... Next: Organizing Observational Data Up: Data Models and Previous: Source-searching in Photon-event . ... We present an overview of the workings of the OGIP FITS Working Group (OFWG). ... The Office of Guest Investigator Programs (OGIP) at the Goddard Space Flight Center has organized a working group to identify appropriate conventions, and, with community support, to encourage adherence to these conventions. ... serving the entire FITS community . ... fits_info/ofwg_minutes . ...

... Astrophysics Group . Research . Exoplanets . Meetings . ... Exoplanet UK Community Meeting ? Cambridge, April 14-16 2014 . ... Exoplanet UK Community Meeting - Cambridge, April 14-16 2014 . ... The Cavendish Laboratory and Institute of Astronomy (IoA) organised the first exoplanet UK community meeting on April 14-16 2014 . ... The purpose of this meeting is to encourage interactions between groups and researchers working on these topics, and to help foster new collaborations. ...

... About ATNF overview . ... Parkes radio telescope . ... The focus of the ASKAP Community Workshop 2015 is ASKAP Early Science . This workshop will explore the scope, implementation and expected science outcomes of the ASKAP early science project, which is due to begin in 2016. ... Presentations will follow from representatives of each science area currently engaged with the ASKAP early science forum тАУ these presentations will be solicited by email through the early science forum exploder. ...

... Science Users Information > Science and Technical Meetings > Conferences 1998 > eso-osa98 . ... The European Southern Observatory and the Optical Society of America are cosponsoring for the second time a topical meeting on Adaptive Optics. ... The meeting will cover the full range of topics from astronomical observational results and techniques, to foreseen breakthroughs in astrophysics due to new generation systems, from data reduction techniques, to AO system engineering and developments. ...

... This meeting, the first joint event between the Astronomical Science Group of Ireland (ASGI) and the Institute of Physics in Ireland (IoPI), was the largest astronomical conference ever held in Armagh, with nearly 140 registered participants. ... Figure 9: The Northern Ireland Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure, Ms Angela Smith MP, prior to the formal opening of the ASGI/IoPI meeting in St Patrick's Trian, Armagh, on 2 April 2004. ...

... STATUS REPORTS 1. Observatory Status MOSES PCS reports: - 7026 - The FGS-1R FF3 Optimization Activity is proceeding nominally. ... WFPC2 Status - Proceeding nominally with Cycle 6 science and remaining SMOV monitors. ... NICMOS Status - Engineering status - The Cold Well temperature is still ~59 degK and the rate of increase is still ~0.15 deg/day. ... The instrument will be returned to BOOT mode following today's alignment activities. ... FOC/COSTAR status- no new activity PLANNING REPORTS 1. ...

... Connections (constellation) . ... AAS 221 . AAS 219 . ... Can we divine anything from the Twitter stream of the 221st meeting of the AAS ? Note that the AAS has declared #aas221 as the official hash-tag for the meeting (it's case insensitive for Twitter searches, so you can use #AAS221 too, but probably best to stick with lower case). ... When did people tweet about AAS 221? ... A look at who talked about or to who (a constellation of Astronomers) ; this is similar to the TAGS Explorer view. ...

... Annual Meeting . ... Other Workshops, Conferences and Events . ... Galileo Teacher Training Program Workshop . ... Submit an abstract (please read guidelines below first). ... Please fill out the abstract form carefully since the program committee will be rating the proposals based only on the information you provide. ... For the conference, you may be the lead author on one poster paper, and one oral session: a ten-minute oral paper presentation or an hour-long workshop or a special interest group....

. Welcome . Dmitriy Bizyaev d m b i z at s a i.m s u.s u .

... News Latest News News Archive Newsletter Quarterly Status Report . ... Calibration strategy, status and factors limiting success: Chandra . ... Calibration strategy, status and factors limiting success: XMM-Newton . ... Calibration strategy, status and factors limiting success: Swift . ... Calibration strategy, status and factors limiting success: RXTE . ... Calibration strategy, status and factors limiting success: Suzaku . ... Calibration strategy, status and factors limiting success: Integral . ...

