... Asteroid 2007 TU24 Passes the Earth . ... Mercury on the Horizon . ... Because Mercury orbits so close to the Sun, it never wanders far from the Sun in Earth's sky. ... Orbiting Astronaut Reflects Earth . ... Visible in the above picture, working in from the outer borders, are the edges of the reflecting helmet of a space suit, modules of the International Space Station (ISS), the Earth, the arms of Expedition 15 astronaut Clay Anderson, and the digital camera used to snap the image. ... 2007 2008 ....

... September 26, 1996 . Tonight: A Total Lunar Eclipse . ... Explanation : Tonight brings the last total lunar eclipse visible from North America until the year 2000 - with the Moon becoming completely immersed in Earth's shadow. ... In North and South America, the Moon will be just rising at the beginning of the eclipse. In West Europe and Africa, tonight's lunar eclipse will be visible before the dawn of September 27 th . ... About APOD | ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . ... Observing . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... Bright planets meet at dusk . ... Astronomy magazine subscribers can read the full article for free. ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter....

... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... Armagh Observatory reports that, if skies are clear on the night of 27/28 September, skywatchers will witness a rare total eclipse of the Moon during the early hours of Monday 28th. ... As the eclipse progresses from penumbral to partial phase, and then towards totality, it is interesting to observe how the dark shadow of the Earth slowly encroaches on the Full Moon until the Moon is nearly completely obscured. ...

... A Snapshot Survey of The Most Massive Clusters of Galaxies . ... Imaging of Local Lyman Break Galaxy Analogs: New Clues to Galaxy Formation in the Early Universe . ... HST Imaging of UV emission in Quiescent Early-type Galaxies . ... HST NICMOS Survey of the Nuclear Regions of Luminous Infrared Galaxies in the Local Universe . ... ACS images of galaxy-galaxy Einstein ring lenses from the Sloan survey . ... The CFHT Legacy survey provides a powerful tool for identifying candidate galaxy-galaxy lenses...

... Penumbral lunar eclipse of 2016, September 16 The beginning of the eclipse is visible from Eurasia (except the Western Europe), east of Africa, Madagascar, Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica at co- ast of Indian ocean, west of Pacific, and Indian oceans. ... 15 54.75 16 22.61 Circumstances of the Eclipse Position Angles of the Moon's axis h m o Moon enters penumbra . September 16, 16 52.9 335.20 Greatest eclipse . ... Position |The Moon being in the Zenith in of penumbra| ... of Moon |North Point| ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. September 22, 1998 . M61: Virgo Spiral Galaxy . ... Explanation: M61 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the nearby Virgo Cluster of Galaxies . Visible in M61 are a host of features common to spiral galaxies : bright spiral arms , a central bar , dust lanes , and bright knots of stars. ... About APOD > . ...

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