... October Mars . ... This October, Mars has become a bright, yellowish star in planet Earth's sky as it approaches oppositon, the period when Mars and Earth pass close as they orbit the Sun. How close is Mars? A mere 70 million kilometers or so, close enough to allow Earth-bound astronomers excellent views of the alluring Red Planet. ... Such is the case with N132D, a supernova remnant located in the neighboring Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) galaxy. ... Angular Sand on Martian Hills . ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2004 December 1 . Saturn's Moon Dione from Cassini . Credit: Cassini Imaging Team , SSI , JPL , ESA , NASA . ... Recent and likely future images of this unusual moon by the robot Cassini spacecraft now orbiting Saturn might help us find out. ... The Cassini spacecraft is scheduled to photograph Dione at higher resolution in mid-December. ...

... 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 . ...

... Changed time to 08:00-14:00 (AT, HO, MP, SH, HH) V125a Nov 01 Cancel 3C380 (VLBA, GO) VS07u Nov 03 Changed observing times (KA, HO, HH) V053c3 Nov 05 Changed observing times (VLBA) VS09q Nov 20 Cancel (GB, AR) V019b Nov 25 Changed observing times (AT, HH, MP, UD) V001a Dec 02 Removed AT VS03j Dec 03 Cancel (KA, MP, UD) V029a Dec 10 Changed times (MK, TI, AT, HH, MP) V035a1 Dec 21 Changed stop time (VLBA, GO, RO) Modified on Sep 26: Most changes are related to VSOP survey source additions. ...

... Armagh Planetarium . ... Universe . ... Posted on October 10, 2011 | ... Continue Reading.. ... Posted on September 30, 2011 | ... 2 Comments The European Southern Observatory (ESO) is an intergovernmental research organisation for astronomy which is supported by fifteen countries. ... Newer Entries . Hello, IтАЩm Colin, welcoming you to Astronotes, the PlanetariumтАЩs official blog. Here you will find the latest news and views from the fascinating worlds of astronomy and space exploration. ...

Supernova 2009js in NGC 918 . This page is devoted to information on Supernova 2009js in NGC 918 . 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. Discovered independently by Lick Observatory Supernova Search (USA) and Koichi Itagaki (Japan). ... 2009/10/11.44 . 17.2 . ... Joseph Brimacombe . ...

... E-mail: calvi@stsci.edu . ... March-April 2015: ``The Data Scientist Toolbox'' and ``R Programming'' online classes by Johns Hopkins University (JHU). November 2014: PhD in Astronomy, Padova University, Italy. ... Italy. ... September 2013-November 2014: STScI . ... 2009-2012: Classes on "Nebulae Spectroscopy" and "Galaxies in the Universe" during the educational project for high schools "Il cielo come laboratorio" organized by the Department of Physics and Astronomy of Padova University (Italy). ...

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... Since moonshine is really reflected sunlight, the full Moon is on the average slightly brighter in mid-winter, when Earth is closest to the Sun. In addition, the distance of the full Moon also varies, due to the ellipticity ("eccentricity") of the Moon's orbit. On 22 December, 1999, the two effects combined to produce the brightest full Moon of the century. ... This year will be the first full moon to occur on the winter solstice, Dec. 22nd, commonly called the first day of winter. ...

... It's a Meteor Shower Smaller than grains of sand, meteors vaporize in a bright streak of light as they hit Earth's atmosphere. Meteor showers come from comets, but the sporadic meteors on other nights are mostly asteroid bits. ... Meteor Showers Come From Comets Jupiter Earth Sun Comet Mercury Tips: A bright Moon can wash out meteors, making them hard to see. ... But the comet bits hit Earth's atmosphere so fast, the pieces vaporize in bright streaks -- making a meteor shower! ...

... The damage to NIFS has freed up the RSAA instrumentation team to concentrate on the timely delivery of the Gemini South Adaptic Optics Imager (GSAOI). ... GSAOI is the second instrument that ANU is building for Gemini. ... GSAOI Website: http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/gsaoi/ NIFS Website: http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/nifs/ RSAA Website: http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/ Australian Gemini Project Office Website: http://www.ausgo.unsw.edu.au/ Gemini Public Information Website: http://www.gemini.anu.edu.au/public/ . ...

New Moons of Uranus . Brent Gladman's Home Page . ... The discovery of two probable distant satellites of Uranus was reported by B. Gladman, P. Nicholson, J. Burns and J. Kavelaars. ... This discovery was reported in the IAU Circular 6764 . ... Discovery image of S/1997 U 2 . This shows the discovery image of brighter of the two new moons of Uranus. ... This shows the discovery image of faint new moons of Uranus. ... This shows another discovery image of faint new moons of Uranus. ... Uranus . ...

Russian . Main . News . ... Minutes of the Telecon on January 17, 2012. ... News of the RadioAstron mission on the Lavochkin Association site up to September 15, 2011 (in Russian). News of the RadioAstron mission up to September 3, 2011. News of the RadioAstron mission on the Lavochkin Association site (in Russian). News of the RadioAstron mission up to August 18, 2011. ... Second version of the RadioAstron Mission Operations Handbook ( in Russian )is placed on the project site . ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Keep Bad Astronomy close to your heart, and help make me filthy rich. ... When Venus is on the far side of the Sun, we see the entire near side lit by the Sun. ... When it is on the near side of the Sun, it shows a beautiful thin crescent, because it is between us and the Sun and we see the mostly unlit dark half. ... To see this for yourself, draw a circle one centimeter across, then, next to it, draw a circle 6 centimeters across. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

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Physics at the Terascale , December 3-5, 2007 . 2007 IEEE Nuclear Symposium , October 27 - November 3, 2007 . ALCPG Workshop 2007 , October 22-26, 2007 . Second International Accelerator School for Linear Colliders , October 1-10, 2007 . ILC Interaction Region Engineering Design Workshop , September 17-21, 2007 . ... Review of US Program for Detector R for the International Linear Collider (ILC) by the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation , June 19-20, 2007 . ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... SUN MOON MERCURY VENUS MARS, JUPITER SATURN . ... Observing . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Jupiter brightens the December sky . ... The largest planet in the solar system, Jupiter, reaches maximum brightness the night of December 2. ... Only registered members of Astronomy.com are allowed to comment on this article. ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email...

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... Well, there are at least a million times more galaxies in the Universe than there are human beings! ... These newcomers are bigger and brighter than anything else in space, and if that wasn't interesting enough, they also glow bright green! This has led astronomers to name them 'green bean' galaxies (look at the little green bean-like spot in the middle of this space picture). ... We think that they shine so brilliantly because of a black hole at their centre. ...

... STEPS OF ISS ASSEMBLY . ... STEPS OF THE ISS ASSEMBLY All flights 09/30/2009 - up to now 11/15/2008 - 09/30/2009 10/23/2007 - 10/24/2008 12/10/2006 - 10/21/2007 02/28/2005 - 10/26/2006 02/28/2005 - 09/08/2005 04/19/2004 - 02/27/2005 04/26/2003 - 05/24/2004 09/25/2002 - 02/04/2003 04/25/2002 - 09/24/2002 11/26/2001 - 04/15/2002 06/12/2001 - 10/31/2001 02/26/2001 - 05/23/2001 10/12/2000 - 02/20/2001 08/06/2000 - 09/20/2000 07/12/2000 - 07/26/2000 11/20/1998 - 05/29/2000 . ... Station element . ...