... Although visible every year at this time, the Perseids are expected to appear particularly active this year due to the relative absence of glare from the Moon during the peak. Young Suns of NGC 7129 . ... The Heart and Soul Nebulas . ... The Heart Nebula, officially dubbed IC 1805 and visible above on the right, has a shape reminiscent of a classical heart symbol. ... Mars to Appear Normal this August . ... Regardless of numerous urban legends circulating, Mars will a relatively normal August. ...

... 2002 August 5 . Rays from an Unexpected Aurora . ... For starters, last Friday morning, no intense auroral activity was expected at all. Possibly more surprising, however, the aurora appeared to show an usual structure of green rays from some locations. ... Large sunspot groups indicate that activity from the currently active Sun is relatively likely, possibly causing other streams of energetic particles to cascade onto the Earth and so causing more auroras . ... About APOD | ...

... Magnetic storms online . ... Geomagnetic activity forecast . ... August : 2015 . ... No magnetic storm is expected . From 2 August 2015 to 28 August 2015 the following magnetic storms and disturbances are expected: . August 10, 2015 geomagnetic storm of level G1 (minor) . August 28, 2015 geomagnetic disturbances . ... August 06, 2015 geomagnetic disturbances 2 August 2015 - 28 August 2015 . 01.08.2015 . ... Probability of a magnetic storm . ... Probability of a strong magnetic storm . ...

... Projects . Data transfer . ... PPTA projects and allocations . ... Time active (d) . ... Not active . ... PPTA data release 2 . ... unallocated Study timing noise in PPTA pulsars . ... unallocated Reprocess P140 data with PPTA pipeline . ... unallocated Consider the optimal observing strategy for PPTA pulsars . ... unallocated Application of cyclic spectroscopy to PPTA pulsars . ... Profile Domain Pulsar Timing: Developing and applying techniques to PPTA data. ... Tue, 24 Nov 15 03:36:53 +0000 . ...

... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... September Perseid meteors captured by the . ... Its occurrence provides astronomers with interesting new data about the hidden trails of meteoroids тАФ small bodies ranging in size from fine dust particles to objects of marble-size and larger тАФ in the solar system and their supposed sources: comets and asteroids passing through the inner solar system. ... The particular comet that created the September Perseids is unknown...

... 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. ...

... Towards a Truly Unified Model of AGN . ... The Unified Model holds that the aspect-dependent effects primarily determine the nature of the active galactic nucleus that we observe. ... The full postscript file can be obtained here: . The PASA Latex file can be obtained here: . The postscript file of Fig 1 can be obtained here: . ...

THE RELATIVE MONTHLY MEAN SUNSPOT NUMBER ON AUGUST 2012 HAS MADE Waug.= 63.1, THAT GIVES FOR 38 MONTH (2012, FEBRUARY) DEVELOPMENT CURRENT 24 CYCLES OF SOLAR ACTIVITY THE SMOOTHED MONTHLY MEAN SUNSPOT NUMBER W*feb.= ... Weekly Bulletin on Solar and Geomagnetic Activity Highlights on 27.08 - 02.09.2012, Forecast on 03 - 10.09.2012, Carrington Rotation 2127 (15,04.08.2012) SUNSPOT ACTIVITY OF THE SUN REMAINED AT THE AVERAGE LEVEL. ... GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY REMAINED QUITE AND ACTIVE. ...

... 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). ...

... Ciel Espace, le magazine qui vous guide toujours plus loin . ... des pages consacr†йes †а la publication de vos photos Mais c'est aussi une vraie communaut†й avec laquelle partager votre passion et nourrir votre curiosit†й. Accueil La com†иte Chury toujours active . ... Cette photo prise le 1 er mars 2016, †а seulement 26,7 km de distance, met en †йvidence un beau jet de mati†иre qui s'†йchappe en bordure des r†йgions Imhotep et Bes, sur le lobe de l'h†йmisph†иre Sud de la com†иte. ... Etat du ciel ...

Program Number . ... The Host Environments of Type Ia Supernovae in the SDSS Survey . ... Those changes are most apparent in Jovian atmosphere, which displays a wide variety of bands and spots, reflecting complex meteorological phenomena (see, e.g., previous ACS observations of the upper atmosphere and of the new little red spot ). ... The present program builds on past HST programs (see Program GO 10534 ) that have monitored atmospheric changes in the two outermost gas giants, Uranus and Neptune. ...

