... Pictured above is the IC 2220 - the Toby Jug Nebula - a reflection nebula surrounding a normal red giant star. ... Symbiotic Star System R Aquarii . ... The X-ray Timing Explorer . ... The Proportional Counter Array (PCA) and the High Energy X-ray Timing Experiment (HEXTE) will provide the best timing information in the widest X-ray energy range yet available. The X-Ray Sky . ... Just like our own Milky Way Galaxy, the nearest major galaxy M31 has many star systems spewing high energy radiation. ...

... It allows observations of extended and starlike objects in different modes: CCD photometry, panoramic spectroscopy with the Fabry-Perot interferometer, spectroscopy and spectropolarimetry with a "long-slit", slit-free spectroscopy, multi-object spectroscopy. ... Digital servo drives that were installed have improved the reliability of the complex, extended the range severalfold, and reduced the telescope's speed control step. ... A software and hardware set for the BTA control system was implemented...

... Next, the screen displays "Press 0 to align or Mode for Menu." Press "0" if you wish to begin Automatic alignment (or Easy Align, depending on your telescope model), or press Mode if you wish to choose a manual alignment method ("Automatic Alignment" displays, and you can press MODE to go through the menu to find other alignments). ... Note: If you press the "?" key while "Ctr Brightest Star" displays, the alignment star that AutoStar has chosen will display. ... Alignment successful" displays. ...

... ARC 3.5m | Weather Closure Conditions . The enclosure will be closed by the Observing Specialist under the following conditions. ... This policy will be consulted whenever there are questions or disagreements concerning closure of the APO 3.5-meter telescope due to hazardous conditions or situations, at times when telescope operations are being overseen by an APO Observing Specialist. ... the on-duty Observing Specialist has full responsibility, and sole authority, to make this decision. ...

Stellarium 0.12.3 . ... FileљStructure . ... core . ... 233 љ void azimuthalGridDisplayedChanged( const bool ) const ; . 234 љ void azimuthalGridColorChanged( const Vec3f & newColor) const ; . 235 љ void equatorGridDisplayedChanged( const bool displayed) const ; . 236 љ void equatorGridColorChanged( const Vec3f & newColor) const ; . 237 љ void equatorJ2000GridDisplayedChanged( const bool displayed) const ; . 238 љ void equatorJ2000GridColorChanged( const Vec3f & newColor) const ; . ...

... Forum . ... Recent Topics . ... MAO main . Info . Fw: [SPAM] =>[YSF-2015] Deadline has been extended! . info . ... Subject: [SPAM] =>[YSF-2015] Deadline has been . ... We are pleased to inform you that the deadline for abstract and forum paper . submission has been extended to June 15, 2015 . ... regards, YSF-2015 Organizing Team . ... Board Categories MAO main - Info - MAO - news - Flame Technical - Technical Support(Forum)(пўпµя…пїпѕпґпґпµяЂп¶пєп°(п¤пѕяЂяѓпј)) . ... MAO NASU . ...

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Общая Астрономическая Конференция > Товары для астрономов > Полезное для астрономии > SN 6 Pro + . ... 10.10.2009, 02:07 . В августе этого года(2009) появился апдейт для "SN 6 Pro +" (размером 339.7 Mb + 7 MB) с версии 6.0 до версии 6.3.6 . ... New minor planets and their moons have been added and updated. ... Tully database improved to allow for more galaxy types. ... Не могли бы Вы дать ссылку на место расположение обновления (что-то я не смог найти у них на сайте). ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. October 18, 1996 . Jupiter's Auroras . ... HST , NASA . Explanation: Auroras are especially large on Jupiter. ... Jupiter 's auroras are linked to its volcanic moon Io . ... The resulting auroral displays may be thousands of times brighter than any auroral display on Earth , and involve unusual spots. ... About APOD | ...

Within the Hubble Ultra Deep Field there are approximately 10,000 discrete objects. ... Most of these objects are very small and likely have masses in the range of 10 5 to 10 7 solar masses. Note the mass of the Milky Way galaxy is 10 12 solar masses. ... Finally, for you cosmologists/experts out there this ultra deep field is quite consistent with what was seen in the original Hubble Deep Field 5) don't necessarily have small angular diameters. ...

. To continue the work mark the row with data on wonted plate by sliding bar and click first on Plate in menu bar and then on Object list or on Plot of plate in drop-down menu. The first choice will result in displaying the list of minor planets within the limits of the plate, the second one leads to displaying the image of the plate with objects. But in both cases user should specify the magnitude limit above which the objects are not inserted into the list and not displayed in the plot.

