... March 9, 1997 . COBE Hotspots: The Oldest Structures Known . Credit: DMR , COBE , NASA , Four-Year Sky Map . ... These spots are the oldest, most distant structures known. ... By studying the size and distribution of the spots found with COBE and future missions , astronomers hope to learn what matter and processes caused the spots to form - and hence determine the composition , density, and future of our Universe. ... About APOD > . ...

48 Years of Space Flight . ... Credit Copyright: Ralf Vandebergh Explanation: This year, NASA celebrated its 50th anniversary . ... One result is this intriguing composite effectively spanning 48 years of space flight! From a 1960 launch, on the left is the TIROS 2 satellite, one of the first successful weather satellites . ... On the right, of course, is the ISS ( International Space Station ) including its recent addition, the Progress M-65 cargo vehicle, launched to the ISS just last month. ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. February 7, 1998 . COBE Hotspots: The Oldest Structures Known . ... After computer processing to remove contributions from nearby objects and the effects of the earth's motion , the map shows temperature variations in the early Universe as red "spots". These spots are the oldest, most distant structures known. ... About APOD > . ...

... ATNF Home . ... About ATNF overview . ... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Australia Telescope User Committee . ... Astrophysics graduate student programs . ... Facilities . ATNF facilities . ... Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder . Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory . ... Parkes radio telescope . Australia Telescope Compact Array . ... Visiting Parkes radio telescope . Visiting Australia Telescope Compact Array . ... Parkes radio telescope webcam . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Space Flight . ... January . ... By admin January 3, 2011 Posted in: Armagh Planetarium . ... Hosted by Professor Brian Cox (science advisor to the movie тАЬ Sunshine тАЭ, but we wonтАЩt hold that against him) and comedian Dara O Briain (who trained as a physicist), BBC Stargazing Live will include live observing featuring epic images from observatories around the globe on 3 ? ... Tweets that mention BBC Stargazing Live at Armagh Planetarium | ...

... Главная . ... Новости . ... Проекты . Любителям астрономии . Проект ISON . ... Подробнее . ... Категория: Новости проекта ISON . ... Метки: Космический мусор ,љ Астероиды ,љ Гамма-всплески ,љ Любителям астрономии ,љ Кометы љ . ... Метки: Космический мусор ,љ Астероиды ,љ Любителям астрономии љ . ... Новости обсерваторий проекта] - Обсерватория Кубанского государственного университета от Иванов А - 09.04.2016 11:08:49 . ... 1999-2013 Copyright "Астрономия и Телескопостроение" . ...

Proceedings of the XXVIIth Young European Radio Astronomers Conference (YERAC). ... Please Note: e-mail addresses and external links in these contributions were correct when these papers were written in 1995, but may no longer be valid. ... In addition to the hypertext version of each paper, indicated by the link from the title of the paper, there are links to postscript versions of each paper, which are suitable for printing if you want a hardcopy of a given paper. ... Sandor Frey (or postscript ) . ...

... The International Year of Astronomy (IYA2009) will be a global celebration of astronomy and its contributions to society and culture, highlighted by the 400th anniversary of the first use of an astronomical telescope by Galileo Galilei. The aim of the IYA is to stimulate worldwide interest, especially among young people, in astronomy and science under the central theme "The Universe, Yours to Discover." ... Discover the universe with a telescope similar to the one Galileo used 400 years ago. ...

... Observing . ... Solar Observing . ... April 3 (SUN) - Solar Observing, Central Park , Manhattan . ... APRIL'S SKY . ... Lecture Series at the American Museum of Natural History The Amateur Astronomers Association is proud to present an astronomy lecture series from October through May each year for our members and the .. ... The€аAmateur Astronomers Association of New York€аwas organized in 1927 to promote the study of Astronomy, emphasizing its cultural and inspirational value. ...

... 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. ...

