... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. April 11, 1996 . Unexpected X-rays from Comet Hyakutake . Credit: C. Lisse, M. Mumma (NASA/GSFC), K. Dennerl, J. Schmidt, and J. Englhauser (MPE) . Explanation: The first X-rays ever detected from a comet were discovered from Comet Hyakutake with the ROSAT satellite on March 27th. ... About APOD | ... A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC . ...

... Unexpected X-rays from Comet Hyakutake . ... 11.04.1996 . ... Credit: C. Lisse, M. Mumma (NASA/GSFC), K. Dennerl, J. Schmidt, and J. Englhauser (MPE) Explanation: The first X-rays ever detected from a comet were discovered from Comet Hyakutake with the ROSAT satellite on March 27th. ... Information: The Scale of the Universe Debate in April 1996 . ... March . ... Publications with keywords: comet - comet Hyakutake . Publications with words: comet - comet Hyakutake . ... Comet Holmes Over Hungary . ...

This page is devoted to information on Supernova 1999dq in NGC 976 Basic information on this SN, including the last reported brightness, on this Supernova can be found on the main supernova page. Information on the original web pages for many of these images can be found on the Supernova links web page. Supernova 1999dq is the 24th LOSS discovery this year. ... VSNET Light curve (requires JAVA). ... vsnet-alert 3442 ] SNe 1999dp and 1999dq . vsnet-chat 2285 ] Host galaxy of SN1999dq . ...

Next: Observations and reduction Up: The discovery of SN1998bv Previous: The discovery of SN1998bv . ... Since the life cycle of massive stars is very short (<30Myr), one can expect to observe more or less frequent SNe in galaxies where current intensive star formation takes place. ... 1998). ... The supernova SN 1998bv was discovered on April 6, 1998 in the galaxy HS 1035+4758 selected as an ELG candidate in the HSS. ... Figure 1: DSS image of the galaxy HS 1035+4758. ...

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... This year SSAU provides 1429 state-funded places for admission in all kinds and directions of educational programs. ... In addition, SSAU Admission Committee notes the substantial increase in interest from the foreign applicants this year. The number of applications from foreign countries has already surpassed last year's totals - 76 applications. Based on the experience of admission campaigns of previous years, SSAU expects summer 2014 to enrol about 150 foreign students in the university. ...

Great Discoveries in Astronomy and Astrophysics 171.112 How did we come to know what we know about the Universe? This course will focus on key discoveries in astronomy and astrophysics from the speed of light to the speed of the expanding and now accelerating Universe, from the discovery of Neptune to the modern detection of extrasolar planets, spanning hundreds of years and many orders of magnitude of astronomical breakthroughs. ... Binary Stars, 14. ... Distance to a Star-parallax Feb 5 20. ...

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... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Australia Telescope User Committee . ... Facilities . ... The challenges associated with the large amount of data that will be produced by ASKAP means the team has had to consider how to build a data archive system that will be able to manage as well as store this data . вАЬCASDA currently archives some data products produced from the BETA вАШdemonstration projectsвАЩ that have already produced some exciting, and published, initial science ...