... In more detail, the task requires as main input a table in a data set which contains a column with times in XMM MET (Mission Elapsed Time) frame[1]. ... Correct all time tags stored in a speci ed column of the table 3. ... Please note: This process is irreversible - if the original time column is to be kept a copy of the data set should be made a priori. withsrccoordinates no boolean false true|false The barycentric correction algorithms needs the coordinates of the celestial source. ...

An Ancient Universe: How Astronomers Know the Vast Scale of Cosmic Time . SCIENCE AND RELIGION . Humanity has always wondered about the nature, origin, and purpose of the universe, and these thoughts have been important parts of many religious traditions. ... Indeed, many scientists have strong religious beliefs. ... Many people from a variety of religious faiths accept the testimony of science, including evidence for the great age of the universe. ... An Ancient Universe - Table of Contents . ...

... Within the transnational Access program of SOLARNET, European investigators can apply for observing time with the European instruments IBIS and ROSA , which are installed at the Dunn Solar Telescope of the US National Solar Observatory ( DST/NSO ). ... Periodic calls for proposals will be published for requesting SOLARNET observing time with the European instruments IBIS and ROSA, installed at the Dunn Solar Telescope of the US National Solar Observatory (DST/NSO). ... SOLARNET Access . ...

... Radio Astronomy . ... ASRAS Board Members . ... To see the most up to date news and events happening with ASRAS log in with your user name and password and then click on the Activities page. ... Messier Marathon (Member Observing) CANCELLED Saturday, April 9, 2016 9:00 PM Location:Farash Center Ionia NY . ... ASRAS Members meeting - Friday May 6 at Farash Center - Ionia NY . ... ASRAS Board members meeting - monday May 9 @ Farash Center Monday, May 9, 2016 7:00 PM Location:Farash Center Ionia NY . ...

The Special Astrophysical Observatory of Russian Academy of Sciences is one of the leading center of stellar magnetism study. ... Our observatory every 3-5 years holds an International Conference "Magnetic Stars" during past 30 years. ... The conference proceedings were published in book "Stellar Magnetism", Editors-in-chief Yu.V. Glagolevskij and I.I. Romanyuk (Saint Petersburg, Nauka, 1992), 270 pages. ... Conferences . History . ... Laboratory for the Stellar Magnetism Study of SAO of the RAS . ...

Peremennye Zvezdy ( Variable Stars ) 26 , No. ... Moscow 119992, Russia . ... 84/32, Moscow 117997, Russia . ... Our CCD observations compared to times of minima derived from the archival photographic plates and from the NSVS and ASAS-3 data clearly show that the orbital period of the system is variable. ... The phased light curve for the light elements . ... CCD, Moscow . ... and for the current linear light elements (in excellent agreement with the NSVS, ASAS, and our CCD observations): . ...

Click here for more about this recent image from Shared Skies. Moore Observatory of the University of Louisville and Mt. Kent Observatory of the University of Southern Queensland support teaching and research by their students and faculty in programs in Astronomy, Physics, and Atmospheric Sciences. ... The wide field telescope in the roll roof and the CDK20 in the Sirius dome at Moore Observatory offer live real-time use to university students, and to secondary school teachers, on request. ...

NMW survey overview . Access image archive . ... The New Milky Way survey aims to detect bright (V<13.5) optical transients near the Galactic plane using an automated wide-field (8x6 deg.) system capable of surveying the whole Milky Way area visible from the observing site in one night. ... All images obtained during the transient search survey are available online (please use the image archive access form ). ... Images per field: . ... Images per night: . ... Milky Way imaging time: . ...

Russian Version ( KOI-8 , Win ) . Institute of Astronomy of the RAS . ... Self-consistent simulation of chemical and dynamical evolution of protostellar clouds . Chemical evolution of galaxies . ... Soon after my birth I was moved (I was not able to move on my own in those times, you know) in Novouljanovsk, small town to the south of Uljanovsk. ... Since that time my life and work is bound to the Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences. ... Back to the INASAN home page . ...

... The MROI makes use of optical interferometry, much like COAST . ... As a major collaborator, the Cambridge Astrophysics Group is currently developing some of the mechanisms below, specifically the delay line and the fast tip-tilt system. ... Fringe tracking is used to control the positions of the delay line trolleys to make sure the light beams from the different telescopes in the MROI arrive at the science camera beam combiners in phase so that an interference pattern can be produced. ...

... Space Research Institute . ... Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences . ... Short history of IKI with respect to it's directors and main missions . ... Main results . ... Venue: Space Research Institute and Russian Academy of Sciences . ... The interview with the director of Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences Academician Lev M. Zelenyi . ... Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IKI), 84/32 Profsoyuznaya Str, Moscow, Russia, 117997...

