... Southern Cross in Mauna Loa Skies . ... Credit Copyright: Barney Magrath (Kamuela, HI) Explanation: Gazing across this gorgeous skyscape, the Southern Cross and stars of the constellation Centaurus are seen above the outline of Mauna Loa (Long Mountain), planet Earth's largest volcano. ... Stars of the grand constellation Centaurus almost engulf the Southern Cross with blue giant Beta Centauri , and yellowish Alpha Centauri , appearing as the brightest stars to the left of Gamma Crucis. ...

... 2002 April 25 . Southern Cross in Mauna Loa Skies . ... Explanation: Gazing across this gorgeous skyscape, the Southern Cross and stars of the constellation Centaurus are seen above the outline of Mauna Loa (Long Mountain), planet Earth's largest volcano. Unfamiliar to sky gazers north of about 25 degrees north latitude, the Southern Cross, constellation Crux, is near the horizon to the left of Mauna Loa's summit. ... About APOD | ...

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I was wondering what conditions should be met to have the "darkest" sky .. ... Upon the above publication of the Southern Galactic hemisphere, TunГ Tezel started seeking opportunities to create the Northern counterpart image. ... So, the initial quest of having the darkest possible sky have delivered us these two all-sky images of the two galactic hemispheres as seen from Planet Earth. Zoomable and 'full-screenable' fisheye view of the "darkest sky" Southern Galactic Hemisphere image. ...

home publications > mercury . SEARCH ASP SITE: Match ALL words Match ANY word . ... Editorial: Climbing a Little Closer . ... In the late 1950s, my uncle Morgan and his best friend, Gerald, were using my uncle's small telescope to look at the night sky. ... Sputnik spurred them like so many others to build ships to climb into the sky, to join that chilly, violent Universe that embraces our little warm droplet of life. ... Yet they climbed higher each successful shot. ... Trying to climb higher. ...

... R. Cesaroni, F. Massi, C. Arcidiacono, M.T. Beltr\'an, D. McCarthy, C. Kulesa, K. Boutsia, D. Paris, F. Quir\'os-Pacheco, M. Xompero . 2012, A , in press . Different evolutionary stages in massive star formation . A. Sanchez-Monge, M.T. Beltran, R. Cesaroni, F. Fontani, J. Brand, S. Molinari, L. Testi, M. Burton . ... Massive star-formation toward G28.87+0.07 (IRAS18411-0338) investigated by means of maser kinematics and radio to infrared, continuum observations . ... 2012, ApJ, in press . ...

... 722.1360B Spatially Extended Brackett Gamma Emission in the Environments of Young Stars By Beck, Tracy L., Bary, Jeffery S., McGregor, Peter J. 2010, ApJ, 722, 1360 (5) 32. ... 969M A Wide-Field Narrowband Optical Survey of the Braid Nebula Cygnus OB7 By Magakian, Tigran Yu.Nikogossian, Elena H.; Soo; Khanzadyan, Tigran; Movsessian, Tigran; Smith, Michael Davis, Chris J.; Beck, Tracy L.; Moriarty-Schieven, Gerald H.; Star Formation Region in Aspin, Colin; Pyo, TaeD.; ...

... Looking past the ANU 24-inch telescope to theтАж . ... Title: Looking past the ANU 24-inch telescope to the constellations of the Southern Cross (Crux) and Carina setting in the south-west . ... Looking past the ANU 24-inch telescope to the constellations of the Southern Cross (Crux) and Carina setting in the south-west NOTE: All images are copyright and must not be reproduced or mirrored in any form without written permission. ...

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. To see a Russian version of this page click here . (Senior Researcher. Graduated from Moscow State University (MSU) in 1982, Ph.D. 1986, MSU) . A member of EAS and IAU. Fields of interest: hot massive stars, close binary systems: optical photometric and spectral observations, X-ray observations; ill-posed problems, X-ray astrophysics. My publications (ADS link) . Linux on CLEVO 8750 (old stuff) . Phones/addresses of my university mates graduated in 1982. E-mail: igor@sai.msu.ru .

... Planets . ... Earth Satellites . ... Looking in the direction of the constellation Cygnus the Swan and launched by NASA in 2009 is the Kepler Space Observatory.Many previous missions searching for exoplanets mainly detected large giant planets, like large hot Jupiters (it is easier to detect larger planets).However KeplerтАЩs main objective is to search for much smaller planets located in a habitable zone which is not too close nor too far from their star; planets which may be just like our Earth. ...

