1. AAS 1996 January Meeting Photo Release Images
Intricately structured filaments of gas and dust compose the reflection nebula seen around the Pleiades star cluster. These multiwavelength images were presented to the American Astronomical Society meeting in San Antonio, TX on January 16, 1996. Click here for the press release text . ... The Schmidt data were processed further after this photo release; better versions are now available.] Get image: 512x512 (56k) / 1024x1024 (204k) . Pleiades Far-Infrared Heated Dust Emission . ...
2. Armagh Observatory
... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... This shows the Sun, Moon and Earth (not to scale) together with the . ... They have tested the technique on the Earthshine, the light reflected from the Earth by the Moon, and showed that it can reveal the presence of life in our planet. ... This technique uses the fact that the light reflected from the planet is polarised, whereas that emitted by the star is not. ... Polarised light can tell us about the reflecting surface...
3. APOD: November 29, 1995 - Releasing Compton
... Each day we feature a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. November 29, 1995 . Releasing Compton . Credit NASA , STS-37 Crew . Explanation: Named for Nobel laureate physicist Arthur Holly Compton , the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) Satellite was launched in April of 1991 aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis . CGRO's mission is to explore the Universe at gamma-ray energies. ...
4. ESO - Science Announcements
... Public . Science . ... Science Users Information > Science Publications > Science Announcements . ... Observing with ESO Telescopes . ... ESO-MIDAS . ... Data Handling and Products . ... Science Data Products Forum . ... ESO Data . ... Science Announcements . ... Published: 17 Sep 2014 . An extended set of FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) on data reduction is available . ... Published: 28 Aug 2014 . ... This feature is available for all ALMA programmes, except for science verification data. ...
5. HDF-S What's New
Version 2 calibrated data , catalogs , and flanking fields added, at long last. ... In addition to the final combined NICMOS version 1 images that were already released on November 23, 1998, all individual calibrated (un-combined, un-mosaiced) NICMOS exposures are now also available for downloading as gzipped tar files (March 11, 1999). ... Added some links to technical information on the page describing the HDF-S Catalogs (December 23, 1998). ... HDF-S Catalogs are now available (December 21, 1998). ...
6. Release of 22 Feb 1996
... Also the help file was renamed the manual, formated for LaTeX and html, and to a large degree, rewritten. ... Increase maximum number of setup files to 50. ... 1995 July) . ... Also, only put pointing request in VLBA control files if this is not a DAR-only station (1995 October 4) . ... Allow in-line setup files much like the source and station catalogs. ... Allow specification of schedule input file name from main input. ... Adding SUMITEM input to allow specification of what is in the summary file...
7. APO Home Page
... Current APO Weather . ... Search Site . ... Information for New Users . ... Technical Staff pages . Night Logs and Mailing Lists (maintained by APO) . ... Technical Documents and Database Search . ... Observer's Documentation and Procedures . ... Problem Reporting and APO Technical Documents Database Search . ... APO Drawing/Document Management Procedures . ... APO Technical Documents Database Search . Home Astrophysical Research Consortium . ... Mail Lists (maintained by APO) . ...
8. Titan Press Release
Scientists Discover Surface Features on Titan . ... Scientists for the first time have made images of the surface of Saturn 's giant, haze-shrouded moon, Titan. ... Peter H. Smith of the University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory and his team took the images with the Hubble Space Telescope during 14 observing runs between Oct. ... About three weeks before Cassini's first flyby of Titan, the spacecraft is to release the European Space Agency's Huygens Probe to parachute to Titan's surface. ...
9. Radioastrophysical Observatory ISTP RAS SB
RADIOASTROPHYSICAL DEPARTMENT • INSTITUTE OF SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS RAS SB . General information Main characteristics of the Radio telescope Observing programs General view of the antenna array Main research areas Principle of generation of radio images Radio telescope 's beam Receiving systems Main characteristics of the base receiving-recording complex Calibrations Data archive and databases Publication SSRT - Siberian Solar Radio Telescope . ...
10. Press Releases | Astronomy.com
... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . News . Observing . ... Magazine . ... Press Room . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Press Releases . ... Astronomy magazine editors are here to help enrich media and blogger coverage of meteor showers, space missions, and night-sky events. ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ... Astronomy Magazine . ...
11. ESO-MIDAS User Guide Volume A
... List of Tables . ... How to use the MIDAS Manual . ... Commands . ... Executing System Commands . Some Useful Commands . Monitor and Command Language . ... Specifying Pixels in an Image . ... Command Syntax . Command Recalling . Command Line Editing . Command Line Suspension . ... MIDAS Command Language . ... Using Catalogs in MIDAS Procedures . ... MIDAS User Levels . ... Command Overview . ... Graphic and Image Display . ... Graphic Cursor Commands . ... Using Image Memories . ...
12. Solar flares [Oulu]
spaceweb@oulu.fi - last update: 20 November 1998, 1600 UT (RR) . Solar flares are huge explosions on the surface of the Sun . They were first observed by Carrington (1860) and Hodgson (1860) in connection with the great aurora of 1859. ... Carrington, R. C., Description of a singular appearance seen on the Sun on September 1, 1859, Mon. ... R. Astron. ... 20 , 13, 1860. Hodgson, R., On a curious appearance seen in the Sun, Mon. ... Space Physics Text Book of Oulu ...