... GSAOI Home . Instrument . ... The Gemini South Adaptive Optics Imager (GSAOI) is a near-infrared adaptive optics camera that will be used with the Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics (MCAO) system on the Gemini South 8-m telescope . ... Gemini's major instrumentation goal is to develop its Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics (MCAO) system for scientific use on Gemini South. ... Existing adaptive optics systems use a single natural guide star or artifical laser guide star to measure this image blur. ...

... Basic Research results 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 of data Possibilities of observing the structure and dynamics of microwave activity SSRT - Research results . ...

S AO's New Generation Multipurpose CCD Controller . ... In the 1990?s considerable advances have been made in the world over technology of manufacturing scientific image detectors with high photoelectric characteristics, which called for the creation of new complex array controllers to operate such detectors. ... very low readout noise; . ... Quite a few teams of researchers and engineers are ingaged in the development of controllers. ... development, SPICE modelling and design of modules; . ...

The stars. The Stars - are the shining (plasma) spheres like the Sun. ... The star’s masses M are from 0,04 to 60 л ¤ , luminary (L) from 0,5 to hundreds thousand L ¤ (see later). ... On the definite step of the stars evolution the stars come through the period of nonstationarity (see "nonstationary stars" ). Depending on mass the stars become at the end of evolution the white dwarfs or the neutron stars or the black holes . ... The supernew stars. ... The nebula Loop of the Swan . ...

WPLTN-2012 Technical Workshop Research and Experiment of Lunar Laser ranging Yaoheng Xiong, Zhulian Li, Yuqiang Li, Honglin Fu, Xiangming Zheng, Dongsheng Zhai, Yuncheng Zhang Yunnan Observatory Chinese Academy of Sciences St. Petersburg , Sep24-28 2012 LLR researchs & experiments in Kunming Overview Key problems of LLR Very long distance ranging, sub-single photon detection,.. ... St. Petersburg , Sep24-28 2012 LLR Experiments in Kunming Station Thank you ...

... part 1 | ... The Basic Stages in Earth's Pre-geological Development . ... After fragments of the Vortex sleeves separated, whirlwinds of second and third orders ("NC" - new micro-vortex) were generated- future planet cores and their satellites - all of them developing independently, governed by the common laws of development of cosmogenic vortexes. ... Our planet's core today is comprised of considerably deteriorated cosmogenic vortex; consequently, the Earth has a moderated magnetic field. ...

... Press release for Feb. 7, 2001 09.00 a.m. (Moscow time) . The Station "Mir" and cargo ship "Progress M1-5"operations scheduled for 6-7 Feb. completed. To increase power generation the Station's attitude in inertial coordinate system is controlled by jets with the spinning about its longitudinal axis of 0,25 degrees /sek.The Station and the cargo ship onboard systems checked out, the orbit radiomonitoring performed. The Station remains pressurized, the onboard systems perform nominal. ...

... Grab them with an engaging question or give them something to do. ... Asking Engaging Questions: . What is an "Engaging Question?" An engaging question generates responses, interest, or discussion that relates to experiences or ideas people have had, rather than "testing" their knowledge. Wh y do we ask an Engaging Questions? ... Sharing the Universe is based upon work supported by the Informal Education Division of the National Science Foundation under Grant no DRL-0638873. ...

My name is Steve Foulkes, I have had the good luck to find SN 2000C in NGC2415. This is part of my discovery image which shows NGC2415 and the SN. ... Steve Foulkes . Image Data: . ... Object NGC 2415 recorded on 2000 Jan 8.789UT with a 0.26-m LX200 telescope on an image secured for the UK Nova/Supernova Patrol. ... The software is also used to analyse an image, and can to a limited degree, also indicate changes in the image. ... Back to Supernova 2000C in NGC 2415 . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Our Galaxy . ... Stars . ... Space Flight . ... New observations with the European Southern Observatory (ESO)тАЩs Very Large Telescope of some of the most distant galaxies ever detected are revealing the mysteries of this important phase of the early Universe. ... These powerful instruments are essential for exploring this early period in cosmic history as they alone can enable the accurate observations of €аthese extremely distant and faint galaxies. ...