... A language centre has helped move a group of Russian academics a step closer to realising their ambition of studying for a prestigious research degree in the UK. The scholars from Samara State Aerospace University lacked the English language skills needed to study at Glynd?r University for a PhD, one of the highest academic qualifications. ... This has seen Glynd?r University Professor Richard Day, Professor of Composites, visit Russia to deliver guest lectures to students at Samara. ...

... Home . OOF . ALMA . ... Interacting galaxies . ... OOF Index . ... Low redshift close pairs . This pages illustrates some of the galaxies with close pairs which we identified in our study of star formation in interacting galaxies selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (Nikolic et al 2004, see the publication list ). ... The pixel scale in approximately 0.4 arcseconds and colour is approximately true-colour. Images and data courtesy of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey . ...

... G.K.Strukova, D.V.Shovkun, V.N.Zverev, I.E.Batov, S.A.Zver'kov and S.S.Khasanov. ... Conductivity of YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7 - x single crystals with reduced oxygen content: anisotropy of resistivity and metal - insulator transition. ... A.M. Neminsky and D.V. Shovkun. ... Pis'ma v ZhETF, v. 65 , pp.834-839 (1997) (in english) . ... Phys. - JETP Lett., v. 65 , pp.870-876 (1997). Abstract Full Text: [ PDF (102 kB) GZipped PS (143 kB) ] . ... An English translation in : JETP Lett., v. 65 , pp.332-337 (1998). ...

... The European HST Archive has been moved to ESA's European Space Astronomy Centre ( ESAC ), Spain, where most of ESA's Space Science Archives are located and operated from. ... The Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility (ST-ECF), jointly operated by ESA and the European Southern Observatory ( ESO ) was, until the end of 2010, the European HST science facility, supporting the European astronomy community in exploiting the research opportunities provided by the Hubble Space Telescope. ...

A closer look at the pole star and the neighboring . constellations, especially the Big Dipper and Cassiopeia . ... This lesson plan supplements: "Finding the Pole Star," section #1a: on disk Spolaris.htm , on the web . ... Know the constellations of the Big Dipper and Cassiopeia, and their use in finding the Pole Star. ... Why do you think Alaska chose the pole star and the Big Dipper to be on its flag? ... You will probably never see there the pole star and rarely see the Big Dipper.) ...

GCVS Research Group: . Recent publications . Kazarovets E.V., Samus N.N., Durlevich O.V., Kireeva N.N., Pastukhova E.N., The 81st Name-List of Variable Stars. ... Kazarovets E.V., Samus N.N., Durlevich O.V., Kireeva N.N., Pastukhova E.N., The 80th Name-List of Variable Stars. ... Samus N.N., Kazarovets E.V., Kireeva N.N., Pastukhova E.N., Durlevich O.V. General Catalogue of Variable Stars: Current status and new Name-lists Odessa Astronomical Publications, 2010, V. 23, p. 102-105. ...

pn Filter Wheel Closed Data . ... XMM-Newton SOC Home Page Conferences & Meetings . ... Data Analysis SAS News What is SAS? ... The following links contain pages to the merged Filter Wheel Closed event lists corresponding to the different EPIC-pn modes. ... Fast Modes . ... Burst Mode (BU) Below you can find relevant reports and proceedings about EPIC-pn Filter Wheel Closed exposures, such as spatial, temporal, and spectral properties of the internal background. ... EPIC-pn: background calibration . ...

From: TerryMosel aol.com Subject: Nova Cygni, Close asteroid pass Date: 19 March 2007 17:34:24 GMT Hi all, б  1. ... This will be the closest known approach by an object this intrinsically bright until May 2036, when binary asteroid (66391) 1999 KW4 (H=16.4) approaches within 6 lunar distances.б  Observers should be able to see it through modest telescopes as it reaches 10th magnitude on March 31st and April 1st. ... Clear Skies, б  Terry Moseley . Last Revised: 2007 March 20th . ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bad Astronomy: The North Star, Polaris, is a very bright star. Good Astronomy: Polaris is a middling-bright star, easily missed. ... He said it was close to Polaris, the North Star, but he also said it was in the East. ... It's natural, I suppose, to think that such an important star should be bright, but really, that's a conceit, like thinking that the Earth is at the center of the Universe. If more people knew just why Polaris is the North Star, this Bad Idea would stop. ...