Follow-up astrometry and recoveries are made with the ANU 40 inch (1.0-m) f/8 reflector at Siding Spring Observatory (IAU code 413). ... A routine follow-up of 2003 WY153 on 2003 Dec 15 became much more than routine when a faint object with unusual motion vector was found close to the target asteroid. ... During routine astrometry with the 1.0-m to improve the orbit of the Apollo asteroid 2004 CB, the asteroid was found on March 30 to have a short tail! ... Siding Spring Survey Main Page . ...

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... Discovery s Rainbow . ... 2.09.2009 . ... Credit: NASA , Ben Cooper ( Launch Photography ) Explanation: Just one minute before midnight EDT, Friday, August 28, the Space Shuttle Discovery began a long arc into a cloudy sky. ... On STS-128 , Discovery docked with the International Space Station Sunday evening. ... September 2009 . ... Publications with keywords: space shuttle - launch - COLBERT . Publications with words: space shuttle - launch - COLBERT . ... Station and Shuttle Transit the Sun . ...

... There is also an edge-on view of the asteroid belt here . This video was created by Scott Manley. ... View of the solar system showing the locations of all the asteroids starting in 1980. ... Notice how the pattern of discovery follows the Earth around its orbit. ... At the beginning of 2010 a new discovery pattern becomes evident, with discovery zones in a line perpendicular to the Sun-Earth vector. ... An edge-on view of the asteroids . ... Other asteroid and comet animations by Scott Manley . ...

Here we report our discovery of a band of blue luminescence (BL) in the Red Rectangle nebula. ... The spectrum of this newly discovered BL is most likely fluorescence from small neutral polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) molecules. ... If the carriers of this near-UV/blue fluorescence are PAHs, they are most likely neutral PAH molecules consisting of three to four aromatic rings such as anthracene (C14H10) and pyrene (C16H10). ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2009 September 2 . Discovery's Rainbow . ... Explanation: Just one minute before midnight EDT, Friday, August 28, the Space Shuttle Discovery began a long arc into a cloudy sky. ... The 13-day mission will exchange space station crew members and deliver more than 7 tons of supplies and equipment. ... About APOD | ...

... Our recent observations with the Hubble Space Telescope (August 29, 2014) led to revealing a highly isolated dwarf spheroidal galaxy KKs 3 situated at a distance of 2.12 0.07 Mpc from the Milky Way. The dSph galaxy locates on the southern sky (RA=02 h 24 m 44.4 s , Dec.= ... Over the last decade, about 30 dSph galaxies have been discovered inside the Local Group through systematic search in the vicinity of M31 and more that a dozen dSphs were discovered in the nearby group around M81. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Armagh Planetarium . ... Space Flight . Human Exploration . Robot Exploration . ... Originally Discovery had been set to launch on 1 November, but this was delayed when fatigue cracks were found in the structure of its External Tank. ... A little bit of trivia is that Discovery has actually made the only shuttle-era Christmas time flight to date, this was STS-103 ,€а a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope in 1999. ...

... ASTEROID’S MOONS : DISCOVERY BY RADAR . ... Moons of known asteroids have a low position ambiguity, which makes their discovery with powerful ground-based radar much easier than the discovery of new asteroids or other objects of Solar System. ... The other technique is a direct detection of radar echo from an asteroid moon. ... However, the diameter of a ground-based fully-steerable reflector is limited by 120-150 m to make it possible to perform two different functions: focusing and tracking (fig. ...

... CBET now has an M31 novae page , M33 novae page , and an M81 novae page . ... Also, see W. Pietsch's M31 (apparent) optical nova catalogue , M33 novae catalog , and M81 novae catalog Please note that I do not keep track of galactic novae . Nova M81 2016-04a? (= PNV J09560598+6900401 ), ATEL 8904 discovered 2016/04/02.876 by Kamil Hornoch and H. Kucakova . ... Nova M31 2016-03a? (= PNV J00421695+4059098 ), CBAT TOCP discovered 2016/03/01.721 by unknown . ... other extragalactic Novae from 2016 . ...

