October 14, 2006 ---------------- Version 3.1 ----------- As of this version, XmTel is considered stable for routine use. and it is useful for the control of telescopes for both amateur and professional uses. ... XmTel does not yet include the suite of pointing corrections that are already in the menu system (but disabled). ... With the offset correction a well-aligned small telescope will point to arc minute accuracy and well enough to put an object in a CCD camera field of view. ...

... This is a personal project collecting and documenting early images of Harvard College Observatory, focusing on the site at Observatory Hill (previously Summer House Hill). ... This page shows a list of all images related pictures in the same group. [link] 1855ish William Cranch Bond photograph . Earliest source: William Cranch Bond and George PHillips Bond [and Joseph Winlock]. Annals of the Astronomical Observatory of Harvard College / 1859-1860 vol. ... A photo of William Cranch Bond. ...

The Russian Parliament will soon consider a bill that would restructure the Russian space program, 35 years after the launch оf Sputnik. ... But the legislation's most striking and controversial feature is a provision that would ban testing and deployment оf space weapons ? including anti-satellite weapons and space-based missile interceptors. ... A draft bill was written by a group of experts within the Moscow Space Club, several of whom now work on space issues with the Russian Parliament. ...

... This year SSAU provides 1429 state-funded places for admission in all kinds and directions of educational programs. ... In addition, SSAU Admission Committee notes the substantial increase in interest from the foreign applicants this year. The number of applications from foreign countries has already surpassed last year's totals - 76 applications. Based on the experience of admission campaigns of previous years, SSAU expects summer 2014 to enrol about 150 foreign students in the university. ...

Report of the RadioAstron International Science Council meeting of June 18-20, 2012 The RISC congratulated Nicolai Kardashev and the entire Astro Space Center team for their leadership and determination over more than 30 years resulting in the successful launch of RadioAstron and the magnificent early interferometer results in all four frequency bands. ... Recommendations The RISC advised the ASC to develop an Open Skies phase of RadioAstron research beginning mid 2013. ...

Supernova 2000cl in NGC 3318 This page is devoted to information on Supernova 2000cl in NGC 3318 Basic information on this SN, including the last reported brightness, on this Supernova can be found on the main page . Information on the original web pages for many of these images can be found on the Supernova links web page. ... Robin Chassagne's Supernova in NGC 3318 web page in French [ Translate ] . ... Robin Chassagne image . ... and Lidman image . ... vsnet-alert 4896 ] SN 2000cl in NGC 3318 . ...

Weekly Bulletin on Solar and Geomagnetic Activity Highlights on 07 - 13.10.2013, Forecast on 14 - 21.10.2013, Carrington Rotation 2142 (28.14.09.2013) SUNSPOT-FORMING ACTIVITY OF THE SUN REMAINED AT THE AVERAGE LEVEL. ... NEXT WEEK THE LEVEL OF SUNSPOT ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BE THE AVE- RAGE LEVEL. ... BY SOHO AND STEREO CORONOGRAPHS DATA THERE WERE OBSERVED 42 CME FROM WHICH SIX WERE THE "PARTIAL HALO II" TYPE. ... NEXT WEEK THE GEOMAGNETIC SITUATION IS EXPECTED QUIET AND UNSETTLED ALL DAYS. ...

If you can see this, it means that the installation of the Russian Apache web server software on this system was successful. ... This page is here because the site administrator has changed the configuration of this web server. ... The Apache Software Foundation, which wrote the web server software this site administrator is using, has nothing to do with maintaining this site and cannot help resolve configuration issues. ... You are free to use the image below on an Apache-powered web server. ...

... Planets . ... Earth Satellites . ... The newly discovered ?mega-Earth? ... Its sibling, the lava world Kepler-10b, is in the background (the two planets? proximity is grossly exaggerated) .€а Kepler-10c has a diameter of about 29 000 km, 2.3 times as large as Earth, and weighs 17 times as much. ... The first mega-earth to be discovered is Kepler-10c which orbits a star lying about 560 light years from the Sun in the constellation Draco. ... Astronomers Find a New Type of Planet: The ?Mega-Earth? ...

