... Hale-Bopp and Andromeda . ... Which is closer: the comet or the galaxy? ... In its trek through the inner Solar System, Comet Hale-Bopp has passed nearly in front of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31), seen on the lower left. ... Presently, for denizens of the Earth's northern hemisphere, this bright comet is certainly a lovely and inspiring sight -- visible here crowning the sky above Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy on March 20. ... A comet as bright as Comet Hale-Bopp is very rare indeed. ... The Weather on Mars...

... Planets . ... Earth Satellites . ... The newly discovered ?mega-Earth? ... Its sibling, the lava world Kepler-10b, is in the background (the two planets? proximity is grossly exaggerated) .€а Kepler-10c has a diameter of about 29 000 km, 2.3 times as large as Earth, and weighs 17 times as much. ... The first mega-earth to be discovered is Kepler-10c which orbits a star lying about 560 light years from the Sun in the constellation Draco. ... Astronomers Find a New Type of Planet: The ?Mega-Earth? ...

... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . Armagh Observatory, 11 June 2015: Armagh Observatory reports that the next two weeks will provide an interesting opportunity to observe the brightest planet, Venus, and the largest planet, Jupiter, as they move towards one another in the evening twilight. ... The image shows the sky view towards the West at around 11pm on 20 June 2015. ... Professor Mark E. Bailey, Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG. ...

... 2012 February 29 . Moon and Planets Over Catalonia . ... Explanation: Venus and Jupiter will appear unusually close in the sky over the next month. ... In the above image composite taken late last week from Catalonia , Spain , a bright crescent moon appears to the right of Venus, while Jupiter appears near the top of the image. ... A gallery of conjunction images is visible on the Asterisk -- APOD's discussion board. ... The next Jupiter-Venus conjunction will occur in May 2013. ... About APOD | ...

I was wondering what conditions should be met to have the "darkest" sky .. ... Upon the above publication of the Southern Galactic hemisphere, TunГ Tezel started seeking opportunities to create the Northern counterpart image. ... So, the initial quest of having the darkest possible sky have delivered us these two all-sky images of the two galactic hemispheres as seen from Planet Earth. Zoomable and 'full-screenable' fisheye view of the "darkest sky" Southern Galactic Hemisphere image. ...

... 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....

Finding Himalia, The Fifth Brightest Moon Of Jupiter . Articles | ... Himalia is the only moon other than the Galilean moons of Jupiter that is visible in an amateur size telescope. ... I normally use “The Sky” from Software Bisque for planning my observing sessions and in helping me find objects, but it only has the Galilean moons for Jupiter so I used Red Shift (version 3 at the time) which I also had on my computer. ... www.astronomy.net . ... dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

What's New in Views of the Solar System . ... Mars Icosahedraon Added . ... Rotation Earth Movie . Europa Rotation Movie . ... Color Rotation Tethys Movie . Rotation Tethys Movie . ... Rotating Mars Movie . ... Animation: Io Rotation Movie . ... Rotating Moon Animation . ... Animation of Janus, The Rotating Moon of Saturn . ... Two excellent animations of Mars' moons Phobos and Deimos were added on 9/3/97. ... A high-resolution mosaic image of Phobos , a moon of Mars, was added on 7/8/97. ...

... Jupiter without its Southern Equatorial Belt . The Southern Equatorial Belt (SEB) started to fade during the latter part of 2009 and completely disappeared around May of 2010. It is believed that bright ammonia clouds obscure the dark belt at irregular intervals. The SEB previously vanished in 2007. The belt returned around November 2010. ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

... What's New? Bad Astronomy . ... News . ... Bad Astro Store . ... The Nine Planets . ... Keep Bad Astronomy close to your heart, and help make me filthy rich. ... When two objects in the sky are as close as they can get, we say they have reached appulse . ... Venus and Jupiter are the third and fourth brightest objects in the sky, and this was a particularly close appulse; they got within a quarter of a degree of each other. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ... THE BIRDCAGE: ARCHIVE OF OTHER BAD NEWS ITEMS . ...

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE DAILY REPORT #931 PERIOD COVERED: 0800 EST Daily Status Report as of 198/1200Z. 1.0 ACTIVITIES SCHEDULED AND ACCOMPLISHED: 1.1 Completed FGS 5056 (High Speed Astrometry - A Search for Planetary Companions to Low Mass) The Fine Guidance Sensors were used to make astrometric observations of Bernard's star to look for the presence of a Jupiter sized planet in orbit around the target star from the position perturbations caused by the planet. ... Both observations were received. ...