... 2001 February 10 . Aurora Astern . Credit: STS-68 Crew , NASA . Explanation: Sailing upside down, 115 nautical miles above Earth, the crew of the Space Shuttle Endeavour made this spectacular time exposure of the southern aurora (aurora australis) in October of 1994. ... They are typically visible from the Earth's surface at high latitudes and are triggered by high energy particles from the Sun . ... Star trails are the short streaks above Earth's horizon. ... About APOD | ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2000 February 28 . The Sombrero Galaxy from VLT . ... FORS1 , VLT ANTU , ESO . ... Reasons include the Sombrero 's unusually large and extended central bulge of stars, and dark prominent dust lanes that appear in a disk that we see nearly edge-on. Billions of old stars cause the diffuse glow of the extended central bulge. ... About APOD | ...

Supernova 2000cl in NGC 3318 This page is devoted to information on Supernova 2000cl in NGC 3318 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 Supernova links web page. ... Robin Chassagne's Supernova in NGC 3318 web page in French [ Translate ] . ... Robin Chassagne image . ... and Lidman image . ... vsnet-alert 4896 ] SN 2000cl in NGC 3318 . ...

European Astronomical Society(EAS): NEWS Dear Colleagues, Please find enclosed some information of interest. ... We would also like to remind you that the time is appropriate to renew your membership for 2006 (see our Web page for procedures). ... And do'nt forget that, in between messages, the latest news can always be found on our Web page: http://www.iap.fr/eas/index.html With kind regards, Michel Dennefeld ************************************************************ Content 1. ...

... E.V. Kazarovets, N.N . Samus , O.V. Durlevich, S.V. Antipin, M.S. Frolov, N.N . Kireeva, E.N. Pastukhova Institute of Astronomy of Russian Academy of Sciences and Sternberg State Astronomical Institute of ... the Moscow State University ================================================================================ The 74th Special Name-list of Variable Stars , A.V. Kazarovets, N.N . Samus , O.V. Durlevich, S.V. Antipin, M.S.,Frolov, ... 3323 Samus, N.N., IBVS, 1997, No. ...

... Отмеченная наградами АстроТоп-а . ... 1) К участию в конкурсе допускаются все российские сайты на тему астрономии и космонавтики, и все русскоязычные сайты за пределами России. ... II) Сайт года . ... Победитель: Астронет - http://www.astronet.ru/ : подано голосов экспертов - 109 (всего - 129) . ... 3-е место разделили: Астрономия и Телескопостроение - http://www.astronomer.ru/ и Лента новостей космонавтики от Железнякова - http://www.cosmoworld.ru/spaceencyclopedia/hotnews/ : подано по 37 голосов; ...

... Here is a brief outline of the current theory of the events in the early history of the solar system: . A cloud of interstellar gas and/or dust (the "solar nebula") is disturbed and collapses under its own gravity. ... The gas cools off enough for the metal, rock and (far enough from the forming star) ice to condense out into tiny particles. (i.e. some of the gas turns back into dust). ... Once the larger of these particles get big enough to have a nontrivial gravity, their growth accelerates. ...