Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Earth Satellites . ... Continue Reading.. ... No Comments Fewer than 600 people have ever seen our world from space and only a couple of dozen have travelled far enough away to seen the Earth as a planet against [ ] . ... Posted on December 1, 2011 | ... 1 Comment Ice Worlds, one of Armagh PlanetariumтАЩs Digital Theatre shows for Summer 2011, is a thrilling tour through space and time showcasing some of the most beautiful and chilly regions of [ ] . ...

... Where to See Comet Hyakutake . ... People the world over are preparing to witness the closest approach of the brightest comet of the past twenty years. ... Near Comet Hyakutake's Nucleus . ... This March 19th false-color picture of Comet Hyakutake from one of the most sophisticated ground based telescopes captures the area surrounding the comet's nucleus. A comet's nucleus - not directly visible here - is a solid dirty iceball probably no more than 10 kilometers across. ... Spiral Galaxy M90 . ...

... September 29, 1996 . The X-Ray Moon . ... It shows three distinct regions: a bright X-ray sky, a bright part of the Moon, and a relatively dark part of the Moon. The bright X-ray sky is due to the diffuse cosmic X-ray background . The bright lunar crescent shines because it reflects X-rays emitted by the Sun . The dark lunar face is in shadow and so stands stands out from the relatively bright background - but, surprisingly it is not completely dark! ... About APOD | ...

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... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . ... Observing . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Using masks, part 1 . ... When I talk about an unfamiliar processing construct such as a mask, I ask people to consider the simplest element of an image a pixel. ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ...

... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... Armagh Observatory reports that, if skies are clear on the night of 27/28 September, skywatchers will witness a rare total eclipse of the Moon during the early hours of Monday 28th. ... As the eclipse progresses from penumbral to partial phase, and then towards totality, it is interesting to observe how the dark shadow of the Earth slowly encroaches on the Full Moon until the Moon is nearly completely obscured. ...

... Comet Tutorial . ... On July 1, 1993 an image was taken with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) that clearly shows at least 15 individual fragments in one image frame of the train. ... This made an accurate orbit (or orbits) difficult to determine; however, after numerous observations of the comet, astronmers determined that the comet had passed within 96,000 kilometers (60,000 miles) of the center of Jupiter or 25,000 kilometers (16,000 miles) from the cloud tops during the July 8, 1992, approach. ...

... Comet Tutorial . ... On July 1, 1993 an image was taken with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) that clearly shows at least 15 individual fragments in one image frame of the train. ... This made an accurate orbit (or orbits) difficult to determine; however, after numerous observations of the comet, astronmers determined that the comet had passed within 96,000 kilometers (60,000 miles) of the center of Jupiter or 25,000 kilometers (16,000 miles) from the cloud tops during the July 8, 1992, approach. ...

... Its perihelion would occur on April 1, 1997, at which point the comet would be only 0.92 astronomical units from the Sun, just within the orbit of Earth. ... Taken in April 1993, the photo showed the comet over 13 astronomical units from the Sun, well beyond the orbit of Saturn. ... Hale, as in Comet Hale-Bopp, has written a book, Everybody's Comet (available through the ASP Catalog) and coordinated an Internet project, "Hale-Bopp: Live in the American Classroom." ... Anatomy of a comet. ...

... The Pleiades star cluster, also known as the Seven Sisters and Messier 45, is a conspicuous object in the night sky with a prominent place in ancient mythology . ... The stars in the Pleiades are thought to have formed together around 100 million years ago, making them 1/50th the age of our sun, and they lie some 130 parsecs (425 light years ) away. ... Data for these stars are listed in a table below. ... Yes . ... WEBDA Pleiades cluster data . ... M45: The Pleiades Star Cluster (2007 November 18) ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Keep Bad Astronomy close to your heart, and help make me filthy rich. ... Last week, our tour outwards made a stop at our own home planet. Permit me to hold our tour a bit longer, to linger and gaze upon the Moon. ... Complex molecules floated in the water, but the concentration of these compounds wasn't high enough for them to get any further along than making amino acids and the like. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ... Subscribe to the Bad Astronomy Newsletter! ...

MAIN PAGE . ... Nova Cygni August 1975! ... 1975/76: Comet West! ... Dr. Richard West (4th from left) & AAL members visiting SES Betzdorf on occasion of our club's 25th anniversary - October 1996 . Comet West Information . ... It was the brightest comet visible from Earth since Comet West in 1976. ... 1997: Comet Hale-Bopp! ... Thus Comet Hale-Bopp never got closer to Earth than Earth gets to the Sun. ... Comet Hale-Bopp JPL Page . ... 1999: Total solar eclipse over Luxembourg! ...

NEWS FEDERATION rus ENCYCLOPEDIA rus HISTORY rus MIR STATION RUSSIAN . ... Cosmonauts. ... Space Science . ... History . ... Yuri Onufriyenko, Carl Walz and Daniel Bursch had their traditional after-landing meeting with TsPK people who made great efforts to prepare them for flight. LII Cosmonaut Team Is Over . ... Igor Volk and Ural Sultanov were the last members of this group to left the Flight Research Institute (LII) in 2002. Sergey Shamsutdinov reviews the history of the 'Volk team'. ...

Partial lunar eclipse of 2006 September 7 The beginning of the eclipse visible in Eurasia except the west Europe, Africa except the extreme western part, Madagascar, Australia and New Zealand, the Indian Ocean part of Antarctica, the western Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean. ... 15 52.37 16 43.34 Circumstances of the Eclipse Position Angles of the Moon's axis h m o Moon enters penumbra . September 7, 16 42.5 338.84 Moon enters umbra . ... Position |The Moon being in the Zenith in of Umbra| ...

... The chances of the Earth being hit by a comet from beyond Pluto — А la Armageddon — are much lower than previously thought, according to new research by an ANU astronomer. ... I calculate that small comets, capable of destroying a city, only hit the Earth once every 40 million years or so,” Dr Francis said. ... But asteroids and short-period comets come past again and again, so if we’re clever enough we can find them all and predict which, if any, will hit the Earth,” said Dr Francis. ...

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. ...

... Telescopes . ... But regardless of where you observe from or whether or not you have a telescope, exploring the many aspects of astronomy can be an exciting hobby. It can be an activity shared with thousands of other amateurs all over the world. ... Or it might be pursued more actively by joining a local astronomy club like the Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston and learning by direct association with other amateurs. ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

Many foreigners say "England" and "English" when they mean "Britain", or "the UK", and "British". ... In Northwest England, there are many beautiful lakes with green, wooden or grassy shores and gray mountains all around. The Lake District is the central mountainous area of Cumbria in the Northwest and has some of England's most beautiful scenery. ... Nearly one quarter of the Lake District National Park is owned by the National Trust . ...

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