... 2011 September 3 . Comet Garradd Passes Ten Thousand Stars . ... Explanation: Comet Garradd continues to brighten as it drifts across the northern sky. Last week the comet, visible with binoculars and discernible by its green coma , passed nearly in front of globular cluster M71. ... The photogenic duo was captured with a standard digital camera in a 10-minute, wide-angle exposure toward the northern constellation of the Arrow (Sagitta). ... About APOD | ...

... Jupiter's moon Io has active volcanoes. ... It is, in fact, a Seyfert type 2 spiral galaxy. ... Jupiter's Colorful Clouds . ... What makes the colors in Jupiter's clouds? ... The Hydra Cluster of Galaxies . ... The view looks down on the Moon.. Tonight: A Blue Moon . ... Exactly once in a Blue Moon. In fact, the modern usage of the term "Blue Moon" refers to the second Full Moon in a single month. ... Brittany, age 7, and D.J., age 12, ponder this question over dinner one evening. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Colin Johnston . ... Milky Way . Stars . ... Monthly Sky Notes . ... June . ... This red supergiant is the brightest star in the constellation Scorpius and is of awesome size. ... Returning to Vega (which will be the pole star in about 12 000 years from now), follow an imaginary line between it and Arcturus, this line will cross two more constellations, faint and sprawling Hercules and that celestial smile Corona Borealis. ...

... 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. ...

THE RELATIVE MONTHLY MEAN SUNSPOT NUMBER ON MARCH 2016 HAS MADE Wmarch = 32.9, 54.9 ( new ) THAT GIVES FOR 80 MONTHS (2015, SEPTEMBER) DEVELOPMENT CURRENT 24 CYCLE OF SOLAR ACTIVITY THE SMOOTHED MONTHLY MEAN SUNSPOT NUMBER W*sep. = 39.6; 66.0 - (in new system ); W*aug. = 39.8; 66.3 - (in new system ); - On July 1, 2015 Centre in Brussels moved to a new system of cal- culation the relative ... Almost all the work using smooth W* have to lead to a new system, if it remains. ...

... The path of the dome will now follow a different track in focus. ... The dome was set to 19.6 degrees. ... Focus curves taken with sbn (.ps) ( more info ) show the offset (in inches) from the the platform reference position (1256.22 feet). ... Moving the ref ch position from 8.84 to 18 degrees will raise the platform corner by .7 inches.7 platform inches is 1.7*.7 is 1.2 tie down inches of stroke .7 platform inches is 3.5 degrees F. The path length will increase by .1 in (za=2) to .8 inches (za=20)....

... The data passed to this function * is printed to stdout. */ void callback( GtkWidget *widget, gpointer data ) { g_print ("Hello again - %s was pressed\n", (gchar *) data); } /* another callback */ gint delete_event( GtkWidget *widget, GdkEvent *event, gpointer data ) { gtk_main_quit (); return FALSE; } int main( int argc, char *argv[] ) { /* GtkWidget is the storage type for widgets */ GtkWidget *window; GtkWidget *button; GtkWidget *box1; /* This is called in all GTK applications. ...

... In this sound clip, we journey to the violent heart of a galaxy. We start off flying through the outskirts of a galaxy (hissing noise) passing various stars (different loud hisses) before penetrating the vast nebula surrounding the black hole that lurks in the middle. ... Sounds of Nebulae (864kb). ... Planetary Nebulae: Movie and Sounds (1Mb). ... Comet Song (664kb) Listen as a comet approaches the Sun and bursts into song, before fading back into the outer darkness. ...

Regions designation | Regions models | ASCII files description . The real time regions passing . ... The IB_TAIL geocentric distance as a function of the UT (Plot) . Geomagnetic local time in the IB_TAIL position as a function of the UT (Plot) . The orbital data ASCII files . The IB_TAIL magnetic mapping and conjugations with groundbased instruments and anothers spacecraft . ... IKI RAN | SSC IKI RAN | INTERBALL mission  ...

... September 5, 1998 . The Pulsar Powered Crab . Credit: J. Hester and P. Scowen ( ASU ), NASA . ... Using a stunning series of visible light images taken with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) , astronomers have discovered spectacular pulsar powered motions within the Crab nebula. Highlights of this HST Crab "movie" show wisps of material moving away from the pulsar at half the speed of light, a scintillating halo, and an intense knot of emission dancing, sprite-like, above the pulsar's pole. ...

