... Titan Disguised . ... In the next few days, the Cassini spacecraft currently orbiting Saturn will release a probe that will descend toward Saturn's largest moon in mid-January. That moon, Titan, has a surface normally hidden from view by thick methane cloud decks. Titan Surmised . ... What used to be considered a hole in the sky is now known to astronomers as a dark molecular cloud. ... This bright white swath cutting across the surface of icy Jovian moon Europa is known as Agenor Linea. ...

... December 27, 1997 . Keck: The Largest Optical Telescopes . ... Explanation: In buildings eight stories tall rest mirrors ten meters across that are slowly allowing humanity to map the universe. Alone, each is the world's largest optical telescope : Keck . Together, the twin Keck telescopes have the resolving power of a single telescope 90-meter in diameter, able to discern sources just milliarcseconds apart. ... About APOD > . ...

... ESO is building what will be the World's largest optical telescope array, The Very Large Telescope (VLT). The VLT Project organisation is responsible for the design and construction of the Unit Telescopes, including enclosures, optics, adapter-rotators and coating unit. ... Unit Telescopes Overview - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ... Secondary mirror (M2 Unit) - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ... Coating Unit - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ...

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 . ...

TAKE PICTURES. ... Large Monolithic Mirror LMM Gary Matthews Manager, Image Collection Systems Eastman Kodak Company April 11, 2003 LMM Program Goals TAKE PICTURES. ... Mirror concept builds on successful AMSD segmented core design Mirror constructed of smaller segmented blanks joined before processing 5 LMM TAKE PICTURES. ... Large mirror core Pocket milled demonstration mirror AMSD highly segmented core 14 LMM Subscale Demonstration Mirror Design TAKE PICTURES. ...

Four spacecraft: INTERBALL Tail probe (IB_TAIL), MAGION 5 (IB_MAG5), POLAR(NASA/ISAS), GEOTAIL (NASA) are considered. Click icons to make large pictures. ... FSP criteria | FSP ASCII file | Four spacecraft . in the FSP situations . ASCII file . ... Magnetic conjugations . ASCII files : . ... The mulisatellites conjugations : . ... The FSP polar diagram . Click hear for more detailed information about each of four orbits. ... IKI RAN | SSC IKI RAN | ...

Most of these images were obtained by Mike Bessell, Michelle Buxton, Hwankyung Sung, Ralph Sutherland and Bob Watson at SSO using a 2Kx2K Site CCD behind a Nikon or Hasselblad lens or directly on the 1m telescope. A few images are from the Hubble Space Telescope. Some of the M42 images were obtained with the KPNO 1m and ESO NTT telescope. One image is a mosaic of IRAS images. ... Details of the CCD imaging program at MSSSO. ... antenna.jpg (53KB) . ... ngc6744.jpg (59KB) . ...

... 2000 December 15 . IC443's Neutron Star . ... Explanation: Using x-ray data from the orbiting Chandra Observatory along with radio data from the Very Large Array , a team of researchers has discovered evidence for a new example of one of the most bizarre objects known to modern astrophysics -- a neutron star . ... The core collapsed when the star, located a reassuring 5,000 light-years away in the constellation Gemini , exploded long ago. How long ago? ... About APOD | ... NASA Technical Rep.: ...

... Pilot Observations of the XXL-S from ATCA . ... As part of the follow-up observations from the ground a team of astronomers used the ATCA to image the XXL-S. About five square degrees was covered to 45 microJy rms sensitivity during pilot observations. ... Astronomers are now analysing ATCA observations of the full field, and are using it to study the formation and evolution of active super-massive black holes and how they relate to their host galaxies. ... today * ATNF | ... ATCA | ...

... STScI-PRC95-45a CRUCIBLE OF CREATION: PANORAMIC HUBBLE MOSAIC ZOOMS IN ON MAELSTROM OF STAR BIRTH This spectacular color panorama of the center the Orion nebula is one of the largest pictures ever assembled from individual images taken with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. ... Though this 2.5 light-years wide view is still a small portion of the entire nebula, it includes almost all of the light from the bright glowing clouds of gas and a star cluster associated with the nebula. ...

