Title: FITSH -- a software package for image processing Authors: András Pál (1,2) ((1) Konkoly Observatory, (2) Department of Astronomy, Loránd Eötvös University) In this paper we describe the main features of the software package named FITSH, intended to provide a standalone environment for a...
Title: First Keck Nulling Observations of a Young Stellar Object: Probing the Circumstellar Environment of the Herbig Ae star MWC 325 Authors: S. Ragland, K. Ohnaka, L. Hillenbrand, S. T. Ridgway, M. M. Colavita, R. L. Akeson, W. Cotton, W. C. Danchi, M. Hrynevych, R. Millan-Gabet, W. A. Traub We pr...
Title: Supernovae without host galaxies? The low surface brightness host of SN 2009Z Authors: P.-C. Zinn, M. Stritzinger, J. Braithwaite, A. Gallazzi, P. Grunden, D. J. Bomans, N. I. Morrell, U. Bach A remarkable fraction of supernovae (SNe) have no obvious host galaxy. Two possible explanation...
Asteroid is a 1997 NBC TV movie about the United States government trying to stop an asteroid colliding with the Earth. It stars Michael Biehn. The movie won the 1997 Emmy Award in category Outstanding Special Visual Effects. [url=http://...
Meteor is a 1979 science fiction disaster film in which scientists detect an asteroid on a collision course with Earth and struggle with international, cold war politics in their efforts to prevent disaster. The movie starred Sean Conner...
SUHPA effort to mark 50th anniversary of world's first human-powered flight 2011 marks the 50th anniversary of the world's first human-powered flight, when a group of University of Southampton students designed and built SUMPAC (Southampton University Man Powered Aircraft). To commemorate t...
Hermann Klaus Hugo Weyl (9 November 1885 - 8 December 1955) was a German mathematician and theoretical physicist. He was one of the most influential mathematicians of the twentieth century, and an important member of the Institute for Advanced Study during its early years. Weyl published technic...
The Northeast blackout of 1965 was a significant disruption in the supply of electricity on November 9, 1965, affecting Ontario, Canada and Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, New York, and New Jersey in the United States. Over 30 million people and 207,000 km˛ wer...
Maxima of long period variable RT Ophiuchi on the 9th November, 2011 Magnitude range: 9.6-15.1 Period: 426.34 days Type: Mira Position (2000): RA 17 56 32.036 | Dec +11° 10' 09.72'' Google earth file: RT Ophiuchi.kmz (1kb, kmz)
Maxima of long period variable RY Ophiuchi on the 15th March, 2010 Magnitude: 7.4 - 13.8 V Type: Mira Period: 150.41 days Position (2000): RA 18 16 36.9363, Dec +03 41 35.346
Tharsis region
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a suite of troughs in the Tharsis region that were also the site of some catastrophic floods. These features are located northwest of the volcano, Jovis Tholus.
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A possible magnitude 15.7 supernova was discovered on the 3rd November, 2011, in the spiral galaxy NGC 4219 in the constellation Centaurus. The supernova is located 20" west and 14" south from the center of the galaxy. As yet the type is unknown. Position (2000): RA 12 16 25.47 | Dec -...
Orbital elements:
P/2011 P1 (McNaught)
T 2009 Mar. 24.83844 TT MPC
q 2.3463744 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.15598206 Peri. 228.84072 -0.59853277 +0.80106522
a 3.4178497 Node 4.41299 -0.70373501 -0.52142332
e 0.3134940 Incl. 5.43100 -0.38277351 -0.29395959
P 6.32
From 12 observations 2011 Aug. 1...
Title: A Monte Carlo analysis of the velocity dispersion of the globular cluster Palomar 14 Authors: A. Sollima, C. Nipoti, A. Mastrobuono Battisti, M. Montuori, R. Capuzzo-Dolcetta We present the results of a detailed analysis of the projected velocity dispersion of the globular cluster Palom...
Astrónomos espańoles descubren un agujero negro de más de 5 veces la masa del Sol Investigadores del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) han descubierto un agujero negro de más de 5,4 veces la masa del Sol en el sistema binario de rayos X XTE J1859+226, según han detectado en observaciones rea...
