... Bad Astronomy . ... Bad Astronomy: The North Star, Polaris, is a very bright star. Good Astronomy: Polaris is a middling-bright star, easily missed. ... He said it was close to Polaris, the North Star, but he also said it was in the East. ... It's natural, I suppose, to think that such an important star should be bright, but really, that's a conceit, like thinking that the Earth is at the center of the Universe. If more people knew just why Polaris is the North Star, this Bad Idea would stop. ...

... This document and the attached postscript figure document an analysis that I did to determine the optimum midpoint and required ranges for both the rotator and azimuth for the 2.5 M telescope. ... I simulate a series of drift scans on the sky for tracks that cover the northern survey area. These tracks cover the range in survey latitude of -60 to +60 degrees, spaced by 10 degrees. ... Along each track the azimuth, elevation, and position angle of the CCD is computed at 1 minute intervals. ...

... They are concerned with Attitude Control System of the spacecraft, satellite visibility from tracking stations, limits on the satellite autonomous operations during the orbit, and needs for auxiliary operations with the spacecraft. ... Among the operational constraints the most important one is the number of programmed slews per orbit, which determines the maximum number of radio sources to be observed during one orbit. ... System temperature (K) . ... Progress of the RadioAstron Project in Pictures...

... 8, ``Celestial Mechanics'', 2002 The Lyapunov spectra in spin--orbit dynamics V. V. Kouprianov, I. I. Shevchenko Pulkovo Observatory, St. Petersburg, Russia We study the problem of the chaotic rotation of a minor planetary satellite around its mass center, in the planar and spatial settings. ... The rest of the satellites in our set rotate regularly in synchronous resonance; but, in any case, each of them had passed through the stage of chaotic rotation. ...

... Need to check if the following is consistent with DFB's list. ... Check velocity ramping under VME control by moving fixed distances (plus and minus): 4mm, 10mm, 20mm, 50mm 100mm 200mm 500mm 2m. Test tracking at rates of (plus and minus) 0.1mm/s, 0.2mm/s, 0.4mm/s, 0.8mm/s and then 1 to 15mm/s in increments of 1mm/s. Test tracking at constant accelerations up to 1.25 micron/s^2. ... Printable View of http://www.mrao.cam.ac.uk/projects/OAS/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/MROIDelayLine/DraftTestList) ...

Tracks left by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity as it traveled along the rim of Victoria Crater can be seen clearly in this image, taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft. Opportunity first approached Victoria Crater at an alcove informally named "Duck Bay" (see tracks at left). ...

... Space flight . ... On-line Data . ... B) The International Space Station; the center represents its current latitude/longitude. ... D) The red circle around the International Space Station represents its horizon (the area on the ground from which the orbiter is visible). ... LATITUDE: Latitude of the orbiter. LONGITUDE: Longitude of the orbiter. ALTITUDE: Current altitude of orbiter in kilometers. ... Info: Industry news On-line Data Company ATLAS news Events We in press Contact . ...

Next: Polarization efficiency: size/shape/orientation effects Up: Optical properties of cosmic Previous: The 2175? feature . To model the interstellar polarization one needs to calculate the forward-transmitted radiation for an ensemble of non-spherical aligned dust grains. ... Let non-polarized stellar radiation passes through a dusty cloud with a homogeneous magnetic field. ... The angle between the line of sight and the magnetic field is ( ). ... where the angle is connected with and ( ). ...

Winer Observatory P.O. Box 797, Sonoita, Arizona 85637-0797, USA . ... 2/3-m Telescope . ... Site . ... Commanding . ... In a typical robotic observing scenario, each afternoon, a telescope control computer obtains a set of objects to observe from its home institution from a command or script file. ... The file is then transferred to the telescope control computer at the Winer Observatory in Sonoita. ... The Iowa control computer then begins processing the telrun.sls file. ... 2013 Winer Observatory. ...

... Tracker - восьмой сольный альбом британского певца, автора песен и гитариста Марка Нопфлера. Супер-делюкс издание включает: оригинальный альбом на CD и двух виниловых пластинках, второй CD с бонус-треками, DVD с эксклюзивным видео и интервью, 2 вкладыша с дополнительной информацией и иллюстрациями, а также 6 фотографий размером 30 на 16 см. ... Пуловер Blue Fashion. ...

