Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... The picture is actually composed from two images recorded weeks apart by the Voyager 2 spacecraft during its visit to the Saturnian System in August of 1981. ... Most ground-based telescopes with lenses and mirrors are hindered by the Earth's nurturing, protective atmosphere that blurs images and scatters and absorbs light. ... A Dust Devil on Mars . ... The Hubble Deep Field . ... This picture spans a portion of the magnificent nebula about 30 light-years wide. ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2014 February 13 . Downtown Auriga . ... Explanation: Rich in star clusters and nebulae, the ancient constellation of Auriga , the Charioteer, rides high in northern winter night skies. ... Look toward the right to find emission nebula IC 410 , significantly more distant, some 12,000 light-years away. ... About APOD | ...

... ISC Kosmotras . ... Comments, Opinions Publications Dnepr Program . Dnepr launch record 17 August 2011. ... Baikonur Cosmodrome Yasny launch base Downloads . ... Over the years of its successful business operations , ISC Kosmotras has performed 22 Dnepr orbital flights with a total of 128 payloads inserted into their orbits. ... Below is the list of payloads lofted into their target orbits on Dnepr launch missions put together by ISC Kosmotras: . ... MEGSAT-1 (Italy) . ... LATINSAT-A, -B (USA) . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Armagh Planetarium . ... April . ... Posted on April 6, 2016 | No Comments Spring has truly sprung. ... Continue Reading.. Posted on March 1, 2016 | ... Posted on February 2, 2016 | ... Posted on January 7, 2016 | 6 Comments Happy New Year! ... Posted on November 4, 2015 | ... Posted on October 5, 2015 | ... Posted on September 3, 2015 | ... Posted on August 3, 2015 | ... Posted on June 25, 2015 | ... Posted on May 20, 2015 | ...

... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . Armagh Observatory, 7 December 2015: Armagh Observatory reports that November 2015 was dull, wet and much warmer than average. ... This record highest maximum November daily temperature is shared with that recorded on 2nd November 2005. ... Taking the meteorological autumn months September, October and November together, Autumn 2015 was drier and warmer than average with about average sunshine. ...

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... 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) . ...

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 ...

... 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)...

1950: Jan 30--Feb 3: Lows were 0,-3,5,-2,-3 . 1962: Jan 20--23: Lows were 12,13,6,8 . 1962: Feb 24--27: Lows were 25,23,18,19 . 1974: Jan 7--9: Lows were 11,12,10 . 1989: Feb 4--8: Lows were 7,4,8,7,8 . Record cold for January: -4 on January 27, 1957 . Record cold for February: -3 on February 3, 1950 . 1935: Jan 24--26: Highs were 65,64,64 . 1968: Feb 27-29: Highs were 68,68,71 . 1969: Jan 4--6: Highs were 63,62,62 . ... To the Weather Page . ...

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