... February 20, 1998 . Hale-Bopp: A Continuing Tail . ... Clearly the comet still has a substantial tail , blown by the solar wind , that points generally away from the sunward direction. ... As Hale-Bopp recedes from the sun its activity will subside but astronomers are still uncertain as to how long its tails will last. After a swing through the outer solar system and the Oort cloud , Hale-Bopp will pass through the inner solar system again ... around the year 5400. ... About APOD > . ...

Prague, August 16, 2006 . ... Continue the GCVS project for at least 3 -6 more years;  for this period, continue publication of Name-Lists for individual discoveries and for large-survey stars studied also elsewhere;  during this period, start a new GCVS version with improved data and with complete information for Name-List stars; . during this period, work on Steve Kawaler's suggestion;  pay maximum attention to improving software for period determination, automatic classification, etc . ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. May 25, 1999 . NGC 6872: A Stretched Spiral . ... Measuring over 700,000 light years across from top to bottom, NGC 6872 is one of the largest barred spiral galaxies known. ... Of particular interest is NGC 6872's spiral arm on the upper left, as pictured above , which exhibits an unusually high amount of blue star forming regions . ...

... Here is an image a supernova in NGC4704. The image taken at 6.4.1998 at 21.08 UT, CCD ST-7, 840s. Track and Accumulate exposure (21x40s), no filter, dark and flat corrected, temp -20c, telescope used 152/2063 refractor. Image were taken at the center of our city, Jyvaskyla. ... Dark lines in image are error of track and accumulate process and even dark and flat field were corrected, there still remain some noise. ... Back to Supernovae in NGC and IC galaxies. ...

... Number 5721 . ... 8 August 2006 . ... Data file: 5721-t3 . ... IBVS No. ... 2000.0 Max Min Type References h m s o ' m m 780217 V1675 Ori 05 34 23.8 -05 08 16 13.70 ( 0.08 ) Ic INB 072 USNO 780218 V1676 Ori 05 34 23.9 -05 15 40 11.19 ( 0.16 Ic) J INB 072 USNO 780219 V1677 Ori 05 34 24.3 -06 06 56 12.96 ( 0.10 ) Ic INB 072 USNO 780220 V1678 Ori 05 34 25.3 -04 54 39 13.24 ( 0.09 ) Ic INB 072 USNO 780221 V1679 Ori 05 34 26.1 -06 15 33 15.64 ( 0.14 ) Ic INB ... Sgr . ... Ori...

Shades of Deep Purple (USA: Tetragrammaton 1968 ; Europe: EMI Parlaphone 1968 ; Japan: Polydor 1968) (CD) . Deep Purple's debut album, recorded very hastily. ... Tracks: . ... Wring That Neck (Blackmore/Lord/Simper/Paice) . ... All tracks written by Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice . ... Painted Horse (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) . ... Child in Time (Live, 690924) (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) . ... Bonus tracks on Japanese CD: Lazy (edited) (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) . ...