... Science . ... Science Users Information > Science Publications > Science Announcements > Clustering Measurements of Active Galactic Nuclei . ... Observing Facilities . ... ESO Data . ... Galaxies and active galactic nuclei (AGN) are not randomly distributed in the Universe. ... This ESO workshop, which will be the first ever dedicated workshop on AGN clustering, aims to summarise our current understanding of AGN clustering and how the community should prepare for upcoming data sets and challenges. ...

... Pre-university education . ... Samara region . SSAU History . SSAU roadmap . ... Samara State Aerospace University (SSAU) will take an active part in the work of space activities of the United Nations organization (UNO). ... The road map shape on inclusion of Samara University into implementation of the UN Program on Space Applications was outlined at the roundtable discussion with the University teachers and specialists and at the meeting with SSAU Rector Yevgeniy Shakhmatov. ...

... SAO RAN RATAN-600 EXCURSIONS 40 YEARS of R/T REFERENCES . ... GPS radio sources . ... Thursday, April 30, 10-00 . ... Friday, December 19, 10-30 . ... N. Bursov, V. Chaykin, A. Storozhenko "Preliminary results of RATAN-600 antenna measurements with the help of the geostationary Satellite Turksat 2A/3A". ... The basic results. ... Information-analytical system of estimating the parameters of radio sources in continuum with the RATAN-600 (the message for a conference, IPA St. Petersburg). ......

This file gives some hints on setting up the ABPP for pulsar observations and taking data. ... ABPP will always choose the largest bandwidth possible given the RF and the DM of the pulsar. ... The simplest way to control the WAPP datataking program is via tha datataking GUI shown below. ... As soon as the PC echos back to the gui in the ABPP LOG, that it is, in fact, taking data, you will see this reflected in the gui by the pink "SETTING UP MACHINE" being replaced by a green "DATATAKING ACTIVE". ...

... I.A.Dynnikov, Three-page approach to knot theory. ... Universal semigroup, Funktsional'nyi Analiz I Prilozhenija, 34 (2000), no.1, 29-40 (Russian); English translation in Functional Analysis and Its Appl. 34 (2000), no.1, 24-32. I.A.Dynnikov, Finitely presented groups and semigroups in knot theory. ... Math. 2000, no. ... English translation: Russian Math. ... A.Vershik, Numerical invariants of exponential groups, and a locally free approximation of braid groups (in Russian), Zapiski Nauchn. ...

... Most Important Journals . Less Popular Astronomical Journals . Physics . Space, Selectial mechanics, .. Russian Journals . ... Astrophysics & Astronomy . ... Astronomical Journal . ... New Astronomy . ... Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific . ... STScI News . Space Telescope Insitute Newsletter . ... Journal of Astronomical Data . ... Journal of High-Energy Physics (mirror in CERN ) [astro, grav, hi-energy .. ... Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics . ...

... Planets . ... Earth Satellites . ... The newly discovered ?mega-Earth? ... Its sibling, the lava world Kepler-10b, is in the background (the two planets? proximity is grossly exaggerated) .€а Kepler-10c has a diameter of about 29 000 km, 2.3 times as large as Earth, and weighs 17 times as much. ... The first mega-earth to be discovered is Kepler-10c which orbits a star lying about 560 light years from the Sun in the constellation Draco. ... Astronomers Find a New Type of Planet: The ?Mega-Earth? ...

... This Announcement contains detailed information on organizational items, scientific and cultural program of Odessa session GMIC-99. ... 8.00- 23.00 Registration of participants in the hall of Tour-complex "Odessa"(Arcadia region, GAGARIN plateau, 5). ... 8.00- 13.00 Registration of participants in the hall of Tour-complex "Odessa". 10.00-12.00 Program Committee session and press conference dedicated to GMIC-99 (Odessa Scientists' House). ... 9.00- 11.00 Plenary session. ... 13.00- 14.00 Lunch. ...

... 9) Oknyanskij V.L. 1994, "Optical-radio time delays in Q0957+561", Odessa Astronomical Publ., ... 11) Oknyanskij V.L. 1994, "Connection between X-ray and optical variability in NGC4151", in Proceedings of Int. Conf. ... 1994. 12) Oknyanskij V.L. 1994, "Connection between X-ray and optical variability in NGC4151", Astrophys. and Space Science, 222, p.157. ... 14) Oknyanskij V.L., van Groningen E., 1997, "Optical spectral variability of NGC4151 in 1990", Astronomical and Astrophys. ...