... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. February 2, 1998 . A Triple Eclipse on Jupiter . ... Actually, three parts appear to be missing. ... The unusual alignment of three of Jupiter 's moons between the Jovian giant and the Sun was imaged last November 10th. ... When a shadow from Earth's Moon crosses the Earth's surface, the people inside the shadow see an eclipse of the Sun. ...

... 2000 July 13 . LP 944-20: A Failed Star Flares . ... Explanation: The tiny spot circled on the right actually represents a big astronomical discovery -- the first detected flare from a failed star. Failed stars, termed brown dwarfs in astronomers' parlance , are too low in mass to ignite nuclear hydrogen burning in their cores, yet still shine feebly as the energy from their gravitational collapse is converted to heat and light. ... How did a failed star produced such a high-energy flare ? ...

European Astronomical Society(EAS): NEWS Dear Colleagues, Please find enclosed some information of interest. ... We would also like to remind you that the time is appropriate to renew your membership for 2006 (see our Web page for procedures). ... And do'nt forget that, in between messages, the latest news can always be found on our Web page: http://www.iap.fr/eas/index.html With kind regards, Michel Dennefeld ************************************************************ Content 1. ...

Supernova 1987A in LMC . One day in 1987, an astronomer by the name of Ian Shelton was making observations of the Tarantula Nebula in Large Magellanic cloud at Las Campanas Observatory, and he noticed something strange on his image. ... SN 1987A got as bright as 2.7, the only other recent SN even to come close was 1885A in M31 which got up to mag 6. ... Mag 4.5 . ... IAUC 4318 2/25/87 Type II? ... IAUC 7354 2/1/00 New structure in the inner ring . ... IAUC 7360 2/7/00 HST observation of new spot . ...

... Отмеченная наградами АстроТоп-а . ... 1) К участию в конкурсе допускаются все российские сайты на тему астрономии и космонавтики, и все русскоязычные сайты за пределами России. ... II) Сайт года . ... Победитель: Астронет - http://www.astronet.ru/ : подано голосов экспертов - 109 (всего - 129) . ... 3-е место разделили: Астрономия и Телескопостроение - http://www.astronomer.ru/ и Лента новостей космонавтики от Железнякова - http://www.cosmoworld.ru/spaceencyclopedia/hotnews/ : подано по 37 голосов; ...

Вопрос: . ... Ответ: . ... Р. Гриббина и С. Х. Плэйжмана "Эффект Юпитера", в которой говорилось, что в 1982 г. все планеты окажутся по одну сторону от Солнца, произойдет своеобразный "парад планет", который вызовет возмущения на Солнце убийственные для Земли. ... Т.е. ВСЕ звезды удаляются друг от друга. ... Меня попросили дать ответы на ваши вопросы. ... Третье и четвертое: На линии, соединяющей Солнце и Звезду, в начале измерений Земля будет на 149,9 миллионов километров ближе (дальше) к Звезде. ...

... Here is a brief outline of the current theory of the events in the early history of the solar system: . A cloud of interstellar gas and/or dust (the "solar nebula") is disturbed and collapses under its own gravity. ... The gas cools off enough for the metal, rock and (far enough from the forming star) ice to condense out into tiny particles. (i.e. some of the gas turns back into dust). ... Once the larger of these particles get big enough to have a nontrivial gravity, their growth accelerates. ...