Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Moon . ... According to Ron Miller, author of the respected history of spaceship concepts The Dream Machines , the first known appearance of the tale in print was in the 2 October Тљ1909 issue of Scientific American where the hero was named т??Wang Tuт?? ... Naming a crater after Wan Hu т??the legendary Chinese inventorт?? was proposed shortly after the Soviet probe Zond 3 flew past the Moon in July 1965 returning images of the Moon?s western farside. ...

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General Information . ... The conference is organized by the Sternberg Astronomical Institute (SAI) of Moscow University and the IAU Working group "Site-testing Instruments" . ... Use of site data in telescope operation and adaptive optics. ... Recent conferences on this subject (2007, 2008) demonstrated great interest of the community, hence the need for a new meeting. ... Unlike previous recent conferences, this meeting will cover all aspects of site monitoring for optical/IR astronomy. ...

... Found in NGC 3982 at R.A. = 11h56m25s.76, Decl. = +55o07'40".1 ( AstroArts finder chart ) ( Stefano Pesci detailed drawing ) ( AAVSO finder chart ) . ... On this page you will find a list of images of Supernova 1998aq in NGC 3982 in chronological order. ... Perpignan Observatory SN 1998aq page . ... ISN light curve . ... A light curve and "eyeball analysis of the bright supernova in NGC 3982 (SN 1998aq) discovered by Mark Armstrong, Assistant Co-ordinator of the UK Nova/Supernova patrol is presented...

... 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 ? ...

... Exposure Time Calculator (ETC) . ... ESO - Public Surveys . ... the recommended values to use for DIT, . ... Detector on-chip integration (DIT): seconds. to your chosen value - a separate page gives recommended values to use for DIT - for modes 1 and 2 below you may wish to start with the maximum recommended values as these will minimize the effect of read noise (a total object exposure of Y secs with DIT=X secs will produce Y/X lots of read noise) and give you a lower limit on the time needed. ...

http://lfvn.astronomer.ru/images/AiT.png http://www.astronomer.ru http://www.astronomer.ru/publications.php?act=view id=188 Доклады проекта ISON Tue, 01 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0300 Доклад на 53-й сессии Научно-технического подкомитета Комитета ООН по использованию космического пространства в мирных целях - Вена, Австрия, 15-26 февраля 2016 г. http://www.astronomer.ru/publications.php?act=view id=187 Новости проекта ...