Spring 2000 at Osborn Elementary School here in Ashland, Ohio. We had set up a display and a scope with a solar filter and talked to . 3 or 4 groups of kids and parents about astronomy. We even gave them a slide show! ... This is ONE of the displays we set up . ... We have a type 2 full aperture filter. Me attempting to show the sun to the kids (the trees were in the way). ...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration . ... JOHN E. BLAHA (COLONEL, USAF, RET.) NASA ASTRONAUT (FORMER) . ... EDUCATION: Graduated from Granby High School in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1960; received a bachelor of science in engineering science from the United States Air Force Academy in 1965 and a master of science in astronautical engineering from Purdue University in 1966. ... NASA EXPERIENCE: Selected as an astronaut in May 1980, Blaha has logged 161 days in space on 5 space missions. ...

Enceladus . Saturn II . Enceladus [en-SELL-ah-dus] is one of the innermost moons of Saturn. ... Parts of Enceladus shows craters no larger than 35 km in diameter. ... This Voyager 2 mosaic of Enceladus was made from images taken through the clear, violet and green filters on August 25, 1981, from a distance of 119,000 kilometers (74,000 miles). ... Some regions of Enceladus show impact craters up to 35 kilometers (22 miles) in diameter, whereas other areas are smooth and uncratered. ...

... Meteors and Meteorites . ... By admin August 2, 2011 Posted in: August . 13 August 2009: A perseid flashes through the sky (Image credit: Andreas M†ґller via wikimedia.org) . ... Not all meteors are sporadic events, the regular meteor showers occur when the Earth bulldozes through a great swarm of meteoroids drifting in orbit round the Sun. ... They are at their best in the pre-dawn hours, as the face of the Earth turning towards the Sun catches more meteors as the Earth moves through space. ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Movies . ... Mad Science . ... Keep Bad Astronomy close to your heart, and help make me filthy rich. ... Why are computers not displayed accurately in movies. In most movies I have seen, computers are not displayed accurately. ... Another thing is the sounds that a computer makes. Even in movies today, each keystroke corresponds with a beep or blip sound made by the computer. ... This isn't so much a question about computers as it is about movies. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

There is a museum at Rocket and Space Corporation Energia. ... Attached to the Museum is the souvenir stand selling souvenirs and books of the Corporation: watch 'Vostok' with the RSC Energia symbols devoted to the 40th anniversary of the first manned space flight; metal desk pennants to commemorate space flights; the badges, the pennants made on fabric devoted to international space flights and historic dates; the emblems-stickers depicting space symbols. Conditions for visiting the museum: . ...

... The SHARP cannon . ... HARP Gun (Photo by Peter . ... HARP, for High Altitude Research Project, was a study of the upper atmosphere by instruments shot from a cannon. ... The cannon which propelled the Martlet to the high atmosphere was the creation of Gerald Bull, a Canadian engineer who specialized in the design of cannon. ... Like Gerald Bull, the German designers started with a big cannon designed for a battleship, but then they inserted in it a narrower barrel, of caliber 210 mm or about 9". ...

... In the light curve depicting their observations, definite trends are noted, here is a "thumb-nail" analysis of the the magnitude estimations of the bright SN (1989B) in the galaxy NGC 3627 (M66). ... 10 (IAUC # 4742) 2/25 13.3 16 j 2/27 13.5(*) 18 lc 2/28 13.8 19 p 3/1 13.2 20 w 3/2 13.5 21 a 3/4 13.8 23 p 3/6 13.3 25 c 3/7 13.3 26 c 3/8 14.1 27 m 3/8 13.3 27 r 3/9 13.4 28 c 3/9 14.1 28 m 3/10 13.6 29 j 3/10 14.0 29 a 3/11 13.6 30 c 3/11 13.5 30 r 3/11 13.7 30 s 3/13 [13.69 CCD Mag.] ...

USING THE CORRELATION BETWEEN ISGRI SURVEY RESULTS AND OTHER CATALOGUES TO AID SOURCE IDENTIFICATION John B. Stephen, A. Malizia and L. Bassani IASF-INAF, Via P. Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, ITALY, E-mail: stephen@iasfbo.inaf.it ABSTRACT In order to help in the identification of INTEGRAL/ISGRI sources, we have developed a software package which allows a rapid and detailed cross-correlation to be performed between various source catalogues. ... We show below some preliminary results from this analysis. ...