... Research . ... The major problem in HVC research is the unknown distance towards most of the HVCs. ... Thilker et al. (2004) used the Green Bank Telescope (GBT) to map an area of $7^{\circ} \times 7^{\circ}$ around M31 in H i . They discovered a population of HVCs located within a projected distance of about $50~\mathrm{kpc}$ from M31. ... 2004). ... The remaining HVCs around M31 are isolated in position and velocity and may represent primordial, dark-matter-dominated clouds. ...

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. ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... Well don't feel bad - this even happened to the bright young stars of the open cluster NGC 6520. On the left are the cluster's bright blue stars. They formed only millions of years ago - much more recently than our ancient Sun which formed billions of years ago. ... Information: Thursday, September 26 - A Total Lunar Eclipse . ... September . ... September 1996 . ... Publications with keywords: clouds - stars . Publications with words: clouds - stars . ...

... September 25, 1996 . Bright Stars and Dark Clouds . Credit: Anglo-Australian Telescope photograph by David Malin . ... Well don't feel bad - this even happened to the bright young stars of the open cluster NGC 6520. On the left are the cluster's bright blue stars. They formed only millions of years ago - much more recently than our ancient Sun which formed billions of years ago. On the right is an absorption nebula from which the stars might have formed. ... About APOD | ...

From: TerryMosel@aol.com Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 17:26:38 EST Subject: LEONIDS Lecture Hi all, Sorry I couldn't reply sooner - I was off giving a lecture to NUI Maynooth, followed by a visit to LoughCrew. ... There was an apparently equal number of fainter meteors down to the limiting magnitude although the bright moonlight could have hidden many more. ... The peak of activity did occur around 04:00, in line with predictions, with peak bursts of around one Leonid per second. ... Terry Moseley . ...

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Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Stars . ... Space Flight . ... Some 13.7 billion years ago, a mere millionth of a second after the Big Bang, the first hydrogen and helium nuclei condensed out of a hot, dense soup of quarks and gluons. ... In the very last few kilometres some of the light was scattered by a myriad of water droplets (containing hydrogen nuclei which had existed almost since the Big Bang) slowly descending through the air following a rainshower. ...

The near-IR data from 2MASS (Two Micron All Sky Survey) and DENIS (Deep Near-Infrared Southern Sky Survey) are ideally suited for studies of the structure of the LMC, because of the large statistics and insensitivity to dust absorption. ... Wide-angle view of the Large and the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) on the sky. ... Another wide-angle view of the LMC (bottom left) and the SMC (top left) on the sky, with part of the luminous band of the Milky Way visible as well (right). ...

... Submitted by Al Takeda on 12/21/2010 11:27:35 . Dec. 21st Total Lunar Eclipse; Partial phase through the clouds . ... Around 1 am I could see the outline of the full Moon shining through the low cloud deck. ... Around 1:41 EST (06:41UT) I took a few images of the partial phase before the clouds thickened and completely obscured the Moon for the rest of the night. 1/100-second, f/8, ISO 800. Lens: Canon EF 400mm f5.6L + 1.4X Extender. ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

Astronomy Discussion Forums . Forums: . ... Observation Report 03/15/03 From Coyle Field . ... Post Message | ... Observation Report 03/15/03 from Coyle Field . ... It?s been a while since I could write a decent observation report. ... Coyle Field is a great sight. ... www.astronomy.net . About Astronomy Net | Advertise on Astronomy Net | ... Forum posts are Copyright their authors as specified in the heading above the post. "dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...