... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... Lightcurve of HW Vir from images obtained using the Faulkes Telescope South, operated by Las Cumbres Observatory . The blue triangles show the difference between two stars whose brightness is constant. ... This shows the value of the Faulkes Telescopes in the follow-up observations of eclipsing binaries with the aim to detect and characterise additional circumbinary companions. ...

On April 14, 2000 UT a series of Shack-Hartmann measurements were made at varying altitudes. ... The tilts and sags shown are those given by the normal Shack-Hartmann analysis. ... Without this feedback, off-telescope tests showed positioning errors on the order of 10 arcseconds in the secondary mirror position. ... Tilt M2 Bk by X" . ... The coefficients m1 through m3 need to be added to those that are currently in the TCC to correct for the secondary translation with respect to the primary. ...

... This implies that the scientific output be much larger than that from modern ground based observations in the same scientific field. ... In order to obtain a full picture of the variable structure of such objects with the very high angular resolution it is necessary to build in future multi-element space systems similar to ground arrays. ... 30,000 km) for objects within = ? ... structure and motion of extragalactic sources as a result of their lensing by extragalactic objects . ...

MAKEGM.ZIP This utility modifies a MIDI file, as much as possible, to conform to the GM/GS standard. It inserts all of the required controllers and other MIDI messages to ensure that the sound card is properly initialized at the start of the file's playback. Have you ever played a MIDI file that sounded different each time you played it, depending upon what state some other playback has left your sound card in? Or a file that didn't properly setup its intended instrumentation? ...

Next: A Universal Diagram for Up: ``Ecology'' of Magnetic Rotators Previous: The Corotation Radius . The interaction of a magnetic rotator with the surrounding plasma to a large extent depends on the relation between the four characteristic radii: the stopping radius, , the gravitational capture radius,   , the light cylinder radius,   , and the corotation radius,   . ... Hence, the classification of the interaction regimes may well mean the classification of magnetic rotators. ...

... 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 results of radio observations of GRB 080319B in the spectral range of 8.45 GHz are presented. ... Key words: Gamma­rays ­ bursts: observations ­ radio: individual: GRB 080319B 1 Intro duction Gamma­ray bursts (GRBs) are the most luminous explosions currently known in the Universe. ... Smooth angular scanning was used not only in GRB 080319B observations, but to specify the primary standard source radio flux density as well (Kharinov et al., ...

... LMC Project Outline . NGC 1818 Initial Results . ... The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is uniquely suitable for the study of massive star clusters at all stages of evolution. By combining HST observations of these clusters with N-body models we hope to understand the origin and evolution of rich star clusters in our own Galaxy, in the LMC, and beyond. ... We aim to combine our HST observations with N-body models to understand the formation and evolution of globular clusters. ...

... Let us first find out which way -- rise in spectral resolution with some loss in the S/N ratio or increase in the S/N ratio with a fixed spectral resolution -- is better for the purpose of reduction of equivalent width determination errors. ... N -- number of counts for 1 ? ... line equivalent width, . ... Thus if the spectral resolution is managed to be increased (i.e. to decrease )without loss in the number of counts falling at 1 ?, the equivalent width measurement error is then proportional to . ...

WPLTN Technical Workshop . ... WPLTN-2012) . ... of the International Scientific Technical Conference WPLTN-2012 . ... Having an opinion that the collocation of various space geodesy measurement technologies has a fundamental role in increasing the accuracy of fundamental and applied positioning, navigation and timing provision, the International Scientific Technical Conference WPLTN-2012 has come to the following conclusions: 2.1. ... Web-page . ... Resolution of the conference WPLTN-2012 . ...

Peremennye Zvezdy", . ... 10, N 26 (2010) . ... Star Name: . ... We report an increase of the J-band brightness of the unique supergiant FG Sge by the summer of 2010. It follows from our IR observations of the star (1986-2010) that its J-band brightness level in August, 2008 reached an absolute minimum (~12 m ), and till the beginning of the summer of 2010, the star was almost inaccessible for observations at 1.25 microns. ... The figure shows J-filter brightness variations of FG Sge in 1986-2010. ...

... Corporation . OAO RSC Energia . President of the Corporation . ... Brief History of Rocket and Space Technology . ... Space Station MIR . ... Space Records . ... Image . ... Contribution of RSC Energia to the Russian Space Technology . International Space Station . Project History . ... First Crew . Required Resources . ... Images . ... Second Crew . ... First Russian Visiting Crew . ... Third Crew . ... Fourth Crew . ... Rockets . ... Official WEB-site of S.P.Korolev RSC Energia . ...

... northern O and early B stars whose spectra could be obtained with the parameters required to look for variability at the using the CEGS echelle spectrograph, maintained at the coude focus of the 1-m Northern Caucasus Special Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) telescope (Musaev 1996). The list of the program stars includes 29 obiects. When choosing appropriate dates of observations, the program stars can be observed for almost the entire night. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Solar System . Sun . ... Stars . ... Monthly Sky Notes . ... Among the wonders of the sky they shared may have been something we do not have today, a neighbouring star roaming through the outer edge of the Solar System. ... Today Scholzт??s Star is about 20 light years from the Sun in the constellation of Monoceros. ... Seen from our Solar System, Scholzт??s Star barely moves across the across the sky. ... Astronotes . ... Subscribe to Astronotes . ...

... 32a. Early Solar Warning . ... Artist's rendering of solar sail. One such method is the use of a solar sail , relying on the pressure of sunlight. ... When the sail faces the Sun squarely, the pressure of sunlight counteracts the Sun's pull and only enables the satellite to circle the Sun in a slightly larger orbit. ... The starship is propelled by a huge solar sail, pushed by tight beams of light from lasers which are powered by sunlight and orbit the Sun. ... The solar sail home page . ...

... It is found that the correlation coefficients between these two parameters calculated separately inside and outside the sunspot formation zone ±30 have cyclic variation and occur in anti-phase. This suggests different mechanisms of formation of the corona in the fields of small, medium, and large scales. ... The relationship between the coronal green line brightness (CGLB) and the magnetic field strength (MFS) has been investigated by constructing the corresponding synoptic maps for the 1977-2001. ...

... 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. ...

... The relation between the metallicity of F stars and their loci on the c 1 , diagram is investigated for a semple 2000 galactic-disk F stars having uvby data. ... По данным uvby -фотометрии, для двух тысяч F-звезд диска Галактики изучена связь между их металличностью и положением на диаграмме c 1 , . ... Если считать, что распределение металличности звезд диска в диапазоне lg Z/Z (или [Fe/H]) от -0.5 до +0.3 непрерывно, то Y 0.02. ...

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