... IYA2009-Ireland, 30 June 2009: The International Year of Astronomy 2009 is a global celebration of astronomy and this month in Belfast, Northern Ireland, the Belfast City Council is recognising the contribution of space to society through a myriad of social events. ... David Boyd, BEAT's Director, said: тАЬThis year, to mark 2009 as the International Year of Astronomy, we have taken the space theme to Look Up and explore the stars. ... International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Posted on August 10, 2012 | No Comments Armagh Planetarium?s great balloon race has ended.€а The results are in and they have been checked and verified.€а There were balloon reports on the Cathedral Road, the Battleford Road and [ ] . Continue Reading.. ... 2 Comments In the upcoming weeks you will be hearing in the news the words тАЬDragon SpacecraftтАЭ, so Sinead McNicholl has the full story on what exactly this new vehicle is and [ ] . ...

... ATNF Home . About ATNF . ... About ATNF overview . ... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Australia Telescope User Committee . ... Parkes radio telescope . Australia Telescope Compact Array . ... Australia Telescope Online Archive (ATOA) . ... Parkes | ... Australia Telescope 20GHz Survey . ... A Blind HI Survey in the Great Attractor Region. ... Using the Parkes 21 cm multibeam instrument we have detected neutral hydrogen (HI) in 42 galaxies in the region of the Great Attractor. ...

... Phil Creed . ... Hidden Hollow 2008 . ... Prizes . ... Phil's "Home" Astronomy Club is the Wilderness Center Astronomy Club (http://www.twcac.org). ... This year, Phil will be hosting Astronomy Bowl , an exciting question-and-answer game that'll both enlighten and challenge the mind--for both the players and the audience. ... ASTRONOMY BOWL at Hidden Hollow! ... ASTRONOMY BOWL is the alternative for those that'd like to win a prize but never get that smile from Lady Luck come Raffle Time. ...

... GOODS unites extremely deep observations from NASA's Great Observatories, Spitzer , Hubble , and Chandra , ESA's Herschel and XMM-Newton , and from the most powerful ground-based facilities, to survey the distant universe to the faintest flux limits across the electromagnetic spectrum. ... The space-based observations are complemented by ground-based imaging and spectroscopy, including extensive commitments of ESO and NOAO observing time. ... 2010-04-10: Deep VLA 1.4 GHz data for GOODS-North . ...

Astronomy Discussion Forums . ... Great Night 10/24 . ... Post Message | ... Temp in the mid to low 40's, slight wind, pretty clear. ... Very good view of the Double Cluster. ... Normally the best contrast is achieved with the 32mm or 25mm ep. ... This cluster was lower to the horizon and thus now quite as clear as the Double Cluster. ... www.astronomy.net . ... Forum posts are Copyright their authors as specified in the heading above the post. "dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

... SEARCH ASP SITE: Match ALL words Match ANY word . ... ASP Conference Series . ... ASP E-mail Newsletters . ... Beyond the Equations: The Night Sky, Spirituality, and Masada . ... I looked up at the gibbous Moon, and started tossing about names of the maria that I could see on Earth?s sole natural satellite. ... Finally, on that particular April night, the Masada observers would have seen a full Moon over their heads, while on our night the gibbous Moon looked much as it did on any Day of Atonement. ...

Mal Ruderman (KIPAC, Stanford) . What do we see when we look at the surface of a neutron star from a great distance? ... The new point that is made is a consequence of near-relativistic electron-positron flows expected in the near-magnetosphere's of "young" (not older than about a million years) neutron stars. Because of cyclotron resonance scattering by these pair-flows on surface X-ray and UV emission, we do not see unprocessed suface emission. ...

... Winter Night at Pic du Midi . ... Andromeda Island Universe . ... But without a telescope, even this immense spiral galaxy - spanning over 200,000 light years - appears as a faint, nebulous cloud in the constellation Andromeda. ... Mercurys Horizon from MESSENGER . ... What would it look like to fly past Mercury? ... In this image, Comet McNaught was captured one year ago above Chile. ... Two days ago, the MESSENGER spacecraft became only the second in human history to swoop past Mercury. ...

