... News . ... I n the last day of the International Year of Astronomy ( early evening of 31 December 2009), the Moon had the smallest partial eclipse that we have seen in Ireland and the UK for 40 years: the Moon was 8% covered by the Earth's shadow. ... This photo was taken at 7.30 pm, a bit after the eclipse's maximum phase, from my backyard in Armagh. Have you got your pictures of the eclipse? ... Happy New Year! ... International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node . ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2010 January 2 . Blue Moon Eclipse . ... Explanation: The International Year of Astronomy 2009 ended with a Blue Moon and a partial lunar eclipse , as the second Full Moon of December grazed the Earth's shadow on December 31st. ... About APOD | ... NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply . ... A service of: ASD at NASA / GSFC . ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... 2.01.2010 . ... Credit Copyright: Jean Paul Roux Explanation: The International Year of Astronomy 2009 ended with a Blue Moon and a partial lunar eclipse , as the second Full Moon of December grazed the Earth's shadow on December 31st. ... 2009 2010 . ... NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers . ... Publications with keywords: full moon - blue moon - IYA2009 . Publications with words: full moon - blue moon - IYA2009 . ... Not a Blue Moon . ...

Most of these images were obtained by Mike Bessell, Michelle Buxton, Hwankyung Sung, Ralph Sutherland and Bob Watson at SSO using a 2Kx2K Site CCD behind a Nikon or Hasselblad lens or directly on the 1m telescope. A few images are from the Hubble Space Telescope. Some of the M42 images were obtained with the KPNO 1m and ESO NTT telescope. One image is a mosaic of IRAS images. ... Details of the CCD imaging program at MSSSO. ... antenna.jpg (53KB) . ... ngc6744.jpg (59KB) . ...

... 2010 . ... The following images are mosaics obtained on 03 August 2010 at the National Solar Observatory/Dunn Solar Telescope with the Interferometric Bidimensional Spectrometer (IBIS). ... The final images are approximately 238 x 242 arcseconds, or 4 x 4 arcminutes, with a pixel scale of 0.0976 arcseconds per pixel. ... The images show a broad range of typical chromospheric structures, including sunspots, superpenumbra, plage, filaments, and quiet internetwork. ...

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... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . ... Star Atlas . ... An artificial comet holds secrets to Earths life . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... The planet has extreme temperature swings and perhaps active lava flows. ... A digital supplement to Astronomy magazine. ... Join TravelQuest International with Astronomy and Discover magazines on one of three great tour options surrounding this celestial spectacle . ... Astronomy Magazine . ...

CREW 21/22 . ... BACKUP CREW . ... She got the following degrees at Arizona State University: in 1972 she was awarded the degree of Bachelor of Science; in 1975 she got the degree of Master of Arts; in 1978 she took the degree of the Doctor of Law. ... Her husband is Craig Barrett, born in 1939, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Intel Inc. ... At the same time, she was the President of Arizona World Affairs council, Arizona World Trade Organization and the Economic Club of Phoenix. ...

. 31st of December 2015 . Rainbow over The Dish . A great photo of the Parkes 64-m Telescope by one of our international observers, Alessandro Ridolfi, taken on the 5th of August 2012. - Happy 2015 New Year's Eve to all, and thank you for supporting the ATNF Daily Astronomy Picture (ADAP). RSS feed generated by Page2RSS . | archive | about | today * ATNF | Parkes | ATCA | Mopra | VLBI | ASKAP | .

... Steven L. Smith . NASA International Space Station Program Liaison to the European Space Agency . ... SPECIAL HONORS: NASA Distinguished Service Medals (two), NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, NASA Space Flight Medal, NASA Exceptional Service Medal, IBM Outstanding Technical Achievement Award and IBM Outstanding Community Service Award. ... NASA EXPERIENCE: Smith is a veteran of four space flights covering 16 million miles and seven space walks totaling 49 hours and 25 minutes. ... DECEMBER 2013 ...

small image in visible light 10k gif . ... A huge eruptive prominence leaving the sun 261k gif ; 203k jpg ; 6000k tiff . ... X-ray image of the Sun 172k gif . ... radio images of the Sun 140k gif . sun hydrogen alpha image 149k gif ; 34k jpg . Solar flare in H-alpha 147k gif ; 38k jpg . ... July 91 eclipse by Steve Albers ( caption ) 431k gif ; 143k jpg . ... Current solar images (updated daily) html ; html . eclipse images and movies ftp dir ; html from Goddard; html from Bernie Verreau . ...

... The highlight of the month is the total eclipse of the Moon during the night of December 20/21. ... Listed below are some of the key events, and the times they will occur, during December's total lunar eclipse. ... The eclipse is also visible in its entirety from Alaska (local time is UT тАУ 9 hours) and Hawaii (UT тАУ 10 hours), but be aware that most of the eclipse occurs on the 20th in these two regions. ... Penumbral Eclipse Begins . ... Partial Eclipse Begins . ... Total Eclipse Begins . ...

... Home Lectures Lecture Series 2015-2016 . ... Lecture Series 2014-2015 . ... Beyond New York City . ... The Amateur Astronomers Association is proud to present an astronomy lecture series from October through May each year for our members and the public. ... Amateur Astronomer Association is pleased to announce we will be offering select, limited reserved seating for current AAA members for the Friday, January 8, 2015 AAA Lecture entitled Robert Nemiroff ?2015 Astronomy Picture of the Day?. ...

... Bad Astronomy . Misconceptions . ... I have a fun video on how to stand an egg on end on my blog at Discover Magazine . ... At the end of the show, one of the characters looks up the words "egg" and "equinox" on the web... and says it sent him to "thingsthatarewrong.com". ... Bad Astronomy : Only on the day of the Vernal (spring) Equinox, can you stand a raw egg on its end. Good astronomy : If you can stand a raw egg on end, it has nothing to do with the Equinox. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

... Photos and pictures at Archives.gov . ... Escher Art Collection . ... International Art Science . ... Earth Observatory image news index . ... Moscow: administration, culture, education.. ... Fluid Dynamics Pictures of the Week Collection . Sites With Pictures and Movies of Fluids also you can look at the interesting High-Speed Photographs . ... Moscow day by day . ... old maps of Moscow . ... Crimea . Crimea MAP (clickable) . Surfing Santa Cruz . On-line pictures: . ...

We present the results of our observations of the white-light corona in polarized light performed at Criciuma eclipse, Brazil. During the observation of 3.11.94 we have made five couple of pictures of the solar corona in polarization light. ... Koutchmy S., Molodensky M., Starkova L., Ershov A., Matsuura O .: ... Molodensky M., Starkova L., Koutchmy S., Ershov A .: ... Koutchmy S., Molodensky M.M., Starkova L.I . ... Koutchmy S., Molodensky M.M., Starkova L.I. Koutvitsky V. and Ershov A . ...

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... Aurora from Space . ... Magnetic Storms . ... The "ring of fire" seen by satellite cameras around the polar caps (picture below) is probably created by electrons leaking from the tail's plasma sheet, whose magnetic field lines form a somewhat imperfect trap. ... One possible explanation involves the close association between auroral arcs and electric currents which flow along field lines between the ionosphere and distant space ( Birkeland currents ). ... Why no aurora at the magnetic poles? ...

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