... A New Year s Crescent . ... That's not the young crescent Moon poised above the western horizon at sunset. Instead it's Venus in a crescent phase, captured with a long telephoto lens from Quebec City, Canada, planet Earth on a chilly December 30th evening. ... It is visible as the dark indentation to the red emission nebula in the center of the above photograph. The horse-head feature is dark because it is really an opaque dust cloud that lies in front of the bright red emission nebula. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Armagh Planetarium . Colin Johnston . ... Space Flight . ... Science Fiction . ... November . ... Most witnesses seem to be in Northern Ireland but it was seem from Scotland and Letterkenny and Longford in the Republic of Ireland too.€а The fireball was captured on video by a local station of the UK Meteor Observation Network . ... Here you will find the latest news and views from the fascinating worlds of astronomy and space exploration. ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2011 December 1 . Young Moon Meets Evening Star . ... Explanation: Now appearing as planet Earth's evening star, brilliant Venus shines in western skies at twilight. ... Not visible in the frame, fleeting planet Mercury has fallen from evening skies , sinking deeper into the sunset glow below the young crescent Moon. ... About APOD | ...

The 4 th Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad (November-December 2008) : . ... Only students did not participated at the IAO-2008 may participate in the APAO-2008 (that is a student may participate in the 13 th IAO or in the 4 th APAO but not in both of these Olympiads). For the 4 th APAO the (age) group of participants to be analogous to IAO groups, rules 4.5.2-4. to be used, i.e.: . ... Dr. Michael G. Gavrilov, Founding Chairman and Coordinator of the Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad (APAO) . ...

1 December 2001 . Armagh Observatory reports that last month was exceptionally dry, mild and dull compared to a normal November. ... Last month was the driest November at Armagh since 1989 (25.1mm). The average temperature for the month was 8.2 degrees Celsius, almost 2 degrees above the November average of 6.3 degrees. ... Only 35.6 hours of sunshine were recorded compared with the average of 57 hours. This makes last month the dullest November since 1983 when there were just 27.5 hours. ...

home publications > mercury . SEARCH ASP SITE: Match ALL words Match ANY word . ... Publications of the ASP (PASP) . ... Astronomy Beat . ... Mercury Magazine Contents . ... November/December 1999 . ... Unveiling Black Holes in a Supernova Cauldron , Shmuel Balberg, Monica Colpi, Stuart L. Shapiro, and Luca Zampieri . In the next year, observations of a distant, newly discovered supernova may provide us an opportunity to identify a black hole in the debris of such a stellar explosion. ...

... Main . ... Pulsar Emission Mechanisms . ... Distinguished Visitor . PPTA algorithm development . ... Flux variations of PPTA pulsars . Carolyn Raithel (Carleton College) . ... Pulsar Wind Nebluae . ... Nov 1, 2010 - Jan 31, 2011 . ... June 23 - Aug 9, 2010 . ... Dec 8 - 17, 2009 . ... Dec 13 - 23, 2006 . ... Dec 3, 2006 - Jan 5, 2007 . ... Aug 10 - Dec 7, 2006 . ... June 29, 2006 - June 15, 2007 . ... May 15 - June 26, 2006 . ... Dec 31, 2005 - Feb 1, 2006 . ... Group . ... Pulsar Groups . ...

... Geomagnetic activity forecast . ... November : 2015 . ... From 25 November 2015 to 21 December 2015 the following magnetic storms and disturbances are expected: . December 06, 2015 geomagnetic disturbances . December 01, 2015 geomagnetic storm of level G1 (minor) . November 30, 2015 geomagnetic disturbances . ... December 21, 2015 geomagnetic storm of level G2 (moderate) . ... December 16, 2015 geomagnetic storm of level G1 (minor) 25 November 2015 - 21 December 2015 . 24.11.2015 . ...

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... Outreach . ... I'm a PhD student at the Australian National University's Mt Stromlo observatory and am part of the Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF) graduate program. I study the properties on nearby galaxies and investigate the evolution of the local universe. ... I run the RSAA Student Outreach Group which invites school children to participate in free astronomy outreach evenings. ... Copyright 2007 Emma Kirby. ... All Photos were taken by Emma Kirby unless otherwise stated. ...

