... Tonight's Sky . ... Observing . ... Sky this Month . ... The Sky This Week: April 1 - 10 . ... Sky this Week . Observing Podcasts . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Imaging Basics . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . Springtime observing for small telescopes . ... Seasonal Observing . ... Observing Basics . ... Cassini Imaging Central Lab, Boulder, Colorado . ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ...

. In an effort to provide a centralized database for indexing locations and descriptions of Shuttle debris, the editors of Astronomy Net have generated a database and web page where reports can be logged. This may or may not prove useful for cataloging debris reports, but Astronomy Net is happy to dedicate computer resources to help out any way possible. We express our sympathy and prayers to the families and friends of the Columbia crew. If you have located Shuttle debris, report it here.

... Major news, from Terry Moseley: "Irish amateur astronomer Dave McDonald has just discovered an asteroid - the first one to be discovered in Ireland for 160 years! ... He said to me afterwards "Now I'll just have to discover one myself!" ... The only other asteroid ever discovered in Ireland was 9 Metis, by Andrew Graham at Markree Observatory in Co Sligo, on 25 April 1848. ... International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node . ...

The sections <Directory> , <Location> and <Files> can contain directives which only apply to specified directories, URLs or files respectively. Also htaccess files can be used inside a directory to apply directives to that directory. ... The order of merging is: . ... If multiple <Directory> sections apply to the same directory they are processed in the configuration file order. ... Using the options in question is only possible inside a <Directory> section (or a .htaccess file). ...

. Unix commands are executable binary files located in directories with the name bin (for binary). Many of the commands that you use are located in the directory /usr/bin . When you enter the name of a command the shell checks to see if it is a built-in command. If it is not, it looks for the the binary file that the command name refers to in each of the directories that are defined in the PATH environment variable . more ...

... Radiation mechanisms of astrophysical objects: classics today . ... Saint-Petersburg is the 2n d largest city in Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. Founded in 1703 by Tsar Peter the Great Saint Petersburg was the imperial capital of Russia until 1918. The meeting will be held in the Conference Hall of historical building of the Saint-Petersburg State University - Twelve Collegia. ... Conference program . ... Conference location . ...

... Lulin and Saturn near Opposition . ... Tracking through the constellation Leo on February 23rd, bright planet Saturn and Comet Lulin were both near opposition -- opposite the Sun in planet Earth's sky. ... It also offered early morning risers a tantalizing view of earthshine, the dark portion of the lunar disk illuminated by sunlight reflected from the Earth. ... From a dark location, you should need only a good star map and admirable perseverance -- although wide-field binoculars might help. ...

... The plug-plates of SDSS project are responsible for locating the optical-fiber plugs spatially and for defining the plug tilt with respect to the surface of best focus. ... Previous attempts to match the SDSS plug-plates to the surface of best focus were conducted using only the bending fixture. The analyses performed indicated that by adding a central constraint to the plug-plate deformation process, the plates could be made to match the surface of best focus within an acceptable range of error. ...

... Armagh Goes Digital . ... Hotels . ... This four star hotel provides the largest hotel conference facility in Northern Ireland. The hotel overlooks the County Armagh Golf Club and the picturesque grounds of a 13th century Franciscan friary. Tel: +44 (0) 28 3751 8888 . ... Family-run hotel located in the Armagh City Centre, close to all the tourist amenities. Tel: 028 3752 2028 . ... Saint Patrick's Cathedral (Church of Ireland) . ... Tel: 028 3752 3142 . ... Tel: 028 3752 2802 . ...

. RTT150 . Russian-Turkish 1.5-m Telescope . (C) Copyright . HEAD IKI . Telescope is installed at the TUBITAK National Observatory (TUG) under the administration of Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey. It is located approximately 50 km to the north from Antalya in the south of Turkey on the Bakyrlytepe mountain. Latitude: j = 36 o 49' 30'' North . Longitude: l = 30 o 20' East . Elevation: 2550 m . Time zone: +2 hours .

