Abstract -- Calculations are performed for the linear polarization of starlight due to extinction by aligned dust grains when the starlight traverses a medium with irregular magnetic fields. This medium is intended to represent the optically thick components of interstellar clouds which are observed to make little, if any, contribution to the polarization of starlight. ...

This astrostatistics session will honor the memory of Alanna Connors. Alanna was a pioneer in the investigation and development of statistical methods required for the analysis of high energy data. The session will provide a historical perspective on Bayesian methods, highlight the topics where the contribution made by Alanna were particularly important, summarize current analysis challenges and discuss future perspectives. ... 131.02 Promoting widespread use of Bayesian analysis . ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... Sky this Month . ... Star Atlas . ... Gravitational wave search provides insights into galaxy evolution and mergers . ... galaxies . ... Kepler helps astronomers update census of Sun-like stars . ... NASAт??s Kepler Mission has detected changes in brightness in 500 Sun-like stars, giving astronomers a much better idea about their nature and evolution. ... Data from 500 Sun-like stars gives astronomers a much better understanding of the stars, their properties, and their evolution...

... About ATMoB . ... The Observing Committee is starting an Observing Awards Program to promote observing among the membership of the Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston. ... Participant must be a current member of the Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston . ... To qualify for your Observing Award Certificate, turn in your worksheet and drawings to an ATMoB Observing Committee member or observing@atmob.org . ... This Excel sheet has useful macros. ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

... Observing . ... Home Education Workshops at Adorama Astronomy Workshop: Observing Variable Stars from the City ? February 15, 2015 . ... Beyond New York City . ... Observing Resources for Amateur Astronomers - Part 1: Beginning Observers . ... A History of the First Forty Years of the Amateur Astronomers Association . ... Presented by€а Adorama €аFor the Amateur Astronomers Association of New York . ... 2016 Amateur Astronomers Association of New York Designed by Press Customizr Powered by . ...

About us . ... Telescopes . ... Apart from the 6-meter telescope BTA two small telescopes are operative at SAO: the 1-m and 0.6-m telescopes, both manufactured by Carl Zeiss, Jena, are located near the BTA. ... These telescopes are used for adjusting the equipment and techniques of observations used at the BTA. ... The observational time allocation and also a brief description of the equipment of the 1-m telescope, which is used either permanently or mainly on this telescope, are presented below. ...

... Future seminars . P a s t seminars . ... E.G. Berezhko (Yu.G.Shafer Institute of Cosmophysical Research and Aeronomy) . ... CR acceleration (generation) at the shocks, produced by supernova explosions, and the properties of nonthermal emission generated by CRs accelerated in supernova remnants are detaily discussed. ... Due to magnetic field amplification CR acceleration in supernova remnants provide the formation of the observed galactic CR spectrum up to the energy 10**17 eV. ...

ON THE IMPACT OF THE GALACTIC ABERRATION ON VLBI-DERIVED PRECESSION MODEL Z.M. MALKIN Pulkovo Observatory Pulkovskoe Ch. ... Corrections to adopted precession rate are usually computed from the linear trends in long-term time series of celestial pole offset (CPO), which are the differences between the measured and the theoretical coordinates of the celestial pole. ... CONCLUSIONS We have estimated the impact of GA on parameters of precession-nutation model derived from VLBI observations. ...

Peremennye Zvezdy", . ... Star Name: . V846 Aql, S 4385, ASAS J191336 0155.0, NSVS 13991831, USNO-A2.0 0825 14933636, USNO-B1.0 0880 0598495, GSC2.3 S9LB001378, UCAC4 441-096673, IRAS 19110 0200, 2MASS J19133634 0155003, WISE J1 . ... V846 Aql was discovered by Hoffmeister (1949), who assigned it number S 4385 in the series of variable stars detected at Sonneberg Observatory and identified it as a Long Period Variable with a magnitude range of 13 15 mag (p). ... Mag. range (V) . ... Stars Observ., ...

Crater Gassendi . ... I made this drawing was made on the 26th of november 2001. If you compare this one with the previous drawing of Gassendi (below) the differences are clear. ... This drawing was made on the 28th of september 2001. After nearly a full month without observations I had a one hour gap between the thicker clouds. ... This drawing was made on the 29th of august 2001. ... This drawing was made on the 27th of august 2001. ... This drawing was made on the 25th of august 2001. ...