Supernova 2009js in NGC 918 . This page is devoted to information on Supernova 2009js in NGC 918 . Basic information on this SN, including the last reported brightness, on this Supernova can be found on the main page . Information on the original web pages for many of these images can be found on the updates and links web pages. Discovered independently by Lick Observatory Supernova Search (USA) and Koichi Itagaki (Japan). ... 2009/10/11.44 . 17.2 . ... Joseph Brimacombe . ...

As the Universe expands, gravity pulls on the Universe, and slows the expansion down over time. As we look to great distances, we are looking back in time. If we can measure how fast the Universe is expanding in the past, and compare it to how fast it is expanding now, we can see the total gravitational effect of all matter in the Universe. Here we plot the distance between two galaxies as a function of time. ... Universes with lots of material . ...

Aristarch is Copernic of Classic World. ... First Aristarch determined the fact for how many times the Sun was father then the Moon and then he compared the Sun and the Moon with the Earth. ... Only the Moon rotates around the Earth. ... Gipparch suggested that the Sun turned around the Earth steady and in circumference but the Earth is displaced according its centre. ... The orbit point in which the Sun is nearer to the Earth Gipparch called perigee and the most remote one he called apogee . ...

... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... In the late 1970s, jets were discovered in megaparsec-long radio galaxies. ... This involved the first quantitative analysis of jet warping, bending and disruption in galactic halos. ... Hot spots are created where a jet finally crashes into the surrounding medium. ... I extended the so-called Twin Exhaust Model, using numerical simulations to show that hot gas can be ejected in three forms: jets, bubbles and clouds. ...

Image credit: Michael Nolan, Arecibo Observatory. These radar images of near-Earth asteroid 2001 SN263 were obtained on 2008 Feb 12 and 13. ... Image from Feb 12 . ... First near-Earth triple asteroid discovered by Arecibo Observatory . ... was discovered this week by astronomers at the sensitive radar telescope at Cornell University?s Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. ... For example, Arecibo has discovered more than half of the near-Earth binary asteroid systems discovered since 1999. ...

Dust in galaxies can be mapped either by the FIR/submillimeter emission, the optical or infrared reddening of starlight, or the extinction of a known background source. ... We find that distant galaxies are predominantly in low-extinction sections marked by the color maps, indicating that their number depends both on the cloud cover of Spitzer-resolved dust structures, mostly the spiral arms, and a diffuse, unresolved underlying disk. ...

... 2000 March 30 . Saturn-Sized Worlds Discovered . ... Explanation: The last decade saw the profound discovery of many worlds beyond our solar system, but none analogs of our home planet Earth . ... With at least 70 percent the mass of Saturn, 79 Ceti's planet orbits on average 32.5 million miles from the star compared to 93 million miles for the Earth-Sun distance . ... HD46375's planet is at least 80 percent Saturn's mass, orbiting only 3.8 million miles from its parent star. ... About APOD | ...

... Credit: Greg Bacon ( STScI ), NASA Explanation: The last decade saw the profound discovery of many worlds beyond our solar system, but none analogs of our home planet Earth . Exploiting precise observational techniques, astronomers inferred the presence of well over two dozen extrasolar planets , most nearly as massive as gas giant Jupiter or more, in close orbits around sun-like stars. ... Publications with keywords: extrasolar planet - planet - Saturn - planetary system . ... Crescent Saturn . ...

The ESA/ESO Astronomy Exercise Series 2 . The Distance to Messier 100 as Determined by Cepheid Variable Stars . ... The small variations in distance to the individual Cepheid variable stars in the Cloud are negligible compared with the much larger distance to the SMC. ... In this way Cepheid variable stars can be used as one of the 'standard candles' in the Universe that act either as distance indicators themselves or can be used to calibrate (or set the zero point for) other distance indicators. ...

... The sample of the Local Volume galaxies (distance smaller than 10 Mpc) gives a unique opportunity to study the properties of galaxies including the weakest objects: the absolute magnitude M B -10 and the virial mass M vir 10 9 M x263C;. ... Luminosity function of the Local Volume galaxies. ... The luminosity functions for galaxies are presented: red dashed line - from the 2dFGRS survey (Norberg et al. 2002); blue dash-dotted line - from the SDSS survey (Blanton et al. ...

