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National Optical Astronomy Observatory: M103. About this image The irregular star cluster M103, or NGC581, is a distant cluster in the constellation Cassiopeia. One of the more remote open clusters, at about 8000 light-years, M103s relatively small angular size still corresponds to a sizable 14 light-year diameter (this image is only 8.6 arc minutes across). The bright binary (upper right, NW) is not part of the cluster. M103 may be over 20 million years old (there seems to be some dispute over its actual age). More:stars page, open clusters page, messier page. Minimum credit line: Hillary Mathis, N.A.Sharp/NOAO/AURA/NSF Downloadable versions:400 x 400 25 kb color JPEG (on this page)1700 x 1700 456 kb color JPEG1700 x 1700 2.8 Mb 8-bit color TIFF1700 x 1700 8.4 Mb 24-bit color TIFF (see NOAO Conditions of Use) Comments by e-mail to images@noao.edu. Always Up-To-Date Social Media Image Sizes. TimeLine. MESSENGER: MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging.

Asteroid Occultation Predictions (Current) Www.imo.net/files/data/calendar/cal2014.pdf. Current Impact Risks. Wiener Arbeitsgemeinschaft fuer Astronomie (WAA) Find Jupiter's Moons with Our Javascript Utility and App. For your security, we ask that all previously registered website members reset their passwords on this new site*. It's easy! Just follow the directions below to reset your password and once you're logged in, enjoy all of the member-only benefits immediately. Click the "Lost Password" link belowEnter your e-mail address as your usernameClick the "Get New Password" buttonYou'll then receive an email from us with instructions and a link to reset your password. Follow those instructions to complete the process. *You only need to reset your password once. **NOTE: Website registration is separate from registration at ShopatSky.com and from registration for your digital subscription.

Current Night Sky. This month, there will be opportunities to see four planets nearly simultaneously. In order from west to east they are: Mercury, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn. In the same line as these planets, you will be able to see four bright, first-magnitude stars: Pollux, Regulus, Spica, and Antares. Even better, on the 13th, you can catch the waxing gibbous Moon rising over the eastern horizon while all four planets will be visible. And, if you have a telescope, you can see the asteroids Ceres and Vesta high up in the sky as well! By the beginning of the second week of May, Mercury will be visible low in the west shortly after sunset, shining at magnitude -0.5.

Much higher above the horizon lies brilliant Jupiter. Oppositions of Mars occur relatively infrequently - roughly every two and a half years. This month, it is Saturn's turn to undergo opposition. Neptune rises a full three hours before the Sun at midmonth. The next planet to rise is Venus. Dim Uranus lies low in the east before sunrise. Mercury in Real Time - Live Position and Finder Chart. The current position of Mercury is computed using high quality data sets provided by the JPL Horizons ephemeris service (see acknowledgements).

It is important to be aware that for objects like comets there might be large discrepancies between the predicted magnitude and the real one. This happens because comets magnitude is highly influenced by physical phenomena which can be hardly modelled and calculated in advance. Current close conjunctions List of bright objects (stars brighter than magnitude 9.0 and galaxies brighter than magmitude 14.0) close to Mercury (less than 1.5 degrees): Additional resources Astronomy databases This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services: Current Mercury - SkyMarvels.com. 2014 Aug 9 11:32 PM Local Time = 2014 Aug 9 21:32 UTC Image Credits: NASA/JPL Solar System Simulator developed by: David Seal Upper Image FOV / Magn: 2' (arc-min) / 900x Lower Image FOV / Magn: varies so planet fills image Simulator Image Notes: 1) Fields of View are measured horizontally. 2) Surface features of Mercury are only those known before Messenger mission (less than half of the planet.) 3) Eclipse shadows of planetary moons are not displayed. 4) Light-Travel Time is not included in calculated times. 5) Planets are viewed with their local north "upward", i.e. in the 12:00 midnight direction. 6) Simulator expresses the phase (where applicable) as the absolute value of the phase angle.

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Click in map to aim telescope.View horizon at this observing site. Ephemeris: Azimuth in the above table follows the astronomical convention: zero degrees is South with positive angles toward the West and negative angles toward the East. Back to Sky Maps Up to Your Sky Credits Customise Help Images produced by Your Sky are in the public domain and may be used in any manner without permission, restriction, attribution, or compensation. Grades 6-8. List of lunar probes. This is a list of space probes that have flown by, impacted, or landed on the Moon for the purpose of lunar exploration, as well as probes launched toward the Moon that failed to reach their target.

