... Peter J.K. "Jeff" Wisoff (Ph.D) . NASA Astronaut (former) . ... A veteran of four space flights, STS-57 in 1993, STS-68 in 1994, STS-81 in 1997 and STS-92 in 2000, Dr. Wisoff has logged a total of 42 days, 56 hours, 1 minute and 48 seconds in space, including , 19 hours and 53 minutes of EVA time in three space walks. ... Following 183 orbits of the Earth in 269 hours and 46 minutes, the eleven-day mission ended with Space Shuttle Endeavour landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California. ...

Fred Ewalt image: . I revisted my series of 5 raw images on SN1999gp. The attached UGC 1993 field image is the summation of five co-aligned and added one minute raw exposures (vice averaged, which was used for the processed image I submitted yesterday). ... The probable Foreground Star, SN1999gp and the Nucleus of UGC 1993 are all apparent in this field image. The second "Inset - A image", I blew up and normalized to the same pixel count as the field image. ... Back to 1999gp . ...

OptInt PmWiki . ... Tech Meet 16 . ... Page History | Attach | ... MROI Delay Line Design Contract . ... Return to Tech Meet 16 ( Edit ) . ... MF/XS Investigate possible ways of clamping camera cable and assess any extra space needed . XS Make 3d drawing for NMT based on [[Attach:FTT_layout.pdf|2011-05-17 layout]] showing changes to space envelopes that we are requesting . ... Conclusions - baseplate . ... Hence adopt [[Attach:FTT_layout.pdf|2011-05-17 layout]] . ... Attach:FTT_layout.pdf | ...

An introduction to the celestial sphere, describing its . apparent rotation and the special role of the pole star. ... This lesson plan supplements the web page listed below. Originally named "The sky above us" , it was split into two parts, each of which now has a lesson plan. ... Celestial sphere, constellation, zodiac, celestial pole, the Pole Star ("Polaris"), celestial equator, rotation of the Earth, planets [theodolite, equatorial axis]. ... What makes the Pole Star special? ...

... Telescopes . ... The spectrograph is installed in the Nasmyth focus of the BTA telescope, the equivalent focal length is 186 m (F/31). ... The preslit device unit is marked by number 3. ... Fig. ... slit unit of the MSS, 4.1 ? ... The spectrograph slit unit consists of a mirror that redirects the light beam from the Z axis and from the calibration path at an angle of 65њ to the axis of the telescope focus into the slit, the order separation filter, the block of the slit and the shutter (Item 4 in...

First Mid Term Date has Changed . Classes on Friday . ... Second Midterm Date is Changed to May 29 . ... Local Astronomy Stuff . ... Excellent Overview of the Early Universe . ... First Midterm Results . First Midterm Answers . Second Midterm Results . Second Midterm Answers . ... Study Guide for the First Midterm . Study Guide for the Second Midterm . ... WEEK 1: ANCIENT COSMOLOGY . ... The Universe in the first 0.01 -0.1 seconds . The Universe in the first 0.1 -1 second . ...

The starting page - The catalogues page - The list of the PUL2 fields - The list of the Pul-3(Pul-3SE) fields - The list of the PUL_ERS fields . please read short description of the access form controls . ... Right Ascension (ICRF/Tycho-2) J2000 at the central epoch of obs. (hours, minutes, seconds) (Obligatory parameter) . ... proper motion in RA (*cos(DE)) (ICRF/Tycho-2). (mas/yr) . ... Check the apropriate checkbox to output these data and radiobutton to select stars within interval. ...

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... LOC has reserved rooms for Conference participants in the two four (****) class Hotels in the center of Kazan-city, 15 minutes walking from the Conference Venue. Shalyapin" Hotel, http://shalyapin-hotel.com , e-mail for room reservation: reservation@shalyapin-hotel.ru (use COSMOS word at subject line), phones : +7(843)-231-10-00 , +7(800)1000-780 . ... First eROSITA International Conference: Mapping the Structure of the Energetic Universe 17-20 Oct 2011, Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Germany) . ...

The Sun is our nearest star and the source of energy for life on Earth. ... For centuries astronomers wondered whether they were clouds floating in the Sun's atmosphere, but we now know that they really are huge regions of magnetic field, about as intense as the field at the poles of an iron magnet. ... Such abrupt events were named solar flares , and what made them especially interesting was that occasionally, after a prominent flare, a magnetic storm would erupt on Earth. ...

... Next: MEM Task for Up: Image Restoration and Previous: RegisteringPSF-Matching and . ... In gyro-hold tracking mode, HST is stabilized only with its gyros, and the Fine Guidance Sensors are not used to maintain pointing. ... Experiments have been done on WFPC 2 images of NGC 330 and NGC 422 (having exposure times of 80 and 100 s in gyro-hold mode) with complete success. ... An NGC 422 WFPC 2 WC2 image and an NGC 330 WFPC 2 PC1 image were taken in mode FSGLOCK = GYROS in 1994 January. ...