Next: The Portable-CGS4DR Graphical User Interface . ... In order to track changes in the TABLES/STSDAS code, as well as for Quality Assurance and to simplify the code release process, the GNU Revision Control System (RCS) was chosen as the method of revision control. ... A survey of the Revision Control software available led to the choice of the GNU Revision Control System (RCS) as the method of revision control. ... The part of the system that the user sees is the Graphical User Interface. ...

Stellarium 0.12.3 . ... Classes . ... ClassљList . ... Static Public Member Functions . CLIProcessor Class Reference . ... argsGetOption (const QStringList &argList, QString shortOpt, QString longOpt) . Check if a QStringList has a CLI-style option in it (before the first ). ... Retrieve the argument to an option from a QStringList. ... Check if a QStringList has a yes/no CLI-style option in it, and find out the argument to that parameter. ... a long-form option string, e.g. "–help" . ...

Latest information about St. Petersburg session see in . http://www. brown.nord.nw.ru/conf99.htm . The aim of this session is to bring together people involved in . ... Session will be held in the frames of celebration of 275 -th anniversary . of St.Petersburg State University which G.Gamow graduated in 1925. RETURN] . ... The Conference materials are at WWW: . ...

... Magnetic storms online . ... Geomagnetic activity forecast . ... September : 2015 . ... No magnetic storm is expected . From 10 September 2015 to 6 October 2015 the following magnetic storms and disturbances are expected: . October 05, 2015 geomagnetic disturbances . September 12, 2015 geomagnetic disturbances . ... September 21, 2015 geomagnetic storm of level G1 (minor) . ... September 20, 2015 geomagnetic disturbances 10 September 2015 - 6 October 2015 . 09.09.2015 . ...

... These are just the bare bones--just three basic ideas and rules for handling relations ("equations") involving unknown quantities whose values you are trying to find. In most calculations you try to find a number . ... To get a solution, one must replace the given equation (or equations) with others, containing the same information but cleaner in appearance. ... If you have an equation and modify both its sides in exactly the same way, what you get is also a valid equation. ...

. You can check out an earlier version of a file. Use the command: sccs get -r version number .

Participants of the Workshop are housed in "Pulkovo Meridian" hotel. ... Registration fee for Workshop is 1000 Rubles. Accommodation and meals (lunches and dinners) are provided for the organizers and participants for this period. Participants will be able to order meals (lunches and dinners) the day before. ... This price includes a salad (150 g), a soup (300 g), a main dish (150 g), a side dish (150 g), and a beverage (200 ml). ... Copyright 2014. ... Accommodation and Meals | ...

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... Expected NICMOS Performance after HST Servicing Mission 3 . NICMOS Cooling System Design . ... NASA is developing the NICMOS Cooling System (NCS) to provide operation of NICMOS beyond the exhaustion of its stored solid nitrogen cryogen. ... The NCS combines an external radiator identical in design to the ACS/STIS Aft Shroud Cooling System (ASCS) planned for SM3, a Creare, Inc. reverse-Brayton cycle turbine cooler, and an EVA installed neon loop to the NICMOS dewar's cooling coil. ...

... The behaviour of the polarization efficiency (see Eq. ( 14 )) for non-absorbing and absorbing spheroids is shown in Fig. 11 for the case when a maximum polarization is expected (PF alignment, ). ... Figure 11: Polarization efficiency against for prolate and oblate spheroids with and , picket fence orientation, . The size/shape effects are illustrated. ... Figure: Polarization efficiency as a function of particle equivolume radius for prolate core-mantle spheroids with and , PF orientation, . ...

. This is a new popup window - close it when you are done . Submitted by Bruce Berger on 03/14/2007 11:14:36 . Scopes for Sale at the Beijing Planetarium . I was surprised that the prices were close to what you'd spend online at Orion Telescopes. I expected them to be much less. But hey, this WAS a museum so I shouldn't have expected any bargains. Logon to post a follow-up comment or review comments from others . Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. About Us Contact Us