... 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 . ...

... December 30, 1998 . Supernova 1994D and the Unexpected Universe . Credit: High-Z Supernova Search Team , HST , NASA . Explanation: Far away, long ago, a star exploded. ... Supernova 1994D was not of interest for how different it was, but rather for how similar it was to other supernovae . ... The large number and great distances to supernovae measured in 1998 have been interpreted as indicating that we live in a previously unexpected universe . ... About APOD > . ... NASA Technical Rep.: ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... 30.12.1998 . ... Credit: High-Z Supernova Search Team , HST , NASA Explanation: Far away, long ago, a star exploded. ... Supernova 1994D was not of interest for how different it was, but rather for how similar it was to other supernovae . ... The large number and great distances to supernovae measured in 1998 have been interpreted as indicating that we live in a previously unexpected universe . ... Publications with keywords: cosmology - universe - supernova . ...

... We have been using it to analyze PC images of known gravitational lenses and QSOs which are candidates for lensing (Falco 1993). ... Fig. 1 plots the higher contours of the PC image of 0142 in the upper left, and its power spectrum in the upper right. ... If we fit the envelope of the power spectrum with a binary model, we find that best fit gives a separation of the two components of 1.3 PC pixels or about 58 mas. ... The lower two curves are cuts through the 0142 power spectrum. ...

... Analysis of in-orbit data closely follow the CSL data analysis. Stars with known astrometric positions are matched with their image centroids. ... The measured position, the expected position and the offset between the measured and expected positions are calculated and written into a file. ... select catalogued positions for different observations/pointings (e.g. positions of objects in photometric sequence) . ... The new distortion map was generated from in-flight observations of the G153 field. ...

From limits to detection of a gravitational wave signal George Hobbs ATNF PPTA team. ... Jenet et al. 2005 Must look for correlated residuals Need ~20 pulsars, observed of ~5 years with rms timing residuals ~100ns Gravitational wave detection Basic ideas Jenet et al. ... 2006 New limit technique (Bill's talk) Improve timing residuals Bayesian Detection technique Gravitational wave detection A Bayesian technique for detecting gravitational waves · Work carried out by Y. Levin and R. van Haasteren. ...

... Using a simple 2-D Gaussian Point Spread Function (PSF) on a constant (flat) sky background, I derive a theoretical photometric and astrometric performance model for analytical and digital PSF-fitting stellar photometry. ... The photometric performance is maximized when either the effective background area or the effective-background-level measurement error is minimized. ... An important, but frequently ignored, noise source is the uncertainty of the measurement of the effective background level ( )...

... As noted above, periodic signals are best analysed in the frequency domain while stochastic signals are usually more profitably analysed in the time domain. The analysis in the time domain often involves the comparison of two different signals while in the frequency domain analyses usually concern only one signal. The expectation value of the covariance function of uncorrelated signals is zero. ... In particular the ACF of a function with period P has the same value, P . ...

stable spacetime manifold Expected to propagate at speed of light Expected to have 2 independent polarizations Sources ­ ­ ­ ­ http ://www.johnstonsarchive.net/relativity/pictures.html Unmodeled bursts Binary Coalescence Periodic Sources Stochastic Background http ://mucholderthen.tumblr.com/post/55970198303/gravitational-waves-patterns-in-space-time-a 3 LIGO-VIRGO Interferometer Gaussian Noise: Coherent Signal vs. ...

... Ceresт?? bright spots show unexpected changes . ... CERES | ... Observations made using the HARPS spectrograph at the European Southern Observatory s (ESO) La Silla Observatory in Chile have revealed unexpected changes in the bright spots on the dwarf planet Ceres. Although Ceres appears as little more than a point of light from Earth, careful study of its light shows not only the changes expected as Ceres rotates, but also that the spots brighten during the day and also show other variations. ...

... In order to disentangle the effects of different climate variables on tree-ring growth rates of different species, and to explore the possibility that more than one species could improve the accuracy of the reconstructions of climate using tree rings, a methodical study of trees in close proximity to the Armagh Observatory climate station was initiated together with Ana Maria Garc?a Su?rez, and continued as part of the latter's PhD thesis with John Butler and Professor Mike Baillie (QUB). ...

