... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . Comet C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS) on 2012 August 9th. ... A new comet, called C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS), is expected to become visible for a few weeks from approximately 10th March in the western sky after sunset. The comet has come from the Oort cloud, which comprises a vast swarm of comets surrounding the solar system and extending more than halfway to the nearest star, that is more than two light years from the Sun. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Planets . ... Exoplanets . ... Space Flight . ... Science Fiction . ... August . ... By admin August 18, 2011 Posted in: August . Artist's impressions of Kepler and the light curve of transiting planet (Image credit: NASA) . ... In 1995 we knew of only nine planets (including Pluto, how times change), but in that year the first of the extra-solar planets or exoplanets was confirmed. ... Another is one of the most Earth-like worlds yet discovered . ...

... Henrietta Leavitt Calibrates the Stars . ... X Ray Moon . ... This x-ray image of the Moon was made by the orbiting ROSAT (R ntgensatellit) Observatory in 1990. ... SOHO, the space-based SOlar and Heliospheric Observatory, has become by far the reigning champion facility for discovering comets, its total having recently reached 200. ... Full Throttle For Deep Space 1 . ... The bright stars above are well known as heart of the Trapezium, an open cluster of stars in the center of the Orion Nebula. ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2007 August 18 . ISS Over Mont-Megantic Observatory . ... Explanation: On August 1st, a time exposure created this surreal view that looks up into the early morning sky over southern Quebec. Only the light from a nearly Full Moon brightens the sky and highlights the dome of the 1.6 meter telescope at Mont-Megantic Observatory . ...

NATIONAL ASTRONOMY AND IONOSPHERE CENTER . ... Astronomy . ... Planetary Radar . ... Venus . ... Radar images of Venus were obtained using the Arecibo radar system in August, 1999, and again in March/April, 2001. ... The Arecibo Observatory and the GBT together serve as a radar interferometer with the objective of creating high resolution topographic maps of Maxwell Montes at spatial resolutions adequate to determine the relationship between areas of high reflectivity/low emissivity and altitude. ...

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... August 6, 1998 . Infrared Horsehead . ... Explanation: This famous cosmic dust cloud was imaged in infrared light by the European Space Agency's Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) satellite. The false-color picture shows the bright infrared emission from dust and molecular gas in part of the Orion star forming region surrounding the Horsehead Nebula . In visible light, the horsehead-shaped dust cloud looks dark against a background of bright glowing gas. ... About APOD > . ...

... It's a Meteor Shower Smaller than grains of sand, meteors vaporize in a bright streak of light as they hit Earth's atmosphere. Meteor showers come from comets, but the sporadic meteors on other nights are mostly asteroid bits. ... Meteor Showers Come From Comets Jupiter Earth Sun Comet Mercury Tips: A bright Moon can wash out meteors, making them hard to see. ... But the comet bits hit Earth's atmosphere so fast, the pieces vaporize in bright streaks -- making a meteor shower! ...

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