... 2006 September 7 . Colorful Moon Mosaic . ... Explanation: No single exposure can easily capture faint stars along with the subtle colors of the Moon. ... The fascinating color differences along the lunar surface are real, though highly exaggerated, corresponding to regions with different chemical compositions . And while these color differences are not visible to the eye even with a telescope, moon watchers can still see a dramatic lunar presentation tonight. ... About APOD | ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... This very sharp telescopic vista features the last object in the modern version of Charles Messier's catalog of bright clusters and nebulae - Messier 110. A dwarf elliptical galaxy, M110 (aka NGC 205) is actually a bright satellite of the large spiral galaxy Andromeda, making M110 a fellow member of the local group of galaxies. Colorful Moon Mosaic . ... The most striking is clearly NGC 3718, a warped spiral galaxy found near picture center. ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. September 22, 1998 . M61: Virgo Spiral Galaxy . ... Explanation: M61 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the nearby Virgo Cluster of Galaxies . Visible in M61 are a host of features common to spiral galaxies : bright spiral arms , a central bar , dust lanes , and bright knots of stars. ... About APOD > . ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... SUN MOON MERCURY VENUS MARS, JUPITER SATURN . ... The Magazine . ... Observing . ... Gravitational wave search provides insights into galaxy evolution and mergers . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Open cluster NGC 2818, spiral galaxy NGC 2964, and spiral galaxy NGC 2976 . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... September 2012 . ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter....

... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... September Perseid meteors captured by the . ... Its occurrence provides astronomers with interesting new data about the hidden trails of meteoroids тАФ small bodies ranging in size from fine dust particles to objects of marble-size and larger тАФ in the solar system and their supposed sources: comets and asteroids passing through the inner solar system. ... The particular comet that created the September Perseids is unknown...

In this gallery are many images of Low Surface Brightness Galaxies which have recently been discovered and analyzed. ... The central surface brightness of this galaxy is 24.28 . Malin 2 This galaxy is another huge disk galaxy with a scale length of 15 kpc and a redshift of 15000 km/a. The high surface brightness knot in one of its spiral arms actually has the same color, luminosity and H-alpha equivalent width as the entire Large Magellanic Cloud . ... Truly it is a Low Surface Brightness Galaxy. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Moon . Planets . ... Monthly Sky Notes . ... February . ... The ringed planet will be quite bright, but unlike Jupiter it will not be the brightest point of light in the sky, this accolade will return to Sirius which is the brightest star in our night sky in the constellation of Canis Major. ... Seven days later on February 18, the Moon will be in its full Moon phase. ... Tweets that mention Wonders of the February Night Sky | ... Astronotes . ...

... Observatory . ... Science . ... Science Users Information > Data Handling and Products > Data Reduction FAQ > My data shows an extended, bright feature - what can this be? ... Observing Facilities . ... Observing with ESO Telescopes . ... Science Data Products Forum . ... ESO Data . ... You might also want to check http://www.eso.org/sci/observing/PublicSurveys/useful_links/OmegaCAM_images.html where we provide a collection of example OmegaCAM images, illustrating some special data features. ...

Ganymede is the largest moon in our solar system, larger even than the planets Pluto and Mercury. ... Ganymede's surface consists of two main types of terrain: old, dark polygonal units, and young, bright valleys and ridges (see figure 11 ). ... In a similar way, hitting a large block of ice with a hammer makes white marks. ... Ganymede as seen by Voyager 2. ... Because Voyager couldn't spot any large impact craters, scientists have concluded that the moon's surface is young. ... Moon . ... Europa . ...

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... 11 Yellow-Green (78% transmission): Contrasts well with the red and blue characteristics of surface features on Jupiter and Saturn. ... 82A Light Blue (73% transmission): Useful on the Moon, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, this subtle pale blue filter enhances areas of low contrast while avoiding significant reduction of overall image brightness. ... Meade Series 4000 Photo-Visual Color Filters may be ordered individually or in the following sets: . ... Meade Series 4000 Broadband Nebular Filters . ...

... NICMOS Data Handbook > Chapter 5: Data Analysis > 5.4 PSF Subtraction . ... PSF subtraction for NICMOS data can be very effective, especially for images from cameras 1 and 2, thanks to a few important features of this instrument: . ... The factors are: focus variations due to OTA breathing, cold mask irregular motion (?wiggling?) on an orbital time scale, PSF color dependence. ... Table 5.5: Effect of focus variation, cold mask wiggling, and PSF color dependence on PSF subtraction. effect of: . ...

The following activities are included in the Universe at Your Fingertips guide. ... Clicking on each activity will take you to a "reviews" page where you can post a review, or read reviews posted by others who have used the activity. ... Activity Online . ... MOON AND PHASES . ... Observing Phases and Features . ... Modeling Moon Phases . ... SUN AND SEASONS . ... Observing the Sun Safely . ... Observing Where the Sun Sets . ... Making Pictures of Motion . ... Morning Star and Evening Star . ...

THE AMATEUR ASTRONOMERS ASSOCIATION OF PRINCETON PRESENTS THE 23nd ANNUAL JERSEY STARQUEST Held at the Hope Conference and Renewal Center , Hope , NJ Beginning at 3 PM Friday, September 6, 2013 and running through 12 PM Sunday, September 8th 2013 Featuring Stargazing at a star ... available: Fishing, Hiking, Kayaking/canoeing (bring your own equipment) on two lakes and nearby Pequest and Paulins Kill Rivers Registration Fees Camping and RV -- $35.00 ... TOTAL NUMBER OF CHILDREN (Ages 6 ­ 12)? ...

Presented on Tuesday, January 7, 2003 . We construct a detailed longitude-velocity diagram through the actual midplane of the Galactic H I disk. The Galactic midplane definition is based on single-dish sky surveys, and the detailed l-v slice ( Fig. 1 ) is extracted from the Canadian Galactic Plane Survey ( CGPS ; Taylor et al. 2003 ). ... Note: other slices offset from this one were not shown in the AAS poster for lack of space, but they are available here . ...

Astronomy Articles . Articles | ... Moon | ... Astronomy Binoculars - The Skies The Limit - by Scott Gray, September 2006 . ... Astronomy Terms - To Help You Study The Universe - by Scott Gray, October 2006 . ... Himalia is the only moon other than Europa, Ganymeade, Callisto and IO visible with small telescopes. ... The Harvest Moon refers to the Full Moon that comes closest to the autumnal equinox, or the first day of autumn. ... Think the study of stars is best left to professional astronomers? ...

... Home Education Workshops at Adorama Astro Imaging Workshop: Deep Sky Astro Imaging with a DSLR ? September 14, 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 €аFor the Amateur Astronomers Association of New York . ... 2016 Amateur Astronomers Association of New York Designed by Press Customizr Powered by . ...

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... The NVSS is being made as a service to the astronomical community, and the principal data products are being released into a directory accessible by anonymous FTP as soon as they are produced and verified. ... The large (4 deg x 4 deg) map cubes and total intensity only images and their associated multisource (u,v) data sets are stored as binary files in FITS format (see Grosbol et al. ... The source catalog derived from the available images is kept in directory CATALOG as CATALOG.FIT. ...

Next: Feature enhancement: local Up: No Title Previous: Feature enhancement: filtering . ... As a result, a common magnitude scale (contour lines on the maps above, or color scale on Fig.1) will poorly display the short-duration events in a signal. Normalizing each line of the map (fixed duration) so it has unit variance (in effect dividing the energy map by the mean energy spectrum) at each duration restores more details of small-scale activity (Fig. ...