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... Subject: G.08 How are stars named? Can I name/buy one? ... The Supernova of 1987 (Supernova 1987A), one of the major astronomical events of this century, was identified with the star named SK -69 202 in the very specialized catalog, the _Deep Objective Prism Survey of the Large Magellanic Cloud_, published by the Warner and Swasey Observatory. These procedures and catalogs accepted by the International Astronomical Union are the only means by which stars receive long-lasting names. ...

... Astrophysics Group . ... MRAO Telescopes . RYLE . ... The Ryle Telescope, formerly known as the 5-km Telescope, was originally designed as an 8-element E-W interferometer with the objective of mapping individual radio sources with an angular resolution as good as that of large optical telescopes when it was built in 1971. ... The Ryle Telescope in a compact configuration. (б© Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory, 1995.) ... For information on other MRAO telescopes, follow the links on the left. ...

... Julian Date Flux Densities (mJy) Julian Date Flux Densities (mJy) 2440000:0 A1 A2 B C 2440000:0 A1 A2 B C 8930.9968 153.8 134.6 59.8 22.6 9021.6846 154.0 137.0 59.0 22.9 8939.7717 163.7 146.0 66.1 22.9 9024.6766 151.4 134.6 58.4 22.1 8940.8936 153.2 135.8 59.2 22.6 9030.5334 156.7 139.1 59.0 22.4 8944.7380 161.7 142.2 63.7 23.1 9032.6650 151.8 136.5 57.7 22.6 8951.8637 148.4 131.3 58.3 21.7 9036.7067 155.1 137.1 58.8 ...

Supernova discovery statistics for 2003 . ... Sorted by Name For the year 2003 , 369 supernovae and 27 extragalactic novae were reported. 334 of these supernovae were named by CBAT, 1 were given possible supernova designations, and 34 were not reported to CBAT. 71 supernovae were found in NGC/IC galaxies, 178 were found in named galaxies 123 objects were discovered by amateurs 1 were brighter than 13th Magnitude 34 were brighter than 16th Magnitude 145 were brighter than 18th Magnitude 198 ...

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... The function is accessible, if the file with the image is open, and Ю identification of a star field is made. ... a) Load a first image by the command " Open ", and others by the command " Open +". b) Make an identification of the field. c) Open the menu " File ", select " Next " or press . ... It is necessary tree or more images. a) Load the first image by the command " Open" , and others by the command " Open + ". b) Open the menu " Marking ", select "Detect moving objects" or press - . ...

INTEGRAL observations of SS433 : new results Anatol Cherepashchuk Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, Russia In collaboration with: Rashid Sunyaev ... Eleonora Antokhina, Nikolai Shakura, Darja Kosenko, Elena Seifina,Sergey Molkov (IKI) 1 Overview · Introduction · · · · Observations Analysis of hard X-ray spectra Analysis of hard X-ray eclipses Discussion and conclusions December 26, 2007 ...

Storing and accessing the largest astronomical catalogues with the SAI CAS project S. Koposov1,2,3, O. Bartunov2, S. Karpov4 et al2. ... Why we want to build our own Catalogue Access Service The requirements for our CAS system The importance of the Database for the CAS (PostgreSQL & Q3C) The technical realization of CAS What has been already done Example of work TODO Storing and Accessing Astronomical Catalogues Existing projects CDS OpenSkyQuery CASjobs with SDSS They are all really great! ...