... 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)...

... Previous: Generalized Linear Multi-Frequency Imaging in VLBI . ... At Astronomical Observatory of Valencia University (OAUV), CCD observations of asteroids and big planets satellites are obtained since 2001 with a big format camera and several telescopes. ... Software for comparison of single and overlapped CCD fields obtained at different epochs has been developed. ... After images measurement in CCD field, catalogue stars are identified and adjusted with images. ...

Peremennye Zvezdy ( Variable Stars ) 35 , No. ... We present the results of our new observations of QS Draconis, a recently discovered double-mode high-amplitude Scuti variable, HADS(B) type. ... Our CCD observations in the Johnson bands were performed at the Tien Shan Astronomical Observatory of the V.G. Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute, at the altitude of 2750 m above the sea level. ... The finding chart (Fig. 1) identifies the variable star, comparison star, and check star. ... Fig. ...

... The value of tile-size, NW , may be thought of as a sixth coordinate axis in the chirplet transform parameter space - TF-area. Including this sixth coordinate axis provides us with a hierarchical (multi-resolution) CCT. ... Various 2- D slices through the multiresolution CCT may correspond to useful tilings of the TF plane with true parallelograms (true to the extent that the DPSS define a truly rectangular region in the TF plane). ...

P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute Astro Space Center Russian Academy of Sciences S.A. Lavochkin Association, Roscosmos RADIOASTRON The Ground ­ Space Interferometer: radio telescope much larger than the Earth The Spectr-R Project http://www.asc.rssi.ru/ radioastron / High- Resolution HI 21 cm Mosaic of M 33 galaxy GENERAL OUTLINE The RadioAstron ... Such forecast could be used to prepare a long time-scale schedule of scientific observations. ...

... MASTER Net is 56 square degrees per 1 exposition . ... 06 Dec 2015: GRB 151205B: MASTER-NET early optical observations GCN18665 . ... 18 Nov 2015: GRB 151118A: MASTER-NET optical observations GCN18613 . ... 12 Nov 2015: GRB 151112A: MASTER-NET optical limit GCN18591 . ... 07 Nov 2015: GRB 151107A: MASTER-NET optical observations GCN18565 . ... 31 Oct 2015: Five OTs detected by Global Robotic MASTER Net ATel8232 . ... 02 Oct 2015: GRB 151001B: MASTER-NET early optical observations GCN18380 . ...

... 8, ``Celestial Mechanics'', 2002 Regularity and chaos for planetary orbits in binaries D. Benest Observatoire de Nice, Nice, France 1. ... Previous papers showed that stable planetary orbits, around either the lightest or the heaviest component of several nearby binary systems, exist up to distances from their primary of the order of more than half the binary's periastron sep­ aration. ... Chaos: bounded or sticky? It is now well­known that planetary dynamics may include some proportion of chaos. ...

The Sun 11 Solar radio bursts study with high spatial and temporal resolution V.A. Alexeev, A.F. Dementyev, B.N. Lipatov, V.F. Melnikov, M.B. Nechaeva, S.D. Snegirev, Yu.V. Tikhomirov Radiophysical Research Institute NIRFI, Nizhny-Novgorod, Russia Theoretical and experimental researches of the energy release fragmentation in solar ares need observations with high spatial 0.01 1 arcsec and temporal 1 ms resolution. ... Several VLBI stations all over the Russia were supplied by this set of equipment. ...

... For object magnitudes greater than this magnitude the major source of signal is from the sky. ... Number of electrons= sky в gain в number of pixels per resolution element. nsky =0.023в2.33в20=1.1 e- s-1 Object brightness less than brightness of the sky : (means that sky noise will be the dominant noise source). object sky 4.9 в 10 6 1.1 2.5112 m m 17 Therefore sky limited in B band for m 17th magnitude Counts = number of counts , t=exposure time 4.9 в106 ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... Star Atlas . ... stars . ... exoplanets . ... Exoplanet atmosphere detected . ... University of Texas at Austin astronomer and Hubble Fellow Seth Redfield has used the Hobby-Eberly Telescope (HET) at McDonald Observatory to make the first ground-based detection of the atmosphere of a planet outside our solar system. ... This causes the planet to appear larger, since we now 'see' the planet plus the atmosphere, and we measure more blocked light from the star," Redfield says. ...

TEMPERATURE OF REGOLITH IN COLD TRAPS ON THE MOON A.A. Berezhnoi Sternberg Astronomical Institute Moscow, Russia The hypothesis of the existence of the lunar ice in cold traps was stated in (Watson et al., ... Arnold, 1979) estimated the mean temperature on the surface of lunar cold traps as 40-90 K. We plotted the dependence of regolith mean temperature on depth for these two values of mean temperature on the surface (see figure 1). ... Arnold J.R. Ice in the lunar polar regions, J. Geophys. ...

