... A brief description of your research aims: . To construct new AGB evolution models using updated opacity tables and reaction rates and comparing with observations where there has been two distinct populations observed in the halo separated by alpha elements. ... A brief description of the nature of the computations to be performed (resources required, interactive/batch job, i/o requirements, single processor/parallel jobs, scalability): . ... COALA : Universe Galaxy AGN Star Planet ...

Pulkovo NEO Page . Central Astronomical Observatory at Pulkovo . ... NEA Accuracy Estimation . Positions of the asteroids that have been sent by observers to the Minor Planet Center are automatically processed by means of calculation of (O-C) values with the help of the EPOS software package created at Pulkovo Observatory. ... Here attention is paid to observations of the near-Earth asteroids. This work was initiated by Dr. O.Bykov at Pulkovo Astronomical Observatory. ...

We report observations of an unpredicted fine structure in the activity profile of the Leonid meteor storm of 1999 November 18. Our observations were obtained at three widely separated sites (on the Iberian peninsula, in Germany, and in Northern Sweden) and with two totally different techniques (video cameras and meteor radars). The observations clearly show quasi-periodic variations of the meteor rate with temporal separations of individual maxima in the 6- to 9-min range. ...

Peremennye Zvezdy", . ... USNO-B1.0 0610-0600707 . ... USNO-B1.0 0608-0607099, 2MASS J17455451-2908127 . ... The star is too faint to be detected in the W2 band. It is difficult to unambiguously match the star with a 2MASS catalog object. ... The variable is the brighter southern star. It was not possible to measure the stars separately using UVOT U and W1 images, so the light curves and the variability amplitudes in these two bands refer to the combination of two stars. ...

... After all we cannot send a probe to the star Altair to confirm that it is 17 light years away. ... The "Bessel determined that the star 61 Cygni was about ten light years away" Earth goes around the Sun in one year, so in six month it is in the opposite position in its orbit. ... In 1838 Bessel determined that the star 61 Cygni had a parallax of 0.314 arcseconds and therefore the star was about ten light years away (today the distance is more precisely measured to be 11.4 light years). ...

... Advises . Contact Advises . As an advise for amateurs we would like to underline: if it's possible, try to observe 3 asteroid positions per night and do not neglect to observe the Numbered Minor Planets in your telescope field of view as a "by product" of your observational programs. ... We think such estimations ought to be produced every morning after CCD observations of the moving celestial objects by observer himself. ...

... On October 31, 2001 and November 7, 2001 (PST) I took measurements of the guider focus position as a function of the NA2 port rotator angle. ... If the guider focus is a function of the rotator angle, this task becomes much more difficult. ... Our initial data collected during the October observing run appeared to show that we had small variations of the guider focus as a function of rotator angle. ... Figure 2 shows the best focus position of the guider as a function of the rotator position angle. ...

... Time calculated from Fermi GBM Trigger Time = 14:12:08.67 ( Connaughton, GCN 9230 ). 1% coincident with our start zero image time. 3x3 degrees around Swift XRT position . ... SUBJECT: GRB 090424 : MASTER-Net prompt optical limit DATE: 09/04/25 20:29:42 GMT FROM: Vladimir Lipunov at Moscow State U/Krylov Obs E. Gorbovskoy, V. Lipunov, V.Kornilov, A.Belinski ... Our observations results: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fermi GRB Trigg.* ...

Pulkovo Database of Observations of Visual Double Stars . ... Catalog of relative positions of visual double stars, based on photographic observations performed since 1960 in Pulkovo on the 26-inch refractor (A.A.Kiselev, O.A.Kalinichenko, O.V.Kiyaeva, N.A.Shakht, L.G.Romanenko, I.S.Izmailov, O.P.Bykov, K.L.Maslennikov, E.A.Grosheva, D.L.Gorshanov), 2010 . ... Enter either ADS or WDS number. Click here to display full list of visual double stars observed at Pulkovo. ADS . ...

