Astronomy Picture of the Day . Aurora Through a Moonlit Sky . ... Credit Copyright: Jan Curtis ( U. Alaska ), ACRC Explanation: A night sky can glow in fascinating ways. ... The bright Moon also creates a diffuse sky glow , although much less bright than the analogous blue-sky glow created during the day by the Sun. ... NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers . ... Publications with keywords: aurora - trees - sky - Moon . Publications with words: aurora - trees - sky - Moon . ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Last week's Snack talked about how black holes can affect the environment around them in such a way as to be very bright . ... It's a common misconception that black holes always have matter swirling into them. ... As this matter gets closer and closer to the black hole it piles up and a large, fairly flat disk forms. This is called the accretion disk , because matter from this disk accretes (that is, falls in) on the black hole. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . Armagh Observatory, 1st December 2015: This year s Geminid meteor display, the best of the annual meteor showers, will be visible from approximately the 7th to 17th December, peaking on the evening of the 14th. ... Unlike most meteor showers, however, which originate from dust grains ejected into space by comets, the Geminid meteors originate from an unusual near-Earth asteroid, namely (3200) Phaethon. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Space Flight . ... Earth Satellites . ... Leonid meteors seen from 13 km altitude aboard an aircraft during the 1999 Leonids Multi-Instrument Aircraft Campaign (Leonid-MAC). Comet Tempel-Tuttle provides the cometary debris for the Leonid meteor shower. ... Every 17-19 November Earth crosses Tempel-TuttleтАЩs orbit and the Leonids become visible. With clear, dark skies observers may see 10 to 15 Leonid meteors every hour on those mornings. ...

... Data Reduction FAQ > The reduced science spectrum displayed in the Reflex window appears good but when I try to plot it, it is quite different. How can I get it? ... Observing with ESO Telescopes . ... ESO-MIDAS . ... Reflex . ... ESO Data . ... ESO HST Image Galleries . ... ESO Data Access Policy . ... ESO Science Newsletter . ... ESO Annual Reports . ... Seminars at ESO Santiago . ... Seminars at ESO Garching . ... ESO Telescope Bibliography . ... Last Update: 01.04.14 ESO . ...

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Check out the new images (Jan 18-25) and (Jan 26-Feb 05) of the comet by Rob McNaught. ... Every few years a comet becomes bright enough to be easily seen with the naked eye but only every decade or so are these comparable with comets like Halley. ... Before Jan 13, the comet is not visible in the Australian sky after sunset. ... SOHO images . ... On Jan 12 at approximately 09:00 UT (8pm NSW time), comet C/2006 P1 McNaught appears at the 11 o'clock position in the images. ... STEREO images . ...

... Next, the screen displays "Press 0 to align or Mode for Menu." Press "0" if you wish to begin Automatic alignment (or Easy Align, depending on your telescope model), or press Mode if you wish to choose a manual alignment method ("Automatic Alignment" displays, and you can press MODE to go through the menu to find other alignments). ... Note: If you press the "?" key while "Ctr Brightest Star" displays, the alignment star that AutoStar has chosen will display. ... Alignment successful" displays. ...

... This section highlights some typical FOC image characteristics. ... Occulting fingers located near the aperture entrance if the image size is greater than 512 x 512 pixels or if the FUV prism is in the beam. Reseau marks etched onto the faceplate of the detector to aid in geometric correction ( Figure 4.4 ). ... A faint diagonal parallel striping pattern called pattern noise . ... Warped edges ( Figure 4.4 ). ... Figure 4.5: FOC 512 x 512 Image Showing Faint "Thumbprint" Pattern or "Fringes" . ...

... November 2, 1999 . Aurora Through a Moonlit Sky . Credit Copyright: Jan Curtis ( U. Alaska ), ACRC . Explanation: A night sky can glow in fascinating ways. ... The night sky in or near a city appears to contain relatively few stars because lights there reflect off atmospheric particles , hiding stars in a diffuse glow. The bright Moon also creates a diffuse sky glow , although much less bright than the analogous blue-sky glow created during the day by the Sun. ... About APOD > . ...

... Comet Animation . ... Comet structures are diverse and very dynamic, but they all develop a surrounding cloud of diffuse material, called a coma, that usually grows in size and brightness as the comet approaches the Sun. ... As comets approach the Sun they develop enormous tails of luminous material that extend for millions of kilometers from the head, away from the Sun. ... The evaporated molecules boil off and carry small solid particles with them, forming the comet's coma of gas and dust. ...

