... 3C 295: X-rays From A Giant Galaxy . 25.11.1999 . ... Five billion light-years away, the giant elliptical galaxy 3C295 is a prodigious source of energy at radio wavelengths. ... A Leonids Meteor Storm in 1999 . ... The 1999 Leonids meteor shower was not equally good for everybody. Only observers in Europe and the Middle East with clear skies near 2 am (UTC) on 1999 November 18 saw rates shoot up to a meteor every few seconds. ... The 1999 Leonids Meteor Shower came to a tremendous crescendo. ...

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Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Planets . ... Our Galaxy . ... Stars . ... Posted on March 14, 2012 | 23 Comments How big is the largest known star? ... Continue Reading.. ... Posted on November 10, 2011 | ... 2 Comments Once planets orbiting other stars were unknown as they could not be directly observed. ... 5 Comments Once exoplanets, worlds orbiting other stars, were the stuff of science fiction but now we know of literally hundreds of real alien planets circling other stars. ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. November 18, 1999 . A Sirius Leonid Meteor . ... Explanation: In the sky or on the web, did you watch this year's Leonid meteor shower? ... Recorded last year during the 1998 apparition of the Leonids, this time-exposure of the sky around the constellation Canis Major (big dog) shows the trail of a spectacular fireball meteor. ... About APOD > . ...

... 2005: . ... Orbital period of an X-ray transient source in the system CI Cam. For the first time, the orbital motion of a compact component of the X-ray transient CI Cam has been found, the orbital period (19.41 days) and eccentricity (0.62) have been determined, masses of stars of the system have been estimated. The compact component of the system is most likely to be a white dwarf. Archive . ...

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... These Frontier Fields will combine the power of HST with the natural gravitational telescopes of high-magnification clusters of galaxies. ... We are soliciting gravitational lensing maps for the last four Hubble Frontier Fields clusters (MACSJ0717.5+3745, MACSJ1149.5+2223, AbellS1063, and Abell 370) based upon the exceptionally deep HST FF imaging and other new ancillary data. ... For the full set of proposal instructions and requirements, see the FY16 Frontier Fields Lensing Map Call for Proposals....

... One of this year's largest mass ejections from the Sun's atmosphere was recorded last Sunday by TESIS telescopes aboard the CORONAS-PHOTON satellite ( video - wmv 4.3 MB ). ... Over the course of a week, two gigantic solar prominences were simultaneously ejected from the surface of the Sun. ... Earth will not feel the Sun's influence either. ... The TESIS observatory ї TESIS: www.tesis.lebedev.ru . ... One of this year's largest mass ejections from the Sun's atmosphere (movie WMV, 4.3 MB) . ...

Direct images gallery. Here we have presented some images obtained on SAO telescopes by using SCORPIO. ... NGC 6951 . ... This color image are combined from the frames in the filters V ("blue"), R ("green") and middle-band filter SED755 ("red"). ... The true color image is constructed from three frames in B (Texp=600 sec), V (Texp=480 sec) and R (Texp=400 sec) filters. ... The true color image is constructed from three frames in B (Texp=180 sec), V (Texp=120 sec) and R (Texp=90 sec) filters. ...

... Astrophysics Group . ... Pulsars . ... Stars ? ... The array was designed to detect compact radio sources such as these by virtue of the fact that they would scintillate (twinkle) when observed from the Earth through the interplanetary medium ? ... One of Antony Hewish?s research students, Jocelyn Bell, was set the task of operating the telescope and inspecting the daily charts for the kind deflections in the trace which occurred when a scintillating source passed over the array. ...

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From: TerryMosel@aol.com Date: 13 November 2006 22:08:17 GMT Subject: IAA Lecture, Leonids, Astronomy news, Hi all, 1. ... LEONIDS: Don't forget the 'normal' Leonids maximum on Nov 17. This shower is active between 15 and 20 November each year, and produces respectable activity even in those years when no storm activity is expected. ... Then there's the brief intense burst expected early on Nov 19, as already notified, but repeated here for convenience: BRIEF HIGH LEONID ACTIVITY for Nov 19? ...

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... Many observatories around the world will follow these events, with the purpose of obtaining accurate measurements of the angular diameter of this red giant, from the recording of the lightcurve during the disappearance (or reappearance) behind the limb of the Moon. ... 6 November 1998: both disappearance and reappearance recorded under very good conditions at the TIRGO observatory by A. Richichi . ... A preliminary analysis confirms the findings of the previous event observed in February (see below)...

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