... the time of observation . ... Observing the Changing Position of the Sun To Establish Cardinal Directions . ... Observations of the Sun's apparent movement across the sky and its pattern of rising and setting in the east and west horizon helped to establish the cardinal directions. ... The final stage of the Sun's return was marked by the observation that the Sun had reached its highest altitude when the full width of your mitted hand could fill the gap between the Sun and the horizon. ...

Astronomy Terms - To Help You Study The Universe . Articles | ... Learning about the universe, or the study of astronomy, can be fun for the individual or for the whole family. ... Learning a few simple terms will help you with this fascinating study. ... You will use a telescope or binoculars for your observation of the sky at night. ... Celestial Terms . ... Meteor or a shooting star – the light caused when a meteoroid burns up in Earth's . ... www.astronomy.net . About Astronomy Net | ...

... The binary nature was remarked by Deutsch, approximate orbital elements were at first derived in Potsdam. Recently, 53 Cam was directly resolved by speckle-interferometric measurements of McAlister et al. and Balega. Combining with the spectroscopic elements the determination of the absolute values of the system parameters should be possible. In the present paper a revision of the spectroscopic orbital elements and a comparison of spectroscopic and speckle data have been carried out. ...

Ground Support of RadioAstron . Control and Tracking Stations . RadioAstron satellite control (command transmission, telemetry, orbit measurements) will be conducted from Evpatoria and Bear Lake control stations. ... Coarse orbit measurements will be carried out from control stations. Each measurement takes ten minutes. ... Orbit measurements at tracking stations give only radial component of spacecraft velocity but the measurements are going continuously during observing sessions. ...

... 1997: . For the most representative sample of 277 most nearby galaxies, their masses, separations and tidal indexes were determined based on the BTA observations. ... The most detailed light curve of optical star-like source (corresponding to the gamma-burst of May 8, 1997) was obtained from the BTA observations simultaneously in 4 photometric bands. ... An effect of an abrupt rate slowdown is noticeable in the infrared (~8000A) 36 days after the gamma-ray burst. ... Archive . ...

... The CAPTION element is used to label a table or figure. Use the align attribute to specify the position of the caption relative to the table/figure. ... CLASS . ... The CLASS attribute is most commonly used to attach a different style to some element, but it is recommended that where practical class names should be picked on the basis of the element's semantics, as this will permit other uses, such as restricting search through documents by matching on element class names. ... ALIGN . ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Mad Science . ... Keep Bad Astronomy close to your heart, and help make me filthy rich. ... How did early astronomers determine the distance form earth to the sun, and what method is used today to determine distances in space? ... Since Huygens knew the Sun-Venus-Earth angle (from the phases), and he could directly measure the Sun-Earth-Venus angle (simply by measuring Venus' apparent distance from the Sun on the sky) all he needed was to know the distance from Earth to Venus. ...

Cosmic ray intensities (left) compared with predictions (right) from IBEX. The similarity between these observations and predictions as evidenced by the similar color regions supports the local galactic magnetic field direction determined from IBEX observations made from particles at vastly lower energies than the cosmic ray observations shown here. The blue area represents regions of lower fluxes of cosmic rays. ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. April 23, 1998 . Three Dusty Stars . ... Explanation: These separate radio images reveal three dusty debris disks surrounding three bright, young, nearby stars - evidence for solar systems in formation. ... The false color maps show the intensity of submillimeter radio emission from the surrounding dust. ... About APOD > . ...

I/146 Positions and Proper Motions (Roeser+ 1988) ================================================================================ Catalogue of Positions and Proper Motions Roeser S., Bastian U. =1988A .. ... 449R ================================================================================ ADC_Keywords: Positional data; Proper motions Description: PPM North gives J2000 positions and proper motions of 181,731 stars north of -2.5 degrees declination. ... The mean epoch is near 1931. ...

... BDR FAX: (303) 497-6513 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SELECTED GEOMAGNETIC AND SOLAR ACTIVITY INDICES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WORLDWIDE INDICES -------------------------------------------------------------- The subscript p means planetary and designates a global magnetic activity in- dex ... 13-14 I2 Kp or PLANETARY 3-HOUR RANGE INDEX for 0000 - 0300 UT. ...