... This appendix describes how to use the JavaScript console to evaluate expressions and display error messages to the user. ... Displaying Error Messages with the Console JavaScript 1.2 and earlier versions. ... You can specify whether to automatically open the console when a JavaScript error occurs or to display a dialog box for each JavaScript error. ... To open a dialog box each time an error occurs, add the following line to prefs.js : user_pref("javascript.classic.error_alerts", true); . ...

... The HH flow associated with young stellar object HL Tau has an exciting history and even until now the origin of some its features is not clear yet. ... Knotty structures of Herbig-Haro jets are common phenomena and knowing the origin of such structures is essential for understanding the processes of jet formation. ... In the flow detected compact knots with high (-150 km/s) and bow shape structures in front of those, with low radial velocities (-50 km/s). ...

... To plot the radial profile generated in the previous section: . ... To add error bars to above graph, the error bars must be generated then overlaid on existing graph. xp> pltpar # puts plot parameter file in editor. move cursor to ``erraxis'', type 2 type ctrl x to exit editor (for emacs, ctrl d for vi) xp> epar tabplot move cursor to ``errcolumn'', type err/pix type ctrl x to exit editor (for emacs, ctrl d for vi) xp> tabplot ``snr_cnt rad1 cnt/pix'' append=yes # overlays data and error bars . ...

... Its perihelion would occur on April 1, 1997, at which point the comet would be only 0.92 astronomical units from the Sun, just within the orbit of Earth. ... Taken in April 1993, the photo showed the comet over 13 astronomical units from the Sun, well beyond the orbit of Saturn. ... Hale, as in Comet Hale-Bopp, has written a book, Everybody's Comet (available through the ASP Catalog) and coordinated an Internet project, "Hale-Bopp: Live in the American Classroom." ... Anatomy of a comet. ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... SUN MOON MERCURY VENUS MARS, JUPITER SATURN . ... Saturn . ... Observing . ... Product Reviews . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... Saturn on display . ... NASA/JPL/University of Arizona . ... NASA/JPL/SSI . ... NASA/JPL . ... Only registered members of Astronomy.com are allowed to comment on this article. ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ...

... Primordial theory review : Dick Bond . Defects and the CMB review : Andy Albrecht . ... Gravitational wave contribution to CMB anisotropies : V.B. Lukash and E.V. Mikheeva . C_l from cosmic strings : Lloyd Knox . Some aspects of CMB anisotropies induced from topological defects : Mairi Sakellariadou . ... CMB anisotropies from scaling sources : Ruth Durrer . ... SZ observations I : Sarah Church . ... Holes in the microwave sky? ... Detecting cosmic strings in the CMB : James Robinson . ...

Set the display of the status bar, tool bar, locator bar, and properties associated with the display of the pointer position in the Locator bar. ... Set fixed point . ... When the fixed point is set, and the display format is (DX, DY), (DIST), or (R, Theta) then give the location relative to the fixed point. ... Set the fixed point to (0.0, 0.0). ... DX, DY] Display the delta in X and Y of the position of the mouse relative to the fixed point, or (0, 0) if no fixed point has been selected. ...

Next: Graphics Display Up: Commands Grouped by Previous: Image Directory and . ... CREATE/CURSOR Create cursor window . ... CUTS/IMAGE Set display thresholds for image . ... DISPLAY/CHANNEL Display image loaded into channel . ... EXTRACT/CURSOR Extract a subframe from the frame currently . ... LOAD/CURSOR Display cursor into display device (DeAnza only) . LOAD/IMAGE Load image into display device . LOAD/ITT Load an intensity transfer table . ... LOAD/TABLE Display table data on image display . ...

B?rbel Koribalski (ATNF) + HIPASS and ZOA teams . The HI properties shown below have been measured with the miriad program mbspect assuming a point source model (FWHM = 15.5 arcmin). About 100 sources, particularly the nearby galaxies, are extended and will be re-measured asap. ... Displayed here are the HI peak fluxes of all sources up to 0.7 Jy/beam (bins are 10 mJy/beam). ... Displayed here are the HI systemic velocities of all sources from -300 to +8000 km/s (bins are 100 km/s). ...