... Cassini Images The Moon . ... On August 18, the Cassini spacecraft flew by the Earth and Moon, then continued on its way to the outer solar system. ... Four years ago, Comet Hale-Bopp was discovered out near Jupiter falling toward the inner Solar System. ... In astronomical parlance, an interior planet is at superior conjunction when it is located on the opposite side of the Sun from Earth. ... Water Found in Space Rock . ... It's only Planet Earth, of course ... as seen on the Water Vapor Channel. ...

... 2015 August 9 . HCG 87: A Small Group of Galaxies . ... Explanation: Sometimes galaxies form groups. ... Indeed, the galaxies of HCG 87 are gravitationally stretching each other during their 100-million year orbits around a common center. ... HCG 87 is composed of a large edge-on spiral galaxy visible near the image center, an elliptical galaxy visible to its right, and a spiral galaxy visible near the top. ... Studying groups like HCG 87 allows insight into how all galaxies form and evolve . ...

... Our recent observations with the Hubble Space Telescope (August 29, 2014) led to revealing a highly isolated dwarf spheroidal galaxy KKs 3 situated at a distance of 2.12 0.07 Mpc from the Milky Way. The dSph galaxy locates on the southern sky (RA=02 h 24 m 44.4 s , Dec.= ... Over the last decade, about 30 dSph galaxies have been discovered inside the Local Group through systematic search in the vicinity of M31 and more that a dozen dSphs were discovered in the nearby group around M81. ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... SUN MOON MERCURY VENUS MARS, JUPITER SATURN . ... The Magazine . News . Observing . ... 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 . ... Local Group . ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ...

Arecibo Galaxy Environment Survey (AGES) The M74 group is a gas-rich galaxy group located at roughly 10 Mpc and is similar in makeup to the Local Group. M74 dominates the surrounding region and is accompanied by several dwarf galaxies, some of which are star-forming. ... We have decided upon a drift mapping approach to scan the entire region. We have defined 5 constant declination scans 5 in length, separated by approximately one full ALFA footprint. ... START TIME (AST) . END TIME (AST) . ...

... Research . ... Hubble Heritage Project . ... Research Staff Directory . Journal Clubs and Research Groups . ... Library . ... Hubble Fellowships . ... Coordinator: Andy Fruchter . Time: Some Fridays at 1pm . Location: Cafecon . ... Time: Biweekly, Fridays at 2pm . ... Website . ... Time: Weekly, Fridays 10 am . Location: N310 . ... Time: Weekly, Fridays at 12n . ... Time: Fridays at 11am . ... Time: Fridays at 1pm . ... Time: Wednesdays and Fridays at 10:30am . Location: Library . ...

... Neutral hydrogen observations of the spiral galaxies NGC 6221 and NGC 6215 with the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) reveal a wide, two-stranded bridge of at least 3 x 10^8 Msun which can be traced between the two galaxies over a projected distance of 100 kpc. ... The color figure below shows the HI emission (blue) in the bridge velocity range overlaid onto an optical image. ... A tidal HI bridge is visible between NGC 6221 and its brightest neighbour, NGC 6215 (v_sys = 1555 km/s). ...

This home page belongs to small group of scientists working at . Sternberg Astronomical Institute which is a part of Moscow State University . ... Электронная библиотека научно-технической и художественной литературы (доступна только из ГАИШ) . ... Local staff . Dr. Edward Kononovich (konon -at- sai.msu.ru), Associate Professor . ... Dr. Sergey Ayukov (asv -at- sai.msu.ru), Research Fellow, Webmaster of the group . ... Joint seminar of Solar Studies Structure Group and Solar Photometry Group . ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Dwingeloo 1 is a galaxy that's very close, yet no one saw it until pretty recently. ... Dwingeloo 1 is not alone in the cosmos; it is part of a close group of several galaxies. ... The galaxy group containing Dwingeloo 1 (actually, the group is named after the brightest member, IC 342) probably formed at the same time as the Milky Way, from a truly enormous cloud of hydrogen. ... Two large ones, orbiting each other, can pass a bit of that orbital energy to a smaller galaxy. ...

... Armagh Planetarium . ... Universe . ... 1 Comment In July 2015, we will finally have our long-awaited closeup views of the dwarf planet Pluto and its moons when NASA?s New Horizons probe flies past the tiny and distant [ ] . ... No Comments As everyone knows on Friday 20 March 2015, a total solar eclipse will occur across the far northern regions of Europe and the Arctic. ... Here you will find the latest news and views from the fascinating worlds of astronomy and space exploration. ...

