... 2000 February 8 . Rings Around Beta Pictoris . ... Explanation: An unusual dust disk surrounds nearby star Beta Pictoris . ... Recent images and computer simulations indicate that the disk contains several elliptical dust rings larger than our own Solar System . The above image taken with the Hubble Space Telescope uncovered evidence of these rings as apparent knots in the edge-on disk . ... These rings might have been formed when a nearby star passed Beta Pic about 100,000 years ago. ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... Consider visiting Kepler-16b , a world in a binary star system. In fact Kepler-16b is the first discovered circumbinary planet. ... But Kepler-16b itself was discovered by following the additional very slight dimming produced during its transits. ... Publications with keywords: extrasolar planet . Publications with words: extrasolar planet . ... Earth size Kepler 186f . Kepler 78b: Earth Sized Planet Discovered . ... Kepler 16b: A Planet with Two Suns . ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. February 5, 1996 . COBE Dipole: Speeding Through the Universe . Credit: NASA , COBE , DMR , Four-Year Sky Map . ... The Milky Way Galaxy orbits in the Local Group . ... The map indicates that the Local Group moves at about 600 kilometers per second relative to this primordial radiation . ... About APOD | ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Solar System . ... Comets and Asteroids . ... Space Flight . ... Posted on June 29, 2015 | 759 Comments Maybe you have seen one of the alarming videos or emails circulating around the internet claiming that the End is Nigh. ... Continue Reading.. ... Posted on December 5, 2014 | ... Posted on October 18, 2013 | ... 3 Comments In February 2013, the asteroid 2012 DA14 flew past the Earth closer than many of the EarthтАЩs geo-stationary satellites. ...

... Major news, from Terry Moseley: "Irish amateur astronomer Dave McDonald has just discovered an asteroid - the first one to be discovered in Ireland for 160 years! ... He said to me afterwards "Now I'll just have to discover one myself!" ... The only other asteroid ever discovered in Ireland was 9 Metis, by Andrew Graham at Markree Observatory in Co Sligo, on 25 April 1848. ... International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node . ...

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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 . ...

... 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...

... An international team of astronomers has discovered a new magnificent example of a planetary nebula showing fast moving jets. ... Finally, the envelope is ejected as a planetary nebula and the two stars are now orbiting around each other in a frenetic cosmic waltz. ... The paper, just accepted by Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, is available on astro-ph (ETHOS 1: A high latitude planetary nebula with jets forged by a post common envelope binary central star, by B. Miszalski et al.)...

... 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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... Globular cluster NGC 2808, elliptical galaxy NGC 2986, and the Sextans Dwarf . ... Astronomers recently discovered brown dwarfs of only a few hundred degrees fahrenheit, which seems about the same temperature as some planets. So what is the difference between a brown dwarf and a planet? ... RELATED TOPICS: BROWN DWARFS . This is an excellent question, and it s one that even astronomers have a hard time agreeing on. ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... Discover | ...

... Comet Lovejoy over the Parkes Dish . ... This beautiful picture of Comet Lovejoy was taken by CSIRO's Parkes staff member John Sarkissian when it was visible above the illuminated 64-m Parkes Telescope on the 28th of December 2011. The comet, official known as C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy) was discovered on the 27th of November 2011 by Australian amateur astronomer Terry Lovejoy . His new find, C/2014 Q2 , discovered on the 17th of August 2014, is currently visible in the sky . ... today * ATNF | ...

... Hiorter and Celsius note that the polar aurora is accompanied by a disturbance of the magnetic needle. ... Richard Carrington in England observes a violent and rapid eruption near a sunspot; 17 hours later a large magnetic storm begins. ... Using it he observes a solar flare and confirms the connection between flares and magnetic storms. ... Explorer 1, launched by the US January 31, observes the radiation belt; Explorer 3, launched in March, comes up with the first clear evidence for its existence....

Image credit: Michael Nolan, Arecibo Observatory. These radar images of near-Earth asteroid 2001 SN263 were obtained on 2008 Feb 12 and 13. ... Image from Feb 12 . ... First near-Earth triple asteroid discovered by Arecibo Observatory . ... was discovered this week by astronomers at the sensitive radar telescope at Cornell University?s Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. ... For example, Arecibo has discovered more than half of the near-Earth binary asteroid systems discovered since 1999. ...

... When the Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by the planet Uranus in January 1986, astronomers were treated to their first close-up glimpse of the satellites that orbit the seventh planet. ... But by far the most intriguing of those 15 satellites was a jigsaw-puzzle world called Miranda . ... How dark was it at Miranda? One of the Voyager scientists put it this way: Taking pictures in the Uranus system is like trying to do photography in a ballpark at night when the only light comes from a single candle. ...

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The AstroGuide . ... AstroGuide | ... AstroGuide Listing . ... See many more Astronomy Listings by: Category or Alphabet . Formally Sienna Software. Makers of Starry Night, a tool for learning about the night sky. ... Last Update November 03, 2004 . Listed Since November 03, 2004 . ... Canada . ... Web Site . ... Posted by prozac, April 1st, 2002 . ... This is truly the best software ever made. Recommend Starry Night Pro . ... dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

... Luminous blue variable (LBV) stars are the most massive stars with 40-120 solar masses, which are passing the short stage of evolution losing their hydrogen envelopes before exploding as Supernovae. These are extremely rare objects, only about a dozen of the most massive LBVs are known in the Galaxy. ... In the spectral observations of stars with infrared circular nebulae, found in the Spitzer survey (24 microns), a new LBV star in the Galaxy was discovered. It was named MN112. ...

... Right now, the world needs 10,000 additional radiotherapy machines to meet demand. ... The imaging and tracking (source finding) techniques being pioneered for Nano-X form part of an inter-disciplinary research program being developed through a CAASTRO collaboration currently involving Medical Physics and Astrophysics at Sydney and Curtin Universities, together with the Nelune Comprehensive Cancer Centre at Prince of Wales Hospital. ...