Title: The Araucaria Project. The Distance to the Sculptor Group Galaxy NGC 55 from a Newly Discovered Abundant Cepheid Population
Authors: G. Pietrzynski, W. Gieren, I. Soszynski, A. Udalski, F. Bresolin, R.-P. Kudritzki, R. Mennickent, A. Walker, A. Garcia, O. Szewczyk, M....
Title: The OGLE View of Microlensing towards the Magellanic Clouds. III. Ruling out sub-solar MACHOs with the OGLE-III LMC data Authors: L. Wyrzykowski, S. Kozlowski, J. Skowron, A. Udalski, M. K. Szymanski, M. Kubiak, G. Pietrzynski, I. Soszynski, O. Szewczyk, K. Ulaczyk, R. Poleski In the thir...
If you are visiting Prague over the summer, then remember to check out the Štefánik Observatory on Petřín Hill which is holding an exhibition on Prague monuments connected to astronomy.
"There are some monuments which are, maybe surprisingly, bound to astronomy or astronomical sym...
Watch for one hour on 28 or 29 January 2012 Big Garden Birdwatch is fun, free, really easy, and only takes an hour. You can do your birdwatch wherever you like - at home, in your local park, or do it as part of a group at one of our events near you. Read more...
Orbital elements: 2011 DX4 Earth MOID = 0.0019 AU Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC M 11.68081 (2000.0) P Q n 0.35302848 Peri. 107.39787 +0.32524847 -0.94556750 a 1.9827268 Node 323.61587 +0.86057416 +0.30068634 e 0.6614965 Incl. 1.03827 +0.39195095 +0.12445815 P 2.79 H 26.4 G 0.15 U 9 MPE...
Asteroid (12088) Macalintal is at Opposition (1.3587 AU) on the 26th January, 2012. Asteroid (12088) Macalintal is an asteroid named after Filipino Jeric V. Macalintal a high school student cited for winning the 2002 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Louisville, Kentucky wi...
The Second European CubeSat Workshop, organised by the ESA Education Office, was held at the European Space Technology and Research Centre (ESTEC) in the Netherlands from 20 to 22 January 2009. Following the success of a similar workshop in 2008, there was an even higher level of interest shown by...
Manchester astronomer unfairly dismissed, tribunal finds Andrew Faulkner was a project engineer and team leader on the Square Kilometre Array, a £1.3 billion project to build the world's most powerful radio telescope. The tribunal heard that he had enjoyed a good working relationship with his...
Stargazing in Salcey Salcey Forest, Quinton Road, Hartwell, NN7 2HX Saturday 28 January, 18:00-20:00 Experts from Northampton Natural History Society will be on hand with telescopes and handouts to introduce you to the wonders of the night sky. [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/thingstodo/activi...
Kopernik Observatory schedules upcoming star and planet events Though the weather is getting colder, Kopernik Observatory & Science Education Centre isn't slowing down. Over the next few weeks, the Underwood Road facility will offer a host of events for star and planet enthusiasts. [url=h...
Robot competition in zero-gravity School teams from Europe and America have been commanding robots competing in the Spheres ZeroRobotics tournament in space. The arena: 400 km above Earth on the International Space Station. Student teams could send a single piece of instruction software to c...
Orbital elements: 2010 ON101 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0451 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 13.55030 (2000.0) P Q n 0.48719511 Peri. 7.59435 -0.18200517 +0.97157772 a 1.5995609 Node 252.01241 -0.91031752 -0.22468523 e 0.3978208 Incl. 9.15708 -0.37174741 +0.07452032 P 2.02 H 20.4 G 0.15...
Maxima of long period variable U Canis Minoris on the 26th January, 2012. Magnitude: 8.8-13.0 Period: 413.88 days Type: Mira Position (J2000): R.A. 07 41 20.03046 | Dec. +08° 22' 49.0902''
