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... Gliese 229B: A Really Cool Brown Dwarf . ... Missions . ... Research . ... Last year we have identified a common proper motion companion to the nearby star Gliese 229. ... We report broad-band photometry of the object from 0.7 micron to 10 microns. ... We conclude that this is a brown dwarf with an effective temperature of 900 K. Strong bands of refractory oxides and hydrides (TiO, VO, FeH) are conspicuously missing from the Keck optical spectrum - similar to the situation in Jupiter. ...

... Re : Need easy way to download whole KHG . ... For now, you can use web mirroring packages to create your own local mirror and read from there. Several such packages are available, and since I don't use any of them, I don't have details like names: can someone else who knows please post details? For the future, it would be nice if someone is interested enough in mirroring to write scripts for the KHG that allow you to read it off-line, but also allow you to respond. ...

... About ATNF overview . ... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Facilities . ... CSIRO ATNF Data Archives . ... In preparation for the start of the ASKAP Early Science Program , the first ASKAP Community Busy Week was held this week at the Sydney Institute for Astronomy (SIfA) . ... Like the science produced from BETA before it, commissioning data produced with ASKAP-12 will focus on demonstrating ASKAP's unique capabilities while being used to prepare for the fit-out of the full telescope. ...

These links highlight 2008 - current ARC projects for telescopes, instruments, or operations at Apache Point. ... Eyepiece: April 10, 2009 . Painted Enclosure: April 23, 2009, Part A , Part B . Drive Maintenance: July 24, 2009, Part A , Part B , Part C , Part D , Part E , Part F , Part G . ... New Interior Photos: March 14, 2014 . TripleSpec Electronics Mount: March 05, 2008: Part A , Part B , Part C . ... TripleSpec: October 30, 2008 . ... GFP Upgrade: December 8, 2010 . ...