... Filters and SPIcam's Filter Wheel . Mounting filters in SPIcam's Filter Wheel . Updating the filters.txt file . ... note which filters are in which slot, so you can update the filter file (next) Updating the filters.txt file . ... edit the [filters#.txt] file that corresponds to the wheel which you changed. (e.g. filters3.txt for wheel #3) . ... if this filter wheel was installed in SPIcam, replace the [filters.txt] file with the contents of the file you just updated: . ...

The direct detection of gravitational waves is one of those events long-expected by physicists that are nevertheless a significant occurrence which excites the world scientific community as if something unexpected has happened. ... Many rumors leaked ahead of the conference, and the fact that something (that is, a signal corresponding to gravitational waves) was discovered by LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) was discussed on the sidelines. ... arXiv:1602.03868 . ...

... Our Galaxy . ... Universe . ... One of the Hubble Space TelescopeтАЩs goals was to accurately observe Cepheids in the most distant galaxies known (we knew they were far away, the problem was saying just how far). ... This work is becoming ever more refined; in January this year astronomers revealed that they had identified the farthest galaxy yet seen in a Hubble image. ... Thanks to the Hubble Space TelescopeтАЩs superb observations we can say that the universe is 13.75 billion years old. ...

Twilight observations with MASS/DIMM B. Safonov Sternberg Astronomical Institute Moscow State University Comprehensive Characterization of Astronomical Sites, 2010 B. Safonov (Moscow State University) Twilight observations with MASS/DIMM SITE 2010 1 / 17 Why observe in twilight with MASS/DIMM? ... ASM includes 3 devices sensitive to background: guider, DIMM and MASS. B. Safonov (Moscow State University) Twilight observations with MASS/DIMM SITE 2010 2 / 17 Background in guider. ...

... According to the most popular cosmological paradigm, the greater part of the galaxy mass is accumulated in the dark matter halo. ... The polar ring galaxies (PRGs) reveal external rings or disks of gas, dust and stars rotating in a plane roughly perpendicular to the disk of the central galaxy. ... The shape of the dark halo in the model was chosen so as to achieve the best fit to the observed rotation of both galaxies themselves and their polar rings. ... The SPRC-7 galaxy. ...

... This class is designed to be an up to date summary of the last 10-20 years of observations relevant to Cosmology. ... Theory today is bombarded by a vast array of observational data but there remains no clear and preferred model for the origin and evolution of structure in the Universe. ... The inflationary paradigm and the nature of the Dark Matter - Inflation solves a lot of problems that are inherent in the standard Big Bang Model. ... Kinds of Dark Matter and Observational Constraints . ...

Variations of total ozone content and lower ozone stratosphere temperature in Antarctic Region during winter-spring period A.V. Grytsai National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv Astronomy and Space Physics Department assen@univ.kiev.ua Data, used in the work work Total ozone: Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) measurements during 1979 - 2005 and Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) ones for 2006, for http://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/ftpdata.html. ... A long-term TOC decrease is significant. ...

... VaST is a software tool for finding variable objects on a series of astronomical images. ... VaST performs object detection and aperture photometry using SExtractor on each image, cross-matches lists of detected stars, performs magnitude calibration with respect to the first (reference) image and constructs a lightcurve for each object. ... VaST FITS image viewer ./pgfv . ... Part I" PZP, vol. ... K. V. Sokolovsky, S. A. Korotkiy; "New Variable Stars Discovered by the NMW Survey" PZP, vol. ...

Please enter the lightcurve file name and period search parameters: . Lightcurve file: . ... Apply the Heliocentric correction and convert all dates to Terrestrial Time (TT)? ... Also, the Heliocentric correction cannot be applied to such lightcurves. ... This period search service is also available at the mirror sites: Mirror 1 , Mirror 2 , Mirror 3 , Mirror 4 . You may download the latest source code distribution and install the period search service at your own web server. ...

... Information processing in nonlinear systems with dynamic chaos // Доклады Международного семинара "Нелинейные цепи и системы".- ... The idea and the method for using one-dimensional nonlinear dynamic systems for storing and processing information were proposed in [1, 2]. ... The main part of the preprint is Section 4, where the "InformChaos" software pack, accomplishing the above principles of storing and processing visual information, is described in detail. ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Bad Astro Store . ... Slacker Astronomy . ... Keep Bad Astronomy close to your heart, and help make me filthy rich. ... Life Under the Moon . ... Seeing Jupiter's Moons . ... Time Zones and the Spherical Earth . A Companion to the Earth? ... December 19, 1999) . ... Big Moon, Little Moon . ... How Big is the Moon? ... 14, 2000) . ... 2008 Phil Plait. ... Subscribe to the Bad Astronomy Newsletter! Talk about Bad Astronomy on the BA Bulletin Board! ...

