... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . ... Star Atlas . ... An artificial comet holds secrets to Earths life . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... The planet has extreme temperature swings and perhaps active lava flows. ... A digital supplement to Astronomy magazine. ... Join TravelQuest International with Astronomy and Discover magazines on one of three great tour options surrounding this celestial spectacle . ... Astronomy Magazine . ...

Armagh Observatory, 10 January 2003: A former resident of Armagh, Mr Terry Moseley, now President of the Irish Astronomical Association , was recently honoured by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) by having a minor planet named after him. The asteroid, the first to be discovered by David Asher, of the Armagh Observatory, was found at Siding Spring Observatory, Australia, on Boxing Day 1994. A reception to mark the event will be held at the Armagh Observatory on Wednesday 15th January. ...

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. ...

... 2006 September 18 . Eris: The Largest Known Dwarf Planet . ... Explanation: Is Pluto the largest dwarf planet? ... Currently, the largest known dwarf planet is (136199) Eris , renamed last week from 2003 UB313 . ... Dwarf planets Pluto and Eris are trans-Neptunian objects that orbit in the Kuiper belt of objects past Neptune. ... Since Pluto's recent demotion by the IAU from planet to dwarf planet status, Pluto has recently also been given a new numeric designation: (134340) Pluto. ...

... 19.09.2001 . ... Credit: Lockheed Martin Missiles Space Explanation: NASA is preparing to launch its next Great Observatory in 2002, but it does not yet have a proper name. ... Currently referred to only as the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF), NASA seeks to add something more significant. Previously, NASA named its Great Observatories for scientists of the recent past, including the Hubble Space Telescope , the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory and the Chandra X-ray Observatory . ...

... Satellites of the planets are assigned a provisional designation (indicating year of discovery) by the Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams ( CBAT ) upon satisfactory demonstration of the existence of a new object. ... In the past, Comets were first given a provisional designation, consisting of the year and a lowercase letter indicating the order of discovery in the year (e.g., 1994a was the first comet discovered or recovered in 1994, 1994b the second, etc.) ... Names .. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Planets . ... Well let me tell you the link?. there is a dwarf planet out there in our Solar System which could claim to have a similarity to rugby. That dwarf planet is Haumea which is in the shape of an ellipsoid (oval like a rugby ball). ... Haumea (pronounced how-MAY-ah) is the fifth dwarf planet coming after Pluto, Eris, Ceres and Makemake. ... Named after the Hawaiian goddess of childbirth Haumea had quite a controversial discovery. ...

Present section contains two Tables: the first one lists the names of all minor planets in alphabetic order as of the last updating of the Table. ... For each minor planet the Table, apart from number represents also the name of minor planet, if any, and its principal preliminary designation. ... Apart these preliminary designations special ones are used for minor planets discovered in the course of special surveys, undertaken between 1960 and 1977. ... Survey . ... Second Trojan Survey (1973) . ...

Have you ever heard the name of a star or constellation and wondered what it meant? ... I've compiled a table of commonly known star names and their definitions in the Western tradition, grouped by constellation. ... Following each constellation entry are any named stars found therein (in order from brightest to faintest), listing the Bayer (Greek letter) or other common designation, the star name, and English translation. ... Some other sites with star name information: . ...

home publications > mercury . SEARCH ASP SITE: Match ALL words Match ANY word . ... Publications of the ASP (PASP) . ... A Minor Planet's Night Out . ... Orbiting between Mars and Jupiter are thousands of rocky bodies. ... In 1804 came Juno; in 1807, Vesta. ... Most minor planets, as asteroids are sometimes affectionately called, hum in elliptical orbits between Mars and Jupiter. ... This helps us as we select the Guest Observer, and it helps readers to understand what you studied. ...

... Abstract Define a body name/ID code pair for later translation via bodn2c_c or bodc2n_c . ... Particulars boddef_c is one of three related subroutines, bodn2c_c Body name to code bodc2n_c Body code to name boddef_c Body name/code definition bodn2c_c and bodc2n_c perform translations between body names and their corresponding integer ID codes which are used in SPK and PCK files and routines. A set of name/code pairs are automatically defined during the first call to one of these subroutines. ...

