... 14 & 15 July 2008: from Babylon to the Big Bang - a History of Astronomy . ... This is a collaboration between the project P.I. in the Centre for Astronomy at the National University of Ireland, Galway (Dr. Ray Butler) and researchers in the University of California at Santa Cruz (Prof. Jean Brodie), the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Edinburgh (Dr. Dougal Mackey), and Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Massachusetts (Dr. Jay Strader). ... Closing date: Friday 18 July 2008. ...

SAI 175 anniversary . ... Moscow University . Search for in SAI Moscow University Search for in Russian astronomical resources . ... SAI Astronomical Databases . ... Browse SAI Software archive(ftp.sai.msu.su) . ASTRONET.RU - Russian Astronomical Network (available in translit also) . ... SAI Supernovae Research Group . ... Department of the Galaxy and Variable Stars (in Russian) . Sternberg Astronomical Institute Seminars . ... All-Russian Astronomical Olympiad (in Russian) . ...

... Donate to Support Science Literacy . ... 2016 Annual Awards . The ASP is accepting nominations for the organizationтАЩs national annual awards which recognize special achievements in astronomy research, technology, education, and public outreach. ... Shop the AstroShop . ... The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) is accepting nominations for the organizationтАЩs national annual awards which recognize special achievements in astronomy research, technology, education, and public outreach.. ...

... These Frontier Fields will combine the power of HST with the natural gravitational telescopes of high-magnification clusters of galaxies. ... We are soliciting gravitational lensing maps for the last four Hubble Frontier Fields clusters (MACSJ0717.5+3745, MACSJ1149.5+2223, AbellS1063, and Abell 370) based upon the exceptionally deep HST FF imaging and other new ancillary data. ... For the full set of proposal instructions and requirements, see the FY16 Frontier Fields Lensing Map Call for Proposals....

... Last updated 10 October 2014 . ... Dr. Alasdair Dougal Mackey . ... Australian National University . ... 2004 - Ph.D., Institute of Astronomy and Trinity College, University of Cambridge . ... 2003-2006 - PPARC Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge . ... 2005 - Lecturer for Globular clusters and globular cluster systems (8 lectures), a course for first and second year Ph.D. б б б б б б б б б б б б б  students, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge . ...

... ATNF Home . About ATNF . ... About ATNF overview . ... Governance overview . Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Australia Telescope User Committee . ... Facilities . ATNF facilities . ... Australia Telescope Compact Array . ... Australia Telescope Online Archive (ATOA) . ... Australia Telescope 20GHz Survey . ... Visiting Australia Telescope Compact Array . ... Please check back here before the meeting incase the instructions have changed due to technical issues . ...

... ESO, the European Southern Observatory . ... ESO's Governing Bodies . ... Travel and Contacts . Travel to ESO Headquarters . ... ESO . ... Survey Telescopes . ... ESO 3.6-metre telescope . ... MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope . ... ESO 1-metre Schmidt telescope . ... The oddly shaped Pencil Nebula (NGC 2736) is pictured in this image from ESOтАЩs La Silla Observatory in Chile. This nebula is a small part of a huge remnant left over after a supernova explosion that took place about 11 000 years ago. ...

... Staff . ... Galaxies, AGN, Cosmology . ... A new survey of X-ray clusters of galaxies with the Swift-X-ray Telescope . ... In this framework, an international collaboration between INAF-OAA, INAF-Brera, INAF-OATs, the University for Science and Technology of China-Hefei, the University of Ferrara, and the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, is undertaking a new cluster survey using an X-ray facility that was never exploited before for this goal: the X-ray Telescope (XRT) onboard the Swift satellite...

... Astrophysics Group . ... Meetings . Past meetings . THE@INT Science Discussion Meeting: 6th October 2014, RAS, London . ... We will be holding an afternoon (2pm start) meeting on 6th€аOctober 2014€аto present and discuss the prospects of a new high resolution spectrograph installed on the Isaac Newton Telescope.€а This meeting is in light of the recent call for new instrument ideas ( http://www.ing.iac.es/about-ING/int2014.html ) put forward by the ING group in La Palma. ...

Below is the sample image and caption given out at the AAS meeting. ... Dark, sinuous clouds of cold hydrogen gas reveal themselves as shadows against the glow of warmer, brighter clouds in the background. ... This image, made with radio telescopes at the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory near Penticton, British Columbia, was presented to the American Astronomical Society meeting in Austin, TX on January 8, 1999. PHOTO CREDIT: Steven Gibson and Russ Taylor of the University of Calgary. ...

