... 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. ...

... Meade Instruments Corporation . ... Refracting telescopes (Meade Models NG-60, NGC-60, DS-2070AT, ETX-70AT, LXD55-AR5, LX55-AR6 ) and mirror-lens telescopes ( ETX-90AT, 105AT, 125AT, LXD55-SC8, 8LX90, LX200 GPS Series ) are generally more versatile in a wide array of land and astronomical applications. ... The intermediate-level observer, or the non-casual telescope user who wishes to purchase one telescope for a lifetime, should consider a Meade Model LXD55 series, 8LX90, or LX200GPS. ... Meade 4M ...

... 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)...

... 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...

... Recent Topics . ... MAO main . ... Fw: ASTRONET: Task 5.4 - observing schools . ... Subject: Re: ASTRONET: Task 5.4 - observing schools . ... with the organization and carrying out observing schools. ... second half of September, and which will be funded by the training and . ... intended for master and starting PhD students. ... actions on observing schools, providing access for students, Master . ... observing schools for master students. ... in form of observing schools for pre-PhD students. ...

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Status of the RadioAstron project development . The engineering model of the Space Radio Telescope (SRT) was assembled in Lavochkin Association (LA) in the configuration consisting of 10-m parabolic radio astronomical antenna made of carbon-fiber, F ocal and Device cabins of the scientific payload and on-board and ground complex of high data rate up-down radio link (VIRK). ... Then,radio astronomical tests were conducted using real radio sources. ... Space Radio Telescope . ... Data Processing . ...

... 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 . ...

... Seidewand created the event FREE WEEKLY TELESCOPE VIEWING AT STRASENBURGH PLANETARIUM: 4/2 cancelled for clouds, snow, . ... Free! ... Call Jim at 703-9876 for more info. 1 week ago . ... Seidewand created the event FREE TELESCOPE VIEWING AT STRASENBURGH PLANETARIUM . ... Seidewand created the event FREE TELESCOPE VIEWING AT STRASENBURGH PLANETARIUM: 3/26 outlook is hopeful . ... Seidewand created the event FREE TELESCOPE VIEWING AT STRASENBURGH PLANETARIUM: 3/19 outlook is excellent . ...

... Roque de los Muchachos Observatory . ... 19.08.2002 . ... Credit Copyright: 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 . ... August 2002 . ... 2001 2002 . ... Publications with keywords: Observatory - telescope . Publications with words: Observatory - telescope . ...

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). ...

Next: Column label: TELESCOP Up: File Formats Required Previous: MJD --- column . Data for all the telescopes at an observatory can be stored in a single MIDAS table file, called (by default) esotel.tbl. A standard path needs to be established for this file. ... Each observatory file should contain a C*72 descriptor OBSERVATORY that contains the name of the observatory, preferably as it is given in [ 6 ]. ... Each column label can be a standard FITS keyword, if an appropriate one is available. ...

... 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 . ...

GRANAT is the Russian x-ray sattelite launched to the high apogee orbit (200,000 km) and operated almost for 10 years (1989 -1999) , carrying out four major instruments: French SIGMA coded-mask hard x-ray telescope (30-1000 keV), Soviet ART-P coded-mask telescope (2??-60?? keV), all-sky monitor WATCH (6-150 keV), and a gamma-burst detector PHEBUS . ... Since September 1994, GRANAT is in the survey mode. ... Explore pages devoted to individual GRANAT instruments (including main scientific results): . ...

... It was with this spirit that Norman Oberle suggested that area amateurs should have the benefit of a large aperture (25 inches or larger) telescope with sufficient focal length for excellent visual work. ... Norm Oberle and Jim Thomas spent 2,000 hours grinding and polishing to work the mirror into an oblate spheroid. ... Norm worked with Jim Thomas in a basement workshop. ... The Richland club is situated in the Hidden Hollow camp ground, and has long held meetings in the clubhouse on the grounds. ...

... 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. ...

Visual Discovery of SN1995V in NGC 1087. ... My basic supernova search still continues with my backyard 41cm telescope. ... The discovery of supernova 1995V in NGC 1087 is the second discovery to be made this year with the larger telescope. ... After this, they took two CCD pictures of NGC 1087 from which the magnitude of the supernova could be calculated in relation to a nearby measured star, and the offsets of the supernova could also be measured. ...

... APT Activities and Science Results 3. ... APT Secretary Philip Edwards (ISAS) reviewed the aims of the APT (http://www.vsop.isas.ac.jp/apt/DefinitionAndAims.html). ... The Australia Telescope Compact Array, and Ceduna, Hartebeesthoek, Kashima, Mopra, Parkes, and Shanghai telescopes of the Asia-Pacific Telescope participated in these observations. ... In the absence of Tetsuo Sasao, Philip Edwards briefly described results of the APT 22 GHz observations conducted from October 1st to 5th, 1997. ...

... Photos . 3.5m telescope in Calar Alto observatory . ... telescopes . ... 2.2m telescope in Calar Alto . ... 2.2 telescope . ... Cloudy sunset . ... Копосов Сергей , 2003-2007 . Koposov Sergey , 2007 ...

... Survey processing . ... ESO - Public Surveys . ... 21/12/2009 Release of Science Verification Data . ... 11/12/2009 Press release about VISTA (Text, Images and Videos) . The ESO press release is at www.eso.org/public/outreach/press-rel/pr-2009/pr-49-09.html . ... 10/12/2009 15:00+ Ownerhsip of VISTA accepted by ESO from STFC (UK Goverenment representative) . ... 15/10/2009 Science Verification period started (see 21/12/9 for release) . ... 17/04/2008 Press releases om M1 from ESO , STFC and QMUL . ...