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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. August 18, 1999 . Sun Block . ... Explanation: During a total solar eclipse, Earth's moon blocks the sun - almost exactly. While the sun is about 400 times wider than the moon, it is also about 400 times farther away and each appears to be half a degree or so in diameter. ... Tomorrow's picture: Light From The Dark Sun . ... About APOD > . ...

... 2007 August 26 . A Total Lunar Eclipse Over North Carolina . ... Explanation: This coming Tuesday, our Moon will appear to disappear . A similar total lunar eclipse is seen above in a time lapse image captured in 2003 over North Carolina , USA . ... In the above picture the Earth's rotation, multiple exposures, and digital enhancements are used to create a time-lapse effect that dramatizes how the Moon looked as it faded out and re-appeared during the three hour lunar eclipse . ...

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... Date: 13 August 2008 22:50:21 BST . Subject: Lunar Eclipse, Astronomy at Mount Stewart, BAA Meeting in Dublin, WSP . ... ECLIPSE OF THE MOON, 16 August:б  . б б б Following the Solar eclipse on 1 August atб New Moon, the next Full Moon on 16 August also provides an eclipse - a lunar one this time, of course. ... At maximum, almost 81% of the Moon will be in the Earth's shadow, and the rest will be dimmed by the outer fainter penumbral shadow. ... WHIRLPOOL STAR PARTY, 26-28 September. ...

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... Circumstellar disc of beta Pictoris: constraints on grain properties from polarization. To appear in the Astronomy & Astrophysics . abs , src , ps ] . ... Dust influx to Titan from Hyperion . ... abs ] . ... Characteristics of bulges and disks in interacting galaxies . ... Dust grains around Herbig Ae/Be stars: porous, cometary-like grains? ... To appear in the Astronomy & Astrophysics Supplement . ... Finally, Links may lead you to more options (e.g. via the LANL preprint system). ...

... 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. ...

. Third Meeting of the GALFA Consortium . Arecibo Observatory, August 29, 2004 . This meeting was organized together with the conference Diffuse Matter in the Galaxy: Observations Confront Theory, A Meeting in Honor of the 65th Birthday of Carl Heiles . Last updated: Monday, 08-May-2006 19:10:29 AST . S. Gibson [GALFA Meeting 1] [GALFA Meeting 2] [GALFA Meeting 3] [Main GALFA page] . [NAIC] [Astro Home] [Staff] [Observing] [Receivers] [ALFA] [RFI] [Data] [Memos] [Publications] [Calendar] [Contacts] .

... 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. ...

... ISC Kosmotras . ... Comments, Opinions Publications Dnepr Program . Dnepr launch record 17 August 2011. ... The annual general meeting of ISC Kosmotras shareholders that reviewed the results of the company s activities in 2010 and 4 months of 2011 was held in Moscow on May 26, 2011. ... ISC Kosmotras shareholders expressed their confidence that cooperation between Russian, Ukrainian and Kazakh team members will give another impetus to the Dnepr Program. ... Dnepr Program . Dnepr LV . ...

ATMoB 2017 Solar Eclipse Expedition August 21, 2017 ­ Columbia , MO Participant Registration Form Primary Participant: Organized by Mario Motta / Bernie Volz _________________________________ ... _________________________________ (Cell/Work) ______________________________________________________ NO YES (Non-binding, Extra cost ~$60.00/ person ) Eclipse Day Chartered Coach Option (Circle) I understand this package includes only pre- and post- ... Pre-eclipse meeting at the hotel @ 8PM. ...

... Artist's concepts of two ATLAST designs . ... ATLAST: Characterizing Habitable Worlds (Postman et al. ... Science drivers and requirements for an Advanced Technology Large Aperture Space Telescope (ATLAST):Implications for technology development and synergies with other future facilities (Postman et al.) ... A 16-m ATLAST Mission Design (Lillie et al.) ... Conceptual Design for a 16-m Segmented UVOIR Space Telescope (Korechoff et al.) ... Science with an 8-m to 16-m ATLAS Telescope (Postman et al.) ...

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Status of EPIC operations Pedro CalderСn RiaЯo, ESAC Mallorca BOC meeting 29-30 March 2011 Routine Operations Nominal observations · See the Quarterly Status report at http://xmm.esac.esa.int/external/xmm_news/mission_status/index.php · Almost no time lost due to the instruments (~ 0.05%) Eclipse season; nominal. · 22 earth eclipses, one combined earth+lunar eclipse, and one lunar only. ... Pedro CalderСn RiaЯo | ... Status_Oper_2011.ppt | XMM-Newton | Pag. ... Status of EPIC operations | ...

... Dongwon Kim , March 2014, on-going . ... Tammy Roderick , March 2011, on-going . Emma Kirby, *PhD completed August 2010* . ... Laura Dunn, *PhD completed December 2007* . ... David Nicholls, *PhD completed March 2014* . ... Antoine Bouchard, *PhD completed June 2006* . Emily McNeil, *PhD completed December 2010* . ... Eduard Westra, *PhD completed December 2007* . Sebastian Gurovich, *PhD completed August 2006* . Rami Rekola, *PhD completed December 2004* . ...

... Gift Center . ... Why do aurorae appear strongest within rings centered on Earth's poles instead of filled-in circles? ... RELATED TOPICS: AURORAE . The visible aurorae result from electrons that move along magnetic field lines from space into the upper atmosphere. ... Just make sure you're registered with the website. Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... If you are already registered on Astronomy.com, please log in below. ...

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