... Up: Telescope and Instrument Control Systems . ... The software is based on a client/server architecture and provides remote access for controlling, monitoring and troubleshooting the array. ... The server software is developed in C++ and runs on a UNIX host machine. ... This computer demonstration consists of remote observing with the Caltech Millimeter Array located at Owens Valley in California to show the feasibility and features of this software package. ... Figure 2: Array Status window. ...

... NICS will be the only infrared instrument for the first light of the TNG; as a consequence, we decided to incorporate a sufficient degree of operation flexibility by providing the instrument with six different observing modes, three aimed at imaging and three at spectroscopy: . ... It will be possible to use the narrow band filters as order sorters; this will allow to perform high resolution long-slit spectroscopy in the wavelength ranges covered by the available narrow band filters. ...

MANASTASH RIDGE OBSERVATORY OBSERVING TIME REQUEST FORM - 2006 Submit requests to Chris Laws (laws@astro.washington.edu) by March 20 for April 1-May 31 observing time and by April 30 for June 1-August 31 observing time. Meritorious proposals received by these deadlines will be put on the MRO Observing schedule immediately. ... Observers must be trained in the MRO systems before their scheduled observing dates. Contact Chris Laws (laws@astro.washington.edu) to arrange training. ...

... Observing . ... Home Gallery Observing Events . ... AAA Fall Astronomy Class: Astronomy Basics тАУ October-November 2015 . ... 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 . ... The AAA will host public events in and around New York City to observe astronomical phenomena. ... 2016 Amateur Astronomers Association of New York Designed by Press Customizr Powered by . ...

SITE 2010 Comprehensive Characterization of Astronomical Sites Kislovodsk, Russia, 49 October 2010 Conference Summary Marc S. Sarazin*a a European Southern Observatory, Garching, Germany Abstract The main topics discussed during the Site 2010 conference are outlined and the outcome is described. Keywords: Astronomical Site testing, precipitable water vapor, atmospheric turbulence, cloudiness, seeing 1. ... Site surveys for National observatory projects in China, India, and Iran benefit from this. ...

Databases (NSDC) of the Natural Planetary Satellites. ... NSDC: Database of astrometric observations of Natural Planetary Satellites . ... They are thoroughly looking for observations in different sources, creating their owndatabases which are then mostly inaccessible to other researchers. ... In the file "content" with explications, the reference is given to the data source as well as the bibliographic reference. ... Data sources. ... Why a specific bibliographic database for Natural satellites? ...

... Why are we here? Thur 22 October 2009, Armagh . ... Her talk is entitled "Observing with a 100-metre virtual telescope, the VLTI". It's on WEDNESDAY 21 OCTOBER, at 7.30 p.m., in the Bell Lecture Theatre, Physics Building, Queen's University, Belfast. ... Everyone is welcome; particularly ladies - come along and see what women are doing at the leading edge of astronomical research: astronomy is not just a topic for men! ... International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node . ...

European Astronomical Society(EAS): NEWS Dear Colleagues, Please find enclosed some information of interest. ... We would also like to remind you that the time is appropriate to renew your membership for 2006 (see our Web page for procedures). ... And do'nt forget that, in between messages, the latest news can always be found on our Web page: http://www.iap.fr/eas/index.html With kind regards, Michel Dennefeld ************************************************************ Content 1. ...

The following activities are included in the Universe at Your Fingertips guide. ... Clicking on each activity will take you to a "reviews" page where you can post a review, or read reviews posted by others who have used the activity. ... Activity Online . ... MOON AND PHASES . ... Observing Phases and Features . ... Modeling Moon Phases . ... SUN AND SEASONS . ... Observing the Sun Safely . ... Observing Where the Sun Sets . ... Making Pictures of Motion . ... Morning Star and Evening Star . ...

... Since 2011 our observatory is a member of GLORIA (GLObal Robotic telescopes Intelligent Array for e-Science) project - wide international collaboration of 13 scientific institutions from 8 countries aiming at opening public access to robotic telescopes, as well as propagating astronomy in general. The GLORIA Project offers Internet users the possibility of studying the sky from professional observatories. ... The experiments are available at the users site of GLORIA. ... About GLORIA . ...

