... 2006 November 6 . The Ghostly Tail of Comet SWAN . ... Comet SWAN , which unexpectedly flared up to naked-eye brightness last week, has been showing detail in its ion tail that might be described as ghostly . The ion tail is made of ionized gas, energized by ultraviolet light from the Sun and pushed outward by the solar wind. ... Following the wind, structure in Comet SWAN's tail can be seen to move outward from the Sun even alter its wavy appearance over time. ... About APOD | ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Meteors and Meteorites . ... Stars . ... Monthly Sky Notes . ... This famous depiction of the Leonids was based on a first hand account of a meteor storm by a minister, Joseph Harvey Waggoner. ... In the autumn the Great Square of Pegasus is visible in the southern night sky. ... I hope this guide to the November night sky is helpful and have fun star sight-seeing! ... Tweets that mention The Leonid meteors: highlights of the November night sky | ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . The Inner Coma of Comet Holmes . ... Credit Copyright: Gianluca Masi (The Virtual Telescope) Explanation: What's happening to Comet Holmes? The rare comet remains visible to the unaided eyes of northern observers as an unusual small puff ball in the constellation of Perseus . ... The above image of Comet Holmes was made with a small automated 0.38-meter telescope hirable over the web for a small fee. ... Publications with keywords: comet Holmes - Coma . ...

Crater Gassendi . ... I made this drawing was made on the 26th of november 2001. If you compare this one with the previous drawing of Gassendi (below) the differences are clear. ... This drawing was made on the 28th of september 2001. After nearly a full month without observations I had a one hour gap between the thicker clouds. ... This drawing was made on the 29th of august 2001. ... This drawing was made on the 27th of august 2001. ... This drawing was made on the 25th of august 2001. ...

... November 12, 1996 . Comet Hale-Bopp Passes M14 . ... Explanation : Comet Hale-Bopp continues its slow trek across the night sky, and can now be seen superposed near the bright globular cluster M14 . Will Comet Hale-Bopp become as bright in early 1997 as Comet Hyakutake did in early 1996? It is still too early to tell. ... Because of the size of coma , some speculate that the nucleus of Hale-Bopp is unusually large. ... Tomorrow's picture: Seven Jets from Comet Hale-Bopp . ... About APOD . ...

The Leonid meteors are set to make their annual return over the interval from 13th to 22nd November. ... During each close approach to the Sun, the comet sheds a stream of dust and small particles. ... This year is rather unusual, though, in that the Earth will come close to the edges of two of the more coherent dense dust trails, resulting in two main meteor showers, one on the Thursday, 13th November and the other on Wednesday, 19th November. ... See also: Leonid Meteors Site . ...

... Главная страница / Кометы и астероиды / "Нас не догонишь". Комета 217P/LINEAR, M42, M43, Бегущий Человек и пролетающие спутники. ... M42 , M43 , БегущийЧеловек , 217P/LINEAR . ... Комета C/2009 R1 (McNaught) . ... Все права на размещенные в галерее фотографии принадлежат их авторам. ... Киевский клуб любителей астрономии "Астрополис" . Движок галереи: 4images 1.7 ...

Планета Земля и Луна . ... Космическая защита . Луна . Фотографии . ... Строение Луны . ... Страница: Начало одиссеи , Экспедиции , Море Кризисов , "Аполлон-8" , "Аполлон-9" , "Аполлон-10" , "Аполлон - 11" , E-8 "Луноход" , Испытания Л-1 , Луноход - 1,2 , КА "Луна 1-24" , КА "Луна-9" , Луна от КА СССР ; . Луна - наш космический спутник . ... Снимки Луны от аппаратов серии Луна и Зонд (СССР) . Фотографии космических аппаратов серии "Луна" (также Луноходы) и "Зонд" - СССР . ... Зонд 3 . ...

If you are already familiar with the HDF-S, you may just want to check out what's new . If you are not yet familiar with the project, you may want to start by studying the HDF-S public outreach materials and release pictures , or by reading more about the first HST Deep Field, the HDF (North) . The raw, calibrated and processed HST observations of the Hubble Deep Field South (HDF-S) were released on November 23, 1998. ... HDF-S Clearinghouse. ... Visit the Hubble Deep Field South main page . ...

... Henry Draper, a doctor by trade, was a prominent American amateur scientist and an early pioneer of astronomical photography. ... Aside from the star catalog bearing his name, Henry Draper is best known for obtaining the first photograph of an astronomical nebula, recording the Great Nebula of Orion on the night of September 30, 1880. ... Draper, Henry", by Charles A. Whitney, 1971, in the Dictionary of Scientific Biography , ed. Charles Coulston Gillispie (New York: Scribner), v. 4, p. 178 . ...

