... 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. ...

... Some equations, identities or formulas contain small quantities , and these can be made much simpler and easier to use by sacrificing a little accuracy. ... When we derive squares, 3rd powers, 4th powers etc. of numbers larger than 1 , the results are always bigger , while for numbers smaller than 1 , the results are always smaller . ... power . ... number . ... The above also holds for negative numbers, if one understands "bigger" and "smaller" to refer to the absolute value (the value without sign...

The Astronomical Society of Australia has been asked by STANDARDS AUSTRALIA to compile a list of "designated" optical observatories that are valuable resources for (i) research, (ii) education and (iii)community use. The ASA is the final arbiter of whether any particular observatory is so designated. ... Status as a designated observatory will be reviewed every 2 years based on calendar year annual reports submitted in January. ... phone: 02 6125 0268 . ... Registry Number . ... Number of nights . ...

This module provides support for dynamically configured mass virtual hosting . ... Source File: mod_vhost_alias.c . ... For simple name-based virtual hosts you might use the following directives in your server configuration file: UseCanonicalName Off VirtualDocumentRoot /usr/local/apache/vhosts/%0 . A request for http://www.example.com/directory/file.html will be satisfied by the file /usr/local/apache/vhosts/www.example.com/directory/file.html . ... Module: mod_vhost_alias . ...

Please enter the lightcurve file name and period search parameters: . Lightcurve file: . ... Apply the Heliocentric correction and convert all dates to Terrestrial Time (TT)? ... Also, the Heliocentric correction cannot be applied to such lightcurves. ... This period search service is also available at the mirror sites: Mirror 1 , Mirror 2 , Mirror 3 , Mirror 4 . You may download the latest source code distribution and install the period search service at your own web server. ...

Pulkovo Photographic Plate Database . To find a certain plate, type its number, choose instrument and click button FIND Instrument: Normal Astrograph 26-inch refractor Plate number: . To find plates with a certain sky area: choose instrument, type coordinates (R.A. and Dec.) of the center of this area, type radius of this area, type (optionally) names of required objects, and click button FIND . ...

... Our scientific interest is an accuracy of asteroid CCD observations obtained by amateurs and professional astronomers all over in the World. ... These data help us to analyse an accuracy of real CCD positions in the MPC Database. ... Do you test your observations of the small Solar System bodies permanently before sending them to the International Minor Planets' Center? ... Do you know a real accuracy of your positional CCD-observations in comparison with the other observatories' one ? ...

... Bad Astronomy . Misconceptions . ... Bad Astronomy : "That's as remote as the dark side of the Moon!" ... As the tired, hackneyed refrains went on, one in particular caught my ear: " Fly me away to the bright side of the moon, and meet me on the other side." ... As the Moon orbits the Earth, different parts of it get illuminated by the Sun. ... Bad Addendum : At the end of the album "Dark Side of the Moon" by Pink Floyd, there is a voiceover that actually says "There is no dark side of the moon. ...

... Tables for transformation from universal to sidereal time scale. Explanations. This page contains three little tables headed Hours Minutes Seconds respectively. Each the table have two columns: first of them is input column where time in whole time units of universal time is given, and second of them is output column where hours:minutes:seconds of sidereal time is presented. ... Example: transform 02 h 12 m 22.00 s from universal to sidereal time. ...

... A clock is a tool for the time counting. The stable repeating processes are used in clocks. ... The first timepieces were sand glasses; in the 2nd thousand years B.C. there occured water clocks; the first mentions about mechanical timepieces related to the end of the 6th century; the modern mechanical timepieces are created by H. Huigens in 1657; in 70th years of the 20th century there were widespread the electronic quartz watches with numeric indication, for example on the liquid chips. ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . Sunspot Region 30 . ... Credit: MDI , SOHO , ESA , NASA Explanation: The solar active region designated number 0030 is now appearing on the visible hemisphere of the closest star . ... The panels above were recorded July 15, 16, and 17 (top to bottom) by the MDI instrument on the space-based SOHO Observatory as the solar rotation slowly carried the large, dynamic sunspot group across the Sun's nearside . ... Publications with keywords: Sun - sunspot - active region . ...