... Looking south-east to the constellations of CтАж . ... Title: Looking south-east to the constellations of Centaurus and Scorpius behind the ANU 2.3m telescope building . ... Looking south-east to the constellations of Centaurus and Scorpius behind the ANU 2.3m telescope building NOTE: All images are copyright and must not be reproduced or mirrored in any form without written permission. ...

. Everyone had a great time; note that Norm didn't make any of the photos - you can see him at Kurt's retirement party looking very well rested. Many thanks Norm for all your help over the years.

The First Noel The first Noel the angels did say Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay In fields where they lay keeping their sheep On a cold winter's night that was so deep Noel Noel Noel Noel Born is the king of Israel The looked up and saw a star Shining in the East beyond them far And to the earth in gave great light And so it continued both day and night ...

When I first discovered GIMP, I was blown away. Here was all the stuff I ever wanted to do with graphics in a Linux program. ... I did this in probably the most inefficient way ever; I put it off until about 10PM every night and then feverishly worked to create some cool new effect. ... April 10 . ... June 4 . ... It may look plain, but I spent quite a bit of time getting this one "just right." ... The sad thing is, I don't think I could ever reproduce this effect ever again. ... This one is ugly. ...

... A star party is a gathering of amateur astronomers who set up their telescopes and observe the dynamic night sky. ... Star parties are best scheduled during first quarter and waxing gibbous Moon. During full moon, the moon is so bright it obscures a view of other celestial objects and even the Moon is best viewed when NOT full. ... We will consult local weather forecasters and make a decision by 2:00p on the day of the star party. ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . ... Observing . ... Magazine . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Tour the Deep Sky . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... The year's Top 10: a deeper look . ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ... Astronomy Magazine . ...

Lectures . ... тАЬOther Ways of Looking for Life in the SkyтАЭ ? Freeman J. Dyson . ... Lecture Series 2011-2012 . ... Dr. Freeman J. Dyson, one of the nationтАЩs most renowned physicists, and professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J., will open the AAAтАЩs 2011-2012 lecture series Friday, October 21, when he speaks on тАЬOther Ways of Looking for Life in the Sky.тАЭ The free public lecture begins at 6:15 p.m. in the Kaufmann€аTheater of the AMNH. ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bad Astronomy : The Moon appears larger on the horizon than overhead because you are comparing it to foreground objects. Good astronomy : The Moon does appear larger on the horizon, but it is because of the way we perceive the sky. ... The most common misconception is that it is because you are unconsciously comparing the Moon to foreground objects like trees and houses, or even the horizon itself, and that makes the Moon look bigger than when it is all alone in the sky. ...

... Science User Portal . ... ESO, the European Southern Observatory . ... Travel and Contacts . Travel to ESO Headquarters . ... Travel to La Silla . ... Travel to E-ELT Armazones . ... Survey Telescopes . ... Galaxies . ... Star Clusters . ... Stars@ESO . ... Spiralling around, 61 million light-years away in the constellation Fornax (the Furnace), NGC 1365 is enormous. ... This, plus the sharply defined bar of old stars across its structure is why it is also known as the Great Barred Spiral Galaxy. ...

Joshua Tusin, Director of Public Relations for JYI , sent us the following description of the journal. ... Feature Editors . ... Inquire with the Director of Public Relations, Joshua Tusin, by e-mailing him at: tusin@jyi.org . The Journal of Young Investigators ( JYI , www.jyi.org) is an on-line science journal dedicated to publishing excellent undergraduate research papers and feature-type science articles covering all fields of science. ... Journal of Young Investigators (http://www.jyi.org) . ...

... I planned on having Mars night the week of the opposition and just needed to pick a good night. ... It's up to you to take advantage of all this, to show your fellow club members what amateur astronomy means to you. ... Over the coming year I will challenge AAAP members to think about how each of us can help the AAAP grow in the directions that matter most to each of us, to provide service to our club and community, and most of all help us all grow in amateur astronomy in a way that touches our...