... Armagh Observatory, 24th March 2009: The International Space Station ( ISS ) has recently become the second brightest object in the night sky тАФ even brighter than the planet Venus, and second only to the Moon. Evenings will provide the chance of a spectacular view, if the sky is clear, as for the next few days the orbit of the ISS around the Earth repeatedly takes it over Ireland. ... At its best, it is now the second brightest object in the night sky. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Armagh Planetarium . Colin Johnston . ... Our Galaxy . ... Other Galaxies . ... I took some quick images of the Moon just by putting an Ipod Touch to the eyepiece of the telescope. ... Image credit: Colin Johnston/Armagh Planetarium) . ... Image credit: Colin Johnston & Julie Thompson/Armagh Planetarium) . ... I am looking forward to sharing the sky with our visitors when our monthly Open Nights return in October (date to be confirmed). ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2012 August 22 . Clouds Near the Edge of Space . ... Explanation: Noctilucent or night-shining clouds lie near the edge of space . ... This serene view features a lovely display of noctilucent clouds over water recorded last month near the coastal town of Vaxholm, Sweden. ... About APOD | ... NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply . ...

... Comet Dust over Colorado . ... The North America and Pelican Nebulas . ... The Comet and the Galaxy . ... During late March and early April 1997, Comet Hale-Bopp passed nearly in front of the Andromeda Galaxy. Here the Great Comet of 1997 and the Great Galaxy in Andromeda were photographed together on 1997 March 24th. ... Low clouds are seen in silhouette against the first hints of sunlight, while two famous cosmic clouds, the Clouds of Magellan, also hover in the brightening sky. ... 1997 1998 . ...

Youth for Astronomy and Engineering . ... Events . ... About YAE . ... Friday, July 22, 2016 . ... Elena Sabbi, Space Telescope Science Institute . ... 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. To VIEW and PRINT registration form, click HERE . To register online, click HERE . ... Youth for Astronomy and Engineering events create a positive and supportive experience for up to 150 young men and women each year as they make their choices about high school courses, college majors, and activities. ...

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... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . ... Observing . ... Gravitational wave search provides insights into galaxy evolution and mergers . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Get to Know the Night Sky . ... Even more questions for a cloudy night . ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ...

Previous Editions of the M111: . ... OutReach Training and Program . September Public Night . Welcome all ye weary travelers to a new type of M111 "On Line". ... Back to top.. ... When I logged our last outreach programs I couldn't help but notice that Warren Rupp Observatory is NUMBER FIVE in the worldwide standings in public outreach programs! ... If you'd like to train in astronomy outreach, just contact any of our members and we'll be happy to train you to do public outreach! ...

THE FIRST STAR LULLABY by Kim Wallach c.1985 It's time you were going to sleep, you're up too late tonight, Oh look, you can see the first star even though it's still light, Let's both make a wish and perhaps it will all come out right And I'll tuck you in--here's a kiss--I love you--good night. ... I've watched all the stars growing pale in the early dawn light So I'll make one last wish that you'll grow up and not have to fight And I'll cover you up,--here's a kiss--I love you--goodnight. ...

Figure 4a. The defocus in arcseconds of blur on the image plane is shown as a function of time for the night of August 14. Arrows mark the times at which the telescope focus was manually changed. The labels show the magnitude of the changes made. The squares show measurements of the defocus just prior to and after manual focus changes. ... Below I will show clear indications of errors in the secondary motions which are probably contributing significantly to focus errrors in the telescope. ...

The 11 th Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad (November 2015) : . ... Only students did not participated at the IAO-2015 may participate in the APAO-2015 (that is a student may participate in the 20 th IAO or in the 11 th APAO but not in both of these Olympiads). ... National representation quota at APAO-2015 is (up to) 8 students and 2 team leaders (the same number is at the Asian Physics Olympiad): not more than 4 participants for the group Alpha, not more than 4 participants for the group Beta. ...

