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... Movie: Cassini Crosses Saturns Ring Plane . 31.01.2007 . ... Castle and Sky . ... While Comet McNaught ruled southern skies, last week's conjunction of the Moon and Venus could be enjoyed by denizens of both hemispheres of planet Earth. ... A Comet Tail Horizon . ... To the surprise of many Northern Hemisphere observers, the tail of Comet McNaught remained visible even after the comet's head set ahead of the Sun. ... Comet McNaught, the Great Comet of 2007, has grown a long and filamentary tail. ...

... Armagh Observatory received many telephone and internet reports from members of the public regarding sightings of a bright meteor or fireball which crossed over Northern Ireland in the early morning of Sunday, 10th October. ... Account: I was driving on the main Armagh/Portadown Road travelling towards Richhill when the sky in front of me was lit up by a couple of very bright flashes of light which were followed by a trail of white light. ... The trail faded over approximately 20 seconds. ...

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... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Have you ever looked at pictures of Saturn's rings and noticed what look like gaps in the rings? ... Gian Domenico Cassini discovered a large gap in Saturn's rings in 1675. Later, an astronomer named Encke discovered a smaller gap near the edge of the rings. ... It was found long ago that an orbit in the Cassini Division, as the large gap is named, has a period almost exactly one-half that of one of Saturn's moons named Mimas. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Comets and Asteroids . ... Space Flight . ... November . ... By admin September 26, 2012 Posted in: Comets and Asteroids . Comet ISON is revealed.( ... Comet ISON.'s orbit and position on 25 September 2012.( ... The comet€а will reach its closest point to the Sun, perihelion in late November 2013.Then it is expected to whizz around the Sun a mere 1.1 million km above its surface making Comet ISON one of that class of comets called€а Sungrazers. ...

The Richland Astronomical Society is a nonprofit organization formed in 1960 to promote the advancement of amateur astronomy. ... Mike Romine - President/Board Member . ... Bob Kocar - Treasurer/Board Member/Grant Coordinator . ... Eric Heintz - Assistant Observatory Director/Board Member . ... Tammy Plotner - President Emeritus/Webmaster (www.wro.org)/Astronomical League ALCor. ... Site content is maintained by Webmaster Tammy Plotner and Assistant Webmaster Greg DeChant All rights reserved. ...

... 2006 May 11 . Comet Meets Ring Nebula: Part I . ... Explanation: As dawn approached on May 8, astronomer Stefan Seip carefully watched Fragment C of broken comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 approach M57 - the Ring Nebula, and faint spiral galaxy IC 1296 . ... At a distance of 200 million light-years, IC 1296 (between comet and ring) is beyond even the Milky Way's boundaries. ... Tomorrow's picture: part II . ... About APOD | ... NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers . ...