... The Science Operation Department is composed of Astronomers, Telescope Instruments Operators(TIOs) and Data Handling Administrators(DHAs). ... Astronomers have proposed several methods to quantitatively measure the amount of turbulence above the telescope, which the most common ones is Differential Image Motion Monitor (DIMM). In optical testing, the Hartmann test is the common method to test the quality of optical components. ... Hartmann mask consists of 48 lenses. ...

... FTP access the basic models is here . ... Below, we put short descriptions of the used SED models for the photometric redshifts providing by the current server . ... The uniqueness of this model consists in expanding to the near IR (NIR) of Rocca-Volmerange and Guiderdoni's (1988) atlas of synthetic spectra with a revised stellar library, which includes parameters of cool stars. ... Homepage of the GISSEL model). ... Another model used earlier is the model of synthetic spectra of Poggianti (1997). ...

... Description . Catalog . ... In the Catalog, we publish equatorial (ЮБ 2000 , ЮД 2000 ) and galactic (l,b) coordinates of cluster centers derived as the position of overdensity in 2MASS catalog (Koposov et al. ... Distances, color-excesses and ages are the mean-square values calculated using all available evaluations from different color-magnitude diagrams. ... There are individual pages for every cluster where all available plots and parameters are published. ... 2002). ...

Databases (NSDC) of the Natural Planetary Satellites. ... NSDC: Database of astrometric observations of Natural Planetary Satellites . ... They are thoroughly looking for observations in different sources, creating their owndatabases which are then mostly inaccessible to other researchers. ... In the file "content" with explications, the reference is given to the data source as well as the bibliographic reference. ... Data sources. ... Why a specific bibliographic database for Natural satellites? ...

MULTISCOPES . ... Modular Microscopes satisfy all your educational, medical diagnostic, and research requirements. ... To better match the diversity of your applications, the MULTISCOPE Series comes in more than ten standard models, capable of performing the most critical tasks of Brightfield, Phase Contrast, and Polarized Light microscopy. ... Modular Microscopes provide you with a choice of three easily interchangeable high-performance observation heads, all 360° rotatable for comfortable viewing. ...

NAUTICAL ASTRONOMICAL ALMANAC for 2013-2014 (in Russian-English) . Preface . The Institute of Applied Astronomy of the RAS (IAA RAS) submits the next issue of ?The Nautical Astronomical Almanac for the years 2013-2014? biennial (NAA-2). ... Calculations of ephemerides in NAA-2 for 2013-2014 have been executed by the following researchers of Laboratory of Astronomical Yearbooks of IAA RAS: . ... The Explanation for NAA-2 (2013-2014) is revised by M.V.Lukashova, M.L.Sveshnikov. ...

... 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 . ...

AUTOMATIC STATION OF ECOLOGICAL CONTROL . ... STATE OF ASEC DEVELOPMENT . ... ASEC . ... Warranted life-time of balloons and calibration mixed gases, months . ... Telemetry system supplying information from each station to ecological center on technical state of gas analyzing equipment and instruments, emergency situations and unauthorized opening of the station. available . ... Calibration mixed gasses are stored inside the balloons as part of ASEC. ... Official WEB-site of S.P.Korolev RSC Energia . ...

Lab . Main page News People . ASA . Master . Master net Homepage . ... MASTER . ... About Space Monitoring Laboratory, scientific directions, instruments, contacts . People, who work in lab . Latest news and news archive . ... 10.08.2011 . ... All news ...

Stellarium 0.12.3 . ... Classes . ... ClassљList . ... StelRenderClient Class Reference abstract . Provides access to scene rendering so StelRenderer can control it. ... virtual boolљ . ... Partially draw the scene. ... virtual QPainter *љ . ... Get QPainter used for Qt painting to the viewport. ... Get viewport effect to apply when drawing the viewport. ... false if the last part of the scene was drawn (i.e. we're done drawing), true otherwise. virtual QPainter* StelRenderClient::getPainter . ...

. Pulkovo Database of Observations of Solar System Bodies . Available databases: . Observations of planets and their satellites . Observations of minor planets and comets . Info . General description of this database . Main Page .

... Members . ... The ATM's of Boston was founded in 1934 by a group of persons interested in assisting others in the art of optical polishing the craft of telescope making, and to learn together about the science of astronomy and the use of astronomical instruments. ... Mr. Jones introduced the club to Dr. Harlow Shapley at Harvard College Observatory. ... Regular shop activities resumed with the help of these "professional amateurs" and the club grew to 180 members. ... Club Newsletters . ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bad Astronomy: The North Star, Polaris, is a very bright star. Good Astronomy: Polaris is a middling-bright star, easily missed. ... He said it was close to Polaris, the North Star, but he also said it was in the East. ... It's natural, I suppose, to think that such an important star should be bright, but really, that's a conceit, like thinking that the Earth is at the center of the Universe. If more people knew just why Polaris is the North Star, this Bad Idea would stop. ...

... 4 November 1994 . orbit . ... 0.0128 . ... orbit period . ... satellite mass . 1950 kg . scientific payload mass . 550 kg . ... For more information send a mail to: info@sputnik.infospace.ru . 1997-2002 SMIS IKI RAN and SRC "PLANETA" Moscow, Russia. ...

... 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. ...

NMW survey overview . Access image archive . ... The New Milky Way survey aims to detect bright (V<13.5) optical transients near the Galactic plane using an automated wide-field (8x6 deg.) system capable of surveying the whole Milky Way area visible from the observing site in one night. ... All images obtained during the transient search survey are available online (please use the image archive access form ). ... Images per field: . ... Images per night: . ... Milky Way imaging time: . ...

... Education . ... 2013: . Russian translation of the monograph "Tools of Radio Astronomy" by T.Wilson, K.Rohlfs and S.Huttemeister . The Russian translation of the monograph "Tools of Radio Astronomy" by T.Wilson, K.Rohlfs and S.Huttemeister was published (FIZMATLIT, 2012). ... Monograph "Tools of Radio Astronomy" by T.Wilson, K.Rohlfs and S.Huttemeister, translated from English under the editorship of S.A.Trushkin (with the participation of O.V.Verkhodanov), 5th edition - M. FIZMATLIT, 2012. ...

... Mark C. Lee (Colonel, USAF, Ret.) NASA Astronaut (former) . ... EDUCATION: Graduated from Viroqua High School, Viroqua, Wisconsin, in 1970; received a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1974, and a master of science degree in mechanical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1980. ... NASA EXPERIENCE: Lee was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in May 1984. ... Lee retired from NASA and the Air Force effective July 1, 2001. ...

Open System Handbook: A Guide to Building Open Systems . ... Section II of this handbook includes information on the current status of internationally accepted industry standards and specifications for open systems. ... Appendices include an overview guide to standards developing organizations and consortia, a listing of standards development organizations, and a summary of open systems environments developed by prominent standards and open systems organizations. ... Standards for Open Systems 2-10 . ...

... The TESIS is a set of solar imaging instruments developed by the Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Science, and launched aboard the Russian spacecraft CORONAS-PHOTON on January 30, 2009. The main goal of the TESIS is to provide complex observations of solar active phenomena from the transition region to the inner and outer solar corona with high spatial, spectral and temporal resolution in the EUV and Soft X-ray spectral bands. ... Solar activity hits a new low . ...