Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... Dust Storm on Planet Earth . ... But even an ocean planet can have dust storms. ... NGC 1999: Reflection Nebula In Orion . ... M13: The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules . ... M13 is one of the most prominent and best known globular clusters. ... In 46 BC, Julius Caesar, pictured above in a self-decreed minted coin, created a calendar system that added one leap day every four years. ... Geologists and paleontologists often entertain the idea that a large asteroid . ...

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... Comments, Opinions Publications Dnepr Program . Dnepr launch record 17 August 2011. Cluster Launch of Dnepr LV 22 August 2013 KOMPSAT-5 Launch 21 November 2013. ... The Sych-2 satellite is being developed as a part of the space optical-range Earth observation system by the State Design Office of Yuzhnoye and built by the Industrial Association Yuzhny Machine Building Plant in cooperation w ith other space industry entities upon the state order of the National Space Agency of Ukraine . ...

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... 2000 February 16 . Eros From Orbit . Credit: NEAR Project , JHU APL , NASA . Explanation: On February 14th, the NEAR spacecraft became the first artificial moon of an asteroid . Captured by the gentle gravity of a 20 mile long slipper-shaped mountain of rock, NEAR recorded this premier image while orbiting asteroid 433 Eros at a distance of about 200 miles. The image shows features as small as 100 feet across in a view dominated by a 3 mile wide crater near Eros' narrow waist. ...

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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 ...

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... February 21, 1996 . Millions of Stars in Omega Centauri . ... Explanation: Pictured above is the largest ball of stars in our Galaxy. About 10 million stars orbit the center of this globular cluster - named Omega Centauri - as this giant globular cluster orbits the center of our Galaxy . Recent evidence indicates that Omega Centauri is by far the most massive of the about 160 globular clusters in the Milky Way . ... About APOD | ...

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... The Lunar Orbiter 2 spacecraft was designed primarily to photograph smooth areas of the lunar surface for selection and verification of safe landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo missions. ... The spacecraft acquired photographic data from November 18 to 25, 1966, and readout occurred through December 7, 1966. ... The two separate lens, shutter, and platen systems utilized the same film supply and recorded imagery simultaneously in adjacent areas on 70-millimeter film. ...

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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. ...

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... Comet Ikeya-Zhang, designated C/2002 C1 (Ikeya-Zhang), is named after Kaoru Ikeya of Shizuoka prefecture, Japan, and Daqing Zhang of Henan province, China, who independently discovered it on the night of 1 February 2002. A preliminary orbit reported the following day indicated that it would come moderately close to both the Earth and the Sun and that it might become visible to the naked eye during late March and April 2002. ... Bailey, M.E., Clube, S.V.M. and Napier, W.M. The Origin of Comets . ...

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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....

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Last modified: 30 November 1997 . Original version 27 November 1997 . Modified: 30 Nov . This WEB page contains the schedule for HALCA observations from November 24, 1997 to February 28, 1998. The February schedule may be modified slightly. ... VSOP V025c 1334-127 C Socr 18 Su:Jan-18 09:00 - 17:45 VLBA V129c1 3C84 C Socr 43 Th:Feb-12 00:15 - 03:00 VLBA Percentage of time 2.6 . ...

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... Over the first 4 years, its X-ray telescopes eROSITA and ART-XC will survey the whole sky with a record sensitivity in the 0.5-10 keV energy band. ... The goal of the second international Spectrum-RG conference is to discuss the different scientific topics addressed by the mission, synergies with surveys at other wavelengths, and requirements to follow-up observations.Contributed talks and poster presentations are invited on the topics related to the SRG science goals. ... Active galactic nuclei . ...

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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) . ...

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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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Instrument . ... Scanning TV-sensor with on-board data recording system for global coverage mode . ... recording, direct transmission . ... IR-radiometer for global coverage and direct data transmission modes . ... The scientific instrument package onboard the Meteor-3 spacecraft provides for regular instant acquisition of images of cloudiness and Earth surface in visible and infra-red bands, data on air temperature and humidity, sea surface temperature and clouds temperature. ...

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... The Pleiades star cluster, also known as the Seven Sisters and Messier 45, is a conspicuous object in the night sky with a prominent place in ancient mythology . ... The stars in the Pleiades are thought to have formed together around 100 million years ago, making them 1/50th the age of our sun, and they lie some 130 parsecs (425 light years ) away. ... Data for these stars are listed in a table below. ... Yes . ... WEBDA Pleiades cluster data . ... M45: The Pleiades Star Cluster (2007 November 18) ...

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MINUTES of the RadioAstron Teleconference on February 21, 2006 V. Slysh chaired the teleconference. ... Engineering model of the MFS (18-26 GHz) on-board receiver has been fabricated, and it is now under the testing in the ASC. The flight model is expected in April 2006. ... Operational time of 18-cm receiver was prolonged till the end of 2007 (as a launch date).The flight model of the 92-cm receiver will be delivered to the ASC in May 2007. ...

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... It was designed to observe the solar wind approaching Earth, from a position near the Lagrangian point L1, and it is part of the International Solar-Terrestrial Physics (ISTP) Initiative . ... The original plan called for "Wind" to approach its final station over two years, undergoing two close encounters with the Moon to boost its speed. ... If however the object is moving , the encounter is not symmetric, and in the end the spacecraft may have gained or lost speed, depending on its trajectory. ...

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... Meta Index / Home Page / Output Files / Summary File specification from The observation/ slew record is the first record of the file and it will have the following structure. Observation Summary File: Observation Record . ... Note . ... SLEW ' . ... Comment . ... A20,1X . Scheduled Start Time . ... A59 . ... Identifies the record as an Observation or a Slew Record . The syntax is ppppppooll (Section ) for an observation and TBD for a slew. All comments will have the syntax ' / text' . ...

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. Search this album . Gallery . :: Public Events . :: Opening of Canberra Astronomical Soc's nтАж . :: ...for the most difficult/finickity/unbelievaтАж . Sidebar Left . Sidebar Top . No Sidebar . Sidebar Bottom . Sidebar Right . View full size . Title: ...for the most difficult/finickity/unbelievable recorded/verified observation of the year . File name: CAS_XmasGrand_Opening_2004_055.jpg . Dimensions: 504 x 378 px . Page: 1 2 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 . Powered by Gallery 3.0.9 (Chartres) . Login

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