Performance of the Digital Science Partnership Remotely-Operated 0.5-Meter Corrected Dall-Kirkham Telescopes John Kielkopf1, Brad Carter2, Carolyn Brown2, Rhodes Hart2, Jeff Hay1, Ian Waite2 OVERVIEW The Digital Science Partnership is a collaboration between the University of Louisville and the University of Southern Queensland to develop remote and robotic astronomical instrumentation and software, primarily for education, student research, and teacher training. ...

... By undertaking a spectral and photometric investi­ gation of the central part of the bright elliptical galaxy NGC 759, we have found an optical counterpart for the circumnuclear molecular gas ring with the radius of # 3 ## (# 1 kpc) which was earlier reported by Wiklind et al. ... 2 Fig. ... More likely, this ring may be a consequence of a tidal encounter between the elliptical galaxy NGC 759 and a large spiral galaxy which was accompanied by a substantial gas accretion. ...

... Well, it's the time of the year when we can expect the cold and snow, so I'll keep up the article on dressing for observing in the cold. 2007 has been great, but it's time to start planning the 2008 spring-summer-fall observing season. ... Barb Hubal . ... Cotton doesn't hold in heat very well even when dry and it absorbs moisture, so once it's damp, the moisture conducts heat right through it. ... If you get cold easily, put on a short sleeve crew neck poly shirt on top of this layer. ... Layer...

T HE V I www.vista.ac.uk V ISTA'S ISIBLE & NFRARED S UR VEY T ELESCOPE FOR A STRONOMY .R 1.65DEGREE DIAMETER INFRARED FIELD OF VIEW FEEDS A APID DEEP IR 4- METRE PRIMARY MIRROR AND MEGAPIXEL OBJECTS FOR FOLLOW-UP WITH VLT, AND DIRECTLY STUDY A WIDE VARIETY OF ASTRONOMICAL TOPICS (0.34 PIXEL ) CAMERA (0.85­2.3µm) 64 IMAGING SURVEYS WILL BOTH SELECT . ... As an ESO telescope, VISTA and its large surveys will now be fully exploited by the whole ESO community. ... VISTA Figure 9: Telescope support base. ...