... ESO, the European Southern Observatory . ... ESO . ... VLT Unit Telescopes Names . ... TRAnsiting Planets and PlanetesImals Small Telescope . ... By decree of the International Astronomical Union, a newly discovered minor planet (asteroid) in the solar system has been given the name Portugal, honouring this European country. The minor planet was first discovered on photographical plates, obtained with the 1-metre ESO Schmidt Telescope, at ESO's La Silla Observatory in the Chilean Atacama desert. ...

... Pre-university education . ... Samara region . ... Scientific Publications . ... Events All-Russian Youth Scientific Reading Conference named after S. P. Korolev . ... On the 27th - 29th of January in SSAU will be held the All-Russian Youth Scientific Reading Conference named after S. P. Korolev, dedicated to the 55th anniversary of space flight by Yu. ... The conference will be held with the support of the Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and the Ministry of Education and Science of Samara Region. ...

XPA access points are composed of two parts: a general class and a specific name. ... When clients communicate with XPA access points, they specify which access points to communicate with using an identifier of the form: class:name All registered XPA access points that match the specified identifier will be available for communication (subject to access control rules, etc.) ... These socket identifiers are displayed as the fourth argument in the xpans display of registered access points. ...

... This page describes various terms related to PmWiki. ... Configuration file . A specially-named PHP script file where local customizations can take place for a farm, a wiki, a group, or a page. ... A wiki with no local/config.php file is using the default configuration. ... The variable for the full page name is {$FullName} , which for this page is PmWiki.Glossary . ... Note that PmWiki also uses the page name to locate per-group and per-page customization files in the local/ subdirectory. ...

... Natalya V. Raguzova and Sergei B. Popov . ... We present a compilative catalogue of Be/X-ray binaries and candidates in the Galaxy and in the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds. This catalogue contains 160 sources and provides information on names and spectral types of optical components, distances, on spin characteristics of neutron stars, and on orbital and X-ray properties of binary systems. ... Be/X-Ray Binaries and candidates in the Galaxy . Galactic sources: comments to the Table 1 . ...

... Recent Topics . ... MAO main . ... IAU e-Newsletter - Mercury Crater-naming Contest Winners Announced . ... Тема: IAU e-Newsletter - Mercury Crater-naming Contest Winners Announced . IAU e-Newsletter . ... Mercury Crater-naming Contest Winners Announced - Winners selected by the IAU from 3600 submitted names* . ... See latest IAU announcements on www.iau.org/news/announcements/ . ... Board Categories MAO main - Info - MAO - news - Flame Technical - Technical Support(Forum)(Техподдержка(Форум)) . ...

The Discovery of the Galilean Satellites . ... Probably the most significent contribution that Galileo Galilei made to science was the discovery of the four satellites around Jupiter that are now named in his honor. Galileo first observed the moons of Jupiter on January 7, 1610 through a homemade telescope. He originally thought he saw three stars near Jupiter, strung out in a line through the planet. ... Galileo's Observations of Jupiter's Moons . ... Jupiter . ...

Supernova 2002fk in NGC 1309 . This page is devoted to information on Supernova 2002fk in NGC 1309 Basic information on this SN, including the last reported brightness, on this Supernova can be found on the main page . Information on the original web pages for many of these images can be found on the updates and links web pages. ... 2002/09/19.848 . ... JM Llapasset image . ... 13.0 . ... Josep M. Bosch . ... Josep M. Bosch image . ... vsnet-campaign-sn 476 ] SN 2002fk in NGC 1309 . ...

Rules for natural satellites observation rough data CONTENT file Version 28.06.2000 /Arlot J.-E., Emelianov N./ ------------------------------------------------------------------ Contents. ... IAU code> - <observatory name> <NL> <NL> Reference. ... planet number>-<planet name>[:<quantity>], <NL> <satellite number> [-<temporary name>] [-<satellite name>]:<quantity> , <NL> ... <satellite number> [-<temporary name>] [-<satellite name>]:<quantity> <NL> reference frame: astrometric | ...