... Open Cluster NGC 290: A Stellar Jewel Box . ... 1006 AD: Supernova in the Sky . ... The expanding debris cloud from the stellar explosion is still visible to modern astronomers, but what did the supernova look like in 1006? Skylab Over Earth . ... Many scientific tests were performed on Skylab, including astronomical observations in ultraviolet and X-ray light. NGC 7635: Bubble in a Cosmic Sea . ... Crumbling Comet Schwassmann Wachmann 3 Approaches . ... M82: Galaxy with a Supergalactic Wind . ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2006 February 7 . UB 313: Larger than Pluto . ... Explanation: What do you call an outer Solar System object that is larger than Pluto? ... The question arose recently when 2003 UB313 , an object currently twice as far out as Pluto and not in the plane with the rest of the planets, was verified recently to be 30 percent wider than Pluto . ...

... ESO is building what will be the World's largest optical telescope array, The Very Large Telescope (VLT). The VLT Project organisation is responsible for the design and construction of the Unit Telescopes, including enclosures, optics, adapter-rotators and coating unit. ... Unit Telescopes Overview - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ... Secondary mirror (M2 Unit) - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ... Coating Unit - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . ... Star Atlas . ... An artificial comet holds secrets to Earths life . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... The planet has extreme temperature swings and perhaps active lava flows. ... A digital supplement to Astronomy magazine. ... Join TravelQuest International with Astronomy and Discover magazines on one of three great tour options surrounding this celestial spectacle . ... Astronomy Magazine . ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Last week's Snack talked about how black holes can affect the environment around them in such a way as to be very bright . ... It's a common misconception that black holes always have matter swirling into them. ... As this matter gets closer and closer to the black hole it piles up and a large, fairly flat disk forms. This is called the accretion disk , because matter from this disk accretes (that is, falls in) on the black hole. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

In this gallery are many images of Low Surface Brightness Galaxies which have recently been discovered and analyzed. ... The central surface brightness of this galaxy is 24.28 . Malin 2 This galaxy is another huge disk galaxy with a scale length of 15 kpc and a redshift of 15000 km/a. The high surface brightness knot in one of its spiral arms actually has the same color, luminosity and H-alpha equivalent width as the entire Large Magellanic Cloud . ... Truly it is a Low Surface Brightness Galaxy. ...

... Weidong Li, University of California - Berkeley . ... Abstract . ... A Snapshot Survey of The Most Massive Clusters of Galaxies . ... Keith S. Noll, Space Telescope Science Institute . ... Increasing the Accuracy of HST Astrometry with FGS1r . ... Satellite Search for Dawn Mission Targets, Vesta and Ceres . ... HST Observations of Titan's Escaping Atmosphere in Transit and in Emission . ... GO 11969: Satellite Search for Dawn Mission Targets, Vesta and Ceres . ... Past weeks: . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Stars . ... Monthly Sky Notes . ... March . ... Posted on May 9, 2012 | 9 Comments €аA globular cluster is made of hundreds of thousands or even millions of stars packed together in a pretty compact ball. ... Continue Reading.. ... 15 Comments Today Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky is an unmistakable blue-white in colour although it does twinkle a lot and can appear to change colour. ... Posted on March 29, 2012 | ... What are the stars? ...

... The world's largest optical telescopes, the VLT (Very Large Telescope Array) are located in Chile, country that was recently hit by the 7th most powerful ever recorded earthquake, which, very sadly, is now counting many fatalities. ... You would wonder, did the mirrors survive such a strong earthquake? ... Tom Barclay , PhD student at Armagh Observatory, is about to go observing there in two weeks. ... All ESO buildings are earthquake-proof" , answered Tom. ... 28 Feb 2010 23:01 . б© 2010 OASES . ...

Ganymede is the largest moon in our solar system, larger even than the planets Pluto and Mercury. ... Ganymede's surface consists of two main types of terrain: old, dark polygonal units, and young, bright valleys and ridges (see figure 11 ). ... In a similar way, hitting a large block of ice with a hammer makes white marks. ... Ganymede as seen by Voyager 2. ... Because Voyager couldn't spot any large impact craters, scientists have concluded that the moon's surface is young. ... Moon . ... Europa . ...

You Can Make Stellar Images Brighter . Articles | ... A few months ago I wrote an article titled "You Can’t Make Them Brighter". So why am I now writing that you can make them brighter. ... The image of a focused star is actually a small disk called the Airy disk, named after the 19 th century scientist Sir George Airy. ... For a given aperture, a smaller Airy disk means that the light is focused to a smaller disk and is therefore brighter. ... www.astronomy.net . About Astronomy Net | ...

... February 21, 1996 . Millions of Stars in Omega Centauri . ... Explanation: Pictured above is the largest ball of stars in our Galaxy. About 10 million stars orbit the center of this globular cluster - named Omega Centauri - as this giant globular cluster orbits the center of our Galaxy . Recent evidence indicates that Omega Centauri is by far the most massive of the about 160 globular clusters in the Milky Way . ... About APOD | ...