... Today this year's largest group of sunspots will cross the Sun's central meridian. ... The next day, the number of spots in the group reached five, and the day after, on June 2nd, it was possible to count thirteen sunspots on solar disk, which had been clear prior to this. ... This year's two most powerful active areas, which passed across the solar disk at the beginning of May, 2009, are set to appear in the Sun's eastern sector in two days, on June 6th. ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . ... Observing . ... Magazine . ... Gravitational wave search provides insights into galaxy evolution and mergers . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... large (8 inches or larger) . ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ... Astronomy Magazine . ...

... Impact craters and associated concentric rings are about the only features to be found on Callisto. ... It has a bright central region that is 600 kilometers in diameter, and its rings extend to 3000 kilometers in diameter. ... This image shows the heavily cratered surface of Callisto. ... Also visible is a fresh, sharp-rimmed crater some 90 km (56 miles) across named Igaluk (center left third of picture), and a bright zone in the south polar area (bottom of image) which could be an impact scar. ...

The IV Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad (November 16-23, 2008) : . ... Only students did not participated at the IAO-2008 may participate in the APAO-2008 (that is a student may participate in the XIII IAO or in the IV APAO but not in both of these Olympiads). For the IV APAO the (age) group of participants to be analogous to IAO groups, rules 4.5.2-4. to be used (alpha group - "juniors" and beta group - "seniors"), i.e.: . ... The official APAO e-mail is a p a o [a] l i s t . ...

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Eyepieces Forum Message . Forums: . ... Eyepieces | ... Pictures . ... Posted by Jarvis Krumbein on November 2, 2003 05:23:47 UTC . ... I was having serious problems manhandling the tube assembly of the old setup around as the bloody thing was very heavy. ... Pictures - gjeckes - November 2, 2003 - 08:06 UTC . ... www.astronomy.net . About Astronomy Net | ... Forum posts are Copyright their authors as specified in the heading above the post. "dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

... Armagh Planetarium . ... Universe . ... Posted on April 19, 2012 | ... Continue Reading.. ... 2 Comments In the upcoming weeks you will be hearing in the news the words тАЬDragon SpacecraftтАЭ, so Sinead McNicholl has the full story on what exactly this new vehicle is and [ ] . ... Posted on March 29, 2012 | 3 Comments The month of April is fantastic month for stargazing and for astronomy in general with numerous dates to mark in your calendar. €аFrom Earth Day celebrated on 22 April, in [ ] . ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Bad Astro Store . ... Site Info . ... It is from from Voyager 1 and shows a whopping big impact crater dominating the profile of the moon. Note that Mimas is about 400 kilometers across (about 250 miles). ... The wall around the crater is 5 kilometers high, and that central peak rises 6 kilometers above the surface (many impact craters have a large central peak which is caused by a pressure rebound from the impact). ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

... From the chain visibility point of view, it is very recommended to look at the Javascript movies , especially if the frame rate can be not regulated in your MPEG player. ... The non-CH-associated large-scale chains visible on the SOHO/EIT images at three wavelengths of 171, 195 and 284 as well as on the MLSO/HAO He I 10830 spectroheliogram of December 16, 1997. ... The SOHO/EIT movies at 171 and 195 show the chain dynamics on June 1-3, 1998. ... Javascript movie (230 KB), SOHO/EIT, 171 . ...

... A song written by Padi Boyd and performed by The Chromatics, specifically for the International Year of Astronomy. ... Some links from press coverage and other websites referencing IYA2009-Ireland. ... I n the last day of the International Year of Astronomy ( early evening of 31 December 2009), the Moon had the smallest partial eclipse that we have seen in Ireland and the UK for 40 years: the Moon was 8% covered by the Earth's shadow. ... International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node . ...