... Gravitational wave search provides insights into galaxy evolution and mergers . ... galaxies . ... Globular cluster NGC 2808, elliptical galaxy NGC 2986, and the Sextans Dwarf . ... Open cluster NGC 2818, spiral galaxy NGC 2964, and spiral galaxy NGC 2976 . ... What are typical star-to-star distances in globular clusters compared to stellar distances in our region of the galaxy? ... RELATED TOPICS: GLOBULAR CLUSTERS . ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ...

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... Mass . 17a. Measuring Mass . ... A medium-size (1.25 inch wide) binder clip, as is used in offices to hold papers together--the type made of flat blue steel, with two wire handles. ... The theory predicts that the oscillation period should be proportional to the square root of the oscillating mass, including the mass of the clip. Note that gravity plays no part here: the oscillation period would be the same on the Moon or in zero-g. Denoting square root by SQRT, we have . ...

Detected Supernovae . The search have produced till now the detections of 4 SNe. ... This result highlights the power of infrared monitoring in detecting Obscured SNe and indicates that optical surveys are probably missing a significant fraction of SNe, especially in obscured systems such as starburst galaxies. ... In Fig. we show the archival SOFI image of NGC3256 (left) and the first image obtained in 2001 (right) where SN2001db has been detected. ...

Next: Endlessly Complicated World Up: No Title Previous: Tsiolkovskii's Paradox . ... Really, we have consisely expresed a materialistic, atheistic, scientific point of view and have discovered God, the scientifically supported God. ... Equally, we cannot admit an infinite complication of the world and its successful cognizability (i.e. the existence of a mind in an infinitely complicated world) without admission of Superintelligence -- the scientifically discovered God . ...

... Survey Telescopes . ... Astronomers using ESOтАЩs world-leading HARPS instrument have discovered a planetary system containing at least five planets, orbiting the Sun-like star HD 10180. ... The newly discovered system of planets around HD 10180 is unique in several respects. ... All very massive planetary systems are found around massive and metal-rich stars, while the four lowest-mass systems are found around lower-mass and metal-poor stars [5] . ... ESOcast 20: Richest planetary system discovered...

... several mechanisms of sound generation by electromagnetic waves, all specific for low temperatures, were disclosed and studied (V.F.Gantmakher and V.T.Dolgopolov; see Sov.Phys.-JETP 30, 78 (1970); . ... it was demonstrated that quantum oscillations of conductivity in bismuth had smaller period near the crystal surface that in the bulk (S.S.Murzin and V.T.Dolgopolov, JETP Lett. 37, 696 (1983); . ... JETP 74, 905 (1992); 76, 714 (1993); 77, 513 (1993); 78, 226 (1994); 82, 951 (1996); JETP Lett. ...

A critical view on Type Ia Supernovae as distance indicators B. Leibundgut European Southern Observatory The use of Type Ia Supernovae to measure cosmological distances relies on several observational facts from nearby supernovae. ... A new approach is to compare global parameters like bolometric (UVOIR) light curves, maximum luminosity, nickel masses, and explosion velocities for many nearby SNe Ia. ...

... These other worlds are the moons of our Solar System , of which there are approximately 170 in orbit around our planets.Some of these moons are very interesting, and have diverse and unique features, very different to our barren, heavily cratered Moon .Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system has the most moons of any planet with known 64 moons in orbit.The four ... Ganymede, the largest moon in the Solar System thought to have oceans located underneath its icy surface.( ...

APO and Diffuse Interstellar Bands 19822014 Donald G. York University of Chicago APO 20th (30th ?) reunion May 12, 2014 What are Diffuse Interstellar Bands? · 570 interstellar lines between 4000A and 8500A (more to the red, developed by SDSS III IR spectrograph). ... January 7, 1999, first DIB spectra taken, 15 Mon and rho Leo. ... Two stories: a unique star in a nebula And the recent Supernova 2014J in M82 Herschel 36 in NGC 6530 Herschel 36 in NGC 6530, Dumbell Nebula, 33 APO spectra over 13 years. ...