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Discover the cosmos! ... December 6, 1999 . M83: The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy from VLT . ... Explanation: M83 is one of the closest and brightest spiral galaxies on the sky. Visible with binoculars in the constellation of Hydra , majestic spiral arms have prompted its nickname as the Southern Pinwheel. Although discovered 250 years ago, only in this century was it appreciated that M83 was not a gas cloud but a barred spiral galaxy much like our own Milky Way Galaxy . ... About APOD > . ...

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... Armagh Planetarium . ... Universe . ... Space Flight . ... December . ... No Comments To get the latest on space and astronomy go to Carnival of Space. ... No Comments Carnival of Space, the regular and vital guide to space and astronomy blogs is hosted by a different site every week. ... Newer Entries . Hello, IтАЩm Colin, welcoming you to Astronotes, the PlanetariumтАЩs official blog. Here you will find the latest news and views from the fascinating worlds of astronomy and space exploration. ...

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The "ring of fire" seen by satellite cameras around the polar caps (picture below) is probably created by electrons leaking from the tail's plasma sheet, whose magnetic field lines form a somewhat imperfect trap. ... One possible explanation involves the close association between auroral arcs and electric currents which flow along field lines between the ionosphere and distant space ( Birkeland currents ). ... That produces an extra resistance to the flow of current. ...

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... The expansion is measured as a number called the Hubble Constant . ... Our value is about 20% lower than the one got with the Hubble Space Telescope in 1994," said Dr Jim Lovell, leader of the team that made the measurement. The Hubble Constant is named after American astronomer Edwin Hubble, who in the 1920s found that other galaxies were moving away from ours. ... The Hubble Constant links the galaxy's distance with its speed." ... A short run-down on the Hubble Constant: . ...

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... Gamma Ray Earth . ... The pixelated planet above is actually our own planet Earth seen in gamma rays - the most energetic form of light. ... In visual appearance, M74 is a nearly perfect face-on spiral galaxy, about 30 million light-years away toward the constellation Pisces. ... A Tether in Space . ... The strange answer leads astronomers to conclude that the nucleus of the surrounding galaxy is not even visible in this image. ... Composite Crab . ... Huygens Discovers Luna Saturni . ...

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... Archive for December 2009 . ... Posted by hlee . ... Category: Algorithms , arXiv , Cross-Cultural , Jargon , Methods , Quotes , Stat , Uncertainty | Comment . ... Category: arXiv , Astro , Stat | ... Comments RSS . ... 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 . ...

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Communications For Your Astronomy Event . Articles | ... John Huggins, December 19, 2005 . ... Citizens Band Radio - The original . Multi-Use Radio Service . Family Radio Service (FRS) . General Mobile Radio Service . Hybrid Radios . Amateur Radio Service . ... Does your event need communications? ... www.astronomy.net . About Astronomy Net | Advertise on Astronomy Net | ... dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . are trademarks of John Huggins ...

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... I fixed the bugs that caused the map_point changes to fail tests. Then I removed the no longer needed dimensional variables from the p structure and got those changes to pass all the tests. ... I put the code under subversion control in a new branch called refactor. ... The code change which processes each drizzle kernel over an entire image rather than a line at a time now passes the unit tests and was checked in. ... I got the keywords argument changes done and got the tests to pass. ...

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Dr John Butler making adjustments to the recently restored . Calver 18-inch telescope at the Armagh Observatory. The International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center recently named an asteroid after Armagh astronomer, Dr John Butler. ... Christopher John Butler (b. 1940) has worked on cool stars, the effects of solar variability on climate, and preserving Armagh Observatory's scientific heritage for future generations. ... John Butler was born in Cambridgeshire. ...

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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 . ...

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration . ... Carl E. Walz (Colonel, USAF, Ret.) NASA ASTRONAUT (FORMER) . ... NASA EXPERIENCE: Selected by NASA in January 1990, Walz is a veteran of four space flights, and has logged a total of 231 days in space. He was a mission specialist on STS-51 (1993), was the Orbiter flight engineer (MS-2) on STS-65 (1994), was a mission specialist on STS-79 (1996), and served 196 days in space as flight engineer (FE-1) on ISS Expedition-Four (2001-2002). ...

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