Weekly Bulletin on Solar and Geomagnetic Activity Highlights on 08 - 14.10.2012, Forecast on 15 - 22.10.2012, Carrington Rotation 2128, 2129 (11,29.09-8,57.10.2012) SUNSPOT-FORMING ACTIVITY OF THE SUN WAS REMAINED ON THE AVERAGE LEVEL. ... IT WAS CONSEQUEN- CE BY DSF 05.10, AFTER WHICH THE MODERATE MAGNETIC STORM (G2, Ams= 46, dur.= 33 h.) ACCORDING DATA OF THE CENTER IN BOULDER AND THE MINOR MAGNETIC STORM (G2, Ams = 36, dur.=30 h.) ACCORDING IZMIRAN DATA WERE REGISTERED. ...

... These are ``quirks'' rather than ``bugs''. Below is a list of quirks. When loading a file and ``Reset Intensity Upon File Load'' is disabled, the intensity range of the previous image will be used. ... When moving between two images (such as when blinking, or when loading a new image), the display system attempts to retain the old image parameters (i.e. zoom box). What is retained are the corners of the zoom box measured in image pixel co-ordinates, not world co-ordinates. ...

... This is a personal project collecting and documenting early images of Harvard College Observatory, focusing on the site at Observatory Hill (previously Summer House Hill). ... Great Refractor . ... Image Credit: B.F. Nutting, A. Sonrel . ... One thing that seems to be missing from this image is a finder telescope. ... The image is credited this way: . ... Annals of the Astronomical Observatory of Harvard College / History and Description of the Astronomical Observatory of Harvard College vol. ...

... Brief_I/O VARIABLE I/O DESCRIPTION -------- --- -------------------------------------------------- caller I Name of the routine calling this routine. name I Name of a kernel pool variable comp I Comparison operator. size I Expected size of the kernel pool variable divby I A divisor of the size of the kernel pool variable. type I Expected type of the kernel pool variable The function returns SPICEFALSE if the kernel pool variable is OK. ... Index_Entries Check the properties of a kernel pool variable...

... It's not often you get an email from me sent just before 7 a.m.! But I happened to be awake heard the 06.30 BBC Radio Ulster News describe a "Meteor Storm" to be expected later tonight (Fri 19 Nov). ... This was, I presume, based on a Press Release from the RAS, about the possibility of some unusual 'late' Leonid meteor activity. ... In fact, the predicted level is only about 10 meteors per hour! ... At this time of year we get around 10 meteors per hour from the sporadic background every night! ...

Next: The Present Situation in Up: No Title Previous: Case A: . Why it is possible that the Oppenheimer-Volkoff limit exceeds ? ... The lifetime of HSP (``hot'' spinar) is completely determined by the cooling time which is of the order of s according to different calculations. ... It seems very attractive to identify this cooling time with the mean characteristic gamma-ray burst duration s! . ... Finally, for the high Oppenheimer-Volkoff limit for the cool non-rotating object, when . ...

... S.P. KOROLEV ROCKET AND SPACE CORPORATION ENERGIA . ... OAO RSC "Energia" . ... Company's History . ... History . Brief History of Rocket and Space Technology . ... Flights Chronology . ... Project History . ISS Russian Segment . Steps of ISS Assembly . Spaceflights Chronology . Chronology of Extravehicular Activity . ISS 45/46 . ... Rocket Space Complexes . ... Launches Chronology . ... Automatic Space Systems . ... HISTORY . ... 2015 JSC "S.P. Korolev RSC "Energia" . ...

The Chi-Square Goodness of Fit Statistic . This statistic enables us to test whether observed frequencies are close to . those we would expect. ... Expected frequencies . ... For example, if we . have an honest die we would expect 1/6 of all cases to show any of . ... So, for example, if we roll a die 60 times we would expect : . ... If we actually roll a die 60 times we wouldn't expect each of the faces . ... times each face actually comes up is the observed frequency for that face. ...

