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... 2007 April 20 . Pantheon Earth and Moon . ... Explanation: Could this be a picture of the Earth and Moon from space ? It certainly looks like it at first glance, with a cratered Moon standing off from planet Earth's lovely blue disk surrounded by a nurturing atmosphere . In fact, this view looks up into the dome of the ancient Pantheon in Rome. The Earth's blue disk is really the daytime sky with clouds seen through a nine meter diameter central opening in the dome. ... About APOD | ...

... 20.04.2007 . ... Credit: Soeren Dalsgaard Explanation: Could this be a picture of the Earth and Moon from space ? ... In fact, this view looks up into the dome of the ancient Pantheon in Rome. ... Historian Soeren Dalsgaard snapped the intriguing picture in February and comments that for almost two thousand years the rays of the Sun have traced a steady path on the inside of the Pantheon's cupola. ... Publications with keywords: Sun - Earth - Moon . Publications with words: Sun - Earth - Moon . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... March . ... Posted on May 20, 2015 | No Comments If you missed the Lyrids meteor shower in April, starting of May you had another chance to see some shooting stars as the Eta Aquarids meteor shower peaks on the [ ] . Continue Reading.. ... No Comments In association with BBC Stargazing Live 2015 and the Northern Ireland Amateur Astronomical Society (NIAAS) Armagh Planetarium is opening its doors for a free open evening on Tuesday 24th of [ ] . ...

... CURRENT ASPECTS OF REMOTE SENSING OF EARTH FROM SPACE . ... For developing of the scientific concept and the programs of global monitoring of the Earth from space and pursuant to the disposal of Presidium of Russian Academy of Sciences # 10310-717 (August 11, 2004 ) Space Research Institute RAS and Center of Space Observations of the Russian Space Agency during November 16-18, 2004 conduct the Second Opened All-Russia conference ' Current Aspects of Remote ...

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... It contains: electromagnetic radiation (photons); hot plasma (electrons, protons and other ions) a.k.a. the solar wind ; cosmic rays; microscopic dust particles; and magnetic fields (primarily the Sun's). W hile the Sun 's radiation is obvious, the other components of the interplanetary medium were not discovered until very recently. ... Within a few solar radii of the Sun the magnetic field determines the flow of the solar wind; much of the flow is trapped in magnetic loops. ... Sun .. ...

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STScI . STScI Hosts "Habitable Worlds Across Time and Space" Symposium April 28-May 1 . ... What is STScI . ... Spring Symposium Poster . ... During the four-day symposium "Habitable Worlds Across Time and Space," scientists from diverse fields will gather at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, on April 28 through May 1, to discuss the formation and long-term evolution of terrestrial bodies throughout the various phases of stellar and Galactic evolution. ...

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... Asteroid . ... In case you didn't hear about it, which you probably didn't: On Jan. 7, an asteroid 1,000 feet across -- nearly three times the current diameter of Marlon Brando -- barely missed the Earth, which is most likely your planet of residence. ... What if this asteroid had hit the Earth? ... As it happens, the American Astronomical Society was holding a conference in Washington AT THE VERY SAME TIME as the asteroid nearly hit the Earth. ...

... In particular, members of the project regularly organize events dedicated to various interesting astronomical phenomena and events - solar and lunar eclipses, transit of Venus, etc. A total lunar eclipse will occur on April 15th, 2014, the first in two and half years. ... GLORIA will travel to Peru to broadcast the event live. ... Lunar eclipse . Lunar eclipses occur when the Moon passes into the Earth's shadow. ... A partial eclipse will be visible from the Canary Islands. The broadcast . ...

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... Early spring is the best time to see Saturn, as it comes into "opposition" on April 3, 2011. ... Astronomical Society of the Pacific ( ASP ) 390 Ashton Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94112 www.astrosociety.org · 415-337-1100 membership@astrosociety.org development@astrosociety.org Advancing science literacy through astronomy Moon Phases or Moon Shine? (d=date, h=hour, m=minute, in Universal Time) 2011 Phases of the Moon Full Moon Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov ...

... 2006 . ... Comparison of total ozone distribution in the high latitudes of both hemispheres SCAR XXIX Open Science Conference, 2006, 12-14 July, Hobart, Australia - Abstract Volume. ... Analyses of spectra, stability and eigenmode transverse small-scale oscillations in the inner Earth magnetosphere. 6th Open Conference of Space Projects Evpatoriya, September 2006, Abstracts . ... Ps6 pulsations in the Earth magnetosphere. 5th Open Conference of Space Projects Evpatoriya, September 2005, Abstracts . ...

Johann Kepler - a Legislator of the Sky. The laws of the planets movements put by Johann Kepler destroyed the thousand year old dogmas about the circles and spheres and opened the way to scientific understanding of celestial occurrences. ... The best object for observation was Mars - its orbit unlike the Earth's one has a noticeable eccentricity, the rotation period in comparison with Jupiter and Saturn is not too long and observation conditions are better than for Mercury and Venus. ...

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