... Credit: A. Vannini , G. Li Causi , A. Ricciardi , A. Garatti Explanation: This gorgeous view of stars, nebulae, and the Milky Way comes from the dark night sky above the lovely island of La Palma in the Canaries archipelago . The picture was made by a group of experienced astrophotographers who traveled there to take advantage of the ideal observing conditions near La Palma's Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos . ... Sirius, is part of the constellation Canis Major (Big Dog). ...

... Armagh Planetarium . ... Universe . ... Posted on July 3, 2012 | 17 Comments Mankind is responsible for numerous achievements in technology, arts and science.However, how much can this attributed solely to the human mind or is there another reason man has achieved such [ ] . ... Newer Entries . Hello, IтАЩm Colin, welcoming you to Astronotes, the PlanetariumтАЩs official blog. Here you will find the latest news and views from the fascinating worlds of astronomy and space exploration. ...

... March 5, 1998 . Canaries Sky . ... Explanation: This gorgeous view of stars, nebulae, and the Milky Way comes from the dark night sky above the lovely island of La Palma in the Canaries archipelago . ... Orion's famous red giant star Betelgeuse , near picture center, has a yellowish cast and Rigel is the bright star in Orion at lower right. Brilliant white Sirius , near the bottom, is the brightest star in the picture (and in Earth's night sky). ... About APOD > . ...

The night sky brightness, together with number of clear nights, seeing, transparency, photometric stability and humidity, are some of the most important parameters that qualify a site for front-line ground--based astronomy. ... Night sky at ESO-Paranal (Chile). ... Night sky brightness data . ... UBVRI night sky brightness at ESO-Paranal during sunspot maximum (A 2003, PDF) . ... The Dancing Sky: six years of night sky observations at Cerro Paranal (Starlight 2007 conference proceedings, PDF) . ...

... SEARCH ASP SITE: Match ALL words Match ANY word . ... Lapping up the Milky Way . ... The Milky Way is an average-sized spiral galaxy, one of about 100 billion islands of stars in the universe. ... Thomas Wright in 1750 and Immanuel Kant in 1755 suggested that the band of light we see is a flattened disc of stars. ... This really depends on your location and sky conditions, but generally you'll see the Milky Way stretched as a band between the northeastern and southwestern horizons. ...

NMW survey overview . Access image archive . ... The New Milky Way survey aims to detect bright (V<13.5) optical transients near the Galactic plane using an automated wide-field (8x6 deg.) system capable of surveying the whole Milky Way area visible from the observing site in one night. ... All images obtained during the transient search survey are available online (please use the image archive access form ). ... Images per field: . ... Images per night: . ... Milky Way imaging time: . ...

... ATNF Home . About ATNF . ... About ATNF overview . ... Governance overview . Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Australia Telescope User Committee . ... Our people overview . ... Publications overview . ... Careers overview . ... ATNF facilities . ... Parkes radio telescope . Australia Telescope Compact Array . ... Parkes | ... Visiting Parkes radio telescope . ... Parkes radio telescope webcam . ... Surface brightness measurements of . extended galactic nebulae . ...

Summer Triangle . Articles | ... As dusk deepens into night in early June, look a bit north of east, not real high in the sky, for a sparkling blue-white star, whose name is Vega . ... Since the stars rise some four minutes earlier with each passing day, expect the stars of the Summer Triangle to light up the twilight dusk around middle to late June -- a sure harbinger of the change of seasons, of spring giving way to summer. ... Re-published on Astronomy Net with permission of the author. ...

Discovery Channel :: News - Space :: Andromeda Galaxy Broader, Study Finds 4/1/08 11:05 PM News -- Space Andromeda Galaxy Broader, Study Finds Larry O'Hanlon, Discovery News Submit to: Jan. 10, 2007 -- The Milky Way's sister galaxy Andromeda has been hiding a gigantic secret: its true size. ... Discovery Channel | ... The leading global real-world media and entertainment company. http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/01/10/andromeda_spa.html?category=space&guid=20070110091500 Page 3 of 3 ...

... Siding Spring Observatory by night - Bob ShobтАж . Sidebar Left . ... The moonlit ANU 2.3m telescope building, theтАж . Views: 4724 . ... Looking to the south-west to the Milky Way inтАж . ... Title: Siding Spring Observatory by night - Bob Shobbrook . Description: Dr Bob Shobbrook is a semi-retired professional astronomer and official Observatory Visitor at Siding Spring Observatory. ... Bob was one of Stromlo's first astronomy graduates, receiving his PhD from the ANU in 1964. ...