... Observing . ... Solar Observing . ... April 3 (SUN) - Solar Observing, Central Park , Manhattan . ... APRIL'S SKY . ... Lecture Series at the American Museum of Natural History The Amateur Astronomers Association is proud to present an astronomy lecture series from October through May each year for our members and the .. ... The€аAmateur Astronomers Association of New York€аwas organized in 1927 to promote the study of Astronomy, emphasizing its cultural and inspirational value. ...

... 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 . ...

Displays the current status of the Dual Imaging Spectrograph (DIS) and allows you to change the configuration. Normally only the most common status is displayed and the configuration controls are hidden. ... Pushing the "Config" button displays configuration controls (each to the right of its corresponding item of status). Select TUI:Save Window Positions to remember the state of this checkbutton. ... Turret : current position of the grating turret. ... Grating : name of the current grating. ...

... 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) . ...

... Complete content for online Mercury is available to ASP members and institutional subscribers . ... You can retrieve the latest issue of Mercury here . ... Although its primary mission is to study the Cosmic Microwave Background, the Planck spacecraft has already made an impressive range of discoveries. ... Extrasolar Planets: The Saga Continues , Paul Deans . ... Editorial, Paul Deans . Forty Years Ago . ... 40 Years Ago: The Birth of Mercury Magazine . ... Sky Sights, Paul Deans . ...

Atmospheric influence on the different radio-engineering system functioning . ESTIMATION OF ATMOSPHERIC OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND REMOTELY SANSED IMAGE CORRECTION . ... Direct transmittance estimation results for 12 channels of the spectrometer CHRIS. ... We have managed to develop a direct method of estimating the discrete Normalized Atmospheric Point Spread Function (NAPSF) from available images alone, not using any external sources of information about the atmosphere. ... IRE RAS 1996-20 11 ...

... Published spectra . Published k-corrections (Bessel & Brett filters) . K-corrections using CIT filters . Filters used for the integration: U B V Rc Ic J CIT H CIT K CIT . Filters used for the k-corrections: J BB H BB K BB . New calibration of the spectra: set the desidered colors (Johnson BV- Cousins RI- CIT JHK) in the table below, press "SUBMIT" and save the output as text file. ... Spectra of individual galaxies ( calibrated in lambda and flux and normalized to average=1) . ...

MSSSO Annual Report 1997 . ... The Duffield Heliostat was designed and constructed for the Stromlo Exploratory, and forms the central feature within the building. It produces a stationary, high-quality image of the sun, which is one of the major exhibits in the Exploratory, and was installed in time for the opening ceremony on July 26, 1997(Fig. ... The tracker module of the Heliostat is located at the top of the pier in the central area of the building, under a roll-off roof. ...

... R-band images obtained at 0.8 arcsec seeing conditions have allowed us to separate foreground star from point-like extragalactic source and estimate their brightness separately. ... To study the nature and properties of the source, we observed it under high spatial resolution. ... CONCLUSION RTT150 optical observations with sub-arcsecond seeing and low resolution spectra confirm the hypothesis of superposition of a radio source onto a `normal' F/G galactic star proposed by [1]. ...

Russian SHAREABLE DATA CENTER Institute of Solar-Terrestial Physics SB RAS . ... The algorithm and appropriate program for decametric radiosignal propagation conditions prediction for paths from 500 to 9000 km have been developed at ISTP SB on the basis of normal wave method (AltyntsevaB.I,Iliyin N.V., Kurkin V.I. and others //Decameters channel simulation on the base of normal wave method . ... Solar activity indices are chosen automatically from the prediction date from the database . ...

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... Ciel Espace, le magazine qui vous guide toujours plus loin . ... des actualit–їs . ... Accueil Atterrissage de Curiosity sur Mars en direct lundi matin . ... Apr–Rs 8 mois de voyage –Љ travers l'espace, Curiosity arrive enfin sur Mars ce lundi 6 ao–?t 2012. ... Les Toulousains ont quant –Љ eux le loisir de se rendre –Љ la Cit–ї de l'Espace pour suivre l'atterrissage avec les commentaires des sp–їcialistes fran–?ais de la mission. ... Curiosity est le plus gros rover jamais envoy–ї sur Mars . ...

