... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2007 July 6 . Bright Galaxy NGC 2903 . ... Explanation: Spiral galaxy NGC 2903 is only some 20 million light-years distant in the constellation Leo . ... In fact , NGC 2903 exhibits an exceptional rate of star formation activity near its center, also bright in radio, infrared , ultraviolet, and x-ray bands . ... About APOD | ...

... August 7, 1998 . M65 Without Moth . ... Explanation: Messier 65 ( M65 ) is a bright spiral galaxy of stars only 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo . ... The faint blue smudges along the spiral arms of M65 are large clusters of bright, newly formed stars within the distant galaxy while the bright individual stars are foreground objects in our own Milky Way galaxy . ... About APOD > . ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... 6.07.2007 . ... Credit: R. Jay GaBany ( Cosmotography.com ) Explanation: Spiral galaxy NGC 2903 is only some 20 million light-years distant in the constellation Leo . ... In fact , NGC 2903 exhibits an exceptional rate of star formation activity near its center, also bright in radio, infrared , ultraviolet, and x-ray bands . ... U. Based on Astronomy Picture Of the Day . Publications with keywords: spiral galaxy . Publications with words: spiral galaxy . ...

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. ...

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In autumn 1994, two groups of astronomers announced that they had discovered Cepheid variable stars in a distant cluster of galaxies. ... As the term suggests, variable stars change in brightness over time. ... Variable stars are an ideal way to get high-school students doing real science, with real data, from the real sky. ... a sky chart to find the stars . ... Students can use the nearby stars to estimate the magnitude of Delta. ... Locate the star Delta in Cepheus and estimate its brightness . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Stars . ... Space Flight . ... Monthly Sky Notes . December . ... Would anyone turn down a good firework show in December? ... The Geminids meteor shower should then emerge in all its glory in the east in the constellation GeminiтАЩs patch of sky on the evening of the 13 th and early morning of the 14 th of December, with the last shooting stars visible up until the 18 th December and approximately one meteor per hour on display at that stage. ...

... 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. ...

... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... Armagh Observatory, 30 July 2015: The sky above a nearby "failed star" or brown dwarf lying in the summer constellation Lyra shimmers with a beautiful green and yellow aurora ten thousand times brighter than the northern lights. ... Even a few years ago, brown dwarfs were thought by most astronomers to be incapable of emitting any significant radio emission, so its first detection came as a great surprise. ...

... March 20-22, 1998 . How to find the right telescope . Before you buy, consider these tips from the editors of Sky & Telescope magazine: . Be sure you need a telescope. ... Stargazer Jim Flood got the Hubble Space Telescope to study the "starburst galaxy" NGC 1808, left. It's "easily the most impressive image" to result from NASA's formal program to involve amateurs, says Hubble analyst Max Mutchler. ... Patricia Edmonds is USA WEEKEND's science editor. Copyright 1998 USA WEEKEND. ...

... 1b. Pole Star . ... Two bright constellations occupy opposite sides of the pole star--the Big Dipper and Cassiopeia . ... The Big Dipper consists of 7 bright sta