... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... Risks Comparable to NEOs . ... The Increasing Rate of Discovery of Asteroids . ... Comet and Asteroid Collision Probabilities . ... Extreme albedo comets and the impact hazard (PDF Format) . ... Asteroid Impact Animations . ... Workshop on Scientific Requirements for Mitigation of Hazardous Comets and Asteroids - 2002 . ... The Spaceguard Survey Report, 1992 (PDF) . Tsunami from Asteroid/Comet Impacts . ...

... 2005 May 12 . Stars, Galaxies, and Comet Tempel 1 . ... Recorded on May 3rd slowly sweeping through the constellation Virgo, periodic comet Tempel 1 orbits the Sun once every 5.5 years. Also caught in the skyview are two galaxies at the upper left - NGC 4762 and NGC 4754 - both members of the large Virgo Cluster of galaxies. ... NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft is scheduled to encounter Tempel 1 on July 4th, launching a probe to impact the comet's nucleus . ... About APOD | ...

... Stars, Galaxies, and Comet Tempel 1 . ... Also caught in the skyview are two galaxies at the upper left - NGC 4762 and NGC 4754 - both members of the large Virgo Cluster of galaxies. Classified as a lenticular galaxy , NGC 4762 presents an edge-on disk as a narrow gash of light while NGC 4754 is a football-shaped elliptical galaxy. ... Publications with keywords: comet - lenticular galaxy - Elliptical Galaxy . Publications with words: comet - lenticular galaxy - Elliptical Galaxy . ...

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. ...

... An artificial comet holds secrets to Earths life . ... Supernova showered Earth with radioactive debris . ... Get to Know the Night Sky . ... What is the chance that Earth could pass through the debris field of Comet ISON (C/2012 S1) and get a meteor shower? ... RELATED TOPICS: COMET ISON | COMETS | ... Earth already has passed through Comet ISON s debris field which occurred around January 12, 2014 but no one detected a meteor shower. ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ...

... 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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... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. February 5, 1996 . COBE Dipole: Speeding Through the Universe . Credit: NASA , COBE , DMR , Four-Year Sky Map . ... The Milky Way Galaxy orbits in the Local Group . ... The map indicates that the Local Group moves at about 600 kilometers per second relative to this primordial radiation . ... About APOD | ...

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... 1995, Cycle 5, GO-5847 , PI, 9 orbits. The nuclear disk in the E4 radio galaxy NGC 7052: evidence for a central black hole? ... 1996/97, Cycle 6, GO-6537 , CoI, 8 orbits. ... Nuclear kinematics of the dense globular cluster M15 . ... A Census of Nuclear Star Clusters in Late-Type Spiral Galaxies . ... A Census of Nuclear Star Clusters in Late-Type Spiral Galaxies: II - Spectroscopy and Stellar Populations . ... The Ages of Nuclear Star Clusters in Early-type Spiral Galaxies . ...

... SEARCH ASP SITE: Match ALL words Match ANY word . ... Women in Astronomy . ... Science Fiction with Good Astronomy . ... Dramatic, complex history and future of the battle between dark matter and regular matter life-forms in the universe. ... 1996, Ace)  Complex hard-science novel by a Canadian amateur astronomer with intriguing ideas about dark matter and even dark matter life forms. back to topic list . ... The Milky Way becomes an active galaxy, but life on Earth is saved by a higher intelligence...

U nlike the other small bodies in the solar system, comets have been known since antiquity. There are Chinese records of Comet Halley going back to at least 240 BC. ... W hen they are near the Sun and active, comets have several distinct parts: . ... A comet whose orbit takes it near the Sun is also likely to either impact one of the planets or the Sun or to be ejected out of the solar system by a close encounter (esp. with Jupiter). ... more comet images . ... Comet Hale-Bopp (C/1995 O1) . ...

... Observatory . ... Science . ... Science Users Information > Science and Technical Meetings > Conferences 2009 > Galaxy Clusters in the Early Universe . ... Observing Facilities . ... Observing with ESO Telescopes . ... Data Handling and Products . ... Science Data Products Forum . ... Science Archive Facility . ... ESO Data . ... The meeting aims at bringing together theorists and observers to review our progress on finding, studying and understanding galaxy clusters in the early Universe. ...

... 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) . ...

Class 1 Introduction, Background History of Modern Astronomy The Night Sky, Eclipses and the Seasons Kepler's Laws Newtonian Gravity General Relativity Matter and Light Telescopes Class 2 Solar System Characteristics Formation Exosolar Planets Class 3 Stars The Sun Stellar Evolution of Low and High Mass Stars Deaths of Stars Exotic Stars Class 4 Galaxies Galaxy Classification Formation of Galaxies Galactic Evolution ... So far, one planet has been studied by this method. ...

... 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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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! ...

... Astrophysics Group . ... Pulsars . ... Stars ? ... The array was designed to detect compact radio sources such as these by virtue of the fact that they would scintillate (twinkle) when observed from the Earth through the interplanetary medium ? ... One of Antony Hewish?s research students, Jocelyn Bell, was set the task of operating the telescope and inspecting the daily charts for the kind deflections in the trace which occurred when a scintillating source passed over the array. ...

... click image to view discuss) . Comet PANSTARRS 3/13/2013 . ... Single image 4 sec exposure ISO 1600; Acton, MA . Submitted by Paul Benni on 03/16/2013 08:48:06 . ... Single image 4 sec exposure ISO 1600. ... Earthshine on Moon 3/13/2013 . ... I needed to identify Pluto's movement to make a positive ID among the many stars, which was fun to do. 8" EdgeHD telescope, 0.62x reducer, and SBIG ST-8300C camera. 5 minute images. ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...