... 2011 June 18 . Lightning Eclipse from the Planet of the Goats . Credit Copyright : Chris Kotsiopoulos ( GreekSky ) . ... Captured with a 30 second exposure the scene also inspired what, in the 16 year history of Astronomy Picture of the Day, the editor considers may be the best title yet for a picture (title credit to Chris K.). ... The picture itself, however, was shot from the Greek island of Ikaria at Pezi. ... About APOD | ... NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply . ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . Reflections on the Inner Solar System . ... Captured on July 8th, the serene, twilight picture looks out over the Flat Tops Wilderness area from near Toponas, Colorado, USA and includes planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Earth's large natural satellite, the Moon. ... NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers . ... Publications with keywords: Mercury - Venus - Moon - Solar System . Publications with words: Mercury - Venus - Moon - Solar System . ...

... Astrophysics Group . ... STFC announces бе119 million contribution to The Square Kilometre Array . ... SKA AAVS0 array . ... One of these is the Square Kilometre Array telescope . ... STFC has as well announced today a contribution of бе165 million to theб European Spallation Source and бе25 millionб to participate in the M3 Space Mission (PLATO).б  Speaking ahead of an event at Jodrell Bank Observatory Science Minister David Willetts announced the funding for the two projects. ...

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... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. August 18, 1999 . Sun Block . ... Explanation: During a total solar eclipse, Earth's moon blocks the sun - almost exactly. While the sun is about 400 times wider than the moon, it is also about 400 times farther away and each appears to be half a degree or so in diameter. ... Tomorrow's picture: Light From The Dark Sun . ... About APOD > . ...

... The 2010 National Archaeology Days will be celebrated during the nearest weekend, 19/20th June, to the summer solstice when there will be a wide range of activities hosted by many different organizations taking place at historical sites and monuments across Northern Ireland. ... The Armagh Observatory is making two contributions. First, on the morning of Saturday June 19th, Professor Mark Bailey (Director) will conduct a guided tour of the Armagh Observatory, a grade A listed building. ...

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Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Space Flight . ... January . ... By admin January 3, 2011 Posted in: Armagh Planetarium . ... Hosted by Professor Brian Cox (science advisor to the movie тАЬ Sunshine тАЭ, but we wonтАЩt hold that against him) and comedian Dara O Briain (who trained as a physicist), BBC Stargazing Live will include live observing featuring epic images from observatories around the globe on 3 ? ... Tweets that mention BBC Stargazing Live at Armagh Planetarium | ...

... Gauging the impact of executing science program across different COS/FUV lifetime positions . ... Changing Programs & Resolving Problems . ... The first such move occurred on 23 July 2012, when the COS FUV spectrum was moved to the COS FUV Lifetime Position 2 (LP2). ... It now appears that the move to COS/FUV Lifetime Position 3 will not occur until early 2015, and so a substantial fraction of Cycle 22 observationsare likely to occur at the COS FUV lifetime position 2, prior to the change. ...

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... He made observations of a supernova (literally: nova= "new star") in 1572 (we now know that a supernova is an exploding star, not a new star). ... Brahe's meticulous observations showed that the supernova did not change positions with respect to the other stars (no parallax). ... This was early evidence against the immutable nature of the heavens, although Brahe did not interpret the absence of parallax for stars correctly, as we discuss below. Brahe made careful observations of a comet in 1577. ...

Since 1994, the Astronomical Society of the Pacific's (ASP) highly successful national Project ASTRO? program has been providing opportunities for professional and amateur astronomers to contribute to science education in their local communities. ... The original "classic" Project ASTRO educator-astronomer partners found tremendous interest in what they were doing among the families of their students, and thus Family ASTRO was born to continue at home what was begun in the classroom. ...

Weaving together Astronomy+Statistics+Computer Science+Engineering+Intrumentation, far beyond the growing borders . ... Archives . ... People . ... To my personal thoughts, the history of astronomy is more interesting than the history of statistics. ... Quintessential Contributions: . ... The contents are only spanned about 100 years and there are great chances that my mind still favors the history of astronomy over the history of statistics. ... Comment ( RSS ) | ... Entries RSS . ... Chandra Blog . ...

... Henry Draper, a doctor by trade, was a prominent American amateur scientist and an early pioneer of astronomical photography. ... Aside from the star catalog bearing his name, Henry Draper is best known for obtaining the first photograph of an astronomical nebula, recording the Great Nebula of Orion on the night of September 30, 1880. ... Draper, Henry", by Charles A. Whitney, 1971, in the Dictionary of Scientific Biography , ed. Charles Coulston Gillispie (New York: Scribner), v. 4, p. 178 . ...

GTK+ 2.0 Tutorial . Prev . Next . This document, like so much other great software out there, was created for free by volunteers. If you are at all knowledgeable about any aspect of GTK that does not already have documentation, please consider contributing to this document. If you do decide to contribute, please mail your text to Tony Gale, gale@gtk.org . Also, be aware that the entirety of this document is free, and any addition by you provide must also be free. ...

... I currently contribute for the blog Astrobitos (Astrobites en espanol), and previously I contributed to the original, english version Astrobites . You can check out my posts in spanish , and in english . When I visit observatories around the world, I share my experiences on my blog called The Observing(b)Log. ... I maintain a personal blog about my experiences living here in 2008, 2012-13, and 2015-now. Copyright 2015 Adele Plunkett. ...

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... We can investigate projection of this distribution onto the celestial sphere in two ways: in terms of lines of constant SN frequencies per one square degree for all galaxies from the sample (Figure 36 ), and in terms of constant GW amplitudes at a given SN frequency per square degree (Figure 44 ). ... Figure 45: The sky distribution of the total supernova frequency from nearby galaxies in terms of lines of equal frequencies per square degree. ...

... A. M. Neminsky, D. V. Shovkun, and O. T. Vyaselev . ... Received 18 January 1996 . The temperature dependence of ac susceptibility chi ( T ) has been measured at different values of dc magnetic field for Rb 3 C 60 fine powder. ... The chi ( T ) measurements at different dc magnetic fields allow us to distinguish between these two contributions and to obtain precisely the temperature dependence of the London penetration depth lambda ( T ). ...

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