... Armagh Planetarium . ... Universe . ... Posted on August 20, 2014 | No Comments The good news first: a major aerospace contractor is researching how to build a reusable spaceplane that could dramatically cut the cost of accessing low Earth orbit. ... Continue Reading.. ... Posted on July 30, 2014 | ... 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. ...

... 2012 August 30 . Apollo 11 Landing Site Panorama . Credit: Neil Armstrong , Apollo 11 , NASA - Panorama by Syd Buxton . ... Assembled from high-resolution scans of the original film frames, this one sweeps across the magnificent desolation of the Apollo 11 landing site on the Moon's Sea of Tranquility . Taken by Neil Armstrong looking out his window of the Eagle Lunar Module, the frame at the far left ( AS11-37-5449 ) is the first picture taken by a person on another world. ...

... Total solar eclipse 2008 live from Novosibirsk On August 1, 2008, a total solar eclipse was being visible in Russia. ... The solar eclipse in Novosibirsk started at 9h41m UT and finished at 11h45m UT. ... Special Astrophysical Observatory of RAS eclipse expedition team made 3 channels live Web-cast of the eclipse from Novosibirsk in collaboration with . ... Total phase . ... It's preferably to install on computer VLC media player free program for Web-cast live receiving. ...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration . ... Neil A. Armstrong . NASA Astronaut (deceased) . ... Died on August 25, 2012. ... His first assignment was with the NACA Lewis Research Center (now NASA Glenn Research Center) in Cleveland. Over the next 17 years, he was an engineer, test pilot, astronaut and administrator for NACA and its successor agency, NASA. ... Gemini 8 was launched on March 16, 1966, and Armstrong performed the first successful docking of two vehicles in space. ...

... The Drifts of Mars . ... What would it be like to walk across Mars? ... Aurora from Space . ... But the International Space Station (ISS) orbits at nearly the same height as many auroras, sometimes passing over them, and sometimes right through them. ... A Soyuz Spacecraft Approaches the Space Station . ... But on 2003 August 29th the red planet Mars, near its closest approach to Earth in almost 60,000 years, shone brightly in the sky against a background of stars in the constellation Aquarius. ...

... Call for Papers . ... Кому: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. This email address is being protected from spambots. ... Томашик Василь Миколайович" , "kalugina n a" , "Кочелаб ?вген?я Володимир?вна" , This email address is being protected from spambots. ... The interested contributors are highly encouraged to submit their manuscripts/papers to the executive editor via e-mail at This email address is being protected from spambots. ...

... OOF . ... OOF Index . ... OOF software . ... Fits up to fifth order . ... These are experimental data currently being analysed, not final documentation of research. ... Only fitting for Zernike orders up to and including 3rd to concentrate on finding possible off-axis aberrations. ... The results below show that when fitting for all Zernikes up to and including fifth order, the output maps vary greatly between pixels. As above, but fitting up to fifth order Zernike polynomial. ...

... August 30, 1999 . Looking Back on an Eclipsed Earth . ... Explanation: Here is what the Earth looks like during a solar eclipse. ... Only observers near the center of the dark circle see a total solar eclipse - others see a partial eclipse where only part of the Sun appears blocked by the Moon . This spectacular picture of the 1999 August 11 solar eclipse was one of the last ever taken from the Mir space station , as Mir is being decommissioned after more than ten years of productive use. ...

... On one clear, starry night a Portuguese explorer called Ferdinand Magellan sailed over the equator to the Southern Hemisphere. ... Since the southern half of the planet is facing a different direction in space than the north, southerners see different stars and galaxies than the northerners do. Looking at this new set of stars, Magellan noticed what looked like a blurry cloud. ... We now know that the LMC is a dwarf galaxy, about 10 times smaller than the Milky Way (our home galaxy). ...

From: TerryMosel aol.com Date: 25 July 2006 18:48:09 BDT Subject: NLC Photos, Mark Bailey, Next TSE, Perseid BBQ, Scope 4 sale, Armagh Planetarium Hi all, 1. NLC PHOTOS Congratulations to two local amateur astronomers, Paul Evans from Larne, and Christopher Blair from Antrim, who had photos of the recent lovely Noctilucent Clouds (NLCs) published in the August issue of the BBC Sky at Night Magazine. ... We'll then start observing as soon as it gets dark enough. ... Clear Skies, Terry Moseley . ...

