... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2014 June 29 . Galaxy Cove Vista Revisited . ... Patience was needed in searching out just the right place and waiting for just the right time. ... Usually obscured McWay Falls is visible just below the image center, while the Pacific Ocean is in view to its right. ... About APOD | ... NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply . ...

... Peculiar Elliptical Galaxy Centaurus A . ... What's happened to the center of this galaxy? Unusual and dramatic dust lanes run across the center of elliptical galaxy Centaurus A. These dust lanes are so thick they almost completely obscure the galaxy's center in visible light. Galaxy Cove Vista Revisited . ... The Hercules Cluster of Galaxies . ... These are galaxies of the Hercules Cluster, an archipelago of island universes a mere 500 million light-years away. ...

T he Siding Spring Survey (SSS) is a Near-Earth Object search program that utilises the 0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory, N.S.W., Australia. ... The mission of the Siding Spring Survey is to contribute to the inventory of near-earth objects (NEOs), or more specifically, the potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs) and comets (PHOs) that may pose a threat of impact and thus harm to civilization. ... Based on the CSS Mission page . ... Siding Spring Survey Main Page . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Space Flight . ... Posted on December 3, 2015 | No Comments Tim Peake is clearly a man who likes a challenge and has a keen sense of adventure, for in his spare time the father of two enjoys skiing, cross-country running, [ ] . Continue Reading.. Posted on November 5, 2015 | ... Posted on June 9, 2015 | ... Posted on March 25, 2015 | ... Posted on January 7, 2015 | ... Posted on June 20, 2014 | ... Posted on April 17, 2014 | ...

... Science User Portal . ... ESO, the European Southern Observatory . ... ESO's Governing Bodies . ... Travel and Contacts . Travel to ESO Headquarters . ... Travel to Guesthouse . ... Travel to E-ELT Armazones . ... Survey Telescopes . ... Star Clusters . ... 2009 . ... Stars@ESO . ... ESO Science Newsletter . ... ESO 3.6-metre telescope . ... MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope . ... ESO 1-metre Schmidt telescope . ... European Week of Astronomy and Space Science 2009 . ... ESO Science Outreach Network . ...

... ATNF Home . About ATNF . ... About ATNF overview . ... Governance overview . Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Australia Telescope User Committee . ... Our people overview . ... Publications overview . ... Careers overview . ... ATNF facilities . ... Parkes radio telescope . ... Australia Telescope 20GHz Survey . ... Visiting Parkes radio telescope . ... Parkes radio telescope webcam . ... http://www.atnf.csiro.au/research/conferences/2012/SCCSV/Slide1.jpg" width="860px"> . ...

Mathilde . ... On June 27, 1997 the Near-Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft flew flew past asteroid 253 Mathilde. ... On June 27, 1997 NEAR made a spectatular 25 minute flyby of Mathilde which resulted in more than 500 images of a dark, crater-battered little world that dates to the beginning of the solar system. ... This first image of asteroid 253 Mathilde, returned by the NEAR spacecraft just before 10:00 AM EDT on June 27, 1997, was taken from a distance of 1800 kilometers (1120 miles). ...

Don't Walk Away -Jade (Verse 1) I've got all this love , waiting just for you I just gotta know that your love is true Can't keep running boy in and out my life Wanna be your girl, not cause the mood is right (Chorus) If I let you come inside, tomorrow will you hide Will you be there for me, when I need someone to hold Baby don't misunderstand, I do want you for my man I just ...

Previous Editions of the M111: . ... OutReach Training and Program . September Public Night . Welcome all ye weary travelers to a new type of M111 "On Line". ... Back to top.. ... When I logged our last outreach programs I couldn't help but notice that Warren Rupp Observatory is NUMBER FIVE in the worldwide standings in public outreach programs! ... If you'd like to train in astronomy outreach, just contact any of our members and we'll be happy to train you to do public outreach! ...

The CDK20 North is seen in November 2012 with its new A200HR mount, Apogee 16M camera, and Optec IFW-3 filter wheel. The Sirius dome of the CDK20 North is seen in May 2010, and the telescope is visible through the open shutter. ... Brad Carter (left) and Rhodes Hart (right) of the University of Southern Queensland visited their northern Shared Skies CDK20 at Moore Observatory in September 2009. ... Microswitches were added to limit the range of polar axis rotation on the original mounting. ...

