... The Magnificent Tail of Comet McNaught . ... Comet McNaught, the Great Comet of 2007, has grown a long and filamentary tail. ... The head of the comet remains quite bright and easily visible to even city observers without any optical aide. The Sombrero Galaxy in Infrared . ... The dark band of dust that obscures the mid-section of the Sombrero Galaxy in optical light actually glows brightly in infrared light. SOHO: Comet McNaught Movie . ... But surprising Comet McNaught.. Southern Comet . ...

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... 2006 October 19 . SWAN Meets Galaxy . ... Explanation: This cosmic portrait recorded October 9th features the lovely blue-green coma of Comet SWAN posing with spiral galaxy NGC 5005 in the northern constellation Canes Venatici . At the time the comet (center) was in the close foreground, a mere 9 light-minutes from planet Earth, with the galaxy a more substantial 60 million light-years distant. ... About APOD | ... NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers . ...

... all new HIPASS galaxies (Table 2.4) that have no yet been observed with the ATCA . ... Table : Remaining ATCA target list (sorted by RA) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name RA DEC ID Max mom0 mom1 mom2 w50 w20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ZSS 13 07:33:16 -28:41:07 new -HIZSS013 0.151 9.2 2077.6 21.6 52.8 144.6 HIP 358 07:44:56 -41:47:02 ESO311-G006/7 0.262 30.9 1049.4 34.5 127.1 149.5 ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Space Flight . ... Posted on February 6, 2014 | 2 Comments While the winter sky may be the тАШAladdinтАЩs caveтАЩ for skywatchers, and we may already have plundered deeply one of its greatest celestial treasures, the constellation of Orion, we forge [ ] . Continue Reading.. Posted on January 22, 2014 | ... Posted on December 6, 2013 | ... Posted on November 6, 2013 | ... Posted on October 4, 2013 | ... Posted on September 9, 2013 | ...

... October 16, 1995 . Starburst Galaxy M94 . Credit: NASA , Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope . Explanation: The spiral galaxy M94 is somewhat unusual in that it shows a great ring of bright young stars particularly apparent when observed in ultraviolet light , as shown above. Such a high abundance of these young blue stars may cause a galaxy to be designated a starburst galaxy. ... Tomorrow's picture: Galaxy Dwingeloo 1 Emerges . ... About APOD | ... NASA Technical Rep.: ...

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... These Frontier Fields will combine the power of HST with the natural gravitational telescopes of high-magnification clusters of galaxies. ... We are soliciting gravitational lensing maps for the last four Hubble Frontier Fields clusters (MACSJ0717.5+3745, MACSJ1149.5+2223, AbellS1063, and Abell 370) based upon the exceptionally deep HST FF imaging and other new ancillary data. ... For the full set of proposal instructions and requirements, see the FY16 Frontier Fields Lensing Map Call for Proposals....

... About ATMoB . ... The Observing Committee is starting an Observing Awards Program to promote observing among the membership of the Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston. ... Participant must be a current member of the Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston . ... To qualify for your Observing Award Certificate, turn in your worksheet and drawings to an ATMoB Observing Committee member or observing@atmob.org . ... This Excel sheet has useful macros. ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

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... Galaxy Evolution home . ... Observing proposals are invited for the EVN, a VLBI network of radio telescopes in Europe and Asia operated by an international Consortium of institutes. ... The EVN User Guide is available at http://www.jive.nl/jive/evn/evn.html, the EVN Status table (http://www.oso.chalmers.se/~vlbi/EVN/EVNstatus) gives current antenna . ... observed by the EVN and Global VLBI. EVN Observing Sessions in 2002 . ... 512 Mbps recording available at EVN antennas from session 2/2002 . ...

... 2005: . ... Orbital period of an X-ray transient source in the system CI Cam. For the first time, the orbital motion of a compact component of the X-ray transient CI Cam has been found, the orbital period (19.41 days) and eccentricity (0.62) have been determined, masses of stars of the system have been estimated. The compact component of the system is most likely to be a white dwarf. Archive . ...

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... Tonight's Sky . ... Observing . ... Supernova showered Earth with radioactive debris . ... galaxies . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... Record supernova observed . ... 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....

... A tussle in the distant Universe. This Hubble Space Telescope image shows evidence for a merger between a quasar and a companion galaxy. The quasar is the bright object just beneath the image center, and the wisps of material around it are remains of a galaxy disrupted by the interaction between it and the quasar. ... Galactic Nuclei: Old Quasars? Quasars as Probes of the Distant Universe . ... Quasars. ... The name quasar is made up with parts of the words "quasi-stellar radio." ...

... ftp://www.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/pub/cgmw/ : This catalog, giving about 7000 galaxies behind the Milky Way between l = 210 degrees and 250 degrees, represents a systematic search for galaxies by means of 32 film copies of the UK Schmidt Southern Infrared Atlas on the Milky Way covering about 900 square degrees. ... Japan, Vol. ... This will be distributed upon request from Astronomical Data Analysis Center of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan and other astronomical data centers. ...

... Armagh Observatory received many telephone and internet reports from members of the public regarding sightings of a bright meteor or fireball which crossed over Northern Ireland in the early morning of Sunday, 10th October. ... Account: I was driving on the main Armagh/Portadown Road travelling towards Richhill when the sky in front of me was lit up by a couple of very bright flashes of light which were followed by a trail of white light. ... The trail faded over approximately 20 seconds. ...

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