Next: NUMBER of PASSES Up: Tape Management Previous: TAPE HANDLING at SCAN Contents . Tapes for the Mark III and VLBA systems come in two nominal lengths, 9600 ft and 18000 ft. ... The following table gives the recording times per pass to expect with these tape speeds and recording rates: . RECORDING TIMES for 1 pass on VLBA and Mark III tapes. ... For Mark III, the longer tapes will hold 3.37 times as much data per pass as the shorter tapes. ...

... Ciel Espace, le magazine qui vous guide toujours plus loin . ... Ciel Espace, nouvelle formule, c'est . ... des pages consacr†йes †а la publication de vos photos Mais c'est aussi une vraie communaut†й avec laquelle partager votre passion et nourrir votre curiosit†й. Accueil Le monde entier regarde V†йnus passer devant le Soleil . ... Hier soir, †а New York, les curieux scrutaient le ciel dans l'espoir qu'une †йclaircie leur laisse entrevoir V†йnus devant le Soleil. ... Transit et Soleil de minuit . ...

CREW 19/20 . ... NIITsPK picture Charles SIMONYI . ... He was decorated with the Service Order (Hungary) in 2006 and the Grand Cross - the Hungarian Republic Order in 2007. ... Since September 5, 2006 he started training at Yu.A. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center under the VC-12 program as the spaceflight participant. ... On December 19, 2008 by decision of the Chief Medical Board with participation of IBMP and Yu.A. Gagarin CTC specialists Charles Simonyi was allowed for the crew training. ...

... Observatory . ... Science . ... Science Users Information > Science Publications > Science Announcements > MOONS passes its Preliminary Design Review . ... Observing Facilities . ... Observing with ESO Telescopes . ... Data Handling and Products . ... Science Data Products Forum . ... Science Archive Facility . ... ESO Data . ... ESO Data Access Policy . ... The Multi-Object Optical and Near-Infrared Spectrograph (MOONS), has officially passed the major milestone of Preliminary Design Review (PDR). ...

OBSERVATIONS OF COORBITAL SATELLITES OF SATURN Emel'yanov N., Varfolomeev M. Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow, e-mail : emelia@sai.msu.ru Institut de MИcanique CИleste et de Calcul des иphИmИrides, Paris, e-mail : emelia@imcce.fr Abstract. To improve the orbital parameters and masses of coorbital satellites of Saturn, Janus and Epimetheus, new observations of these satellites are necessary. ... IN: Saturn. ... New observations of Saturn's coorbital satellites" - Icarus. ...

Friends of Hobbes: ICT at New Mexico State University is replacing the current Hobbes server with a new, faster and more secure server. The date we have chosen for the switchover is September 1st, 2008. We are striving to keep the new interfaces as close to the current Hobbes as we are able. Moving forward will give us a more stable platform to support Hobbes for many years to come. ... Thanks for your time, Hobbes Administrators ICT - New Mexico State University ...

Astronomy Discussion Forums . Forums: . Atm ћ Astrophotography ћ Blackholes ћ Blackholes2 ћ CCD ћ Celestron ћ Domes ћ Education . ... How Fast Can A Comet Move, And What Is A Comet Made Out Of? ... Post Message | ... Comets I know are very fast moving objects, but I was wondering just how fast they can actually move. ... www.astronomy.net . ... Forum posts are Copyright their authors as specified in the heading above the post. "dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

V. Barale, Joint Research Centre, European Commission, Ispra, Italy; M. Gade, University of Hamburg, Germany (Eds.) Remote Sensing of the European Seas Here is a review of the current potential of Earth Observations that devotes particular attention to the challenges posed by the European Seas. ... Part 1: Introduction.- ... Pre-publication pricing: Unless otherwise stated, pre-pub prices are valid through the end of the third month following publication, and therefore are subject to change. ...

Classroom Activity: Making a Rainbow . ... When white light from the Sun or a light bulb passes through a prism, the light splits into its component wavelengths. ... Red, blue, green colored filters - if possible, cut 1x4-inch pieces of the filters for each student . ... Many students have the misconception that filters somehow dye the light a certain color. ... Younger students can draw the rainbow and make up a mnemonic for remembering the order of the colors (such as, ROY G. BIV). ...