Astronomical Society of the Pacific Announces 2009 Award Winners in Astronomy Research and Education . The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) today announced the winners of its 2009 awards for excellence in astronomy research and education. ... The Thomas J. Brennan Award for excellence in the teaching of astronomy in grades 9-12, has gone to Ardis Herrold , astronomy and Earth sciences educator at Grosse Pointe North High School in Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan. ...

... Solar Flare Observations Using the X-ray Telescope on Hinode . ... The satellite Hinode (Solar-B), Japanese for sunrise, was launched in September 2006 on a mission to study the Sun, specifically, sunspots which give rise to powerful flares and solar storms. The origin of solar flares is a mystery scientists hope Hinode will help unravel. ... What drives solar flares and creates the Sun’s magnetic fields? ... 2017 Total Solar Eclipse . Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

December 2007 Astronotes 1 2007 in pictures from ENVISAT By Wendy McCorry, Science Communicator These images were taken by ENVISAT, the European Space Agency's Earth Observation spacecraft ­ the largest of its kind ever built. ... Clockwise from top left: ENVISAT's Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) captured this image of tropical cyclone Gamede sweeping across the Indian Ocean on 23 February 2007. ... ENVISAT captured this image of the wildfires in Southern California on 22 October. ...

... 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. ...

Cosmic Ray laboratory of . ... Neutron Monitor (Cosmic Ray Observations) . is situated in Irkutsk (Russia) . ... Height - location above sea level . ... Height: . ... For recording the CR (Cosmic Rays) neutron component at Irkutsk, . neutron monitor NM-64 is used, which is an installation with 18 two-meter proportional counters filled with BF 3 (boron trifluoride gas) in which the B 10 90 per cent of the total boron. ... The neutron monitor is located at 475m above sea level. ...

The laboratory has developed a fabrication technology of boron/aluminium structural elements that does not involve high-temperature/high-pressure equipment which is usualle very expensive. ... For example, to produce boron/aluminum tubes with longitudinal reinforcement, see Fig.1 for examples, which are characterized in Table 1, we have constructed a simple equipment (Fig.2) based on a commercially available furnace. ... Maximum tube length is 1500 mm, maximum diameter is 75 mm. ... Diameter . ...

Structure of the supersmall satellites . Scientific equipment . Supersmall satellite "Universitetskiy" is manufactured by Production Corporation "Polyot" (Omsk, Russia) in the interests of Lomonosov Moscow State University. Supersmall satellite "Kompas-2" is a pilot project of multi-satellite system which is intended for prediction and motnitoring of natural and technologenical disasters. ... Composition of the scientific equipment of the "Universitetskiy" satellite. ...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration . ... Gregory Errol Chamitoff (Ph.D.) . NASA Astronaut (Former) . ... NASA EXPERIENCE: In 1995, Dr. Chamitoff joined Mission Operations at the Johnson Space Center, where worked as a Guidance and Control Flight Controller. ... SPACE FLIGHT EXPERIENCE: Expedition 17/18 - In 2008, Dr. Chamitoff served as the flight engineer and science officer for a 6-month mission aboard the International Space Station during Expeditions 17 and 18. ... OCTOBER 2013 . ...

Next: GOCG Post-Observation Products . ... Reconstructed Orbit . JPL MMNAV Reconstructed Orbit . ... The JPL MMNAV files will be made available on the JPL MMNAV FTP site in directory [RAstron.ODDATA.JPLICV.TRACK] (note the capital letters). back to top . ... What: X-band Doppler tracking data will be transmitted in near real-time from the DSN GTS to the JPL MMNAV team and from the Pushchino GTS to the ASC navigation team, and post-pass (via FTP) from the GBTS to the JPL MMNAV team. ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... SUN MOON MERCURY VENUS MARS, JUPITER SATURN . ... Moon . ... Jupiter . ... Sky this Month . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... ESA chooses instruments for its Jupiter ICy moons Explorer . ... The JUpiter ICy moons Explorer mission (JUICE) will carry a total of 11 scientific experiments to study the gas giant planet and its large ocean-bearing moons, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced last week. ... Only registered members of Astronomy.com are allowed to comment on this article. ...

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... This page is being developed by D.Semenov within the project "Optics and dynamics of cometary dust" supported by the "Universities of Russia - Fundamental Researches" research grant program of the Russian federal goverment. books . ... Polarimetry & Photometry of comet C/1996 B2 Hyakutake , by N.N.Kisilev, Icarus , 133 , 286-292, 1998. ... Narrowband Photometry of comet P/Halley: Variations with Hel. distance, season, and solar phase angle , by David G.Schleicher, Icarus , 132 , 397-417, 1998. ...

. Home . Structure of Data . Description . Catalog . Publications . VO . ЮБ 2000 . 23:56:37.5 . ЮД 2000 . +61:24:02 . l . 116.420 . b . -0.776 . diameter . 4.0' . (m - M) 0 . 12.2 0.17 . distance . 2750 220 pc . E(B - V) . 0.49 0.02 . log(t) . 8.2 0.05 . SAO 1-m, BVRI observations (777 measurements) VOTable . 2MASS data VOTable . IPHAS IDR data VOTable . Developed by the Team . Send us your questions or feedback

... There are preliminary series of photometric and radio spectral observations of the above-mentioned stars, archival data on the light curves of the stars, results of the search for OH and H 2 O maser emission in IRAS point sources that possess the IR parameters similar to Miras. ... The aim is a detailed study of the maser emission variability. ... In 1996-1997, astronomical observations of Mira Ceti-type stars (miras) were carried out in three spectral ranges: optical, infrared, and radio. ...

To appear in "Fourth Workshop on Robotic Autonomous Observatories (2015)"RevMexAA(SC) METEOR OBSERVATIONS WITH MINI-MEGATORTORA WIDE-FIELD MONITORING SYSTEM S. Karpov, 1, 3 N. Orekhova2 G. Beskin, 1, 3 A. Biryukov3,4 S. Bondar,2 E. Ivanov,2 E. Katkova,2 A. Perkov, and V. Sasyuk3 RESUMEN 2 Favor de prop orcionar un resumen en espanol. ... The faintest detected meteors has the peak brightness about 10 mag, while the ma jority - from 4 to 8 mag. ... 2010; Karpov et al. 2013; Beskin et al. ...

... Iowa Robotic Telescope | ... Talon is based on OCAAS, a software suite developed by software engineer Elwood Downey ( Clear Sky Institute ) for use at the University of Iowa ?s first remote facility (the ATF, or Automated Telescope Facility). ... XObservatory : Telescope Control Interface . ... This program calls upon and coordinates much of the interrelated portions of the Talon architecture, and forms the primary control panel for the telescope, dome, and peripheral systems when used locally. ...

RADIOASTROPHYSICAL DEPARTMENT • INSTITUTE OF SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS RAS SB . General information Main characteristics of the Radio telescope Observing programs General view of the antenna array Main research areas Principle of generation of radio images Radio telescope 's beam Receiving systems Main characteristics of the base receiving-recording complex Calibrations Data archive and databases Publication SSRT - Siberian Solar Radio Telescope . ...

... 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 . ...

... 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 . ...