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... International Astronomy Olympiad 2002 . ... The 7th International Astronomy Olympiad will be held on October 22-29, 2002 at the Special Astrophysical Observatory of Russian Academy of Sciences (SAO RAS) in North Caucasus. ... Authorized National Representative Astronomy Organizations (ANRAO) of the participating countries are authorized to form the teams of the Olympiad member-states. ... VII IAO . ... Information about the International Astronomy Olympiad 2003 will be known in the late 2002. ...

Follow-up astrometry and recoveries are made with the ANU 40 inch (1.0-m) f/8 reflector at Siding Spring Observatory (IAU code 413). ... A routine follow-up of 2003 WY153 on 2003 Dec 15 became much more than routine when a faint object with unusual motion vector was found close to the target asteroid. ... During routine astrometry with the 1.0-m to improve the orbit of the Apollo asteroid 2004 CB, the asteroid was found on March 30 to have a short tail! ... Siding Spring Survey Main Page . ...

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... Typically, an observation specified by an observer cannot be directly executed by an observatory. Observation specifications need to be configured so that they can be used by other components of the observatory. This paper motivates the need for configuration tools and describes a software architecture which supports configuring astronomical observations. ... This paper describes a system for preparing and configuring individual astronomical observations. ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . ... Star Atlas . ... An artificial comet holds secrets to Earths life . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... The planet has extreme temperature swings and perhaps active lava flows. ... A digital supplement to Astronomy magazine. ... Join TravelQuest International with Astronomy and Discover magazines on one of three great tour options surrounding this celestial spectacle . ... Astronomy Magazine . ...

... Exposure Time Calculator (ETC) . Survey processing . ... VISTA is a 4-m class wide field survey telescope for the southern hemisphere, equipped with a near infrared camera (1.65 degree diameter field of view at VISTA's nominal pixel size) containing 67 million pixels of mean size 0.34 arcsec and available broad band filters at Z,Y,J,H,K s and a narrow band filter at 1.18 micron. A wide field visible camera, if constructed, could also be used on VISTA. ... Tile . ... ESO VISTA Public Surveys . ...

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... Faraday's Lines of Force (field lines) . Faraday's Disk Dynamo . ... The Earth's Dynamo . ... Magnetic Storms and Ring Currents . The Magnetosphere . ... Chronology of Geomagnetism . ... 1581 Robert Norman publishes "The Newe Attractive," . ... 1832 Faraday tries to detect a dynamo current in water flowing in the Earth's field. ... magnetic storm. ... 1903 Birkeland proposes the existence of "polar magnetic storms," He also . ... 1919 Joseph Larmor proposes that magnetic fields of sunspots . ...

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... We can help students grasp the significance of Hubble's extremely keen eye, and learn a bit about angles and math in the process, with the following in-class activity. ... Looking through binoculars or telescopes allows us to magnify a small section of the sky. To measure sizes or distances in that small section, astronomers divide a degree into 60 smaller pieces called arcminutes, and further subdivide minutes into 60 smaller sections called arcseconds. ... 30 feet = . ... 36 seconds . ...

... Chilingarian, I., Melchior, A.-L., Zolotukhin, I. 2010: Analytical approximations of K -corrections in optical and near-infrared bands , accepted to MNRAS (arXiv:1002.2360) . ... K-Corrections in the optical and near-infrared , Analytical approximations of K-corrections in optical and near-infrared bands , photometric properties of galaxies , K-corrections approximation redshift and one observed colour , transform observed spectral energy distributions (SED) , software to estimate K-corrections , ...

... Mark C. Lee (Colonel, USAF, Ret.) NASA Astronaut (former) . ... EDUCATION: Graduated from Viroqua High School, Viroqua, Wisconsin, in 1970; received a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1974, and a master of science degree in mechanical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1980. ... NASA EXPERIENCE: Lee was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in May 1984. ... Lee retired from NASA and the Air Force effective July 1, 2001. ...

... Classes . ... Nebula Class Reference . ... getInfoString (const StelCore *core, const InfoStringGroup &flags) const . ... getCloseViewFov (const StelCore *core=NULL) const . ... getVMagnitude (const StelCore *core, bool withExtinction=false) const . ... getSelectPriority (const StelCore *core) const . ... getEquinoxEquatorialPos (const StelCore *core) const . ... getJ2000GalacticPos (const StelCore *core) const . ... getPositionInfoString (const StelCore *core, const InfoStringGroup &flags) const . ...

... The package AMPLE (Adaptable Minor Planet Ephemerides) is dedicated to solving a number of problems concerning minor planets with the aid of IBM-type personal computer. ... Obtaining selection of orbital elements and/ or photometric parameters of minor planets in conformity with imposed restrictions. ... The orbital elements of all minor planets used in AMPLE for 2015 have been determined in IAA on the ground of available observations in the catalogue of observations of the Minor Planet Center. ...

RELATIVE SUNSPOT NUMBERS Description of Data from SGD Explanation of Data Reports: Relative Sunspot Numbers -- The relative sunspot number is an index of the activity of the entire visible disk of the Sun. ... The provisional daily Zurich relative sunspot numbers, Rz, were based upon observations made at Zurich and its two branch stations in Arosa and Locarno and communicated by M. Waldmeier of the Swiss Federal Observatory. ... This indicates the uncertainty above and below the predicted number. ...

The database contains references to the papers, data files and links to the Internet resources related to measurements and calculations of the optical constants in the wavelength interval from X-rays to radio domain. ... References to some useful books and reviews on the subject (e.g. the classical handbooks edited by E.D.Palik) and links to Internet collections of optical constants and personal WWW pages with related software were also placed in the database. You have arrived at our welcome page. ...

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics Manuscript Draft Manuscript Number: ATP1021 Title: comment on the paper by Dalin , Pertsev and Romejko Significance of lunar impact on noctilucent clouds ( revised version) Article Type: Research Paper Section/Category: Keywords: Noctilucent clouds moon influence mesosphere Manuscript Region of Origin: Abstract: a critical review of the paper by Dalin , ... Reference: Dalin, P.A., N.N. Pertsev, V.A. Romejko. ...

... Proposals will be accepted until 1 May 1997 and should be sent to: Mary A. Cragg Mount Wilson Institute 740 Holladay Road, Pasadena, CA 91106 USA e-mail: mwi@mtwilson.edu Haystack Observatory Call for Proposals ---------------------------------------- Haystack Observatory invites proposals for the use of the 37-m radio telescope for observations in the following wavelength bands: 3-mm (85-115 GHz ) 7-mm (35-49 GHz ) 1.3 cm (21-25 ...