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... ASRAS HOME . Radio Astronomy . ... About ASRAS . ... Our Observing Site . ... 2015 Mees Tour Guides . ... We're offering Regular Tours (a presentation on astronomy geared to a general audience, followed by a tour of the observatory and (hopefully!) observing of several objects, which may include the Moon, planets, nebulae, star clusters and perhaps galaxies), and Kids' Tours (a more interactive presentation specially aimed at youngsters plus the observatory tour and observing) as in prior years. ...

March 23, 2007 MEMORANDUM To: ALFA Survey Principal Investigators From: R. L. Brown Subject: Scheduling the Surveys in the Post-Senior Review Era As you know, it is the NAIC plan to make substantial changes in the science operations model of the Arecibo Observatory in response to the recommendations of the NSF Astronomy senior review. ... Final approval of the telescope schedule, every telescope schedule, is the responsibility of Bob Kerr, the Observatory director. ...

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For Cycle 9 the Science Program Selection Office (SPSO) has changed the selection process to ensure that HST will continue to perform the best possible science with the best return for the astronomical community. This report summarizes the changes to the selection process and offers suggestions on writing an effective proposal that accounts for these changes. ... Fewer panels: With more orbits to allocate, each panel will have more flexibility, especially to approve the somewhat larger proposals. ...

... Behemoth black hole found in an unlikely place . ... black holes . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... Could large numbers of black holes account for much of the "dark matter" estimated to exist in our universe? ... NASA, ESA, M.J. Jee and H. Ford (Johns Hopkins University) No, because the universe never had the raw material to grow enough black holes to account for current estimates of dark matter. Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ...

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... Data Reduction FAQ > A number of OmegaCAM filters show vignetting in their central regions. What are the causes for this and what are the dimensions of these features? ... Observing with ESO Telescopes . ... ESO-MIDAS . ... ESO Data . ... ESO HST Image Galleries . ... ESO Data Access Policy . ... ESO Science Newsletter . ... A number of OmegaCAM filters are not monolithic, but consist of four segments (each covering 8 detectors) that have a central cross-shaped support structure. ... Filter . ...

Winer Observatory P.O. Box 797, Sonoita, Arizona 85637-0797, USA . ... 2/3-m Telescope . ... Site . ... Commanding . ... In a typical robotic observing scenario, each afternoon, a telescope control computer obtains a set of objects to observe from its home institution from a command or script file. ... The file is then transferred to the telescope control computer at the Winer Observatory in Sonoita. ... The Iowa control computer then begins processing the telrun.sls file. ... 2013 Winer Observatory. ...

RELATIVE SUNSPOT NUMBERS Description of Data from SGD Explanation of Data Reports: Relative Sunspot Numbers -- The relative sunspot number is an index of the activity of the entire visible disk of the Sun. ... The provisional daily Zurich relative sunspot numbers, Rz, were based upon observations made at Zurich and its two branch stations in Arosa and Locarno and communicated by M. Waldmeier of the Swiss Federal Observatory. ... This indicates the uncertainty above and below the predicted number. ...

... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . This year's annual Geminid meteor shower is active during the period December 7 - 17, with the peak of activity occurring during the night of December 13th/14th. The Geminid shower is currently one of the best of the major annual meteor displays, usually having a high number of relatively bright, medium-speed (130,000 km per hour) shooting stars. ... Last Revised: 2009 December 7th . ...

... Basic Research results 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 of data Possibilities of observing the structure and dynamics of microwave activity SSRT - Research results . ...

Hide Zen home . ... We realized original spatial algorithm for 2-dimensional data with spherical attributes in open-source database PostgreSQL, which allow us to work with terabyte-sized data. ... The total number of objects in our database is about 4 billions (10^9) objects. ... Large scale survey projects produce huge amount of data, which needs to be processed and organized in databases to provide access by astronomical community. ... Astronomy is the only science which has so many objects. ...

Weekly Bulletin on Solar and Geomagnetic Activity Highlights on 21 - 27.04.2014 Г., Forecast on 28.04 - 4.05.2014, Carrington Rotation 2149,2150 (7,36.04; 04,62.05.2014) SUNSPOT-FORMING ACTIVITY OF THE SUN CHANGED FROM HIGH LEVEL (21.04) TO THE AVERAGE, CONSTANTLY GOING DOWN BY THE PERIOD END. ... ON THE VISIBLE SOLAR DISK CONSTANTLY OBSERVED 8-3 SMALL SUNSPOT GROUPS NEXT WEEK IS EXPECTED THE MODERATE AND THE LOW LEVELS OF SUNSPOT- FORMING ACTIVITY. ...

... Users . ... Data Collection and Analysis . ... This particular part of the analysis has been disabled since the code is struggling to cope with the number of users seen this year, in particular the large contingent of people who have re-tweeted NASA. ... Order accounts: by user number (effectively random) by number of tweets (includes retweets) by number of followers by number of followers that also tweeted about AAS225 by number of friends that also tweeted about AAS225 . ... by user number . ...

If you select Select item, the Data retrieval from observatory list dialog box will appear. Click on one of two radio buttons to the left of data fields intended for observatory code or name and introduce the required data. In case of observatory name it is possible to introduce its fragment. ... If it is necessary to enter new observatory into the list, mark one of the entries with missing data and select Edit in drop-down menu. ... In this case Landscape mode should be selected. ...

... Some equations, identities or formulas contain small quantities , and these can be made much simpler and easier to use by sacrificing a little accuracy. ... When we derive squares, 3rd powers, 4th powers etc. of numbers larger than 1 , the results are always bigger , while for numbers smaller than 1 , the results are always smaller . ... power . ... number . ... The above also holds for negative numbers, if one understands "bigger" and "smaller" to refer to the absolute value (the value without sign...

... sorts the data in field 2 of the file costs by its arithmetic value. -d (Dictionary order) sort only uses numbers, letters and blank spaces when sorting the file. -f (Fold in lower case) sort treats all lower-case letters as if they were upper-case letters. -i (Ignore non-printing characters) sort ignores any characters that do not print. -n (Numeric order) sort recognises the value of numbers and sorts them in terms of their value. -r (Reverse order) sort reverses its default sort order. ...

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... Our scientific interest is an accuracy of asteroid CCD observations obtained by amateurs and professional astronomers all over in the World. ... These data help us to analyse an accuracy of real CCD positions in the MPC Database. ... Do you test your observations of the small Solar System bodies permanently before sending them to the International Minor Planets' Center? ... Do you know a real accuracy of your positional CCD-observations in comparison with the other observatories' one ? ...