300-year old Dapu Observatory Station renovated
Dapu Observatory Station was original built over 300 years ago, located merely 50 meters north to Dapu Monastery, Maldrogungkar county of Tibet.
Featured with its unique astronomical observation components, it is the only historic station l...
Title: The optical counterpart to IGR J06074+2205: a Be/X-ray binary showing disc loss and V/R variability
Authors: P. Reig (FORTH/U. of Crete), A. Zezas (FORTH/U. of Crete), L. Gkouvelis (U. of Crete)cat
Present X-ray missions are regularly discovering new X/gamma-ray sources. The identi...
Don't miss the lunar eclipse On Saturday, June 26, at 8.30pm, the full moon will slip into the shadow of the earth causing a partial lunar eclipse to occur. While the eclipse will be visible along the eastern seaboard of the country, Darling Downs and South Burnett observers will get a grand showing. T...
An Ariane 5 rocket is scheduled to launch the Arabsat 5A and COMS 1 satellites from Kourou, French Guiana, at 21:41 GMT, 23rd June, 2010.-- Edited by Blobrana on Wednesday 23rd of June 2010 09:49:23 PM
Toowoomba astronomer Hans Kennedy has worked for 12 years to donate a telescope to University of Southern Queensland and the Toowoomba community.
At every turn he has found obstacles in his path and his $250,000 telecope sat rusting away slowly in storage in Coonabarabran.
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Orbiting Stars Flooding Space with Gravitational Waves
A scientist using the Chandra X-ray Observatory has found evidence that two white dwarf stars are orbiting each other in a death grip, destined to merge.
The data indicate gravitational waves are carrying energy away from t...
Zhoushan is China's largest fishing port with an annual output of about 1.2 million tons of seafood and its Mount Putuo is one of China's four famous Buddhist mountains. An asteroid discovered by China's astronomical authority was officially named as "Zhoushan" yesterday to promote t...
A bright light in the sky over Lancaster County attracted the attention of at least a few people Thursday night. What caused the light was uncertain as of press time. Three people called the Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era shortly after 10 p.m. to report seeing the light. [url=http://arti...
The magnitude 16.7 asteroid (2214) Carol will occult the magnitude 6.7 star HD 135204 in the constellation Serpens, at 01:20 UT, 27th June, 2010. The 6.2 event is visible from Western Africa, Venezuela and Colombia. Position (2000): RA 15 13 50.8948, Dec -01 21 04.995
STS-4 was a space shuttle mission by NASA using the Space Shuttle Columbia, launched 27 June 1982. This was the fourth space shuttle mission, and was also the fourth mission for the Space Shuttle Columbia. Read more
NASA & Space Florida Break Ground on Next-Gen Sci-Tech Park Work on a next-generation science and technology commerce park is under way at NASA's Kennedy Space Centre, Fla. NASA, Space Florida, and local, state and Congressional leaders held a groundbreaking ceremony Friday for Exploratio...
Orbital elements: 2010 HG109 Epoch 2010 May 4.0 TT = JDT 2455320.5 MPC M 0.05065 (2000.0) P Q n 0.00391948 Peri. 184.28697 -0.62118828 +0.69549689 a 39.8397690 Node 47.82169 -0.70372821 -0.29231421 e 0.2334625 Incl. 29.16364 -0.34480681 -0.65638135 P 251 H 7.3 G 0.15 From 6 observations 2010 Apr...
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