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M78 Wide Field Credit & Copyright: Thomas V. Davis (tvdavisastropix.com) Explanation: Interstellar dust clouds and glowing nebulae abound in the fertile constellation of Orion. One of the brightest, M78, is centered in this colorful, wide field view, covering an area north of Orion's belt. At a distance of about 1,500 light-years, the bluish reflection nebula is around 5 light-years across. Its tint is due to dust preferentially reflecting the...
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Hello, astro-nuts! I hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving and had lots to eat! :) Just a short one today about Atlantis' return home and Spitzer's discovery of the youngest Brown Dwarf star. Don't forget to check out the newest Astronomy video, and a new article about the Swift satellite mission from Penn State astronomy! Check This Out! Images from
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The Institute for Astronomy will hold a star party — complete with hot chocolate and peppermint candy canes — 6—8 p.m. Sunday on the Hamilton Library Lawn, University of Hawaii at Manoa.
IfA telescopes will be set up for a dusk-to-dark viewing of the moon, planets and stars at the "Celebrate the International Year of Astronomy 2009" event. Free campus parking.
Visit the Hamilton Library Bridge Gallery to see an exhibit tied to the yearlong...
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From honoluluadvertiser.com
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Four hundred years ago this fall, Galileo Galilei turned his “Dutch”
spyglass toward the sky, and what he saw changed the course of
astronomy. But in publishing his initial observations in the pamphlet
called “Sidereus Nuncius” (The Starry Messenger), Galileo also changed
the course of scientific illustration and began what might be called
the visualization revolution. In the race to get his telescopic
observations out to the public, Galileo...
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From theithacan.org
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A twice-monthly podcast about astronomy. It includes the latest news, what you can see in the current night sky, interviews with astronomers and other things we liked the sound of. It is created by a bunch of astronomers from The University of Manchester's Jodrell Bank (UK) for anyone who is interested in things out of this world.
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From del.icio.us
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In recognition of the International Year of Astronomy, Bishop Museum' is today debuting a new interactive planetarium show, "The Astronomy of Galileo."
The 35-minute program will show daily at 3:30 p.m. (except for Tuesdays and Christmas, when the museum is closed). Planetarium admission is included in regular admission to Bishop Museum.
The show explores ways in which Galileo used his discoveries to prove that the Earth moves around the sun...
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From honoluluadvertiser.com
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London, Nov 21 (ANI): Father of astronomy Galileo Galilei’s missing fingers and a tooth have been found again.
Paolo Galluzzi, director of the Museum of the History of Science, has said that admirers removed three fingers, a vertebra and a tooth from his corpse in a Florentine basilica 1737.
Ninety-five years after his death, fans took their [...]
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