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Beginning from the May of the 1997 we started to publish our daily solar radio observations at RATAN-600 radiotelescope. ... Periscope System: South Sector+Flat Mirror . ... It is possible to track a source by moving the secondary mirror along the arc-shaped railway tracks or to perform azimuthal 2D map synthesis . ... 1) It is possible to simultaneously carry out independent observing programs using individual sectors at various discrete azimuths and secondary mirrors on corresponding railway tracks. ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... Observing . ... Magazine . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... Chile's Giant Telescopes . ... Join Astronomy magazine May 21 30, 2014, to experience the spectacular southern sky and some of these world-class observatories as well as the rich cultural, historic, and natural sites of this South American country with this trip to observe Chile's Giant Telescopes. ...

... Astrophysics Group . ... VSA . ... CAT . ... The Very Small Array is a custom-built radio telescope (operating between 26-36 GHz), designed expressly to make high resolution observations of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation on angular scales around and below one degree. ... The VSA has been operated in ?compact array? and ?extended array? configurations (see the technical description below) and data collected to achieve high sensitivity in both regimes have been analysed. ... 1.75 GHz)...

... The Science Operation Department is composed of Astronomers, Telescope Instruments Operators(TIOs) and Data Handling Administrators(DHAs). ... Astronomers have proposed several methods to quantitatively measure the amount of turbulence above the telescope, which the most common ones is Differential Image Motion Monitor (DIMM). In optical testing, the Hartmann test is the common method to test the quality of optical components. ... Hartmann mask consists of 48 lenses. ...

Optical Observatories . ... National Optical Astronomy Observatories . ... Adam Mickiewicz University - Astronomical Observatory . ... Astronomical Institute and National Observatory of Athens . ... Jagiellonian University Astronomical Observatory - Scientific research here comprises radio and extragalactic astronomy, solar radio emission, active galactic nuclei, interstellar matter, galaxies, cosmology, variable stars and comets. ... National Radio Astronomy Observatory Home Page . ...

... Specialists from the TESIS Control Centre, at the FIAN Laboratory of Solar X-ray Astronomy, have succeeded in fixing a malfunction in one of the observatory's central telescopes, which occurred in the second half of May. ... The main version of events pointed to a malfunction in the drive mechanism's reducer, which is responsible for the rotational power from the main shaft of the motor to its output shaft, which is connected to the shutter. ... The TESIS observatory ї TESIS: www.tesis.lebedev.ru . ...

Large sunspots were occasionally seen far in the past without any instruments, when the sun was dimmed by thick haze, but not much was remembered of those observations. ... Sunspot Cycle (1850 - 1975) . One who was greatly influenced by Schwabe's discovery was an English gentleman of independent means, Richard Christopher Carrington , who devoted himself to the study of sunspots. ... Carrington had seen a flare, of the rare variety that is visible in white light (only about 50 are known). ...

T he Siding Spring Survey (SSS) is a Near-Earth Object search program that utilises the 0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory, N.S.W., Australia. ... The mission of the Siding Spring Survey is to contribute to the inventory of near-earth objects (NEOs), or more specifically, the potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs) and comets (PHOs) that may pose a threat of impact and thus harm to civilization. ... Based on the CSS Mission page . ... Siding Spring Survey Main Page . ...

... The results of the follow-up spectroscopy of 187 emission-line galaxy (ELG) candidates from the Case objective-prism survey with the 6m telescope are described. ... Significant fraction ( 23%) of the observed Case galaxies do not show emission lines in blue. ... Observations and data reduction . IPCS observations and data reduction . CCD observations and data reduction . ... Accuracy of data, comparison with independent measurements . ...

Your First Telescope . Articles | ... So, which one should I buy? ... You started out with a 60 mm refractor (probably from a department store), then you upgraded to a 6" f/8 reflector from either Criterion or Meade, and if you stuck with it long enough, you eventually bought an 8" Schmidt-Cassegrain from Celestron. ... Avoid like the plague any cheap refractor sold on the basis of its magnification. ... Which one would you buy, if you could only get one? ... www.astronomy.net . ...

