... NGC 1579: Trifid of the North . 29.01.2009 . Colorful NGC 1579 resembles the better known Trifid Nebula, but lies much farther north in planet Earth's sky, in the heroic constellation Perseus. ... Eclipse Shirt 2009 . ... An eclipse! ... AE Aurigae and the Flaming Star Nebula . ... Is star AE Aurigae on fire? ... Even though AE Aurigae is named the flaming star, the surrounding nebula IC 405 is named the Flaming Star Nebula, and the region appears to harbor red smoke, there is no fire. ...

... 2007 February 2 . Flame Nebula Close-Up . ... Explanation: Of course, the Flame Nebula is not on fire. Also known as NGC 2024 , the nebula's suggestive reddish color is due to the glow of hydrogen atoms at the edge of the giant Orion molecular cloud complex some 1,500 light-years away. ... In this close-up view , a dark lane of absorbing interstellar dust stands out in silhouette against the hydrogen glow and actually hides the true source of the Flame Nebula's energy from optical telescopes. ...

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... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Globular cluster NGC 2808, elliptical galaxy NGC 2986, and the Sextans Dwarf . ... The Dish Cluster, the Pencil Nebula, and spiral galaxy NGC 2655 . February 25 March 3, 2016: The Dish Cluster in Puppis offers small-telescope owners a nice view, while large-telescope owners can seek out the Pencil Nebula in Vela and spiral galaxy NGC 2655 in Camelopardalis. ... Large telescope: Spiral galaxy NGC 2655 . ...

Photon Scattering: Basic Principle of Photon Scattering . Audio Narration is available . No Scattering: Photon Source and Detector . ... For optical photons, scattering goes as wavelength to the -4 power. In the case of blue photons compared to red photons, this means that blue photons are about 10 times more likely to get scattered than red photons. ... Watch the blue photons scatter away from the detector . ... Interstellar dust make stars appear redder than they really are . ...

... 21 February 2008 total lunar eclipse photographed by Bob English in Franklin, TN. ... Friday, 22 February 2008 11:16 . International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node . ...

On Thursday, 1998 February 26, a total eclipse of the Sun was visible from within a narrow corridor traversing the Western Hemisphere. The totality path (or path of the Moon's umbral shadow) began in the Pacific, continued through northern South America and the Caribbean Sea, and ended at sunset off the Atlantic coast of Africa. ... Some of the best placed sites along the totality path were in Venezuela. ... Exposure time was 1/2 second. At this location totality lasted 3min 36sec. ...

... Non-NGC Images . ... Globular cluster in Scorpius (M80)..... image ..... caption . ... Globular cluster in Scorpius (M4)..... image ..... caption . ... Globular cluster in Oph (M107)..... image ..... caption . ... Nebula..... image . ... Globular cluster in Hercules (M13)..... image ..... caption . ... Globular cluster in Ophiuchus (M12)..... image ..... caption . ... Infrared-bright galaxy in Ophiuchus..... image ..... caption . ... Globular cluster in Ophiuchus (M10)..... image ..... caption . ...

Our team has obtained HST WFPC2 images of this prototypical example of a planetary nebula in a globular cluster. K 648 was cataloged as a star by Kustner, but identified spectroscopically as a planetary nebula by Pease, both in the 1920's. General WFPC2 view of M15 and K 648 (located near top left edge) . ... The nucleus is shown to have an unusually high mass of 0.60 Msun, and we argue that it must have undergone mass augmentation in a binary that has undergone mass transfer or a merger. ...

... GSAOI Home . ... Science . ... Deep imaging at J , H , and K is required to identify all stellar objects, brown dwarfs, and planetary mass objects in the central region of the Orion Nebula Cluster down to masses comparable to that of Jupiter. This is required to establish the initial mass function, i.e., the number of stars of each mass that have formed, in this region of intense massive star formation. ... The fields of the GSAOI detectors are shown as four green squares in each frame. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Stars . ... Telescopes and Observatories . ... The majestic star-forming region in the Lagoon Nebula. The pale ring to the right is an internal reflection in the telescope.€а (Image credit: ESO/ VPHAS+/ V. Kalari and J. Vink (Armagh Observatory) . ... The 18 component images were further processed twice. ... Venu and his colleagues use images like this to identify individual young forming stars in the Lagoon Nebula and determine their ages. ...