... Posts tagged ?November? Nov 6th, 2008| 06:00 am | ... See http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/events/2008/leavitt/ for details. Update 10/03] For a nice introduction to the story of Henrietta Swan Leavitt, listen to this Perimeter Institute talk by George Johnson: http://pirsa.org/06050003/ . ... Tags: 2008 , cepheid , CfA , Henrietta Leavitt , Henrietta Swan Leavitt , history , November , period-luminosity , symposium . ... 1 Comment . ... Entries RSS . ... vlk on [MADS] Parallel Coordinates . ...

... Home Observing Great Kills, Staten Island . ... Clear Sky Chart . ... Great Kills, Staten Island . ... Beyond New York City . ... Observing Resources for Amateur Astronomers - Part 1: Beginning Observers . ... A History of the First Forty Years of the Amateur Astronomers Association . ... Amateur Astronomers Medal . ... Take the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge (1 on Staten Island map) to Staten Island. ... 2016 Amateur Astronomers Association of New York Designed by Press Customizr Powered by . ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... Imaging Basics . ... Latest Rosetta image reveals terrific detail of comet's surface . ... RELATED TOPICS: ROSETTA | ... The latest narrow angle camera (NAC) view from the European Space Agency's (ESA) Rosetta mission continues to reveal more details regarding Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko's surface. ... For regular image updates from Rosetta, visit its ESA image page and the Rosetta blog . ... Only registered members of Astronomy.com are allowed to comment on this article. ...

... ESO Science Newsletter November 2015 . 18 Nov 2015 . ... This newsletter is a summary of recent ESO Science Announcement items. Follow the links or visit ESO Science Announcements to read more. ... An integral part of the commissioning of a new instrument at the VLT is the Science Verification ( SV ) phase. ... Joint ESO, ALMA, NAOJ, NRAO Workshop: . ... Science Operations 2015: Science Data Management . ESO/ESA Workshop, ESO Headquarters, Garching, Germany, 24тАУ27 November 2015 . ...

... General Information . ... The conference will take place at the Independent University, 11 Bolshoi Vlassievsky pereulok, 119002 Moscow. The nearest metro stations are: Smolenskaja (Смоленская, line 3 = dark blue, not to be confused with the other station of the same name on the line 4 = light blue) and Koropotkinskaja (Кропоткинская, line 1 = red), see this map (in russian, with detailed instructions) or another map (in english). A metro map might also be useful. ...

... Its perihelion would occur on April 1, 1997, at which point the comet would be only 0.92 astronomical units from the Sun, just within the orbit of Earth. ... Taken in April 1993, the photo showed the comet over 13 astronomical units from the Sun, well beyond the orbit of Saturn. ... Hale, as in Comet Hale-Bopp, has written a book, Everybody's Comet (available through the ASP Catalog) and coordinated an Internet project, "Hale-Bopp: Live in the American Classroom." ... Anatomy of a comet. ...

... The dates for the 3 rd Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad are November 21-29. ... See personal data of the previous APAO as an example. ... Teams may stay in Xiamen since two days before before November 21 and two days later November 29, i.e. it is possible to arrive since November 19 and depart not later December 1. ... Monday November 19 Possible delegations arrive . Tuesday November 20 Possible delegations arrive . ... Friday November 30 Possible delegations depart . ...

This page provides background material and audiovisual materials to accompany the press release "Comet Collision 'Armageddon' Unlikely". ... The signals from these molecules can be converted into sound waves by modern telescopes, giving us the chance to listen to the song of a comet. Audio Track: Song of a comet (mp3, 664kb) . Web page describing the conversion to sound in more detail, and sounds of other astronomical objects. Many many beautiful pictures of comets are available on-line. ...

November 1-4, 1993 . ... On Nov 2 (b), strong evolution of the chain takes place during the LDE/CME event occurred in AR 7613 (see Figure 2 for details): new chain fragments are developed from the regions 1 and 2 eastward and westward respectively. (d)-(e) - Comparing the Nobeyama radio heliograms with the Yohkoh/SXT images, one can see that during three days the long-living chain between sources 1 and 2 coincides with a sharp SE boundary of the large coronal hole. ...

Comet 17P/Holmes increased in brightness over a half of million times on 2007 October 24 ( APOD 2007 October 26 ). On November 1 it was still in peak of its brightness, when I pointed at it the 25-cm telescope of my home observatory located in the Nizhnyj Arkhys, Community of the Special Astrophysical Observatory in Karachai-Cherkesia, Russia. Figure 1. Comet 17P/Holmes identified in the frame of SAO 1-m Zeiss all-sky TV camera on 2007 November 1. ... Comet is a green nonstellar object. ...