... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . Armagh Observatory, 11 June 2015: Armagh Observatory reports that the next two weeks will provide an interesting opportunity to observe the brightest planet, Venus, and the largest planet, Jupiter, as they move towards one another in the evening twilight. ... The image shows the sky view towards the West at around 11pm on 20 June 2015. ... Professor Mark E. Bailey, Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG. ...

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Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... 2.07.2015 . ... Credit Copyright: Wang, Letian Explanation: On June 30, Venus and Jupiter were close in western skies at dusk. ... As the two bright planets set together in the west , a nearly Full Moon rose above the horizon to the south and east. ... Visible as well in binoculars and small telescopes are Venus' crescent and Jupiter's four Galilean moons. Of course, Venus and Jupiter are still close . ... Publications with keywords: Venus - Jupiter . ...

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... 2015 February 20 . An Evening Sky Conjunction . ... Explanation: Eight years ago, an evening sky held this lovely pairing of a young crescent Moon and brilliant Venus . ... And since every 8 years the Moon also nearly repeats its phases for a given time of year, a very similar crescent Moon-Venus conjunction will again appear in planet Earth's evening skies tonight . But the February 20, 2015 version of the conjunction will also include planet Mars . ... About APOD | ...

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Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Planets . ... Monthly Sky Notes . ... October . ... By admin October 8, 2010 Posted in: Monthly Sky Notes . A giant from close up: an image made using data from the Cassini probe which flew past Jupiter in 2000. ... As it is so far from us, it takes JupiterтАЩs light a significant time to reach us тАУso when you see Jupiter tonight you are seeing it as it was 35€а minutes in the past. ... Posted October 12, 2010 at 11:15 PM . ... Astronotes . ...

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... 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. ...

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... More on 51 Peg: . The discovery of a Jupiter--mass planet in orbit around the solar--type star 51Peg has been reported by Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz (Geneva Observatory) on October 6th at the 9th Cambridge workshop on "cool stars, stellar systems, and the sun" held at Florence (Italy). ... Recall that the measurements of radial velocity only yield v sin i which in turn gives us M sin i. For most values of i, sin i will be greater than 0.5 and this gives a mass estimate of 0.5 Jupiter masses. ...

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... A rogue planet has been spotted wandering alone through space with no parent star in sight! ... It's even harder when the object is very dark and floating through space. ... These are star-like objects that are much bigger than planets up to about 80 times bigger than Jupiter but too small to be stars. ... Cool Fact: Some astronomers say there are about twice as many rogue planets as there are stars in our galaxy; other think there are up to 100,000 times more! ...

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... The discovery of giant Jupiter-type planets in a close proximity to 51 Peg, Boo, and And has prompted the question of where the planets could be formed in the circumstellar disks of solar-type stars. ... Planet formation, at distance of ~0.05 AU from the star, requires that the temperature of the circumstellar protoplanetary disk is low enough for the condensation of rocky materials, and the surface density is sufficiently high. ...

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... The study of extra solar planets will be one of the most important areas of research in astronomy in this century. ... The first planets outside the solar system were found in 1992 around the millisecond pulsar PSR B1257+12 by Alex Wolszczan at the Arecibo Observatory . ... Three space missions based on this principle (MOST, COROT and Kepler ) have already been launched or approved, and have the last one at least has the potential to find Earth-sized planets. ... SIM ( NASA ) is one of such missions...

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... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2000 February 13 . Southwest Mercury . Credit: Mariner 10 , NASA . Explanation: The planet Mercury resembles a moon. ... In fact, the Earth is the only planet more dense. ... From Earth , Mercury's proximity to the Sun cause it to be visible only for a short time just after sunset or just before sunrise. ... About APOD | ...

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These policies are consulted whenever there are questions or concerns for closing the enclosure due to hazardous conditions or situations. telescope operations will be suspended whenever conditions pose a risk to facilities or personnel; . the Chief Telescope Engineer has full responsibility and sole authority to make this decision. ... Policy: The Chief Telescope Engineer has full responsibility and sole authority to suspend operations for the reasons described in the previous policy. ...

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Giant Jupiter. Jupiter . ... Jupiter has no solid surface that is why speaking about its dimensious point the radius of the upper border line of the clouds, where the presseru is about 10 KPa; radius of Jupiter on the equator is 71400 km. ... The Jupiter satellites. ... Nowadays 16 satellites of the Jupiter are known: Adrastea, Mitis, Amaltea , Phina,then 4 Galilei satellites: Io , Europe , Hanimed , Callisto , Leda, Aimalia, Zicitea, Elara, Ananke, Carme, Pasipe and Sinope. ... Jupiter's ring. ...

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