... M27: Not A Comet . ... Credit Copyright: Nik Szymanek , w/ Faulkes Telescope North Explanation: Born on June 26th in 1730, astronomer Charles Messier scanned 18th century French skies for comets. ... In fact, 21st century astronomers would classify it as a Planetary Nebula , but it's not a planet either, even though it may appear round and planet-like in a small telescope. ... June . ... Publications with keywords: M 27 - planetary nebula . Publications with words: M 27 - planetary nebula . ...

... 2008 June 26 . M27: Not A Comet . Credit Copyright : Nik Szymanek , w/ Faulkes Telescope North . ... In fact, 21st century astronomers would classify it as a Planetary Nebula , but it's not a planet either, even though it may appear round and planet-like in a small telescope. Messier 27 (M27) is now known to be an excellent example of a gaseous emission nebula created as a sun-like star runs out of nuclear fuel in its core. ... About APOD | ... A service of: ASD at NASA / GSFC . ...

Main Sections LabIR main page . ... On January 23, 1998 the space probe NEAR was on its way to its closest approach to Earth. ... However, we were able to record a series of images of the space probe shortly before the sunglint event, and we have assembled them into a movie. At the TIRGO observatory, an observation of the space probe NEAR was organized for the night of January 22-23, 1998. ... We show here a preliminary movie (MPEG format, 412kb) made from 74 frames, each lasting 5 seconds. ...

U nlike the other small bodies in the solar system, comets have been known since antiquity. There are Chinese records of Comet Halley going back to at least 240 BC. ... W hen they are near the Sun and active, comets have several distinct parts: . ... A comet whose orbit takes it near the Sun is also likely to either impact one of the planets or the Sun or to be ejected out of the solar system by a close encounter (esp. with Jupiter). ... more comet images . ... Comet Hale-Bopp (C/1995 O1) . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Planets . ... Our Galaxy . ... Stars . ... Posted on March 14, 2012 | 23 Comments How big is the largest known star? ... Continue Reading.. ... Posted on November 10, 2011 | ... 2 Comments Once planets orbiting other stars were unknown as they could not be directly observed. ... 5 Comments Once exoplanets, worlds orbiting other stars, were the stuff of science fiction but now we know of literally hundreds of real alien planets circling other stars. ...

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... 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 . ...

... Comet Ikeya-Zhang, designated C/2002 C1 (Ikeya-Zhang), is named after Kaoru Ikeya of Shizuoka prefecture, Japan, and Daqing Zhang of Henan province, China, who independently discovered it on the night of 1 February 2002. A preliminary orbit reported the following day indicated that it would come moderately close to both the Earth and the Sun and that it might become visible to the naked eye during late March and April 2002. ... Bailey, M.E., Clube, S.V.M. and Napier, W.M. The Origin of Comets . ...

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... ISC Kosmotras . ... Comments, Opinions Publications Dnepr Program . Dnepr launch record 17 August 2011. ... Baikonur Cosmodrome Yasny launch base Downloads . ... Over the years of its successful business operations , ISC Kosmotras has performed 22 Dnepr orbital flights with a total of 128 payloads inserted into their orbits. ... Below is the list of payloads lofted into their target orbits on Dnepr launch missions put together by ISC Kosmotras: . ... MEGSAT-1 (Italy) . ... LATINSAT-A, -B (USA) . ...

... In typical nightly use, the wide field and planetary telescope and cameras record images of favorably placed objects in the sky, including constellations, bright variable stars, nebulae through narrow-band filters, comets, the Moon, and planets. ... Shared Skies telescopes are available for use by students at the University of Louisville and the University of Southern Queensland, and by teachers and students in middle and high schools mentored by faculty at the universities. ...

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home publications > mercury . SEARCH ASP SITE: Match ALL words Match ANY word . ... Publications of the ASP (PASP) . ... Mercury Magazine Contents . ... November/December 1996 . ... Special Issue: Comets . ... Comets are no longer portents of doom. ... Comets and asteroids take life. ... Comets and the Public, by Heidi B. Hammel . ... 1, 1996. ... Observing comets. ... Can we defend Earth against impacts by comets and small asteroids? ... Rogue Asteroids and Doomsday Comets by Duncan Steel. ...

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... Science User Portal . ... ESO, the European Southern Observatory . ... Travel and Contacts . Travel to ESO Headquarters . ... Travel to E-ELT Armazones . ... Survey Telescopes . ... Images . ... Star Clusters . ... Usage of ESO Images and Videos . ... This photo shows a three colour composite of the well-known Crab Nebula (also known as Messier 1), as observed with the FORS2 instrument in imaging mode in the morning of November 10, 1999. ... Crab Nebula , M 1 , Messier 1 , NGC 1952 , Taurus A . ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Have you ever looked at pictures of Saturn's rings and noticed what look like gaps in the rings? ... Gian Domenico Cassini discovered a large gap in Saturn's rings in 1675. Later, an astronomer named Encke discovered a smaller gap near the edge of the rings. ... It was found long ago that an orbit in the Cassini Division, as the large gap is named, has a period almost exactly one-half that of one of Saturn's moons named Mimas. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

... Общероссийская неделя "Астрономия на тротуаре" - 15-17 апреля . ... Практическая астрономия ? Астрономия и компьютеры (Модераторы: Deimos , Ed_Vazhorov ) ? Venus transit as seen in NYC (previosly recorded) . ... Ответ #20 : 15.06.2004 [08:40:32] ? ... Цитата: SergeyZ от 15.06.2004 [08:40:32] Братцы! ... Последнее редактирование: 15.06.2004 [13:04:40] от Vladimir Nebotov ? ...

... One of this year's largest mass ejections from the Sun's atmosphere was recorded last Sunday by TESIS telescopes aboard the CORONAS-PHOTON satellite ( video - wmv 4.3 MB ). ... Over the course of a week, two gigantic solar prominences were simultaneously ejected from the surface of the Sun. ... Earth will not feel the Sun's influence either. ... The TESIS observatory ї TESIS: www.tesis.lebedev.ru . ... One of this year's largest mass ejections from the Sun's atmosphere (movie WMV, 4.3 MB) . ...

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