Supernova 2008fv in NGC 3147 . This page is devoted to information on Supernova 2008fv in NGC 3147 . Basic information on this SN, including the last reported brightness, on this Supernova can be found on the main page . ... We have images from 2008/09/23.9 showing no supernova, so we can farily easily pinpoint when this one started. This supernova is in the Constellation Draco . ... SNWeb has a 2008fv page . ... 2008/09/23.9 . ... Joel Nicolas . ... Jean Marie Llapasset . ...

Supernova 2006jc in UGC 4904 . This page is devoted to information on Supernova 2006jc in UGC 4904 . ... Information on the original web pages for many of these images can be found on the updates and links web pages. ... At first this was lised as a possible supernovae, as Mr. Itagaki had posted a suspect image at almost exactly this location in 2004 (image indexed on this page). ... Image Credit . ... 2006/10/09.752 . ... Discovery mirror . ... JM Llapasset image . ... Joel Nicolas image . ...

Please enter the lightcurve file name and period search parameters: . Lightcurve file: . ... Apply the Heliocentric correction and convert all dates to Terrestrial Time (TT)? ... Also, the Heliocentric correction cannot be applied to such lightcurves. ... This period search service is also available at the mirror sites: Mirror 1 , Mirror 2 , Mirror 3 , Mirror 4 . You may download the latest source code distribution and install the period search service at your own web server. ...

... ESO is building what will be the World's largest optical telescope array, The Very Large Telescope (VLT). The VLT Project organisation is responsible for the design and construction of the Unit Telescopes, including enclosures, optics, adapter-rotators and coating unit. ... Unit Telescopes Overview - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ... Secondary mirror (M2 Unit) - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ... Coating Unit - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ...

The VIRGO project is a physics experiment; its aim is the detection of gravitational waves. ... It has not yet been possible to detect directly the gravitational waves: it remains one of the major challenges of experimental physics. ... Interferometric antennas for gravitational waves Gravitational waves distort space-time: along two perpendicular directions, the distances between fixed points will increase (resp. decrease), at the arrival of a gravitational wave. ... Publications from our Group . ...

... Dark energy is believed to be a component of the Universe whose repulsive gravity is presently accelerating the expansion of the Universe.€а Although it comprises the bulk of the mass-energy of the Universe, its nature is not well understood.€а €аAlbert Einstein originally suggested its existence about 80 years ago. A supernova is the explosive death of a star, which unleashes a burst of light through the cosmos. ... This website is a gift from Nancy Riess . ...

During routine astrometry with the 1.0-m to improve the orbit of the Apollo asteroid 2004 CB, the 'asteroid' was found on March 30 to have a short tail! ... it was renamed periodic comet P/2004 CB (LINEAR). ... Back to Previous News . Siding Spring Survey Main Page . ... Follow-up Astrometry with the 1.0-m at SSO . Previous News Items . Anglo-Australian Near Earth Asteroid Survey 1990-96 . ...

... Bad Astronomy . Misconceptions . ... Bad Astronomy : "We're light years more advanced than our competition!" ... Even the closest astronomical object, the Moon, is 400,000 kilometers away! ... A beam of light will travel 9,500,000,000,000 kilometers in one year. This distance is defined as a light year ; the distance light travels in a year. ... This is another example of Bad Astronomy; like a light year, a parsec is a unit of distance, not time (to be specific, it equals 3.26 light years) . ...

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Astronomy Picture of the Day . A Gamma Ray Burst Supernova . ... U. Amsterdam ), NTT Telescope , ESO Explanation: Did a gamma-ray burst precede this supernova ? This intriguing suggestion came to light yesterday with the discovery of an evolving supernova that is potentially coincident with the position of gamma-ray burst GRB 980425 , which occurred just two weeks ago . ... Publications with keywords: gamma-ray burst - supernova . Publications with words: gamma-ray burst - supernova . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... As example you have only to look at the recent discovery of a supernova by Irish astronomer David Grennan . ... The last confirmed supernova in the Milky Way to be observed was in 1604 (known to history as Kepler ?s Star; it was bright enough to be seen in the daytime sky). €а Ever since then all supernovae examined by astronomers have been denizens of other galaxies. ... Tweets that mention Supernova spotted by Irish astronomer -- Topsy.com . ...

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... Цвет: фиолетовый . Коллекция: Осень-зима 2015/2016 . Материал верха: нейлон, спилок . ... Материал подошвы: резина . ... Пол: Мужской . Кроссовки Umbro. ... Материал: нейлон, спилок. Сезон: Осень-зима 2015/2016. ... Исследование причин нескольких крупнейших в истории авиации катастроф помогли сделать современные авиаперелеты самым безопасным способом передвижения. ... Цвет: серый . Коллекция: Весна-лето 2016 . ... Пол: Женский . ... Сезон: Весна-лето 2016. ... Цвет: розовый . ...

... Astrophysics Group . ... Pulsars . ... Stars ? ... The array was designed to detect compact radio sources such as these by virtue of the fact that they would scintillate (twinkle) when observed from the Earth through the interplanetary medium ? ... One of Antony Hewish?s research students, Jocelyn Bell, was set the task of operating the telescope and inspecting the daily charts for the kind deflections in the trace which occurred when a scintillating source passed over the array. ...

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The mosaic camera was mounted today in preparation for first light. The Gunn/Carr/Rockosi/Lupton team from PU were supported by French Leger/UW, Angie Prosapio and Steve Bastian from FNL, Mark Klaene and Jon Davis from APO, Alan Uomoto/JHU, and Larry Fiscelli/UC. ... Everyone monitors the progress of the mosaic camera as it is lifted in the saddle to the underside of the mirror cell. ... The camera is up in place. ... The camera mounted on the telescope and in position for first light. ...

... They cover a period of 4 days in which the Supernova continues to rise in brightness (what astronomers call magntiude). ... First Image Taken on March 11 at 8:22 UT. Second Image Taken on March 12 at 8:52 UT. ... The supernova is the same brightness as in the previous image taken 2 hours ago . ... This image, taken 24 hours after the previous image, shows the supernova to be another 0.21mag (or about 25%) brighter. ... Hopefully the images do show that the brightness of the Supernova is changing. ...

... Image Quality of the VLT . Total Optical Control . First light for the ESO VLT unit telescope 1 occurred during the workshop. ... The image shown (Figure 1 ) here was obtained with the VLT on May 16, 1998, in red light (R band), i.e. while the mirror was still uncoated. ... In this diagram (FIgure 2), the measured image quality of the VLT UT1 astronomical images is plotted versus the ``seeing", as measured by the Seeing Monitor, a small telescope also located on top of the Paranal Mountain. ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Astronomers discover light echo from supernova . ... Astronomers have discovered light echoing off material surrounding a recent supernova explosion, SN 2009ig. ... Scientists with the Lick Observatory Supernova Search discovered SN 2009ig less than a day after it exploded in the galaxy NGC 1015, located127 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus the Whale. ...

Mr. Spaceman Byrds Woke up this morning with light in my eyes And then realized it was still dark outside It was a light coming down from the sky I don't know who or why Must be those strangers that come every night Those saucer shaped lights put people uptight Leave blue-green footprints that glow in the dark I hope they get home all right { Refrain } Hey , Mr. Spaceman Won't you please take me along I ...