... The computer is set up so that the software for whatever camera is running and the switch box set to channel B. This allows the monitor and keyboard upstairs to operate the computer. Now the telescope can be set up. ... In the North west of the dome, there is a motor that turns the dome. The dome opens with a motor that pulls the slit back. ... Each camera had a specific alignment with the telescope. ... The lights on the roof provide a nice target to center in all three telescopes. ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . An ALMA Telescope Array Time Lapse . ... The Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) project consists of 66 dishes, many the size of a small house, situated in the high altitude Atacama Desert in Northern Chile . Together, ALMA observes the skies in high-frequency radio light, a band usually used only for local communication due to considerable absorption by humid air. ... The above time-lapse video shows the course of four ALMA antennas over one night. ...

... Большинству любителей недоступны крупные телескопы типа как Алькор и Мицар,и они останавливают свой выбор на таких недорогих компактных и моблильных инструметнах как зрительные трубы и монокуляры. Самые распространенные среди них - ЗРТ-457 и МП 20х60. За три года работы с этими инструментами я выявил не мало их скрытых достоинств, впрочем как и недостатков и хочу ниже в кратце рассказать о них. ... Поговорим об оптических достоинствах трубы. Они несколько хуже, чем у монокуляра. ...

... APT Activities and Science Results 3. ... APT Secretary Philip Edwards (ISAS) reviewed the aims of the APT (http://www.vsop.isas.ac.jp/apt/DefinitionAndAims.html). ... The Australia Telescope Compact Array, and Ceduna, Hartebeesthoek, Kashima, Mopra, Parkes, and Shanghai telescopes of the Asia-Pacific Telescope participated in these observations. ... In the absence of Tetsuo Sasao, Philip Edwards briefly described results of the APT 22 GHz observations conducted from October 1st to 5th, 1997. ...

M1 image More About M1 Nice Color Picture . ... M16 image More About M16 HST image . ... M31 image More About M31 Nice Color Picture . ... M42 image ; M43 image More About M42/43 Nice Color CCD Picture . M51 image More About M51 Color Image of M51 M51 Supernova . M57 image More About M57 Nice Color CCD Picture Very Deep M57 Image . ... M81 image More About M81 M81 Supernova Ultraviolet Image of M81 More about Ultraviolet Imaging . M82 image More About M82 M82 False Color M82 True Color . ...

... It was with this spirit that Norman Oberle suggested that area amateurs should have the benefit of a large aperture (25 inches or larger) telescope with sufficient focal length for excellent visual work. ... Norm Oberle and Jim Thomas spent 2,000 hours grinding and polishing to work the mirror into an oblate spheroid. ... Norm worked with Jim Thomas in a basement workshop. ... The Richland club is situated in the Hidden Hollow camp ground, and has long held meetings in the clubhouse on the grounds. ...

. XMM-Newton Science Analysis System . echeckregion (especget-1.26) [xmmsas_20070708_1801-7.1.0] . Meta Index / Home Page . echeckregion calculates whether the centre of an input region falls on an exposed part of an EPIC CCD. If the area falls on a chip, but outside the telescope field-of-view or outside the observing window, for small and large-window observations, the output status is set false. Otherwise status is set true. XMM-Newton SOC/SSC -- 2007-07-09

... Contacting and discussing with people sharing your interests, participating in night sky observations with telescopes as well as a large choice of astronomical books, magazines and video-tapes out of our club library. ... A reasonable compromise for observing both planets and brightest deep sky objects ( nebulae, galaxies) are either a 4 to 8 inch mirror telescope ( Newton, Schmidt-Cassegrain ) or a 3 to 4 inch refracting ( lens) telescope. ... Where can I buy a telescope in Luxembourg ? ...

... 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! ...

... Un instrument performant et compact pour observer la Lune et les planГЕtes. En alliant performance optique, encombrement rГїduit, monture motorisГїe sur deux axes et pointage automatique, ce tГїlescope est un instrument performant et simple d'utilisation. Un trГїpied est fourni avec le tГїlescope afin d'offrir une grande stabilitГї lors de l'observation. ... Simple d'utilisation, ce tГїlescope est parfait pour les dГїbutants qui ont envie de se familiariser avec les beautГїs du ciel. ...