NIFS is being rebuilt following the January 2003 bushfire by Auspace Ltd. in collaboration with the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics of the Australian National University. ... NIFS with the Auspace team. NIFS mechanism assembly. ... Home * Brief Description * NIFS OCDD * NIFS FPRD * CoDR Documentation * CoDR Presentations . CDR Documentation * CDR Presentations * System Design Notes * Manuals * Performance Predictions * Picture Gallery * Publications * Team Members . ...

SMOV still under way, but science observations being made. Program Number . ... Program Title . ... Abstract . ... Andrew J. Levan, The University of Warwick . ... Star Formation in Nearby Galaxies . ... NICMOS Imaging of Protostars in the Orion A Cloud: The Role of Environment in Star Formation . ... In the original Cycle 16 incarnation of this program, NICMOS was used to survey a subset of the protostars; the program has since been transferred to the WFC3-IR camera. ... Past weeks: . ...

Spectrograph Fiber Inspection: August 23, 2001 . Multiple view of fibers before being unplugged. Cartridge upright and flipped over. Unplugged bundle (right) . Measured bundle (lower left) . Top view of unplugged cartridge (lower right) . ... View of cartridge with new plate (lower left) . ... Cartridge and fibers ready to be plugged (upper left) . ... Normal position of fibers when plugged (left) . Finished side of plugged fibers (upper left) . ...

... now - return the registration form . May 10 - deadline for conference registration and accommodation form . ... July 1 - final information to participants . ... RETURN] . ... Please send the abstracts to LOC. E-mail address: astro@te.net.ua . ... All participants are requested to fill in the enclosed Registration Form and send it to us before May 10, 1999 (via electronic mail to astro@te.net.ua ) . ... Please complete and return this form (even if you sent the pre-registration form) . ...

The AstroGuide . ... Other Sites . ... AstroGuide Listing . ... This listing's details have proven difficult to confirm. See many more Astronomy Listings by: Category or Alphabet . ... August 28, 2005: The info email on their web site returns an error. Last Update August 28, 2005 . Listed Since August 20, 2005 . ... Web Site . ... Unless otherwise specified, web site content Copyright 1994-2016 John Huggins All Rights Reserved . dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

ECLIPSES, TRANSITS OF MERCURY AND VENUS . Year 1999 . Year 2000 . Year 2001 . Year 2002 . Year 2003 . Year 2004 . Year 2005 . ... Total solar eclipse . ... Transit of Mercury across the solar disk . ... Total lunar eclipse . ... Partial solar eclipse . ... Partial lunar eclipse . ... Annular solar eclipse . ... Penumbral lunar eclipse . ... big map . ... Transit of Venus across the solar disk . ... Annular-total solar eclipse . ... Non-central annular solar eclipse . ...

... ISC Kosmotras . ... Comments, Opinions Publications Dnepr Program . Dnepr launch record 17 August 2011. ... Dnepr Cluster Mission 2013 19 June 2014. ... Dnepr Launch of ASNARO and 4 piggyback microsatellites 26 March 2015 KOMPSAT-3A Launch Dnepr LV . Mission profile SHM configuration Reliability Dnepr LV Performance Launch Sites . ... An airplane carrying SSTL Nigeriasat-2 and Nigeriasat-X satellites and their associated ground support equipment landed at Orsk Airport. ... Mission profile . ...

... Annual Meeting . ... Other Workshops, Conferences and Events . ... Special Events . Communicating Science: EPO Conference . Galileo Teacher Training Program Workshop . ... A National Conference on Science Education and Public Outreach . ... Much of the conference will be in the format of hands-on sessions, where we will practice effective techniques for sharing and discussing our work. ... The Communicating Science EPO conference program committee welcomes four kinds of abstracts: . ...

... Additional Credits to : The Authors of Dmapedit, Wintex, and Doom ][, And Iikka Kerenan for those kick ass Quake and Doom ][ levels. Play Information * Game : doom ][ Episode and Level # : Maps 1-3 Single Player : Yes. Cooperative 2-4 Player : implemented but not tested Deathmatch 2-4 Player : implemented but not tested (I tried the first level with a bot and it seemed to work ok.) ... Copyright / Permissions * Authors MAY use these level as a base to build additional levels. ...

XMM-Newton Science Analysis System Page: 1 Data conventions August 15, 2005 Abstract Several conventions are described for passing around data in the SAS, such as parameter names, le structure, attribute names, column names etc. ... The OGIP conventions for data products all have the block name set, so it is a matter of extending this concept also to utility tasks that normally wouldn't bother with the extension name. ... 2.1 Event lists Events are stored in a table in a data set. ...