... LOCATION . ... The administrative centre, the library, scientific laboratories, computer center, hotel and apartment houses of an observatory are located in the settlement Nizhnij Arkhiz , which is situated in 25 kms to the south from a village Zelenchukskaya. ... It is desirable to come on conference by the following types of transport: . ... During the conference period it is supposed to conduct a public meeting of the section "Sun" with discussion of results of the researches made in 2005. ...

EMBARGOED UNTIL 3:30 p.m. MST, January 11, 1995 HUBBLE CAPTURES MERGER BETWEEN QUASAR AND GALAXY This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image shows evidence fo r a merger between a quasar and a companion galaxy. ... The bright central object is the quasar itself, located several billion light-years away. The two wisps on the (left) of the bright central object are remnants of a bright galaxy that have been disrupted by the mutual gravitational attraction between the quasar and the companion galaxy. ...

Stellarium 0.12.3 . ... ClassљList . ... StelLocationMgr Class Reference . Manage the list of available location. ... locationForString (const QString &s, bool *ok=NULL) const . ... Get whether a location can be permanently added to the list of user locations The main constraint is that the small string must be unique. bool StelLocationMgr::deleteUserLocation . ... Return the StelLocation for a given string Can match location name, or coordinates. bool StelLocationMgr::saveUserLocation . ...

... 795 Massachusetts Ave, Central Square Cambridge . ... Location: Cambridge City Hall, 795 Mass. Ave., Central Square Cambridge . Parking for volunteers will be available in front of Cambridge City Hall. ... You may be in the middle of the city, but that doesn't mean you can't see the stars! Join us in Central Square to experience sidewalk astronomy at its best. ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

True Color Image Gallery: Galactic SNR | Magellanic Cloud SNR . ... Position of Central Source (J2000) : ( 08 52 01.4, -46 17 53.3 ) . ... Radio Images Page . ... Exposure uf . ... 3846 . ... Exposure uf Exposure time of unfiltered event file . Exposure f Exposure time of filtered event file . ... Event 2 FITS File . ... AUX file . ... see fit detail page for more about the fit. see chandra spectrum page for region used. ... Radio Images . ... 2001 , ApJ, 559, L131 : Chandra, central object . ...

This form calculates which transits of the 1039 known transiting exoplanets are observable from a given location at a given time. Specify a time window, an observing location (either an observatory from the list or choose "Enter latitude/longitude" at the end of the list), and optionally any filters (e.g. minimum transit depth or elevation). The output includes transit time and elevation, and links to further information about each object, including finding charts and airmass plots. ...

... This artist's concept illustrates the new view of the Milky Way. The galaxy's two major arms (Scutum-Centaurus and Perseus) can be seen attached to the ends of a thick central bar, while the two now-demoted minor arms (Norma and Sagittarius) are less distinct and located between the major arms. ... New View of the Milky Way . ... We will keep revising our picture in the same way that early explorers sailing around the globe had to keep revising their maps." ...

... 2007: . New Gravitational Lens Found. As a result of spectral observations using the SAO RAS' BTA, a new gravitational lens has been found (the Space Horseshoe), including a gigantic central galaxy with a redshift of z=0.44 and a lensed image of a more distant galaxy with vigorous star formation, located at z=2.38. ... Intergalactic Meteorite Particle Discovery. ... Stellar-wind Envelope of Massive Supernova Progenitor Star XRF060218/SN2006aj. ... Archive . ...

... Try it out on a Theme specific level like.. this one!! ... DEU. ... Looking Glass for a bit of inspiration ================================================================ * Play Information * Game : DOOM I (should convert nicely into a DOOM II level ) Episode and Level # : E1M1 Single Player : Yes Cooperative 2-4 Player : Yes (probably way too easy) Deathmatch 2-4 Player : No (definitely NOT appropriate) Difficulty Settings : Yes New Sounds : Yes (with Theme v1.7) ...

... We report on the development of a Web agent which allows users to conveniently find information about specific objects or locations from astronomical resources on the World Wide Web. The HEASARC Astrobrowse agent takes a user-specified location and queries up to hundreds of resources on the Web to find information relevant to the given target or position. ... The types of resources the user can get include images, name resolution services, catalog queries or archive indices. ...