... 2011 June 5 . Another Nearby Supernova in the Whirlpool Galaxy . ... Explanation: One of the brightest supernovas in recent years has just been recorded in the nearby Whirlpool galaxy (M51). Surprisingly, a seemingly similar supernova was recorded in M51 during 2005, following yet another one that occurred in 1994. ... Pictured above are two images of M51 taken with a small telescope: one taken on May 30 that does not show the supernova, and one taken on June 2 which does. ... About APOD | ...

... Another Nearby Supernova in the Whirlpool Galaxy . ... Credit Copyright: Stephane Lamotte Bailey, Marc Deldem , Jean-Luc Dauvergne Explanation: One of the brightest supernovas in recent years has just been recorded in the nearby Whirlpool galaxy (M51). ... Pictured above are two images of M51 taken with a small telescope: one taken on May 30 that does not show the supernova, and one taken on June 2 which does. The June 2 image is one of the first images reported to contain the supernova. ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. August 30, 1998 . The Sun Erupts . Credit: Skylab , NASA . Explanation: The Sun is a seething ball of extremely hot gas. ... The Sun has survived for about 5 billion years, and will likely survive for another 5 billion. ... For example: Why is the Sun's corona so hot? What causes the Sun's unusual magnetic field? ... About APOD > . ...

Next: Dynamic Scheduling Up: Scan Times Previous: Dealing with Formatter Reconfigurations Contents . The nominal scan start time, if set using DWELL , is the time good data is expected to be available. ... The more modern systems, especially the Mark5C recorders and the software correlators, approach this ideal and the recordings are started at the time specified in the VEX file for the start of good data. ... A recording scan is the time between stops of the recording media. ...

... A hundred years later, a handful of Tunguska-sized asteroids have been spotted by telescopes, but most remain unseen. The asteroid designated 2008 TC3 , which made the news on October 6th before colliding with the Earth on October 7th was too small to constitute a part of the "Earth impact hazard". ... 2008 TC3, for example, finally exploded in the atmosphere above Sudan . ... Wednesday, 8 October 2008 01:15 . International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node . ...

... Общероссийская неделя "Астрономия на тротуаре" - 15-17 апреля . ... Практическая астрономия ? Астрономия и компьютеры (Модераторы: Deimos , Ed_Vazhorov ) ? Venus transit as seen in NYC (previosly recorded) . ... Ответ #20 : 15.06.2004 [08:40:32] ? ... Цитата: SergeyZ от 15.06.2004 [08:40:32] Братцы! ... Последнее редактирование: 15.06.2004 [13:04:40] от Vladimir Nebotov ? ...

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... One of this year's largest mass ejections from the Sun's atmosphere was recorded last Sunday by TESIS telescopes aboard the CORONAS-PHOTON satellite ( video - wmv 4.3 MB ). ... Over the course of a week, two gigantic solar prominences were simultaneously ejected from the surface of the Sun. ... Earth will not feel the Sun's influence either. ... The TESIS observatory ї TESIS: www.tesis.lebedev.ru . ... One of this year's largest mass ejections from the Sun's atmosphere (movie WMV, 4.3 MB) . ...

Magnetic field measurements onboard the Interball Tail spacecraft are carried out by the FM-3I instrument which consists of two flux-gate magnetometers covering two different ranges: [-200, +200] nT and [-1000, +1000] nT. Besides scientific goals, the FM-3I experiment data is used to perform the attitude control of the Interball Tail spacecraft. ... August 22, 1995 . ... October 18, 1995 . Top of the page . ... Back to the Interball Home Page . ...