... X-Ray Binaries I . ... In late January 2000 Cygnus X-3 made a transition from a quiescent radio state (low X-ray state) to a radio flaring state (high X-ray state). ... Throughout this activity an extensive multiwavelength campaign was undertaken. These included observations in the hard X-ray (CGRO/BATSE), X-ray (RXTE/ASM/PCA/HEXTE), radio (GBI, Ryle Telescope, VLA, RATAN-600), radio imaging (VLBA), and high resolution X-ray spectroscopy and imaging (Chandra). ...

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Next: The X-ray Optics Up: No Title Previous: No Title . ... NASA's newest Great Observatory, the Chandra X-Ray Observatory (CXO) - formally known as the Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF) - launched on July 23, 1999 and represents such an advance. ... CXO has broad scientific objectives and an outstanding capability to provide high-resolution ( 0.5-arcsec) imaging, spectrometric imaging and high resolution dispersive spectroscopy over the energy band from 0.1 to 10 keV. ...

... 2 Columns At the present time, the REGION table is de ned for a two-dimensional space. ... ROTANG (rotation angle): for rotated elements; like X and Y, this column needs to contain vectors of suфcient length. ... Table 1: REGION Table SHAPEs SHAPE X Y R ROTANG Point X Y Circle Xcen Ycen R Ellipse Xcen Ycen Rmaj ; Rmin Angle Annulus Xcen Ycen Rin ; Rout Elliptannulus Xcen Ycen Rinmaj ; Rinmin ; Angin ; Routmaj ; Routmin Angout Box Xcen Ycen Xsize ; Ysize Rotbox Xcen ...

To main of Laboratory . The research work and design of optical and optical-electronic devices are carries out by laboratory staff: . ... Lens: . ... In the layout 1 prism systems perform functions of dispersive element, corrector of aberrations, optical reducer. ... Spectral range 200 - 400 nm; . ... Back Forward . ... The main corrector's function are compensation of field aberrations of the main spherical mirror of a telescope (diameter of 600 mm, f'=1200 mm) and increase aperture ratio. ...

Super Rocket Targets . NPO MOLNIYA has been designing rockets-targets for over 30 years using the great experience in crea-ting anti-aircraft guided rockets (AGR) for C-25M. On the basis of B-300 anti-aircraft rockets which expired their service life, there were designed, tested and put into the serial production the following types of the rocket - ... The analogue of this system successfully passed the state tests with the ZVEZDA-4 rocket-target. ...

USA Solar Mission . Courtesy of NASA's National Space Science Data Center . The Solar Maximum Mission (SMM) was designed to provide coordinated observations of solar activity, in particular solar flares, during a period of maximum solar activity. ... Complementary studies were made as part of the SMM guest investigator program, and coordinated in situ measurements of flare particle emissions were made from the ISEE 3 spacecraft. The spacecraft was launched on February 14, 1980. ...

... The department was founded in late sixties by Prof. D.Ya.Martynov, who for many years was also the director of Sternberg Astronomical Institute. At present time, the head of the department is Prof. A.M.Cherepashchuk, a pupil of D.Ya.Martynov and his successor as the director of SAI. Since Prof. Martynov, the scientific activity of the department was primarily related to binary stars. ... The department consists of 15 members most of which have Ph.D. in Astrophysics. ...

Next: C.S. Jeffery, Research Astronomer Up: Research Previous: J.E. Chambers, Research Astronomer Contents . During 1998 Dr Gerry Doyle was involved with three PPARC PDRA research grants, and was also a co-organiser of two international conferences (the COSPAR Symposium `Activity Observed in the Sun and in Similar Stars', and the Armagh Cool Star Workshop `Solar and Stellar Activity: Similarities and Differences'). He was Associate Scientist with the CDS and SUMER instruments on SOHO. ...

... Educational programs (English) . Educational programs (Russian) . ... Pre-university education . ... Samara region . ... Samara State Aerospace University proposes to develop scientific and educational projects in the field of advanced space technologies together with developing countries. ... The University also took the initiative to hold in 2017 the United Nations Symposium in Samara, confined to the 60th anniversary of the space age beginning (launch of the first Earth satellite vehicle). ...

