Databases (NSDC) of the Natural Planetary Satellites. Sources and references of the data . NSDC: Database of astrometric observations of Natural Planetary Satellites . ... The observational data are taken from various sources: . ... The catalogue of observations of the Martian satellites published by Morley T.A. A catalogue of ground-based astrometric observations of the Martian satellites, 1877-1982, Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series. 1989. vol. 77. n. 2. p. 209-226. ...

... The VSOP Symposium proceedings, "Astrophysical Phenomena Revealed by Space VLBI" have been published and have been distributed to participants. ... Following the successful launch of the VLBI Space Observatory Programme (VSOP) satellite HALCA in February 1997 there have been many exciting results from space VLBI observations. ... Also, check the newly revised getting to ISAS page which has links to pictorial "Getting to ISAS from Fuchinobe" and "Getting to the Dai-Ichi Hotel from Fuchinobe" pages! ...

Optical characteristics of non-spherical scatterers (definitions) . Most popular scatterer models and their parameters (a table) . ... Minsk collection of references to over 8000 light scattering papers (available partly) . ... Light scattering codes (incl. our codes with results of test runs) . Benchmarks in optical properties (in tabular form) . Dependence of optical properties on scatterer parameters (a graphics library) . ... Miscellaneous (incl. other similar databases) . ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... I think I will break from my usual format of Bad Astronomy/ Good Astronomy by saying that the way we define seasons currently is not strictly bad, but I feel (in my opinion!) that it could be better. The definition of when the seasons begin is at the moment of solstice or equinox; that is, winter (in the north) starts on December 22 nd and summer starts on June 22 nd . ... Now imagine breaking up the Sun's 46 degree up-and-down yearly swing into 1 day intervals. ...

... Photos of the conference are available here . ... The current conference fee is 3000 Russian rubles for a participant and 1000 Russian rubles for an accompanying person or a young scientist. ... The Organizing Committee of CC-2010 has pleasure to invite students, PhD students and young researchers (under the age of 35 years) to participate in the School of Young Scientists. ... Conference ends on July 31 at 13:00 . See 2nd Announcement of the 8th Conference on Cryocrystals and Quantum Crystals . ...

XmCCD ----- This distribution includes source code to utilize the Santa Barbara Instrument Group (SBIG) udrv.a library with a Motif-based graphical user interface camera control program. ... Since the driver and camera control protocols are proprietary, source code is not available for the library. However, there is extensive documentation in the accompanying pdf manual.The library and its documentation are in the separate subdirectory "sbig/" within the tar file for XmCCD. ...

... Forum . ... Recent Topics . ... MAO main . Info . Definition of Polarization Angle . ... От: "Claus Leitherer" . ... Тема: Definition of Polarization Angle . ... Please take note of the attached IAU recommendation concerning the definition . of the polarization angle in astronomical measurements. ... www.mao.kiev.ua/images/postbyemail/Polarization.pdf . ... Board Categories MAO main - Info - MAO - news - Flame Technical - Technical Support(Forum)(Техподдержка(Форум)) . ... MAO NASU . ...

... Looking down on a storm (image credit: Robert Johnston) . Spearheaded by the Project Lead Robert Johnston of Cookstown High school, along with the support of Gerard McStocker from Holy Trinity College and the тАШhighlyтАЩ experienced High Altitude Balloonist Philip Heron , this leading edge school project has left us gazing into the sky! ... The Sun from the stratosphere just north east of Dublin (Image credit: Robert Johnston) . ... The limb of the Earth (Image credit: Robert Johnston) . ...

Instrument . ... Scanning TV-sensor with on-board data recording system for global coverage mode . ... recording, direct transmission . ... IR-radiometer for global coverage and direct data transmission modes . ... The scientific instrument package onboard the Meteor-3 spacecraft provides for regular instant acquisition of images of cloudiness and Earth surface in visible and infra-red bands, data on air temperature and humidity, sea surface temperature and clouds temperature. ...

The 2dF QSO Redshift Survey (2QZ) . ... Before jumping into all the finer details of teh survey, a brief non-astronomer's guide to redshift surveys is available. ... The primary scientific aims of the QSO survey are: (1) to obtain the primordial fluctuation power spectrum out to COBE scales, (2) to determine the rate of QSO clustering evolution in the non-linear and linear regimes and hence obtain new limits on the value of and the bias parameter, (3) to apply a powerful geometric method to measure . ...

... Other Planned Activities Include Solar Observing Astrophotography Presentations and CCD Demo's Field Trip to AAAP Observatory at Jenny Jump Workshop: Learning to Use Your New Telescope Plus Swimming (life guards provided), Fishing, Volleyball, Basketball, Hiking, Game room Kayaking/canoeing (bring your own) on two lakes and nearby Pequest and Paulins Kill Rivers Registration Fees Camping and RV -- $35.00 per person ($45 after June 9) Bunkhouse -- $45.00 per ...

... Since 2011 our observatory is a member of GLORIA (GLObal Robotic telescopes Intelligent Array for e-Science) project - wide international collaboration of 13 scientific institutions from 8 countries aiming at opening public access to robotic telescopes, as well as propagating astronomy in general. The GLORIA Project offers Internet users the possibility of studying the sky from professional observatories. ... The experiments are available at the users site of GLORIA. ... About GLORIA . ...