... Activities | ... Collaborations | ... The main objective of laboratory #235 is development of imaging array detectors for different applications (including radio-astronomy, safety and security systems). We develop ultra-sensitive detectors (bolometers) and detector arrays, planar antennas and tuning circuits, refractive and reflective quasi-optical systems focusing millimeter and sub-millimeter wave irradiation on the detectors. ...

ATMoB "Galaxy Observing Award " Guidelines Purpose: To promote observing among the membership of the Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston through participation in the Galaxy Observing Awards program. ... Examples of elliptical galaxies: M49, M59, M60, M87, NGC 4125. Limiting Magnitude Assessment: Spirals: A spiral galaxy consists of a flattened disk, with stars forming a (usually two-armed) spiral structure, and a central concentration of stars known as the bulge. ...

... Under certain conditions, like those in the nucleus of a QSO, all atoms can be made to emit light at particular wavelengths. ... If that source is approaching the observer, the wave is squashed up onto itself making the wavelength shorter. ... This is redshift. ... You can see how the section of the QSO spectrum which we observe changes with redshift. ... We then see how far we had to slide the observed spectrum along the scale to make it match and that is the objects redshift. ... The 2QZ team . ...

My research interests are focussed on the theory and modelling of accretion processes as well as star and planet formation mechanisms. I am particularly interested in the stability properties of accretion discs, the generation of MHD turbulence and associated angular momentum transport, disk - planet interactions and the origin and characteristics of jets and winds from accreting systems . ... These results have been published in Salmeron & Wardle, 2005, M.N.R.A.S., 361: 45-69. ...

Hale-Bopp and the Plateau de Bure Interferometer . ... Credit Copyright: A. Rambaud, IRAM team, France Explanation: Comet Hale-Bopp is being observed by many different telescopes. ... These telescopes are being used to detect the presence of different molecules in the coma and tail of Comet Hale-Bopp. ... The abundance of different types of molecules in Comet Hale-Bopp 's coma give clues to its composition and history, as well as clues to the composition and history of our Solar System . ...

Class 1 Introduction, Background History of Modern Astronomy The Night Sky, Eclipses and the Seasons Kepler's Laws Newtonian Gravity General Relativity Matter and Light Telescopes Class 2 Solar System Characteristics Formation Exosolar Planets Class 3 Stars The S un Stellar Evolution of Low and High Mass Stars Deaths of Stars Exotic Stars Class 4 Galaxies Galaxy Classification Formation of Galaxies Galactic ... Low mass stars live and die differently than high mass stars. ...

... Pulsars offer a variety of observables for study of interstellar scattering. Observations of scattering of nearby pulsars and intra-day variable quasars point to the existence of a component of the interstellar medium (ISM) which has properties quite different from the more distant, diffuse ISM. ... The time series of electric field emitted by the pulsar is convolved with an impulse-response function due to scattering, when sampled at the observer plane [1]. ... Nearby interstellar scattering. ...

... Exposure Time Calculator (ETC) . ... ESO - Public Surveys . ... the recommended values to use for DIT, . ... Detector on-chip integration (DIT): seconds. to your chosen value - a separate page gives recommended values to use for DIT - for modes 1 and 2 below you may wish to start with the maximum recommended values as these will minimize the effect of read noise (a total object exposure of Y secs with DIT=X secs will produce Y/X lots of read noise) and give you a lower limit on the time needed. ...

... Seidewand created the event FREE WEEKLY TELESCOPE VIEWING AT STRASENBURGH PLANETARIUM: 4/2 cancelled for clouds, snow, . ... Free! ... Call Jim at 703-9876 for more info. 1 week ago . ... Seidewand created the event FREE TELESCOPE VIEWING AT STRASENBURGH PLANETARIUM . ... Seidewand created the event FREE TELESCOPE VIEWING AT STRASENBURGH PLANETARIUM: 3/26 outlook is hopeful . ... Seidewand created the event FREE TELESCOPE VIEWING AT STRASENBURGH PLANETARIUM: 3/19 outlook is excellent . ...

RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL COMMITTEE MATERIALS OF THE WORLD DATA CENTER B E.T. MATVEYEVA Catalogue of geomagnetic pulsations of Pc1 type on observation data at observatory Borok filial of UIPhE RAS 1957 -1992 Э.Т.МAТВЕЕВА Каталог геомагнитных пульсаций типа Pc1 (жемчужин) по данным наблюдений геофизической обсерватории Борок филиала ОИФЗ РАН за 1957-1992 г.г. Preface The ... C?- traces of Pc1. ... The Borok data given in [4] are included in the catalogue. ...

Crater Gassendi . ... I made this drawing was made on the 26th of november 2001. If you compare this one with the previous drawing of Gassendi (below) the differences are clear. ... This drawing was made on the 28th of september 2001. After nearly a full month without observations I had a one hour gap between the thicker clouds. ... This drawing was made on the 29th of august 2001. ... This drawing was made on the 27th of august 2001. ... This drawing was made on the 25th of august 2001. ...

... 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. ...

Stellarium 0.12.3 . ... Classes . ... BigStarCatalogExtension::StarWrapperBase Class Reference abstract . ... getInfoString (const StelCore *core, const InfoStringGroup &flags) const . ... getPositionInfoString (const StelCore *core, const InfoStringGroup &flags) const . ... getJ2000EquatorialPos (const StelCore *core) const =0 . ... getEquinoxEquatorialPos (const StelCore *core) const . ... getJ2000GalacticPos (const StelCore *core) const . ... getSideralPosGeometric (const StelCore *core) const . ...

Abstract -- The strengths of magnetic fields in interstellar gas clouds are obtained through observations of the circular polarization of spectral line radiation. ... To infer information about these irregularities from the observational data, we develop statistical relationships between the rms values of the irregular component of the magnetic field and spatial variations in the circular polarization of the spectral line radiation. ...

You may see figures of this paper below... or download the whole paper in PostScript or LaTeX source , everything compressed by ZIP. LaTeX notes: you would need some specific LaTeX styles . See CS-11 HomePage for more. Figures are in EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) format to be inserted using software like dvips . You can download these files via ftp. If you use GIF format, choose "Save Image As..." on the images below, or click here: first and second . Figure 1. ...

Astronomy Discussion Forums . Forums: . Atm ћ Astrophotography ћ Blackholes ћ Blackholes2 ћ CCD ћ Celestron ћ Domes ћ Education . ... Observe Every Photon's Size Experiment . ... Post Message | ... Observe every photon's size experiment . 1.The slow process of the formation of the light diffraction pattern experiment . ... www.astronomy.net . ... Forum posts are Copyright their authors as specified in the heading above the post. "dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

... We proposed that information retrieved from the local surface photometric behavior of the Moon could be used for guiding the remote sensing analyses of specific geological targets. ... The value of the difference of intensities mentioned above may be used as a photometric parameter I of the local surface roughness. ... 7] Apollo 11 Prelim. ... Figure 5 represents the diagram of relationship between photometric roughness parameter and local thorium content in different lunar regions. ...

... Keck spectropolarimetry, giving spectral coverage from Ly- to beyond CIII], and HST imaging of a sample of powerful radio galaxies with has been obtained. ... This is a short progress report on a rather extensive programme we are carrying out to study the structure and composition of high redshift radio galaxies (HzRG) -- and, by implication, the host galaxies of radio quasars -- using observations in the optical, IR and mm bands. ... An example of the NICMOS and WFPC 2 imaging is shown in Figure 2 ...

... Bad Astronomy . Misconceptions . ... Bad Astronomy : The Moon only shows one face to us because it is not rotating. Better astronomy : The Moon only shows one face because it is rotating, once every time it revolves around the Earth. ... Place the Moon model on the table about 30 centimeters (one foot) away with the X facing the Earth model. ... You'll see that to keep the X facing the Earth model, you have to rotate the Moon model as it goes around the Earth model . ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

Geometry of X-ray sources in accreting black-hole binaries Andrzej A. Zdziarski N. Copernicus Astronomical Center, Warsaw The structure of the X-ray sources in the hard spectral state of accreting black-hole binaries has been a subject of intense debate. The paradigm dominant for many years postulated that the accretion disc in the hard state is truncated at some radius >> the innermost stable orbit (ISCO) whereas the disc reaches the ISCO in the soft state. ...