... Grand spiral galaxy NGC 1232 , captured in detail by one of the new Very Large Telescopes , is a good example. ... Invisible are even greater amounts of matter in a form we don't yet know - pervasive dark matter needed to explain the motions of the visible in the outer galaxy. ... August . ... Publications with keywords: spiral galaxy - NGC 1232 - dark matter . Publications with words: spiral galaxy - NGC 1232 - dark matter . ... NGC 2442: Galaxy in Volans . ... Edge on Spiral Galaxy NGC 891 . ...

... 2008 August 24 . Grand Spiral Galaxy NGC 1232 . ... Explanation: Galaxies are fascinating not only for what is visible, but for what is invisible. Grand spiral galaxy NGC 1232 , captured in detail by one of the new Very Large Telescopes , is a good example. The visible is dominated by millions of bright stars and dark dust , caught up in a gravitational swirl of spiral arms revolving about the center. ... Tomorrow's picture: NGC 7008 . ... About APOD | ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. September 22, 1998 . M61: Virgo Spiral Galaxy . ... Explanation: M61 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the nearby Virgo Cluster of Galaxies . Visible in M61 are a host of features common to spiral galaxies : bright spiral arms , a central bar , dust lanes , and bright knots of stars. ... About APOD > . ...

... Circumstellar disc of beta Pictoris: constraints on grain properties from polarization. To appear in the Astronomy & Astrophysics . abs , src , ps ] . ... Dust influx to Titan from Hyperion . ... abs ] . ... Characteristics of bulges and disks in interacting galaxies . ... Dust grains around Herbig Ae/Be stars: porous, cometary-like grains? ... To appear in the Astronomy & Astrophysics Supplement . ... Finally, Links may lead you to more options (e.g. via the LANL preprint system). ...

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Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Meteors and Meteorites . ... Space Flight . ... Posted on December 6, 2013 | No Comments While you may have plans afoot to adorn a certain coniferous sapling of verdant hue with all things bright, shiny, and sparkling in the next few weeks, letтАЩs for a [ ] . Continue Reading.. Posted on August 5, 2013 | ... 3 Comments In February 2013, the asteroid 2012 DA14 flew past the Earth closer than many of the EarthтАЩs geo-stationary satellites. ...

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... Astronomy Today and the Role Played by the Hubble Space Telescope: Wednesday 17 September 2008 . ... The Fascinating Universe: Monday 29 September 2008 . The South Dublin Astronomical Society (SDAS) meet again on Thursday September 11th at 8pm in Gonzaga college, Ranelagh.The main subject of discussion will be the total Solar Eclipse of 01 August as experienced from China. ... Tuesday, 9 September 2008 23:02 . International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node . ...

... Extended Narrow-line Emission in the Bright Seyfert 1.5 Galaxy HE 2211-3903 Scharw chter, J. , Dopita, M.A., Zuther, J., Fischer, S., Komossa, S., Eckart, A. 2011, AJ, v. 142, Issue 2, August 2011, pp. ... The nearby QSO host I Zw 1: the stellar disk and adjacent objects Scharw chter, J. , Eckart, A., Pfalzner, S., Saviane, I., Zuther, J. 2007, A , v. 469, Issue 3, July III 2007, pp. ... Krips, M., Eckart, A., Neri, R., Zuther, J., Downes, D. Scharw chter, J. 2005, A , v. 439, Issue 1, pp. ...

... Science Users Information > Science Publications > Archive of the ESO Enews > ESO-Enews #16: August 2010 . ... Phase 1 Proposals . ... This is an early announcement of changes to be introduced in the ESO observing proposal submission process for Period 87 (proposals to be submitted by 30 September 2010 for observations to be executed between 1 April and 30 September 2011). ... PREVIEW OF PERIOD 87 CALL FOR OBSERVING PROPOSALS: MERGER OF SHORT PROGRAMMES CATEGORY AND CHANGES TO PROPOSAL FORM . ...

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... 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) ...

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... Magnetic storms online . ... Geomagnetic activity forecast . ... August : 2015 . ... No magnetic storm is expected . From 26 August 2015 to 21 September 2015 the following magnetic storms and disturbances are expected: . September 12, 2015 geomagnetic disturbances . September 01, 2015 geomagnetic storm of level G1 (minor) . ... August 28, 2015 geomagnetic disturbances . ... September 20, 2015 geomagnetic disturbances 26 August 2015 - 21 September 2015 . 25.08.2015 . ...

In this gallery are many images of Low Surface Brightness Galaxies which have recently been discovered and analyzed. ... The central surface brightness of this galaxy is 24.28 . Malin 2 This galaxy is another huge disk galaxy with a scale length of 15 kpc and a redshift of 15000 km/a. The high surface brightness knot in one of its spiral arms actually has the same color, luminosity and H-alpha equivalent width as the entire Large Magellanic Cloud . ... Truly it is a Low Surface Brightness Galaxy. ...

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