... TNG . ... FIRST LIGHT OF ARNICA . ... The ARcetri INfrared CAmera ( ARNICA ) has been installed in the week 6-13 December 1998 at the TNG Nasmyth A focus (see Figure 1.) The interface is meant to support the optical imager ( OIG ), the infrared camera (ARNICA will be later substituted by NICS ), and the adaptive optics module ( ADOPT@TNG ). ... Arnica is a DRO camera for infrared imaging operating in wavelength range between 0.9 and 2.6 microns and is equipped with a Nicmos3 256x256 detector. ...

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... These Frontier Fields will combine the power of HST with the natural gravitational telescopes of high-magnification clusters of galaxies. ... We are soliciting gravitational lensing maps for the last four Hubble Frontier Fields clusters (MACSJ0717.5+3745, MACSJ1149.5+2223, AbellS1063, and Abell 370) based upon the exceptionally deep HST FF imaging and other new ancillary data. ... For the full set of proposal instructions and requirements, see the FY16 Frontier Fields Lensing Map Call for Proposals....

... About ATMoB . ... The Observing Committee is starting an Observing Awards Program to promote observing among the membership of the Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston. ... Participant must be a current member of the Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston . ... To qualify for your Observing Award Certificate, turn in your worksheet and drawings to an ATMoB Observing Committee member or observing@atmob.org . ... This Excel sheet has useful macros. ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

... Public . ... Science Users Information > Science Publications > Science Announcements . ... Public Surveys . ... Published: 24 Feb 2014 . ... The Public ESO Spectroscopic Survey of Transient Objects ( PESSTO ) is one of the two on-going ESO public spectroscopic surveys . ... The first public data release ( DR1 ) of the VIDEO programme via the ESO Science Archive Facility, contained 97 individual (i.e. single-OB) tile images in the VIDEO-XMM3 field and their associated single-band source lists. ...

... 2008 December 8 . The Dark Doodad Nebula . ... When observing the great globular cluster NGC 4372, observers frequently take note of a strange dark streak nearly three degrees in length running near it. ... Pictured above in a rich and colorful star-field , the Dark Doodad Nebula can be found sweeping across the image center. The globular star cluster NGC 4372 is visible on the image left, while the bright star gamma Musca is seen to the cluster's right. ... About APOD | ...

... Comet 67P is the target of the Rosetta mission. Image obtained using the Faulkes Telescope North at Haleakala, operated by Las Cumbres Observatory. ... Messier 41 (M41) is an open cluster of stars. 3 colour images obtained using 1 meter telescope at Siding Spring, operated by Las Cumbres Observatory. The Beehive Cluster (M44) is an open cluster of stars. 3 colour images obtained using 1 meter telescope at Siding Spring, operated by Las Cumbres Observatory. ...

... We will consider the rms, (K), for observations with a receiver of system temperature, T , frequency resolution, per polarization, and total integration time per observing cycle, . ... For ``in-band'' frequency switching, the line under investigation is always in the observing band. ... Position Switching or ``Out-of-Band'' Frequency Switching: Here the line is only observed for one half of the time, with noise being present all of the time. ...

... IRTF: Scanning the Infrared Skies . ... Above, NASA's Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) poses in front of a starry background. ... This 3-meter telescope was established in 1979 and spends about half its time observing Solar System objects. The Pleiades Star Cluster . ... Sirius: The Brightest Star in the Night . ... As Sirius is 8.7 light years distant, it is not the closest star system -- the Alpha Centauri system holds this distinction. ... Galileo Demonstrates the Telescope . ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . News . Observing . ... Magazine . ... Gravitational wave search provides insights into galaxy evolution and mergers . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Open cluster NGC 2818, spiral galaxy NGC 2964, and spiral galaxy NGC 2976 . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... December 2015 . ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ... Astronomy Magazine . ...

... Home Education Workshops at Adorama Astro Imaging Workshop: Planetary Astro Imaging with a DSLR ? December 7, 2014 . ... Astro Answers . ... Beyond New York City . ... Observing Resources for Amateur Astronomers - Part 1: Beginning Observers . ... A History of the First Forty Years of the Amateur Astronomers Association . ... Presented by€а Adorama€а For the Amateur Astronomers Association of New York . ... 2016 Amateur Astronomers Association of New York Designed by Press Customizr Powered by . ...

... Up: Archives and Information Services . ... It is performing astronomical observations at wavelengths from 2.4-240 microns with four instruments; a camera (2.5-18 microns), a photometer (2.5-240 microns), a short-wavelength spectrometer (2.4-45.2 microns) and a long-wavelength spectrometer (43-197 microns). ... The ISO post-mission archive (PMA) is being designed to fully exploit this legacy by providing access to the data across the Internet. ... For each observation the user specifies: . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... March . ... Posted on May 20, 2015 | No Comments If you missed the Lyrids meteor shower in April, starting of May you had another chance to see some shooting stars as the Eta Aquarids meteor shower peaks on the [ ] . Continue Reading.. ... 3 Comments Already the year 2015 is proving to be a great year for stargazing with planets, comets and meteorites gracing the skies but prepare for March as it brings a тАШmicro [ ] . ...

Next: The Formation and Evolution Up: NICMOS Science Previous: NICMOS Observes the Galactic . ... We have taken diffraction-limited ( 0.15") near-infrared F160W (henceforth H-band, for convenience) images with NICMOS on HST of the center of the R136 cluster (age 3.5 Myr) in the core of the 30 Dor giant HII region in the Large Magellanic Cloud. ... 1996, ApJ 466, 274) can sample only M >2M , while previous V and I band HST images with WFPC2 (Hunter et al. ...

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Statistics of sunspot activity . The sunspot indices . My observations . NGDC's observations . The solar regions . ... 2015 . ... December . ... December, 2015 . Visual indices of solar activity by author's observations . ... Average . ...

... The most powerful and widely used methods to calculate the scattering matrix of a fractal cluster are based on the coupled dipoles methods (e.g. the Discrete Dipole Approximation, DDA) and the theory of light scattering by a cluster of spherical particles [2-4]. ... At present the procedure of calculation of the scattering matrix is well developed for both an oriented cluster of spherical particles and for chaotically oriented clusters of such particles [4]. ...

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... It was designed to observe the solar wind approaching Earth, from a position near the Lagrangian point L1, and it is part of the International Solar-Terrestrial Physics (ISTP) Initiative . ... The original plan called for "Wind" to approach its final station over two years, undergoing two close encounters with the Moon to boost its speed. ... If however the object is moving , the encounter is not symmetric, and in the end the spacecraft may have gained or lost speed, depending on its trajectory. ...