... 2006 March 6 . Unexpected Comet Pojmanski Now Visible . ... Explanation: Have you ever seen a comet? ... Comet Pojmanski , officially designated C/2006 A1 and discovered only in January, now sports a turquoise tail several times longer than the full moon. Comet Pojmanski 's ion tail is due to gas particles expelled by the comet being pushed away from the Sun by the solar wind , the same wind that ionizes gas in the tail causing its blue tint. ... About APOD | ... NASA Official: Jay Norris. ...

... An Unusual Mountain on Asteroid Ceres . ... Credit Copyright: NASA , JPL-Caltech , UCLA , MPS/DLR/IDA Explanation: What created this large mountain on asteroid Ceres? ... As if in anticipation of today being Asteroid Day on Earth, the robotic spacecraft Dawn in orbit around Ceres took the best yet image of an unusually tall mountain on the Asteroid Belt's largest asteroid. ... Dwarf Planet Ceres . ... Fly Over Dwarf Planet Ceres . ... Dark Craters and Bright Spots Revealed on Asteroid Ceres . ...

... December 30, 1998 . Supernova 1994D and the Unexpected Universe . Credit: High-Z Supernova Search Team , HST , NASA . Explanation: Far away, long ago, a star exploded. ... Supernova 1994D was not of interest for how different it was, but rather for how similar it was to other supernovae . ... The large number and great distances to supernovae measured in 1998 have been interpreted as indicating that we live in a previously unexpected universe . ... About APOD > . ... NASA Technical Rep.: ...

... Science . ... Science Users Information > Data Handling and Products > Data Reduction FAQ > I see unexpected boxy emission-like features in my REDL spectra - where do they come from? ... Observing with ESO Telescopes . ... ESO-MIDAS . ... ESO Data . ... The pipeline by default interpolates across the bad columns in the REDL CCD when it creates the master bias, but does not so when it processes the science data. This inconsistency can create boxy emission-like features as seen in the figure below. ...

... This section highlights some typical FOC image characteristics. ... Occulting fingers located near the aperture entrance if the image size is greater than 512 x 512 pixels or if the FUV prism is in the beam. Reseau marks etched onto the faceplate of the detector to aid in geometric correction ( Figure 4.4 ). ... A faint diagonal parallel striping pattern called pattern noise . ... Warped edges ( Figure 4.4 ). ... Figure 4.5: FOC 512 x 512 Image Showing Faint "Thumbprint" Pattern or "Fringes" . ...

This month's Geminid meteor shower is expected to peak around the late evening of Tuesday 13th/early hours of Wednesday 14th. The shower is usually one of the best of the annual meteor showers, with many relatively bright, slow- to medium-speed fireballs. ... These meteors are believed to originate from the near-Earth asteroid, Phaethon, discovered by a NASA satellite in 1983. ... FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John McFarland at the Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh, BT61 9DG. ...

... These are ``quirks'' rather than ``bugs''. Below is a list of quirks. When loading a file and ``Reset Intensity Upon File Load'' is disabled, the intensity range of the previous image will be used. ... When moving between two images (such as when blinking, or when loading a new image), the display system attempts to retain the old image parameters (i.e. zoom box). What is retained are the corners of the zoom box measured in image pixel co-ordinates, not world co-ordinates. ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . ... Observing . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... Bright planets meet at dusk . ... Astronomy magazine subscribers can read the full article for free. ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter....

... Actual stars are expected to be more complicated than these simulations. ... The spot may be entirely visible most of the time (one would observe a prolonged flux minimum low), and then part of it may disappear over the horizon briefly and then return (slow rise and then fall back to constant level). ... With the set of observations taken here, I have information available from several comparison stars and color information. ... The period found must be consistent with the data from any given night....

