... Ice Fountains Discovered on Saturns Enceladus . ... Fountains of ice shoot out from Saturn's moon Enceladus. ... During a recent pass, Cassini was programmed to look back toward the Sun where Enceladus would appear as a thin crescent. Proxima Centauri: The Closest Star . ... What is the closest star to our Sun? ... Crab Nebula Mosaic from HST . ... In fact, the cosmic Crab is now known to be a supernova remnant, an expanding cloud of debris from the death explosion of a massive star. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Space Flight . ... Posted on February 6, 2014 | 2 Comments While the winter sky may be the тАШAladdinтАЩs caveтАЩ for skywatchers, and we may already have plundered deeply one of its greatest celestial treasures, the constellation of Orion, we forge [ ] . Continue Reading.. Posted on January 22, 2014 | ... Posted on December 6, 2013 | ... Posted on November 6, 2013 | ... Posted on October 4, 2013 | ... Posted on September 9, 2013 | ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. February 12, 1999 . Lunar Close-Up . ... Explanation: Late last month, NASA's Lunar Prospector spacecraft moved in for a closer look at the Moon . Now entering an extended mission phase, controllers have reduced the altitude of this polar lunar orbiter from 100 kilometers to about 30 kilometers ( 18 miles ). ... About APOD > . ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. December 17, 1996 . Mariner's Mercury . ... Explanation: Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun, remains the most mysterious of the Solar System's inner planets. ... The only spacecraft to explore Mercury close-up was Mariner 10 which executed 3 flybys of Mercury in 1974 and 1975, surveying approximately 45 percent of its surface. ...

... 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. ...

... 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. ...

... I fixed the bugs that caused the map_point changes to fail tests. Then I removed the no longer needed dimensional variables from the p structure and got those changes to pass all the tests. ... I put the code under subversion control in a new branch called refactor. ... The code change which processes each drizzle kernel over an entire image rather than a line at a time now passes the unit tests and was checked in. ... I got the keywords argument changes done and got the tests to pass. ...

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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, . ...

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 . ...

This is a series of periodic postings by Terry Moseley of the Irish Astronomical Association . ... Go to latest bulletins . Another Bright Comet? ... Issued 2002 December 31st . ... Issued 2002 December 28th . ... Issued 2002 December 18th . ... Issued 2002 December 8th . ... Public Lecture, IIS etc . Issued 2002 December 2nd . ... Issued 2002 February 22nd . ... Issued 2002 February 17th . ... Issued 2002 February 13th . ... Issued 2002 February 11th . ... Issued 2002 February 10th . ...

. The new arrival, a few hours old, greeting his big sister. A week later. He's sleeping, so it must be daytime. The whole family at the zoo in New Orleans. If we had managed to send them, this would have been our Christmas card picture. But we didn't. Jasper at 2 months old. Still fits in the Christmas suit but just barely. He may not sleep, but he sure does eat. Jasper and Thisbe getting acquainted. Ellen Howell <ehowell@naic.edu> Last modified: Fri Dec 26 2002

... ESO Science Newsletter December 2015 . 17 Dec 2015 . ... This newsletter is a summary of recent ESO Science Announcement items. Follow the links or visit ESO Science Announcements to read more. ... Read more . ... The allocation of ESO telescope time for Period 97 (1 April БЂ“ 30 September 2016) is expected to be emailed in the week beginning 21 December 2015. ... ESO Workshop, ESO Headquarters, Garching, Germany, 27 June БЂ“ 1 July, 2016 . ... Joint ESO, ALMA, NAOJ, NRAO Workshop. ...

... The European HST Archive has been moved to ESA's European Space Astronomy Centre ( ESAC ), Spain, where most of ESA's Space Science Archives are located and operated from. ... The Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility (ST-ECF), jointly operated by ESA and the European Southern Observatory ( ESO ) was, until the end of 2010, the European HST science facility, supporting the European astronomy community in exploiting the research opportunities provided by the Hubble Space Telescope. ...

... Home Education Workshops at Adorama Astro Imaging Workshop: Planetary Astro Imaging with a DSLR ? December 7, 2014 . ... Astro Answers . ... 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 . ... Presented by€а Adorama€а For the Amateur Astronomers Association of New York . ... 2016 Amateur Astronomers Association of New York Designed by Press Customizr Powered by . ...

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. Latest image of the far side of the Sun based on high resolution STEREO data, taken February 2, 2011, when there was still a small gap between the STEREO ahead-and-behind data. This gap will start to close February 6, 2011, when the spacecraft achieve 180ТА degree separation, and will completely close over the next several days. NASA

NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER ORAL HISTORY PROJECT BIOGRAPHICAL DATA SHEET NAME: Glynn S. Lunney O RAL H ISTORY: 9 March 1998 9 December 1998 28 January 1999 8 February 1999 26 February 1999 30 March 1999 26 April 1999 18 October ... EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: Attended the University of Scranton, 1953-1955 BS in Aeronautical Engineering, University of Detroit, 1958 PRE- NASA CAREER: NACA Lewis Research ... NASA-TM-X-84. Cleveland, Ohio: NASA Lewis Research Center, 1959. ... NASA-TM-X-69335. ...

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