... Armagh Planetarium . ... Universe . ... Posted on November 15, 2012 | ... Continue Reading.. ... 3 Comments Audiences flocked to see James CameronтАЩs €аepic movie Avatar, the story of a disabled human who gets a chance to live a new life as a 3m tall blue-skinned humanoid [ ] . ... Newer Entries . Hello, IтАЩm Colin, welcoming you to Astronotes, the PlanetariumтАЩs official blog. Here you will find the latest news and views from the fascinating worlds of astronomy and space exploration. ...

February 16, 2015 On-line registration opens June 7, 2015 On-line registration closes August 16, 2015 Deadline for reservations for the Workshop dinner September 6, 2015 Late afternoon: Welcome Registration September 7, 2015 Evening: Workshop dinner September 8, 2015 Afternoon: Workshop ends December 1st, 2015 Deadline for submission to IJMPD of selected presentations . ... Registration . ... Last updated:15:19:03 25-Jun-2015 . ...

... Saturn and two of its larger moons - Tethys and Dione - were photographed by the Voyager 1 spacecraft which flew by the planet in November of 1980. This picture gives an indication of Saturn's extensive ring system, which can be seen casting a shadow on the planet, as does Tethys. ... Like cosmic snowballs, fluffy comet-like objects the size of houses and composed mostly of water-ice, may be pummeling planet Earth 5 to 30 times a minute. ... Southern Neptune . ... The Heart Of Orion . ...

... About ATNF overview . ... Governance overview . Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Visitor list . ... Parkes radio telescope . ... Parkes | ... Visiting Parkes radio telescope . ... Parkes radio telescope webcam . ... What is a pulsar? ... Group . ... Parkes Pulsar Observing Wiki . ... Pulsar Groups . ... Main / . ... Nov 1, 2010 - Jan 31, 2011 . ... Dec 8 - 17, 2009 . ... Dec 13 - 23, 2006 . ... Dec 3, 2006 - Jan 5, 2007 . ... Aug 10 - Dec 7, 2006 . ... Dec 31, 2005 - Feb 1, 2006 . ...

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, . ...

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 . ...

... 2012 September 8 . Cosmic Rays at Voyager 1 . Credit: Voyager Project , NASA . ... Thirty five years later , Voyager 1 appears to be nearing the boundary of the Sun's heliosphere and interstellar space. ... But how can you tell when your spacecraft crosses the boundary into interstellar space? ... Covering a 12 month period (September 2011 to 2012), this plot does show a dramatic increase in the rate of cosmic ray particle detection in past months by the Voyager 1 spacecraft. ... About APOD | ...

... Archives . ... September 2011 (1) . February 2011 (1) . January 2011 (1) . December 2010 (2) . August 2010 (2) . July 2010 (1) . June 2010 (3) . April 2010 (2) . March 2010 (1) . February 2010 (1) . January 2010 (1) . December 2009 (5) . ... February 2009 (7) . January 2009 (4) . December 2008 (6) . ... February 2008 (11) . January 2008 (11) . December 2007 (12) . ... February 2007 (1) . January 2007 (6) . ... Bad AstroStat (18) . ...

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... Maintenance and Work Completed on M1: September 10, 1999 . Whiffles Installed on M2: September 10, 1999 . M1 Support System Maintenance: September 10, 1999 . M1 Temperature Sensor Work and Repair: September 10, 1999 . M1 Hex-cell Deterioration: September 14, 1999 . ... M1 Whiffle Mount and M1 Back, September 21, 1999 . ... Views of Secondary Mirror (Back): April 13, 2000 . ... Front Portals: June 8, 2001 . ... M2 and M3 Baffle Work: June 8, 2005 . ... M3 Work: November 7, 2007 . ...

... Articles | ... Forums . ... 230 deg . 49 deg . ... 130 deg . ... More Info . ... 210 deg . ... 168 deg . ... 249 deg . ... 195 deg . ... 271 deg . ... 110 deg . ... 338 deg . ... July 15 . 247 deg . ... 224 deg . ... 340 deg . ... July Phoenicids (PHE) . ... August 10 . 341 deg . ... 339 deg . ... 307 deg . ... 334 deg . ... 335 deg . ... 286 deg . ... 327 deg . ... 262 deg . ... 102 deg . ... 153 deg . ... 117 deg . ... December 2 . ... 123 deg . ... 100 deg . ... www.astronomy.net . ...

This is a series of periodic postings by Terry Moseley of the Irish Astronomical Association . ... Issued 2003 December 17th . Mars Dust storms, lecture, TV, Bargain telescope . ... Another aurora? ... Issued 2003 September 30th . ... Issued 2003 September 25th . ... Issued 2003 September 21st . ... Issued 2003 September 14th . ... Issued 2003 September 12th . ... Issued 2003 September 11th . ... Issued 2003 September 10th . ... Issued 2003 September 9th . ... Issued 2003 August 29th . ... Aurora? ...

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August 26, 2006, . ... The 2 nd Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad to be held in Vladivostok and Ussurijsk (Far East of Russian Federation). Preliminary dates for the 2 nd Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad are December 4-11 (a couple weeks later than the 11 th IAO in Bombay ). ... For the teams which ask for Russian visa - together with the personal data for visas (or before). E-mails for sending the applications . ... The Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad 2006 - last information . ...

Statistics of sunspot activity . The sunspot indices . ... NGDC's observations . The solar regions . ... Average annual indices . ... August . ... August, 2013 . Visual indices of solar activity by National Geophysical Data Center . ... Average . ...

... Radiation mechanisms of astrophysical objects: classics today . ... 18 March, 2015 - Registration opens . 2 April, 2015 - Abstract submission opens . 15 August, 2015 - Registration and abstract submission deadline . 27 August, 2015 - Programme available . 21 September, 2015 - Conference opens . 25 September, 2015 - Conference closes . ... Key dates . ... Conference program . Conference poster . Conference venue . Conference proceedings . ...

... Leonid CHEKHOV , researcher . ... since September 2009 . ... since January 2011 . ... Alexey ZAMOLODCHIKOV researcher, January - 19 October, 2007 . ... Jean-Pierre LOHEAC, researcher, September 2007 - September 2008 . ... October 2008 - September 2009 . ... February 2009 - January 2010 . ... October 2008 - January 2010 . ... September 2009 - February 2010 . ... September 2009 - August 2010 . ... October 2009 - September 2010 . ... September 2010 - August 2011 . ... October 2010 - September 2011 . ...

... 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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An Ancient Universe: How Astronomers Know the Vast Scale of Cosmic Time . COSMIC CALENDAR . The Cosmic Calendar Activity. If we were to compress the history of the universe (from the Big Bang to the present moment) into one year, you can see where various "cosmic events" would fall in that year. ... The first mammals don't emerge until December 26th, and the first humans come on the scene in the evening of December 31st. ... Return to An Ancient Universe . ...