... 10.12.2001 . Stars, like bees, swarm around the center of bright globular cluster M15. ... But only since 1999 have observers seen elusive optical flashes on the lunar surface - likely explosions resulting from impacting meteoroids. These startling observations were made with modest telescopes and video equipment during the 1999 and 2001 Leonid meteor showers. ... Comet Linear (WM1) Brightens . ... Dueling Auroras . ... Will it be curtains for one of these auroras? ... 1999 2000 . ...

... 2010 November 29 . Dark Belt Reappearing on Jupiter . Credit: NASA's JPL , U. Oxford , UC Berkeley , Gemini Obs. ... Explanation: Why are planet-circling clouds disappearing and reappearing on Jupiter? ... Earlier this year, unexpectedly, Jupiter's dark Southern Equatorial Belt (SEB) disappeared. ... Detailed professional observations revealed that high-flying light-colored ammonia -based clouds formed over the planet-circling dark belt. ... About APOD | ... A service of: ASD at NASA / GSFC . ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Last week's Snack talked about how black holes can affect the environment around them in such a way as to be very bright . ... It's a common misconception that black holes always have matter swirling into them. ... As this matter gets closer and closer to the black hole it piles up and a large, fairly flat disk forms. This is called the accretion disk , because matter from this disk accretes (that is, falls in) on the black hole. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

... The Pleiades star cluster, also known as the Seven Sisters and Messier 45, is a conspicuous object in the night sky with a prominent place in ancient mythology . ... The stars in the Pleiades are thought to have formed together around 100 million years ago, making them 1/50th the age of our sun, and they lie some 130 parsecs (425 light years ) away. ... Data for these stars are listed in a table below. ... Yes . ... WEBDA Pleiades cluster data . ... M45: The Pleiades Star Cluster (2007 November 18) ...

Work has been continuing on the MNRF upgrade since our initial 3-mm single-baseline observations last November (see ATNF News No. ... At the end of September, the 3-mm receivers on antenna 2 became fully functional, and the new 3-element system appears to be performing well. ... The third plot shows the closure phase vs. time for a nine-minute observation on the bright quasar PKS B1921-293, taken with the three-element system on 28 September. ... SiS (5 - 4) emission from IRC+10216. ...

In 2001, Westerbork observations of the disturbed galaxy named VV-29 (alias Arp-188, UGC-10214) showed that there is second smaller galaxy (named VV-29c) that appears behind the western side of the main body of the distorted galaxy. ... The galaxy was featured as the May 2, 2002 Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... When VV-29 had its 15 minutes of fame in May 2002, it appeared under the name "The Tadpole Galaxy," but based on the images above, we will always think of it as "The CHAINSAW"! ...

... 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: . ...

... Dnepr launch record 17 August 2011. Cluster Launch of Dnepr LV 22 August 2013 KOMPSAT-5 Launch 21 November 2013. Dnepr Cluster Mission 2013 19 June 2014. Dnepr Cluster Mission 2014 6 November 2014. ... Mission profile SHM configuration Reliability Dnepr LV Performance Launch Sites . Baikonur Cosmodrome Yasny launch base Downloads . ... Preparations for the Dnepr cluster launch mission that will carry 6 spacecraft on-board are currently under way at Baikonur Cosmodrome. ... Dnepr LV . ...

Crater Gassendi . ... I made this drawing was made on the 26th of november 2001. If you compare this one with the previous drawing of Gassendi (below) the differences are clear. ... This drawing was made on the 28th of september 2001. After nearly a full month without observations I had a one hour gap between the thicker clouds. ... This drawing was made on the 29th of august 2001. ... This drawing was made on the 27th of august 2001. ... This drawing was made on the 25th of august 2001. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... August . ... Posted on December 1, 2011 | No Comments St Patrick?s Academy in Dungannon is hosting a fantastic public event for stargazers this Saturday evening. This local school has its own observatory and astronomy club for the students [ ] . Continue Reading.. Posted on November 17, 2011 | ... Posted on October 10, 2011 | ... Posted on September 29, 2011 | ... Posted on August 18, 2011 | ... Posted on June 21, 2011 | ...

