... Estimates made from distance, brightness and standard solar models had given one star in the open cluster Pismis 24 over 200 times the mass of our Sun, nearly making it the record holder. ... A dark Sun hung over Queensland, Australia on Wednesday morning during a much anticipated total solar eclipse. ... As the Moon moves to completely cover the Sun in a total solar eclipse -- like the one set to occur over parts of Australia on Tuesday -- beads of bright sunlight stream around the edge of the Moon...

ECLIPSES, TRANSITS OF MERCURY AND VENUS . Year 1999 . Year 2000 . Year 2001 . Year 2002 . Year 2003 . Year 2004 . Year 2005 . ... Total solar eclipse . ... Transit of Mercury across the solar disk . ... Total lunar eclipse . ... Partial solar eclipse . ... Partial lunar eclipse . ... Annular solar eclipse . ... Penumbral lunar eclipse . ... big map . ... Transit of Venus across the solar disk . ... Annular-total solar eclipse . ... Non-central annular solar eclipse . ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2012 November 15 . Solar Eclipse over Queensland . Image Credit Copyright : Phil Hart . Explanation: This month's New Moon brought a total solar eclipse to parts of planet Earth on November 13 (UT) . ... About APOD | ... NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply . NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices . ...

TOTAL ECLIPSE EXPEDITION AUSTRALIA NOVEMBER 2012 November 14th next year, will see the most accessible Total Solar Eclipse until August 2017. ... This eclipse being one of the few that crosses an international airport, will be extremely popular,and already most of the major hotels in the area are fully booked. Those thinking of catching this eclipse should act quickly as flights, accommodation and vehicle hire are quite limited in this region. ... Hotel One Tropical Queenslander. ...

... ATNF Home . About ATNF . ... About ATNF overview . ... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Parkes radio telescope . ... Parkes | ... Visiting Parkes radio telescope . ... UBV Photometry of the Massive Eclipsing Binary TT Aur . ... UBV observations of the massive binary system TT Aur were carried out mainly at the Turkish National . ... Keywords: stars: binaries -- stars: mass transfer -- binaries: close -- stars: individual (TT Aurigae) -- photometry: stars -- techniques: miscellaneous . ...

... Resembling a gigantic hubcap in space, a 3,700 light-year-diameter dust disk encircles a 300 million solar-mass black hole in the center of the elliptical galaxy NGC 7052. ... Because the front end of the disk eclipses more stars than the back, it appears darker. ... Despite its size, the disk is 100 times less massive than the black hole. ... The bright spot in the center of the disk is the combined light of stars that have crowded around the black hole due to its strong gravitational pull. ...

... Armagh Planetarium . ... Universe . ... Posted on November 15, 2012 | ... Continue Reading.. ... 3 Comments Audiences flocked to see James CameronтАЩs €аepic movie Avatar, the story of a disabled human who gets a chance to live a new life as a 3m tall blue-skinned humanoid [ ] . ... 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. ...

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... Members . ... There were a good deal of members of the club who traveled halfway around the globe to see this spectacle and combine the opportunity to see a far-off part of the world. Come join us tonight to hear their stories and see some great pictures of their adventures down under. Please join us for a pre-meeting dinner discussion at Changsho, 1712 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA at 6:00pm before the meeting. ... Dec . ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

... Measurement of the MASS detectors parameters with mass program January 24, 2015 [112707] . MASS/DIMM electronics. ... Turbina-core(D): Dimm User Guide. ... N.Shatsky, V.Kornilov, The revision of the MASS/DIMM star catalogue. ... О.Возякова, В.Корнилов, Н.Шатский, Новое программное обеспечение прибора MASS/DIMM. ... V.Kornilov, N.Shatsky, S.Potanin, O.Voziakova, B.Safonov Preliminary results of astroclimate parameters measurements at the Sternberg 2.5m telescope installation site. ...

