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The Solar System

The Solar System

                        The Solar System: A solar system is defined as a central sun with its associated planets asteroids, [...]

Posted On : May, 14 2007 | Comments : 0

NASA Spacecraft Make First 3-D Images Of Sun

NASA Spacecraft Make First 3-D Images Of Sun

NASA's twin Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) spacecraft have made the first three-dimensional images of the sun. The new view will greatly aid scientists' ability to understand solar physics and thereby improve space weather [...]

Posted On : Apr, 24 2007 | Comments : 0

Skeleton Of Sun's Atmosphere Reveals Its True Nature

Skeleton Of Sun's Atmosphere Reveals Its True Nature

The Sun's outer atmosphere or corona is incredibly complex, as shown in observations from space. It is also extremely hot, with a temperature of over a million degrees by comparison with that of the Sun's surface of only 6000 degrees. Sci [...]

Posted On : Apr, 18 2007 | Comments : 0

X-ray Transit of Mercury

X-ray Transit of Mercury

The Japanese Space Agency's new orbiting solar observatory, Hinode (formerly known as Solar B), took the picture on Nov. 8th just as Mercury was about to begin a rare solar transit. Thousands of people on Earth saw and photographed the even [...]

Posted On : Apr, 12 2007 | Comments : 0

Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Of 2005

Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Of 2005

In 2005, first lunar eclipse was a deep penumbral event visible from most of the Western Hemisphere. First and last penumbral occurrences occur at 07:50 UT and 12:00 UT, respectively. Observers in eastern North America experienced moonset [...]

Posted On : Apr, 07 2007 | Comments : 0

The Sun

The Sun

Size: About 109 Earths would fit side-by-side across the face of the Sun! One million Earths could fit inside the Sun. One large sunspot could hold several Earths. The Sun's diameter is 864,000 miles (1.4 million kilometers). Distance fro [...]

Posted On : Apr, 01 2007 | Comments : 0

Hybrid Solar Eclipse

Hybrid Solar Eclipse

Hybrid is a rare Eclipse seen in 2005 which was the first solar eclipse of 2005. This is a unique class of central eclipse where some sections of the path are annular while other parts are total. The duality comes about when the vertex of t [...]

Posted On : Mar, 28 2007 | Comments : 0

Total Lunar Eclipse Of 2004

Total Lunar Eclipse Of 2004

The first of two total lunar eclipses in 2004 is best seen from the Eastern Hemisphere. The eclipse occurs 1 1/3 days before perigee so the Moon appeared rather large. During this event, the Moon is low on the ecliptic in western Libra just [...]

Posted On : Mar, 24 2007 | Comments : 0

Partial Solar Eclipse

Partial Solar Eclipse

World maps show the regions of visibility for each eclipse. The lunar eclipse diagrams also include the path of the Moon through Earth's shadows. Contact times for each principal phase are tabulated along with the magnitudes and geocentric [...]

Posted On : Mar, 23 2007 | Comments : 0

The Moon Changes Colors

The Moon Changes Colors

During a lunar eclipse you will occasionally get to see the Moon actually appear to change colors. This is quite a treat and is something you won't soon forget. The reason that the Moon appears to change colors is that the dust in Earth's a [...]

Posted On : Mar, 23 2007 | Comments : 0

Different Shades of Dark

Different Shades of Dark

The reason that the Moon doesn't just disappear all of a sudden during a total lunar eclipse is that Earth's shadow, like the shadow of everything else, isn't all completely dark. The lighter part of Earth's shadow is call the penumbra an [...]

Posted On : Mar, 20 2007 | Comments : 0
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