Free Space Optical Communication Systems . ... Airplane - geostationary satellite laser communication. ... Air ( space) optical communication systems ( AO ) . ... The Optical ground station was constructed at Teide observatory, Tenerife, Canary Islands for laser communication experiments from ground to geostationary (GEO) satellites. ... Laser communication experiments between ARTEMIS satellite and optical ground station (OGS) ESA at Canary Islands are performing also. ... CW laser test experiments . ...

Abstract -- Calculations are performed for the linear polarization of starlight due to extinction by aligned dust grains when the starlight traverses a medium with irregular magnetic fields. This medium is intended to represent the optically thick components of interstellar clouds which are observed to make little, if any, contribution to the polarization of starlight. ...

... In this activity, students will observe that the faintest stars which they can see in the sky are affected by many things: the adaptation of their eyes to the dark, the presence of clouds or haze, the time of year, and the presence of light pollution. General Information . ... After completing this activity, students should have a better understanding of the practical processes for dealing with the light pollution problem and with other environmental and societal issues. << previous page | ...

... These trajectories have an initial flight from the Earth to a large distance (of about 1.5 million km), the following passive flight to the Moon's orbit, an approach to the Moon with a decrease of an energy of a particle (spacecraft) selenocentric motion to a negative value and the temporary capture in an elliptic orbit of the Moon's satellite. ... Several trajectories of this type are determined. ... Ivashkin V. V. On optimal trajectories of space flight to the Moon in the Earth--Moon--Sun system. ...

Natalia Miller et al.: Joint Analysis of the Polar Motion and Celestial Pole Offset Time Series , IVS 2012 General Meeting Proceedings, p.385­389 http://ivscc.gsfc.nasa.gov/publications/gm2012/ miller .pdf Joint Analysis of the Polar Motion and Celestial Pole Offset Time Series Natalia Miller 1 , Zinovy Malkin 1) 2) 2 Pulkovo Observatory Pulkovo Observatory and St. Petersburg State University e-mail: natm@gao.spb.ru Contact ... Geomagnetic field variations may be one of these factors. ...

Due to technical issues, on September 11, 1998 the radiolink was switched to 465 MHz channel. Data acquisition is presently performed only by SRC "PLANETA", Data Receiving Center in Obninsk and Western Siberia Data Receiving Center in Nobosibirsk . For conditions of obtaining data from RESURS-01 N3 please contact SRC "PLANETA". ... Registration of full data stream (61.44 Mbit/s) is performed only by Data Receiving Center, SRC "PLANETA", Obninsk. ...

Sp ecific features of differential motions in the DIMM V. Kornilov, B. Safonov May 28, 2010 1 Intro duction Differential image motion monitor DIMM widely used in studies of optical turbulence, is destined to measure the integrated effect of the Earth's atmosphere on the image quality. ... In the work of Martin, they are obtained by gradual spatial filtering 1 of the power spectrum of phase perturbations in the assumption of Kolmogorov's model of the optical turbulence (OT). ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... Observing . ... Sky this Month . ... Gravitational wave search provides insights into galaxy evolution and mergers . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Observing Podcasts . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Galaxies and the integrated flux nebula in Ursa Major . ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ...

Microsymposium 38, MS080, 2003 (A4 format) PHYSICAL AND MINERALOGY CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LUNAR REGOLITH IN THE AREAS OF THE THERMAL ANOMALIES. ... Comparison of the local cumulative number of particles N per 104 m2 and photometric roughness parameter I. In this report we research data of the IR thermal radiation, the rough structure of the lunar regolith and mineralogy characteristics upper layer of the surface. ... The spatial graphical function of the lunar-surface thermal radiation. ... Figure 3. ...

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MICROWAVE THEORY AND TECHNIQUES, VOL. ... 2, FEBRUARY 2005 627 Dielectric Constant, Loss Tangent, and Surface Resistance of PCB Materials at -Band Frequencies K Victor N. Egorov, Vladimir L. Masalov, Yuri A. Nefyodov, Artem F. Shevchun, Mikhail R. Trunin, Victor E. Zhitomirsky, and Mick McLean Abstract--This paper develops the theoretical approach and describes the design of a practical test rig for measuring the microwave parameters of unclad and laminated dielectric substrates. ...

... 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 . ...

... 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. ...