ASTRO - Favourite Exhibits from the Galactic Zoo (1)
Tue, 8 Jan 2008 09:04:59 -0800 (PST)
Favourite Exhibits from the Galactic Zoo (1)
NGC 5541 in Bootes is just one of the lesser known but very attractive
objects that are well worth amateur astronomers? time. Not least
because a supernova has been found here and you never know when
another will appear!
http://www.martin-nicholson.info/galacticzoo ...
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Mars with good seeing - Jan 7th (UK)
Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:15:28 +0000
Hi all,
Not a lot of time to process the data set today so I'll put this wip
out first. The seeing was fairly steady last night from my location on
the UK's south coast. Here's the first quick process from the data set
put together last night when I should have gone to bed zzz.
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/m ...
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ASTRO - Exploring the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2)
Tue, 8 Jan 2008 00:35:53 -0800 (PST)
Exploring the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2)
NGC 4536 - Galaxy in Virgo
NGC 4536 is a starburst galaxy with star formation occurring in the
arms and a stable older population of stars in the core area.
http://www.martin-nicholson.info/exploresdss/ngc4536.htm
Martin Nicholson, Daventry, England.
http://www. ...
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MZ SGE - a missing variable star?
Mon, 7 Jan 2008 03:39:59 -0800 (PST)
MZ SGE - a missing variable star?
In the article on the "Identification of the Rosino-Guzzi Variables in
Sagitta" by Brian Skiff he states "? MX Sge must be considered lost
for now."
This animation (120s in IR and V band) was taken on 2007-10-14 with a
field of view cut down to 20 x 20 arc minutes. The M6 Mir ...
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Re: UO plays key role in LIGO's new view of a cosmic event
Mon, 07 Jan 2008 02:03:49 +0100
shiv.nath.kk@gmail.com wrote:
> An international team of physicists, including University of Oregon
> scientists, has concluded that last February's intense burst of gamma
> rays possibly coming from the Andromeda Galaxy lacked a gravitational
> wave. That absence, they say, rules out an initial interpretation tha ...
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Re: UO plays key role in LIGO's new view of a cosmic event
Sun, 6 Jan 2008 21:54:25 +0000
In uk.sci.astronomy message <2caf0ef6-0f1b-4554-b57b-6ace5eb7fc09@e32g20
00prn.googlegroups.com>, Sun, 6 Jan 2008 03:55:45,
shiv.nath.kk@gmail.com posted:
>An international team of physicists, including University of Oregon
>scientists, has concluded that last February's intense burst of gamma
>rays possibly co ...
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ASTRO - What can I image in the far Southern Sky in under 10 minutes?
(1)
Sun, 6 Jan 2008 08:06:43 -0800 (PST)
What can I image in the far Southern Sky in under 10 minutes? (1)
The Emission Nebula called the Tarantula Nebula
NGC 2070, better known as the Tarantula Nebula, was discovered by
Louis de Lacaille in 1751 and recognised as a nebula by Abbe Lacaille
in the same year.
http://www.martin-nicholson.info/souther ...
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M45: Strange halo around bright star
Sun, 06 Jan 2008 10:40:17 +0100
Hello,
I recently shot M45 with my Canon Rebel and my newly acquired
150mm/750mm Newton telescope. I attached the resulting image which is
the sum of 20 5-minute exposures.
Here is the shot: http://ivredimages.free.fr/M45.jpg
I noticed a weird halo around the main star and I do not know what
caused it. It ...
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ASTRO - Annotated Map of the Moon (2)
Sun, 6 Jan 2008 01:25:27 -0800 (PST)
Annotated Map of the Moon (2)
Clavius, Longomontanus and Maginus plus the surrounding areas.
http://www.martin-nicholson.info/moon/moonclavius.htm
Martin Nicholson, Daventry, England.
http://www.martin-nicholson.info/1/1a.htm
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Supernova 2007ss - December 25th 2007
Sat, 5 Jan 2008 11:20:43 -0800 (PST)
Supernova 2007ss - December 25th 2007
Discovered 2007/12/20.78 by Yoshimi Ichimura. Found in NGC 4617 at
R.A. = 12h41m06s.07, Decl. = ¡ã23'28".7
htp://www.martin-nicholson.info/supernova2007/supernova2007ss.htm
Martin Nicholson, Daventry, England.
http://www.martin-nicholson.info/1/1a.htm
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