... UA SCIENTIST & TEAM DISCOVER SURFACE FEATURES COVER TITAN (Science contacts: Peter H. Smith, (602) 621-2725; Mark Lemmon, (602) 621-1485; UA Lunar and Planetary Laboratory) . Scientists for the first time have made images of the surface of Saturn 's giant, haze-shrouded moon, Titan. ... About three weeks before Cassini's first flyby of Titan, the spacecraft is to release the European Space Agency's Huygens Probe to parachute to Titan's surface. ... Upper left: hemisphere facing Saturn. ...

Titan . ... Hubble Space Telescope Images of Titan's surface . ... Later that year, it will release the European-built Huygens probe for a descent through Titan's atmosphere. ... This artist's rendering shows the European Space Agency's Huygens probe descending into the atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan after being released by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. ... This artist's rendering shows the Huygens probe on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan after being released by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. ...

Joshua Tusin, Director of Public Relations for JYI , sent us the following description of the journal. ... Feature Editors . ... Inquire with the Director of Public Relations, Joshua Tusin, by e-mailing him at: tusin@jyi.org . The Journal of Young Investigators ( JYI , www.jyi.org) is an on-line science journal dedicated to publishing excellent undergraduate research papers and feature-type science articles covering all fields of science. ... Journal of Young Investigators (http://www.jyi.org) . ...

... Current Issue . ... solar system . ... Cassini makes measurements of Saturnт??s aurora and associated electric current system . ... Now for the first time, a team of planetary scientists has made simultaneous measurements of Saturnт??s night-side aurora, magnetic field, and associated charged particles. ... This is the first time it has been possible to make a direct comparison between Cassini images of the night-side aurora and the magnetic field and particle measurements made by the spacecraft. ...

... Observing . ... Solar Observing . ... April 3 (SUN) - Solar Observing, Central Park , Manhattan . ... APRIL'S SKY . ... Lecture Series at the American Museum of Natural History The Amateur Astronomers Association is proud to present an astronomy lecture series from October through May each year for our members and the .. ... The€аAmateur Astronomers Association of New York€аwas organized in 1927 to promote the study of Astronomy, emphasizing its cultural and inspirational value. ...

... The (very) slow rotation of magnetic Ap stars. ... Magnetic stars in young clusters and associations. ... Magnetic fields in low-mass stars from high-resolution infrared spectroscopy. ... Magnetic field measurements of late B-type starss. ... Measurement of magnetic field of FK Com. ... Magnetic field of white dwarfs. ... The magnetic star evolution project (teleconference). ... Conference-2014 . Program . ... Laboratory for the Stellar Magnetism Study of SAO of RAS . ...

... The spacecraft of Magion type have been selected as the subsatellites of the Interball project: Magion-4 (C2-X) for the Tail Probe and Magion-5 (C2-A) for the Auroral Probe. ... Magion-4 was produced in the Czech Republic in collaboratrion with Russia, Ukraine, Hungary, Austria and has onboard scientific instruments and sensors designed and built in Czech Republic, Russia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Slovak Republic. ... Plasma flow detector VDP-S (Czech Republic, Russia) . ...

MORPHOLOGICAL CATALOGUE OF THE CRATERS OF THE MOON . ... Coordinates, diameters and morphological features of 14 923 craters of the Moon in diameters 10 km and more are available in the catalogue. ... A lunar morphological crater catalogue was compiled by the Sternberg State Astronomical Institute in collaboration with the Unified institute of Nuclear Research, Dubna. ... 4. the presence of central peaks, ridges and mountains on the floor . ... peak and many mountains . ... many peaks, 1 mountain . ...

Astronomy Education News . News . ... Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell will feature in a new BBC4 series that looks at modern men and women who will be remembered for the brilliance of their minds . ... Her father was the architect of the Armagh Planetarium. ... Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell receiving the Robinson Medal in 2004 in Armagh . ... Beautiful Minds тАУ Jocelyn Bell Burnell . ... Armagh Observatory - Astronomy Education . ...

