... Iowa Robotic Telescope | ... Talon is based on OCAAS, a software suite developed by software engineer Elwood Downey ( Clear Sky Institute ) for use at the University of Iowa ?s first remote facility (the ATF, or Automated Telescope Facility). ... XObservatory : Telescope Control Interface . ... This program calls upon and coordinates much of the interrelated portions of the Talon architecture, and forms the primary control panel for the telescope, dome, and peripheral systems when used locally. ...

... Imaging GRIN Rod Lens (HAG's) | Relay Rod Lens (LAG's) | ... The Refractive Index Distributions (RID) in GRIN lens preforms are made by multi-stage optimized ion-exchange diffusion between silicate mineral glasses and salt melts. ... In the LAG lenses - L ow A perture GRIN the nature of the changing of refractive index in glass via ion-exchange lies mainly in molecular volume increase. ... LAG lenses are specially treated to create the dark anti-flick surface coating (Fig.2). ...

Abstract -- Abundances of heavy elements decreases with increasing galactocentric distance almost in all disk galaxies. ... To explain this gradient in young objects and in the interstellar gas one has to assume that a typical disk galaxy is an open system, i.e. it expels some synthesized heavy elements into the circumgalactic space and/or accretes intergalactic gas with zero metallicity, with rates of both processes depending on the galactocentric distance. ...

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VISTA Telescope Mount ­ Factory testing prior to optics integration Paul Jeffers*a, Brian Stobiea, Stan Hermannb, Brad McCreightb a UK Astronomy Technology Centre, Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, UK b VertexRSI ­ General Dynamics C4 Systems, 1217 Digital Drive, Richardson, TX 75081, USA ABSTRACT VISTA1 is a survey telescope which will deliver 0.5 arc second images over a 2 degree diameter unvignetted field of view. ... Thermal affects during the period of the test. ...

... EUV Observations of the Solar Corona with Superhigh Spatial Resolution in the ARCA Project S. V. Kuzina, S. A. Bogacheva, A. A. Pertsova, S. V. Shestova, A. A. Revaa, b, and A. S. Ulyanova, b a Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991 Russia b Moscow Physicotechnical Institute, Moscow, 115409 Russia e mail: kuzin@lebedev.ru Abstract--Observing the Sun's hot corona with sub second spatial resolution is important in solving a num ber of basic solar physics problems. ...

Initial orbit determinations of NEO-2005 with Pulkovo AMP-method O.P. Bykov Central Astronomical Observatory of RAS, Russia, 196140, Saint-Petersburg, Pulkovskoye shosse 65/1 Abstract Pulkovo Apparent Motion Parameters Method (the AMP-method) was proposed by prof. A.A.Kiselev and developed by his colleagues for initial orbit determinations of Artificial Earth Satellites, Space Debris, Asteroids, and Comets on the base of very short observational arc. ... Table 4 Apparent Motion Parameters for 2005 EE. ...

... 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 . ...

... The author attempts to approach the problem from the positions of systems analysis with account for the ideological grounds and history of space activities in Russia and abroad, comparing its current interpretation with the initial goals posed by leading theoreticians and practitioners who stood at the cradle of the space exploration era. ... The space systems recognized in Russia as priority projects are largely developed with violations of the systems approach principles. ...

... Fifteen years ago, on February 20, 1986 the launching of the Core Block marked the beginning of the Mir Orbital Station construction. Currently the Mir Station consists of 6 modules. ... The Mir Station total mass is near 130 tons. ... For sinking unburned Mir Station fragments after reentering atmosphere a Southern Pacific Ocean area limited by the following point coordinates: 53 њ S, 175 њ W; 23 њ S, 175 њ W; 23 њ S, 132 њ W; 30 њ S, 127 њ W; 30 њ S, 90 њ W; 53 њ S, 90 њ W is choosen. ...

Astronomes Amateurs du Luxembourg a.s.b.l. " We bring the Universe to you ! Founded in 1971 by a group of enthusiasts and star aficionados, our association is now counting more than 130 members.As a national association we attract hobby astronomers from the whole country to our regular night-sky observations and to the meetings in our club at Dudelange. ... by topic : PDF File Download (360KB) . ... Article about AAL in "Le Quotidien" newspaper of Juli 21 2005 - PDF File Download (132KB) . ...

WDC-A Digital Exchange Format for One-Minute Geomagnetic Data (Update August 1993) 1. The logical record length is 400 coded characters containing header information, blank spaces, and data for one element for one hour. ... Each logical record contains header information and data in the following format: North polar distance, longitude, year, month, day, hour, element, observatory code, blank spaces, 60 data values, and an hourly mean. ... ORG is the origin of the data. A = Alaska Chain. ...

... 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 ? ...