GTK+ 2.0 Tutorial . Prev . Next . This document, like so much other great software out there, was created for free by volunteers. If you are at all knowledgeable about any aspect of GTK that does not already have documentation, please consider contributing to this document. If you do decide to contribute, please mail your text to Tony Gale, gale@gtk.org . Also, be aware that the entirety of this document is free, and any addition by you provide must also be free. ...

Astronomers throughout the island of Ireland are marking the shortest day of the year, on 21st December, with a special live web-cast of the iconic moment when the rays of the rising sun shine directly into the 5,000 year-old burial chamber at Newgrange , County Meath. ... Professor Michael Redfern, Chair and Single Point of Contact for the all-Ireland IYA2009 activities, and Director of Astronomy, NUI Galway, said "The Newgrange event is the perfect way to mark the coming Year of Astronomy. ...

I'm glad you're interested in collaborating on the ConcepTests for Astronomy WWW database project! ... Paul . ... a) high luminosity, high temperature to low luminosity, low temperature . b) high luminosity, low temperature to low luminosity, low temperature . c) high luminosity, low temperature to low luminosity, high temperature . d) high luminosity, high temperature to low luminosity high temperature. ... Back to Paul Green's Peer Instruction page. ... Back to Paul Green's HomePage . ...

... Henry Draper, a doctor by trade, was a prominent American amateur scientist and an early pioneer of astronomical photography. ... Aside from the star catalog bearing his name, Henry Draper is best known for obtaining the first photograph of an astronomical nebula, recording the Great Nebula of Orion on the night of September 30, 1880. ... Draper, Henry", by Charles A. Whitney, 1971, in the Dictionary of Scientific Biography , ed. Charles Coulston Gillispie (New York: Scribner), v. 4, p. 178 . ...

... English astronomer and mathematician. ... American astronomer. ... Bond, William Cranch 1789-1859 . ... At the observatory, he studied Saturn and (with William Lassell ) discovered its moon Hyperion . ... Polish astronomer who advanced the heliocentric theory that the earth and other planets revolve around the Sun. ... Galileo Galilei 1564-1642 . ... Van Allen discovered the Earth's radiation belts, which now bear his name, with an instrument aboard the first successful American satellite, Explorer...

... Contacts: Evgeny A. Loupian, Dr. Sci., e-mail: evgeny@smis.iki.rssi.ru Sergey A. Bartalev, Dr. Sci., e-mail: bartalev@smis.iki.rssi.ru Web interface for burnt area mapping using Landsat data Stellar Tracker In 2013 IKI RAN together with the NPK "Electrooptics" completed the phase of the five-year research on studying the ways to build a stellar inertial navigation system (SINS) for aviation applications. ... Fig. 1 shows the SINS layout created on the basis of the astronomical camera. ... Fig.1. ...

... He made observations of a supernova (literally: nova= "new star") in 1572 (we now know that a supernova is an exploding star, not a new star). ... Brahe's meticulous observations showed that the supernova did not change positions with respect to the other stars (no parallax). ... This was early evidence against the immutable nature of the heavens, although Brahe did not interpret the absence of parallax for stars correctly, as we discuss below. Brahe made careful observations of a comet in 1577. ...

... I have been involved into the La Sagra asteroids team since the beginning of the La Sagra Observatory (OLS) in Andalusia, Spain in 2006. ... In the following years I contributed to the continuous improvements of the search methods and data reduction pipelines. ... There I got introduced to a study to examine the effect of host galaxy dust extinction on the observed properties of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia). ... GRBs host galaxies photometry . ... Copyright 2012 Aleksandar Cikota. ...

The oral sessions will consist of a mixture of 1 hour invited reviews and contributed talks of 30 and 15 min. ... Participants who will not be able to give an oral presentation due to time limitations, will be asked to contribute to the poster session, to stimulate further debate with their results. Please send the *Title* and *Abstract* of your contribution using the form below. ... Contributions received after June 15, 1999 will not be considered in the selection for the oral talks. ... poster . ...