The Virgo gravity-wave interferometer, an 80 million experiment located outside of Pisa, Italy, has been incapacitated by a vacuum failure for most of the summer, and is expected to stay out of commission for a month or two to come. Much of the lost time, though, would not have been used for observati...
The Sea Launch consortium is to launch the Galaxy 19 communications satellite atop a Zenit 3SL rocket from the Odyssey floating platform, stationed in the Pacific Ocean at 09:28 GMT, 23rd September, 2008. The 4,690 kg Intelsat Galaxy 19 satellite will occupy the orbital location at 97 degrees We...
Tropical cyclone Sinlaku, currently centred about 400 km east of Manila, Philippines, is forecast to move slowly north-westward to northward and will reach typhoon intensity in 24 hours. Expand (2...
Hurricane Ike is forecast to make landfall in the Bahamas probability for CAT 1 or above is 45% in about 69 hours probability for TS is 55% in about 69 hours the Turks & Caicos Islands probability for CAT 1 or above is 45% in about 45 hours probability for TS is 65% i...
Optical techniques are a a passion of mine: but this is a good story about the amazing Birr telescope in Ireland, where IES helped by completing the control system refurbishment This historical scientific landmark is located in County Offaly, in the heart of Ireland The Birr Telescope reigned for m...
A Mag 14.8 type II Supernova, 2006ov, was discovered on the 24th November, 2006, by Koichi Itagaki in the spiral galaxy M61 (NGC4303) in the constellation Virgo.
It is located 5".5 east and 51" north of the centre of the galaxy.
Position(2000): at R.A. = 12h21m55s.30, Dec. = +04°29'16".7[...
Title: The contact binary GSC 04778-00152 with a visual companion Authors: T. Tuvikene (1), T. Eenmäe (2), C. Sterken (1), E. Brogt (3) ((1) Vrije Universiteit Brussel, (2) Tartu Observatory, (3) Steward Observatory, Department of Astronomy, The University of Arizona) Photometric and spectro...
Title: On the nature of Delta Scuti star HD 115520 Authors: J.H. Pena, L. Fox Machado, B. Cervantes-Sodi, R. Pena, G. Munoz, B. Vargas, J.P. Sareyan, M. Alvarez, M. Cano, M.A. Sorcia Observing Delta Scuti stars is most important as their multi-frequency spectrum of radial pulsations provide stron...
Water locked underneath icecaps or glaciers can tell us about our planet's past and its possibly warmer future. Similar environments on distant worlds could tell us whether life can originate in these harsh conditions. To study the icy depths, a Swedish team of researchers is designing a tiny subm...
The dwarf nova variable SS Auriga is in outburst. Date: 10th September 2008 Position(2000): RA=06h13m22.44s, Dec =+47°44 25.3 Magnitude: 10.3 - 15.8 V Period: 55.5 days Satellite orbital period: 0.1828 days
Transport to a universe of ever-changing sights, sounds, and spaces at the Los Angeles County Arboretum's second annual "Terrabyte" event on August 26, 2007 from 5 to 10 PM PDT. "Terra" as in the planet Earth, and "byte" d...
Comet P/1896 R2 = Comet 2008 R6 (Giacobini) The magnitude 15 Comet 2008 R6 (Giacobini) was recovered by amateur astronomer Koichi Itagaki (Yamagata), on September 10, 2008 using a CCD camera on a 0.6 m Newtonian. The new comet is probably the reappearance of 1896 R2 (Giacobini). Comet P/1896 R2 (...
Title: The low-mass YSO CB230-A: investigating the protostar and its jet with NIR spectroscopy and Spitzer observations Authors: Fabrizio Massi (1), Claudio Codella (2), Jan Brand (3), Luca di Fabrizio (4), Jan Wouterloot (5) ((1) INAF-Arcetri, (2) IRA-Firenze, (3) IRA-Bologna, (4) INAF-TNG...
