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Nova in Scutum
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A magnitude 8.5 nova was discovered by H. Nishimura (Japan) on the 9th November, 2009, in the constellation Scutum. Position (2000): RA = 18 43 45.57, Dec= -07 36 42.0
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Supernova 2009ig
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A magnitude 13.3, type Ia supernova, 2009ig, was discovered on the 20th August, 2009 by the Lick Observatory Supernova Search in the spiral galaxy NGC 1015 in the constellation Cetus. The supernova is located 0.6" east and 22" north from the center of the galaxy. Position (2000): RA = 02...
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Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Australian National University have found new evidence that environmental conditions on early Earth, within 200 million years of solar system formation, were characterized by liquid-water oceans and continental crust similar to those of...
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Common-envelope events
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Title: Identification of the Long-Sought Common-Envelope Events Authors: N. Ivanova, S. Justham, J. L. Avendano Nandez, J. C. Lombardi Jr Common-envelope events (CEEs), during which two stars temporarily orbit within a shared envelope, are believed to be vital for the formation of a wide range...
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J-PAS survey
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Title: JPCam: A 1.2Gpixel camera for the J-PAS survey Authors: K. Taylor, A. Marin-Franch, R. Laporte, F. G. Santoro, L. Marrara, J. Cepa, A. J. Cenarro, S. Chueca, D. Cristobal-Hornillos, A. Ederoclite, N. Gruel, M. Moles, F. Rueda, S. Rueda, J. Varela, A. Yanes, N. Benitez, R. Dupke, A. Fernandez...
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There are concerns the visitors' centre at Coonabarabran's Siding Springs Observatory will close at the end of the month. The Australian National University's (ANU) Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics is withdrawing from the centre and had planned to call for expressions of interest...
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Planet Four
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We're asking everyone to help us find 'fans' on the Martian surface. Your classifications on this site will enable researchers to better understand the climate and surface of Mars. The images you see here are taken using a high-resolution camera in orbit around the Red Planet. We collect together e...
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Mars Polar Lander crash site
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Tentative identification of the Mars Polar Lander crash site: Shortly after the loss of Mars Polar Lander, after a NASA software blunder, the Mars Global Surveyor MOC was employed to acquire dozens of 1.5 m/pixel images of the landing zone ellipses. It looked for any evidence of the lander and its fa...
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Extreme Polarimeter
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Imaging Polarimetry of Circumstellar Environments with ExPo A team of Dutch astronomers designed and built the innovative imaging polarimeter ExPo (the Extreme Polarimeter), which is a regular visitor instrument at the William Herschel Telescope (WHT). ExPo was designed and built at Utrecht...
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Scientists are studying a strange explosion that appeared on February 18, 2006, about 440 million light years away in the constellation Aries.
The "before" image on the left is from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.
The "after" image on the right is from NASA Swift's Ultraviolet/Optical Telesc...
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Spacesuits
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Astronauts of the future will swap their heavy, cumbersome spacesuits for skin-tight "Barbarella-style" outfits. Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are developing a new generation of light, flexible spacesuits, which they hope will be ready for use in t...
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K-band Multi-Object Spectrograph
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Super-chilled robot ready to slice and dice The K-band Multi-Object Spectrograph (KMOS) is to be fitted to the Very Large Telescope at the Paranal Observatory in Chile. It will study light that's been travelling through space for more than 13 billion years. Its quest will be to identify the first ob...
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2MASS Tully-Fisher Survey
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Title: The 2MASS Tully-Fisher Survey : Mapping the Mass in the Universe Authors: T. Hong, L. Staveley-Smith, K. Masters, C. Springob, L. Macri, B. Koribalski, H. Jones, T. Jarrett The 2MASS Tully-Fisher Survey (2MTF) aims to measure Tully-Fisher (TF) distances for all bright inclined spirals in...
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M-sigma relation
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Title: Exploring the unusually high black hole-to-bulge mass ratios in NGC4342 and NGC4291: the asynchronous growth of bulges and black holes Authors: Akos Bogdan (1), William R. Forman (1), Irina Zhuravleva (2), J. Christopher Mihos (3), Ralph P. Kraft (1), Paul Harding (3), Qi Guo (4,5), Zhiyu...
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Carl Sagan Fellows
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NASA's Carl Sagan Fellows to Study Extraterrestrial Worlds NASA announced Wednesday the new Carl Sagan Postdoctoral Fellowships in Exoplanet Exploration, created to inspire the next generation of explorers seeking to learn more about planets, and possibly life, around other stars. Planets b...
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