... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... The Nine Planets . ... Keep Bad Astronomy close to your heart, and help make me filthy rich. ... Note: This page is just an intro to the review. ... The second of a series of Mars movies is out, and it is my great pleasure to say that ``Red Planet'' is vastly better than ``Mission to Mars'' . Of course, the stomach flu is better than ``Mission to Mars''. ... CLICK HERE TO GO TO MY REVIEW OF "RED PLANET" . ... Check out my book "Bad Astronomy" . ...

... Donate to Support Science Literacy . ... 2016 Annual Awards . The ASP is accepting nominations for the organizationтАЩs national annual awards which recognize special achievements in astronomy research, technology, education, and public outreach. ... Shop the AstroShop . ... The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) is accepting nominations for the organizationтАЩs national annual awards which recognize special achievements in astronomy research, technology, education, and public outreach.. ...

... Infrared astronomy . ... Online resources . ... 1995 - . ... 1996 - . ... The Astronomical Journal . ... 1849 - 1997(ADS) . ... 1989 - 2013 . ... The Astrophysical Journal . ... The Astrophysical Journal Letters . ... The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series . ... Communicating Astronomy with the Public (CAP) Journal . ... Journal for the History of Astronomy . ... Journal Geophysical Research A : Space Physics . ... Linux Journal ** For online access, please contact the Library . ... 1996 - 2013...

... August 14, 1995 . Mercury: Closest Planet to the Sun . ... Explanation: This picture was compiled from images taken by the NASA spacecraft Mariner 10 which flew by the planet three times in 1974. Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun , the second hottest planet (Venus gets hotter), and the second smallest planet (Pluto is smaller). Mercury rotates so slowly that one day there - "day" meaning the normal time it takes from sunset to sunset - lasts 176 days on Earth . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Planets . ... Monthly Sky Notes . ... The answers can be found in Raman PrinjaБЂ™s Night Sky Watcher , a new beginnerБЂ™s guide to astronomy aimed at young observers aged seven and up. ... This is mainly an observing guide to the night sky, so while it explains the science about the objects it covers, especially the planets, it is not the book for anyone waiting a child-friendly guide to black holes, extra-solar planets or cosmology. ...

... Atmospheres Detected on Two Extrasolar Planets . ... Credit Copyright: NASA / JPL-Caltech /T. Pyle ( SSC ) Explanation: Do extrasolar planets have water? In an attempt to find out, the orbiting Spitzer Space Telescope made detailed observations of the atmospheres of two planets that orbit stars other than our Sun. Unfortunately, water vapor was not detected in either exoplanet. ... Publications with keywords: extrasolar planet - water . Publications with words: extrasolar planet - water . ...

... Facilities Reply to NSF-AST (May 10, 2005) . ... NSF-AST Senior Review Update (July 5, 2005) . ... NSF-AST Senior Review Report (Nov. ... The NSF-AST Senior Review (NSF web site) . NAIC Implementation of the NSF-AST Senior Review Recommendations (Nov. ... The Consequences of the NSF-AST Senior Review on the Arecibo Planetary Radar (Nov. ... Top 10 reasons to support the Arecibo Observatory (Dec. ... AAS Statement on the NSF's Division of Astronomical Sciences Senior Review Report (Nov. ...

T he Nine Planets is a collection of information about our Solar System intended for a general audience with little technical background. ... T his document consists of about 90 WWW "pages", one page for each major body in the Solar System. ... if the object has satellites then its page has a table of data on them and links to their pages, . ... To visit the next body in an ordered traversal of the solar system choose the link immediately to the right of the name of the current page. ...

... ATNF Home . About ATNF . ... About ATNF overview . ... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Australia Telescope User Committee . ... Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory . ... Parkes radio telescope . Australia Telescope Compact Array . Mopra radio telescope . ... Australia Telescope Online Archive (ATOA) . ... ATCA | ... Australia Telescope 20GHz Survey . ... Visiting Parkes radio telescope . Visiting Australia Telescope Compact Array . ... Parkes radio telescope webcam . ...