... Spacecraft . 29b. Satellites looking down . ... 29e. Explorers of distant space . ... The Hubble orbiting telescope. ... The Hubble telescope , in low Earth orbit, overcomes such limitations, in the visible range and in part of the UV. ... So fruitful was this observation that a second "deep field" exposure of such length, near the southern pole of the heavens, was recently conducted. ... Some satellites specialize in observing the Sun, such as the Japanese Yohkoh and NASA's SOHO . ...

... ASP Conference Series . ... Astronomy Beat . ... World Beat: Vietnam . ... Thousands of years ago, the ancient Vietnamese began rice cultivation, ocean navigation, and, to support these activities, astronomical observation. ... But during the war from 1945 to 1975, Phu Lien observatory was seriously damaged, its equipment largely destroyed. ... Over the past few years, largely because of visits by astronomers from the International Astronomical Union, Vietnamese astronomy has risen from the dead. ...

... The computer is set up so that the software for whatever camera is running and the switch box set to channel B. This allows the monitor and keyboard upstairs to operate the computer. Now the telescope can be set up. ... In the North west of the dome, there is a motor that turns the dome. The dome opens with a motor that pulls the slit back. ... Each camera had a specific alignment with the telescope. ... The lights on the roof provide a nice target to center in all three telescopes. ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . Roque de los Muchachos Observatory . ... 19.08.2002 . ... Credit: Nik Szymanek ( ING ), IAC , ENO Explanation: Above the clouds, atop an island off the coast of Africa, a group of cutting-edge telescopes inspects the universe. Pictured above are telescopes at Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on La Palma , one of the Canary Islands , Spain . ... Publications with keywords: Observatory - telescope . Publications with words: Observatory - telescope . ...

Магазин . ... Старейший магазин телескопов в России . ... Корзина 0 0 Р . ... Телескопы Celestron . ... Добавить в избранное . ... 49 990 Р . ... Мы рады приветствовать Вас в нашем специализированном магазине телескопов и других астрономических товаров. ... Интерес к звездам, к созерцанию неба, обычно приводит человека к желанию купить телескоп, который позволит ему увидеть своими глазами все далекие сокровища космоса, так красочно описываемые в книгах. ... Copyright TELESCOPE.RU, 2016. ...

SAO is Russia's main centre for ground-based space research. ... The basic instruments of the Observatory are the optical telescope BTA (Big Alt-azimuth Telescope) with a main mirror diameter of 6 m and the radio telescope RATAN-600 with the antenna diameter 600 m. Study of the Universe as a whole, analysis of non-stationary energy release in galactic and extragalactic objects of various types, investigation of evolution and chemical composition of our Galaxy and the nature of solar activity. ...

... Размещена статья "Новая карта рельефа Марса" . ... К середине 60-х годов прошлого века многотрудные усилия астрономической общественности нашей страны (в то время Советского Союза) увенчались созданием научно-популярного журнала "Земля и Вселенная", ныне являющегося журналом Президиума РАН. ... Все это в известной степени находило отражение на страницах "Земли и Вселенной" - журнала, пропагандирующего достижения отечественной и мировой науки в области астрономии, космонавтики и комплекса наук о...

... LINKS . ... Founded in 1971 by a group of enthusiasts and star aficionados, our association is now counting more than 130 members.As a national association we attract hobby astronomers from the whole country to our regular night-sky observations and to the meetings in our club at Dudelange. ... Club News . ... by topic : PDF File Download (360KB) . by title : PDF File Download (640KB) . ... Article about AAL in "Le Quotidien" newspaper of Juli 21 2005 - PDF File Download (132KB) . ... SOME LINKS . ...

... Proposals will be accepted until 1 May 1997 and should be sent to: Mary A. Cragg Mount Wilson Institute 740 Holladay Road, Pasadena, CA 91106 USA e-mail: mwi@mtwilson.edu Haystack Observatory Call for Proposals ---------------------------------------- Haystack Observatory invites proposals for the use of the 37-m radio telescope for observations in the following wavelength bands: 3-mm (85-115 GHz ) 7-mm (35-49 GHz ) 1.3 cm (21-25 ...