... First Estimate of the Value of the Instrumental Polarization of the RadioAstron Space Radio Telescope Using the Results of an Early Scientific Program for Observing Active Galactic Nuclei I. N. Pashchenko, Yu. ... For this, it is necessary to construct a joint distribution of the observational data and unknown parameters, including both instrumental effects and the parameters of the observed source. ... Unknown parameters. ... Thus, the probability model used is based on the linear model of leakage....

... Average effective wavelengths and band widths for various sp ectra Lyrae spectrum f flat k е 1014 Hz 5386 ± 18 4.66 ± 0.04 5714 ± 12 4.1 6234.5 ± 0.5 1.03 5372 ± 18 4.69 ± 0.04 eff 2 Optical Filter ID 1 2 3 4 a Fo c -6 10 erg/cm2 s 12.55 ± 0.10 11.04 ± 0.01 2.77 ± 0.004 12.63 ± 0.10 fo d 6 10 photons/cm2 s 3.40 ± 0.02 3.18 ± 0.004 0.87 ± 0.002 3.42 ± 0.02 Power-law eff f 2 е 5746 ± 317 6197 ± 253 6305 ± 31 5736 ± 316 spectra pl k 1014 Hz 3.70 ± 0.26 3.14 ± 0.16 0.88 ± 0.01 3.70 ± 0.27 Table 1. ...

... As these data span a large range in redshift, they are ideal for testing the validity of Type Ia supernova progenitor models with the distribution of expected \delay times," from progenitor star formation to SN Ia explosion, and the SN rates these models predict. Through a Bayesian maximum likelihood test, we determine which delay- time models best reproduce the redshift distribution of SNe Ia discovered in this survey. ... 1998) SD model. ... We tested two Gaussian delay time distribution models. ...

... Bad Astronomy . Misconceptions . ... The Nine Planets . ... This is true, and so I have updated this page with a tidal force calculation. ... That way we can see right away how strong the other planets are; a gravity of 10 means the planet pulls on the Earth 10 times as much as the Moon does. ... So, in units of Moon gravity and tides, below are the forces on the Earth from rest of the planets (the data for masses and distances are from the wonderful page The Nine Planets ). ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

Next: Access to Data Sources and the ESO SkyCat Tool . ... We describe an implementation of Dynamic Queries (DQ), a recently developed method as an alternative to the perceived complicated SQL-type operations on relational databases by a very intuitive graphical interface. This prototype implementation, written within the NEMO package, uses ASCII sliders and the PGPLOT graphics interface and uses a novel interactive analysis back-end tool that is dynamically associated with the query. ...