... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... This shows the Sun, Moon and Earth (not to scale) together with the . ... They have tested the technique on the Earthshine, the light reflected from the Earth by the Moon, and showed that it can reveal the presence of life in our planet. ... This technique uses the fact that the light reflected from the planet is polarised, whereas that emitted by the star is not. ... Polarised light can tell us about the reflecting surface...

... Therefore, the observatory supports educational events, occured in the SAO, including astronomical and astrophysical schools, lectures and excursions at the SAO's telescopes. ... Thursday 9-00 Breakfast 9-30 Opening of the School and Astronomical Olimpiad 10-15 Photo of particapants (near the SAO entrance) 10-30 Lecture about Specail Astrophysical observatory. Chentsov E.L. 13-30 Lunch 14-00 Excursion to historical places of Nizhnij Arkhyz 18-00 Dinner 19-00 Acquaintance evening. ...

... Liyong Liu (NAOC) . Site testing on seeing conditions of the astronomical observatories over China are briefly reviewed, including Xionglong station of NAOC, Gaomeigu station of Yunnan Observatory, Delingha station of Purple Mountain Observatory. ... PDF [3.0€аMB] October 8, 09:55 10:20 . ... In this paper, we will review the site survey activities in the past years, and present the site-testing results on the Oma site, including cloud cover, seeing, water vapor, transparency and sky brightness. ...

International Workshop NAROO-GAIA "A new reduction of old observations in the Gaia era", Paris Observatory, June 20-22, 2012 Registration of participants of Workshop NAROO-GAIA Before the first meeting OPENING OF THE WORKSHOP The natural planetary satellites are observed since centuries in order to understand their dynamics and their evolution. ... Science results, reports, data mining. ... L. Beauvalet: Strong need of a new reduction of Pluto's old observations W.Thuillot: very important. ...

Next: Electronic database Up: A Database of Optical Previous: A Database of Optical . ... Many new observational data have been measured in the last years, e.g. by the Infrared Space Observatory in 1995-1998, and interpretation of these spectroscopic data is still in progress. This requires the comparison with data of ``analog materials'' delivered by spectroscopical laboratories. Various terrestrial analogs of cosmic solids have been studied in chemical and physical laboratories. ...

... OH, = 18 cm Nancay Radio Telescope, OH 18-cm line observations , since 1969 F, Jy 6 4 2 0 0 -1 -2 0 -1 -2 0 -2 -4 -6 30 40 50 1612 MHz I HU Pup August 5, 2009 1665 MHz 4 2 0 0.5 0.0 - 0.5 -1.0 -1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 - 0.5 4 3 2 1 0 -1 1667 MHz I I 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 0.0 22-meter telescope, Pushchino Radio Astronomy Observatory H2O F, Jy 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.0 -0.2 -0.4 0.4 0.2 0.0 -0.2 -0.4 -0.6 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0 -0.2 -0.4 -70 -60 -50 -40 -30 -20 -10 0 Mira-type star R Leo. ...

Other groups working on a similar program: . DANEOPS , the DLR-Archenhold Near Earth Objects Precovery Survey . Andrea Boattini - IASF-CNR . Giuseppe Forti - Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory . ... Maura Tombelli - Montelupo Observatory (code 108) . ... The PHA 2000 LY27 was located on June 14, 2000 on a Siding Spring photographic plate copy available at Arcetri Observatory. ... The location of 2000 BF19 on a POSS-2 plate marks the beginning of regular access to the Arcetri Plate Library. ...

The Astronomical Society of Australia has been asked by STANDARDS AUSTRALIA to compile a list of "designated" optical observatories that are valuable resources for (i) research, (ii) education and (iii) community use. The ASA is the final arbiter of whether any particular observatory is so designated. ... Upon receipt of your application form, your observatory will be entered on a list of "Pending Designated Observatories" on the ASA Home Page. ... It will be emailed for you. ... Email . ...

Astronomy Department was found in Kyiv University in 1834 together with other twelve departments of the Faculty of Philosophy. ... At that time V.Struve was a World famous astronom, and helped V.Fedorov in creation of Kyiv University Astronomical Observatory. ... M.Khandrikov successfuly modernized the Observatory. ... Researches of the history of Kyiv Observatory say about an important contribution into development of orbits theory made by the famous Kyiv astronoms I.Illinsky and I.Putilin. ...

