... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2007 October 26 . Comet Holmes in Outburst . ... Explanation: Comet 17P/Holmes stunned comet watchers across planet Earth earlier this week. ... Recorded on that date, this view from Tehran, Iran highlights the comet's (enhanced and circled) dramatic new visibility in urban skies. ... About APOD | ... A service of: ASD at NASA / GSFC . ...

... October 2, 1999 . Phi Persei: Double Star . ... Based on recent results , this artist's vision of the double star Phi Persei , 720 light years away, shows a bright, rapidly rotating massive star surrounded by a disk of gas. A small companion star orbits 100 million miles away. ... Ten million years ago the small companion was actually the most massive star in the system and because of its greater mass evolved into a giant star more quickly. ... About APOD > . ...

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 . ...

АСТРОКУРЬЕР: "Конференции и школы 2013 года " . Maui International Double Star Conference" February 8-10 2013 Held at University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy, Maui. Восьмая всероссийская конференция «Фундаментальные и прикладные проблемы современной механики» 22 –26 апреля 2013, Томск. European Week of Astronomy and Space Science (EWASS). ... Всероссийская конференция по математике и механике с международным участием. в Томске с 02 по 04 октября 2013 года. ...

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