... Armagh Observatory, 24th March 2009: The International Space Station ( ISS ) has recently become the second brightest object in the night sky тАФ even brighter than the planet Venus, and second only to the Moon. Evenings will provide the chance of a spectacular view, if the sky is clear, as for the next few days the orbit of the ISS around the Earth repeatedly takes it over Ireland. ... At its best, it is now the second brightest object in the night sky. ...

... Astronaut Installs Panoramic Space Window . ... Exceptional Rocket Waves Destroy Sun Dog . ... Galaxy Group Hickson 31 . ... Pictured above, several of the dwarf galaxies of in the Hickson Compact Group 31 are seen slowly merging. ... WISE Infrared Andromeda . ... Why is this moon of Saturn so smooth? This past weekend, humanity's Saturn-orbiting Cassini spacecraft passed as close to Saturn's small moon Calypso as it ever has, and imaged the small moon in unprecedented detail. ...

... 2000 December 14 . International Space Station Trail . ... Despite illuminated clouds and bright light from a nearly full moon (lower left), this 5 minute time exposure easily captures the Space Station's trail as it arcs through early evening skies above Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA on December 9 . ... Astrophotographer Doug Murray and colleague report that both Shuttle and Space Station were visible separately and on close inspection of this image they do produce distinct, parallel arcs. ...

... 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....

... Its perihelion would occur on April 1, 1997, at which point the comet would be only 0.92 astronomical units from the Sun, just within the orbit of Earth. ... Taken in April 1993, the photo showed the comet over 13 astronomical units from the Sun, well beyond the orbit of Saturn. ... Hale, as in Comet Hale-Bopp, has written a book, Everybody's Comet (available through the ASP Catalog) and coordinated an Internet project, "Hale-Bopp: Live in the American Classroom." ... Anatomy of a comet. ...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration . ... JOHN E. BLAHA (COLONEL, USAF, RET.) NASA ASTRONAUT (FORMER) . ... EDUCATION: Graduated from Granby High School in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1960; received a bachelor of science in engineering science from the United States Air Force Academy in 1965 and a master of science in astronautical engineering from Purdue University in 1966. ... NASA EXPERIENCE: Selected as an astronaut in May 1980, Blaha has logged 161 days in space on 5 space missions. ...

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... The Russian manned transportation spacecraft Soyuz TMA-14 has docked with the International Space Station (ISS). The spacecraft approached ISS after two days of free flight in low Earth orbit. ... The spacecraft crew transferred to the Russian segment of the ISS. ... Operating at present as a part of the ISS Russian Segment are: cargo module Zarya, Service Module Zvezda, docking compartment/module Pirs, manned spacecraft Soyuz TMA-13 and Soyuz TMA-14, cargo transportation spacecraft Progress M-66. ...

... Home Links International Sidewalk Astronomy Night . ... Saturday night, April 12, 2008, is the 2nd International Sidewalk Astronomy Night.€а We call on all amateur astronomers to take their telescopes and binoculars out for the public to enjoy the wonders of the night sky.€а A first-quarter Moon will be visible, as will the planets Saturn and Mars.€а More information can be found at http://www.sidewalkastronomynight.com /, where you can register so people will know where to find you. ...

In this gallery are many images of Low Surface Brightness Galaxies which have recently been discovered and analyzed. ... The central surface brightness of this galaxy is 24.28 . Malin 2 This galaxy is another huge disk galaxy with a scale length of 15 kpc and a redshift of 15000 km/a. The high surface brightness knot in one of its spiral arms actually has the same color, luminosity and H-alpha equivalent width as the entire Large Magellanic Cloud . ... Truly it is a Low Surface Brightness Galaxy. ...

Text of these problems is available also in other languages : . ... What can one see in the Moon's sky more often - the Sun or the Earth? ... There are about of 250 millions of stars in the elliptical galaxy M32 (a satellite of Andromeda galaxy). ... The masses of Capella's components. ... You are proposed to estimate the masses of Capella's components, using our observational data. ... A galaxy's mass. ... Estimate the mass of FGC 1908 and compare it to the mass of our galaxy. ...

... Telescope concept . ... The Submillimetron Project is dedicated to astronomical studies at the submillimeter and far infrared wavelengths using a cryogenic telescope located on the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS). The Astro Space Center of the Lebedev Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences is responsible for developing the Submillimetron Project. ... Currently, the Astro Space Center is carrying out a pre-Project study under contract with the Russian Space Agency. ...

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... News Latest News News Archive Newsletter Quarterly Status Report . ... Calibration strategy, status and factors limiting success: Chandra . ... Calibration strategy, status and factors limiting success: XMM-Newton . ... Calibration strategy, status and factors limiting success: Swift . ... Calibration strategy, status and factors limiting success: RXTE . ... Calibration strategy, status and factors limiting success: Suzaku . ... Calibration strategy, status and factors limiting success: Integral . ...

astronomy . Astro Courses . ... IYA 2009 . ... Armagh Planetarium is proud to be associated with the International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009) . IYA 2009 is a global year of events celebrating all things associated with the absorbing science that is astronomy. ... IYA 2009 Autumn/Winter events . ... Here at Armagh Planetarium one of our most important objectives is to promote formal and informal science education and there will be activities celebrating IYA 2009 throughout the year. ...

... Educational programs (English) . ... Pre-university education . ... SSAU History . SSAU roadmap . ... Interuniversity Department of Space Research of Samara State Aerospace University named after S. P. Korolev (National Research University) will hold holds the Tenth International Summer Space School Future Space Technologies and Experiments in Space from August 24 to September 6. ... Tags: ssau roadmap international summer space school future space technologies experiments in space nanosatellite . ...

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... Определение высот полярных сияний по базисным снимкам Тикси. ... Береговой эфект в высотах полярных сияний. ... Результаты определения высот полярных сияний в б.Тикси в 1964г. Геомагнетизм . ... Проблемы космической физики (ПКФ), ?5, 1970 . ... ПКФ, ?15, 1980 . Вспышки блеска комет и солнечная корпускулярная активность. ... 1980 . Корпускулярноактивные области Солнца и вспышки блеска комет. ... Вспышки блеска комет. ... О гало льдистых тел, как возможном источнике вспышек блеска комет. ...

... Science User Portal . ... ESO, the European Southern Observatory . ... Travel and Contacts . ... Travel to E-ELT Armazones . ... This video fades between the view of Messier 83 in visible light captured by the Wide Field Imager at ESOтАЩs La Silla Observatory in Chile and the new HAWK-I image taken in the infrared. In the infrared, the dust that obscures many stars becomes nearly transparent, making the spiral arms less dramatic but revealing a whole host of new stars that are otherwise invisible. ...