... It is found that the correlation coefficients between these two parameters calculated separately inside and outside the sunspot formation zone ±30 have cyclic variation and occur in anti-phase. This suggests different mechanisms of formation of the corona in the fields of small, medium, and large scales. ... The relationship between the coronal green line brightness (CGLB) and the magnetic field strength (MFS) has been investigated by constructing the corresponding synoptic maps for the 1977-2001. ...

... The TESIS is a set of solar imaging instruments developed by the Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Science, and launched aboard the Russian spacecraft CORONAS-PHOTON on January 30, 2009. The main goal of the TESIS is to provide complex observations of solar active phenomena from the transition region to the inner and outer solar corona with high spatial, spectral and temporal resolution in the EUV and Soft X-ray spectral bands. ... Solar activity hits a new low . ...

Atmospheric influence on the different radio-engineering system functioning . ESTIMATION OF ATMOSPHERIC OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND REMOTELY SANSED IMAGE CORRECTION . ... Direct transmittance estimation results for 12 channels of the spectrometer CHRIS. ... We have managed to develop a direct method of estimating the discrete Normalized Atmospheric Point Spread Function (NAPSF) from available images alone, not using any external sources of information about the atmosphere. ... IRE RAS 1996-20 11 ...

... IN SCIENCE HARDWARE SUPPLY TO MIR ORBITAL COMPLEX . In essence, the Mir manned station not only concentrated the experience of solving various applied tasks in orbital flight conditions but also extended the sphere of applying scientific methods in space, that had been beyond the reach of Mankind before. ... INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION | SEA LAUNCH . LAND LAUNCH | UNIVERSAL SPACE PLATFORM | ... LAUNCHERS | ... Official WEB-site of S.P.Korolev RSC Energia . ...

... SIXA FM ACCEPTANCE TESTS . ... In accordance to plan of the Acceptance Tests for Flight Models which was agreed in March 2000 in Moscow, the Acceptance Test of SIXA FM was carried out between 28 August and 2 September at VTT Automation, Finland. ... GOUCH for electronics box of SIXA-FM, Remark: not updated after changes made in 1994. ... Ground Test Program of SIXA-FM. ... Integration Test of SIXA FM, BIUS, ISS, DSS, and MPMI . ... Test data were written to MPMI, DSS-F, DSS-S and GSE SIXA-FM, . ...

... Fast line profile in the spectra hot O stars , Astrony Letters, 29 , 175-187 (2003) . ... Preliminary results of spectral observations of stars lambda Ori, alpha Cam and 19 Cep with the 1 m telescope of Special Astrophysical Observatory are presented. A variability of line profiles in the spectra of all studied stars is detected. ... The cyclical profile variations of HeII lambda 4686 and CIII lambda 5696 lines in the spectra of lambda Ori A with the recurrence time of 1.3-1.6 days are detected. ...

... Cosmic masers are natural generators of high-intensity radio waves. ... Up to now a great experience in spectral radio observations of molecular masers has been acquired by the French and Russian teams. ... Project participants: Pierre Colom (France), Evgueny Lekht , Mikhail Pashchenko and Georgij Rudnitskij (Russia) . ... Molecular Universe. ... Colom P., Lekht E. E., Pashchenko M. I., and Rudnitskij G. M. OH and H 2 O maser variations in W33B. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 575, A49 (2015) . ...

Twilight observations with MASS/DIMM B. Safonov Sternberg Astronomical Institute Moscow State University Comprehensive Characterization of Astronomical Sites, 2010 B. Safonov (Moscow State University) Twilight observations with MASS/DIMM SITE 2010 1 / 17 Why observe in twilight with MASS/DIMM? ... ASM includes 3 devices sensitive to background: guider, DIMM and MASS. B. Safonov (Moscow State University) Twilight observations with MASS/DIMM SITE 2010 2 / 17 Background in guider. ...

... Aloisi, A. The Old Stellar Population . Alonso-Herrero, A. HST /NICMOS Observations of the . ... Balcells, M. HST-NICMOS Observations of Galactic . ... Baum, S.A. Investigating the Evolution of . ... Becklin, E.E. A Coronagraphic Search for . ... Clampin, M. The Old Stellar Population . ... Close, L. HST NICMOS Observations of . ... The Stellar Population in . Geballe, T.R. HST NICMOS Observations of . ... Greggio, L. The Old Stellar Population . ... Leitherer, C. The Old Stellar Population . ...