... Galileo Images of Io . ... Galileo Finds Giant Iron Core in Jupiter's Moon Io . ... The temperature on Io's surface is about -143њ C (-230њ F); however, a large hot spot associated with a volcanic feature measured about 17њ C (60њ F). ... Io's rotation . ... This pair of Hubble images of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io shows the surprising emergence of a 320-kilometer (200-mile) diameter, large yellowish-white feature near the center of the moon's disk (photo on the right). ... Volcanic Plumes . ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Last week's Snack talked about how black holes can affect the environment around them in such a way as to be very bright . ... It's a common misconception that black holes always have matter swirling into them. ... As this matter gets closer and closer to the black hole it piles up and a large, fairly flat disk forms. This is called the accretion disk , because matter from this disk accretes (that is, falls in) on the black hole. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

Weekly Bulletin on Solar and Geomagnetic Activity Highlights on 20 - 26.08.2012, Forecast on 27.08 - 03.09.2012, Carrington Rotation 2127 (15,04.08.2012) SUNSPOT ACTIVITY OF THE SUN REMAINED AT THE AVERAGE LEVEL. ... ON THE VISIBLE SOLAR DISK CONSTANTLY THERE WERE 4-5 SUNSPOT GROUPS ONE OF WHICH, APPEARING ON THE VISIBLE SOLAR DISK ON AUGUST 25, AVERAGE SIZES. NEXT WEEK THE LEVEL OF SUNSPOT ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BE AVERAGE. ... FLARE ACTIVITY WAS ON THE LOW LEVEL IN ALL DAYS. ...

Astronomy Discussion Forums . ... I Expected More Sense Than That. ... Post Message | ... Posted by Richard D. Stafford, Ph.D. on November 8, 2002 04:14:05 UTC . ... You are missing the point - harvey1 - November 8, 2002 - 13:10 UTC . I hope Stafford doesn't mind my intruding his forum - mrsouza - November 8, 2002 - 14:55 UTC . ... www.astronomy.net . ... Forum posts are Copyright their authors as specified in the heading above the post. "dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

... Planets . ... Earth Satellites . ... The newly discovered ?mega-Earth? ... Its sibling, the lava world Kepler-10b, is in the background (the two planets? proximity is grossly exaggerated) .€а Kepler-10c has a diameter of about 29 000 km, 2.3 times as large as Earth, and weighs 17 times as much. ... The first mega-earth to be discovered is Kepler-10c which orbits a star lying about 560 light years from the Sun in the constellation Draco. ... Astronomers Find a New Type of Planet: The ?Mega-Earth? ...

What will happen when the fragments hit Jupiter? ... All the fragments will enter Jupiter's atmosphere at an angle of 42 degrees from the vertical and impact near a latitude of 44 degrees south, but on the back side of the planet as seen from Earth (about 10 degrees in longitude behind the edge of Jupiter, as seen from Earth). ... Any body moving through an atmosphere is slowed by atmospheric drag, by having to push the molecules of that atmosphere out of the way. ...

... Дни открытых дверей к юбилею САО РАН (12-14 апреля 2016 г.) . Международная конференция "Dark Ages and White Nights (Spectroscopy of the CMB)" (20-24 июня 2016 г.) . ... Международная конференция MULTI-SPIN GALAXIES - 2016 (26-30 сентября 2016 г.) . Международная астрономическая конференция "Физика звезд: от коллапса до коллапса" (3-7 октября 2016 г.) Архив . ... Подробнее.. ... 10.02.16 . ... БТА в реальном времени . ... Цейсс-1000 в реальном времени . ... Последнее обновление: 22/03/2016 ...

... 227Wink This paper containes an investigation of 91 sources which appear to be point sources when observed with the angular resolution of the 100-m telescope at 4.9 GHz, teta_a = 2.6', and which we expected to be HII regions. The basic search list was prepared from the 4.9 GHz survey of the galactic plane by Altenhoff et al. ... In the present paper we list 4.9 GHz flux densities only for sources for sources for which we present new observations. ... source structure indicated . ...

The Russian Parliament will soon consider a bill that would restructure the Russian space program, 35 years after the launch оf Sputnik. ... But the legislation's most striking and controversial feature is a provision that would ban testing and deployment оf space weapons ? including anti-satellite weapons and space-based missile interceptors. ... A draft bill was written by a group of experts within the Moscow Space Club, several of whom now work on space issues with the Russian Parliament. ...

... 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" . ...

... This article is part of the LWN Porting Drivers to 2.6 series . One of the more significant changes in the 2.5 development series is the creation of the integrated device model. The device model was originally intended to make power management tasks easier through the maintenance of a representation of the host system's hardware structure. ... Which devices exist in the system, what power state they are in, what bus they are attached to, and which driver is responsible for them. ...