... Tonight's Sky . ... Observing . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... The Great Comet of 2013 gives you a front row seat for Comet ISON s once-in-a-lifetime visit! ... Rely on this special collector s edition from Astronomy magazine to provide you with the most accurate maps, charts, and information available about 2013 s historic comet. ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ...

... 15.05.2015 . ... Credit Copyright: Damian Peach / SEN Explanation: In this sharp snapshot, the Solar System's largest moon Ganymede poses next to Jupiter, the largest planet. Captured on March 10 with a small telescope from our fair planet Earth, the scene also includes Jupiter's Great Red Spot, the Solar System's largest storm. In fact, Ganymede is about 5,260 kilometers in diameter. ... Though its been shrinking lately , the Great Red Spot's diameter is still around 16,500 kilometers. ...

... Apr 14, 2016 - Monthly Meeting . ... The Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ATMoB) is an astronomy club devoted to telescope making, observing, and studying the heavens. ... CURRENT MOON . ... April Sky . ... Lyrids Meteor Shower . ... Sources: NASA JPL Space Calendar , StarDate Online , Sky Telescope , Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics , RASC Observer’s Handbook , Abrams Planetarium Sky Calendar and Astronomy Magazine . ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

Discover the cosmos! ... 2009 November 11 . Great Observatories Explore Galactic Center . Credit: NASA , ESA , SSC , CXC , and STScI . ... Today, in celebration of Galileo's telescopic achievements and as part of the International Year of Astronomy , NASA has used its entire fleet of Great Observatories , and the Internet , to bring the center of our Galaxy to you. ... About APOD | ... NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply . NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices . ...

... Earth is the tiny spot between Jupiter and the Sun). ... Distance Radius Mass Name Orbits (000 km) (km) (kg) --------- ------- -------- ------- ------- Sun 697000 1.99e30 Jupiter Sun 778000 71492 1.90e27 Saturn Sun 1429000 60268 5.69e26 Uranus Sun 2870990 25559 8.69e25 * Neptune Sun 4504300 24764 1.02e26 * Earth Sun 149600 6378 5.98e24 Venus Sun 108200 6052 4.87e24 Mars Sun 227940 3398 6.42e23 Ganymede Jupiter 1070 2631 1.48e23 + Titan ... Extrema .. ...

... GOODS unites extremely deep observations from NASA's Great Observatories, Spitzer , Hubble , and Chandra , ESA's Herschel and XMM-Newton , and from the most powerful ground-based facilities, to survey the distant universe to the faintest flux limits across the electromagnetic spectrum. ... The space-based observations are complemented by ground-based imaging and spectroscopy, including extensive commitments of ESO and NOAO observing time. ... 2010-04-10: Deep VLA 1.4 GHz data for GOODS-North . ...

The planets Jupiter and Venus will make an apparent close approach to each other on the early morning of Friday, 5th November. When Jupiter rises above the eastern horizon at 4.07 a.m. for Northern Ireland viewers, it will be just about one Moon-width away from the much more brilliant Venus. ... In reality, a vast distance will separate the planets. ... FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John McFarland at the Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh, BT61 9DG. ...

... 6 9.9 Saturn Nov. ... 20 15.2 Venus 3 S of Pluto May 15 13.3 Venus 1 S of Uranus Dec. ... 2 7.1 Uranus at conjunction 6 22.5 Jupiter 5 N of Moon 8 21.1 Mars at opposition 12 8.2 Venus 1 N of Neptune 14 12.9 Mars closest approach 14 16.2 Mercury 1 S of Uranus 14 18.4 Mars 3 N of Moon 15 1.0 Pluto stationary 15 7.9 Total eclipse of the Moon 17 7.3 Saturn 0.4 N of Moon 20 3.9 Solar longitude 30, enter into Taurus 21 0.9 Pluto 2 S of Moon 24 22.0 Neptune 5 S of ...

Computer Ephemeris for 2014 from DE200/LE200. ... Date Planets Time dif(delta) Phenomena Jan 1 Sun Moon 11:15 -435 Conjunction 1 Pluto Moon 12:00 -152 Conjunction 1 Mercury Moon 15:42 -636 Conjunction 1 Pluto Sun 18:55 244 Conjunction 2 Venus Moon 11:47 -201 Conjunction 5 Neptune Moon 1:41 -523 Conjunction 5 Jupiter Sun 21:13 8 Opposition 7 Mercury Venus 10:30 -626 Conjunction 7 Uranus Moon 13:31 -303 Conjunction 11 Venus Sun 12:26 511 Lower Conjunction 15 Jupiter Moon 6:09 453 ...

