... A Leonid Meteor Explodes . 23.11.1998 . ... The tremendous heat generated by the collision of a small sand-bit moving at 70 kilometers/second with the Earth's upper atmosphere causes the rock-fragment to heat up, glow brightly, and disintegrate. The High Energy Crab Nebula . ... This carrot shaped track is actually little more than 5 hundredths of an inch long. ... Rich in bright and awesome fireballs, the Leonid Meteor Shower came early this year. ... Close Up of the Bubble Nebula . ...

Armagh Observatory press release, 1999 April 21st. Research by David Asher and Mark Bailey , of Armagh Observatory, and Vacheslav Emel'yanenko , of South Ural University, Chelyabinsk, Russia, has explained the unexpected, spectacular shower of bright meteors seen in the small hours of 17 November last year. ... The observed meteors are produced by the collision with the Earth's atmosphere of small dust particles ejected from the parent comet, Tempel-Tuttle . ...

... November 24, 1998 . Seven Leonids Over Wise Observatory . ... Explanation: More Leonids were visible at some places than others. In Israel, early in the morning of 17 November, it rained meteors though a clear sky. Observers there reported a peak rate for the 1998 Leonid Meteor Shower of about 600 meteors per hour . Visible in the above picture are no fewer than seven Leonid meteors occurring over just a few minutes. ... The dome of the Wise Observatory is visible on the right. ...

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE DAILY REPORT #2882 PERIOD COVERED: 0000Z (UTC) 05/29/01 - 0000Z (UTC) 05/30/01 Daily Status Report as of 150/0000Z 1.0 OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED AND ACCOMPLISHED: 1.1 Completed WF/PC-2 8702 (The Most Elusive Nuclei of LMC Planetary Nebulae) The WF/PC-2 was used to carry out a SNAPSHOT survey of the faintest nuclei of planetary nebulae {PNe} in the LMC. ... There were no reported problems. 1.6 Completed WF/PC-2 8597 (The Fueling of Active Nuclei: Why are Active Galaxies Active?) ...

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These links highlight 2008 - current ARC projects for telescopes, instruments, or operations at Apache Point. ... Eyepiece: April 10, 2009 . Painted Enclosure: April 23, 2009, Part A , Part B . Drive Maintenance: July 24, 2009, Part A , Part B , Part C , Part D , Part E , Part F , Part G . ... New Interior Photos: March 14, 2014 . TripleSpec Electronics Mount: March 05, 2008: Part A , Part B , Part C . ... TripleSpec: October 30, 2008 . ... GFP Upgrade: December 8, 2010 . ...

New Moons of Uranus . Brent Gladman's Home Page . ... The discovery of two probable distant satellites of Uranus was reported by B. Gladman, P. Nicholson, J. Burns and J. Kavelaars. ... This discovery was reported in the IAU Circular 6764 . ... Discovery image of S/1997 U 2 . This shows the discovery image of brighter of the two new moons of Uranus. ... This shows the discovery image of faint new moons of Uranus. ... This shows another discovery image of faint new moons of Uranus. ... Uranus . ...

... Solar System . ... European astronomers have discovered a planet with about the mass of the Earth orbiting a star in the Alpha Centauri system тАФ the nearest to Earth. ... Alpha Centauri is one of the brightest stars in the southern skies and is the nearest stellar system to our Solar System тАФ only 4.3 light-years away. ... The European team detected the planet by picking up the tiny wobbles in the motion of the star Alpha Centauri B created by the gravitational pull of the orbiting planet [2] . ...

MAIN PAGE . ... Nova Cygni August 1975! ... 1975/76: Comet West! ... Dr. Richard West (4th from left) & AAL members visiting SES Betzdorf on occasion of our club's 25th anniversary - October 1996 . Comet West Information . ... It was the brightest comet visible from Earth since Comet West in 1976. ... 1997: Comet Hale-Bopp! ... Thus Comet Hale-Bopp never got closer to Earth than Earth gets to the Sun. ... Comet Hale-Bopp JPL Page . ... 1999: Total solar eclipse over Luxembourg! ...

... Our Sun is part of a huge wheel-shaped collection of stars. ... Astronomers have long suspected it was a very massive black hole, and that every galaxy had such a central mass, created early in the history of the universe. ... However, unless that object happens to be headed directly at the black hole (a relatively small target) it will just swing around and fly away again, like a comet making a pass at the Sun. The velocity acquired in falling towards the black hole also helps it escape. ...

... Euro/team . ... Euro/person . ... Euro . Observers: 800.– ... Small delays in reports or applications: the correspondent fees are 365 euro (830 euro for observers). ... The fee covers the board, lodging, transportation, excursions, sport, ceremonial, and general organization expenses since 12:00 September 22 th till 12:00 September 30 th . ... The fees are to be paid cash the first day of accommodation. Dr. Michael G