Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Monthly Sky Notes . ... Posted on January 30, 2012 | 1 Comment If you look towards the west just after sunset this February you will see a very bright star in the darkening sky. ... Continue Reading.. ... No Comments It?s BBC Stargazing Live month, so even more of us will be looking skyward this January. ... Posted on December 5, 2011 | 4 Comments Which is the brightest star in the sky (apart from the Sun)? ... Posted on November 17, 2011 | ...

... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... Click for more . ... Binary Star KL Dra . ... Pleasant March: slightly drier, milder and sunnier than average . 2016 April 7th . Cool, damp February with average sunshine; wettest winter for 139 years . 2016 March 16th . Discovering the stars at Armagh: Free St Patrick s day events hosted by Armagh Observatory . 2016 March 15th . ... Mild, wet January, slightly duller than average . ... 2016 January 15th . ...

... Henrietta Leavitt Calibrates the Stars . ... X Ray Moon . ... This x-ray image of the Moon was made by the orbiting ROSAT (R ntgensatellit) Observatory in 1990. ... SOHO, the space-based SOlar and Heliospheric Observatory, has become by far the reigning champion facility for discovering comets, its total having recently reached 200. ... Full Throttle For Deep Space 1 . ... The bright stars above are well known as heart of the Trapezium, an open cluster of stars in the center of the Orion Nebula. ...

... February 19, 1996 . Periodic Comet Swift-Tuttle . ... Explanation: Comet Swift-Tuttle , shown above in false color, is the largest object known to make repeated passes near the Earth . It is also one of the oldest known periodic comets with sightings spanning two millennia. ... Comet Swift-Tuttle is expected to make an impressive pass near the earth in the year 2126, possibly similar to Comet Hyakutake this year or Comet Hale-Bopp next year. ... About APOD | ...

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