Title: Discovery of the energetic pulsar J1747-2809 in the supernova remnant G0.9+0.1 Authors: F. Camilo (Columbia U.), S. M. Ransom (NRAO), B. M. Gaensler (U. Sydney), D. R. Lorimer (WVU) The supernova remnant G0.9+0.1 has long been inferred to contain a central energetic pulsar. In observatio...
A magnitude 16.3 supernova, 2009gh, was been discovered on the 17th June, 2009, by D. Rich, in the galaxy MCG +12-18-2 in the constellation Lepus. The supernova is located 1.4" West and 9.1" South from the center of the galaxy. As yet the type is unknown. Another supernova, 2006hb, was di...
A possible magnitude 15.8 supernova was been discovered on the 15th June, 2009, by the Brazilian Supernovae Search team, in the galaxy ESO235 - 35 (PGC 65919) in the constellation Indus. The supernova is located 1.4 West and 3.4 South from the center of the galaxy. Position (2000): RA 21 01 29.91, D...
The mountains of Mourne may be fabled in song but now they have a new focus as scientists believe they were the source for most of Irelands prehistoric gold. Ireland has a very high level of prehistoric gold objects especially from the early Bronze Age (2400-1800BC) when large quantities of it was use...
Orbital elements: 2009 MD Earth MOID = 0.0882 AU Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 MPC M 358.83374 (2000.0) P Q n 0.27318214 Peri. 166.43314 +0.11647248 +0.97874045 a 2.3523459 Node 110.04849 -0.92718551 +0.16808298 e 0.5326118 Incl. 10.35307 -0.35603538 -0.11753826 P 3.61 H 23.0 G 0.15 U 7 [...
Orbital elements: 2009 LW2 Earth MOID = 0.1898 AU Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 MPC M 150.59663 (2000.0) P Q n 0.86467657 Peri. 15.01516 -0.38813574 -0.73348660 a 1.0911897 Node 100.65274 +0.77620289 -0.58658238 e 0.2782535 Incl. 34.59493 +0.49684979 +0.34339266 P 1.14 H 19.9 G 0.15 U 9 [...
Title: 0FGL J1830.3+0617: A Fermi Blazar Near the Galactic Plane Authors: N. Mirabal (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), J. P. Halpern (Columbia University) (Version v2) We present a multiwavelength study of the unidentified Fermi gamma-ray source 0FGL J1830.3+0617, which exhibits variab...
A massive underwater landslide in Lake Tahoe thousands of years ago caused a tsunami and left ripplelike stony ridges on the lake bottom, according to a new study.
Three scuba divers, a robot submarine and researchers from the University of Nevada in Reno and the U.S. Geological Survey spent two y...
Strange lights spotted over the English Channel prompted hundreds of people to call the Coastguard. Fears that the white and green flashes were distress flares fired off by a ship in trouble proved unfounded, when it was revealed the lights were probably a meteor shower. Calls were made to stations...
Green flashes and green rays are optical phenomena that occur shortly after sunset or before sunrise, when a green spot is visible for a short period of time above the sun, or a green ray shoots up from the sunset point. Green flashes are actually a group of phenomena stemming from different causes, an...
Cerro Paranal, home of ESO's Very Large Telescope, is certainly one of the best astronomical sites on the planet. Stunning images, obtained by ESO staff at Paranal, of the green and blue flashes, as well as of the so-called 'Gegenschein', are real cases in point. The Earth's atmosphere is a gigantic...
The June Aquilid meteor shower produce rather rapid (Velocity=38.6km/s) white meteors from a radiant in the constellation Aquila. Position(2000): RA=19.6h/293° Dec=-4.9° Solar longitude=86.0° The June Aquilids occur between the 9th June and 2nd July with an hourly rate of between 13 and 3...