. Next: Spectral-Line Observing Up: Astronomer's Guide to the Previous: Pulsar Observing . The prospective new user may be unfamiliar with computing the sensitivities to be expected from using the Arecibo telescope. Hence, we present here some formulae for calculating the rms noises that can be expected for various forms of observing at Arecibo. Subsections . Spectral-Line Observing . Pulsars . Robert Minchin 2012-02-22

... Watchouts . ... Help . It has been found by several PN exposures that the event list corresponding to a certain quadrant (3 contiguous CCDs) is truncated. This makes one (or more) quadrant(s) to appear fainter even in exposure corrrected images. ... It has been found that it was present only for some of the SAS versions in the past. SAS 6.5 is definitively affected. ... It follows a complete list of the affected exposures up to revolution 1051: . ... Pages maintained by SAS librarian . ...

... Summarizing the results of the Hamburg/SAO survey presented in Papers I through V, we discovered altogether from the 1-st priority candidates 433 new emission-line objects (25 of them are QSOs), and for 85 known ELGs we got quantitative data for their emission lines. ... To estimate the total number of BCGs in the HSS zone we should count new BCGs expected from the remaining candidates and those selected in the HSS, but not observed by us since they already were known from other surveys. ...

... We present a photometric and spectroscopic study of the unique isolated nearby galaxy KKR25. The isolated dwarf spheroidal (dSph) galaxy KKR25 was discovered by Karachentseva, Karachentsev Richter (1999, A , 135, 221) during the search of dwarf galaxies in the direction of the Local Void. In spite of its isolation KKR 25 has no gas and looks like a normal dwarf spheroidal system. ... This is the first known planetary nebula in a dwarf spheroidal galaxy outside the Local Group. ...

... Several attempts to discover the FICN signal in VLBI nutation series made during last years failed. ... We investigated several VLBI CPO series by means of spectral and wavelet analysis. It has been shown that there are several periodic signals with close amplitude around the expected FICN period without any prevailing one that can be reliably associated with the FICN. ... DATA ANALYSIS We analyzed several CPO series obtained in IVS analysis centers by means of spectral and wavelet analysis. ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . Dueling Auroras . ... Will it be curtains for one of these auroras? A quick inspection indicates that it is curtains for both, as the designation "curtains" well categorizes the type of aurora pattern pictured. ... Three years ago results were first presented indicating that most of the energy in our universe is not in stars or galaxies but is tied to space itself. ... Meteor Storm Sights and Sounds . ... Ancient Layered Rocks on Mars . ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. April 11, 1996 . Unexpected X-rays from Comet Hyakutake . Credit: C. Lisse, M. Mumma (NASA/GSFC), K. Dennerl, J. Schmidt, and J. Englhauser (MPE) . Explanation: The first X-rays ever detected from a comet were discovered from Comet Hyakutake with the ROSAT satellite on March 27th. ... About APOD | ... A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Solar System . ... Space Flight . ... This is a recent (November 2011) NASA diagram summing up the past, present and future (plus a might have been) of US rocketry. €аThe rockets are arranged from left to right in order of size. ... It is towards the larger end we find the most familiar vehicles in the shapes of the Shuttle (NASA?s recently retired Space Transportation System ) and Saturn 5 (still the most capable US launch vehicle to actually fly). ...

... CV . ... University of Cambridge . ... October 2010 - present . ... B.S., Physics and Math . University of Oregon . September 2006 - June 2010 . ... September 2008 - June 2009 . ... University of Oregon Physics Department . ... University of Oregon Physics Department UCORE Program . ... February 2007 - August 2010 . ... March 2007 - June 2008 . University of Oregon Society of Physics Students . Co-president: March 2007 - June 2008 . Active Member: March 2007 - June 2010 . ...

ATTENDANCE of the CONFERENCE . ... Programming Committee . ... Registration and PLDS3 Address . ... Last updates, 24 Nov 2001: . ... It is expected that participants will arrive October 14, 2001. Conference Registration Desk in the Hotel "Druzhba" will be open between 17.00 and 22.00 on October 14 and during the conference. ... The registration fee will be accepted in cash in Chernogolovka during the registration of the participants. ... All foreign visitors in Russia must have a valid passport. ...

... Unsafe act - a behavioral departure from an accepted, normal, or correct procedure or practice which, in the past, has produced injury or property damage or which has potential for doing so in the future; an unnecessary exposure to a hazard; conduct reducing the degree or safety normally present in an activity. ... Any hazardous unsafe condition, or act that presents a situation of imminent danger to life and/or property requires urgent action. ...

... 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. ...