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Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Solar System . ... Space Flight . ... Earth Satellites . ... Posted on February 16, 2012 | 2 Comments Once, in complete silence, a large boulder rolled down a slope on the central peak of the MoonтАЩs Schiller crater. ... Continue Reading.. ... Part of [ ] . ... Posted on August 31, 2011 | No Comments This portrait of the Earth and Moon together in space was taken on 26 August by NASAтАЩs Juno spacecraft which is currently en route for Jupiter. ...

... Remember that the experience is only a sampler for the greater journeys you can take later. ... Bon Voyage! ... As we leave Earth we look back as the Space Shuttle astronauts did when they snapped this picture. http://www.nineplanets.org/earth.html . We pass the Moon in a breath's second as we pick up speed. http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/image/planetary/moon/gal_moon_color.jpg . ... Here's Miranda, the innermost of the planet's large moons. http://www.nineplanets.org/miranda.html . ...

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... Historical Data . Orbital Data . Physical Data . ... Sun . ... Jupiter . ... Saturn . ... William Herschel . ... William Cranch Bond . ... William Henry Pickering . Uranus . ... 1986 . Voyager 2 . ... William Lassell . ... J. Christy Key: Name Name of the planet or satellite. Orbits Sun or planet about which it orbits. ...

Saturn: The beauty of the rings. Saturn . ... Belongs to the giant planets . It has no definite solid surface. ... The free fall acceleration at the Saturn surface near equator is 9,06 m/s^2 . ... In the centre of the planet the temperature is about 20000K. The satellites . ... The rings of Saturn . ... It is proved that Saturn's rings (as well as the other planet's) are the fragments of the great cloud being near the planet with million kilometres length (see how the rings were formed ). ...

Astronomy Discussion Forums . ... Great Night 10/24 . ... Post Message | ... Temp in the mid to low 40's, slight wind, pretty clear. ... Very good view of the Double Cluster. ... Normally the best contrast is achieved with the 32mm or 25mm ep. ... This cluster was lower to the horizon and thus now quite as clear as the Double Cluster. ... www.astronomy.net . ... Forum posts are Copyright their authors as specified in the heading above the post. "dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

... ESO, the European Southern Observatory . ... Travel and Contacts . Travel to ESO Headquarters . ... Survey Telescopes . ... ESO 3.6-metre telescope . ... MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope . ... Window on the Universe . ... SL-9 and Jupiter - 1994 . ... An excerpt from "From Earth to the Universe" тАФ€а the worldтАЩs first full-length fulldome planetarium movie freely available for planetarium use тАФ shows an animation of the planet Jupiter and its Great Red Spot in€а high-resolution 4k fulldome format. ...

... Go directly to the moons of: . Mercury Venus Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto . Go directly to the surface features of Earth's Moon and Mars . Planet & Moons . Pronunciation . ... Mercury . ... Mars: . 2 moons . ... Jupiter: . ... Neptune: . ... 1 moon . ...

Взаимные соединения главных планет в 2001-2005 годах: . ... Момент Планета Планета Элон- Разделение Радиус Радиус UT 1 2 гация (геоцентр.) ... 2001 Jan 14 2:16 Mercury - Neptune 12 E 2њ08'04 02 S 2.62 1.10 2001 Jan 22 20:18 Mercury - Uranus 17 E 0њ21'33 75 SE 3.02 1.69 2001 Feb 15 23:30 Mercury - Uranus 7 W 4њ20'45 36 N 5.23 1.68 2001 Mar 10 10:28 Mercury - Uranus 27 W 0њ07'53 74 N 3.65 1.69 2001 May 7 3:04 Mercury - Saturn 15 E 3њ32'41 74 N 2.92 8.26 ...

NATIONAL ASTRONOMY AND IONOSPHERE CENTER . ... Astronomy . ... Planetary Radar . ... Venus . ... Radar images of Venus were obtained using the Arecibo radar system in August, 1999, and again in March/April, 2001. ... The Arecibo Observatory and the GBT together serve as a radar interferometer with the objective of creating high resolution topographic maps of Maxwell Montes at spatial resolutions adequate to determine the relationship between areas of high reflectivity/low emissivity and altitude. ...