... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. November 16, 1996 . The Leonid Meteor Shower (Tonight) . Credit: P. Jenniskens ( NASA / Ames ) . Explanation : Tonight thousands of icy rocks will hurl toward Earth in a fascinating display of light called the Leonid Meteor Shower . ... But this year's Leonids could be nothing compared to the Leonids in 1998 . ... About APOD . ...

... 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. ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. November 19, 1999 . Mercury And The Sun . ... TRACE Project . Explanation: Just days before the peak of the Leonid meteor shower , skywatchers were offered another astronomical treat as planet Mercury crossed the face of the Sun on November 15. Viewed from planet Earth, a transit of Mercury is not all that rare. ... About APOD > . ...

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. ...

... Information about a variety of different calendars for different cultures (e.g., Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Chinese, Hindu etc.) ... In addition, the Chinese had two different ways of interpreting and observing celestial events. One way the Chinese used astronomy was known as lifa; it was a discipline that aimed to understand the regularities and the predictable events in the celestial system through careful, observations, measurements and records. ... back to Teachers' Newsletter Main Page ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Space Flight . ... Earth Satellites . ... Leonid meteors seen from 13 km altitude aboard an aircraft during the 1999 Leonids Multi-Instrument Aircraft Campaign (Leonid-MAC). Comet Tempel-Tuttle provides the cometary debris for the Leonid meteor shower. ... Every 17-19 November Earth crosses Tempel-TuttleтАЩs orbit and the Leonids become visible. With clear, dark skies observers may see 10 to 15 Leonid meteors every hour on those mornings. ...

... Credit: Greg Bacon ( STScI ), NASA Explanation: The last decade saw the profound discovery of many worlds beyond our solar system, but none analogs of our home planet Earth . Exploiting precise observational techniques, astronomers inferred the presence of well over two dozen extrasolar planets , most nearly as massive as gas giant Jupiter or more, in close orbits around sun-like stars. ... Publications with keywords: extrasolar planet - planet - Saturn - planetary system . ... Crescent Saturn . ...

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... R. E. Jackson . ... H.-M. Adorf . ... D. C. Wells . ... AstroWeb is a World Wide Web (WWW) interface to a collection of Internet accessible resources aimed at the astronomical community. ... The goal of AstroWeb is to be the most complete, up to date, and useful listing of Internet accessible astronomical resources available anywhere. ... Jackson, Wells, and Adorf noticed that they and others had created largely overlapping lists of Astronomical resources. ...

Next: Publication Costs of Astronomical Research . ... Purple Mountain Observatory, Academia Sinica, Nanjing 210008, China, e-mail: library@nanjing.jspta.chinamail.sprint.com . This article includes a general overview of the Purple Mountain Observatory (PMO) followed by a description of the document resources held in the Observatory Library. ... The predecessor of the Observatory was the National Research Institute of Astronomy in the former Academia Sinica and its observing site, the PMO. ...

... Predicting the 1999 Leonid Storm : David Asher also explained previous Leonid meteor storms (notably the great storms of 1833 and 1966), and together with Rob McNaught (Australian National University, Siding Spring Observatory) made accurate predictions for the times of the `normal' storm trails of the Leonids. The prediction for the 1999 storm (for November 18 02 08 ) turned out to be `spot-on', and made headlines around the world. ...

Typing ESC U causes the Common Output Area to be overlaid by a Unix shell window or, if the Unix shell is already present, causes the window to be popped down. The shell used is /bin/csh . ... Behind the scenes' Hermes will remain active, but because all typing goes into the shell, user communication with Hermes is not possible. ... Typing CTRL-X E causes the user to be prompted for the name of a file to be edited by a text editor which will overlay the whole terminal screen. ...

... The remote area was formed very early, at a time when the Universe was a fifth of its present age and the presence of the galaxy string defies existing models, which can not explain how a string this big could have formed so long ago. ... The simulations tell us that you cannot take the matter in the early Universe and line it up in strings this large," Dr Francis said. ... But in the early Universe, most galaxies had not yet formed, and most dark matter clouds will not yet contain a galaxy. ...

... 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.) ...

... 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. ...

... This represents the first HI selected sample covering the core and the outskirts of a local cluster of galaxies. ... Optically selected samples miss a considerable number of low luminosity, low surface brightness galaxies underestimating by almost a factor 2 the number of HI rich galaxies present in the cluster volume. ... Right: The g band luminosity function for galaxies in the A1367 volume as obtained from the optically (circles) and HI (histogram) selected sample. ...

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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 . ...