... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Last week's Snack talked about how black holes can affect the environment around them in such a way as to be very bright . ... It's a common misconception that black holes always have matter swirling into them. ... As this matter gets closer and closer to the black hole it piles up and a large, fairly flat disk forms. This is called the accretion disk , because matter from this disk accretes (that is, falls in) on the black hole. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

... Clouds near the horizon can block sunlight from reflecting off air, making columns outward from the Sun appear unusually dark. ... Images from the Cassini spacecraft currently orbiting Saturn have uncovered long rows of huge sand dunes near Titan's equator that rise as high as 300 meters. ... What planet is this? ... Prometheus Creating Saturn Ring Streamers . ... Specifically, an orbital dance involving Saturn's moon Prometheus keeps creating unusual light and dark streamers in the F-Ring of Saturn...

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... Circumstellar disc of beta Pictoris: constraints on grain properties from polarization. To appear in the Astronomy & Astrophysics . abs , src , ps ] . ... Dust influx to Titan from Hyperion . ... abs ] . ... Characteristics of bulges and disks in interacting galaxies . ... Dust grains around Herbig Ae/Be stars: porous, cometary-like grains? ... To appear in the Astronomy & Astrophysics Supplement . ... Finally, Links may lead you to more options (e.g. via the LANL preprint system). ...

... 2014 January 29 . Jelly Donut Shaped Rock Appears on Mars . Image Credit: Mars Exploration Rover Mission , Cornell , JPL , NASA . Explanation: What if a rock that looked like a jelly donut suddenly appeared on Mars? ... Even so, the rock's unusual light tones surrounding a red interior created interest in its composition -- as well as causing it to be nicknamed Jelly Donut . ... About APOD | ... NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply . ... A service of: ASD at NASA / GSFC . ...

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... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. August 18, 1999 . Sun Block . ... Explanation: During a total solar eclipse, Earth's moon blocks the sun - almost exactly. While the sun is about 400 times wider than the moon, it is also about 400 times farther away and each appears to be half a degree or so in diameter. ... Tomorrow's picture: Light From The Dark Sun . ... About APOD > . ...

... HST . What is the offset in the U2 direction that can be taken before a gap appears? ... HST Peer Review Process . ... HST Overview . Overview . ... Retrieving HST Data . ... HST Science Year in Review . ... What is the offset in the U2 direction that can be taken before a gap appears in the coverage of the sky between the two pointings? ... Same question for a U3 offset. ... This should allow you to accurately address the issue of optimal offsets in the mosaic. ...

... Data Reduction FAQ > The reduced science spectrum displayed in the Reflex window appears good but when I try to plot it, it is quite different. How can I get it? ... Observing with ESO Telescopes . ... ESO-MIDAS . ... Reflex . ... ESO Data . ... ESO HST Image Galleries . ... ESO Data Access Policy . ... ESO Science Newsletter . ... ESO Annual Reports . ... Seminars at ESO Santiago . ... Seminars at ESO Garching . ... ESO Telescope Bibliography . ... Last Update: 01.04.14 ESO . ...

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... CTI . ... The table is used/accessed by: CAL_ctiCorrect() Generic CTI correction algorithm: . ... The table is used/accessed by: CAL_pnCtiCorrect() Main table to drive the high-accuracy EPN CTI correction algorithm in calpnalgo; Contains four sets of parameters per CCD column; numbers come from hardware group at MPE . ... The table is used/accessed by: CAL_pnAdditionalGainCtiCorrect() Holds single scalar offset values used by EPN gain correction in calpnalgo . ... The table is used/accessed by: TBD....

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True Color Image Gallery: Galactic SNR | Magellanic Cloud SNR . ... Chandra Proposer's Guide pile up section ] During frame readout, the ACIS CCDs take 40 microsec to (parallel) transfer the charge by one pixel. As a result of this, each frame readout, each pixel is exposed for 40 microsec to a source (plus cosmic X-ray background) at each location along its column. ... Note also that the image does not just trail, it extends along the whole column. ... Chandra Supernova Remnant Catalog . ...

. Image created by Miruna Popescu, showing some of the objects displayed in the Armagh Observatory's Human Orrery. Original images from NASA were used.

... Arecibo Synergy with GLAST Paulo Freire/ Cordes !! Transient Detection ( Arecibo as the radio version of the LSST) theory : { transient science , including exoplanet emission, lunar neutrinos and other exotica} Cordes (Hankins!) observations : M A McLoughlin (first choice) 14:00 Equipment Development Wide-Bandwidth Receivers German Cortes Multi-Beam and Focal Feed Arrays 15:00 Arecibo as an HI Telescope Observing Baryon Acoustic oscillations with an ...

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... Polyhedral divisors and SL2 -actions on ane T -varieties. ... Michigan Mathematical Journal, to appear. See also Prepublication de l'Institut Fourier, hal-00595725; arXiv:1105.4494v1, 26 pp. ... Journal of Algebra, to appear. See also arXiv:0912.1474v2, 12 pp. ... Finite-dimensional subalgebras in polynomial Lie algebras of rank one. ... Homogeneous toric varieties. ... Sbornik: Math. 201 (2010), no. ... Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra 213 (2009), no. ... Journal of Algebra 304 (2006), no. ...