... MASTER Net is 56 square degrees per 1 exposition . ... 06 Dec 2015: GRB 151205B: MASTER-NET early optical observations GCN18665 . ... 18 Nov 2015: GRB 151118A: MASTER-NET optical observations GCN18613 . ... 12 Nov 2015: GRB 151112A: MASTER-NET optical limit GCN18591 . ... 07 Nov 2015: GRB 151107A: MASTER-NET optical observations GCN18565 . ... 31 Oct 2015: Five OTs detected by Global Robotic MASTER Net ATel8232 . ... 02 Oct 2015: GRB 151001B: MASTER-NET early optical observations GCN18380 . ...

Method of Calculating Cometary Orbits . ... A method of constructing a numerical theory of comet motion covering large intervals of time is presented. ... Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI), Near Earth Objects (NEOs), calculating cometary orbits, numerical theory of comet motion covering large intervals of time , radial component of non-gravitational acceleration , transverse component of non-gravitational acceleration , normal component of non-gravitational ...

... Dept. for Astrometry & Space Geodynamics . ... Dept. for Physics of Stars&Galaxies . Dept. for Space Plasma Physics . Dept. for Physics of Minor Celestial Bodies . Dept. for Physics of Planetary Systems . Dept. for Solar Physics . ... 2016,MNRAS, 2016MNRAS.tmp.. ... WASP- 22, WASP-41, WASP- 42 and WASP- 55. ... in the visible range - land 10th Keck (USA), 2 x 8.4-m LBT (USA), 8.0-m Gemini (USA), 6.5-m MMT (USA), 4th KPNO (USA), 3.5-m APO (USA), 8.2-m VLT (ESO), 3.5-m NTT (Chile); . ...

... Peter J.K. "Jeff" Wisoff (Ph.D) . NASA Astronaut (former) . ... A veteran of four space flights, STS-57 in 1993, STS-68 in 1994, STS-81 in 1997 and STS-92 in 2000, Dr. Wisoff has logged a total of 42 days, 56 hours, 1 minute and 48 seconds in space, including , 19 hours and 53 minutes of EVA time in three space walks. ... Following 183 orbits of the Earth in 269 hours and 46 minutes, the eleven-day mission ended with Space Shuttle Endeavour landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California. ...

... Distribution of orbital elements for the RR Lyrae stars. Results for stars with [Fe/H ] > -0.95 (left column), [Fe/H ] < 0.95 and V res < 290 km/s (middle column), and [Fe/H] < -0.95 and V res > 290 km/s (right column) are shown separately. In the top row, we have plotted normal curves fitting the distributions. ... next figure | privious figure . ...

... Охота за Новыми звездами . ... А сегодня большинство открытий Новых совершаются именно с их помощью! ... Поиск вспышек Новых звезд на небе - одна из самых достойных астрономических программ, за которую может взяться любитель астрономии. ... Джорж пришел к выводу, что множество новых звезд, достигающих в максимуме 5-7 величины и недоступных невооруженному глазу, ускользают от открытия , поскольку вблизи моментов их вспышек профессионалы фотографируют другие области неба. ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Mad Science . ... Site Info . ... Public Talks . ... Keep Bad Astronomy close to your heart, and help make me filthy rich. ... Who is this guy who calls himself "The Bad Astronomer?" ... First, yes, I am a real live astronomer (when people ask me what astronomers do, I tell them "They astronom !" ... These are emitted by powerful objects like black holes, exploding stars, and super-dense neutrons stars. ... Finally, am I really a bad astronomer? ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

Do we need various assumptions to get a good FCN? A new multiple layer spectral method Cheng-li HuangMian Zhang Shanghai Astron. ... No FCN ! ... FCN,FCN,FCN.. Multiple layer spectral method (MLSM) + Linear Operator Method (LOM) Finite Element Method (FEM) · · Traditional approach solves one order ellipsoid only. ... Main Idea of FEM Boundary Surface could be described as: Let's consider how to solve the dynamic equation: Traditional Approach: Equivalent Spherical Domain . ...