... Minute Values of Geomagnetic Field Components . ... AA 1868 - Present (3 hourly and daily) (monthly) (yearly) (Lists and histograms of geomagnetic disturbance and Solar Sunspots) KP_AP 1932 - Present (3 hourly and daily) (Lists and histograms of geomagnetic disturbance and Solar Sunspots) AE_HV 1957-75, 78-88 (hourly) AE_MIN 1978-881-6;198903;1990-94 (minute) DST 1957 - Present (hourly) PC 1975 - Present (15-minute) AMANAS 1959 - Present (3 hourly and daily) KMKNKS 1983 - Present (3 hourly) . ...

... There are preliminary series of photometric and radio spectral observations of the above-mentioned stars, archival data on the light curves of the stars, results of the search for OH and H 2 O maser emission in IRAS point sources that possess the IR parameters similar to Miras. ... The aim is a detailed study of the maser emission variability. ... In 1996-1997, astronomical observations of Mira Ceti-type stars (miras) were carried out in three spectral ranges: optical, infrared, and radio. ...

... Unlike the previous digital-only Messages, Arecibo-1974 and Evpatoria-1999, the TAM has complex, three-section structure with different forms of information. Section 1 represents coherent sounding radio signal with slow Doppler wavelength tuning to imitate transmission from Sun's center. ... Section 2 is an analog information and represents musical melodies, performed on the Theremin. ... There were seven musical compositions in the 1st Theremin Concert for Aliens. ...

... The damage to NIFS has freed up the RSAA instrumentation team to concentrate on the timely delivery of the Gemini South Adaptic Optics Imager (GSAOI). ... GSAOI is the second instrument that ANU is building for Gemini. ... GSAOI Website: http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/gsaoi/ NIFS Website: http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/nifs/ RSAA Website: http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/ Australian Gemini Project Office Website: http://www.ausgo.unsw.edu.au/ Gemini Public Information Website: http://www.gemini.anu.edu.au/public/ . ...

... XMM EPIC MOS Steve Sembay ( sfs5@star.le.ac.uk ) Palermo 12/04/ 2007 Flux comparison using a sample (17) of AGN observations: as presented at MPE (May 2006) Band (keV) 0.54-0.85 0.85-1.50 1.50-4.0 4.0-10.0 ( MOS1 -PN)/PN (MOS2-PN)/PN -5.4% +2.4% +6.8% +11.4% -1.6% +4.1% +7.3% +7.4% XMM EPIC MOS Steve Sembay ( sfs5@star.le.ac.uk ) Palermo 12/04/ 2007 ... 1.07 -> 1.15 XMM EPIC MOS Steve Sembay (sfs5@star.le.ac.uk) Palermo 12/04/2007 Independent astrophysical evidence ? ...

... Design of Imaging Optics . Analyzing Optics . ... The high resolution near infrared camera (CONICA) for the first VLT unit telescope is under development. It serves as a multi-mode instrument for the wavelength region between 1.0 and 5.0 microns, providing diffraction-limited spatial resolution when combined with the adaptive optic system NAOS of the VLT (Rosset et al. ... VLT instrumentation, ALADDIN InSb detector, NIR imaging, NIR spectroscopy, re-imaging optics, IR optics . ...

. Statistics of sunspot activity . The sunspot indices . My observations . NGDC's observations . The solar regions . Links . About authors . Russian pages . About authors . Observer: Alexey Ryback . Web-design: Alexander Burkov .

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... Home Gallery Club Events AAA president Marcelo Cabrera presents AAA Amateur Astronomers Medal to Al Nagler of TeleVue Optics with AAA vice-president Susan Andreoli. ... A History of the First Forty Years of the Amateur Astronomers Association . ... AAA president Marcelo Cabrera presents AAA Amateur Astronomers Medal to Al Nagler of TeleVue Optics with AAA vice-president Susan Andreoli. by . ... 2016 Amateur Astronomers Association of New York Designed by Press Customizr Powered by . ...

Magnetic Stars, 2011, pp. ... Key words: instrumentation: polarimetry ­ magnetic fields ­ stars: individual (WD1658­441) ­ stars: magnetic fields ­ stars: white dwarfs 1 Intro duction Low­resolution spectropolarimeters are intended mainly for spectropolarimetric studies of faint ob jects. ... Magnetism of white dwarfs. ... 223 Figure 4: Spectrum (upper plot) and circular polarization (lower plot) of the zero polarization standard maximal rotationally modulated longitudinal magnetic field. ...