... And night unto night revealeth knowledge; . ... They noticed that the stars in that celestial canopy, the "firmament," maintained fixed patterns-- constellations --night after night. ... Like a globe, the sphere of the sky has two points around which it turns, points that mark its axis --the poles of the celestial sphere. ... The axis around which the Earth spins points in a certain direction in the sky, and that is also the direction of the pole star (or more accurately, the northern celestial pole...

... A2130 (galfacts) reported strong rfi (lots of overflows from the mock spectrometer) on the evening of 02nov11. The punta salinas frequency agile radar was running in all frequencies until about 20:00 ast (it then changed to mode A 4 frequency mode). ... The variation in counts by session may be the beating of when the dome was at certain za's vs when the radar pointed at the observatory. punta salinas radar ran in all frequencies for the first part (till 20:00 ast) of the a2130 run on 02nov11. ...

... What's New? Bad Astronomy . ... News . ... The questions was: "During a flight, I saw a round rainbow shaped like a doughnut. ... However, she said that all rainbows are actually circles, and that she could not find a name for this phenomenon. ... One is that rainbows really aren't full circles. ... Basically, rainbows are due to light getting bent ("refracted") inside of raindrops. ... It's called a "glory", and is formed in a somewhat different way than rainbows. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

Mercury Summer 2009 Table of Contents . ... I'll never forget my first "Galileo moment." ... To help, I've selected a number of targets you can explore with small optics (or just this article and your imagination) that are visible from early summer to early autumn. ... If you enjoyed this excerpt from a feature article and would like to receive our quarterly Mercury magazine, we invite you to join the ASP and receive 4 issues a year. ...

Crater Gassendi . ... I made this drawing was made on the 26th of november 2001. If you compare this one with the previous drawing of Gassendi (below) the differences are clear. ... This drawing was made on the 28th of september 2001. After nearly a full month without observations I had a one hour gap between the thicker clouds. ... This drawing was made on the 29th of august 2001. ... This drawing was made on the 27th of august 2001. ... This drawing was made on the 25th of august 2001. ...

... Feeding the Monster: Gas Caught in its Death Spiral into a Massive Black Hole . ... Stromlo Professor Mike Dopita have used the Hubble Space Telescope to discover how a massive Black Hole in a nearby galaxy feeds itself. ... Earlier Hubble Telescope data obtained by another team member, Professor Holland Ford of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, had found a disk of gas rushing around the Black Hole at a speed of 500 kilometers a second. ...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration . ... Story Musgrave (M.D.) . NASA Astronaut (Former) . ... Service Medal and an Outstanding Unit Citation as a member of the United States Marine Corps Squadron VMA-212 (1954); United States Air Force Post-doctoral Fellowship (1965-1966); National Heart Institute Post-doctoral Fellowship (1966-1967); Reese Air Force Base Commander's Trophy (1969); American College of Surgeons I.S. Ravdin Lecture (1973); NASA Exceptional Service Medals (1974 ...

These images were taken at Moore and Mt. ... Late afternoon on February 27, 2007 at 16:52 local time, 21:52 UTC . Night of August 23, 2011, at 00:15 local time, 04:15 UTC . ... Movie on the Night of August 26, 2011, from 0:53 to 3:53 local time, 4:53 to 8:53 UTC . Aurora in the northern sky on the night of October 24, 2011, at 21:38 local time, 01:38 UTC . Dawn on October 25, 2011, at 06:30 local time, 10:30 UTC . Night of May 19, 2007, at 18:19 local time, 05:19 UTC . ... Google Sky . ...

Winer Observatory P.O. Box 797, Sonoita, Arizona 85637-0797, USA . ... Site . Weather . Roof Status . ... Average Max. ... 0.0 . ... In 2004, the roof was operated manually, while in 2005 through 2007, it was operated automatically by computer, but was not closed by weather sensors. ... The "Closed" column includes those nights outside the Monsoon season when the Observatory was closed due to weather (the usual cause), equipment failures, or vacation by the Winer staff in 2004 through 2006. ...