... 27.02.2015 . ... In combination, they reveal a wide range of brightness visible to the eye on that frigid evening, from the urban glow of the Quebec City skyline to the triple conjunction of Moon, Venus and Mars. ... Though details in the Moon's sunlit crescent are washed out, features on the dark, shadowed part of the lunar disk are remarkably clear. ... February 2015 . ... Publications with keywords: Mars - Moon - Venus - conjunction . Publications with words: Mars - Moon - Venus - conjunction . ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2015 February 28 . Moon-Venus-Mars Skyline . Image Credit Copyright : Jay Ouellet . Explanation: Taken on February 20, five different exposures made in rapid succession were used to created this tantalizing telephoto image. ... Shortly after sunset the young Moon shows off its bright crescent next to brilliant Venus. ... About APOD | ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Moon . Planets . ... Monthly Sky Notes . ... February . ... The ringed planet will be quite bright, but unlike Jupiter it will not be the brightest point of light in the sky, this accolade will return to Sirius which is the brightest star in our night sky in the constellation of Canis Major. ... Seven days later on February 18, the Moon will be in its full Moon phase. ... Tweets that mention Wonders of the February Night Sky | ... Astronotes . ...

... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . View of the planets Uranus, Venus and Mars in the early evening western sky after sunset, as seen from Armagh at 7.00pm on 1 March 2015. ... Armagh Observatory reports that the next two weeks provide a rare opportunity to observe the planets Venus, Mars and Uranus in the western evening sky after sunset, and the bright planet Jupiter rising high in the East about the same time. ...

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... Tonight's Sky . ... SUN MOON MERCURY VENUS MARS, JUPITER SATURN . ... Observing . ... Why Join? ... Jupiter joins Venus in the early evening . ... That more brilliant one is Venus, and it s currently having its best showing for northern observers of 2015 as it shines brightest and appears highest in the evening sky. ... Only the Full Moon itself climbing higher in the southeastern sky this evening appears brighter. ... Only registered members of Astronomy.com are allowed to comment on this article. ...

... SEARCH ASP SITE: Match ALL words Match ANY word . ... ASP Conference Series . ... What sort of celestial sight can make children halt their games? And what can you do when they run over to where you are, too excited to stand in line, to get a look through a small telescope and ask questions in a language you only slightly comprehend? ... There are no observatories that we know about. ... The children wanted to know what a star looks like through the telescope, so we swung it over to Sirius. ...

... Go directly to the moons of: . Mercury Venus Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto . Go directly to the surface features of Earth's Moon and Mars . Planet & Moons . Pronunciation . ... Mercury . ... Mars: . 2 moons . ... Jupiter: . ... Neptune: . ... 1 moon . ...

I was wondering what conditions should be met to have the "darkest" sky .. ... Upon the above publication of the Southern Galactic hemisphere, TunГ Tezel started seeking opportunities to create the Northern counterpart image. ... So, the initial quest of having the darkest possible sky have delivered us these two all-sky images of the two galactic hemispheres as seen from Planet Earth. Zoomable and 'full-screenable' fisheye view of the "darkest sky" Southern Galactic Hemisphere image. ...

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Notable changes to The Nine Planets : . ... 1997 Nov 17: added Galileo images of Jupiter's 4 inner moons . ... 1997 Oct 23: added 253 Mathilde page . ... 1996 Nov 17: images of Phobos from Phobos 2 . ... 1996 Jul 10: new info and links to Galileo images of Ganymede . ... 1996 Mar 25: added amateur images to the seeing the solar system page . ... 1995 Jul 28: added a page about possible new satellites of Saturn (including an HST image) . ... 1995 Apr 21: What's New page . ...

... 9a. Earth orbits Sun? . ... 10a. Scale of Solar Sys. ... If the mean distance of Earth from the Sun is 1 AU ("Astronomical Unit"), then that of Venus is 0.723 AU, of Mercury 0.387 AU and that of Mars is 1.524 AU. ... By noting (1) where on the Sun's disk is the crossing seen, (2) timing its duration at two far-apart points on Earth, and (3) comparing the times, one can calculate the distance to Venus and from it the scale of the solar system. ... One occurred in 1639--too early. ...

... Apr 14, 2016 - Monthly Meeting . ... The Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ATMoB) is an astronomy club devoted to telescope making, observing, and studying the heavens. ... CURRENT MOON . ... April Sky . ... Lyrids Meteor Shower . ... Sources: NASA JPL Space Calendar , StarDate Online , Sky Telescope , Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics , RASC Observer’s Handbook , Abrams Planetarium Sky Calendar and Astronomy Magazine . ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

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Hubble Finds Oxygen Atmosphere On Jupiter's Moon Europa . Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST) have identified the presence of an extremely tenuous atmosphere of molecular oxygen around Jupiter's second moon, Europa . ... Europa's oxygen atmosphere is so tenuous that its surface pressure is barely one hundred billionth that of the Earth," said Principal Investigator Doyle Hall, of Johns Hopkins. ... The oxygen gas slowly leaks into space and must be replenished continuously. ...

Moon, Planets And Aurora, Oh My! Articles | ... Moon | ... How often do we see several planets and the Moon together? ... Then I look northeast and see more red through all the light pollution of Washington, D.C. I snapped this 15 second photo. ... What started out as a father son photographic safari for rare planet conjunctions turned into a spectacular night of memories. ... Aha, I see some red light near Orion. ... A Very Rare Red Aurora in Northern Virginia, . ... www.astronomy.net . ...

... Gallery . ... Planet Pictures . Mars . The moons of Mars . Sidebar Left . Sidebar Top . No Sidebar . ... Sidebar Right . View full size . Title: The moons of Mars . Description: The view above shows an over-exposed planet Mars with its moons Phobos and Deimos either side. Deimos is at the far left while Phobos is to the right in the "halo-glow". ... The moons of Mars The view above shows an over-exposed planet Mars with its moons Phobos and Deimos either side. ...

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Computer Ephemeris for 2014 from DE200/LE200. ... Date Planets Time dif(delta) Phenomena Jan 1 Sun Moon 11:15 -435 Conjunction 1 Pluto Moon 12:00 -152 Conjunction 1 Mercury Moon 15:42 -636 Conjunction 1 Pluto Sun 18:55 244 Conjunction 2 Venus Moon 11:47 -201 Conjunction 5 Neptune Moon 1:41 -523 Conjunction 5 Jupiter Sun 21:13 8 Opposition 7 Mercury Venus 10:30 -626 Conjunction 7 Uranus Moon 13:31 -303 Conjunction 11 Venus Sun 12:26 511 Lower Conjunction 15 Jupiter Moon 6:09 453 ...

THE NAUTICAL ASTRONOMICAL ALMANAC for 2015-2016 (in Russian-English) . Preface . The Institute of Applied Astronomy of the RAS (IAA RAS) submits the next issue of ?The Nautical Astronomical Almanac for the years 2015-2016? biennial (NAA-2). ... Calculations of ephemerides in NAA-2 for 2015-2016 have been executed by the following researchers of Laboratory of Astronomical Yearbooks of IAA RAS: . ... The Explanation for NAA-2 (2015-2016) is revised by M.V.Lukashova, M.L.Sveshnikov. ...