Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... The Helix Nebula is one of brightest and closest examples of a planetary nebula , a gas cloud created at the end of the life of a Sun-like star. ... The Helix Nebula , given a technical designation of NGC 7293 , lies about 700 light-years away towards the constellation of the Water Bearer ( Aquarius ) and spans about 2.5 light-years. ... NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers . ... Publications with keywords: NGC 7293 - Helix Nebula - planetary nebula . ...

... STScI-PRC01-04 HUBBLE'S ULTRAVIOLET VIEWS OF NEARBY GALAXIES YIELD CLUES TO EARLY UNIVERSE Astronomers are using these three NASA Hubble Space Telescope images to help tackle the question of why distant galaxies have such odd shapes, appearing markedly different from the typical elliptical and spiral galaxies seen in the nearby universe. ... Light from these galaxies travels great distances (billions of light-years) to reach Earth. ... These stars emit mostly ultraviolet light. ...

... 295, 2003 H. E. Payne, R. I. Jedrzejewski, and R. N. Hook, eds. The MAST Pointings Tables Pro ject Karen Levay, Paolo Padovani1 , Randall Thompson, Megan Donahue, Michael Corbin Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218 Abstract. We have undertaken a pro ject to create a database of all HST imaging observations organized by position on the sky. ... Each sky region was called a "pointing." ... Users select the instrument pointings table they wish to search. ...

... These Facts and Questions pages mainly tell you how to use the Aberrator-interface and also explain the nature of the aberrations. ... Airy disc: the brightest spot of light when you look at a star in focus. This disc can contain a maximum of 84% of all the light that arrives from a star (perfect refractor telescope). MCT : Maksutov-Cassegrain telescope. A closed-tube mirror-telescope with a secondary obstruction. Less common than the SCT, this telescope uses a corrector (real glass). ...

... Classes . ... TelescopeTCP Class Reference . This TelescopeClient class can controll a telescope by communicating to a server process ("telescope server") via the "Stellarium telescope control protocol" over TCP/IP. ... TelescopeTCP (const QString &name, const QString &params, Equinox eq=EquinoxJ2000) . ... getInfoString (const StelCore *core, const InfoStringGroup &flags) const . ... getEquinoxEquatorialPos (const StelCore *core) const . ... getJ2000GalacticPos (const StelCore *core) const . ...

. MASTER supernova search . 2006 02 08.96 UT . Klick for full image .

... Come to Fiske Elementary School from 7:00 to 9:30 PM on Monday, Nov. 3 2003 if you love astronomy, space, or just looking at the moon and stars with your fellow Fiske friends. ... We will arrange briefing discussions and activities in the Fiske Gym and viewing stations in Fiske Field, providing a look at - and through - telescopes trained on objects ranging from the Moon to planets and galaxies. ... ATMoB members will bring telescopes for viewing of the Moon, Mars, and other spectacular sky objects....

RTT150 . ... Эта страница посвящена 1.5-м телескопу RTT150 (Russian-Turkish-Telescope-150), установленному на горе Бакырлытепе , на юге Турции. ... От РФ главными исполнителями являются Казанский Государственный Университет (КГУ) и ИКИ РАН (Москва), от TUBITAK - Национальная Обсерватория Турции ( TUG ). В соответствии с соглашением между КГУ, ИКИ и TUBITAK, 60% наблюдательного времени на телескопе принадлежит российской стороне (45% - КГУ и 15% - ИКИ), а 40% - турецкой. ...

The Satellite Telescope of Electrons and Protons STEP . ... Precision measurements of the energy, angular, and time distributions in precipitating fluxes of high-energy charged particles with solar, magnetospheric, and anomalous cosmic rays origin. ... Both "STEP-DI" and "STEP-DII" have an identical construction of large solid angle telescope from 4 detectors (D1-D4), first 2 of which (D1-D2) are position-sensitive silicon strip-detectors; both D3 and D4 are scintillation CsI(Tl) detectors. ...

... Iowa Robotic Telescope | ... Talon is based on OCAAS, a software suite developed by software engineer Elwood Downey ( Clear Sky Institute ) for use at the University of Iowa ?s first remote facility (the ATF, or Automated Telescope Facility). ... XObservatory : Telescope Control Interface . ... This program calls upon and coordinates much of the interrelated portions of the Talon architecture, and forms the primary control panel for the telescope, dome, and peripheral systems when used locally. ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... Observing . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . Springtime observing for small telescopes . ... Observe the Moon with a small telescope . ... Astronomy magazine's video, Easy Moon observing, answers those questions and more. ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ...

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A student observatory located on the roof of the Natural Science Building on Belknap Campus is used in the astronomy lab classes and by majors in the Department of Physics and Astronomy's B.S. Astrophysics track. ... The 14-inch Celestron Schmidt-Cassegrain seen here was installed in May 2010. ... In spite of a location in the midst of our bright urban heat island, this 14-inch diameter telescope provides quality visual images of the moon, planets, multiple stars, and bright nebulae. ...