... Observatory . ... Dept. for Astrometry & Space Geodynamics . ... Dept. for Physics of Stars&Galaxies . Dept. for Space Plasma Physics . Dept. for Physics of Minor Celestial Bodies . Dept. for Physics of Planetary Systems . Dept. for Solar Physics . ... Kinematics&Physics.. ... Astronomical Calendar . ... History of MAO . ... NAS of Ukraine . ... Postgraduate at the Main Astronomical Observatory (MAO), Kyiv (1962 - 1965) . ... Head of the Space Geodynamics Department of MAO (1979 - ) . ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Mad Science . ... Keep Bad Astronomy close to your heart, and help make me filthy rich. ... Area of science: Astronomy . ... How big can a comet be in size? ... Have you found a new star? How close can you get to a star with out getting hurt? ... Questions like "How big can something get..." usually run into trouble simply because of definitions. ... So comets may get pretty big, but our definition of just what is a comet may break down before then! ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

... Exposure Time Calculator (ETC) . ... ESO - Public Surveys . ... the recommended values to use for DIT, . ... Detector on-chip integration (DIT): seconds. to your chosen value - a separate page gives recommended values to use for DIT - for modes 1 and 2 below you may wish to start with the maximum recommended values as these will minimize the effect of read noise (a total object exposure of Y secs with DIT=X secs will produce Y/X lots of read noise) and give you a lower limit on the time needed. ...

The Time of the Dilletantes: from Cardano and Brahe to Descartes and Fermat . The Time of the Tenacious: Kepler, Wallis and Huygens . The Time of the Omnipotents: from Newton to Euler . The Time of the Prophets: from Gauss to Klein . The Time of the Rigorous: from Cauchy to Cantor . ... The Time of Troubles: from Russel to Goedel and Cohen . ... Some Mathematical Interpretations of the History of Science . Copyright ї1996-2013 MCCME ...

... The INTEGRAL Science Data Centre Roland Walter, Alain Aubord, Paul Bartholdi, Jurek Borkowski, Pierre Bratschi, Tomaso Contessi, Thierry Courvoisier, Davide Cremonesi, Pierre Dubath, Donnald Jennings, Peter Kretschmar, Tim Lock, St’ephane Paltani, Reiner Rohlfs and Julian Sternberg 1 INTEGRAL Science Data Centre, Chemin d' ’ Ecogia 16, CH--1290 Versoix, Switzerland Abstract. INTEGRAL is a gamma­ray observatory mission of the Eu­ ropean Space Agency to be launched in 2001. ...

The XXVIII RadioAstron Meeting . ... November 18, Tuesday Meeting in ASC - Joint Working Groups Meetings . ... 9:00 - 13:00 Ballistic and Navigation, Mission Operations, Science Program . ... E.Fomalont, J.Romney (20 min) . Problems in development of technique to schedule science experiments in RadioAstron mission . ... Action items of the RISC meeting #27 and teleconferences . ... General status of the mission . ... Preparation of agenda/topics for the executive (RISC) meeting 20 Nov (30 min) . ...

... May 5, 1996 . Planet Near a Galaxy Core . ... Explanation: What would the night sky look like if you lived on a planet near the center of a galaxy? Now imagine that this galaxy houses a black hole billions of times more massive than a star. ... Results indicate that a disk of dust 800-light years wide surrounds the black hole. ... However, friction with the dust and gas would cause planets near the black hole to spiral in and disappear forever. ... About APOD | ... NASA Technical Rep.: ...

... The availability of terbium activated scintillating fibre optic plates has been known for some years. One of the main suppliers, Schott Fibre Optics (USA), supplied samples of LG-9 material some 5 years ago for evaluation by Photonic Science Ltd. We found that at energies up to 50 keV, the scintillating fibre optic plates were much less efficient than conventional phosphor screens. ... We have used this material for many high energy applications. ... Photonic Science Limited 1998 . ...

... S.P. KOROLEV ROCKET AND SPACE CORPORATION ENERGIA . ... OAO RSC "Energia" . ... Company's History . ... Brief History of Rocket and Space Technology . ... ISS Russian Segment . ... The first contract research activity to be performed on the ISS Russian Segment is ESA-provided Global Time System experiment. ... Testing the characteristics and accuracy of a time signal transmitted from a low-altitude near-earth orbit to the ground in real space conditions. ... 2015 JSC "S.P. Korolev RSC "Energia" . ...