... ROBERT J. CENKER . ... This has included launch vehicle evaluation and systems engineering support for Motorola on Iridium; avionics architecture, generation of performance specification, and generation of performance map for small expendable launch vehicle; and constellation configuration and launch vehicle performance definition for proprietary smallsat communications system. Last two years with RCA were spent as Manager of Payload Accommodations on EOS Platform. ...

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... Expected NICMOS Performance after HST Servicing Mission 3 . NICMOS Cooling System Design . ... NASA is developing the NICMOS Cooling System (NCS) to provide operation of NICMOS beyond the exhaustion of its stored solid nitrogen cryogen. ... The NCS combines an external radiator identical in design to the ACS/STIS Aft Shroud Cooling System (ASCS) planned for SM3, a Creare, Inc. reverse-Brayton cycle turbine cooler, and an EVA installed neon loop to the NICMOS dewar's cooling coil. ...

Trace: q3c . start : q3c . ... SAI VO Projects . ... Help on Wiki search . ... dropdb q3ctest createdb q3ctest psql q3ctest /usr/local/pgsql/share/contrib/ q3c .sql psql q3ctest /usr/local/pgsql/share/contrib/pg_sphere.sql \timing on DROP TABLE running_ q3c ; DROP TABLE running_pgsphere; CREATE TABLE running_ q3c (id INT, ra FLOAT, dec FLOAT); CREATE INDEX running_ q3c _idx ON running_ q3c ( q3c _ang2ipix(ra, dec)); CREATE ... SAI VO | ... SAI MSU | ...

CALCSYM - complex evaluator . ... CALCSYM.exe and CALCSYMi.exe will allow you to obtain numeric solution for *.out file generated by both CIRSYM and MATSYM programs (computation of freqency responces, unknowns, determinants, sensitivity analysis etc.. ... Setup file name for CALCSYM is "setup.cal". ... CALCSYMi.exe will allow you to work with long double over the range from 3.4*E-4932 to 3.4*E+4932. ... To calculate, run CALCSYM.exe and enter "file_name.OUT" or click on the "ENTER" (in "OUT" case). ...

Maidanak Laboratory is a part of Sternberg Astronomical Institute of Moscow State University. ... Observations are conducted with 1.5 meter RC telescope AZT-22 of Maidanak Observatory (Uzbekistan). rus . ... maidanak lab home page . ... at Sternberg Astronomical Institute . ... 2000). ... Because of technical reasons, we had to use three different CCD cameras in our observations, Pictor-416 camera in 1995, Pictor-416 and TI 800 x 800 cameras in 1997 and 1998, and ST-7 camera in 1999 and 2000. ...

You can type MicroEMACS instructions in upper or lower case. There are two types of instruction, CONTROL and META. These are typed while holding down the CTRL key which is signified by the ^ character. ... These are typed after pressing the ESC key which is signified by M-. ... Remember, the CONTROL instructions are typed with the CTRL key and the META instructions are typed after the ESC key. Sometimes a META or CONTROL instruction will prompt you for more information. ...

... NASA] Космическое агентство NASA сформулировало новую программу по созданию космического корабля многоразового использования второго поколения (Second Generation Reusable Launch Vehicle, 2nd Generation RLV), который должен быть гораздо безопаснее и дешевле современных ракет. Предполагается, что полеты этих кораблей начнутся в 2010 г. Напомним, что нынешние "шаттлы" считаются кораблями первого поколения. ... другие статьи .. ...

... Using the uvby -photometry and proper motion data for about 5500 F stars within 80 pc from the Sun, we have studied velocity ellipsoid parameters and obtained the following results. 1) The sizw of all wllipsoid semiaxes increase systematically for groups of stars with the decrease of both temperature (at constant metallicity) and metallicity (at constant temperature). ... As a result, each of the three parameters - temperature, metallicity and velocity dispersion - is an age indicator. ...

... click image to view discuss) . ... This is a quick shot of the near-Earth asteroid 2005 YU55 using four consecutive exposures from the Harvard MicroObservatory robotic telescope in Amado, Arizona, on the night of Nov. ... 10, 2015 . This is Comet Lovejoy C/2014 Q2 as it appeared at about 10:30 pm Saturday, Jan. 10, 2015, from my back yard in Belmont, MA, about 5 miles west of downtown Boston. ... Main image: 0.6 second exposure. ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...