... Expected NICMOS Performance after HST Servicing Mission 3 . NICMOS Cooling System Design . ... NASA is developing the NICMOS Cooling System (NCS) to provide operation of NICMOS beyond the exhaustion of its stored solid nitrogen cryogen. ... The NCS combines an external radiator identical in design to the ACS/STIS Aft Shroud Cooling System (ASCS) planned for SM3, a Creare, Inc. reverse-Brayton cycle turbine cooler, and an EVA installed neon loop to the NICMOS dewar's cooling coil. ...

... Various map projections are provided, with the option to draw and annotate the map boundaries. ... CYLINDRICAL PROJECTIONS : -Jc lon0 / lat0 / scale (Cassini) -Jj lon0 / scale (Miller) -Jm scale ( Mercator - Greenwich and Equator as origin) -Jm lon0 / lat0 / scale ( Mercator - Give meridian and standard parallel) -Joa lon0 / lat0 / azimuth / scale (Oblique Mercator - point and azimuth) -Job lon0 / lat0 / lon1 / lat1 / scale (Oblique Mercator - two points) -Joc ...

Astronomy Discussion Forums . ... I Expected More Sense Than That. ... Post Message | ... Posted by Richard D. Stafford, Ph.D. on November 8, 2002 04:14:05 UTC . ... You are missing the point - harvey1 - November 8, 2002 - 13:10 UTC . I hope Stafford doesn't mind my intruding his forum - mrsouza - November 8, 2002 - 14:55 UTC . ... www.astronomy.net . ... Forum posts are Copyright their authors as specified in the heading above the post. "dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

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). ...

Stellarium 0.12.3 . ... CodingљStyle . ... FileљStructure . Coding Style Conventions in Stellarium . ... File Names . ... C/C++ Code . ... Source code should use the ASCII character set. ... The only exception is names of slots that use Qt's automatic connections to controls in .ui files. ... You can use the astyle program to format your code according to these conventions. ... There are different ways to comment C++ code with Doxygen, in Stellarium use the following for headers files: //! ...

... This year SSAU provides 1429 state-funded places for admission in all kinds and directions of educational programs. ... In addition, SSAU Admission Committee notes the substantial increase in interest from the foreign applicants this year. The number of applications from foreign countries has already surpassed last year's totals - 76 applications. Based on the experience of admission campaigns of previous years, SSAU expects summer 2014 to enrol about 150 foreign students in the university. ...

... 8, ``Celestial Mechanics'', 2002 Present and Future Ephemerides: Requirements and Limitations E. M. Standish Caltech/Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA Introduction JPL continues to develop planetary and lunar ephemerides in support of its spacecraft navigation. ... First, the question of the independent variable of the ephemerides is reviewed: JPL's long­time use of ``T eph '' vs. the IAU's newly­defined ``T CB''. ... Lastly, the plans for future ephemerides are presented. ...

Turning the Camera Skyward . A reconfigured camera can take wide-field exposures of astronomical objects (constellations, the Milky Way, zodiacal light, moving artificial satellites, meteor showers, variable stars, etc.) to reveal much fainter objects and structures than seen by naked eye. ... This picture reveals objects more than 2.5 times fainter than can be seen by the naked eye, including not only stars but also the Orion nebula (M42), where new stars are being born. ...

This section of library contains information about "classic" Star Catalogs. ... For a Henry Draper Catalog 272149 stars have received a total of 531,211 identifications in 7 сatalogs: . 270456 - in Astrographic Catalogue ( "Carte du Ciel", 4M), . 251943 - in Guide Stars Catalog (GSC), . ... A file with information on the components of 1788 of multiple systems in catalog HDEC (3681 component, or a combination thereof, with 4054 recording). ... A file with information about 21971 variable stars. ...