... Harald Ebeling, University of Hawaii . A Snapshot Survey of The Most Massive Clusters of Galaxies . Abstract . ... Stephan McCandliss, The Johns Hopkins University . ... HST Imaging of UV emission in Quiescent Early-type Galaxies . ... Distances to Eclipsing M Dwarf Binaries . ... SL2S: The Strong Lensing Legacy Survey . ... Hubble Investigation of Asteroid 21 Lutetia in Support of the Rosetta Mission Flyby . ... GO 11289: SL2S - The Strong Lensing Legacy Survey . ... Past weeks: . ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2000 November 8 . October Skylights . ... Explanation: With brilliant Venus above the western horizon at sunset and Jupiter and Saturn high in the east by early evening, November's night sky is filled with bright planets. October's sky featured bright planets as well and, triggered by the active Sun, some lovely auroral displays . ...

... Title page . ... What's new . ... New page for global change started. ... New page for heliosphere (incl. heliopause and helio-sheath) started. ... New pages about ring current and coronal mass ejections created. ... I created a new Content page, as both the alphabetic page listing and (especially) the "index" listing were getting seriously out of my hands. ... Page for sunspots was created. ... New page for geomagnetic activity written, and another one for 1.3 year periodicity of the sun started. ...

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BaBar Collaboration Meeting , December 6-10, 2004 . ... APS April Meeting 2004 , May 1-4, 2004 . ... Workshops in Particle Physics , February 29 - March 6, 2004 . ... Aspen 2004 Winter Conference on Particle Physics , February 1-7, 2004 . ... Exp Talks - Prior Years . ... Energy Spectrometer Designs and Beam Tests , Eric Torrence . ... Recent Results from the LIGO Experiment, Isabel Leonor . ... Experimental Introduction , Ray Frey . ... CCD R at Oregon University , Nick Sinev, Olya Igonkina . ...

... Modern aspects of statistical physics and its applications. The seminar welcomes survey talks by senior researchers for the student audience and, more importantly, talks by students of undergraduate and graduate level on their research in progress. ... Olga STETIUKHINA, MSU Math. ... Anna BODROVA, MSU Physics Dept : Size distribution of particles in the rings of Saturn . ... Misha TAMM, MSU Physics Dept : A queue model (continued) . ... Misha TAMM, MSU Physics Dept : A queue model . ...

... November 26, 2001 at 21:24:12 Moscow time the Progress M1-7 transport cargo vehicle with Colibri microsatellite (MS) accommodated in the payload compartment was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome to the near-earth orbit in compliance with the International Space Station (ISS) flight program. ... According to the ballistic analysis made by S.P. Korolev RSC Energia specialists, MS will make an atmospheric re-entry and be destroyed on 3-4 May 2002. ... Official WEB-site of S.P.Korolev RSC Energia . ...

... The Cross-Quarter Days thus mark the middle of each season under our current system, or seasonal boundaries under the alternative system. ... Beltane / Bealtaine - Celtic bonfire festival May 4-7 2nd Cross-Quarter Day May 5 - Cinco de Mayo (Mexico) May 2nd Sunday - Mother's Day May last Monday - Memorial Day ( Decoration Day , officially May 30) June 14 - Flag Day June 3rd Sunday - Father's Day June 20-22 2nd Quarter Day - Summer Solstice June 21 - Litha (Norse/Anglo-Saxon for ...

. December 10,1998 - Laminar flow units were integrated to the clean tent at IKI test area. November 15,1998 - Integration of the Clean tent at IKI test area is finished. September 25,1998 - the clean tent laminar flow units (fLeicester University, UK) are put at IKI test room. August 28,1998 - the clean tent supporting structure is assembled . August 6, 1998 - integration of the bottom level of the clean tent supporting structure . Last updated Nov. 16, 1998 by V.Arefiev, gita@hea.iki.rssi.ru .

... It was designed to observe the solar wind approaching Earth, from a position near the Lagrangian point L1, and it is part of the International Solar-Terrestrial Physics (ISTP) Initiative . ... The original plan called for "Wind" to approach its final station over two years, undergoing two close encounters with the Moon to boost its speed. ... If however the object is moving , the encounter is not symmetric, and in the end the spacecraft may have gained or lost speed, depending on its trajectory. ...