... A Year of Resolving Backgrounds . ... In X-ray light the recently launched spacecraft Chandra and XMM resolved much of the seemingly uniform X-ray background into many discrete sources, many of which appear to be black holes at the centers of galaxies accreting matter. In microwave light , the BOOMERANG and MAXIMA-1 missions resolved with new clarity the seemingly uniform microwave background . ... Publications with keywords: cosmic microwave background radiation . ... Our Dusty Universe . ...

... 2008 December 1 . Massive Stars Resolved in the Carina Nebula . ... Explanation: How massive can stars be? ... Such was the case for two of the brightest objects visible in the open star cluster Trumpler 16 , located in the southern Carina Nebula . ... The Carina Nebula , home to unusually shaped dust clouds and the famous variable star Eta Carina , lies about 7,500 light years away toward the constellation of Ship's Keel ( Carina ). ... About APOD | ... A service of: ASD at NASA / GSFC . ...

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Radiative Bhabhas in the IFR Nick Blount David Strom Babar Collaboration Meeting December 7, 2004 Table of Contents 3. ... Predicted Bhabha rate 5. ... Back of the envelope calculation of neutron hits in the IFR 7. ...

... The ST-ECF consisted, until its closure in December 2010, of a small group of astronomers, software scientists and media specialists who support Hubble science in Europe and collaborate internationally on HST science, instrument, archive and outreach activities. provided detailed technical information about the HST and its science instruments, . supported European astronomers in the preparation of HST observing proposals . ... acted as a European centre for associated meetings and workshops, . ...

... A song written by Padi Boyd and performed by The Chromatics, specifically for the International Year of Astronomy. ... 16 December 2008, NUI Galway: Dr. Martin Mansergh TD, Minister of State at the Department of Finance with special responsibility for the Office of Public Works today announced broadcast details of this yearтАЩs Winter Solstice at Newgrange, County Meath. ... The International Year of Astronomy 2009 is an initiative of the International Astronomical Union and UNESCO. ...

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... Archive for December 2009 . ... Posted by hlee . ... Category: Algorithms , arXiv , Cross-Cultural , Jargon , Methods , Quotes , Stat , Uncertainty | Comment . ... Category: arXiv , Astro , Stat | ... Comments RSS . ... Algorithms arXiv Astro Bad AstroStat Bayesian CHASC Cross-Cultural Data Processing Fitting Frequentist Galaxies gamma-ray High-Energy Imaging Jargon Job Languages MC MCMC Meta Methods Misc News Nuggets Objects Optical Physics Quotes Spectral Stars Stat Timing Uncertainty X-ray . ...

... Each day we feature a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. December 27, 1995 . Nova Cygni 1992 . Credit: NASA , ESA , HST , F. Paresce, R. Jedrzejewski ( STScI ) . ... Dubbed Nova Cygni 1992, this event most probably occurred in an accretion disk binary system . ... Nova Cygni 1992 was the brightest nova in recent history - at its brightest it could be seen without a telescope. ... About APOD | ...

... Home Education Workshops at Adorama Astro Imaging Workshop: Planetary Astro Imaging with a DSLR ? December 7, 2014 . ... Astro Answers . ... 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 . ... Presented by€а Adorama€а For the Amateur Astronomers Association of New York . ... 2016 Amateur Astronomers Association of New York Designed by Press Customizr Powered by . ...

... ESO Science Newsletter December 2015 . 17 Dec 2015 . ... This newsletter is a summary of recent ESO Science Announcement items. Follow the links or visit ESO Science Announcements to read more. ... Read more . ... The allocation of ESO telescope time for Period 97 (1 April БЂ“ 30 September 2016) is expected to be emailed in the week beginning 21 December 2015. ... ESO Workshop, ESO Headquarters, Garching, Germany, 27 June БЂ“ 1 July, 2016 . ... Joint ESO, ALMA, NAOJ, NRAO Workshop. ...

... The expansion is measured as a number called the Hubble Constant . ... Our value is about 20% lower than the one got with the Hubble Space Telescope in 1994," said Dr Jim Lovell, leader of the team that made the measurement. The Hubble Constant is named after American astronomer Edwin Hubble, who in the 1920s found that other galaxies were moving away from ours. ... The Hubble Constant links the galaxy's distance with its speed." ... A short run-down on the Hubble Constant: . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Space Flight . ... January . ... March . ... Posted on January 7, 2016 | 6 Comments Happy New Year! ... Continue Reading.. ... Posted on December 5, 2014 | ... Posted on March 13, 2014 | ... 2 Comments While the winter sky may be the тАШAladdinтАЩs caveтАЩ for skywatchers, and we may already have plundered deeply one of its greatest celestial treasures, the constellation of Orion, we forge [ ] . ... Posted on January 16, 2014 | ...

The "ring of fire" seen by satellite cameras around the polar caps (picture below) is probably created by electrons leaking from the tail's plasma sheet, whose magnetic field lines form a somewhat imperfect trap. ... One possible explanation involves the close association between auroral arcs and electric currents which flow along field lines between the ionosphere and distant space ( Birkeland currents ). ... That produces an extra resistance to the flow of current. ...

... Aurora from Space . ... Magnetic Storms . ... The "ring of fire" seen by satellite cameras around the polar caps (picture below) is probably created by electrons leaking from the tail's plasma sheet, whose magnetic field lines form a somewhat imperfect trap. ... One possible explanation involves the close association between auroral arcs and electric currents which flow along field lines between the ionosphere and distant space ( Birkeland currents ). ... Why no aurora at the magnetic poles? ...

... Alessandro Melchiorri, Laura Mersini, Carolina J. Odman , Mark Trodden 2002 The State of the Dark Energy Equation of State ( astro-ph/0211522 ) . ... Carolina J. Odman, Alessandro Melchiorri, Michael P. Hobson, Anthony N. Lasenby 2002 Constraining the shape of the CMB: a Peak-by-Peak analysis PRD, submitted ( astro-ph/0207286 ) . Antony Lewis, Sarah Bridle. ... Elgaroy, O., Lahav, O. , Percival, W.J., Peacock, J.A., Madgwick, D.S., Bridle, S.L. , and the 2dF team. ...

... Abstract . ... Quantifying Star Formation and Feedback: The M81 Group Dwarf Galaxies . ... David Bowen, Princeton University . ... Coronagraphic Polarimetry of HST-Resolved Debris Disks . ... The group lies at a distance of ~4 Mpc, and was targeted for Cepheid observations as part of the HST H 0 Key Project. ... HST ACS/HRC coronagraphic images of debris disks around two nearby stars . ... Observations of the A0 star, HD 32297, and the G3 dwarf, HD 61005, are scheduled in the coming week. ...

... 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. ...

Russian . ... text in Russian) . ... The Behaviour of the Bz Component of the Magnetic Field in Coronal Mass Ejections . ... Cooperation of IZMIRAN and Sternberg Astronomical Institute in the Study of the Sublimational Component of the Solar Coronal Radiation . ... Solar Wind and Magnetic Storms in the 24th Solar Activity Cycle . ... text in English) . ... The Solar Corona in the Light of TRACE Observations . ... Expeditions of Irkutsk Astronomers to Total Solar Eclipses in 1981--2012 . ...

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