... 2015 February 18 . Dark Craters and Bright Spots Revealed on Asteroid Ceres . ... Explanation: What are those bright spots on asteroid Ceres? ... Sharper new images taken last week and released yesterday indicate, as expected, that most of the surface of dwarf planet Ceres is dark and heavily cratered like our Moon and the planet Mercury . ... The enigmatic spots were first noticed on Texas -sized Ceres a few weeks ago during Dawn's approach. ... About APOD | ...

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... 27.02.2009 . ... Credit: Jerry Lodriguss ( Catching the Light ) Explanation: Tracking through the constellation Leo on February 23rd, bright planet Saturn and Comet Lulin were both near opposition -- opposite the Sun in planet Earth's sky. ... Comet Lulin was near it's closest approach to planet Earth at the time, at a distance of some 61 million kilometers, but was orbiting in the opposite direction. ... Publications with keywords: comet - Saturn . Publications with words: comet - Saturn . ...

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... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. February 9, 1999 . A Supernova Star-Field . Credit: Hubble Heritage Team ( AURA / STScI / NASA ) . Explanation: Bright stars don't last forever. ... The above picture is a composite of recent images taken over several years. The explosion originated from a bright massive star that ran out of nuclear fuel . ... About APOD > . ...

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ESO PR 06/96; 16 February 1996 . ... In the early morning of January 31, 1996, Japanese amateur astronomer Yuji Hyakutake made his second comet discovery within five weeks. ... Information about some earlier comet encounters may be found in the Appendix at the end of this Press Release. ... By a straightforward extrapolation of the current brightness, it would appear that Comet Hyakutake will reach magnitude 1 on March 25, 1996, at the time of the closest approach to the Earth. ...

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This is the homepage of Andrew Fruchter, an astronomer on the staff of the Space Telescope Science Institute . ... Here you can look at an HST images of the optical counterparts of gamma-ray bursts and their host galaxies. ... Therefore, substantial information on the fine scale structure of objects can be obtained by offsetting the pointing of the telescope between exposures and then combining these "dithered" exposures into a single image. ...

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... ESO Science Newsletter February 2016 . ... This newsletter is a summary of recent ESO Science Announcement items. ... A new Band 9 receiver was installed inside the Swedish ESO PI receiver for Apex ( SEPIA ) at APEX in early February. ... After on-sky commissioning in late March, Science Verification (SV) observations are planned. ... The Call for Proposals for SEPIA Band 9 SV can be found here and the deadline is 12:00 CET, Friday 11 March 2016 . ... Joint ESO, ALMA, NAOJ, NRAO Workshop. ...

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... To go back in time, archaeoastronomers and teachers can turn to personal computers and any of a number of software packages. ... Examples include the Long Man of Wilmington, England and the Owl Man of Peru (see figure 8 and figure 9 ). ... Deciphering the unique number system of the Maya is another archaeoastronomy topic that involves a minimum of math. ... Several collections of early writing of the Maya survive; numbers from them can be read and in some cases interpreted (see figure 12 ). ...

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... Tonight's Sky . ... Observing . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... What to expect from Comet PANSTARRS in February . ... So, if you live far enough south, to find Comet PANSTARRS in the morning sky February 1, look 1.5ТА southeast of the brighter of the two suns that make up the double star Arkab, also known as the Beta (ЮВ) star in the constellation Sagittarius the Archer . ... So, stay tuned to Astronomy.com for Comet PANSTARRS updates. ...

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