Large-scale activity in solar eruptive events of October-November 2003 by SOHO/EIT data . ... We analyze large-scale disturbances associated with extremely powerful flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) occurred during two passages across the solar disk of a grandiose complex of three active regions in October–November 2003 using SOHO/EIT imaging data. ... In events repeating with short time intervals, the main dimmings observed show clear homology by their form and location. ...

... In particular, members of the project regularly organize events dedicated to various interesting astronomical phenomena and events - solar and lunar eclipses, transit of Venus, etc. On November 3rd a team of astronomers will venture deep into Turkana National Park, Kenya and attempt to broadcast the magic of a total solar eclipse to the world. ... Solar eclipse . A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, and the Moon fully or partially blocks the Sun from our view. ...

... fran†зais . Deutsch . ... Bringing news from across the Universe to children all around the world . ... But did you know that half these points of light is not one star, but two or more circling around each other! ... Usually, sibling stars are quite far apart taking months, years or even centuries to circle around each other. ... Before long these stars will face a catastrophic end in one of two possible ways: as violent supernovae explosions or as an even more energetic gamma ray burst . ...

INTEGRAL observations of SS433 : new results Anatol Cherepashchuk Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, Russia In collaboration with: Rashid Sunyaev ... Eleonora Antokhina, Nikolai Shakura, Darja Kosenko, Elena Seifina,Sergey Molkov (IKI) 1 Overview · Introduction · · · · Observations Analysis of hard X-ray spectra Analysis of hard X-ray eclipses Discussion and conclusions December 26, 2007 ...

... Australia?s 2002 Total Eclipse of the Sun . ... A total eclipse of the Sun is arguably the most awesome sight in all of nature. Day is suddenly replaced with an eerie twilight and the Sun?s brilliant disk is blocked by the dark Moon. ... This incredible spectacle is visible once every year or two when the Moon?s small dark umbral shadow races across our planet?s surface. The ensuing path of totality is typically about 150 kilometers wide but can stretch halfway around the globe. ...

... 50 Greatest Mysteries . ... Australia: The Great Dreamtime Total Eclipse . Join Astronomy magazine Editor Dave Eicher, Senior Editor Rich Talcott, and MWT Associates on a trip Down Under to watch the November 14, 2012, total solar eclipse. ... Baily's beads from the 2008 total solar eclipse . ... FULL SCREEN . ... Totality with Venus near the eclipsed Sun, Green Island, Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea, 17 miles (27 kilometers) east of Cairns, Australia, 6:40 a.m. local time, November 14, 2012. ...

... Our Sun is part of a huge wheel-shaped collection of stars. ... Astronomers have long suspected it was a very massive black hole, and that every galaxy had such a central mass, created early in the history of the universe. ... However, unless that object happens to be headed directly at the black hole (a relatively small target) it will just swing around and fly away again, like a comet making a pass at the Sun. The velocity acquired in falling towards the black hole also helps it escape. ...

... Sunday , October 6, 2013 Standard quasar-like AGN Standard AGN have: · · · · · Luminous accretion disk (with X-ray corona) Bright line emission (ionised by disk) Dusty obscuring torus (emits in IR/sub-mm) Orientation-dependent observed properties Sometimes, extended radio jets Sunday , October 6, 2013 Another class of AGN Other AGN , exemplified by weak radio ... Sunday, October 6, 2013 Summary · · · · · · Not all AGN follow the "standard" accretion disk picture. ...

The X International Astronomy Olympiad has been held in Beijing (China) on October 25 - November 2, 2005. ... China Beijing . ... Like at VII and VIII IAOs the host team (team of Beijing city) took part in the Olympiad as the 16 th team. ... The 10 th International Astronomy Olympiad has been held successfully in Beijing on October 25 - November 2, 2005. ... J.Zhu (Beijing, X IAO-2005 LOC Chairman), . ... Dr. Michael G. Gavrilov, Founding Chairman of the International Astronomy Olympiad, . ...