13-20 November 2003 . 13 Nov, 05:01 M1.6 AR 0501, N04E90 LASCO: EIT, 195 A: fix , run . 13 Nov, 09:29 M1.4 AR 0501, N04E90 LASCO: C2 , C3 EIT, 195 A: orig , fix , run . 17 Nov, 09:05 1N/ M4.2 AR 0501, S01E33 LASCO: C2, C3 EIT, 195 A: orig , fix , run . ... 19 Nov, 04:01 1N/ M1.7 AR 0501, N01E06 LASCO: EIT, 195 A: fix , run . 19 Nov, 08:17 1F/ C8.8 AR 0501, N03E01 LASCO: C2 , C3 EIT, 195 A: fix , run . 20 Nov, 02:12 1N/ M1.4 AR 0501, N03W08 LASCO: EIT, 195 A: fix , run . ...

Upper stage Block DM-SLB has delivered spacecraft (SC) Measat-3a with a mass of about 2.4 tons into its target geotransfer orbit. The launch took place under the Land Launch program using Zenit-2SB launch vehicle (lift-off at 1 hour 50 minutes Moscow Time). ... The mission control for the upper stage with the SC was provided by the Technical Management (The Technical Manager is the President and Designer General of the S.P.Korolev RSC Energia V.A. Lopota). ...

Computer Ephemeris. Ephemeris for physical observations of the planets. Explanations. Each row of the table contains for date specified at 0h of Time Terrestrial Dynamical: . ... position angle of axis of planetary rotation (degrees) - 'P', . ... illumanated part of the disk - k, . ... position angle of disk point with minimal illumination (degrees), . longitude of central meridian of the disk (degrees) - 'merid1' - system I and so... phase correction (degrees). ...

Back to Atomic Data and Plasma Diagnostics Centre Info Page . The Atomic data guide presents a description of the atomic data dispersed in the Internet network and gives a convenient tools to find the data you need. ... The second gives a references on the different atomic data arranged on the elements and the third presents the atomic data for different elementary. ... Atomic data arranged by Chemical elements . Atomic data arranged by Elementary processes . Atomic data Bibliography ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... Observing . ... An artificial comet holds secrets to Earths life . ... The Sky This Week: April 1 - 10 . ... Comet ISON shines in November's second week . ... COMET ISON . ... And the Moon won t be a problem at all, because it doesn t enter the morning sky where the comet is until next week. ... Only registered members of Astronomy.com are allowed to comment on this article. ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter...

... The SOC is thankful to all those who expressed interest to the Journe?s 2003. ... We allocate 20 minutes (15 minutes for the talk and 5 minutes for questions) for each invited presentation and 15 minutes (10 minutes for the talk and 5 minutes for questions) for each oral presentation. ... Session II (invited presentations+4 oral presentations) . ... Session III (invited presentations+2 oral presentations) . ... Invited papers . ... Body tides in the Earth-Moon system and the Earth's rotation . ...

... mm] CAMCOORD1 2 translation in X . ... mm] CAMCOORD2 origin in SACCOORD - X . ... mm] origin of telescope frame in SACCOORD - X . ... X-coordinate of center of PIXCOORD1 pixel (RAWX0/RAWY0) in CAMCOORD1 system . ... absolute uncertainty associated with X0 (currently unused) . ... absolute uncertainty associated with EULER_PHI (currently unused) . ... absolute uncertainty associated with EULER_THETA (currently unused) . ... absolute uncertainty associated with EULER_PSI (currently unused) . ...

Moscow State University Sternberg Astronomical Institute Specification 2.5 m telescope with enclosure version 7.6 |Number|Item description, type |Quanti| | ... 1000 |2.5 m mirror telescope system |1 | ... lightweighting) must provide the short time of | ... stations (ports) must be provided. ... 1006 |Nasmyth focal stations must be provided with a deployable| | ... must be provided. ... Telescope control system and environment conditions | ... 2005 |Camera shutter must provide unvignetted CCD field, | ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Moon . ... Earth Satellites . ... By admin October 4, 2012 Posted in: Moon . A tiny second moon.This is Phobos (27 km across) seen over Mars by ESA's Mars Express (Image credit:ESA) . ... They concluded that at any given time Earth probably has a second moon. ... But, just perhaps, briefly the Earth had a second natural satellite seen by thousands of people.Remember the spectacular fireball witnessed over the UK and Ireland on 21 September 2012 ? ...