... 2009 October 13 . Giant Dust Ring Discovered Around Saturn . ... Explanation: What has created a large dust ring around Saturn? At over 200 times the radius of Saturn and over 50 times the radius of Saturn's expansive E ring , the newly discovered dust ring is the largest planetary ring yet imaged. ... An additional possibility is that the dust ring supplies the mysterious material that coats part of Saturn's moon Iapetus , which orbits near the dust ring 's inner edge. ... About APOD | ...

Supernova 2009js in NGC 918 . This page is devoted to information on Supernova 2009js in NGC 918 . Basic information on this SN, including the last reported brightness, on this Supernova can be found on the main page . Information on the original web pages for many of these images can be found on the updates and links web pages. Discovered independently by Lick Observatory Supernova Search (USA) and Koichi Itagaki (Japan). ... 2009/10/11.44 . 17.2 . ... Joseph Brimacombe . ...

... A Spiral Nebula Surrounding Star R Sculptoris . ... Credit Copyright: ALMA Observatory ( ESO / NAOJ / NRAO ) Explanation: What's happening around that star? An unusual spiral structure has been discovered around the Milky Way star R Sculptoris , a red giant star located about 1,500 light years away toward the constellation of the Sculptor ( Sculptoris ). ... Data from ALMA observations was used to create a 3D visualization of the gas and dust immediately surrounding the star. ...

... 2000 October 16 . Dust and Gas Surrounding Star R Coronae Australis . ... The dust is so thick on the upper left of the above photograph that little light from background stars comes through. Thinner dust near the stars reflects light from R Coronae Australis (upper right) and neighbor TY Coronae Australis , giving their surroundings a flowing appearance. ... The unusual structure above the center is a Herbig-Haro object, a knot of gas ejected from the star that has impacted surrounding gas. ...

... Planets . ... Stars . Exoplanets . ... Most exoplanets so far discovered fall into the category of тАШhot JupitersтАЩ, these are giant planets orbiting very close to their parent star. ... Note that we have discovered so many hot Jupiters because they are the easiest type of planet to find, they are not necessarily particularly common in the galaxy. ... Subsequently several similar hot and€а fuzzy worlds have been discovered the same way, proving this that this planet is not a one-off oddball. ...

... Warped passages: Thursday 16 October 2008 . ... Catch a Falling Star: Thursday 9 October . A stronomy Ireland Colm J. Cannon Memorial lecture: " Searching for Planets Around Other Stars - From Galway " by Gregg Hallinan, at 8 pm, Monday 13 October, in the Physics Building, Trinity College Dublin. ... The techniques used to detect these planets requires the use of very sensitive and expensive equipment. ... Tuesday, 7 October 2008 23:23 . International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node . ...

ACS is currently unavailable for observations . ... Imaging Scattered Light from Debris Disks Discovered by the Spitzer Space Telescope Around 20 Sun-like Stars . Abstract . ... Todd Henry, Georgia State University Research Foundation . ... HST Observations of Astrophysically Important Visual Binaries . ... The life history of a gamma-ray burst . ... These protoplanetary disks (proplyds) have been identified from HST observations of several young star-forming regions, including Orion and Carina. ...

... 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. ...

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... Even the most modest telescope reveals the beauty of Saturn's rings. ... For details on observing the rings, see "Running Rings Around a Planet," Mercury , September/October 1996, p. 9.] Eerie rings. ... From Earth, we can see the three main rings. ... Conveniently for observers on Earth, the rings are tipped by Saturn's 27-degree tilt. ... When the twin Voyager spacecraft flew by Saturn in the early 1980s, they discovered that the main rings consist of hundreds of ringlets (see photo below). ...