... We have made observations of the Perseus cluster with the Westerbork Telescope at 610 MHz. ... Several newly detected sources are identified with cluster galaxies. ... No evidence is found for the existence of the previously reported ~ 65'x25' cluster halo, 3C 84B. Key words: radio galaxies - clusters - tailed radio sources buoyancy The Perseus Cluster of galaxies is one of the most fascinating systems accessible to extragalactic astronomers. ...

DSS input form . The SuperCOSMOS Sky Survey . ... Pi of the Sky . The Sloan Digital Sky Survey . ... Extragalactic DataBase . ... SIMBAD Astronomical Database . ... Query form . ... The Two Micron All Sky Survey. ... The NRAO VLA Sky Survey . ... NIST Atomic Spectra Database (Lines Form) . ... The UVES Paranal Observatory Project . ... Rochester Astronomy . ... European Southern Observatory . European Astronomical Society . ... Astronomical Society of the Pacific . ... Sat24 BTA on line . ...

... Probing the Universe with galaxy clusters: New windows from new technologies . Dr Mark Bautz . ... A key to this progress has been the study of these objects using telescopes operating at millimeter, visible, infrared and X-ray wavelengths. ... His current research interests concern new X-ray imaging detector and observational studies of clusters of galaxies. ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

... Graduated from Moscow State University in 1970 and till now in permanent staff of the Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow State University. ... Member, Euro-Asian Astronomical Society . ... Jointly with Dr. V.Konnikova, I teach a course in Radio Astronomy at the Astronomy Division , Physics Department of Moscow State University . ... Astronomical Meetings . ... Net Search: MetaCrawler . ... Moscow State University . ... Rudnitskij, Georgij M. Page last updated November 25, 2015. th . ...

... Archives . ... The process for the 2010 decadal survey has begun; Roger Blandford will discuss it at the January 2009 AAS meeting ( AAS decadal survey session, Tues, 6 Jan, 8:30am ). The National Academies web site hosts a page for the Astro2010 Decadal Survey with more information. ... But here and now, let?s not get into content; let?s just organize a meeting at AAS. ... So the AAS meeting really does represent an important opportunity for us to establish the agenda for an astrostat SWP. ...

... Data Analysis SAS News What is SAS? ... Back to Calibration Homepage The most recent Canned Response Matrices can be downloaded here (please refer to Update 2014-11-24 ) and can be used to estimate EPIC count rates in AO15. ... PN response files . ... MOS response files . Since SAS 6.5 the full set of ready-made MOS response files is not provided (see "Update 2005-12-15" ). ... Note: MOS response files before SAS 6.5 had a different nomenclature as the one listed above (see "Update 2005-12-15" ). ...

... 1st Announcement IAU Symposium 312 Star Clusters and Black Holes Across Cosmic Time, Beijing, China, Aug. 25-29, 2014 . ... SUBJECT: 1st Announcement IAU Symposium 312 Star Clusters and Black Holes Across Cosmic Time, Beijing, China, Aug. 25-29, 2014 . ... which will be held in Beijing, P.R. China, from August 25-29, 2014, hosted by Chinese Academy of Sciences . ... China), . ... 1st Announcement IAU Symposium 312 Star Clusters and Black Holes Across Cosmic Time, Beijing, China, Aug. ...

... Project page . ... Project workpage . Turbulence in the Multiphase Interstellar Medium . Project I | ... Project highlight | ... Towards simulating turbulence with adaptive meshes . ... A. Kritsuk, P. Padoan, M. Norman . ... A. Kritsuk M. Norman . ... A. Kritsuk, M. Norman, P. Padoan . astro-ph/0411626 | ... P. Padoan, A. Kritsuk, M. Norman, A. Nordlund . ... Introducing Enzo, an AMR Cosmology Application . B. O'Shea, G. Bryan, J. Bordner, M. Norman, T. Abel, R. Harkness, A. Kritsuk . ...

... This information may be for older NA2 filters?? Filters There are 7 filter positions, containing the following filters from Custom Scientific . ... 0 - Bessell R . ... The only filter requiring a focus offset is the ND2 + R filter which will be measured on the sky. ... The red filter attached to the ND2 in position 6 is not the same as the Bessell R. Number 6 is an RG610 red glass filter ( Rolyn 65.1355 ) for the 610 nm cut-on. ... Focus . ... Guider Mechanical Controller (filter and focus) . ...

Stellar Clusters are very useful laboratories for empirically studying stellar evolution. ... All cluster stars are at the same distance . All cluster stars have the same physical age . ... CM diagram Young Cluster In this case we see the Main Sequence fully represented. The blue dots represent massive stars with short main sequence lifetimes. ... Thus, identifying the most massive star which is still on the main sequence is an effective means of determining the age of a stellar cluster. ...