... 2008 December 2 . International Space Station: Find the Astronaut . Credit: STS-126 Shuttle Crew , NASA . Explanation: Where's the astronaut? Somewhere in this impressive array of International Space Station (ISS) hardware, astronaut Steve Bowen can be found upgrading and cleaning key parts of Earth's most prominent orbital outpost. ... The next space shuttle flight is scheduled for 2009 February, when Discovery will deliver elements to further expand the ISS . ... About APOD | ...

... Major news, from Terry Moseley: "Irish amateur astronomer Dave McDonald has just discovered an asteroid - the first one to be discovered in Ireland for 160 years! ... He said to me afterwards "Now I'll just have to discover one myself!" ... The only other asteroid ever discovered in Ireland was 9 Metis, by Andrew Graham at Markree Observatory in Co Sligo, on 25 April 1848. ... International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node . ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . Welcome to the International Year of Astronomy . ... Credit: IYA2009 , IAU , UNESCO Explanation: Astronomers all over planet Earth invite you to experience the night sky as part of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 . This year was picked by the International Astronomical Union and the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization because it occurs 400 years after Galileo turned one of the first telescopes toward the heavens. ...

... September 9, 1999 . Comet Hale-Bopp Over the Superstition Mountains . ... Explanation: Four years ago, Comet Hale-Bopp was discovered out near Jupiter falling toward the inner Solar System . ... Above, Comet Hale-Bopp was photographed in 1997 behind the Superstition Mountains in Arizona . Clearly visible are the comets white dust tail that shines by reflected sunlight, and the blue ion tail that shines by glowing gas. ... About APOD > . ...

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The aim of Ulyanovsk International School-Seminar ( UISS-97 ) is twofold. First, to bring together cosmologists from different countries to discuss the most exciting theoretical problems of the Universe with Russian gravitational and cosmological groups. ... Program of UISS-97 . ... Location of UISS-97 . ... Scientific Secretary of the School-Seminar : . ... 432700, Ulyanovsk, Russia . ... President of Russian Gravitational Society, Professor V.N. Melnikov . ... RUSSIAN GRAVITATIONAL SOCIETY . ...

... 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. ...

home publications > mercury . SEARCH ASP SITE: Match ALL words Match ANY word . ... ASP Conference Series . ... Steering by Different Stars? Astronomers and the Dark-Sky Movement . ... Photo courtesy of the International Dark-Sky Association. by Susan McGowan . ... According to Arthur Upgren, senior research scientist at Yale University and emeritus professor of astronomy at Wesleyan University, only 17% of ASP members were also members of the International Dark-Sky Association in 2001. ...

... Observing . ... Solar Observing . ... April 3 (SUN) - Solar Observing, Central Park , Manhattan . ... APRIL'S SKY . ... Lecture Series at the American Museum of Natural History The Amateur Astronomers Association is proud to present an astronomy lecture series from October through May each year for our members and the .. ... The€аAmateur Astronomers Association of New York€аwas organized in 1927 to promote the study of Astronomy, emphasizing its cultural and inspirational value. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Planets . ... Space Flight . ... Posted on March 26, 2013 | 4 Comments Many of us may recall captivating images of an enormous glass and steel superstructure making the headlines in the 90тАЩs, along with the tale of eight human test subjects who [ ] . Continue Reading.. ... Posted on May 1, 2012 | ... Posted on February 24, 2012 | ... 10 Comments Where does space begin? ... Posted on January 17, 2012 | ... Part of [ ] . ...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration . ... Jeffrey N. Williams (COLONEL, U.S. ARMY, RETIRED) . ... Williams has served in the Extra-Vehicular Activity (EVA), Space Station, and Soyuz Branches of the Astronaut Office, led the development of a space shuttle cockpit upgrade, and completed temporary assignments at Marshall Space Flight Center supporting the test and evaluation of the International Space Station Laboratory Module and at NASA Headquarters in support of legislative affairs. ...

... You have to get this fractious bunch of ego-maniacs to come to a consensus on which new facilities should be funded, to advance our knowledge of galaxy formation and evolution. ... They will also have some particular science questions that appeal to them, and some special expertise in particular areas of high redshift research. ... You could let people vote at the end, but not for their own project. You might try and force the different groups to join in consortia to propose particular shortlists. ...

The Special Astrophysical Observatory of Russian Academy of Sciences is one of the leading center of stellar magnetism study. ... Our observatory every 3-5 years holds an International Conference "Magnetic Stars" during past 30 years. ... The conference proceedings were published in book "Stellar Magnetism", Editors-in-chief Yu.V. Glagolevskij and I.I. Romanyuk (Saint Petersburg, Nauka, 1992), 270 pages. ... Conferences . History . ... Laboratory for the Stellar Magnetism Study of SAO of the RAS . ...

Top] [Prev] [Next] . In order to discover and determine some characteristics of extra-solar earth-like planets, J. R. P. Angel has defined several spacecraft experiments (labelled Oases 1 and 2). We have examined some aspects of these experiments and believe at least one, and possibly two, significant improvements could be made economically. The paper briefly discusses several features of redundant coronagraphs, and indicates one way that they might be incorporated into flight apparatus. ...

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Supernova 2009js in NGC 918 . This page is devoted to information on Supernova 2009js in NGC 918 . Basic information on this SN, including the last reported brightness, on this Supernova can be found on the main page . Information on the original web pages for many of these images can be found on the updates and links web pages. Discovered independently by Lick Observatory Supernova Search (USA) and Koichi Itagaki (Japan). ... 2009/10/11.44 . 17.2 . ... Joseph Brimacombe . ...

... Master . Master net Homepage . ... Ten years ago it was realized that robotic observatories boost the capabilities of astronomical observations of non-stationary and short-lived phenomena in the Universe. ... The first Russian robot-telescope MASTER was developed in 2002 and installed nearby Moscow. ... OAO MO "Optica" has mastered the production of such systems. The workshop is devoted to the results achieved by MASTER-net, that recently stretch over the globe from Blagoveshensk to Argentina. ...

... The remote planet Pluto and its moon Charon orbit the Sun at a mean distance of almost 6,000 million kilometres, or nearly fourty times farther out than the Earth. During a recent investigation by an international group of astronomers [1], the best picture ever of Pluto and Charon [2] was secured with the European Space Agency's Faint Object Camera at the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). ... The new HST image was taken when Charon was near its maximum elongation from Pluto (0.9 arcseconds). ...

... Subject: G.08 How are stars named? Can I name/buy one? ... The Supernova of 1987 (Supernova 1987A), one of the major astronomical events of this century, was identified with the star named SK -69 202 in the very specialized catalog, the _Deep Objective Prism Survey of the Large Magellanic Cloud_, published by the Warner and Swasey Observatory. These procedures and catalogs accepted by the International Astronomical Union are the only means by which stars receive long-lasting names. ...