... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2002 November 4 . Cassini Approaches Saturn . Credit: Cassini Imaging Team , SWRI , JPL , ESA , NASA . Explanation: Cassini, a robot spacecraft launched in 1997 by NASA , is close enough now to resolve many rings and moons of its destination planet: Saturn . ... About APOD | ... NASA Technical Rep.: ... NASA SEU Edu. ...
... Education . ... AAA Fall Astronomy Class: Astronomy Basics October-November 2015 . ... This Month's Sky . ... This Month's Sky - 2015 . This Month's Sky - January 2015 . This Month's Sky - February 2015 . ... Beyond New York City . ... Observing Resources for Amateur Astronomers - Part 1: Beginning Observers . ... A History of the First Forty Years of the Amateur Astronomers Association . ... 2016 Amateur Astronomers Association of New York Designed by Press Customizr Powered by . ...
... November 30, 1999 . Henize 70: A SuperBubble In The LMC . ... Explanation: Massive stars -- upwards of tens of times the mass of the Sun - profoundly affect their galactic environment. ... It is actually a luminous "superbubble" of interstellar gas about 300 light-years in diameter, blown by winds from hot, massive stars and supernova explosions , its interior filled with tenuous hot expanding gas. ... About APOD > . ...
Astronomy Discussion Forums . ... Atm Astrophotography Blackholes Blackholes2 CCD Celestron Domes 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 . ...
... ME AND MY SCHOOL . SOURCES . THE CHART OF THE DIFFERENCES IN THE SPELLING OF SOME WORDS CONNECTED WITH SCHOOL AND EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN BRITAIN AMERICA. ... , . ... (ME AND MY SCHOOL), . ... (AMERICAN ENGLISH) (BRITISH ENGLISH)-THE CHART . ...
... If you would like to join the network without charge or obligation, you can: (a) print out the survey from ASP 's website and fill it out (URL is http://www.astrosociety.org/ education /survey.html ); (b) fax a request for the college instructor survey to (415) 337.5205; (c) send an email request, including your postal mailing address , to Andrew Fraknoi at fraknoiandrew {at} fhda.edu; or (d) mail a request, again including your mailing address , to College Survey, ...
... In addition to its primary research role, the Armagh Observatory has an important secondary responsibility (a) to maintain and preserve the fabric of the historic buildings, the library, historic books and archives, and the collection of scientific instruments and other artefacts built up over more than two hundred years of continuous astronomical activity in Armagh, and (b) to advance public understanding of science, and of astronomy in particular. ... 2004 Robinson Lectures, 25-26 November 2004 . ...
For Astronomers : Finding a Partner Teacher . ... About amateur astronomers . Because Project ASTRO encourages both amateur and professional astronomers to visit schools, there are several avenues to pursue to find a partner astronomer. ... Contact local astronomy clubs . Many amateur astronomers belong to local astronomy clubs. ... To find amateur astronomy clubs in your area, contact your local planetarium, community college astronomy department, or a local telescope store. ...
... Open here the home page of a Spanish translation "La Exploraci n de la Magnetosfera Terrestre" , by J. M ndez of Algorta, Spain. Open here the home page of a French translation L'Exploration de la Magn tosph re Terrestre , by Kamil Fadel and Marielle Verg s of Paris, France. ... Both home pages list translated files in bold face . ... This is the home page of an overview of space research on the Earth's environment in space. ... A Teacher's Introduction to the Earth's Magnetosphere . ...
... Bad Astronomy . ... Mad Science . ... Site Info . ... Public Talks . ... Keep Bad Astronomy close to your heart, and help make me filthy rich. ... Who is this guy who calls himself "The Bad Astronomer?" ... First, yes, I am a real live astronomer (when people ask me what astronomers do, I tell them "They astronom !" ... These are emitted by powerful objects like black holes, exploding stars, and super-dense neutrons stars. ... Finally, am I really a bad astronomer? ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...
... HST . ... Data . ... HST Overview . ... Phase I Proposing . ... COS Data Handbook . ... November 2010 +--------------------------------------------------------+ In this Newsletter we provide information on the corrected STIS NUV TDS file and the COS FUV gain sag. ... Procedures for monitoring STIS time dependent sensitivity changes and for producing and testing these reference files have now been significantly revised to better ensure that final calibrated data products are scientifically correct. ...
Educational program of the project is intended for training of specialists in different fields of space physics, astronomy and the Earth sciences. ... Special space-physics lab exercises are intended for the students of the senior courses of the Institutions, specialized in the field of space engineering and space physics. Its main task is to teach them some methods of satellites scientific and engineering data processing. ...
... Michael E. Lopez-Alegria (Captain, USN, RET.) ... After his second mission, he led the International Space Station (ISS) Operations branch of the Astronaut Office. ... In October 2014 Lopez-Alegria became an independent consultant; he is based in Washington, D.C. SPACE FLIGHT EXPERIENCE: Mission Specialist (MS)-2, STS-73 Columbia (October 20 to November 5, 1995). ... The primary mission objective was delivery of the Expedition 6 crew to the ISS and the return of the Expedition 5 crew to Earth. ...
... 2015 - 2016 . ... Eugene Higgins Professor of Astrophysics, Princeton University . ... December 8, 2015 . ... November 10, 2015 . ... University of the Sciences in Philadelphia author . ... Amateur Astronomer . ... 2014 - 2015 . ... June 9, 2015 . ... Digital Planetarium and the 2012 Transit of Venus from Hawaii . 2013 - 2014 . ... International Occultation Timing Association . ... 2012 - 2013 . ... 2011 - 2012 . ... Princeton University . ... Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton, Inc., ...
The 11 th Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad (November 2015) : . ... Only students did not participated at the IAO-2015 may participate in the APAO-2015 (that is a student may participate in the 20 th IAO or in the 11 th APAO but not in both of these Olympiads). ... National representation quota at APAO-2015 is (up to) 8 students and 2 team leaders (the same number is at the Asian Physics Olympiad): not more than 4 participants for the group Alpha, not more than 4 participants for the group Beta. ...
... PhD Yale University, Astronomy, 2015 . ... MS, MPhil Yale University, Astronomy, 2011 . ... Plunkett, Adele L. ; Arce, Hctor G.; Corder, Stuartt A.; Dunham, Michael M.; Mardones, Diego; Garay, Guido 2014, ApJ, 803, 22, Assessing molecular outflows and turbulence in the protostellar cluster Serpens South . ... Department of Astronomy Seminar, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile April 2013 . ... Yale-University of Chile Meeting, New Haven, CT December 2011 . ...