Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... March . ... Posted on May 20, 2015 | No Comments If you missed the Lyrids meteor shower in April, starting of May you had another chance to see some shooting stars as the Eta Aquarids meteor shower peaks on the [ ] . Continue Reading.. ... No Comments In association with BBC Stargazing Live 2015 and the Northern Ireland Amateur Astronomical Society (NIAAS) Armagh Planetarium is opening its doors for a free open evening on Tuesday 24th of [ ] . ...

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 . ...

... Mars Global Surveyor: Aerobraking . ... Completing a 10 month journey, another spacecraft from Earth arrives at Mars today. The Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) is scheduled to fire its main rocket engine for 22 minutes at 6:17 p.m. Comet Hale-Bopp Outbound . ... Outbound at about 12 miles per second it is presently nearing the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. ... A Green Flash from the Sun . ... It's a green flash from the Sun. ... A Map of Asteroid Vesta . ... Luna 9: First Soft Lander . ...

... 2013 November 8 . Solar Eclipse from Uganda . ... Explanation: The Sun's disk was totally eclipsed for a brief 20 seconds as the Moon's dark umbral shadow raced across Pokwero in northwestern Uganda on November 3rd. ... Extending beyond the photosphere, the reddish hydrogen alpha glow of the solar chromosphere outlines the lunar silhouette, fading into the Sun's tenuous, hot, outer atmosphere or corona . ... About APOD | ... NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply . ...

... 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. ...

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... In particular, members of the project regularly organize events dedicated to various interesting astronomical phenomena and events - solar and lunar eclipses, transit of Venus, etc. On November 3rd a team of astronomers will venture deep into Turkana National Park, Kenya and attempt to broadcast the magic of a total solar eclipse to the world. ... Solar eclipse . A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, and the Moon fully or partially blocks the Sun from our view. ...

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. ...

ATMoB Australia Solar Eclipse Expedition November 9-17, 2012 Participant Registration Form Primary Participant: Organized by Mario Motta / Bernie Volz _____________________________________ ... ____________________________ (Cell/Work) ______________________________________________________ I understand that the LAND tour price is $1,100.00 per person , double occupancy I request to reserve a total of _________ spaces for the November 2012 Australia Total Solar Eclipse Expedition. ...

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Hipparchus (and possibly Aristarchus before him) also derived the Moon's distance from the duration of a lunar eclipse . Because the Earth casts a much larger shadow than the Moon, such an eclipse usually darkens the entire Moon, for several hours. ... If the Sun is assumed to be very distant, and if the Moon crosses the middle of the shadow (if not, corrections must be made), the width of the shadow is expected to be about 2r , twice the Earth's radius r . ... Last updated 4 February 1999 Moon. ...

... Science . ... Science Users Information > Science and Technical Meetings > Conferences 2013 > E-ELT Science Instrumentation, 25 Feb - 1 Mar 2013 . ... Science Users Information . Observing Facilities . ... Observing with ESO Telescopes . ... Data Handling and Products . ... Presentations are invited on new or updated E-ELT science cases, shaping the definition of the upcoming instrument suite and also on ideas for instrumentation and technologies matching the E-ELT instrumentation roadmap . ...

... This is a preliminary summary of the event on November 24, 1996, considered during the INTERBALL Workshop in Kiljavanranta, Finland, February 1998. ... Pronounced plasma sheet thinning (Bz decrease) . ... Particle burst observed inside the Polar Cap and in tail lobes . A short burst of particles detected by the Auroral Probe particle detectors during the Polar Cap crossing at 21:45 UT, almost simultaneously with the Tail Probe detectors registration of the particle burst inside the North Lobe. ...

... W401, W402 ... codes are for AO4 experiments. ... VS codes are for the VSOP survey VT codes are for Test/Calibration Observations ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EXPNO SOURCE FRQ Corr DOY DY: DATE UT RANGE #TEL TELESCOPES W305c J1800+78 C* Socr 318 We:Nov-14 11:00 - 20:00 12 VLBA Y V053e W503a J1800+78 L Socr 319 Th:Nov-15 10:00 - 18:00 12 VLBA UD W605b J2136+00 C* Socr 323 Mo:Nov-19 19:00 - 03:00 12 VLBA EB W605a J2136+00 L* ...

... 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 ). ...

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 . ...

... Dale A. Gardner . NASA Astronaut (deceased) . ... NASA EXPERIENCE: б  Gardner was selected as an Astronaut Candidate by NASA in January 1978, reporting to the Johnson Space Center in July 1978.б  In August 1979, he completed a one-year training and evaluation period, making him eligible for assignment as a mission specialist astronaut .б  He subsequently served as the Astronaut Project Manager for the flight software in the shuttle onboard computers leading up to the first ...

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