Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... No Comments Goodbye January blues, hello February fun! ... Continue Reading.. ... No Comments January is the marmite of every year, individuals either love it or hate it as it brings the beginning of a New Year and new opportunities yet marks the end [ ] . ... 2 Comments October is an interesting month for astronomers as World Space Week falls from 4 October until 10 October and coincidentally itтАЩs a good month for keen astronomers to take to [ ] . ...

... Amazingly detailed, this false-color x-ray image is centered on the galaxy Cygnus A. Recorded by the orbiting Chandra Observatory, Cygnus A is seen here as a spectacular high energy x-ray source. But it is actually more famous at the low energy end of the electromagnetic spectrum as one of the brightest celestial radio sources. ... 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. ...

... Armagh Observatory, 5 January 2016: Armagh Observatory reports that December 2015 was much wetter than average, the wettest December on record at Armagh, that is, since records of daily precipitation began at Armagh in 1838. ... The month was slightly duller than average, with 15 of the 31 days having no recorded strong sunshine at all. ... The long-term (1838-2010) average December precipitation at Armagh is 77.44 mm and the most recent 30-year (1981-2010) average precipitation is 77.23 mm. ...

... Travel . ... Parkes Radio Telescope , Parkes (Australia) . Project P837, May September 2013 . ... 100-m Radio Telescope , Effelsberg (Germany) . ... Workshop H?? in Dwarf Galaxies . 15 16 July 2015, Sydney, NSW, Australia . ... Conference The Periphery of Disks . 3 6 November 2014, Sydney, NSW, Australia . ... 21 October 2014, Sydney, NSW, Australia . ... 19 21 June 2013, Sydney, NSW, Australia . ... 9 11 November 2011, Sydney, NSW, Australia . ... 9 13 July 2007, Sydney, NSW, Australia . ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2002 October 5 . X-Ray Cygnus A . ... Central in both pictures, the center of Cygnus A shines brightly while emission extends 300,000 light-years to either side along the same axis. Near light speed jets of atomic particles produced by a massive central black hole are believed to cause the emission. ... About APOD | ... NASA Technical Rep.: ...

... citations = 1930 (533 on first author papers). · h-index=25 Conferences attended Multiwavelength Views of the ISM in High-Redshift Galaxies , Santiago, Chile, June 2011 (co-chair of the LOC) Galaxies , Near and Far, Villa Aureli, Perugia, Italy, May 2011 ( invited talk ) Diffuse Relativistic Plasmas, Bangalore, India, March 2011 ( invited talk ) COSPAR 2010, Cosmic Feedback, Bremen, Germany, July 2010 ( invited talk ) Powerful Radio ...

... Home Education Classes AAA Fall Astronomy Class: Astronomy Basics тАУ October-November 2015 . ... AAA Fall Astronomy Class: Astronomy Basics тАУ October-November 2015 . AAA Winter Astronomy Class: Measuring Distances in Space тАУ Dec 2015 тАУ Feb 2016 . AAA Spring Astronomy Class: The Physics of Astronomy тАУ February - March 2016 . ... Observing Resources for Amateur Astronomers - Part 1: Beginning Observers . ... A History of the First Forty Years of the Amateur Astronomers Association . ...

... Telescopes . ... The International Conference "Dark Ages and White Nights (Spectroscopy of the CMB)" (June 20-24, 2016) . ... The International Conference "Stars: from collapse to collapse" (October 3-7, 2016) . The traditional annual competition conference of scientific and scientific-engineering papers of the Observatory staff members . ... A session of the Dissertation Council (October 16, 2015) . ... International scientific conference "Large Optical Telescopes" (October, 10-13, 2011) . ...

... 2015 - 2016 . ... Eugene Higgins Professor of Astrophysics, Princeton University . ... December 8, 2015 . ... November 10, 2015 . ... University of the Sciences in Philadelphia author . ... Amateur Astronomer . ... 2014 - 2015 . ... June 9, 2015 . ... Digital Planetarium and the 2012 Transit of Venus from Hawaii . 2013 - 2014 . ... International Occultation Timing Association . ... 2012 - 2013 . ... 2011 - 2012 . ... Princeton University . ... Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton, Inc., ...