Dynamic Shack-Hartmann System RAPID V. G. Orlov, V. V. Voitsekhovich Instituto de AstronomМa, UNAM, MИxico CONACYT project E9507-1020P UNAM PAPIIT IN104910 Telescopes OAN OAN- SPM 2.1m telescope 1.5m telescope 0.84m telescope 2.1m telescope OAN-Tonanzintla 1m telescope Astronomical site SPM Observing statistics 1982-2002 (Tapia+ 2007 ) Photometric nights : 64.1% Spectroscopic ... Rapid - Dynamic Shack-Hartmann All modern telescopes demand installation of adaptive system. ...

... ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPES . ... HOME . ... Home Products Telescopes Astronomical Telescopes . Recreational astronomical telescopes (ASTELE™) feature Maksutov Cassegrain or Maksutov Newtonian optical design. ... These telescopes (except ASTELE ™ 70, 95) are available in three configurations: OTA (Optical Tube Assembly), G (German Equatorial Mount) and EL (with motorized base). ... These telescopes are available in two configurations: OTA (Optical Tube Assembly) and G (German Equatorial Mount). ...

. MASTER supernova search . 2006 02 10.94 UT . Klick for full image .

... Научная панорама ? arxiv:0709.2048 Cherenkov Telescope Array . ... arxiv:0709.2048 Cherenkov Telescope Array: следующее поколение наземных гамма-обсерваторий (Cherenkov Telescope Array: The next-generation ground-based gamma-ray observatory) . ... Прочитать про это можно в статье, а можно на сайте проекта <A HREF=" http://www.mpi-hd.mpg.de/hfm/CTA/ ">CTA</A> (Cherenkov Telescope Array). http://xray.sai.msu.ru/~polar/sci_rev/168.html#arxiv/0709.2048 . ...

Общая Астрономическая Конференция > Товары для астрономов > Полезное для астрономии > Книга: Star Testing Astronomical Telescopes . ... Просмотр полной версии : Книга: Star Testing Astronomical Telescopes . ... По немногочисленным просьбам ЛА сосканировал и отцифровал следующую книгу: . Star Testing Astronomical Telescopes . ... Шикарная книга для тех кто занимается любительским и профессиональным телескопостроением. ... Бумажный вариант книги будет еще с неделю, поэтому жду комментариев. ...

William Gershel (1738 - 1807). ... Gershel twice widened the Solar system and "turned" the Sun, proving its motion in the Universe. ... The Solar system became twice more. Besides he opened two satellites of Uranus (1789) with the reverse motion (1797) and two new Saturn satellites (1789). ... In 1783 Gershel discovered the Sun's motion in the Space and its direction. ... The 20 feet telescope of Gershel opened the nature of the mysterious "milky nebulas" which turned to be the star congestions. ...

... The First (Experimental) International Astronomy Olympiad . The following olympic problems were proposed for the participants on the theoretical part: Grades 8-10 . ... Why is it sometimes better to use a small telescope in orbit around the Earth than it is to use a large telescope on a mountain top? ... What will an observer looking to the Moon through the telescope see? ... Paper with a drown circle and table of maximal elongations of Mercury and Venus had been done for participants. ...

EPM-ERA2012 Lunar Ephemeris and selenodynamical parameters from LLR data(1970-2012) M.V. Vasilyev, E.I.Yagudina IAA RAS, St-Petersburg, Russia Reflector at the Moon The reflector 's positions at the Moon surface 3.5 m telescope at Apache station INTRODUCTION MODERN EPHEMERIDES: 1. ... IAA RAS, Russia-EPM-ERA2012 The present analysis of (17580) LLR observations, (time interval 1970, March - 2012, February) Model ( brief description). The dynamical model EPM-ERA has been developed by G.A. Krasinsky. ...

... Proposals will be accepted until 1 May 1997 and should be sent to: Mary A. Cragg Mount Wilson Institute 740 Holladay Road, Pasadena, CA 91106 USA e-mail: mwi@mtwilson.edu Haystack Observatory Call for Proposals ---------------------------------------- Haystack Observatory invites proposals for the use of the 37-m radio telescope for observations in the following wavelength bands: 3-mm (85-115 GHz ) 7-mm (35-49 GHz ) 1.3 cm (21-25 ...