Stellarium 0.12.3 . ... StelCircleArcRenderer Class Reference . Provides functions to draw circle arcs using StelRenderer . ... drawGreatCircleArc (const Vec3d &start, const Vec3d &stop, const SphericalCap *clippingCap=NULL, void(*viewportEdgeIntersectCallback)(const Vec3d &screenPos, const Vec3d &direction, void *userData)=NULL, void *userData=NULL) . ... Create a circle arc renderer to draw multiple circle arcs . ... void(*)(const Vec3d &screenPos, const Vec3d &direction, void *userData)љ . ...

Beginning from the May of the 1997 we started to publish our daily solar radio observations at RATAN-600 radiotelescope. ... Periscope System: South Sector+Flat Mirror . ... It is possible to track a source by moving the secondary mirror along the arc-shaped railway tracks or to perform azimuthal 2D map synthesis . ... 1) It is possible to simultaneously carry out independent observing programs using individual sectors at various discrete azimuths and secondary mirrors on corresponding railway tracks. ...

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... Киевский клуб любителей астрономии "Астрополис" > . ... Оборудование (Модераторы: LifeIsGood , Hornet ) > . SW MaxView 102 Auto Tracking, стоит ли ? ... Астрономия . ... Оборудование и телескопы . ... Астрономия в Украине . ... Любители и профессионалы. ... Бердянское общество любителей астрономии "ОРИОН" . ... Одесское общество любителей астрономии ?АСТРОДЕС? Портал белорусских любителей астрономии - BelAstro.Net . ... предыдущая тема следующая тема . ...

... This autoguider system consists of an Apogee direct CCD Camera that views part of the DBS slit via Focal Reducer Optics, and a PC computer running MaxIm CCD Camera Control and Image Processing Software. ... Pulling a star into the slit. ... New - Guiding aperture plates. ... The focus tab in the MaxIm CCD window allows user or auto selection of a subframe for telescope focussing. ... Get used to using the left image window with the expose tab and the right image window with the guide tab. ...

Instruments and Methods 125 Long time tracking of the Sun with RATAN-600 in Radio Schmidt mode V.B. Khaikin, E.K. Ma jorova, I.G. E mov, O.A. Victorov, V.M. Bogod, and S.Kh. ... Cosmic source tracking with unmovable main mirror in a form of cylinder requires a special secondary mirror of double curvature 12 m size or a phased array in the focal plane of an ordinary secondary mirror Ka jdanovskij, 1980. ... Fig. 4 shows the Sun tracking with new drive in speed control mode starting from meridian. ...

... Almost all DSOs require a telescope to see in any detail at all, though some can be detected with just binoculars, and a few can be barely seen with the unaided eye. ... DEGREE: Distances on the sky (sometimes called the celestial sphere) are measured in angular degrees rather than inches or feet. ... The magnification is the focal length of the telescope divided by the focal length of the eyepiece. ... Short focal length eyepieces are also termed high power, long focal length are low power. ...

... В этом блоке рассчитывается эволюционный трек звезды, начиная с ZAMS модели (т.е. с точки начальной главной последовательности) или с последней рассчитанной модели трека. Расчет может быть ограничен возрастом, количеством моделей или процентным содержанием водорода в центре звезды (выбирается и работает только одно условие). ... Чтобы произвести расчет трека заново (начиная с ZAMS), необходимо заново рассчитать ZAMS модель. ... Запуск блока ZAMS ...

BNO is in Baksan Gorge at the Northern Caucasus . ... The Baksan Underground Scintillation Telescope (BUST) of volume 3000 cubic centimeters at a depth of more 300 m. The mountainous plant ANDYRCHI to register wide air showers located over BUST on the area 5*10 4 square metres. The complex of surface plants KOVER including a large muon detector, a scintillation telescope and a neutrino monitor meant for studying the hard component of cosmic rays and wide air showers. ...

... Events . Educational programs (English) . Educational programs (Russian) . ... Pre-university education . ... Samara region . SSAU History . SSAU roadmap . University at a glance . ... Events and Holidays . ... The ninth annual Health Day SSAU Ski Track was conducted on March 15, 2014. ... No, I thought I would come second, because there was a girl who has been skiing more seriously. ... SAMARA STATE AEROSPACE UNIVERSITY . ... Phone: +7 (846) 335-18-26 . ... e-mail: ssau@ssau.ru . ...