... 2. (a) Metallicity function and relations between (b) metallicity and radial velocity, (c) metallicity and maximum distance from the Galactic plane,and (d)metallicity and variability period for RR Lyrae variables in the initial sample.The curve in the first graph is the maximum-likelihood approximation of the distribution using a sum of two normal curves with the indicated means,dispersions,and total numbers. ... next figure | privious figure . ...

... Редуктор фокуса CCD f/3.3/Field Flattener and Variable T-Adapter . ... Редуктор фокуса устанавливается на выходе оптической системы и применяется для уменьшения эквивалентного фокуса телескопа, при этом увеличивая общую светосилу. ... Данный редуктор используется при фотосъемке для уменьшения общей экспозиции на 80%. ... Зеркальные цифровые фотоаппараты PENTAX . ... Бинокли PENTAX и зрительные трубы PENTAX . ... Pentax.ru . ... Copyright PENTAR ї2004-2016. (бинокли, цифровые фотоаппараты, телескопы)...

Catalogue of eclipsing variables (CEV) is the world's principal database of eclipsing binary systems with available classification. CEV contains identifications, classifications, photometry, periods, eclipses data, spectral types, references and notes for 7179 systems. Format of the current CEV . CEV main table (~1.0MB) . ... List of systems, erroneously classified as eclipsing binaries in GCVS (they are not included in the CEV main table) Download all files as a single archive (~0.6MB) . ...

... 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 . ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... Sky this Month . ... Star Atlas . ... stars . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... STEREO turns its steady gaze on variable stars . ... A STEREO/HI-1A image taken March 7, 2010, (left) highlights two variable stars. ... Researchers have discovered more than a hundred new eclipsing binary stars and observed hundreds more variable stars in an innovative survey using NASAт??s two STEREO solar satellites. ... Only registered members of Astronomy.com are allowed to comment on this article. ...

This ChangeLog covers the XPA 2 implementation. ... Fixed several memory leaks in the Tcl wrappers (tcl.c). ... Add setjmp/longjmp support to xalloc. ... Fixed bug in MINGW port of xpans in which an XPA server that terminated via an interrupt was not being properly removed from the list of registered access points. ... Added support for -remote command, which registers the access point in the XPA name server of the specified remote server, and gives the remote server access rights to the access point. ...

... 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 . ...

... Growth of Sapphire Crystals of Complicated Shape An original apparatus allows the growth of sapphire single crystals with complicated forms. Edgedefined Film-fed Growth (EFG) or Stepanov method, Growth from an Element of Shape (GES) method, as well as imaginative combined variants of those processes are available with this equipment. ... Experimental procedure Sapphire shaped crystals were grown from the melt in the [0001] orientation by the EFG and GES (Growth from an Element of Shape) methods. ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... On Thursday, February 15th 2001 (and replayed on March 19), the Fox TV network aired a program called ``Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon?'', hosted by X-Files actor Mitch Pileggi. ... Dust around the lander . ... However, it appeals to our common sense: when the sky is black here on Earth, we see stars. ... Bad: The program claims that when the top half of the lander took off from the Moon to bring the astronauts back into orbit, there was no flame from the rocket. ...

... Я попытался выделить самые интересные сюжеты, в основном связанные с наблюдательной астрономией и появившиеся в Архиве препринтов в 2006 г. Большинство из этих работ описывались в моих обзорах и было включено в число "лучших из лучших" . ... Непопадание в список каких-то важных работ связано в основном с тем, что "на лету" трудно определить важность статьи вне своей области интересов, кроме того этот год выдался для меня непростым.. ... Authors: Jason W.T. Hessels et al. Статья в Обзорах . ...

АНОНС НАУЧНЫХ КОНФЕРЕНЦИЙ 1998-99 гг. ... An AAS Electronic Announcement Dear Colleague: NASA has approved development of a Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) for installation in the HST on the 2002 Servicing Mission. A Scientific Oversight Committee (SOC) is being established to ensure that the broad interests of the scientific community are represented in the development of WFC3. The primary task of the SOC will be to advise the HST Project and STScI in all areas of scientific performance of WFC3. ...