... 2006 September 7 . Colorful Moon Mosaic . ... Explanation: No single exposure can easily capture faint stars along with the subtle colors of the Moon. ... The fascinating color differences along the lunar surface are real, though highly exaggerated, corresponding to regions with different chemical compositions . And while these color differences are not visible to the eye even with a telescope, moon watchers can still see a dramatic lunar presentation tonight. ... About APOD | ...

... 2000 September 25 . AR 9169: A Large Sunspot . ... Explanation: One of the largest sunspots in recent years is now crossing our Sun . Dominating active region AR 9169 , the sunspot is the large dark complex visible below (west) and right of center in the above photograph of our Sun taken last Thursday. ... AR 9169 holds the largest sunspot yet produced during this Solar Maximum , the time of greatest sunspot activity during the Sun's 11-year magnetic cycle . ... About APOD | ...

Supernova Gallery The purpose of the Bright Supernovae web pages is to provide a place where people can find reference images of Supernovae. ... This is an RGB color image of Supernova 2003gs in NGC 936 Credit: Pablo Canadia . Used by permission. (click on image for full resolution) . ... This is an LRGB color image of Supernova 2003cg in NGC 3169 Credit: Pollux observatory . ... Credit: Nick Suntzeff Used by permission. (click on image for full resolution) . ... Credit: AURA/NOAO Image Library . ...

... It is being organized jointly by the Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO) and the Armenian Astronomical Society (ArAS). ... LIST OF LECTURERS AND LECTURES : Dr. Vladimir AIRAPETIAN (Goddard Space Flight Center, USA): Physics of Winds from Cool Evolved Stars Dr. Don BARRY (Cornell University ... (observation techniques and theory) Dr. Michel DENNEFELD (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, France): Introduction to spectroscopic observations Dr. Serguei DODONOV (Special Astrophysical ...

THE 75th NAME-LIST OF VARIABLE STARS. ... The 75th Name-List consists of two tables. ... the literature, taken from positional catalogues, including USNO A1.0/A2.0 and GSC, or determined by the authors); the range of variability (sometimes the column Min gives, in parentheses, the amplitude of light variation; the symbol ( means that the star , in minimum light, becomes fainter, than the magnitude indicated); and the system of magnitudes used ( P are photographic ...

... Отмеченная наградами АстроТоп-а . ... 1) К участию в конкурсе допускаются все российские сайты на тему астрономии и космонавтики, и все русскоязычные сайты за пределами России. ... II) Сайт года . ... Победитель: Астронет - http://www.astronet.ru/ : подано голосов экспертов - 109 (всего - 129) . ... 3-е место разделили: Астрономия и Телескопостроение - http://www.astronomer.ru/ и Лента новостей космонавтики от Железнякова - http://www.cosmoworld.ru/spaceencyclopedia/hotnews/ : подано по 37 голосов; ...

The Nine Planets is best viewed on-line via a graphical WWW browser which displays the pictures in color and supports hypertext link traversal. ... To view the movies and hear the sounds, you'll need additional helper programs. ... I recommend that you use Netscape as your browser. Netscape can display gif and jpeg images directly without need of any additional helper apps. You do need additional helper apps for movies and sounds, however. ... Yahoo's Helper Applications .. ... Tech Help .. ...