Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... 19.06.2009 . ... Paris) S. Whitfield (British Library) Explanation: This ancient Chinese map of planet Earth's northern sky is part of the Dunhuang Star Atlas, one of the most impressive documents in the history of astronomy . The oldest complete star atlas known, it dates to the years 649 to 684, discovered at the Silk Road town of Dunhuang in 1907. ... NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers . ... Publications with keywords: IYA2009 - map . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Stars . ... Monthly Sky Notes . ... Posted on January 30, 2012 | 1 Comment If you look towards the west just after sunset this February you will see a very bright star in the darkening sky. ... Continue Reading.. ... Posted on December 5, 2011 | 4 Comments Which is the brightest star in the sky (apart from the Sun)? ... Posted on November 10, 2011 | 19 Comments What was the Star of Bethlehem? ... Posted on October 10, 2011 | ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2009 June 19 . Dunhuang Star Atlas . ... Paris) S. Whitfield (British Library) . Explanation: This ancient Chinese map of planet Earth's northern sky is part of the Dunhuang Star Atlas, one of the most impressive documents in the history of astronomy . ... About APOD | ... NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply . ...

... Shevchenko Vladislav Vladimirovich . ... Position: Head of Department of Lunar and Planetary Research, Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics. ... L. Johnson Space Center - Lunar and Planetary Institute. ... Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, Universitetsky 13, Moscow, 119899 , Russia, . ... V.I.Chikmachev, S.G.Pugacheva and V.V.Shevchenko, Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, Moscow, chik@sai.msu.ru ...

In ancient times the solar system was thought to be the whole Universe, so the study of planetary motions was cosmology. ... The planets other than the Moon and Sun generally move West to East through the stars, but occasionally stop and move in the opposite direction ( retrograde motion). In order to explain the retrograde motion of the planets, the geocentric model of the Solar System shown above puts the planets on small circles called epicycles . ...

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Signs Constellations Of The Zodiac . Articles | ... The band of the zodiac is some sixteen degrees wide, extending about eight degrees north and south of what's called the ecliptic -- the Sun's path through the stars. ... Since that time, the March equinox Sun has shifted about thirty degrees westward through the constellations of the zodiac. ... While signs neatly extend eight degrees north and south of the ecliptic, aligning with the borders of the zodiac, constellations do no such thing. ...

Michele Bannister . Other research . ... The mutual events of Haumea . The dwarf planet Haumea is the parent of a collisional family that includes its two moons, Hi'iaka and Namaka. ... The arid and windswept McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica are carpeted with the polygons of patterned ground , a geological formation that is also seen on the northern plains of the planet Mars. ... I worked to understand the influence that buried masses of ice have on the development of patterned ground. ...

Partial lunar eclipse of 2010 June 26 The beginning of the eclipse visibly in a south-western part of Northern America, at Pacific coast of South America, in Australia, New Zealand, Antar- ctica, in Pacific Ocean. ... 15 44.07 15 07.38 Circumstances of the Eclipse Position Angles of the Moon's axis h m o Moon enters penumbra . June 26, 8 55.5 0.04 Moon enters umbra . ... 11 38.4 359.43 Moon leaves umbra . ... Position |The Moon being in the Zenith in of umbra| ... eclipse|eclipse | ...

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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. ...

The apparent path of the Sun across the sky. ... The path of the Sun across the celestial sphere is very close to that of the planets and the moon. ... In one year, as the Earth completes a full circuit around the Sun (drawing above), the Earth-Sun line and its continuation past Earth sweep the entire plane. ... Since the Sun and Earth are in the plane of the ecliptic, the line is automatically in that plane too; if the moon is also on the same line, it must be in the plane of the ecliptic as well. ...

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... During all period of our investigations Dr. N.Sumzina from the Institute of Applied Astronomy of RAS had prepared the Numbered Minor Planet positions from MPC Database for our processing with kind permission of the Director of Minor Planet Center Prof. Braian Marsden. ... Our extensive processing of the MPC data allows us to conclude that CCD observations of the Numbered and Unnumbered Minor Planets have the errors, sometimes very crude. ...

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... A dynamo is created in a magnetic field by an electric circuit, part of which is moving relative to the rest (additional conditions must also be met). ... Furthermore, the plasma between them conducts electricity very well along its magnetic field lines, which act as if they were wires connecting Io and the planet (drawing). ... The drawing is not to scale. ... The Hubble Space Telescope , using its Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2, has been photographing auroras of the planet Jupiter. ...

... Subject of Astronomy. ... Basis of Spherical and Practical Astronomy. ... Celestial Sphere. ... Changes of Star's Coordinates as a Result of Daily Rotation of Celestial Sphere. ... Time Measuring. ... Changes of Solar Equatorial Coordinates. ... Stellar Day, Stellar Time. ... Real Solar Time. ... Mean Solar Time. ... Connections between Stellar and Mean Time. ... Apparent Path and Configuration of Planets. ... Ways of Energy Transportation to Stellar Surface.Basis of Spectral Analysis. ... Solar...

... The ESO Conference "Towards Other Earths: DARWIN/TPF and the Search for Extrasolar Terrestrial Planets" (Germany, Hidelberg, 2003), V.P.Grinin, L.V.Tambovtseva,"Dusty disk winds in the young binary systems with the low-mass secondary components" . ... Barsunova, V.P. Grinin, S.G. Sergeev, "Unusual eclipsing system KH 15D: new photometric data", oral . ... Barsunova, V.P. Grinin, S.G. Sergeev, L.V. Tambovtseva, "Photometric activity of the peculiar young stars", oral . ... V.P. Grinin, N.Ya. ...

... The planet in orbit around 51 Peg has, according to theoretical models, moved into its current position from farther away and its atmosphere may therefore be strongly evaporating. The molecules released by the upper parts of the atmosphere must be rapidly ionized and could form an envelope around the planet. If the planet passes in front of the star, this envelope is in favorable geometric conditions (the inclination angle of the orbit is close to 90?) which allow it to occult the star. ...