Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... 8.01.2007 . ... This common question frequently precedes the rediscovery of one of the most commonly recognized configurations of stars on the northern sky: the Big Dipper . ... Although part of the constellation of the Great Bear (Ursa Major), the Big Dipper is an asterism that has been known by different names to different societies. ... January 2007 . ... Publications with keywords: Big Dipper - asterism . Publications with words: Big Dipper - asterism . ...

... 2012 April 9 . Blue Straggler Stars in Globular Cluster M53 . Image Credit: ESA/Hubble , NASA . ... These unusual stars are known as blue stragglers and are unusually common in M53. ... By analyzing pictures of globular clusters like the above image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers use the abundance of stars like blue stragglers to help determine the age of the globular cluster and hence a limit on the age of the universe. ... About APOD | ... A service of: ASD at NASA / GSFC . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Solar System . ... Space Flight . ... Posted on October 4, 2013 | ... Continue Reading.. Posted on September 9, 2013 | ... No Comments Now that summertime in the Northern hemisphere is in full swing a whole new batch of constellations can be seen in the south. ... Posted on June 3, 2013 | ... 111 Comments Zeta Reticuli, a dim binary system of Sun-like stars only 39.5 light years away in the little constellation of Reticulum is strangely well-known. ...

... Now, think about a much bigger move: What do you think it would be like if the Earth moved to a different part of our Galaxy? Our Galaxy, the Milky Way, is shaped like a whirlpool: It has bands of stars that spiral around the centre, which astronomers call the Galaxy s arms . ... We live in the outer parts of the Milky Way, in one of its spiral arms. ... The small centre of the Milky Way is a much more crowded place, as this is where most of its stars are found. ...

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... We had the opportunity to take part in a work experience project in the Armagh Observatory in 2015 from March 30th to April 2nd, during which we used the Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network to obtain images of various celestial bodies including the Galaxies M83, M88 and M99 which we combined 3 different images created using different filters using the software DS9. ... Images obtained using the Faulkes Telescope North at Haleakala, operated by Las Cumbres Observatory. ...

SMOV meeting, April 4, 1997 Carl is out today, so I am standing in (so the format is a little different). S/C subsystems - Everything is nominal, operations after the safemode recovery have been as expected. STIS engineering - Nominal STIS science - An ERO was taken last night, data is on its way but had not been seen by the scientists at the time of the meeting. ... The NICMOS Operations team will discuss this situation early next week. ... Go back to the Meeting Minutes Page ...

... For the first time I was in the Observatory (Crimea) . ... The University - my dream! ... 1995 October. ... Soros's fellowship for post-grads for the first time . ... 1998 April. ... I am included into the first list of ten prominent russian young scientists by the magazine "What is new in science and technology". ... Prize for young scientists of the Moscow State University. ... 2015 Short-listed for the national prize "For fidelity to science" as the best science popularizer (the 2nd at the end) ....

... 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) ...

... Nashville. ... Is it my fault that I can't reap what I sow? Nashville, did you give me half a chance With your southern style, and your hidden dance away? ... Nashville , I'd like to know your fate I'd like to stay a while But I've seen your lowered states today ( I've seen them today , honey, I swear I've seen them today ) Now I'm leaving - I've got all these debts to pay You know we all have our dues - I'll pay 'em some other place I'd ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... Sky this Month . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Sky Guide . ... NGC 2736: Part of a celestial witchт??s broom? ... This oddly shaped cloud, which is also known as NGC 2736, is a small part of a supernova remnant in the southern constellation of Vela the Sails. The brightest part resembles a pencil т?? hence the name т?? but the whole structure looks rather more like a traditional witchт??s broom. ... Only registered members of Astronomy.com are allowed to comment on this article. ...

... STScI-PRC00-12 THE GLOWING EYE OF NGC 6751 Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have obtained images of the strikingly unusual planetary nebula, NGC 6751. Glowing in the constellation Aquila like a giant eye, the nebula is a cloud of gas ejected several thousand years ago from the hot star visible in its center. ... The nebula shows several remarkable and poorly understood features. ... Hajian and his team are scheduled to reobserve NGC 6751 with Hubble's WFPC2 in 2001. ...

... This page contains pictures and text to accompany the press release entitled "some black holes are pink", which was presented as part of the Fresh Science event, ScienceNow! ... I first show colour pictures of the pink black holes (and of some blue and yellow ones for comparison. ... If you are having this trouble, I've included pictures below with stretched colour maps, to emphasise the colours: these should print better. (jpeg image, 29kb) . ... Quasar (black hole) PKS 1133-172. ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bad Astronomy: The North Star, Polaris, is a very bright star. Good Astronomy: Polaris is a middling-bright star, easily missed. ... He said it was close to Polaris, the North Star, but he also said it was in the East. ... It's natural, I suppose, to think that such an important star should be bright, but really, that's a conceit, like thinking that the Earth is at the center of the Universe. If more people knew just why Polaris is the North Star, this Bad Idea would stop. ...

. More movement and the UVa crew pose like proud parents. And the hoist begins! . The End - but not really . More photos as the installation continues through SDSS Progress Reports. HD video was shot and available.

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... The task first computes a background image in order to identify pixels that may be part of a source. The task uses two different algorithms for detecting ``point'' and ``extended'' sources. ... If a likely source is found its position and shape parameters are computed by moments and the pixels assigned to the source are set equal to the source number. ... The source is again classified as either ``point'' or ``extended'' from a comparison of its with to that of the PSF width. ...

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... Home Links International Sidewalk Astronomy Night . ... Saturday night, April 12, 2008, is the 2nd International Sidewalk Astronomy Night.€а We call on all amateur astronomers to take their telescopes and binoculars out for the public to enjoy the wonders of the night sky.€а A first-quarter Moon will be visible, as will the planets Saturn and Mars.€а More information can be found at http://www.sidewalkastronomynight.com /, where you can register so people will know where to find you. ...

... Users . ... Data Collection and Analysis . ... This particular part of the analysis has been disabled since the code is struggling to cope with the number of users seen this year, in particular the large contingent of people who have re-tweeted NASA. ... Order accounts: by user number (effectively random) by number of tweets (includes retweets) by number of followers by number of followers that also tweeted about AAS225 by number of friends that also tweeted about AAS225 . ... by user number . ...