... 17 June 2015: Giulia Savorgnan, "Galaxy vivisection: black hole and host bulge affair" . 22 April 2015: Sebastain Sanchez, "Ionized gas in the CALIFA galaxies" . ... 22 December 2014: Federico Lelli, "Starbursts and Gas Dynamics in Dwarf Galaxies" . ... 20 November 2013: Leslie Hunt & Simone Bianchi, "Herschel highlights on large-scale galactic structure and nearby galaxies" . ... 23 December 2010: Emanuele Daddi, "New insights on the nature of massive galaxies in the distant Universe" . ...

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... GOODS unites extremely deep observations from NASA's Great Observatories, Spitzer , Hubble , and Chandra , ESA's Herschel and XMM-Newton , and from the most powerful ground-based facilities, to survey the distant universe to the faintest flux limits across the electromagnetic spectrum. ... The space-based observations are complemented by ground-based imaging and spectroscopy, including extensive commitments of ESO and NOAO observing time. ... 2010-04-10: Deep VLA 1.4 GHz data for GOODS-North . ...

Talk . Date of Talk . ... The Cosmic Evolution of Neutral Atomic Hydrogen Gas" . ... Power Point PDF . ... University of Sydney talk . ... Measuring the Gas in Galaxies in the Distant Past" . ... Talk at 'Galaxy Metabolism: Galaxy Evolution Near and Far' conference . ... Neutral Hydrogen Gas in Galaxies at Moderate Redshifts: Current and Future Observations" . ... Neutral Hydrogen Gas in Abell 370, a Galaxy Cluster at z = 0.37" . ... Neutral Hydrogen Gas in Star Forming Galaxies at z=0.24" . ...

Domes Forum Message . ... Discussion Forums | Domes and Observatories Discussion | ... Self-constructed AstrodomeS - leonis - December 14, 2001 - 17:45 UTC . ... geometric domes - goemetric domes - October 18, 2000 - 23:50 UTC . ... Welcome to the Domes Discussion Forum - Astronomy Net Editor - March 15, 2000 - 14:00 UTC . RE: Welcome to the Domes Discussion Forum - Jim - April 4, 2000 - 14:50 UTC . ... Re: Welcome to the Domes Discussion Forum - louielouie - November 6, 2000 - 18:24 UTC . ...

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The Wind spacecraft. ... 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. ... For additional details and updates, see the home page of the "Wind" mission. Exploration" home page (index) Glossary . ...

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... Maintenance and Work Completed on M1: September 10, 1999 . Whiffles Installed on M2: September 10, 1999 . M1 Support System Maintenance: September 10, 1999 . M1 Temperature Sensor Work and Repair: September 10, 1999 . M1 Hex-cell Deterioration: September 14, 1999 . ... M1 Whiffle Mount and M1 Back, September 21, 1999 . ... Views of Secondary Mirror (Back): April 13, 2000 . ... Front Portals: June 8, 2001 . ... M2 and M3 Baffle Work: June 8, 2005 . ... M3 Work: November 7, 2007 . ...

M1 image More About M1 Nice Color Picture . ... M16 image More About M16 HST image . ... M31 image More About M31 Nice Color Picture . ... M42 image ; M43 image More About M42/43 Nice Color CCD Picture . M51 image More About M51 Color Image of M51 M51 Supernova . M57 image More About M57 Nice Color CCD Picture Very Deep M57 Image . ... M81 image More About M81 M81 Supernova Ultraviolet Image of M81 More about Ultraviolet Imaging . M82 image More About M82 M82 False Color M82 True Color . ...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration . Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center . ... SHANNON W. LUCID (Ph.D.) . nasa astronaut (former) . ... She is qualified for assignment as a mission specialist on Space Shuttle flight crews. ... A veteran of five space flights, Dr. Lucid has logged 5,354 hours (223 days) in space. ... Dr. Lucid retired from NASA in January 2012. ... In completing this flight, Dr. Lucid logged 838 hours and 54 minutes in space. ... FEBRUARY 2012 ...