... 2014 September 8 . Super Moon vs. Micro Moon . ... Explanation: What is so super about tomorrow's supermoon? Tomorrow , a full moon will occur that appears slightly larger and brighter than usual. ... Pictured above , a supermoon from 2012 is compared to a micromoon -- when a full Moon occurs near the furthest part of the Moon's orbit -- so that it appears smaller and dimmer than usual. ... About APOD | ... NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply . ...

... Mars to Appear Normal this August . ... October is the best month to see Mars this year. ... As Earth catches up to Mars in their respective orbits around the Sun, Mars will keep rising earlier in the night. On 2005 October 30, Earth will have caught up to Mars and the planets will be the nearest to each other in their orbits -- this time around. On October 30, Mars will be nearly opposite to the Sun, rise at sunset, set at sunrise, and appear highest and brightest around midnight. ...

... 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. ...

... 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). ...

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 . ...

... 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 . ...

... Armagh Planetarium . ... Universe . ... Posted on September 14, 2012 | 13 Comments , . ... 3 Comments Radio astronomy is the study of the radio frequencies emitted from stars, galaxies and other celestial objects. ... 2 Comments Once, about four billion years ago, an asteroid about a kilometre and a half across fell on our Moon.It fell unwitnessed by the brooding, lifeless Earth which loomed large in [ ] . ... Hello, IтАЩm Colin, welcoming you to Astronotes, the PlanetariumтАЩs official blog. ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. August 17, 1999 . A Crescent Sunrise . ... Explanation: Normally, the Moon shows phases, but the Sun does not. ... When the Moon is closer to the Sun than the Earth, only part of it appears to be lit - resulting in a familiar crescent-shaped phase . ... Nothing was wrong with Sun - viewers were witnessing the end of a solar eclipse . ...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration . Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center . ... SHANNON W. LUCID (Ph.D.) . nasa astronaut (former) . ... She is qualified for assignment as a mission specialist on Space Shuttle flight crews. ... A veteran of five space flights, Dr. Lucid has logged 5,354 hours (223 days) in space. ... Dr. Lucid retired from NASA in January 2012. ... In completing this flight, Dr. Lucid logged 838 hours and 54 minutes in space. ... FEBRUARY 2012 ...

SPACETELESCOPESCIENCEINSTITUTE Summary of FOC Activities for the period 9 August ­ 12 September 1992 FOC Status . ... On Day 261, the high voltage of the F/48 relay intensifier tripped. ... At the end of the observation set, the camera was brought back to HOLD mode. ... The FOC is presently still in SAFE mode. ... One observation set of Proposal 4029 taken on 23 August exhibited higher than average background counts along with a `flare' feature in the F/48 relay. ... FOC Report September 1992 ...

... Magnetic storms online . ... Geomagnetic activity forecast . ... August : 2015 . ... No magnetic storm is expected . From 26 August 2015 to 21 September 2015 the following magnetic storms and disturbances are expected: . September 12, 2015 geomagnetic disturbances . September 01, 2015 geomagnetic storm of level G1 (minor) . ... August 28, 2015 geomagnetic disturbances . ... September 20, 2015 geomagnetic disturbances 26 August 2015 - 21 September 2015 . 25.08.2015 . ...

. Regions designation | Regions models | ASCII files description . The real time regions passing . The orbit in the GSM coordinate system . The polar diagram . Visibility of the IB_TAIL relative to the Evpatoria and Panska Ves . The IB_TAIL geocentric distance as a function of the Moscow time (MT = UT + 3h) (Plot) . Geomagnetic local time in the IB_TAIL position as a function of the MT (Plot) . The orbital data ASCII files . Updated 02 August, 1999 . IKI RAN | SSC IKI RAN | INTERBALL mission

... The Pleiades star cluster, also known as the Seven Sisters and Messier 45, is a conspicuous object in the night sky with a prominent place in ancient mythology . ... The stars in the Pleiades are thought to have formed together around 100 million years ago, making them 1/50th the age of our sun, and they lie some 130 parsecs (425 light years ) away. ... Data for these stars are listed in a table below. ... Yes . ... WEBDA Pleiades cluster data . ... M45: The Pleiades Star Cluster (2007 November 18) ...

Weekly Bulletin on Solar and Geomagnetic Activity Highlights on 20 - 26.08.2012, Forecast on 27.08 - 03.09.2012, Carrington Rotation 2127 (15,04.08.2012) SUNSPOT ACTIVITY OF THE SUN REMAINED AT THE AVERAGE LEVEL. ... ON THE VISIBLE SOLAR DISK CONSTANTLY THERE WERE 4-5 SUNSPOT GROUPS ONE OF WHICH, APPEARING ON THE VISIBLE SOLAR DISK ON AUGUST 25, AVERAGE SIZES. NEXT WEEK THE LEVEL OF SUNSPOT ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BE AVERAGE. ... FLARE ACTIVITY WAS ON THE LOW LEVEL IN ALL DAYS. ...

... NEWS . This is a list of new entries to the ESO Web Site within the last two months, August 2005 and September 2005. Subscribers to What's New in the ESO Web Notifier get an automated message of recent changes in the ESO Web . An archive of what's new entries is available. ... Take a look at: http://www.eso.org/observing/proposals/ . ... ESO 33/06 - Science Release: Astronomers, using ESO's Very Large Telescope, have for the first time made the link between an X-ray flash and a supernova. ...

FCAL Collaboration Meeting , September 18-18, 2005 . LSC Meeting , August 14-17, 2005 . ILC Workshops at Snowmass , August 14-27, 2005 . HEP 2005 , July 21-27, 2005 . SUSY 2005 , July 18-23, 2005 . ILC European Regional Meeting , June 20-23, 2005 . Ligo Scientific Collaboration Meeting , June 4-5, 2005 . Public Lecture Celebrating the World Year of Physics 2005 , May 19, 2005 . ... Exp Talks - Prior Years . ... Energy and Luminosity Spectrum , Eric Torrence . ...

... 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) . ...

... Main . ... Pulsar Emission Mechanisms . ... Distinguished Visitor . PPTA algorithm development . ... Flux variations of PPTA pulsars . Carolyn Raithel (Carleton College) . ... Pulsar Wind Nebluae . ... Nov 1, 2010 - Jan 31, 2011 . ... June 23 - Aug 9, 2010 . ... Dec 8 - 17, 2009 . ... Dec 13 - 23, 2006 . ... Dec 3, 2006 - Jan 5, 2007 . ... Aug 10 - Dec 7, 2006 . ... June 29, 2006 - June 15, 2007 . ... May 15 - June 26, 2006 . ... Dec 31, 2005 - Feb 1, 2006 . ... Group . ... Pulsar Groups . ...

Russian . Main . News . ... Minutes of the Telecon on January 17, 2012. ... News of the RadioAstron mission on the Lavochkin Association site up to September 15, 2011 (in Russian). News of the RadioAstron mission up to September 3, 2011. News of the RadioAstron mission on the Lavochkin Association site (in Russian). News of the RadioAstron mission up to August 18, 2011. ... Second version of the RadioAstron Mission Operations Handbook ( in Russian )is placed on the project site . ...

Astronomy Discussion Forums . ... Atm ћ Astrophotography ћ Blackholes ћ Blackholes2 ћ CCD ћ Celestron ћ Domes ћ Education . ... New Model: How Do The Sun And Moon Appear To Move Across The Sky . ... Post Message | ... focused on the Sun and the Moon as they appear from the given location of the Earth surface: . ... www.astronomy.net . About Astronomy Net | ... Forum posts are Copyright their authors as specified in the heading above the post. "dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...