Next: Navigation Pre-Observation Products . ... SRT (Space Radio Telescope) Schedule (SRS) File . ... What: GOCG generates the Space Radio Telescope (SRT) schedule file, or SRS file, from current GSTS file. The SRS file has more precise time stamps than long-term schedules, and also designates which GTS will be used when. ... The SRS file also serves as the antenna pointing schedule file, as it describes the planned orientation of the spacecraft (and solar panels) as a function of time. ...

fitshdr_expand - expand/extend FITS-file header fitshdr_expand [options] FITSfile_name . fitshdr_expand utility allows to expand/extend existent FITS headers. FITS MultiExtentionsFiles included). fitshdr_expand is just simple shell script around fitshdr utility. --header-no= NNN . Where NNN - FITS-header's number (0,1,.. ... By default 1. --help . Output a brief help message and exit. --version . Print the version number of fitshdr_expand to standard output and exit. --nobackups . ...

... Time calculated from Fermi GBM Trigger Time = 14:12:08.67 ( Connaughton, GCN 9230 ). 1% coincident with our start zero image time. 3x3 degrees around Swift XRT position . ... SUBJECT: GRB 090424 : MASTER-Net prompt optical limit DATE: 09/04/25 20:29:42 GMT FROM: Vladimir Lipunov at Moscow State U/Krylov Obs E. Gorbovskoy, V. Lipunov, V.Kornilov, A.Belinski ... Our observations results: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fermi GRB Trigg.* ...

... This year SSAU provides 1429 state-funded places for admission in all kinds and directions of educational programs. ... In addition, SSAU Admission Committee notes the substantial increase in interest from the foreign applicants this year. The number of applications from foreign countries has already surpassed last year's totals - 76 applications. Based on the experience of admission campaigns of previous years, SSAU expects summer 2014 to enrol about 150 foreign students in the university. ...

To check the identity of a single file: file ReportA ReportA: Frame Maker document . ... To check the identity of several files: file * external.c: c program text external.h: c program text mc: sparc demand paged dynamically linked executable mcXThelp: executable shell script mcdemo: executable shell script mchelp: executable shell script mchome: executable shell script mctools: executable shell script . This checks the identity of every file in the current directory. ...

As an obligatory preparing for the application to participate in the IAO a short report of National Olympiad of the current year with a set of all problems used on the Olympiad has to be presented by the applicating team. ... The final minutes (protocols written in Latin or Cyrillic in form of tables) of the Olympiad (evaluating of solutions of the students participated in the last stage of the Olympiad) should be included as well. ... Historical data of the National Astronomy Olympiad: . ...

. Full screen versions . Number - magnitude counts . Number - redshift counts . | Front page | . | << - Redshift wedge | Completeness estimates - >> | . Robert J. Smith, ">rsmith@mso.anu.edu.au Last modified: Fri Sep 24 11:39:02 EST 1999 .

... ASRAS HOME . Radio Astronomy . ... About ASRAS . ... Our Observing Site . ... 2015 Mees Tour Guides . ... We're offering Regular Tours (a presentation on astronomy geared to a general audience, followed by a tour of the observatory and (hopefully!) observing of several objects, which may include the Moon, planets, nebulae, star clusters and perhaps galaxies), and Kids' Tours (a more interactive presentation specially aimed at youngsters plus the observatory tour and observing) as in prior years. ...

Statistics of sunspot activity . The sunspot indices . ... Visual indices of solar activity . ... n - number of spot groups . A - Waldmeier class of unipolar spot groups without penumbra . B - class of bipolar spot groups without penumbra . C - class of bipolar spot groups with one penumbra pole . D - class of small bipolar spot groups with two penumbra poles . E - class of middle bipolar spot groups with two penumbra poles . ... H - class of unipolar penumbrated spot groups . ...