... The Australian National University] [Department of Physics] [Paul Francis] [Main Roleplay Page] . These exercises are my attempt to adapt the technique of Problem Based Learning to the context of introductory astronomy and astrophysics classes. ... As students grapple with the puzzle, they are forced to learn the subject matter of the course. ... This exercise is designed for 1st year University students with a reasonable high-school background in Maths and Physics. ...

Next: C.J. Butler, Research Astronomer Up: M.E. Bailey, Director Previous: Research . Mark Bailey continued to serve as a member of the Royal Irish Academy National Committee of Astronomy and Space Research, the Royal Astronomical Society Education Committee, the Governing Board of the DIAS School of Cosmic Physics, and scientific working groups of IAU Commissions 15 and 20 (both concerning comets and minor planets). ... M.E. Bailey . ...

... ESO, the European Southern Observatory . ... ESO Acronyms . ... TRAnsiting Planets and PlanetesImals Small Telescope . ... This artistтАЩs impression shows an event in the early history of the Solar System that may explain how the unusual asteroid Lutetia came to now be located in the main asteroid belt, between Mars and Jupiter. Lutetia is seen passing close to one of the very young rocky planets about four billion years ago and having its orbit drastically altered. ... Asteroid (21) Lutetia . ...

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Moon, Planets And Aurora, Oh My! Articles | ... Moon | ... How often do we see several planets and the Moon together? ... Then I look northeast and see more red through all the light pollution of Washington, D.C. I snapped this 15 second photo. ... What started out as a father son photographic safari for rare planet conjunctions turned into a spectacular night of memories. ... Aha, I see some red light near Orion. ... A Very Rare Red Aurora in Northern Virginia, . ... www.astronomy.net . ...

The following are some standard questions that observers have about their fixed target confirmation charts. ... Why doesn't my target appear to be centered on the cross hairs? ... How is proper motion handled? ... Target well centered . If your target is not perfectly centered in the cross hairs, see the questions below for why it may not be centered and how well centered it must be . ... So, targets to be acquired by STIS should appear well centered in the cross hairs on the confirmation chart. ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . ... Star Atlas . ... An artificial comet holds secrets to Earths life . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... The planet has extreme temperature swings and perhaps active lava flows. ... A digital supplement to Astronomy magazine. ... Join TravelQuest International with Astronomy and Discover magazines on one of three great tour options surrounding this celestial spectacle . ... Astronomy Magazine . ...

... SATELLITE: An object that revolves around a planet. ... SIDEREAL DAY: The length of a planet's rotation period relative to the stars. SOLAR SYSTEM: The sun and all the objects that are held in its gravitational field and move around it. ... SUPERIOR CONJUNCTION: The position of a planet when it is on the opposite side of the Sun from Earth (thus making in invisible). ... TRANSIT: The movement of an object between the Earth and the Sun and showing on the surface of the sun as a black dot. ...

... Sergey Ayukov's home page . ... build me a castle . ... build me a city . ... Check out our new powerful indexing system for local ftp server or try the same interface for SAI ftp server. ... FileJuggler -- indexing/browsing/search system for ftp servers. ... Rock lyrics - my old own collection; not very big. Mirror of lyrics archive from cs.uwp.edu - the biggest lyrics archive in the world. ... Sergey Ayukov ( asv@sai.msu.su , asv@ayukov.com , PGP key ) . ...

... Most Important Journals . Less Popular Astronomical Journals . Physics . Space, Selectial mechanics, .. Russian Journals . ... Astrophysics & Astronomy . ... Astronomical Journal . ... New Astronomy . ... Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific . ... STScI News . Space Telescope Insitute Newsletter . ... Journal of Astronomical Data . ... Journal of High-Energy Physics (mirror in CERN ) [astro, grav, hi-energy .. ... Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics . ...

... Aurora from Space . ... Magnetic Storms . ... The "ring of fire" seen by satellite cameras around the polar caps (picture below) is probably created by electrons leaking from the tail's plasma sheet, whose magnetic field lines form a somewhat imperfect trap. ... One possible explanation involves the close association between auroral arcs and electric currents which flow along field lines between the ionosphere and distant space ( Birkeland currents ). ... Why no aurora at the magnetic poles? ...