... Explanation: Even though you may have just read an email claiming Mars will be incredibly bright tonight, the brightest star on the horizon is not Mars. From central Iran on August 24th, the brightest star in this twilight desert skyview is Venus, aka the Evening Star. But a bright Mars is in the picture, just above and right of more brilliant Venus . ... Near the opposite horizon, the Full Moon illuminating the desert is about 400,000 times brighter than Mars . ... August . ... August 2010 . ...

... 2010 August 27 . Brighter Than Mars . ... Explanation: Even though you may have just read an email claiming Mars will be incredibly bright tonight, the brightest star on the horizon is not Mars. From central Iran on August 24th, the brightest star in this twilight desert skyview is Venus, aka the Evening Star. But a bright Mars is in the picture, just above and right of more brilliant Venus . ... About APOD | ... NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply . ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Keep Bad Astronomy close to your heart, and help make me filthy rich. ... When Venus is on the far side of the Sun, we see the entire near side lit by the Sun. ... When it is on the near side of the Sun, it shows a beautiful thin crescent, because it is between us and the Sun and we see the mostly unlit dark half. ... To see this for yourself, draw a circle one centimeter across, then, next to it, draw a circle 6 centimeters across. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

I was wondering what conditions should be met to have the "darkest" sky .. ... Upon the above publication of the Southern Galactic hemisphere, TunГ Tezel started seeking opportunities to create the Northern counterpart image. ... So, the initial quest of having the darkest possible sky have delivered us these two all-sky images of the two galactic hemispheres as seen from Planet Earth. Zoomable and 'full-screenable' fisheye view of the "darkest sky" Southern Galactic Hemisphere image. ...

... The Pleiades star cluster, also known as the Seven Sisters and Messier 45, is a conspicuous object in the night sky with a prominent place in ancient mythology . ... The stars in the Pleiades are thought to have formed together around 100 million years ago, making them 1/50th the age of our sun, and they lie some 130 parsecs (425 light years ) away. ... Data for these stars are listed in a table below. ... Yes . ... WEBDA Pleiades cluster data . ... M45: The Pleiades Star Cluster (2007 November 18) ...

home publications > mercury . SEARCH ASP SITE: Match ALL words Match ANY word . ... IAU Publications . ... Publications of the ASP (PASP) . ... Contact Us . Editorial: "No, that is not Venus" . ... Jay, I have noticed a rather bright object in the western sky just after sundown and was curious what it is. ... Such a bright object could not be natural - it must be artificial. ... Low in the west hung Venus, one of a number of pleasant sky markers that always make me feel at home, wherever I am. ...

... Gallery . ... Mars . Mars through the 40-inch . Sidebar Left . Sidebar Top . No Sidebar . ... Sidebar Right . View full size . Title: Mars through the 40-inch . Description: Mars as viewed from ANU's 40-inch telescope Siding Spring Observatory . Left: 26 July 2003 Right: 27 August 2003 . Note the growth in the apparent size of Mars over just a month. ... Mars through the 40-inch Mars as viewed from ANU's 40-inch telescope Siding Spring Observatory . ...

... Armagh Planetarium . ... Our Galaxy . ... Universe . ... For those of you that are still bearing the psychological scars from PlutoтАЩs demotion from planet to dwarf planet a decade ago, here is news that may add salt to [ ] . ... In 2015 Armagh PlanetariumтАЩs website (including Astronotes) received well over 2.6 million page views (and over 75 million web hits*) from all over the world. ... Here you will find the latest news and views from the fascinating worlds of astronomy and space exploration....

Mariner 2 . Mariner 2, the world's first successful interplanetary spacecraft, was launched August 27, 1962. It reached Venus on December 14, 1962, after a 108-day journey from Earth. ... The Mariner 2 mission was authorized by NASA in August 1961, less than a year before the first launch window. ... Mariner 2, the world's first successful interplanetary spacecraft, was launched August 27, 1962, and passed 34,916 kilometers (21,648 miles) from Venus on December 14, 1962. ... Space History . ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... SUN MOON MERCURY VENUS MARS, JUPITER SATURN . ... Observing . ... Why Join? ... Jupiter joins Venus in the early evening . ... That more brilliant one is Venus, and it s currently having its best showing for northern observers of 2015 as it shines brightest and appears highest in the evening sky. ... Only the Full Moon itself climbing higher in the southeastern sky this evening appears brighter. ... Only registered members of Astronomy.com are allowed to comment on this article. ...

