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Title: WASP-3b: a strongly-irradiated transiting gas-giant planet Authors: D. Pollacco, I. Skillen, A. Collier Cameron, B. Loeillet, H.C. Stempels, F. Bouchy, N.P. Gibson, L. Hebb, G. Hebrard, Y.C. Joshi, I. McDonald, B. Smalley, A.M.S. Smith, R.A. Street, S. Udry, R.G. West, D.M. Wilson, P.J...
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Title: Two New Cataclysmic Variables in Lyra Authors: D. V. Denisenko I report on the discovery of two cataclysmic variables in the same field in Lyra originally identified from their magnitudes in USNO-B1.0 catalogue and Palomar images. The historical light curves were analysed on 300+ photogr...
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NGC6745
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NGC 6745 (also known as UGC 11391) is an irregular galaxy about 206 million light-years (63.5 parsecs) away in the constellation Lyra. It is actually a pair of galaxies in the process of colliding.
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Messier 56
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Messier 56 (also known as M56 or NGC 6779) is a globular cluster in the constellation Lyra. It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1779. M56 is at a distance of about 32,900 light-years from Earth and measures roughly 84 light-years across. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_56]Read m...
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Located in the radiant little constellation of Lyra high overhead during mid-summer you will find one of the most enchanting of all deep-sky objects, the Ring Nebula. The Ring formed largely from an expanding shell of material cast off by a star as it ages. M57 is one of the brightest a...
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The Lyrids
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The annual Lyrid meteor shower will reach its peak activity on April 21–22, 2006, reaching maximum around midnight. The peak is broad enough that the number of meteors should be consistent until morning twilight. The crescent Moon will not interfere with the shower because it rises about an hour be...
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Epsilon Lyrae ( Lyr, Lyrae), also known as the Double Double, is a multiple star system approximately 162 light-years away in the constellation of Lyra. Read more I couldn't split the individual pairs with my homemade 76mm reflector...
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Lyra
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Lyra is a constellation. Its name is Latin for the lyre, a stringed musical instrument used in classical antiquity and later. Lyra was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations recognised by the International Astro...
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Blobs Lyra observing highlights
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Title: First Resolved Images of the Eclipsing and Interacting Binary Beta Lyrae Authors: M. Zhao (1), D. Gies (2), J. D. Monnier (1), N. Thureau (3), E. Pedretti (3), F. Baron (4), A. Merand (2), T. ten Brummelaar (2), H. McAlister (2), S. T. Ridgway (5), N. Turner (2), J. Sturmann (2), L. Sturmann (2),...
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June Lyrids meteor shower
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June Lyrids meteor shower (in constellation Lyra) Best seen from 0.2h - 2.1h ZHR=2.4 Local hour rate=1 Velocity=20.3km/s (very slow) Radiant: RA=18.8h/281° Dec=44.7° (J2000)
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