... Planet Ziggy seems to be located in the outer regions of an elliptical galaxy, or perhaps in a globular cluster orbiting such a galaxy. ... We have not been able to detect any spiral galaxies elsewhere in the sky. ... Iif they are too small for their gravity to achieve this. force holding the two objects together ­ strongly suggests that these objects are Page 1 The Milk Stain No milky-way is seen. ... We are calling it the Milk Stain. This could be an elliptical galaxy or a globular cluster. ...

Positions of the carriage and focus, 2013. ... South . ... South+Flat reflector . ... Focus . ... 910 . ... 890 . March . ... Feed cabin N2. 02/2013: carriage 1131000 - old position; 2861000 - new location (when the adjusting device close to the center). ... found 18.02.2013 . ... 12516 from 7r (19.04) . ... 2863000 carriage . ... Positions of the carriage and focus, 2012. ... beginning of March - 898 mm . ...

... Galaxy Evolution home . ... Cosmological evolution of star-forming galaxies . ... Galaxy Evolution is one of five research themes within the Cavendish Astrophysics group in the Department of Physics, Cambridge. The two main research interests within the Galaxy Evolution area are the cosmological evolution of star forming galaxies, in particular the physical mechanisms regulating star formation, and secondly the origin and evolution of radio sources and the effect they have on their environment. ...

... April 12, 1999 . Nearby Spiral Galaxy NGC 4945 . Credit: 2P2 Team , WFI , MPG/ESO 2.2-m Telescope , La Silla , ESO . Explanation: For such a close galaxy, NGC 4945 is easy to miss. NGC 4945 is a spiral galaxy in the Centaurus Group of galaxies, located only six times farther away than the prominent Andromeda Galaxy . ... Therefore galaxy-gazers searching the southern constellation of Centaurus need a telescope to see it. ... About APOD > . ...

... History . ... The group for study of galaxies and cosmology has been created in April, 2011 and unified researchers from the laboratory of radio astrophysics (O.V.Verkhodanov, N.N.Bursov, N.V.Verkhodanova), the laboratory of antenna measurements (E.K.Maiorova) and researches from the radio astronomical sector (Yu.N.Parijskij, T.A.Semenova, V.A.Stolyarov) inside the laboratory of radio astrophysics by the order of the director of SAO according to the decision of the SAO Scientific coincil. ...

... Bringing news from across the Universe to children all around the world . ... Many of you will recognise the object in this space photograph as a galaxy: a collection of billions of bright, shining stars, and cosmic gas and dust. In this day and age, almost everyone has seen a photograph of a galaxy, making it hard to believe that less than 100 years ago most of the world s top astronomers didn t believe they existed! ... Before then, the existence of galaxies was uncertain. ...

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 . ...

... Divide into 4 Groups and 8 Teams per Group. Each Team selects a Team Leader Complete Initial Questionnaire Mark Bailey ( Armagh Observatory ) Welcome and Opening Remarks Robert Walsh (University of Central Lancashire) Living with a Star Questions All Groups ( Planets , Galaxies , Astronomers , Spacecraft) leave Reid Hall, collect refreshments, and cross road to Observatory / Planetarium site Planets and Galaxies Groups go to ... Each Team must nominate a `Team Leader'. ...

... Ciel Espace, le magazine qui vous guide toujours plus loin . ... Ciel Espace, nouvelle formule, c'est . des actualit†йs . ... des pages consacr†йes †а la publication de vos photos Mais c'est aussi une vraie communaut†й avec laquelle partager votre passion et nourrir votre curiosit†й. Accueil Fusion de galaxies naines †а proximit†й de la Voie lact†йe . ... 07/04/2016 - Plong†йe au centre de la Voie lact†йe . ... 25/02/2016 - La Voie lact†йe cartographi†йe en ondes millim†йtriques . ...

General Information . ... The conference is organized by the Sternberg Astronomical Institute (SAI) of Moscow University and the IAU Working group "Site-testing Instruments" . ... Use of site data in telescope operation and adaptive optics. ... Recent conferences on this subject (2007, 2008) demonstrated great interest of the community, hence the need for a new meeting. ... Unlike previous recent conferences, this meeting will cover all aspects of site monitoring for optical/IR astronomy. ...