Confirmed future probes are included, but missions that are still at the concept stage, or which never progressed beyond the concept stage, are not. The list does not include the manned Apollo missions. Key[edit] Colour key: † means "tentatively identified", as classified by NASA [1]. These are Cold War-era Soviet missions, mostly failures, about which few or no details have been officially released.

The information given may be speculative. closest encounter (flybys)impact (impactors)orbital insertion to end of mission, whether planned or premature (orbiters)landing to end of mission, whether planned or premature (landers)launch (missions that never got underway due to failure at or soon after launch) In cases which do not fit any of the above, the event to which the date refers is stated. Aufsuchkarte 70 Grad. Copyright Hinweis Diese Internet Seiten sind durch internationales Copyright geschützt.

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Lunar phase. The phase and libration of the Moon for 2013 at hourly intervals, with music, titles and supplemental graphics. Animation of the Moon as it cycles through its phases, as seen from the Northern Hemisphere. The apparent wobbling of the Moon is known as libration. The apparent change in size is due to the eccentricity of the lunar orbit. The principal lunar phases are new moon, first quarter moon, full moon and last quarter moon. These are the instants when, respectively, the Moon's apparent geocentric celestial longitude minus the Sun's apparent geocentric celestial longitude is 0°, 90°, 180° and 270°. Last quarter moon is also known as third quarter moon. Names of lunar phases[edit] Phases of the Moon, as seen looking southward from the Northern Hemisphere.

In Western culture, the phases of the Moon have been given the following names, in sequential order: A crescent moon above Earth's horizon is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 24 crew member. The Calendar[edit] Apparent Disk of Solar System Object. This page provides a synthetic image of a selected solar system object that approximates the telescopic view of the object as seen from the Earth at the specified date and time. Simply fill in the form below and click on the "Make Image" button at the end of the form.

The solar system objects that you can choose are Mercury, Venus, the Moon, Mars, Jupiter, and the four Galilean satellites of Jupiter. An image can be produced for any date and time from year 1700 through year 2100 for any of the available objects. Specify Universal Time on the form. Be sure to check Notes on the Image, located after the form. Notes on the Image: The apparent disk of the object is shown within a square image of total size 1024 x 1024 pixels. The size of the disk shown will depend on the distance of the selected object from the Earth at the date and time specified. The sub-Earth point is defined as where a line connecting the center of the Earth and the center of the body intersects the body's surface. Venus. Mercury Retrograde Calendar for 2014: Powerful Light Astrology: Shadow, Station: 5 Mercury Retrograde Periods : Astrologer Roman Oleh Yaworsky.

Mercury Retrograde in Pisces February 6 2014 Mercury Retrograde Station in Pisces Feb 28 2014 Mercury Direct Station in Aquarius Mercury Retrograde in Cancer June 7 2014 Mercury Retrograde Station in Cancer July 1 2014 Mercury Direct Station in Gemini Mercury Retrograde in Scorpio October 4 2014 Mercury Retrograde Station in Scorpio October 25 2014 Mercury Direct Station in Libra The 5 Distinct Periods of Mercury Retrograde There are actually 5 distinct periods that are related to the Mercury retrograde phenomena: The Pre Shadow Phase, The first Mercury Station (often referred to as the day it goes retrograde), The Mercury Retrograde Proper Phase, the Second Mercury Station and the Post Shadow Phase. Within the the 3 shadow phases, there are times when the phenomena is more strongly experienced and this is indicated in the Mercury Retrograde Calendar for 2013 About the Mercury Retrograde Calendar for 2013 The three periods for Mercury Retrograde are shown in the calendar provided.

Photojournal: NASA's Image Access Home Page. Deep Sky Colors - Astrophotography by Rogelio Bernal Andreo. People say I'm a "world renowned" astrophotographer and night photographer. I stick just to astrophotographer and night photographer though :-) I'm also a proud father and husband. In the last few years I've received numerous awards and prestigious accolades, and my images have been published in many international publications, showcased in museums, appeared in television networks such as the BBC, National Geographic, and the Discovery Channel, and even appeared in high-selling motion pictures. My images have also been selected 29 times for NASA's APOD at the time of this writing. If you're curious, on the upper-left you'll see some links where you can find out what equipment I use to take my photos, or what to do if you'd like to buy a print, poster, mousepad, etc. of any of the images in this web site.

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