... LMC Project Outline . NGC 1818 Initial Results . ... The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is uniquely suitable for the study of massive star clusters at all stages of evolution. By combining HST observations of these clusters with N-body models we hope to understand the origin and evolution of rich star clusters in our own Galaxy, in the LMC, and beyond. ... We aim to combine our HST observations with N-body models to understand the formation and evolution of globular clusters. ...

... We had a unique diagnostic tool for determining whether or not the secondary was fractured during the dark run in that we had 3 sets of focus sweep data for the imaging camera taken on the nights of 05 October 1999, 11 October 1999, and 14 October 1999. ... Figure: 05 October 1999, CCD g1 . ... Surface plot. ... Figure 32 plots the same data but for CCD g3. ... Figure: Comparison of normalised brighness for the out-of-focus doughnuts for the nights of 05, 11, and 14 October 1999 for CCD g1. ...

Dynamical chaos in the problem of magnetic jet collimation O. Yu. ... In the paper of Bisnovatyi-Kogan (2007) magnetic collimation resulting from torsional oscillations of a cylinder with elongated magnetic field and periodically distributed initial rotation around the cylinder axis was considered. ... Space and time periods of oscillations depend on the conditions of jet formation: the length-scale, the amplitude of the rotational velocity, and the strength of the magnetic field. ...

... Research objects and scientific purposes . Space scientific program includes development and launch of two supersmall spacecrafts "Universitetskiy" and "Kompas-2" intended for monitoring of radiation conditions near the Earth. ... All the studies conducted in the near-Earth space are characterised by strong radiation fields. ... The circular polar orbits, which cover all the near-Earth space, are the most favorable for comprehensive studies of the radiation conditions near the Earth. ...

... Invisible airwaves crackle with life Bright antenna bristle with the energy Emotional feedback on timeless wavelength Bearing a gift beyond price, almost free All this machinery making modern music Can still be open-hearted. ... You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice. ... SONG: Different Strings Who's come to slay the dragon, Come to watch him fall? ... Tide Pools When the ebbing tide retreats Along the rocky shoreline, It leaves a trail of tidal pools In a short-lived galaxy. ...

... 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 . ...

... Auroral Currents . 25H. Birkeland Currents . ... Aurora Origin . ... Any electric current, however, must flow in a closed circuit, and since it seemed to be caused (like that of the aurora) by processes taking place in distant space, Birkeland proposed that it came down from space at one end of the arc and returned to space at the other end. ... His idea was that as solar plasma flowed through magnetic fields, dynamo effects produced the very same currents which also created those magnetic fields. ...

You Can't Make Stellar Images Brighter . Articles | ... Did you know that when you look at a non-stellar object through a telescope that it's usually dimmer than looking at it with your naked eye? ... The light enters the eye through the cornea and passes through the pupil which is the opening of the iris. ... Our own pupil effectively stops this large telescope to 700mm, so the image is not any brighter than in the 27.6" telescope and no brighter than the naked eye view!! ... www.astronomy.net . ...

November 2006 Astronotes 1 Candles in the Dark Image Credit: Wikipedia.org By Colin Johnston, Science Communicator Since the mid-ninteenth century astronomers have used the principle of parallax to measure the distance to other stars. ... How then can we tell, for example, that M31, the galaxy in Andromeda, is 2.2 million light years away? It would be straight-forward to tell how far away a star was if it was exactly the same brightness as our own Sun. ...

Estimations of dome seeng by results of optics quality tests with Shack-Hartman wavefront sensor. ... Measurements on AZT-22 Telescope diameter: 1000 mm F/7.7 Effective subaperture: 37.5 mm Exposure time: 100 ms Time between exposures: 5 s Individual image with tilts in X direction AZT-22 tower The spatial spectrum evolution (top) and wind direction in measurements processes . AZT-22. ... ZTSH dome Zeiss-1000 dome The spatial spectrum evolution (up) end wind direction through time. ...