... Also the measured signals are affected by detector transients, altering the final results considerably. We present the design and the main features of a software package, developed in order to support the absolute calibration of the instrument. ... In case the fit is not successful, the average of the last 30% of the data is taken as the final signal. ... The two different symbols represent individual calibrations of the final background signals, using the first or the second FCS-signal. ...

... Target Earth - How Great is the Impact Hazard? Thursday 13 November 2008 . ... The Life and Death of Stars: Tuesday 13 November . Shannonside Astronomy Club November meeting will host Deirdre Kelleghan, PRO IFAS, with a talk entitled: "Galileo? Galileo? Who on Earth was Galileo?" . 8 pm, 5 November 2008 . ... Wednesday, 29 October 2008 22:53 . International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node . ...

... Posts tagged ?Galileo? ... Posted by vlk . ... Category: Astro , Cross-Cultural , News | Comment . Jan 1st, 2009| 07:01 am | ... Tags: 1609 , 2009 , anniversary , Galileo , IYoA , quadricentennial . ... Anyway, while poking around the myriad lectures, courses, and talks that are now online, I came across a popular Physics lecture series at UMichigan which listed a talk by one of my favorite speakers, Owen Gingerich . ... Entries RSS . Comments RSS . ... Entries (RSS) and Comments (RSS) . ...

... 50 Weirdest Objects . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... What is the baseline for determining the magnitude scale of celestial objects? Why do brighter objects have negative numbers? ... He called the brightest 1st magnitude and the faintest 6th magnitude. ... Also, to assign a magnitude to the brightest planets, the Moon, and especially the Sun, scientists would have to work with negative numbers. Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ...

... APT Activities and Science Results 3. ... APT Secretary Philip Edwards (ISAS) reviewed the aims of the APT (http://www.vsop.isas.ac.jp/apt/DefinitionAndAims.html). ... The Australia Telescope Compact Array, and Ceduna, Hartebeesthoek, Kashima, Mopra, Parkes, and Shanghai telescopes of the Asia-Pacific Telescope participated in these observations. ... In the absence of Tetsuo Sasao, Philip Edwards briefly described results of the APT 22 GHz observations conducted from October 1st to 5th, 1997. ...

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... Barbara Hubal . Mike Unsold . ... Workshops . ... Ken Hubal . ... He's also built a number of specialized solar astronomical instruments and regularly submits data to the American Association of Variable Star Observers, Solar Section.. ... The Hidden Hollow weekend Star Party at Warren Rupp Observatory will be back again this year the weekend of May 2nd - 4th! Hidden Hollow 2008 . ... Make-and-Take Solar Filter This year we plan on having another "make-and-take" solar filter workshop! ...

... Ciel Espace, le magazine qui vous guide toujours plus loin . ... Ciel Espace, nouvelle formule, c'est . des actualit†йs . des reportages . ... les plus belles images de l'Univers d†йcrypt†йes pour vous . ... des pages consacr†йes †а la publication de vos photos Mais c'est aussi une vraie communaut†й avec laquelle partager votre passion et nourrir votre curiosit†й. Accueil Une sonde am†йricaine explorera Jupiter en 2016 . ... 04/04/2016 - Une Terre en formation autour d'une †йtoile proche€а? . ...

... AstroImageJ (AIJ) .. ... Reads and writes FITS images with standard headers . ... Provides a time and coordinate converter tool with capability to update/enhance FITS header content (AIRMASS, BJD, etc.) ... Creates color images and with native ImageJ processing power . ... AstroImageJ_Updater . Update operation now updates AIJ version number in Info.plist CFBundleVersion and CFBundleShortVersionString (MacOSX only) . ... AstroImageJ is ImageJ with astronomy plugins and macros installed. ...

... ARTICLE: The Adventurous Search For The Astronomical Unit . ... Kepler himself had suggested to use the rare occasions of Venus transiting (crossing) the solar disk to measure our distance to the planet. ... Due to the orbital inclination of Venus against the ecliptic of 3.5°, a Venus transit is so rare that it happens only at intervals of 121.5 years, 8 years, 105.5 years, 8 years and so on. ... Crabtree witnessing the transit of Venus 1639 . ... Transits of Venus - The Quest for the Solar Parallax...

... Building Museum Quality Replicas of Galileo's Telescopes . ... This month's meeting will feature Jim and Rhoda Morris speaking on their replicas of Galileo's telescopes. ... With their background as physicist and chemist and their experimental skills the authors set about to make the most accurate replicas of these telescopes in existence today. ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

... The host galaxies of low-z quasars . ... High-redshift quasars. Motivation: host galaxies and quasar evolution . ... The estimated galaxy luminosities are consistent with the values obtained for low- z quasars of the same luminosity. quasars, host galaxies . ... Conversely, quasar surveys provide an easy method of locating galaxies at large redshifts, so knowledge of the properties of quasar hosts offers a means of investigating the history and evolution of galaxies themselves. ...

Supernova discovery statistics for 1999 . ... Sorted by Name For the year 1999 , 198 supernovae and 11 extragalactic novae were reported. 198 of these supernovae were named by CBAT, 0 were given possible supernova designations, and 0 were not reported to CBAT. 49 supernovae were found in NGC/IC galaxies, 84 were found in named galaxies 64 objects were discovered by amateurs 0 were brighter than 13th Magnitude 21 were brighter than 16th Magnitude 65 were brighter than 18th Magnitude 115 ...

Using Site testing data for Adaptive Optics simulations Kislovodsk, October 2010 1Glen Herriot, 1David Andersen, 1Jean-Pierre VИran, 2Brent Ellerbroek, 2Luc Gilles, 2Lianqi Wang 1National Research Council Canada ­ Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics 2TMT Project Office, Pasadena TMT.AOS.PRE.10.074.REL01 1 Outline TMT / NFIRAOS Site Testing Parameters and their value for Adaptive Optics Simulations ... TMT.AOS.PRE.10.074.REL01 9 What is the interest of Adaptive Optics in r 0 Seeing ? ...

STEP INTO THE BLUE - MEADE INSTRUMENTS PRODUCT GUIDE . ... StarNavigator Series . ... These telescopes come with all necessary equipment in the box and feature an altazimuth mount that allows for easy and quick viewing. ... StarNavigator 130mm Altazimuth Reflector with AudioStar . ... Meade StarNavigator 130mm reflecting telescope #20130. ... The StarNavigator 130mm reflecting telescope features a lens diameter of 130mm (5.1") for clear, bright images and a focal length of 1000mm; focal ratio f/7.7. ...

... Observatory . ... THE HISTORY OF AAAP . ... After introductory remarks by Robert Sanders, founder of the Association, it was moved that the name of the organization be Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton. ... 2/72 First issue of Sidereal Times, so named by Editor Roxanne Tobin. ... 5/72 Election of officers: Norman Sperling, Director; John Church, Assist. ... Sidereal Times, John gives the following report: . ... Sidereal Times.) ... Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton Т? 2015. ...

... Table 1 lists all RV data for KELT-3 , and Figure 2 shows 20 TA B L E 1 RV O B S E RVAT I O N S O F K E LT- 3 BJD RV RV errora Source (TDB) (m s-1 ) (m s-1 ) 2455983.672916 -319 25 TRES 2455990.777987 -66 14 TRES 2456000.473809 -31 27 FIES 2456001.465355 103 20 FIES 2456002.514673 -259 20 FIES 2456003.552533 90 16 FIES 2456004.432251 0 16 FIES 2456018.656206 -324 14 TRES 2456019.709404 4 19 TRES 2456020.710562b -125 18 ... Both observations were able to resolve KELT-3 from...