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 . ...

February 28, 2016 Caldwell Objects By Caldwell Number Con Type Mag Alias/Notes 8.1 10.7 PK 120+9.1 PNG 120.0+9.8 10.1 UGC 7306 MCG 12-12-4 CGCG 335-8 IRAS 12140+6947 KARA523 PGC 39346 9.1 UGC 2847 MCG 11-5-3 CGCG 305-2 IRAS 3419+6756 PGC 13826 8.8 the Cat's Eye Nebula 8.9 UGC 3918 MCG 11-10-7 CGCG 309-40 CGCG 310-3 IRAS 7321+6543 KARA197 PGC 21396 9.5 The Cave 8.3 Tarantula Nebula 6.8 8.4 4 47 Tucanae 9.2 7.2 11.5 Page 2 of 2 ...

... The Pleiades star cluster, also known as the Seven Sisters and Messier 45, is a conspicuous object in the night sky with a prominent place in ancient mythology . ... The stars in the Pleiades are thought to have formed together around 100 million years ago, making them 1/50th the age of our sun, and they lie some 130 parsecs (425 light years ) away. ... Data for these stars are listed in a table below. ... Yes . ... WEBDA Pleiades cluster data . ... M45: The Pleiades Star Cluster (2007 November 18) ...

... Eclipses of the Moon in 2009 : . In 2009 there are four eclipses of the Moon (tree penumbral eclipses on February 9, July 7, and August 5-6 and a partial eclipse on December 31). ... Moon enters penumbra (P 1 ) . ... Moon leaves penumbra (P 4 ) . ... Eclipse, lunar : . ... It may be total (the Moon passing completely through the Earth's umbra ), partial (the Moon passing partially through the Earth's umbra at maximum eclipse), or penumbral (the Moon passing only through the Earth's penumbra ). ...

... Science User Portal . ... ESO, the European Southern Observatory . ... Travel and Contacts . Travel to ESO Headquarters . ... Survey Telescopes . ... Star Clusters . ... FLAMES . ... 100 Hours of Astronomy . ... IMAX€о 3D Film Hidden Universe . ... This image, the first to be released publicly from VISTA, the worldтАЩs largest survey telescope, shows the spectacular star-forming region known as the Flame Nebula, or NGC 2024, in the constellation of Orion (the Hunter) and its surroundings. ...

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ATMoB Awards Program - Messier Marathon Worksheet Observer: Date: Instrument(s) Used: Location: Messier Observing Catalog/Worksheet Observing Order 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 Messier Number M 77 M 74 M 33 M 31 M 32 M110 M 52 M103 M 76 M 34 M 45 M 79 M 42 M 43 M 78 M1 M 35 M 37 M 36 M 38 M 41 M 93 M 47 M 46 M 50 ...

XMM-Newton EPIC TTD Meeting Preparation for next eclipse season 7th Feb 2001 Mauro Casale ESA H/Q: 7th February 2001 XMM 1 Facts / lessons learned from previous eclipses 1) the eclipses will occur before perigee in the period 19-03- 2001 / 24-04- 2001 2) the shortest time between end of eclipse and Perigee time is about 22 minutes; in most of the other cases it is around 30-31 ... T0 - 1.6/1h: Eclipse start. ... ESA H/Q : 7th February 2001 XMM 7 ...

Astrophotography Forum Message . ... Remote Photography By A Total Solar Eclipse . ... Maxim DL is a astronomical program to connect a camera to a telescope for remote-photography by the stars and deep sky, but as far as I understand it is not possible to program exposures of 1/1000, 1/500 or 1/60 second. ... www.astronomy.net . About Astronomy Net | ... Forum posts are Copyright their authors as specified in the heading above the post. "dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...