Title: Suzaku Observations of the Ultracompact binary System 4U 1626-67 Authors: Ascension Camero-Arranz, Katja Pottschmidt, Mark Finger, C.A. Wilson-Hodge, D. M. Marcu The accretion-powered pulsar 4U 1626-67 experienced a new torque reversal at the beginning of 2008, after about 18 years o...
Byurakan Observatory seeks status of regional astronomical centre Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO) applied to International Astronomical Union (IAU) for the status of a regional astronomical centre, Director of Byurakan Observatory Hayk Harutyunytan told the reporters on Decemb...
Title: CLASH: Discovery of a Bright z ~ 6.2 Dwarf Galaxy Quadruply Lensed by MACS J0329.6-0211 Authors: A. Zitrin, J. Moustakas, L. Bradley, D. Coe, L.A. Moustakas, M. Postman, X. Shu, W. Zheng, N. Benítez, R. Bouwens, T. Broadhurst, H. Ford, O. Host, S. Jouvel, A. Koekemoer, M. Meneghetti, P. Rosat...
Radio pulsars (rotation-powered pulsars) and X-ray pulsars exhibit very different spin behaviours and have different mechanisms producing their characteristic pulses although it is accepted that both kinds of pulsar are manifestations of a rotating magnetized neutron star. The rotation cy...
Title: The W40 Cloud Complex Authors: Steven A. Rodney, Bo Reipurth The W40 complex is a nearby site of recent massive star formation composed of a dense molecular cloud adjacent to an HII region that contains an embedded OB star cluster. The HII region is beginning to blister out and break free from i...
Dr. Héctor Guerrero Dr. Héctor Guerrero in Moscow Space Research Institute (IKI). The Second Moscow Solar System Symposium 2M-S3. 10-14 October 2011. Starting from 2010, the Space Research Institute holds annual international sympos...
Botanists discover 'remarkable' night-flowering orchid A night-flowering orchid, the first of its kind known to science, has been described by a team of botanists. Experts say the "remarkable" species is the only orchid known to consistently flower at night, but why it has adopted th...
Orbital elements:
2011 WK5 Earth MOID = 0.0795 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 327.69070 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.30541690 Peri. 184.18552 +0.21542152 -0.97160876
a 2.1837722 Node 253.39566 +0.89887826 +0.23644214
e 0.5121372 Incl. 5.85913 +0.38159067 -0.00845740
P 3.23 H 23.6 G...
Orbital elements:
2011 WH5 Earth MOID = 0.2785 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 335.84038 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.27976199 Peri. 181.26374 +0.50140622 -0.85304086
a 2.3153158 Node 238.66119 +0.79529448 +0.52022727
e 0.4526663 Incl. 9.74803 +0.34073230 +0.04104724
P 3.52 H 23.2 G...
NOAO: Student's Work Helps to Detect Near Earth Asteroids An asteroid impact with the earth can really ruin your day: just consider the dinosaurs. Most asteroids, also known as minor planets, orbit the sun beyond the planet Mars and present no danger, but there is a class of asteroids whose orbits cr...
Maxima of long period variable U Virginis on the 22nd November, 2011 Magnitude range: 8.2-13.1 Period: 206.64 days Type: Mira Position (2000): RA 12 51 05.73746 | Dec +05° 33' 11.5538'' Google earth file: U Virginis.kmz (1kb, kmz)
Maxima of long period variable V Camelopardalis on the 22nd November, 2011. Magnitude range: 9.9-15.4 Period: 522.45 days Type: Mira Position (J2000): R.A. 06 02 32.2969 | Dec. +74° 30' 27.098'' Google earth file: V Camelopardalis.kmz (1kb, kmz)
Maxima of the variable star SS Herculis on the 7th August, 2011. Magnitude range: 9.2-12.4 Period: 107.36 days Type: Mira Position(2000): RA=16 32 55.54 | Dec= +06 51 29.6
Toy Story is a 1995 American computer-animated film released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is Pixar's first feature film as well as the first ever feature film to be made entirely with CGI. Read more [video=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Title: In the Whirlpool's coils: tracing substructure from combined optical/X-ray data in the galaxy cluster A1300 Authors: F. Ziparo, F.G. Braglia, D. Pierini, A. Finoguenov, H. Boehringer, A. Bongiorno Structure formation is thought to act via hierarchical mergers and accretion of smaller...
