... 2016 February 23 . A Supernova through Galaxy Dust . Image Credit: NASA , ESA , and the Hubble Heritage ( STScI / AURA ); . Inset Image: Howard Hedlund Dave Jurasevich , Las Campanas Obs. Explanation: Telescopes around the world are tracking a bright supernova that occurred in a nearby dusty galaxy. ... Cen A is featured here in a high-resolution archival Hubble Space Telescope image, with an inset image featuring the supernova taken from the ground only two days after discovery. ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. February 9, 1999 . A Supernova Star-Field . Credit: Hubble Heritage Team ( AURA / STScI / NASA ) . Explanation: Bright stars don't last forever. ... The above picture is a composite of recent images taken over several years. The explosion originated from a bright massive star that ran out of nuclear fuel . ... About APOD > . ...

... Notre Dame), SINS Collaboration, NASA Explanation: In February of 1987, astronomers witnessed the brightest supernova of modern times - supernova 1987A in the Large Magellanic Cloud . ... After fading over the intervening years, the interior ring has just been seen to sprout four new hotspots, as illustrated in these two versions of a Hubble Space Telescope image recorded on February 2nd. ... February . ... SN 2005ap: The Brightest Supernova Yet Found . ... The Mysterious Rings of Supernova 1987A . ...

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... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Hey, it's either this or one of those really irritating PayPal donation buttons here. ... I have always loved supernovae, stars that explode. ... Late in the evening of February 23 rd /24 th * , 1987, an astronomer named Ian Shelton was taking images of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. ... Shortly thereafter, Ian Shelton developed the plates he had been taking of the LMC and immediately saw the new star. ...

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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... HST . ... Cycle 24 Announcement . ... HST Overview . ... Astronomer's Proposal Tool . ... NASA and The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) are pleased to announce the Cycle 24 Call for Proposals for Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Observations and funding for Archival Research and Theoretical Research programs. ... The Astronomer's Proposal Tools (APT), which is required for Phase I Proposal Submission will be made available/released for Cycle 24 Phase I use during the 2nd week of February 2016. ...

In this gallery are many images of Low Surface Brightness Galaxies which have recently been discovered and analyzed. ... The central surface brightness of this galaxy is 24.28 . Malin 2 This galaxy is another huge disk galaxy with a scale length of 15 kpc and a redshift of 15000 km/a. The high surface brightness knot in one of its spiral arms actually has the same color, luminosity and H-alpha equivalent width as the entire Large Magellanic Cloud . ... Truly it is a Low Surface Brightness Galaxy. ...

home publications > mercury . SEARCH ASP SITE: Match ALL words Match ANY word . ... ASP Conference Series . Monograph Publications . IAU Publications . ... Publications of the ASP (PASP) . ... Astronomy Beat . ... Mercury Magazine Contents . ... January/February 2000 . ... A Partner-Approach to Astronomy Education: Project ASTRO the Tucson Way, Ginny Beal (with a brief history of the Project by Andrew Fraknoi) . ... Discover the International Astronomical Union, Johannes Andersen . ...

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... Subject: IAA/QUB Prof Gilmore Lecture, 5 Feb - UPDATE, + other updates & repeats . ... See http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2543190/Did-Milky-Way-form-INSIDE-OUT-Stars-live-fast-die-young-reveal-galaxy-evolved-spinning-disc.html . ... BUT this one got it wrong! http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/messier-82-supernova-rare-explosion-3059510 ѓЉ- the photo shows the galaxy WITHOUT (i.e. before)ѓЉthe Supernova! ... NEW IRISH SCIENCE BLOG: Note this new science blog by Dr Kevin Nolan . ...

15m) Baerbel Koribalski (ATNF) "The HIPASS Bright Galaxy Survey" . ... 15m) Stuart Ryder (AAO) "HIPASS J0731-69: A New Tidal Feature in the NGC 2442 Group" . ... 15m) Meryl Waugh (U.Melbourne) "The Fornax Region: Searching for Clusters in HIPASS" . ... 15m) Martin Zwaan (U.Melbourne) "Constaints on the Space Density of Intragroup HI Clouds" . ... 15m) Lister Staveley-Smith (ATNF) "Mapping the Magellanic Stream" . ... 15m) Joss Bland-Hawthorn (AAO) "HIPASS HI clouds and the metagalactic UV field" . ...

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... Pluto's orbit is also highly inclined -- tilted 17 degrees to the orbital plane of the other planets. ... Ground-based observations indicate that Pluto's surface is covered with methane ice and that there is a thin atmosphere that might freeze and fall to the surface as the planet moves away from the Sun. ... This is the first image-based surface map of the solar system's most remote planet, Pluto. ... This is the first surface map of Charon, the moon of the solar system's most remote planet, Pluto....

2014 May version . ... Green D. A., 2014 , Bulletin of the Astronomical Society of India, 42 , 47-58. ( .pdf , or arXiv.org:1409.0637 ) If you make use of the detailed version of the catalogue, then plaese also cite: . Green D. A., 2014, `A Catalogue of Galactic Supernova Remnants (2014 May version)' , Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, United Kingdom (available at "http://www.mrao.cam.ac.uk/surveys/snrs/" ). ... Copyright D. A. Green 2014. 25872nd access to this version of the catalogue. ...