... 2002 April 25 . Southern Cross in Mauna Loa Skies . ... Explanation: Gazing across this gorgeous skyscape, the Southern Cross and stars of the constellation Centaurus are seen above the outline of Mauna Loa (Long Mountain), planet Earth's largest volcano. Unfamiliar to sky gazers north of about 25 degrees north latitude, the Southern Cross, constellation Crux, is near the horizon to the left of Mauna Loa's summit. ... About APOD | ...

... Southern Cross in Mauna Loa Skies . ... Credit Copyright: Barney Magrath (Kamuela, HI) Explanation: Gazing across this gorgeous skyscape, the Southern Cross and stars of the constellation Centaurus are seen above the outline of Mauna Loa (Long Mountain), planet Earth's largest volcano. ... Stars of the grand constellation Centaurus almost engulf the Southern Cross with blue giant Beta Centauri , and yellowish Alpha Centauri , appearing as the brightest stars to the left of Gamma Crucis. ...

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... April 12, 1999 . Nearby Spiral Galaxy NGC 4945 . Credit: 2P2 Team , WFI , MPG/ESO 2.2-m Telescope , La Silla , ESO . Explanation: For such a close galaxy, NGC 4945 is easy to miss. NGC 4945 is a spiral galaxy in the Centaurus Group of galaxies, located only six times farther away than the prominent Andromeda Galaxy . ... Therefore galaxy-gazers searching the southern constellation of Centaurus need a telescope to see it. ... About APOD > . ...

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home publications > mercury . SEARCH ASP SITE: Match ALL words Match ANY word . ... Editorial: Climbing a Little Closer . ... In the late 1950s, my uncle Morgan and his best friend, Gerald, were using my uncle's small telescope to look at the night sky. ... Sputnik spurred them like so many others to build ships to climb into the sky, to join that chilly, violent Universe that embraces our little warm droplet of life. ... Yet they climbed higher each successful shot. ... Trying to climb higher. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Stars . Exoplanets . ... Space Flight . ... Posted on October 17, 2012 | ... Continue Reading.. Posted on August 14, 2012 | ... Posted on July 17, 2012 | ... Posted on March 29, 2012 | ... 3 Comments What exciting space events has 2012 in store for us? ... 5 Comments Once exoplanets, worlds orbiting other stars, were the stuff of science fiction but now we know of literally hundreds of real alien planets circling other stars. ...

From: TerryMosel aol.com Subject: Nova Cygni, Close asteroid pass Date: 19 March 2007 17:34:24 GMT Hi all, б  1. ... This will be the closest known approach by an object this intrinsically bright until May 2036, when binary asteroid (66391) 1999 KW4 (H=16.4) approaches within 6 lunar distances.б  Observers should be able to see it through modest telescopes as it reaches 10th magnitude on March 31st and April 1st. ... Clear Skies, б  Terry Moseley . Last Revised: 2007 March 20th . ...

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... Abstract . ... Daniel Wang, University of Massachusetts . A Paschen-Alpha Study of Massive Stars and the ISM in the Galactic Center . ... Revealing the Physical Nature of Infrared Luminous Galaxies at 0.3 . ... NICMOS imaging of submillimeter galaxies with CO and PAH redshifts . ... HST FUV Observations of Brightest Cluster Galaxies: The Role of Star Formation in Cooling Flows and BCG Evolution . ... HST NICMOS Survey of the Nuclear Regions of Luminous Infrared Galaxies in the Local Universe . ...

... Team . Observational . ... GRB mini-workshop 2006 . ... About the gamma-ray burst GRB 060218/SN 2006aj (z=0.033): the most recent observational results and about inevitable changes in "standard"/popular scenarios describing the phenomenon of the gamma-ray burst and explosion of a (massive) supernova. ... The BTA spectra of GRB 060218/SN 2006aj, as well as the BTA spectra of GRB 030329/SN 2003dh (z = 0.1685), turn out again to be among the very first spectra of two nearest GRB/SN-bursts. ...

... Looking past the ANU 24-inch telescope to theтАж . ... Title: Looking past the ANU 24-inch telescope to the constellations of the Southern Cross (Crux) and Carina setting in the south-west . ... Looking past the ANU 24-inch telescope to the constellations of the Southern Cross (Crux) and Carina setting in the south-west NOTE: All images are copyright and must not be reproduced or mirrored in any form without written permission. ...

. Pulkovo NEO Page . Central Astronomical Observatory at Pulkovo . of Russian Academy of Sciences, St.-Petersburg, Russia . Apparent Close Approaches of Near-Earth Asteroids to the Stars for April 2016 . By these observations it is possible to obtain the positions of asteroids with higher accuracy. This page includes the ephemerides of such phenomena for some observatories, namely: . Pulkovo . CrAO . Kourovskaya . Majdanak . Pulkovo Obs. Mountain Station . Mondy .

... Gravitational wave search provides insights into galaxy evolution and mergers . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Antennae Galaxies move closer . ... The Antennae Galaxies are among the closest known merging systems. ... The new, smaller distance makes the Antennae Galaxies less extreme in terms of the physics needed to explain the observed phenomena. ... Only registered members of Astronomy.com are allowed to comment on this article. ...

. To see a Russian version of this page click here . (Senior Researcher. Graduated from Moscow State University (MSU) in 1982, Ph.D. 1986, MSU) . A member of EAS and IAU. Fields of interest: hot massive stars, close binary systems: optical photometric and spectral observations, X-ray observations; ill-posed problems, X-ray astrophysics. My publications (ADS link) . Linux on CLEVO 8750 (old stuff) . Phones/addresses of my university mates graduated in 1982. E-mail: igor@sai.msu.ru .

... Camera (cold) going up to observing level for insertion into Telescope using the handling tool (blue). July 2007 . image: VISTA_IR_Camera_to_Telescope_2.JPG . ... Camera being moved from its stand in the lower floor of the Enclosure below the Azimuth floor, using the handling tool (blue). image: remove camera from stand.jpg . ... Camera inside the upper part of the enclosure after being lifted up to the Azimuth floor on its handling tool (blue). image: camera reaches az floor.jpg . ...

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