Most of these images were obtained by Mike Bessell, Michelle Buxton, Hwankyung Sung, Ralph Sutherland and Bob Watson at SSO using a 2Kx2K Site CCD behind a Nikon or Hasselblad lens or directly on the 1m telescope. A few images are from the Hubble Space Telescope. Some of the M42 images were obtained with the KPNO 1m and ESO NTT telescope. One image is a mosaic of IRAS images. ... Details of the CCD imaging program at MSSSO. ... antenna.jpg (53KB) . ... ngc6744.jpg (59KB) . ...

The engineering camera is test-mounted using the plug plate cart and lift. ... The enclosure is opened and the engineering camera is riding on the plug plate cart under the telescope. ... The telescope is rotated for position; waterproof sheathing covers the mirror. The engineering camera is maneuvered under the telescope and the lifting control is activitated. The camera is lifted to the bottom of the mirror cell, latched into place and th elift lowered. ...

. Next: FSRQs Up: THE DEEP X-RAY RADIO Previous: Redshift Distribution . DXRBS' unique combination of a dual X-ray/radio survey method and high sensitivity has opened up important, large new regions of parameter space for both blazar sub-classes, within which a large fraction of our sample (nearly 50%) lie. This section is devoted to discussing these discoveries and their impact upon our understanding of the blazar class. љ . FSRQs . BL Lacs . Paolo Padovani . 1/5/1998

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE DAILY REPORT #1140 PERIOD COVERED: 0700 EST Daily Status Report as of 137/1200Z. 1.0 ACTIVITIES SCHEDULED AND ACCOMPLISHED: 1.1 Completed WF/PC-2 5446 (The Nuclei of Nearby S0 and Spiral Galaxies) The WF/PC-2 was used to make observations of galaxy NGC-4546. The observations were executed as scheduled. ... 1.14 Completed WF/PC-2 5092 (GTO Low Latitude Parallel Program: Cycle 4) The WF/PC-2 was used to make observations taken in parallel with the prime science observations. ...

... NGC 3242: The 'Ghost of Jupiter' Planetary Nebula . ... Cen A is marked by dramatic dust lanes that run across the galaxy's center. ... It has been suggested that Comet Hale-Bopp will become the most viewed comet in Human history. Presently, for denizens of the Earth's northern hemisphere, this bright comet is certainly a lovely and inspiring sight -- visible here crowning the sky above Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy on March 20. ... A comet as bright as Comet Hale-Bopp is very rare indeed. ... March . ...

... About ATNF overview . ... Governance overview . Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Australia Telescope User Committee . ... Our people overview . ... Staff list | Student list | ... Australia Telescope Online Archive (ATOA) . ... VLBI . ... This message : [ Message body ] [ More options ( top , bottom ) ] . ... 2006.246.03:02:56.87;"slewing to source H303070 . ... 2006.246.03:17:58.80;"will put a photo of telescope and moon at my web . ... 2006.246.05:00:02.88;"cryo is struggling. ...

ELEVENTH CREW REQUIRED RESOURCES EIGHTH RUSSIAN VISITING CREW ENEIDE ISM PROJECT IMAGE VIDEO . ... PRIME CREW . ... Lieutenant Colonel in the Italian Air Force, . ... EDUCATION: Graduated from the Italian Air Force Academy in 1989. Completed basic training with the US Air Force at Reese Air Force Base in Texas, US, in 1990. ... In 1997 he enrolled in US Air Force flight safety school and during the period of 1997 to 1998 he served as a regimental flight safety officer at the Italian Flight Center. ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2008 May 16 . Circles in the Sky . ... Explanation: Gazing skyward on a sunny day in May, photographer Jean-Marc Lecleire captured this engaging display of ice halos forming complete circles in the sky. ... Surrounding the Sun is a halo formed by sunlight refracting through hexagonal-shaped ice crystals in high, thin clouds. ... About APOD | ...

... 2010 . ... The following images are mosaics obtained on 03 August 2010 at the National Solar Observatory/Dunn Solar Telescope with the Interferometric Bidimensional Spectrometer (IBIS). ... The final images are approximately 238 x 242 arcseconds, or 4 x 4 arcminutes, with a pixel scale of 0.0976 arcseconds per pixel. ... The images show a broad range of typical chromospheric structures, including sunspots, superpenumbra, plage, filaments, and quiet internetwork. ...

