... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2008 November 10 . Our Galaxy's Central Molecular Zone . ... Explanation: The central region of our Milky Way Galaxy is a mysterious and complex place. ... The region is known as the Central Molecular Zone . ... This image is not just interesting scientifically . ... About APOD | ... NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply . ...

... 2000 November 28 . BZ Cam Bow Shock . ... Explanation: BZ Cam is a binary star system that is not well understood. ... In BZ Cam , however, light appears to flicker unpredictably, and an unusually large wind of particles is being expelled. Pictured above , BZ Cam 's wind creates a large bow-shock as the system moves through surrounding interstellar gas . BZ Cam lies about 2500 light-years away toward the constellation of Camelopardalis . ... About APOD | ... NASA Technical Rep.: ...

... 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. ...

... For example, so far as we know, every tiny proton is exactly the same, but every huge galaxy is different. The Seagull Nebula . ... This portrait of the cosmic bird covers a 1.6 degree wide swath across the plane of the Milky Way, near the direction of Sirius, alpha star of the constellation Canis Major. NGC 7293: The Helix Nebula . ... The Tadpoles of IC 410 . ... Three CubeSats Released . ... Galaxy NGC 474: Shells and Star Streams . ... What's happening to galaxy NGC 474? ... 2013 2014 . ...

... Subject: IAA Lecture, Events at WWT and Dungannon, RIA lecture, Galway A.F., ISS . ... Supernovae come in various forms, with different causes, but in general terms theyѓЉrepresent eitherѓЉthe explosive death of a giant star, or a very violent episode in the life of a binary star pair. Visually, they are the greatest explosions we see in the universe, with the exploding star sometimes becoming as bright as the combined light of all the other hundreds of millions of stars in its parent galaxy! ...

... Planets . ... Earth Satellites . ... Looking in the direction of the constellation Cygnus the Swan and launched by NASA in 2009 is the Kepler Space Observatory.Many previous missions searching for exoplanets mainly detected large giant planets, like large hot Jupiters (it is easier to detect larger planets).However KeplerтАЩs main objective is to search for much smaller planets located in a habitable zone which is not too close nor too far from their star; planets which may be just like our Earth. ...

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A team using CSIRO 's Parkes radio telescope has just found the thousandth pulsar known to science. ... This is thanks to the power of a new instrument on the telescope, the multibeam system , which has slashed the time it takes to scan the sky," said co-leader of the pulsar team, CSIRO's Dr Dick Manchester . ... There are many different types of pulsar, and we have only a few examples of some types," said Dr Manchester. ... E-mail: rmanches@atnf.csiro.au . ... e-mail: hsim@atnf.csiro.au . ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Mad Science . ... Site Info . ... Public Talks . ... Keep Bad Astronomy close to your heart, and help make me filthy rich. ... Who is this guy who calls himself "The Bad Astronomer?" ... First, yes, I am a real live astronomer (when people ask me what astronomers do, I tell them "They astronom !" ... These are emitted by powerful objects like black holes, exploding stars, and super-dense neutrons stars. ... Finally, am I really a bad astronomer? ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

... Timeline . ... Belts . ... Energy . The Earth actually has two radiation belts of different origins. ... The name "radiation belt" is usually applied to the more energetic part of that plasma population, e.g. ions of about 1 Mev of energy (see energy units ). The more numerous lower-energy particles are known as the "ring current", since they carry the current responsible for magnetic storms . ... The Ozone Hole and the Magnetic Field (1) . ... Radiation Belts and Manned Space Flight . ...

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 . ...

home resources > books . SEARCH ASP SITE: Match ALL words Match ANY word . ... Buy The Black Hole at the Center of our Galaxy at Amazon.com! Reviewed by Terrell Kent Holmes . In 1974 astronomers discovered a bright radio source at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, in the direction of the constellation Sagittarius. It was an unknown quantity then, but astronomers now know that the object is a supermassive black hole causing a maelstrom of activity at the galactic center. ...

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... Although they all formed from similar material, it is a mystery why the planets closest to the Sun Mercury, Venus and Earth are so different. Astronomers hope to learn more about how they were created by studying asteroids, which are pieces of rock that were surplus to requirements in planet building. A team of astronomers has been observing an asteroid called Lutetia that is 100 kilometres wide. ... Meteorites are much smaller than asteroids and range in size from marbles to basketballs.) ...

... I was in the process of writing on ?model uncertainty? to understand why the same term is used differently in astronomy and in statistics and planned to include some papers to show how statisticians handle uncertainty. ... Draper used the O-ring data set, one of the most frequently cited data sets in statistics textbooks. ... One of my favorite statisticians is John Tukey , of Fast Fourier Transform, higher criticisms, and exploratory data analysis which are all well known to astronomers. ...

Signs Constellations Of The Zodiac . Articles | ... The band of the zodiac is some sixteen degrees wide, extending about eight degrees north and south of what's called the ecliptic -- the Sun's path through the stars. ... Since that time, the March equinox Sun has shifted about thirty degrees westward through the constellations of the zodiac. ... While signs neatly extend eight degrees north and south of the ecliptic, aligning with the borders of the zodiac, constellations do no such thing. ...

Crater Gassendi . ... I made this drawing was made on the 26th of november 2001. If you compare this one with the previous drawing of Gassendi (below) the differences are clear. ... This drawing was made on the 28th of september 2001. After nearly a full month without observations I had a one hour gap between the thicker clouds. ... This drawing was made on the 29th of august 2001. ... This drawing was made on the 27th of august 2001. ... This drawing was made on the 25th of august 2001. ...

STScI . HST . ACS+WFPC2 STAN, 24 November 2010 . ... What is STScI . ... HST Peer Review Process . ... HST Overview . Overview . ... STScI Analysis Newsletter (STAN) | ACS+WFPC2 | ... ACS/WFC Bias Stripe and CTE Correction Software 2. ... ACS/WFC Bias Stripe and CTE Correction Software ACS Wide Field Channel images obtained after SM4 exhibit instrumental artifacts caused by the CCD Electronics Box Replacement (CEB-R) or by prolonged exposure to HST's trapped radiation environment. ...

... Star Atlas . ... Astronomers discover merging star systems that might explode . While searching for hypervelocity stars escaping our galaxy, scientists found multiple binary white dwarf systems that could erupt as underluminous supernovae. ... The binary star system J0923+3028 consists of two white dwarfs: a visible star weighing 23 percent as much as our Sun and about 4 times the diameter of Earth, and an unseen companion weighing 44 percent of the Sun and about 1 Earth diameter in size. ...

. Pulkovo Observatory of Russian Academy of Sciences is situated . near Saint-Petersburg. It was founded in 1839. 196140, Saint-Petersburg, Pulkovskoye chaussee 65/1 . English version . Russian version . This page has been accessed times since May 1, 1999.