XMM-Newton Science Analysis System . ... Light of stars outside the telescope field of view may reach the RGS focal plane after reflections on the front side of the gratings. Optical light may also be reflected on the back surface of the gratings; before launch the exact magnitude of this effect is not known. Regions around the pointing direction from which light could be reflected on the RGS focal plane are called avoidance fields . ...

Recursive solution of light scattering problem for multi-layered axisymmetric particles V.G.Farafonov St.Petersburg University of Aerocosmic Instrumentation St.Petersburg, 190000, Russia and V.B.Il'in Astronomical Institute, St.Petersburg University, St.Petersburg, 198504, Russia ABSTRACT Light scattering by inhomogeneous (layered) particles is the problem that often arises in optics of the atmosphere and ocean, biophysics, astrophysics, etc [1]. ... Farafonov V.G., Il'in V.B. (2000) Opt. ...

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... Image Quality of the VLT . Total Optical Control . First light for the ESO VLT unit telescope 1 occurred during the workshop. ... The image shown (Figure 1 ) here was obtained with the VLT on May 16, 1998, in red light (R band), i.e. while the mirror was still uncoated. ... In this diagram (FIgure 2), the measured image quality of the VLT UT1 astronomical images is plotted versus the ``seeing", as measured by the Seeing Monitor, a small telescope also located on top of the Paranal Mountain. ...

Next: ATCA Spectral Line Correlator Up: Spectral Line Data Reduction Previous: Spectral Line Data Reduction . Because of the Doppler effect, the observed frequency of a spectral line can be related to the radial velocity between the observer and the source. ... where v is the radial velocity, the observed frequency, the rest frequency, and c is the speed of light. ... Next: ATCA Spectral Line Correlator Up: Spectral Line Data Reduction Previous: Spectral Line Data Reduction Miriad manager . ...

... For the past years I have been working on the problem of synthesis of light curves of close binary systems, consisting of a normal star and a compact object (point object with fixed X-ray luminosity). ... Possible existence of a bright spot on the disk's lateral surface is taken into account. ... The last of then will be published in Gordon and Breach Publishers ( Cherepashchuk A.M., Katysheva N.A., Khruzina T.S., Shugarov S.Yu. ... Cherepashchuk A.M., Katysheva N.A., Khruzina T.S., Shugarov S.Yu. ...

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Cosmic rays are not the only sign of high energy particles in the distant universe. Additional evidence comes (like most astronomical data) from visible light and other types of electromagnetic waves , e.g. x-rays and radio waves. ... Photons of visible light have about 2 electron volts (ev), while medical x-ray photons may have energies of 50,000 ev and those of gamma rays reach 1,000,000 ev and even more. ... To produce x-rays or gamma rays, electrons must collide with something. ...

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... Home Lectures Lecture Series 2011-2012 Lecture Series 2011-2012 ? тАЬA Ray of Light in a Sea of Dark (Matter)тАЭ ? Charles Keeton . ... Charles Keeton , associate professor of physics and astronomy at Rutgers University and faculty director of the Aresty Research Center for Undergraduates , will speak to the AAA Friday, March 2, on тАЬA Ray of Light in a Sea of Dark (Matter).тАЭ The free public lecture begins at 6:15 p.m. in the Kaufmann Theater of the€а American Museum of Natural History . ...

Static Fourier spectrometers are often used for spectral measurements of the ionosphere emissions. There are two main advantages of Fourier spectrometers (FS) - large geometric factor and high spectral resolution; these parameters are two orders better than for grating spectral instruments. ... In scanning Fourier spectrometer optical and electric modulation of signal is used to avoid this problem, for static Fourier spectrometer there are no such ways. ...

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... A wonderful site where the debate about the nature of light sits. ... Shadow and Light science activities - A short list of activities for students about light and shadow designed by an undergraduate Education major in New Foundland. ... Projecting Shadows - Fantastic interactive site about how to make shadows from the Light/Block/Shadow technique. ... The Energy Story: Solar Energy - Aimed towards children, this is a short introduction about solar energy. ... You Light Up My Life | ...

... Свет: остановка по требованию? ... Более мощное "управляющее поле" (свет с правой циркулярной поляризацией) делает возможным распространение в среде на порядок более слабого "сигнального поля" (упоминавшийся выше импульс, свет с левой циркулярной поляризацией), скорость распространения "сигнального импульса" при этом существенно уменьшается. ... Когда часть импульса (I) уже покинула кювету, управляющее поле выключают и из кюветы ничего не выходит до тех пор, пока управляющее поле не включат вновь. ...

... We present a computer program for modelling energy flux distribution and light curves of eclipsing binaries from far ultraviolet to infrared regions. The Roche model is assumed. Proximity effects of components (reflection of radiation and surface gravity darkening) are taken into account. ... Figure 1: The surface temperature distribution for Algol A-B system before (upper plot) and after (lower plot) correction for temperature due to the irradiation effect. ...

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The light beams of the Moon’s craters. The centres of the Moon’s beams are the crater Copernic, Kepler, Aristarch. But the most powerful light system has Tikho the crater. ... What substance forms the rays of the Moon craters? ... In 1960 two soviet scientists Kirill Petrovich Stanukovich and Vitally Aleksandrovich Broshtein supposed the following explanation of these beams. The meteorite shock at the Moon’s surface is accomplished by the burst: the kinetic energy is used for gushing out. ...

RTT150 . ... The primary mirror 1 reflects light to the secondary mirror 2 which collects it on the focal surface of system. Lens corrector 3, 4 is placed between focal surface and the secondary mirror which allows to obtain large flat linear field of 300 mm diameter. Focal length, mm . ... Linear field of view, mm . ... Angular field of view . ... 0.017 mm, %, at least . ... 0.029 mm, %, at least . ... The same at the edge of field of view, at 150 mm from the center, . ...