... б The IAA + UAS,б in conjunction with the Northern Ireland Environment Agency,б will be holding another joint event to mark the summer solstice, with a visit to Ballynoe Stone Circle, near Downpatrick, Co Down. ... DIRECTIONS:б Ballynoe Stone Circleб is on Ballynoe Road, which runs SSW from Downpatrick towards Dundrum Bay. ... 1. via DOWNPATRICK: . ... Turn right at this cross roads onto Ballynoe Road, and in about 200 yds you'll see theб small greenб 'Tourist'б sign for Ballynoe SC. б  . ...

... Exposure Time Calculator (ETC) . Survey processing . ... VISTA is a 4-m class wide field survey telescope for the southern hemisphere, equipped with a near infrared camera (1.65 degree diameter field of view at VISTA's nominal pixel size) containing 67 million pixels of mean size 0.34 arcsec and available broad band filters at Z,Y,J,H,K s and a narrow band filter at 1.18 micron. A wide field visible camera, if constructed, could also be used on VISTA. ... Tile . ... ESO VISTA Public Surveys . ...

... Astrophysics Group . ... The Astrophysics Group is now based in the new Battcock Centre for Experimental Astrophysics, which is located close to the Institute of Astronomy off the Madingley Road to the west of Cambridge city centre. ... The Cavendish Laboratory itself is on J.J. Thomson Avenue on the University West Cambridge site across the Madingley Road. ... If eastbound towards the city, look for a long traffic island with a right-turn break through signposted J.J. Thomson Avenue . ...

Click on a date or title to see an image (JPEG) of the article . ... May 3, 2001 . ... June 3, 1999 . ... s not a disaster movie, just an astronomy convention . New York Times . ... A New Baby Picture of the Southern Sky . ... May 25, 1999 . In Cosmic Blasts, Clues to Black Holes . ... April 3, 2001 . ... From Light to Darkness: Astronomy?s New Universe . Science News . ... Weekly World News . ... Copyright © 1999 The Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. ...

... Shevchenko Vladislav Vladimirovich . ... Position: Head of Department of Lunar and Planetary Research, Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics. ... L. Johnson Space Center - Lunar and Planetary Institute. ... Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, Universitetsky 13, Moscow, 119899 , Russia, . ... V.I.Chikmachev, S.G.Pugacheva and V.V.Shevchenko, Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, Moscow, chik@sai.msu.ru ...

... It was an overnight trip that had been planned for several months in advance, a Project ASTRO event that would also include a half-day study of the solar system and observations of the Sun. While viewing the crescent Moon, the students began asking about the craters. ... Do we need to start astronomy education earlier than fifth-grade? ... The ASP's Project ASTRO has prepared a catalog of projects in astronomy education to which anyone can apply or from which anyone can request materials. ...

Charge to discussion groups Evolution of Galaxies through the HI Window February 1-3, 2008 Martha Haynes (Cornell University) Astro2010: The Need for a US HI strategy · HI science is undergoing a renaissance driven both by science and by technology · Sc · · · · · ience EOR/ dark ages exploration Importance of gas to galaxy evolution Kinematic tracer of interactions Distinct probe of cosmology Tracer of ... US Strategy · Dwarf galaxies · Where is/are the gas/galaxies in voids? ...

CCD Forum Message . Forums: . ... CCD Tips and Techniques | ... CCD And What's Needed?? ... Going beyond this, you need a method of keeping the scope pointing accurately at the stars (guiding), and avoiding field rotation (wedge or a derotator). ... Now there are a number of different methods of getting the light needed for guiding. ... www.astronomy.net . ... Forum posts are Copyright their authors as specified in the heading above the post. "dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

M iranda ("mi RAN duh") is the eleventh of Uranus 's known satellites. Miranda is the innermost of Uranus' large moons. orbit : 129,850 km from Uranus diameter : 472 km mass : 6.3e19 kg M iranda is a daughter of the magician Prospero in Shakespeare's The Tempest . ... V oyager 2 was forced to fly close to Uranus in order to get the boost it needed to go on to Neptune and due to the orientation of the whole system at almost right angles to the ecliptic only Miranda was approached closely. ...

Next: Preface Up: Contents Previous: Contents . Cover Illustration: Two B- band images of the Phoenix dwarf galaxy at different epochs ( top ), and the difference of the two using new software to register and scale the images ( bottom left ) and to match their PSFs ( bottom right ). In the fully matched case about a dozen Cepheid variables are readily apparent, as is one high proper-motion star just below and left of center. ...