... 2015 October 14 . A Gegenschein Lunar Eclipse . ... Beyond Earth's cone of darkness are backscattering dust particles orbiting the Sun that standout with a diffuse glow called the gegenschein , visible as a faint band rising from the central horizon and passing behind the Moon. ... Visible in the distant sky as the blue dot near the top of the image is the star Sirius , while the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy arches up on the image left and down again on the right. ... About APOD | ...

... A Daylight Eclipse of Venus . ... Just two days ago, two of the three celestial objects easily visible during the day appeared to collide. But actually, Earth's Moon passed well in front of the distant planet Venus . ... Moments after this image was taken, the Moon, visible as the crescent on the right of the above image , eclipsed Venus , appearing in gibbous phase on the lower left. ... Publications with keywords: Venus - Moon - eclipse . Publications with words: Venus - Moon - eclipse . ...

Total lunar eclipse of 2014, October 8 The beginning of the eclipse is visible from the extreme east of Asia, Ame- rica, Greenland, eastern Australia and New Zealand, eastern half Arctic, and Silent oceans. ... 16 00.44 16 20.34 Circumstances of the Eclipse Position Angles of the Moon's axis h m o Moon enters penumbra . October 8, 8 13.9 335.61 Moon enters umbra . 9 14.3 335.67 Moon enters totality . ... 10 54.6 335.76 Moon leaves totality . 11 24.3 335.79 Moon leaves umbra . ...

Educator's Guide to Eclipses . ... In a solar eclipse you observe the Sun (using only safe methods, of course). ... In a lunar eclipse you observe the Moon. ... Because of the geometry described below, you can only view a solar eclipse when the Sun is up, and the Moon is nowhere to be seen. ... Eclipses occur when the Sun, Earth and Moon line up. ... In a solar eclipse the Moon passes directly in front of the Sun. ... In a lunar eclipse the Moon moves into Earth's shadow. ...

... In the last day of the International Year of Astronomy - i n the early evening of the 31st December - the Moon undergoes the smallest partial eclipse that we have seen in Ireland for 40 years - in that the Moon will only just dip into the umbral shadow of the Earth. At mid-eclipse (19:23) the lower right of the Moon may just be seen to have a faint ruddy colour as indicated in the diagram. ... Thursday, 3 December 2009 19:21 . International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node . ...

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. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Moon . ... Our Galaxy . ... Earth Satellites . ... This time of the year is perfect for spotting the Milky WayтАЩs sister galaxy, M31 in Andromeda. ... It is the nearest galaxy to the Earth apart from smaller companion galaxies such as the Magellanic Clouds which are visible from the Southern Hemisphere. ... Towards the end of the month, on 23 October there will be a New Moon making it the best time to take to the skies as the Moon will not be visible. ...

... Munching on Lunar Cheese . ... Rarely have most of us really watched a lunar eclipse. Let's observe the lunar eclipse this month and see what the shadow-play can teach us about Earth and its little mate. ... My grandparents came out, we sat on bales of hay in a field, ate our hot dogs and roasted marshmallows, and watched a huge full Moon fall into Earth's ruddy red shadow. ... The ancient Greeks knew this, too, and they saw Earth's circular shadow on the Moon during lunar eclipses. ...

... Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, Universitetsky 13, Moscow, 119899 , Russia, . MICROSYMPOSIUM 34, Topics in Comparative Planetology October 8-9, 2001, Moscow, Russia . ... V.I.Chikmachev, S.G.Pugacheva and V.V.Shevchenko, Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, Moscow, chik@sai.msu.ru . Brown University - Vernadsky Institute Microsymposium 40, 2004, Moscow, Russia . ... Chikmachev, S.G.Pugacheva, Sternberg State Astronomical institute. ...

... 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.) ...

... And when our rights were threatened, the cry rose near and far "Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star!" cho: Hurrah! Hurrah! ... As long as the Union was faithful to her trust, Like friends and brethren, kind were we, and just; But now, when Northern treachery attempts our rights to mar, We hoist on high the Bonnie Blue flag that bears a single star. ... And rather than submit to shame, to die we would prefer So cheer for the Bonnie Blue flag that bears a single star. ...