From the dawn of history until the beginning of the 17th century the known universe consisted of only 8 bodies: . ... The number of bodies in the solar system increased dramatically in the 19th century with the discovery of the asteroids (464 of which were known at by 1899) but only 9 more "major" bodies were discovered. ... So far, in 20th century 40 more major bodies (and thousands of comets and asteroids) have been discovered (27 by the Voyager probes) more than doubling the count again to 73: . ...

... Helene 1980 P. Laques & J. Lecacheus Pandora 1980 S. Collins et. al. Prometheus 1980 S. Collins et. al. ... Puck 1985 Voyager 2 Belinda 1986 Voyager 2 Bianca 1986 Voyager 2 Cordelia 1986 Voyager 2 Cressida 1986 Voyager 2 Desdemona 1986 Voyager 2 Juliet 1986 Voyager 2 Ophelia 1986 Voyager 2 Portia 1986 Voyager 2 Rosalind 1986 Voyager 2 Despina 1989 Voyager 2 Galatea 1989 Voyager 2 Larissa 1989 Voyager 2 Naiad 1989 Voyager 2 Proteus 1989 Voyager 2 Thalassa 1989 Voyager 2 Pan 1990 Showalter . ...

... Arecibo improved > the accuracy of the Astronomical Unit from a few thousand km to about > 1 km, measured > the rotation of Venus, discovered that Mercury rotation/revolution > were not synchronous > but tidally locked in 3:2 ratio to the orbital revolution. ... Gordon told how one of the first maps of Venus was made by DC using a > second dish to get interferometric fringes which resolved the > north/south ambiguity > of the radar echoes. ...

Lectures . ... Home Lectures Lecture Series 2010-2011 Lecture Series 2010-2011 ? Top Ten Discoveries of the Phoenix Misson to Mars? by Suzanne Young . ... Lecture Series 2010-2011 . ... Beyond New York City . ... Observing Resources for Amateur Astronomers - Part 1: Beginning Observers . ... A History of the First Forty Years of the Amateur Astronomers Association . ... Amateur Astronomers Medal . ... 2016 Amateur Astronomers Association of New York Designed by Press Customizr Powered by . ...

... 2003 . ... Сегодня: 10 апреля 2016 г. На прошлой неделе экипаж "шаттла" Discovery, который, как предполагается, в мае отправится на МКС, почти в полном составе посетил космодром на мысе Канаверал, чтобы в первый раз вблизи осмотреть аппарат, на котором им предстоит лететь. ... Кроме того, Discovery доставит на МКС модуль материально-технического снабжения и экипажу нужно будет разгрузить около 10 тонн разных грузов для станции. ... Экипаж Discovery навестил свой "шаттл" на мысе Канаверал . ...

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... Ciel Espace, le magazine qui vous guide toujours plus loin . ... des actualit†йs . ... les plus belles images de l'Univers d†йcrypt†йes pour vous . ... des pages consacr†йes †а la publication de vos photos Mais c'est aussi une vraie communaut†й avec laquelle partager votre passion et nourrir votre curiosit†й. Accueil Discovery cтАЩest fini ! ... Pour c†йl†йbrer ce dernier vol, la NASA a assembl†й plusieurs films r†йsumant les instants marquant des la derni†иre mission de la navette Discovery : . ...

... ATNF Home . ... About ATNF overview . ... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder . Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory . ... Parkes radio telescope . Australia Telescope Compact Array . Mopra radio telescope . ... Australia Telescope 20GHz Survey . ... Visiting Parkes radio telescope . Visiting Australia Telescope Compact Array . ... Parkes radio telescope webcam . ... Background and first results from the new AAO/UKST H survey . ...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration . ... JOHN E. BLAHA (COLONEL, USAF, RET.) NASA ASTRONAUT (FORMER) . ... EDUCATION: Graduated from Granby High School in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1960; received a bachelor of science in engineering science from the United States Air Force Academy in 1965 and a master of science in astronautical engineering from Purdue University in 1966. ... NASA EXPERIENCE: Selected as an astronaut in May 1980, Blaha has logged 161 days in space on 5 space missions. ...