... Date: 1 April 2010 23:48:38 GMT+01:00 . Subject: Mercury+Venus, IAA Lecture, BCO Astronomy, COSMOS, Shuttle + ISS . ... ТљТљТљ OnТљthe evening of 2 April Mercury will lie only 3ТА just below and right of Venus. ... 2 Apr: 3ТА 4т??; ... ТљТљ By 15 April Mercury will have moved back to about 7ТА below right of Venus, and faded to mag +1.1, but on that evening you have a rare chance to see the Moon closer to the Sun in the sky than Mercury! ... Events at Blackrock Castle Observatory, Cork: . ...

List of publications . ... Moscow University Press. 160 pp. ... Shevchenko V.V. A Lunar Base. Moscow. ... Shevchenko V.V., Chikmachev V.I. Lunar Base - a Project of XXI Century. ... Shevchenko V.V., Pugacheva S.G., Dehktereva K.I. Brightness Characteristics of the Infrared and Visible Radiation of the Lunar Surface. ... Problems of Complex Research of the Moon. ... Solar System Research. ... Baydal G.M., Sizentzev G.A., Sotnikov B.I., Shevchenko V.V. Lunar Base Infrastructure and Lunar Resources. ...

... But it's all right, it's all right, I'm just weary to my bones Still, you don't expect to be bright and Bon Vivant So far away from home, so far away from home. ... We come on a ship we call the Mayflower, We come on a ship that sailed the moon We come at the age's most uncertain hour And sing the American tune But it's all right, its all right You can't be forever blessed Still, tomorrow's gonna be another working day And I'm trying to get some rest, That's all, I'm trying to get some rest. ...

Spectrograph Fiber Inspection: August 23, 2001 . Multiple view of fibers before being unplugged. Cartridge upright and flipped over. Unplugged bundle (right) . Measured bundle (lower left) . Top view of unplugged cartridge (lower right) . ... View of cartridge with new plate (lower left) . ... Cartridge and fibers ready to be plugged (upper left) . ... Normal position of fibers when plugged (left) . Finished side of plugged fibers (upper left) . ...

... Group . ... PmWiki has two types of table markup; the markup described in this page is useful for creating tables with lots of small cells, while table directive markups help with larger scale tables. ... Bordered and borderless tables . ... At present there is no way to specify the color of individual rows or cells in this type of table (but see Cookbook:FormattingTables ). || border=1 align=center bgcolor=yellow ||!cell 1 ||! cell 2 ||! cell 3|| ||left-aligned || centered || right-aligned|| . ...

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Netscape Communications Corporation . ... Here is an extract from a press release about Netscape Netcaster. On August 13 1997, Netscape Communications announced the availability of Netscape Netcaster push client software as part of Netscape Communicator. ... You can use a DIV tag to align a block of content to the right. ... Use the P tag to display paragraphs. ... The basic structure of an HTML document is: header info goes here body content goes here </XMP> . ...

V. Penumbral lunar eclipse of 2016, August 18 The beginning of the eclipse is visible from extreme east of Asia, Austra- lia, New Zealand, Northern and west of South America, Pacific coast of Antarc- tica, Pacific ocean. ... Universal time of geocentric opposition h m s in right ascension 2016, August 18, 10 25 40.8 Sun Moon h m s h m s Right ascension . ... 15 48.15 15 58.70 Circumstances of the Eclipse Position Angles of the Moon's axis h m o Moon enters penumbra . ... of Moon |North Point| ...

... Meade Instruments Corporation . ... Choosing the Right Microscope . ... On most microscopes the specimen glass remains fixed while the microscope's objective lens and eyepiece move as a unit up or down to focus the image. ... Eyepieces of varying powers work with objective lenses of varying powers to yield a range of microscope magnifications. ... Magnification: The effective magnification of a microscope is determined by multiplying the eyepiece power by the objective lens power . ... about meade |...