... Luna 9: First Soft Lander . ... But he went home from Cambridge one summer in 1665, thought a lot about the physical nature of the world, and came back two years later with a revolutionary understanding of mathematics, gravitation, and optics. ... Twenty five years ago humans roamed the Moon. ... These fleeting events are only visible to those in the path of the Moon's shadow as it races across the Earth. ... Five hundred light years from Earth, in the constellation Aquarius, a sun-like star is...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Moon . ... Space Flight . ... Posted on March 4, 2015 | 3 Comments Already the year 2015 is proving to be a great year for stargazing with planets, comets and meteorites gracing the skies but prepare for March as it brings a тАШmicro [ ] . Continue Reading.. ... Posted on December 19, 2014 | 73 Comments As the festive period is here once again, a lot of social gatherings and family time are part of the itinerary for most. ...

ECLIPSES, TRANSITS OF MERCURY AND VENUS . Year 1999 . Year 2000 . Year 2001 . Year 2002 . Year 2003 . Year 2004 . Year 2005 . ... Total solar eclipse . ... Transit of Mercury across the solar disk . ... Total lunar eclipse . ... Partial solar eclipse . ... Partial lunar eclipse . ... Annular solar eclipse . ... Penumbral lunar eclipse . ... big map . ... Transit of Venus across the solar disk . ... Annular-total solar eclipse . ... Non-central annular solar eclipse . ...

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... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. February 2, 1998 . A Triple Eclipse on Jupiter . ... Actually, three parts appear to be missing. ... The unusual alignment of three of Jupiter 's moons between the Jovian giant and the Sun was imaged last November 10th. ... When a shadow from Earth's Moon crosses the Earth's surface, the people inside the shadow see an eclipse of the Sun. ...

... Home Astro-Imaging Page 13 . ... AAA Fall Astronomy Class: Astronomy Basics тАУ October-November 2015 . ... This MonthтАЩs Sky тАУ April 2015 . This MonthтАЩs Sky тАУ May 2015 . This MonthтАЩs Sky тАУ June 2015 . ... Beyond New York City . ... Observing Resources for Amateur Astronomers - Part 1: Beginning Observers . ... A History of the First Forty Years of the Amateur Astronomers Association . ... 2016 Amateur Astronomers Association of New York Designed by Press Customizr Powered by . ...

On Thursday, 1998 February 26, a total eclipse of the Sun was visible from within a narrow corridor traversing the Western Hemisphere. The totality path (or path of the Moon's umbral shadow) began in the Pacific, continued through northern South America and the Caribbean Sea, and ended at sunset off the Atlantic coast of Africa. ... Some of the best placed sites along the totality path were in Venezuela. ... Exposure time was 1/2 second. At this location totality lasted 3min 36sec. ...

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... Telescopes . ... The International Conference "Dark Ages and White Nights (Spectroscopy of the CMB)" (June 20-24, 2016) . ... The International Conference "Stars: from collapse to collapse" (October 3-7, 2016) . The traditional annual competition conference of scientific and scientific-engineering papers of the Observatory staff members . ... A session of the Dissertation Council (October 16, 2015) . ... International scientific conference "Large Optical Telescopes" (October, 10-13, 2011) . ...

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... On the morning of Thursday, 26 February, amid the Gal pagos Islands, the Sun will fade from view. Not the culmination of ancient prophecy, but none less mystical, Earth's small Moon will be executing a slow slide past the enormous Sun. ... And anyone living in southern North America, Central America, northern South America, or on islands and cruise ships in the Caribbean Sea will, weather permitting, have the opportunity to experience the wonder of a solar eclipse. ...

Supernova 2009js in NGC 918 . This page is devoted to information on Supernova 2009js in NGC 918 . Basic information on this SN, including the last reported brightness, on this Supernova can be found on the main page . Information on the original web pages for many of these images can be found on the updates and links web pages. Discovered independently by Lick Observatory Supernova Search (USA) and Koichi Itagaki (Japan). ... 2009/10/11.44 . 17.2 . ... Joseph Brimacombe . ...

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 . ...

Next: Release of 12 February Up: Old Releases Previous: Release of 02 July Contents . ... Also, there are some two head (tape), 256 Mbps that are not yet approved but will be. 26 Feb 2001 RCW. ... 9 April 2001 RCW. ... Fix formatting of the two head version of HEAD_POS section in VEX file and relaxed constraints on patching for MkIV 19 Sept 2001 Huib . ... 4 Oct 2001 RCW. ... 5 Oct 2001 Huib . ... 9 Oct 2001 RCW/Huib . Took out warnings on 40 and 66 ips on MkIV receorders 10 Oct 2001 Huib . ...

Past weeks: . June 25 - July 1, 2007 . July 2 - July 8, 2007 . ... July 30 - August 5, 2007 . ... November 26 - December 2, 2007 . December 3 - December 9, 2007 . ... December 3, 2007 - January 6, 2008 . ... February 25 - March 2, 2008 . March 3 - March 9, 2008 . ... March 31 - April 6, 2008 . April 7 - April 13, 2008 . ... May 5 - May 11, 2008 . ... July 7 - July 13, 2008 . ... December 1 - December 7, 2008 . ... December 29, 2008 - January 4, 2009 . ... March 30 - April 5, 2009 . ...

The Higgs Boson: Window on the Big Bang, UO, Eugene, Oregon , October 29, 2012 . Physics Slam, UO, Eugene, Oregon , March 22, 2011 . University of New Mexico , October 1, 2009 . Columbia Hall, UO, Eugene, Oregon , September 12, 2008 . ... Eugene Rotary, Eugene, Oregon , February 5, 2008 . ... University of Oregon , May 19, 2005 . ... Particles, Energy, and Cosmology , Jim Brau . ... Annual Star Party - Public Lecture . ... Public Lecture Celebrating the World Year of Physics 2005, . ...

... Eclipses of the Moon in 2009 : . In 2009 there are four eclipses of the Moon (tree penumbral eclipses on February 9, July 7, and August 5-6 and a partial eclipse on December 31). ... Moon enters penumbra (P 1 ) . ... Moon leaves penumbra (P 4 ) . ... Eclipse, lunar : . ... It may be total (the Moon passing completely through the Earth's umbra ), partial (the Moon passing partially through the Earth's umbra at maximum eclipse), or penumbral (the Moon passing only through the Earth's penumbra ). ...

... For a timeline of the exploration of the magnetic environment of the Earth, Sun and Planets, see here . ... Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) builds the first astronomical telescope and observes for the first time craters on the Moon, satellites around Jupiter, and the way Venus goes through phases like the Moon (crescent, etc.) ... 17 December--First successful flight by the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. ... 16 March--Goddard launches his first liquid-fuel rocket. ...

XMM-Newton EPIC TTD Meeting Preparation for next eclipse season 7th Feb 2001 Mauro Casale ESA H/Q: 7th February 2001 XMM 1 Facts / lessons learned from previous eclipses 1) the eclipses will occur before perigee in the period 19-03- 2001 / 24-04- 2001 2) the shortest time between end of eclipse and Perigee time is about 22 minutes; in most of the other cases it is around 30-31 ... T0 - 1.6/1h: Eclipse start. ... ESA H/Q : 7th February 2001 XMM 7 ...

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