... A Glimpse of Titan's Surface . ... 21.10.1995 . ... Explanation: The surface of Titan , Saturn's largest moon, is normally hidden from view by its thick, hazy atmosphere. ... At these wavelengths (longer than visible light) Titan's smog like atmosphere begins to be transparent enough to allow glimpses of it's surface. ... The Cassini spacecraft will explore the Saturn system and parachute a probe to Titan's surface. ... In the Shadow of Saturns Rings . ... Titan, Rings, and Saturn from Cassini . ...

... ESO, the European Southern Observatory . ... Travel and Contacts . Travel to ESO Headquarters . ... ESO . ... Survey Telescopes . ... ESO Supernova . ... Star Clusters . ... Stars@ESO . ... ESO 3.6-metre telescope . ... MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope . ... ESO 1-metre Schmidt telescope . ... Future Projects . ... This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the positions of the past, present and predicted future appearances of the Refsdal supernova behind the galaxy cluster€а MACS J1149+2223 . ...

... Bad Astronomy . Misconceptions . ... Bad Astronomy : The Moon only shows one face to us because it is not rotating. Better astronomy : The Moon only shows one face because it is rotating, once every time it revolves around the Earth. ... Place the Moon model on the table about 30 centimeters (one foot) away with the X facing the Earth model. ... You'll see that to keep the X facing the Earth model, you have to rotate the Moon model as it goes around the Earth model . ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

... Next: FITS Checksum Verification Up: Data Models and Previous: A Proposed Convention . ... The FITSIO Subroutine Library has been available for 3 years, and has matured into a stable, full-featured interface for reading and writing FITS format files. ... The FITSIO subroutine library for reading and writing FITS files is now three years old and is used by many projects as the standard programming interface for accessing FITS format data files. ...

... Alien Life . ... During a mission planned to last a Martian year (nearly two of our years) after landing , Curiosity will use its instruments to investigate whether this area of Mars has ever enjoyed conditions suitable for life , especially the presence of liquid water.Lower layers of Aeolis Mons could reveal there was once a lake within Gale Crater long ago.But this is just the beginning of what ... Methane Not Detected by Curiosity Rover Does Not Rule Out Life on Mars . ... Astronotes...

home events . ... Other Workshops, Conferences and Events . ... NSTA conferences offer the latest in science content, teaching strategy, and research, all presented by science educators who want to enhance and expand their professional growth. ... 2012 National Conference . ... This event promises to be a standout event with panels, fireside chats, lightning talks, book signings, and ... an extended opportunity to schmooze with glitterati from the worlds of science and science-based entertainment. ...

A Wideband Upgrade for the Australia Telescope Compact Array Dick Ferris & Warwick Wilson, CSIRO ATNF Overview The available signal bandwidth on the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) is to expand from 128MHz to 2GHz. ... 2GHz 4k channels Basic Configuration 2GHz 4k channels Simple Zoom 2GHz MFS and Zoom Modes During continuum observations the large number of frequency channels will usually oversample the u-v plane, the exception being low frequency observations involving the SKA antennas. ...

The AstroGuide . ... Other Sites . ... AstroGuide Listing . ... See many more Astronomy Listings by: Category or Alphabet . Escambia Amateur Astronomers Association is a local club that serves the people interested in amateur astronomy. The web site features astrophotos, project guidelines for the construction of a telescope and accessories, a Kid Stuff section, and more. ... Web Site . ... Unless otherwise specified, web site content Copyright 1994-2016 John Huggins All Rights Reserved . ...

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... Laboratory and theoretical modelling of the UV bump on the interstellar extinction curve is a very popular topic in dusty investigations. ... feature is illustrated by Fig. 10 where the profiles were calculated using the model of graphite spheres. Figure 10: Normalized extinction efficiencies for graphite spheres. ... The lower panel shows the summary extinction of two graphite spheres with radii and (from upper panel) taken in equal proportions. ...

To Do List ========== November 10, 2007 =============== Progress in base code not yet on this site will appear in the next beta version released here. ... Features in development for the next stable release include TDI with absolute timing Binning and subarea readout Autoguiding with the tracking control and adaptive optics features XML based server/client for remote use Command line version Browser version Connection to XmTel and XEphem for coordinate information in FITS headers ...