Introduction to Hardware Signal Injections Peter Shawhan, Isabel Leonor, Szabi MАrka (LIGO/Caltech, U. of Oregon, LIGO/Caltech) LSC Meeting March 19, 2003 LSC Meeting, 19 March 2003 Shawhan, Leonor, Marka LIGO-G030112-00-D Uses of Hardware Signal Injections Complete end-to-end test of detector and analysis Verify that detector does not distort si gnal in unexpected ways Verify that search algorithm can detect signals ! ...

... ALMA has the potential to detect and resolve CO rotational line emission in debris disks, potentially providing key information to determine its provenance. " " (e.g. LTE, CO/H2 abundance ratio) do not necessarily apply in low gas density environments such as debris disks, and can lead to orders of magnitude errors in CO mass estimations. The 3 upper limit on the total CO mass for the Fomalhaut system is of 5.8 x 10-5 Mearth. ... Different colours represent different gas kinetic temperatures. ...

... Space Research Institute . Main . ... Main results of the experimental and theoretical research completed in 2010 . ... Moon's topography is shown based on LOLA laser altimeter data, white contour shows a permanently shadowed region and a white rhomb indicates LCROSS spacecraft impact location. ... Ultra deep survey of the sky in hard X-rays, performed by INTEGRAL observatory . INTEGRAL observatory has completed the first and the most sensitive survey of the sky in hard X-ray energy band. ...

... S.P. KOROLEV ROCKET AND SPACE CORPORATION ENERGIA . ... OAO RSC "Energia" . ... Flights Chronology . ... Acquiring new scientific information about the role of the right and the left heart in adaptation of the blood circulation system to long-term space flight conditions. ... Investigation of relations between hemodynamic and energetic characteristics of the heart in different phases of a long-term space flight. ... Data carrier "Cardiovector - Data". ... 2015 JSC "S.P. Korolev RSC "Energia" . ...

... AGES Precursor Observations · Targeted the M74 ( NGC 628) group · Noise falls as t (to 200s) AGES Precursor Observations · Targeted the M74 ( NGC 628) group · Noise falls as t (to 200s) AGES Precursor Observations · Targeted the M74 ( NGC 628) group · Noise falls as t (to 200s) · Detected 5 galaxies in the group KDG 010 dw0137+1540 UGC 1171 AGES Precursor ...

Astronomy Discussion Forums . ... I Expected More Sense Than That. ... Post Message | ... Posted by Richard D. Stafford, Ph.D. on November 8, 2002 04:14:05 UTC . ... You are missing the point - harvey1 - November 8, 2002 - 13:10 UTC . I hope Stafford doesn't mind my intruding his forum - mrsouza - November 8, 2002 - 14:55 UTC . ... www.astronomy.net . ... Forum posts are Copyright their authors as specified in the heading above the post. "dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

BRIGHT OPTICAL FLASH FROM GRB 060117 - AN EXAMPLE OF EVENT DETECTED WITH OMC CLASS INSTRUMENT Д Д Petr Kubanek1,2 , Martin JelД inek3 , Michael Prouza4,5,6 , Rene Hudec1 , and Martin Nekola1 1 Astronomicky ustav Akademie ved Ceske republiky, Ondrejov, Czech Republic ДД Д 2 INTEGRAL Science Data Center, Chemin d'Ecogia 16, Versoix, Switzerland 3 Instituto de AstrofД isica de AndalucД (IAA-CSIC), Granada, Spain ... INTEGRAL GRBs are detected during -ray observations of knows sources. ...

... I.A.Dynnikov, Three-page approach to knot theory. ... Universal semigroup, Funktsional'nyi Analiz I Prilozhenija, 34 (2000), no.1, 29-40 (Russian); English translation in Functional Analysis and Its Appl. 34 (2000), no.1, 24-32. I.A.Dynnikov, Finitely presented groups and semigroups in knot theory. ... Math. 2000, no. ... English translation: Russian Math. ... A.Vershik, Numerical invariants of exponential groups, and a locally free approximation of braid groups (in Russian), Zapiski Nauchn. ...

... Bringing news from across the Universe to children all around the world . ... Gamma-Ray Bursts are the brightest explosions in the Universe. ... We only see Gamma-Ray Bursts in very distant galaxies; galaxies so far away that it takes billions of years for their light to reach us. ... Astronomers think that Gamma-Ray Bursts are caused by the detonation of massive stars at the end of their lives. These blazing bursts of light are normally followed by a fainter afterglow. ...