... The Sun of our solar system is a typical star of intermediate size and luminosity. ... The Sun has a very complex surface magnetic field created by convective flow of the electrically conducting solar material. ... The escaping hot coronal plasma is called the solar wind . ... See the table below for the observed features above the Sun's surface. ... Chromospheric features . Coronal features . ... dense clouds of material suspended above the surface of the Sun by magnetic field line loops . ...

THE AMATEUR ASTRONOMERS ASSOCIATION OF PRINCETON PRESENTS THE 23nd ANNUAL JERSEY STARQUEST Held at the Hope Conference and Renewal Center , Hope , NJ Beginning at 3 PM Friday, September 6, 2013 and running through 12 PM Sunday, September 8th 2013 Featuring Stargazing at a star ... available: Fishing, Hiking, Kayaking/canoeing (bring your own equipment) on two lakes and nearby Pequest and Paulins Kill Rivers Registration Fees Camping and RV -- $35.00 ... TOTAL NUMBER OF CHILDREN (Ages 6 ­ 12)? ...

In the PROJECT we are using the following peculiar . features of RATAN-600 . ... Brightness temperature sensitivity being equal to the antenna temperature sensitivity .. ... Receiver system .. ... Using aperture averaging effect. dual- beam and dual (multi-) frequency filtration, we demonstrated full filtration of the atmosphere noise down to the receiver noise at all scales of acoustics peaks ( Fig.1 , Fig 2 ). ... We select this frequency as the central one in our project. ... Antenna surface . ...

Peremennye Zvezdy", . ... GSC 04232-02059, NSVS 3145727, NSVS 3145773, NSVS 3173757 . ... 13.1-13.6 (R, NSVS); . ... To combine our unfiltered photometry with publicly available NSVS (Wozniak et al., 2004; http://skydot.lanl.gov/nsvs/nsvs.php) data, we shifted the zero point of our light curve to match its magnitude at maximum light to the magnitude at maximum of the NSVS light curve. ... Light Curve . The light curve of GSC 4232-02059 in the magnitude scale of NSVS 3145773. ...

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 . ...

... Telescopes . ... The International Conference "Dark Ages and White Nights (Spectroscopy of the CMB)" (June 20-24, 2016) . ... The International Conference "Stars: from collapse to collapse" (October 3-7, 2016) . The traditional annual competition conference of scientific and scientific-engineering papers of the Observatory staff members . ... A session of the Dissertation Council (October 16, 2015) . ... International scientific conference "Large Optical Telescopes" (October, 10-13, 2011) . ...

... 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 . ...

The Astrophysical Research Consortium Small Aperture Telescope (ARCSAT) is a 0.5-m (or 20") Classical Cassegrain telescope, formerly known as the SDSS Photometric Telescope (PT). ... Chief Telescope Engineer : Bill Ketzeback (bketzeba/apo.nmsu.edu) . Remote Operations Upgrade Project Manager : Joe Huehnerhoff (jwhueh/apo.nmsu.edu) . ... SurveyCam PI : Dmitry Bizyaev (dmbiz/apo.nmsu.edu) . FlareCam PI : Joe Huehnerhoff ( jwhueh/apo.nmsu.edu ) . ...

We hosted an interdisciplinary two-day workshop on Solar Astronomy and Statistical inference at the CfA on Feb 16-17, 2012. ... Format: On the first day of the workshop, we had two tutorial sessions, one describing solar data for statisticians and the other describing statistics methods for astronomers. ... Presentation slides and video recordings are available via SIP (see links in session schedule details below). ... Video [.mov] (@SIP) . ... Massive solar data streams -- Alisdair Davey (CfA) . ...

... Director of the RAS ISR . RAS Academician . ... Astrophysics module Kvant of the orbital complex Mir launched in 1987 contains the largest on the station complex of the scientific equipment named the orbital observatory Roentgen. Observatory Roentgen consists of 4 X-ray telescopes, jointly exceeding the range of energies from 2 to 800 keV. ... Among the most significant results that were received in the observatory Roentgen are: . ... measurement of the periods of 9 X-ray pulsars; . ...

Windows 95 FAQ . Q: Where can I find drivers for the MGA Millennium? A: There is a driver on the Windows 95 CD ROM in the \DRIVERS\DISPLAY\MATROX directory. If you did not receive Windows 95 drivers with your Millennium, you can also obtain our Powerdesk drivers for Windows 95 from our BBS or from Compuserve. ... A: You can try using the application with the standard VGA driver, or alternately, try using the Millennium driver, but with hardware accelerations disabled (see below). ...

... S.P. Korolev RSC Energia, Korolev, Moscow Region . S.P.Korolev RSC Energia hosted training sessions under the crew-training program for Expedition Twenty to the International Space Station (ISS-20). ... In addition, the cosmonauts familiarized themselves with photographic and video equipment available on board ISS RS. Official WEB-site of S.P.Korolev RSC Energia . ...

Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems VII ASP Conference Series, Vol. ... The REMOT project objective is to develop and validate a generic approach to allow remote control of scientific experiments and facilities that require real time operation and multimedia information feedback. ... Introduction As a response to the increasing need for remote control of large scientific in­ stallations, the REMOT (Remote Experiment MOnitoring and conTrol) project was initiated in 1995. ...

Pulkovo NEO Page . ... EPOS Software Package . ... EPOS ( E phemeris P rogram for O bjects of the S olar system) is the Windows PC application for study and ephemeris support of observations of the Solar system objects. ... It controls the part of common data and transfers the control to one of the programs that solve the restricted set of tasks. ... So with the EPOS software package one can calculate the accurate ephemerides for many objects and get the quick illustration of their motion as well. ...

... Recent Topics . ... MAO main . ... Fw: ASTRONET: Task 5.4 - observing schools . ... Subject: Re: ASTRONET: Task 5.4 - observing schools . ... second half of September, and which will be funded by the training and . ... www.iap.fr/opticon/neon_schools/2014/index.html . ... 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. ... MAO NASU...

... 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 . ...

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. ...

... Laboratory and theoretical modelling of the UV bump on the interstellar extinction curve is a very popular topic in dusty investigations. ... feature is illustrated by Fig. 10 where the profiles were calculated using the model of graphite spheres. Figure 10: Normalized extinction efficiencies for graphite spheres. ... The lower panel shows the summary extinction of two graphite spheres with radii and (from upper panel) taken in equal proportions. ...

News of events at Armagh Planetarium . Planetarium Home Page . Events . ... Booking . ... Sorry, no posts matched your criteria. Click here to receive news of events at the Planetarium . Celebrate Stars Wars at the Stars Awaken Exhibition Posted on March 3, 2016 . ... Course Returns Posted on February 29, 2016 . View more blog posts in the archive . ... Click here to receive news of special events at Armagh Planetarium . 2016 Armagh Planetarium Events. ...

... Peter J.K. "Jeff" Wisoff (Ph.D) . NASA Astronaut (former) . ... A veteran of four space flights, STS-57 in 1993, STS-68 in 1994, STS-81 in 1997 and STS-92 in 2000, Dr. Wisoff has logged a total of 42 days, 56 hours, 1 minute and 48 seconds in space, including , 19 hours and 53 minutes of EVA time in three space walks. ... Following 183 orbits of the Earth in 269 hours and 46 minutes, the eleven-day mission ended with Space Shuttle Endeavour landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California. ...