General Information . ... The conference is organized by the Sternberg Astronomical Institute (SAI) of Moscow University and the IAU Working group "Site-testing Instruments" . ... Use of site data in telescope operation and adaptive optics. ... Recent conferences on this subject (2007, 2008) demonstrated great interest of the community, hence the need for a new meeting. ... Unlike previous recent conferences, this meeting will cover all aspects of site monitoring for optical/IR astronomy. ...

XMM-Newton CCF Release Note XMM- CCF -REL-169 EPIC MOS low energy response and Quantum Eфciency R. D. Saxton, Steve Sembay 5 August 2004 1 CCF components Name of CCF VALDATE EVALDATE Blocks changed XSCS ag EMOS1 QUANTUMEF 0016. CCF 2000-01-01 QE TOTAL NO EMOS2 QUANTUMEF 0016. CCF 2000-01-01 QE TOTAL NO EMOS1 REDIST 0035. CCF 1999-12-10 2000-07-15 CCD REDISTRIBUTION-n NO EMOS1 ... This excess was responsible for small underestimates of the Galactic absorption column. ...

... The spectrum of the brightest star, our Sun, shows several dark gaps perpendicular to the flow of it’s colours (figure 1). These so called spectral absorption lines where discovered in 1802 by the English scientist William Wollaston. ... Some stars as Pollux show a spectrum similar to that of our sun with strong Ca II and Fe II lines, others as Sirius or Vega show strong absorption lines of hydrogen, others, as Mira show very complicated spectra due to molecular absorption lines (see figure 5). ...

... I will touch upon the following points: ­ fast evolution of the sizes of quiescent (elliptical) galaxies between z = 2 and z = 1; ­ prolonged star formation histories of dwarf spheroidal galaxies in the Local Group; ­ apparent lack of external sources of cold gas accretion for the nearby spiral galaxies; ­ old stellar ages and magnesium overabundance of the large-scale disks of nearby lenticular galaxies. ... This discovery has challenged the recognized scenarios of elliptical galaxy evolution. ...

. Authors . Problem . Method . Advises . Contact Analysis of an accuracy of CCD asteroid observations carried out by professional and amateur astronomers . An accuracy estimation of CCD asteroid observations contained in the Minor Planet Center Database and carried out in the years 1999 - 2006 is realized. About 20 millions individual positions of the Numbered and Unnumbered Minor Planets were tested by means of calculations of (O-C) residuals to derive "mean error of a single observation" for more than 400