... 2001 September 9 . NGC 3293: A Bright Young Open Cluster . ... Explanation: Hot blue stars shine brightly in this beautiful, recently formed galactic or "open" star cluster . Open cluster NGC 3293 is located in the constellation Carina , lies at a distance of about 8000 light years , and has a particularly high abundance of these young bright stars. ... If true, star formation in this open cluster took at least 15 million years. ... About APOD | ...

... September 5, 1998 . The Pulsar Powered Crab . Credit: J. Hester and P. Scowen ( ASU ), NASA . ... Using a stunning series of visible light images taken with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) , astronomers have discovered spectacular pulsar powered motions within the Crab nebula. Highlights of this HST Crab "movie" show wisps of material moving away from the pulsar at half the speed of light, a scintillating halo, and an intense knot of emission dancing, sprite-like, above the pulsar's pole. ...

... Credit Copyright: Howard Edin ( Oklahoma City Astronomy Club ) Explanation: On September 30, a spectacular bolide or fireball meteor surprised a group of amateur astronomers enjoying dark night skies over the Oklahoma panhandle's Black Mesa State Park in the Midwestern US. ... While no ground-based sightings of the fireball seem to have been reported, this first ever impact prediction was confirmed by at least some detections of an air burst and bright flash on October 7th over northern Sudan . ...

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Astronomy Articles . Articles | ... Moon | ... Astronomy Binoculars - The Skies The Limit - by Scott Gray, September 2006 . ... Astronomy Terms - To Help You Study The Universe - by Scott Gray, October 2006 . ... Himalia is the only moon other than Europa, Ganymeade, Callisto and IO visible with small telescopes. ... The Harvest Moon refers to the Full Moon that comes closest to the autumnal equinox, or the first day of autumn. ... Think the study of stars is best left to professional astronomers? ...

... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... Armagh Observatory reports that, if skies are clear on the night of 27/28 September, skywatchers will witness a rare total eclipse of the Moon during the early hours of Monday 28th. ... As the eclipse progresses from penumbral to partial phase, and then towards totality, it is interesting to observe how the dark shadow of the Earth slowly encroaches on the Full Moon until the Moon is nearly completely obscured. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Armagh Planetarium . Colin Johnston . ... Space Flight . ... Monthly Sky Notes . ... September . ... By admin September 24, 2012 Posted in: Comets and Asteroids . Space debris on a one-way trip.( Image credit:Colin Campbell) . Here is how Colin describes how he captured this remarkable image: . ... It really was quite stunning, like a slow moving firework. ... Posted September 25, 2012 at 3:23 PM . ... Fireball of 21 September 2012 | ...

... Home Education Workshops at Adorama Astro Imaging Workshop: Deep Sky Astro Imaging with a DSLR ? September 14, 2014 . ... Astro Answers . ... 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 . ... Presented by?а Adorama ?аFor the Amateur Astronomers Association of New York . ... 2016 Amateur Astronomers Association of New York Designed by Press Customizr Powered by . ...

... Archive for September 2009 . ... Posted by hlee . ... Category: Algorithms , arXiv , Cross-Cultural , Data Processing , Imaging , Jargon | ... A number of practical Bayesian data analysis books are available these days. ... Algorithms arXiv Astro Bad AstroStat Bayesian CHASC Cross-Cultural Data Processing Fitting Frequentist Galaxies gamma-ray High-Energy Imaging Jargon Job Languages MC MCMC Meta Methods Misc News Nuggets Objects Optical Physics Quotes Spectral Stars Stat Timing Uncertainty X-ray . ...

Proceedings of the XXVIIth Young European Radio Astronomers Conference (YERAC). Go to: Participants , Group Photograph , Preface , Acknowledgements , Contributions . ... Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory , Cavendish Laboratory , University of Cambridge , UNITED KINGDOM . ... Group Photograph . ... Acknowledgements . Contributions . ...

Once students get the hang of it, they can find and measure the brightness of Delta Cephei in a few minutes. ... of Delta Cephei . ... Oct. ... The following table lists the measurements of Delta Cephei made by one amateur astronomer in autumn 1990. ... 4.0 . ... This activity is a simplified version of one that appeared in Hands-On Astrophysics, a series of activities prepared by the American Association of Variable Star Observers with support from the National Science Foundation. << previous page | ...

... Main . ... Pulsar Emission Mechanisms . ... Distinguished Visitor . PPTA algorithm development . ... Flux variations of PPTA pulsars . Carolyn Raithel (Carleton College) . ... Pulsar Wind Nebluae . ... Nov 1, 2010 - Jan 31, 2011 . ... June 23 - Aug 9, 2010 . ... Dec 8 - 17, 2009 . ... Dec 13 - 23, 2006 . ... Dec 3, 2006 - Jan 5, 2007 . ... Aug 10 - Dec 7, 2006 . ... June 29, 2006 - June 15, 2007 . ... May 15 - June 26, 2006 . ... Dec 31, 2005 - Feb 1, 2006 . ... Group . ... Pulsar Groups . ...

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... The Pleiades star cluster, also known as the Seven Sisters and Messier 45, is a conspicuous object in the night sky with a prominent place in ancient mythology . ... The stars in the Pleiades are thought to have formed together around 100 million years ago, making them 1/50th the age of our sun, and they lie some 130 parsecs (425 light years ) away. ... Data for these stars are listed in a table below. ... Yes . ... WEBDA Pleiades cluster data . ... M45: The Pleiades Star Cluster (2007 November 18) ...

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... Science . ... Science Users Information > Data Handling and Products > Data Reduction FAQ > How can I run the pipeline when there are no bright objects in the individual image? ... Observing with ESO Telescopes . ... The default use of the visir_img_combine recipe of the VISIR pipeline is with the "ref" option set to false. ... The VISIR pipeline will create the combination of the nodded images using the ESO SEQ CUMOFFSETX and ESO SEQ CUMOFFSETY offset information in the fits file headers. ...

Definitions of Magnitudes and Surface Brightness 1 The magnitude system 1.1 Apparent magnitude Astronomers are stuck with the antiquated old system of magnitudes and so a clear explanation of what this system is and how it relates to more sensible units is important. ... 1.2 Absolute magnitude Absolute magnitude is a logarithmic luminosity scale. ... One usually goes by the round about process of referring to the absolute magnitude of the sun. ... Magnitudes and surface brightness 6/6 ...

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