Stellar Clusters are very useful laboratories for empirically studying stellar evolution. ... All cluster stars are at the same distance . All cluster stars have the same physical age . ... CM diagram Young Cluster In this case we see the Main Sequence fully represented. The blue dots represent massive stars with short main sequence lifetimes. ... Thus, identifying the most massive star which is still on the main sequence is an effective means of determining the age of a stellar cluster. ...

Title: A New Model of the Gravitational Lens 0957+561 and a Limit on the Hubble Constant . Authors: Norman A. Grogin , Ramesh Narayan (Harvard Univ.) ... Title: ROSAT/PSPC observation of the distant cluster CL0939+472 . ... Title: Interaction in the Bimodal Galaxy Cluster A3528 . ... Title: Cosmological Implications of Galaxy Cluster Evolution . ... Title: Galaxy Cluster Virial Masses and Omega . ... Matches 201 to 222 from a total of 222 matches for the search pattern galaxy cluster . ...

Astronomy Discussion Forums . Forums: . ... Venus Transit - jhuggins - June 3, 2012 - 19:45 UTC . ... New Theory Of Relativity [Nwobu's Effect] - rayhugh - August 21, 2010 - 16:58 UTC . ... Comet 2003/K4 - jaypa - August 5, 2004 - 02:30 UTC . xt8i - leonard - March 9, 2004 - 07:51 UTC . ... Saturn and others - leonard - November 12, 2003 - 06:39 UTC . ... observations of mars - leonard - August 21, 2003 - 03:09 UTC . ... Hi Thom - leonard - August 21, 2003 - 03:23 UTC . ... www.astronomy.net . ...

The Observatory is hosting, or co-hosting, four public lectures and other events during the autumn period. ... Therefore, if you are planning to attend one of these lectures, please contact the Armagh Observatory as soon as possible in order to obtain tickets. ... Thursday 12 September 2002: . ... Professor Carl Murray , of Queen Mary, University of London, will deliver the 2002 Robinson Lecture on the evening of Friday 22 November, in the Studio Theatre of The Market Place , Armagh. ...

Browse the articles below for new ideas for your classroom. Mercury September/October 2005: Astronomy Education and Public Outreach: Steps and Missteps Toward an Emerging Profession (pdf) . Focus on Education articles as they appeared in Mercury: . ... March/April 2000: . ... Education Newswire articles as they appeared in Mercury, by issue. ... January/February 2000 . November/December 1999 . ... March/April 1999 . ... November/December 1998 . ... November/December 1997 . ...

... ESO Science Newsletter November 2015 . 18 Nov 2015 . ... This newsletter is a summary of recent ESO Science Announcement items. Follow the links or visit ESO Science Announcements to read more. ... An integral part of the commissioning of a new instrument at the VLT is the Science Verification ( SV ) phase. ... Joint ESO, ALMA, NAOJ, NRAO Workshop: . ... Science Operations 2015: Science Data Management . ESO/ESA Workshop, ESO Headquarters, Garching, Germany, 24тАУ27 November 2015 . ...

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Published in the 2 nd announcement . The X Asian-Pacific will be organised on November 24 - December 2 , 2014 . ... Tuesday, November 25 City Irkutsk excursion . ... Thursday, November 27 Listvyanka excursion . ... Friday, November 28 Excursion . ... Sunday, November 30 Excursion . ... LOC e-mail: S Y a z e v [a] g m a i l . ... The official APAO e-mail: a p a o [a] l i s t . ... Dr. Michael G. Gavrilov, Founding Chairman and Coordinator of the Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad (APAO) . ...

... November 12, 1996 . Comet Hale-Bopp Passes M14 . ... Explanation : Comet Hale-Bopp continues its slow trek across the night sky, and can now be seen superposed near the bright globular cluster M14 . Will Comet Hale-Bopp become as bright in early 1997 as Comet Hyakutake did in early 1996? It is still too early to tell. ... Because of the size of coma , some speculate that the nucleus of Hale-Bopp is unusually large. ... Tomorrow's picture: Seven Jets from Comet Hale-Bopp . ... About APOD . ...