... Master . Master net Homepage . ... Ten years ago it was realized that robotic observatories boost the capabilities of astronomical observations of non-stationary and short-lived phenomena in the Universe. ... The first Russian robot-telescope MASTER was developed in 2002 and installed nearby Moscow. ... OAO MO "Optica" has mastered the production of such systems. The workshop is devoted to the results achieved by MASTER-net, that recently stretch over the globe from Blagoveshensk to Argentina. ...

Next: CCD Operation Up: Charge Coupled Devices (CCDs) Previous: Charge Coupled Devices (CCDs) . ... However it is only now that a number of important X-ray astronomical applications of CCDs have reached critical development stages, so that this is an appropriate time to review the application of space-borne CCD instruments to cosmic X-ray astronomy, and highlight the particular concerns which are being addressed for X-ray instruments, as distinct from optical applications. ...

Lectures . ... Home Lectures Lecture Series 2011-2012 Lecture Series 2011-2012 ? тАЬThe Mystery of Beta Lyrae: Astronomical Spectroscopy for AmateursтАЭ ? Fred Chromey . ... Lecture Series 2011-2012 . ... Observing Resources for Amateur Astronomers - Part 1: Beginning Observers . ... A History of the First Forty Years of the Amateur Astronomers Association . ... Amateur Astronomers Medal . ... 2016 Amateur Astronomers Association of New York Designed by Press Customizr Powered by . ...

The IAA RAS . ... View details . ... Observatories 'Svetloe' and 'Zelenchukskaya' participate in frequent VLBI-observation sessions organized by the International VLBI Service for Geodesy and Astrometry . ... As part of collaboration with the U. S. Naval observatory in the areas of EOP determination and analysis the USNO uses IAA RAS daily EOP data obtained from SLR and VLBI. ... The IAA RAS and the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales carry out joint DORIS observations on the Badary observatory. ...

Maidanak Laboratory is a part of Sternberg Astronomical Institute of Moscow State University. ... Observations are conducted with 1.5 meter RC telescope AZT-22 of Maidanak Observatory (Uzbekistan). rus . ... maidanak lab home page . ... at Sternberg Astronomical Institute . ... 2000). ... Because of technical reasons, we had to use three different CCD cameras in our observations, Pictor-416 camera in 1995, Pictor-416 and TI 800 x 800 cameras in 1997 and 1998, and ST-7 camera in 1999 and 2000. ...

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... There are result from two global VLBI observations at 3.6 cm spaced about 2 years. ... The analysis of the apparent motion, indication of the jet flow trajectory and the other implications for the CSS quasars are discussed. ... The quasar 3C380 ( ; thus 1 arcsec corresponds to 4 kpc for , ) is one of the most powerful radio sources (its radio luminosity at 2.7 GHz is ) ( Wilkinson et al. ... 3C380 is a member of the class of Compact Steep Spectrum (CSS) sources. ...

... Prompt and Follow Up Observations of Gamma-Ray Bursts . ... Video weather at MASTER-Domodedovo . Video weather at MASTER-Kislovodsk . ... Survey data . GCN sites and links . ... GCN . ... Conus data . HETE data . ... Weather . ... Last SN . Last SN: full list . Comet Observation Home Page . Gaia Science Alerts Working Group . ... The Earth-Orbiting Space Junk Tracking Page . ... GCN Circulars . ... Internet observations . Hete pointing direction . ...

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... Contact A Problem of an estimation of accuracy of the asteroid CCD observations . The Minor Planet Center supported by the Interntional Astronomical Union is the main office for keeping observational data of the small Solar System bodies and their investigations. ... At Pulkovo Observatory we are estimating an accuracy of the CCD asteroid observations obtained by amateurs and professional astronomers all over the World using the MPC database. ...

The AstroGuide . ... AstroGuide | ... AstroGuide Listing . ... See many more Astronomy Listings by: Category or Alphabet . The Los Angeles Astronomical Society, now in its 85th year, is the oldest association of amateur astronomers in the Los Angeles area. ... Listed Since July 15, 1998 . ... 2800 East Observatory Road . Los Angeles, CA 90027 . ... http://www.laas.org/ . ... www.astronomy.net . About Astronomy Net | ... dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...