... Our hometown rag (the Boston Globe ) runs an occasional series of photo collections that highlight news stories called The Big Picture. ... I talked about this automatized computer vision problem without a training set and with no rules of learning, to a friend and the advice was ?don?t go further. ... to a computer program some images can be defined as boring and some as interesting, so there may be a way to be able to search for interesting data in the vast amount of images. 10-13-2008, 8:30 pm . ...

... Stephen G. Bowen (CAPTAIN, USN) . ... NASA EXPERIENCE: €а Bowen is the first Submarine Officer selected by NASA in July 2000 as a mission specialist.€а He reported for training at the Johnson Space Center in August 2000.€а Following the completion of two years of training and evaluation, he was initially assigned technical duties in the Astronaut Office Station Operations Branch.€а A veteran of three spaceflights, STS-126 in 2008, STS-132 in 2010, and STS-133 in 2011, €аBowen has logged ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . ... Observing . ... 50 Greatest Mysteries . ... 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 . ... Mercury's great display before dawn . ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ... Astronomy Magazine . ...

... a) assembling and tuning of printing-circuit boards for the Test-set device and assembling of the Test-set device itself; . ... Engineering models of the On-board Rubidium Frequency Standard (ORFS-SRT) and Space Radio Telescope On-board Heterodyne and Clock Frequencies Synthesizer set (OHCFS-SRT) were packed and delivered to LA to be assembled with the SRT in the Device Container. ... FC                  Focal Container – hermetic package with the scientific payload; it contains receivers, . ...

Spring 2000 at Osborn Elementary School here in Ashland, Ohio. We had set up a display and a scope with a solar filter and talked to . 3 or 4 groups of kids and parents about astronomy. We even gave them a slide show! ... This is ONE of the displays we set up . ... We have a type 2 full aperture filter. Me attempting to show the sun to the kids (the trees were in the way). ...

Eyepieces Forum Message . Forums: . ... Eyepieces | ... Pictures . ... Posted by Jarvis Krumbein on November 2, 2003 05:23:47 UTC . ... I was having serious problems manhandling the tube assembly of the old setup around as the bloody thing was very heavy. ... Pictures - gjeckes - November 2, 2003 - 08:06 UTC . ... www.astronomy.net . About Astronomy Net | ... Forum posts are Copyright their authors as specified in the heading above the post. "dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

Next: XWindow display Up: IP8500 display Previous: Alphanumerics . The IP8500 allows pictures to be displayed in true colour using three image memories (channel 0, 1 and 2) simultaneously for the red, green and blue images needed to make up a true colour image. Channel 0, 1 and 2 may also be referred to as Red, Green and Blue. To start using the RGB mode of the display, execute the command: SET/DISPLAY RGB . ... Next, each channel must be loaded individually with the appropriate image. ...

... Next: An IRAF-Independent Interface Up: Software Systems Previous: A New PROS . ... We present a high-level representation of the packages and tasks within IRAF/PROS. ... We have produced a high-level overview of PROS. ... The incremental stages were the short-term goals: a project overview diagram (i.e., an organizational diagram of software modules); high-level diagram (i.e., a bubble diagram of each module in the system); and unifying element tables (i.e., tables of task vs. software attributes)....

. Image created by Miruna Popescu, showing some of the objects displayed in the Armagh Observatory's Human Orrery. Original images from NASA were used.

Since the days of Sputnik and Explorer 1, thousands of spacecraft have gone into space, some of them carrying human passengers. The first person to orbit the Earth was the Russian Yuri Gagarin, on April 12, 1961. The first American to do so was John Glenn, who completed three orbits on February 20, 1962; more than 26 years later, at age 77, Glenn returned to space aboard the space shuttle. ... in orbit. ... Manned satellites include various " space stations " intended for long-term residence. ...

OptInt PmWiki . ... MROI Delay Line Design Contract . ... Document Management . ... Released FDR Documents . ... Design Documents . ... Mailing Lists . ... FDR Todo Lists . Get lid on trolley . ... DONE - Re-align metrology . ... Get drive motor amp status indicators working (not vital for FDR) . Get I^2C interface working (not vital for FDR) . ... DONE - opdgui: Add constant acceleration trajectory . DONE - Document workstation s/w (functional description) . ... DONE - opdgui: tooltips . ...