... It isn t often that astronomers look into space and see another pair of eyes staring back at them, but that s what we have here. These aren t the eyes of an alien, but a pair of galaxies nicknamed The Eyes because they look like a pair of white eyeballs glowing in the dark! ... At first view, the galaxies don t look a lot like eyes in this photo, but that s because this picture was taken with a very powerful telescope called the Very Large Telescope. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Armagh Planetarium . Colin Johnston . ... Our Galaxy . ... Other Galaxies . ... I took some quick images of the Moon just by putting an Ipod Touch to the eyepiece of the telescope. ... Image credit: Colin Johnston/Armagh Planetarium) . ... Image credit: Colin Johnston & Julie Thompson/Armagh Planetarium) . ... I am looking forward to sharing the sky with our visitors when our monthly Open Nights return in October (date to be confirmed). ...

... Oral traditions have since time immemorial satisfied generations of children and adults with stories of wonder, fantasy, truth, and mystery. ... The story of astronomy and astronomy's evolution as a science includes countless tales originally crafted to explain the visible celestial bodies, their motions (regular and irregular), the mysteries behind their existence, and the powers they exert over us on Earth. ... Impediments to Elementary Astronomy Programs . ... Storytelling Activities - Moon Story...

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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. ... Looking Back Across Mars . Credit: Mars Exploration Rover Mission , JPL , NASA . Explanation: It's been a long trip for the Martian rover Opportunity. ... Landing in 2004 in Meridiani Planum , the robotic Opportunity has embarked on its longest and most dangerous trek yet, now aiming to reach large Endeavor Crater sometime next year. ...

... Spacecraft . 29b. Satellites looking down . ... 29e. Explorers of distant space . ... The Hubble orbiting telescope. ... The Hubble telescope , in low Earth orbit, overcomes such limitations, in the visible range and in part of the UV. ... So fruitful was this observation that a second "deep field" exposure of such length, near the southern pole of the heavens, was recently conducted. ... Some satellites specialize in observing the Sun, such as the Japanese Yohkoh and NASA's SOHO . ...

... 50 Years Ago: Yuri s Planet . ... His remotely controlled Vostok 1 spacecraft lofted him to an altitude of 200 miles and carried him once around planet Earth. Commenting on the first view from space he reported, "The sky is very dark; the Earth is bluish. ... Lunar Farside . ... Planetary Nebula NGC 2438 . ... If not perfect, then this spiral galaxy is at least one of the most photogenic. ... Have you ever seen the band of our Milky Way Galaxy? ... This band is the disk of our spiral galaxy. ...

... 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. ...

From: TerryMosel aol.com Date: 17 June 2007 02:27:17 Jun 2007 Subject: Young TV astronomers wanted; Venus Occultation on Monday Hi all, 1. ... VENUS OCCULTATION: On Monday 18 June the Moon will occult brilliant Venus, mag -4.4, at about 13.50 (14.50 BST). ... From Dublin, at 14.40 BST, the Moon will be at altitude 49њ , azimuth 134њ 51'; and Venus will be at essentially the same altitude, azimuth 134њ 39'. ... Venus will reappear from behind the Moon s bright trailing limb at about 16h 10m BST. ...

... The secret messages are calling to me endlessly They call to me across the air The messages across the atmosphere They whisper in your ear, they call me everywhere Where words cascade like rainbows Tumbling from the sky Then I'll be there, I'll be there When messages will call to you Their secrets all around Without a sound, they're all around The secret messages are calling to me endlessly They call to me across the air The ...

What's New in Views of the Solar System . ... Mars Icosahedraon Added . ... Rotation Earth Movie . Europa Rotation Movie . ... Color Rotation Tethys Movie . Rotation Tethys Movie . ... Rotating Mars Movie . ... Animation: Io Rotation Movie . ... Rotating Moon Animation . ... Animation of Janus, The Rotating Moon of Saturn . ... Two excellent animations of Mars' moons Phobos and Deimos were added on 9/3/97. ... A high-resolution mosaic image of Phobos , a moon of Mars, was added on 7/8/97. ...

... Instructions for saving » Search for another transcript » NPR home page Profile: NASA to launch probe to Pluto January 17, 2006 from Morning Edition RENEE MONTAGNE, host: If all goes well, NASA will launch the first spacecraft to Pluto today. The New Horizons probe will be launched on the fastest interplanetary rocket ever. ... NPR's Richard Harris explains. ... Max Mutchler from the Space Telescope Science Institute says the astronomer who asked for the pictures was then too busy to look at them. ...

... 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. ...

... From inside the dome, looking past the ANU 24тАж . ... Title: From inside the dome, looking past the ANU 24-inch telescope towards the centre of the Milky Way galaxy in Sagittarius . ... From inside the dome, looking past the ANU 24-inch telescope towards the centre of the Milky Way galaxy in Sagittarius NOTE: All images are copyright and must not be reproduced or mirrored in any form without written permission. ...

12feb07 Measuring the SEFD around 1100 Mhz . ... bandpass filter low frequency falloff around 1130 Mhz . ... A 500 Mhz bandpass centered on 1100 Mhz (via the spectrum analyzer) showed a 6 db difference between 1100 Mhz and the noise floor at 1000 Mhz. ... The interim correlator was used with 25 Mhz bands centered at: 1040, 1060, 1080, and 1100 Mhz. ... 1040 Mhz cfr trking src(.gif) There is probably not very much sky signal getting into this band so it looks better than it should. ...

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Aristarchus of Samos, around 200 BC, proposed that the Earth revolved around the Sun, but found few supporters. ... For a discussion of the discovery of the solar system which includes a "moving picture" illustrating retrograde motion, click here . ... The Sun and Moon, he claimed, obviously moved around Earth. ... The full story of the discovery of the solar system--of Copernicus, Galileo, Tycho and Kepler--is long and would take this discussion too far afield. ... Nicolaus Copernicus . ...

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... Folklore Mythology . ... Zini's Activities - Some fun lessons on shapes and sizes with pages to print out for teachers to photocopy. Shapes Around the World - An Internet collaborative for teachers and students regarding the shapes of the world, simple and complex. ... Math Shapes Game - A fun game for younger students to learn to differentiate between size and shape. ... Grandfather Tang's Story - A page describing a great book about folklore and shapes. ... Guess My Shape | ...