RADIOASTROPHYSICAL DEPARTMENT • INSTITUTE OF SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS RAS SB . ... SSRT - Receiving systems . The SSRT has two independent receiving systems for recording solar observational data, and several ancillary receivers for checking, setting up and adjusting the instrument. The base receiving systen is a multichannel filter receiver for a simultaneous recording in 180 channels with the 500 kHz band each, adjusted at steps of about 600 kHz. ... Channel's band . ...

... The choice of the spectrograph design (Fig.2) is determined by the quantity R, the overall dimensions of the PF cage and the restrictions on the rigidity of the structure of the device. ... As the camera's objective a fast 4-lens aplanat is used having a focal distance F cam =140 mm and a relative aperture of 1:1.8, the resolution at the centre is no less than 80 gr/mm, that over the field at a distance of 3 mm from the edge along the frame ( ) diagonal is 35 gr/mm. ...

Stellarium 0.12.3 . ... Classes . ... Supernova Class Reference . ... Supernova (const QVariantMap &map) . ... Get a QVariantMap which describes the supernova. ... getSelectPriority (const StelCore *core) const . ... getInfoString (const StelCore *core, const InfoStringGroup &flags) const . ... getVMagnitude (const StelCore *core, bool withExtinction=false) const . ... getAngularSize (const StelCore *core) const . ... getPositionInfoString (const StelCore *core, const InfoStringGroup &flags) const . ...

... Field of research: Extragalactic astronomy. ... NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) Abstract Service . ... CADC Home Page . ... CCD Images of Galaxies . ... RUSSIAN LINKS . ... UA Astronomy Personal Home Page - Bill Keel . ... The Shape of the Rotation Curves of Edge-on Galaxies, by A.V.Zasov and A.V.Khoperskov, 2003. ... A Thickness of Stellar Discs, by A.V.Zasov, and D.V.Bizyaev, 2003 . Minimum Velocity Dispersion in Stable Stellar Disks, by A.V.Khoperskov, A.V.Zasov, and N.V.Tyurina, 2003 . ...

... ARTICLE: The Adventurous Search For The Astronomical Unit . ... Kepler himself had suggested to use the rare occasions of Venus transiting (crossing) the solar disk to measure our distance to the planet. ... Due to the orbital inclination of Venus against the ecliptic of 3.5°, a Venus transit is so rare that it happens only at intervals of 121.5 years, 8 years, 105.5 years, 8 years and so on. ... Crabtree witnessing the transit of Venus 1639 . ... Transits of Venus - The Quest for the Solar Parallax...

NMW survey overview . Access image archive . ... The New Milky Way survey aims to detect bright (V<13.5) optical transients near the Galactic plane using an automated wide-field (8x6 deg.) system capable of surveying the whole Milky Way area visible from the observing site in one night. ... All images obtained during the transient search survey are available online (please use the image archive access form ). ... Images per field: . ... Images per night: . ... Milky Way imaging time: . ...

... Proposals will be accepted until 1 May 1997 and should be sent to: Mary A. Cragg Mount Wilson Institute 740 Holladay Road, Pasadena, CA 91106 USA e-mail: mwi@mtwilson.edu Haystack Observatory Call for Proposals ---------------------------------------- Haystack Observatory invites proposals for the use of the 37-m radio telescope for observations in the following wavelength bands: 3-mm (85-115 GHz ) 7-mm (35-49 GHz ) 1.3 cm (21-25 ...

SAI VO . ... SAI CAS . ... Web Services . Catalog Access Services . ... SAI VO Wiki . ... Program Access . SAI CAS Wiki . ... arXiv.org Search . ... Astronomical Thesaurus . ... The following services are available: . ... Other web-services available from SAI CAS project . ... Astronet | SAI MSU | ...

Astronomy . ... Institutions, Observatories . ... International Astronomical Union . ... Abastumani Astrophysical Observatory . Australian Astronomical Observatory . ... Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory . Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory . ... National Radio Astronomy Observatory . Nobeyama Radio Observatory . ... Pushchino Radio Astronomy Observatory . ... AGU journals . ... Astronomy and Astrophysics Springer . ... Astronomy Letters (ПАЖ) . ... Astrophysical Journal Letters . ...

... 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 ? ...