... What instrumentation is needed in order to fulfill Arecibo's roles? ... Rotating Radio Transients Exoplanet Bursts, Lunar Neutrinos, & Exotica SETI at Arecibo, and at Home Radio Synoptic Survey Telescope 1 12:00 Topical open discussion of "motivating questions" (Moderator J. Cordes) 12:30 Lunch, available for all outside the meeting room 13:30 COSMOLOGY AND GALAXY EVOLUTON (Chair J. Rosenberg) 1. ... Arecibo Synergy with GLAST 5. ... Magnetic Fields and Turbulence: Large Scale ISM in Galaxies 2. ...

... APT Activities and Science Results 3. ... APT Secretary Philip Edwards (ISAS) reviewed the aims of the APT (http://www.vsop.isas.ac.jp/apt/DefinitionAndAims.html). ... The Australia Telescope Compact Array, and Ceduna, Hartebeesthoek, Kashima, Mopra, Parkes, and Shanghai telescopes of the Asia-Pacific Telescope participated in these observations. ... In the absence of Tetsuo Sasao, Philip Edwards briefly described results of the APT 22 GHz observations conducted from October 1st to 5th, 1997. ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . ... Observing . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... Bright planets meet at dusk . ... Astronomy magazine subscribers can read the full article for free. ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter....

... ESO-MIDAS is decribed in full detail in a number of documents. ... ESO-MIDAS User's Guide ( Release 95NOV or Release 94NOV ) : . ... Describes the basic MIDAS system with all general purpose facilities such as MIDAS Control Language, all available commands, data input/output (including plotting and image display), table system (MIDAS Data Base). ... Apart for this "standard" set of documentation, the MIDAS Users community is provided with two other sources of information: . ...

... CalDB Coord Converter Date Converter Energy Converter FITS FITSIO FTOOLS fV - FITS file editor Hera form manager RPS proposal submission Time Converter TOPbase - atomic data Viewing - possible obs times W3nH - absorption W3PIMMS - flux/cnt converter WebSpec - spectral sims Xanadu - data analysis xTime - RXTE time converter . ... Nova Herculis 1991, shown in this PSPC image, is a fast, high inclination, long period nova which contains a massive white dwarf and is part of an eclipsing binary system. ...

МОСКОВСКИЙ ЦЕНТР НЕПРЕРЫВНОГО МАТЕМАТИЧЕСКОГО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ . Уже несколько лет в начале января Независимый Московский Университет проводит встречи Пьера Делиня с победителями конкурса молодых математиков фонда Дмитрия Зимина "Династия". ... Программа встреч и Тезисы докладов . ... Дмитрию Фроленкову . Илье Вьюгину . ... Илье Щурову . ... Дмитрию Талалаеву . ...

Space VLBI Mission RadioAstron Announcement of Opportunity -- 1 for the period July 2013 ­ 30 June 2014 Key Science Program ( KSP ) Final Notes Proposals Due: 8 February 2013, 23:59 UT 1 RadioAstron KSP meeting follow-up Based on the fruitful discussions, questions and suggestions from the RadioAstron Key Science program meeting in Bonn (December 3-4, 2012), we would like to emphasize the following specific aspects for the preparation of the AO-1 ...

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) . ...

Third Extended ECFA/DESY Study Workshop , November 15-18, 2002 . ... 5th ACFA workshop on Physics and Detectors at a Linear Collider , July 10-12, 2002 . ... Lane Community College, Physics Club, , June 11, 2002 . ... Babar Collaboration Meeting , May 6-9, 2002 . Oregon State University, Physics Colloquium , May 6, 2002 . ... International Conference on Calorimetry in High Energy Physics , March 25-29, 2002 . ... University of Oregon, Physics Colloquium , February 21, 2002 . ... Talks 2003 . ...

... Enjoy a bit of astronomy history this month as we welcome Dr. Daniel W.E. Green, Astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Editor of International Comet Quarterly, and Director of The Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams (CBAT). ... CBAT also maintains a Recent Comet Magnitudes Page which serves as a link between the work of amateur astronomers and the professional astronomical community. ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...