... 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.. ...

... Jupiter's Rings . ... Unlike Saturn's bright rings which are composed of chunks of rock and ice, Jupiter's rings appear to consist of fine particles of dust. ... Exploring Saturn's Rings . ... By watching a star flicker and fade as it passed behind Saturn's rings, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft was able explore the ring system in amazing detail. ... Saturn's spectacular system of bright rings has been the subject of study and wonder since Galileo first turned his telescope on the ringed planet in 1610....

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Stars . ... Starbursts are short-lived events, stars are forming so quickly that the reservoirs of interstellar gas from which stars are coalescing would be used up on a timescale much shorter than the age of the galaxy . ... Strong stellar winds from giant new stars in the starburst region combine with the blasts of supernovae to push a mighty flood of extremely hot gas, a ?superwind? from the galaxy thousands of light years into intergalactic space. ...

... Stars come in different colours and sizes. This new picture shows the famous Red Giant star called Betelgeuse (you say the name as Beetle-Juice ). ... In the photo, the fuzzy red, blue, and purple cloud around the star is the nebula. Since the nebula isn t as bright as Betelgeuse, astronomers have to block some of the star s light to be able to photograph it. ... Our Sun will eventually become a Red Giant star like Betelgeuse but not for another 5,000,000,000 years! ...

... Looking south-east at the moonlit ANU 2.3m teтАж . ... Title: Looking south-east at the moonlit ANU 2.3m telescope building with the Anglo-Australian Telescope dome in the distance . ... Looking south-east at the moonlit ANU 2.3m telescope building with the Anglo-Australian Telescope dome in the distance The Milky Way from the Southern Cross to the tail of the Scorpion is rising. ...

... 2001 May 2 . Planet Building in HD 100546 . ... NOAO , NASA/GSFC ), CTIO , ESO , NSF . Explanation: More than 100 billion boulders may be swarming in the disk around nearby star HD 100546 . ... For an Earth-like planet in such a hostile environment, the sky would be lit continuously with streaking meteors and the ground would rumble continuously with impacts . ... The bright light and six-pointed diffraction spikes from the central star have been removed from the false-color image. ...

Y ou don't need your own Voyager to see the solar system. ... Refer to Sky Telescope or a similar magazine for up to date positions or check one of the several Web sites that show planetary positions. ... You can see 99.99% of the mass of the solar system with no instruments whatsoever. ... Jupiter . ... Mars . ... For $200 you can get a far better optical instrument than Galileo or Newton had. ... Date . ... William Herschel . ... O f course, the solar system has more than just planets and moons. ...

... Observing . ... Solar Observing . ... April 3 (SUN) - Solar Observing, Central Park , Manhattan . ... APRIL'S SKY . ... Lecture Series at the American Museum of Natural History The Amateur Astronomers Association is proud to present an astronomy lecture series from October through May each year for our members and the .. ... The€аAmateur Astronomers Association of New York€аwas organized in 1927 to promote the study of Astronomy, emphasizing its cultural and inspirational value. ...

I'm glad you're interested in collaborating on the ConcepTests for Astronomy WWW database project! ... I'm looking forward to your contributions! ... a) high luminosity, high temperature to low luminosity, low temperature . b) high luminosity, low temperature to low luminosity, low temperature . c) high luminosity, low temperature to low luminosity, high temperature . d) high luminosity, high temperature to low luminosity high temperature. ... Back to Paul Green's Peer Instruction page. ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Mad Science . ... Site Info . ... Public Talks . ... Keep Bad Astronomy close to your heart, and help make me filthy rich. ... Who is this guy who calls himself "The Bad Astronomer?" ... First, yes, I am a real live astronomer (when people ask me what astronomers do, I tell them "They astronom !" ... These are emitted by powerful objects like black holes, exploding stars, and super-dense neutrons stars. ... Finally, am I really a bad astronomer? ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

Finding Himalia, The Fifth Brightest Moon Of Jupiter . Articles | ... Himalia is the only moon other than the Galilean moons of Jupiter that is visible in an amateur size telescope. ... I normally use “The Sky” from Software Bisque for planning my observing sessions and in helping me find objects, but it only has the Galilean moons for Jupiter so I used Red Shift (version 3 at the time) which I also had on my computer. ... www.astronomy.net . ... dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

... Bojan Nikolic web pages (r. 329) . ... Building CASA . ... Introduction to SCons . I have designed a prototype implementation of a build system for CASA based on the SCons tool. ... This system is experimental and not the official way of building CASA. ... The main version of the code for this build system is contained in a bzr branch, together with the remainder of the CASA system. ... Build: . ... To debug the SCons build process: . ... A prototype build system for CASA using SCons . ...

... The Best sky view of the year - this afternoon, Monday 1 December 2008: look out this afternoon after the Sun sets to see the most impressive night sky view of the year! ... Triple conjunction: After the Sun sets this afternoon, Monday 1 December 2008, look towards the south: J upiter, Venus and the crescent Moon are now in a beautiful conjunction that some astronomers are calling "the best sky show of the year". ... International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node . ...

Titan . ... Hubble Space Telescope Images of Titan's surface . ... Later that year, it will release the European-built Huygens probe for a descent through Titan's atmosphere. ... This artist's rendering shows the European Space Agency's Huygens probe descending into the atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan after being released by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. ... This artist's rendering shows the Huygens probe on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan after being released by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. ...

Attendees signing in at the YAE Event Registration Desk in the lobby of the Bloomberg building on Saturday, January 24, 2009. Al Holm giving his wisdom, expertise and assistance during the Amateur Telescope Making activity to some bright-eyed, interested children. ... Everyone getting a look through the telescope to see what they can see! ... Professor Harold Williams speaking to the classroom of children on science and astronomy. ... Professor Harold Williams keeps telescope making fun for all!! ...

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... New ac units were installed in buildings I and II sometime in 2011 (need exact dates). ... Tests showed that most of the rfi comes from the "cpu" inside the roof enclosure. 28jan13: rfi coming from building 2 A/C unit using a spectrum analyzer at the unit. 24jan13: building 2 power shutdown shows rfi coming from A/C unit atop building 2. 29sep11: looking at the 1408 MHz birdie while the cabinet doors were opened,closed. 18-26 sep11: 1408 MHz rfi reported by a2010 (alfalfa). ...

... It's for Episode 1, Mission one, you need the registered copy of DOOM. ... Filename : HS S. WAD Author : Theodore K. Schundler Email Address(es) : SpookU@AOL.COM, TedOnline@AOL.COM Description : DEATCHMATCH level for DOOM ================================================================ * Play Information * Episode and Level # : Episode 1 Map 1 Single Player : Yes Cooperative 2-4 Player : Yes Deathmatch 2-4 Player : Yes Difficulty Settings : Yes New Sound(s) : Yes ...

... It is actually a cross staff (or "Jacob's staff"), a tool widely used by astronomers and navigators before the invention of the telescope, and for a while afterwards. ... Astronomers used the cross-staff for measuring the angle between the directions of two stars. ... Since the instrument was symmetric, the angle between the directions of the stars was 2A. You can build the simple cross-staff shown on the right, using no more than a yardstick, an office ruler and simple materials found in the home. ...