... Modern aspects of statistical physics and its applications. The seminar welcomes survey talks by senior researchers for the student audience and, more importantly, talks by students of undergraduate and graduate level on their research in progress. ... Olga STETIUKHINA, MSU Math. ... Anna BODROVA, MSU Physics Dept : Size distribution of particles in the rings of Saturn . ... Misha TAMM, MSU Physics Dept : A queue model (continued) . ... Misha TAMM, MSU Physics Dept : A queue model . ...

... Ciel Espace, le magazine qui vous guide toujours plus loin . ... des pages consacr†йes †а la publication de vos photos Mais c'est aussi une vraie communaut†й avec laquelle partager votre passion et nourrir votre curiosit†й. Accueil Mati†иre noire : une observation d†йfie les astronomes . ... A la une . ... En effet, selon les mod†иles th†йoriques, les concentrations de mati†иre noire sont les lieux o†µ naissent les galaxies. ... Une mati†иre noire au comportement ordinaire ? ... Etat du ciel . ...

Russian SHAREABLE DATA CENTER Institute of Solar-Terrestial Physics SB RAS . ... To improve the quality of ionograms and to carry out on automatic ionogram processing we have developed a special software, which can be arbitraly devided into the following main parts: . ... Ionogram processing software on the basis of image processing; . Interactive ionogram processing software. ... Here we present ionogram samples for different kinds of chirp sounding . ... Capabilities and samples | ...

SAI software archive . ... Interl-links Software Downloads via FTP . ... DOSEMU - DOS emulator for Linux Home Page and ftp-site . ... Official FVWM Home Page and ftp-site . ... TCL-TK official Home Page , official ftp-site , try another ftp-site . ... Postgres Home Page and ftp-site , also development site (ftp.ki.net) . ... Apache Home Page and ftp-site , local mirror . ... Spinner Home Page and ftp-site . WN Home Page - Yet another httpd server also ftp-site . ... NEdit Home Page and ftp-site . ...

Preliminary results of astroclimate parameters measurements at the Sternberg 2.5m telescope installation site V.Kornilov, N.Shatsky, S.Potanin, O.Voziakova, B.Safonov Moscow, 2008 Acknowledgements A.Belinskiy M.Kornilov A.Tokovinin M.Kuznetsov P.Kortunov E.Gorbovskoy SAI administration some SAI students Pulkovo solar station (KHSS) staff RFBR support MAVEG Gmbh Why to study optical turbulence and some other relevant ... Mean seeing by DIMM data for this night is 1''5. ...

FEATURES OF THE HYDROGEN DISTRIBUTION AROUND LUNAR CRATERS PROCLUS AND KEPLER. ... In result of analysis of the data Lawrence and Feldman constructed the hydrogen distribution on the lunar surface [1]. ... However, the authors shown, that EN flux data features may be explained by other element abundance in the lunar soils, namely: Si, Ca, Gadolinium (Gd), Samarium (Sm) and Fe. ... Using of the Feldman's interpretation of the Lunar Prospector data [8], we constructed hydrogen distribution map (Fig.1). ...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration . ... Bruce McCandless II (Captain, USN, Ret.) NASA Astronaut (former) . ... He was a member of the astronaut support crew for the Apollo 14 mission and was backup pilot for the first manned Skylab mission (SL-1/SL-2). ... A veteran of two space flights, McCandless has logged over 312 hours in space, including 4 hours of MMU flight time. ... With the completion of this flight McCandless logged 191 hours in space (including 4 hours of MMU flight time). ...

Initial orbit determinations of NEO-2005 with Pulkovo AMP-method O.P. Bykov Central Astronomical Observatory of RAS, Russia, 196140, Saint-Petersburg, Pulkovskoye shosse 65/1 Abstract Pulkovo Apparent Motion Parameters Method (the AMP-method) was proposed by prof. A.A.Kiselev and developed by his colleagues for initial orbit determinations of Artificial Earth Satellites, Space Debris, Asteroids, and Comets on the base of very short observational arc. ... Table 4 Apparent Motion Parameters for 2005 EE. ...

Электронная библиотека астронома-любителя. ... Ru.Space.News: . Апрель 1998 . ... FOR RELEASE: 9:00 a.m. (EDT) April 9, 1998 CONTACT: Ray Villard Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD (Phone: 410-338-4514) PRESS RELEASE NO.: ... Дата: 13 апреля 1998 (1998-04-13) От: Alexander Bondugin Тема: Full Data Sets From Galileo's First Six Orbits Now Available Привет всем! ... Дата: 13 апреля 1998 (1998-04-13) От: Alexander Bondugin Тема: Sky Telescope News Bulletin - April 10, 1998 Привет всем! ...