... 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). ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . Looking Back on an Eclipsed Earth . ... Credit Copyright: CNES Explanation: Here is what the Earth looks like during a solar eclipse . ... This spectacular picture of the 1999 August 11 solar eclipse was one of the last ever taken from the Mir space station, which was deorbited in a controlled re-entry in 2001. ... Publications with keywords: Mir - eclipse . Publications with words: Mir - eclipse . ... A Partial Solar Eclipse over Texas . ...

... 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 . ...

... 2006 September 11 . Eclipsed Moon Rising Over England . ... Explanation: Last Thursday, part of our Moon turned dark. The cause, this time, was not a partial lunar phase -- the Moon was full -- but rather that part of the Moon went into Earth's shadow. ... The darkest part of the lunar eclipse , when part of the Moon was completely shielded from sunlight , lasted about 90 minutes. Pictured above, a partially eclipsed Moon is seen rising over an estate in Huddersfield , England . ...

... Telescopes . ... The International Conference "Dark Ages and White Nights (Spectroscopy of the CMB)" (June 20-24, 2016) . ... The International Conference "Stars: from collapse to collapse" (October 3-7, 2016) . The traditional annual competition conference of scientific and scientific-engineering papers of the Observatory staff members . ... A session of the Dissertation Council (October 16, 2015) . ... International scientific conference "Large Optical Telescopes" (October, 10-13, 2011) . ...

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 . ...

... August 30, 1999 . Looking Back on an Eclipsed Earth . ... Explanation: Here is what the Earth looks like during a solar eclipse. ... Only observers near the center of the dark circle see a total solar eclipse - others see a partial eclipse where only part of the Sun appears blocked by the Moon . This spectacular picture of the 1999 August 11 solar eclipse was one of the last ever taken from the Mir space station , as Mir is being decommissioned after more than ten years of productive use. ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... Observing . ... solar system . ... Solar eclipse travelogue: Sulawesi delivers a spectacular eclipse . ... Observe the Solar System . ... Get to Know the Night Sky . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... Get ready for the 2017 total solar eclipse! The next total solar eclipse visible from the continental United States occurs August 21, 2017. ... This will be the first total solar eclipse to cross our country in 38 years. ... November 25, 2014 . ...

... 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. ...

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... Laboratory for Spectroscopy of Molecular Structures . ... News . ... A new article entitled Description of optical properties of cholesteric photonic liquid crystals based on Maxwell equations and Kramers-Kronig relations has appeared in Physical Review E. Congratulations to Grigoriy Ksyonz on his first publication! . 25 th February 2013 . ... 22 nd November 2012 . ... 22 nd February 2012 . 4 th Workshop on Liquid Crystals for Photonics 2012 will take place in Hong Kong December 9-11, 2012. ...

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Browse the articles below for new ideas for your classroom. Mercury September/October 2005: Astronomy Education and Public Outreach: Steps and Missteps Toward an Emerging Profession (pdf) . Focus on Education articles as they appeared in Mercury: . ... March/April 2000: . ... Education Newswire articles as they appeared in Mercury, by issue. ... January/February 2000 . November/December 1999 . ... March/April 1999 . ... November/December 1998 . ... November/December 1997 . ...

... Home Observing Total Lunar Eclipse ? September 27, 2015 . ... This MonthтАЩs Sky тАУ September 2015 . ... Urban Lunar Eclipses . ... Beyond New York City . ... Observing Resources for Amateur Astronomers - Part 1: Beginning Observers . ... A History of the First Forty Years of the Amateur Astronomers Association . ... Amateur Astronomers Medal . ... Lunar Eclipse Observing Locations in New York City . ... 2016 Amateur Astronomers Association of New York Designed by Press Customizr Powered by . ...

... 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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... Moon . ... Milky Way . ... By admin September 3, 2015 Posted in: September . ... On 1st September Neptune will be at opposition to the Sun, so its face will be illuminated by our local star, and will be visible in the night sky. ... In Northern Ireland and throughout the Northern Hemisphere it is becoming increasingly popular to try and photograph the night sky, with the Milky Way taking centre stage in many budding photographers images. ... September 28th will see a Full Moon in the sky. ...

... 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 ). ...

These images were taken at Moore Observatory in Louisville, Kentucky, and at Mt. Kent Observatory in Queensland, Australia, with Nikon D200 digital SLR cameras. ... 2:10 EDT (Full moon) . 3:19 EDT (Penumbral eclipse underway) . ... 5:22 EDT (Totality 30 minutes away) . ... 5:53 EDT (Totality) . ... Kent Observatory are Copyright 2007 by the University of Southern Queensland and Rhodes Hart. Images from Moore Observatory are Copyright 2007 by John Kielkopf , University of Louisville. ...

... September 02, 2009 - Solar activity hits a new low . The Sun has come all of one day away from breaking its record for the longest period of inactivity for the last decade - reaching a mid-summer low and falling into yet another state of 'hibernation'. ... Astrophysicists had to wait almost two months for this event: the group of sunspots occupying the last line of the catalogue (number 1024), vanished from the solar disk on 11 July this year. ... Solar activity hits a new low . ...