Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... Credit: Marc Sylvestre ( Universia ) Explanation: Have you ever seen the band of our Milky Way Galaxy ? ... This band is the disk of our spiral galaxy . ... A first shot was taken in July 2000 with the camera counter-rotating from the Earth so that the stars appear fixed. ... NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers . ... Publications with keywords: Milky Way . Publications with words: Milky Way . ... A Milky Way Band . ... The Milky Way Over Paranal . ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2011 September 18 . A Sharp View of the Sun . ... Explanation: Here is one of the sharper views of the Sun ever taken. This stunning image shows remarkable details of a dark sunspot across the image bottom and numerous boiling granules which appear like kernels of corn across the top. ... About APOD | ... A service of: ASD at NASA / GSFC . ...

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 - mito111 - September 15, 2011 - 04:22 UTC . ... Note the change - rick_crockett - April 19, 2007 - 09:38 UTC . ... A Question Regarding Photons and Absolute Zero - inalitalllane - December 25, 2004 - 22:06 UTC . ... Virtual Space Agency - dupagepilot - November 18, 2003 - 12:03 UTC . ... www.astronomy.net . ...

... 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. ...

... 2000 September 6 . Emerging Planetary Nebula CRL 618 . ... ESAIC , HST , ESA , NASA . Explanation: CRL 618 may look to some like an Olympian declaring victory. ... Since then it has run out of core material to fuse and so has started to become a planetary nebula . In its current proto-planetary nebula phase, CRL 618 is evolving quickly, expelling hot gasses in complex jets and rings moving outwards faster than 700,000 kilometers per hour. ... About APOD | ... NASA Technical Rep.: ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Moon . ... Earth Satellites . ... By admin October 4, 2012 Posted in: Moon . A tiny second moon.This is Phobos (27 km across) seen over Mars by ESA's Mars Express (Image credit:ESA) . ... They concluded that at any given time Earth probably has a second moon. ... But, just perhaps, briefly the Earth had a second natural satellite seen by thousands of people.Remember the spectacular fireball witnessed over the UK and Ireland on 21 September 2012 ? ...

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The 2016 Project ASTRO introductory workshop will take place September 16-17, 2016. ... Participating teachers and astronomers are required to attend. ... Home Phone: . ... work email . ... Please briefly describe your background and your experiences in astronomy (if different). Describe experiences you have working with schools or explaining astronomy to students and/or the public. ... What grade level(s) do you prefer to work with (check all that apply) . ... either work or home . ...

... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... September Perseid meteors captured by the . ... Its occurrence provides astronomers with interesting new data about the hidden trails of meteoroids тАФ small bodies ranging in size from fine dust particles to objects of marble-size and larger тАФ in the solar system and their supposed sources: comets and asteroids passing through the inner solar system. ... The particular comet that created the September Perseids is unknown...

... Today this year's largest group of sunspots will cross the Sun's central meridian. ... The next day, the number of spots in the group reached five, and the day after, on June 2nd, it was possible to count thirteen sunspots on solar disk, which had been clear prior to this. ... This year's two most powerful active areas, which passed across the solar disk at the beginning of May, 2009, are set to appear in the Sun's eastern sector in two days, on June 6th. ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... Observing . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... September provides your first peek at Comet ISON . ... A potentially great comet in late 2013, ISON starts to show life as it travels eastward across Cancer during September's first half. ... Follow Comet ISON s travels at www.Astronomy.com/ISON , and pick up the September issue of Astronomy for even more coverage of ISON s voyage to the inner solar system. ... Only registered members of Astronomy.com are allowed to comment on this article...

... View on Arno from the opposite side of ponte S. Niccolo. b06. ... A view on east of Florence from the climb to piazzale Michelangelo. b10. ... Old city wall going from piazza Poggi to Forte di Belvedere. b20. ... Gate near Forte di Belvedere. b23. ... On costa San Giorgio (going down from Forte di Belvedere to palazzo Pitti). b34. ... Giardino di Boboli, stadium. c02. Palazzo Pitti; view from Giardino di Boboli. c03. ... Giardino di Boboli . ... Palazzo Pitti; view from Giardino di Boboli. c12. ...

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T he Siding Spring Survey (SSS) is a Near-Earth Object search program that utilises the 0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory, N.S.W., Australia. ... The mission of the Siding Spring Survey is to contribute to the inventory of near-earth objects (NEOs), or more specifically, the potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs) and comets (PHOs) that may pose a threat of impact and thus harm to civilization. ... Based on the CSS Mission page . ... Siding Spring Survey Main Page . ...

... These Frontier Fields will combine the power of HST with the natural gravitational telescopes of high-magnification clusters of galaxies. ... We are soliciting gravitational lensing maps for the last four Hubble Frontier Fields clusters (MACSJ0717.5+3745, MACSJ1149.5+2223, AbellS1063, and Abell 370) based upon the exceptionally deep HST FF imaging and other new ancillary data. ... For the full set of proposal instructions and requirements, see the FY16 Frontier Fields Lensing Map Call for Proposals....

With the Phase I CGPS now complete at 21cm, we are in a position to examine the population of cold H I clouds over the entire range of the survey. Current methods of H I self-absorption (HISA) identification and analysis allow us to explore the properties and distribution of the portion of cold H I which appears as HISA shadows in the 21cm line data. Such studies are necessarily biased toward clouds with bright background emission. ...

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... Makemake, a dwarf planet in our Solar System, appears to have no atmosphere; it is bald! ... Until a few years ago, Pluto was considered to be the most distant planet, until it was downgraded to a dwarf planet like Makemake. ... If there was an atmosphere around Makemake, the star would have slowly faded away as the dwarf planet blocked it. ... Cool fact: Beside Makemake there are four other known dwarf planets in our Solar System: Pluto, Ceres, Haumea and Eris. ...