the applications . ... The Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad 2006 - last information . ...

Past weeks: . June 25 - July 1, 2007 . July 2 - July 8, 2007 . ... July 30 - August 5, 2007 . ... November 26 - December 2, 2007 . December 3 - December 9, 2007 . ... December 3, 2007 - January 6, 2008 . ... February 25 - March 2, 2008 . March 3 - March 9, 2008 . ... March 31 - April 6, 2008 . April 7 - April 13, 2008 . ... May 5 - May 11, 2008 . ... July 7 - July 13, 2008 . ... December 1 - December 7, 2008 . ... December 29, 2008 - January 4, 2009 . ... March 30 - April 5, 2009 . ...

... 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. ...

... Eclipses of the Moon in 2009 : . In 2009 there are four eclipses of the Moon (tree penumbral eclipses on February 9, July 7, and August 5-6 and a partial eclipse on December 31). ... Moon enters penumbra (P 1 ) . ... Moon leaves penumbra (P 4 ) . ... Eclipse, lunar : . ... It may be total (the Moon passing completely through the Earth's umbra ), partial (the Moon passing partially through the Earth's umbra at maximum eclipse), or penumbral (the Moon passing only through the Earth's penumbra ). ...

BaBar Tau Physics Workshop , December 6-7, 2003 . LIGO Scientific Collaboration Meeting , November 10-13, 2003 . IEEE Conference , October 19-25, 2003 . Vertex 2003 , September 14-19, 2003 . ... The 4th ECFA/DESY Workshop on Physics and Detectors , April 1-4, 2003 . ... Talks 2002 . ... Talks 2001 . ... Talks 2000 . ... Status of Software by U. Oregon: SuspensionMon and GRB Notification , Rauha Rahkola . ... First look at Bhabha Energy Calibration with Beamstrahlung , David Strom . ...

Statistics of sunspot activity . The sunspot indices . ... NGDC's observations . The solar regions . ... Average annual indices . ... August . ... August, 2013 . Visual indices of solar activity by National Geophysical Data Center . ... Average . ...

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012 . GTOPO30 is a global digital elevation model (DEM) with a horizontal grid spacing of 30 arc seconds (approximately 1 kilometer)? (http://eros NULL .usgs NULL .gov/#/Find_Data/Products_and_Data_Available/gtopo30_info) . ... You are currently browsing the Лаборатория лазерной интерферометрии blog archives for August, 2012. ... Наши публикации . ... Публикации за 2010 . Публикации за 2011 . ... Лаборатория лазерной интерферометрии is proudly powered by WordPress . ...

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... It was discovered that it would pass about 0.02 AU (about 3 million miles) from the Earth on 1998 August 11 --- close enough to be observed by the Arecibo Planetary Radar and (at much lower S/N) by the Goldstone Solar System Radar. ... Even at this distance, the Arecibo Planetary Radar can obtain images at up to 7 meter resolution. ... This delay-Doppler image of asteroid 1998 ML14 was taken on UTC 1998 August 15 12:45. ... A higher-resolution image taken on Aug 16. ... The Arecibo Observatory . ...

... 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....