... The Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems (ADASS) conference is held each year at a different hosting astronomical institution. The conference provides a forum for scientists and programmers concerned with algorithms, software and software systems employed in the acquisition, reduction, analysis, and dissemination of astronomical data. ... The 26th annual ADASS conference will be held from October 16th to 20th, 2016 at the Stazione Marittima Conference Centre , Trieste, Italy. ...

... More on 51 Peg: . The discovery of a Jupiter--mass planet in orbit around the solar--type star 51Peg has been reported by Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz (Geneva Observatory) on October 6th at the 9th Cambridge workshop on "cool stars, stellar systems, and the sun" held at Florence (Italy). ... Recall that the measurements of radial velocity only yield v sin i which in turn gives us M sin i. For most values of i, sin i will be greater than 0.5 and this gives a mass estimate of 0.5 Jupiter masses. ...

The 2dF QSO Redshift Survey (2QZ) . ... Before jumping into all the finer details of teh survey, a brief non-astronomer's guide to redshift surveys is available. ... The primary scientific aims of the QSO survey are: (1) to obtain the primordial fluctuation power spectrum out to COBE scales, (2) to determine the rate of QSO clustering evolution in the non-linear and linear regimes and hence obtain new limits on the value of and the bias parameter, (3) to apply a powerful geometric method to measure . ...

... Apr 14, 2016 - Monthly Meeting . ... The Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ATMoB) is an astronomy club devoted to telescope making, observing, and studying the heavens. ... CURRENT MOON . ... April Sky . ... Lyrids Meteor Shower . ... Sources: NASA JPL Space Calendar , StarDate Online , Sky Telescope , Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics , RASC Observer’s Handbook , Abrams Planetarium Sky Calendar and Astronomy Magazine . ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration . ... Story Musgrave (M.D.) . NASA Astronaut (Former) . ... Service Medal and an Outstanding Unit Citation as a member of the United States Marine Corps Squadron VMA-212 (1954); United States Air Force Post-doctoral Fellowship (1965-1966); National Heart Institute Post-doctoral Fellowship (1966-1967); Reese Air Force Base Commander's Trophy (1969); American College of Surgeons I.S. Ravdin Lecture (1973); NASA Exceptional Service Medals (1974 ...

... This meeting, the first joint event between the Astronomical Science Group of Ireland (ASGI) and the Institute of Physics in Ireland (IoPI), was the largest astronomical conference ever held in Armagh, with nearly 140 registered participants. ... Figure 9: The Northern Ireland Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure, Ms Angela Smith MP, prior to the formal opening of the ASGI/IoPI meeting in St Patrick's Trian, Armagh, on 2 April 2004. ...

... Over the next couple of days, ask a random selection of the people you meet to tell you the difference between 1/4 and 1/5. ... Show your subjects the equation e = mc2 and ask what it means. ... The equation is the most famous in science. ... Most associate it with Albert Einstein and many will say it has to do with mass and energy. A heartening number of students and teachers will even tell you the equation states that energy is equal to mass times the speed of light squared. ...

Astrophysics Faculty and Staff . Frank Clark, Adjunct Professor of Physics and Astronomy . Timothy Dowling, Professor of Physics and Astronomy . ... John Kielkopf, Professor of Physics and Astronomy . Jim Lauroesch, Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy . Gerard Williger, Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy . Rauch Planetarium . Thomas Tretter, Director, and Professor in the College of Education and Human Development . ... Last update: March 23, 2015 . ...

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... Head of the seminar: Prof. B.V. Somov, . ... The seminar considers the questions related to generation of magnetic fields in astrophysical plasmas, effect of the magnetic reconnection and particle acceleration in strong magnetic fields, the origin and propagation of cosmic rays, the flares and other non-stationary phenomena in the solar atmosphere and solar wind, Sun Earth connections and physical processes in the heliosphere. ... On the Topological Models and Topological Trigger of the Solar Flares...

... Astrophysics Data System Abstract Service - The ADS Abstract Service provides access to over 160,000 astronomical abstracts since 1975. Astrophysics Revision Site . ... Common Astrophysics Acronyms . Gravitational Wave Detector GEO 600 - aims at the direct detection of gravitational waves by means of a laser interferometer of 600 m wavelength. ... Secrets of Creation - new theory on the creation of the Universe, the Big Bang, parameters of the Universe, fundamental laws of the Universe. ...

... The Impact of HST on European Astronomy . ... These range from the study of nearby planets, the processes of star and planet formation, the stellar and interstellar components of galaxies, the discovery that most, if not all, galactic nuclei harbor a massive black hole that profoundly affects their evolution, to the realisation that the universe as a whole is undergoing acceleration as a result of a yet unknown form of dark energy . ... Formation, structure and evolution of galaxies . ...