... 2000 December 30 . A Year of Resolving Backgrounds . ... Explanation: No matter which direction you look, no matter what type of light you see, the sky glows - but why? ... In microwave light , the BOOMERANG and MAXIMA-1 missions resolved with new clarity the seemingly uniform microwave background . ... Pictured above , a map spanning ten degrees of the microwave sky resolves the microwave background into hot and cold spots, as indicated in micro kelvins . ... About APOD | ...

... Erebus, the southernmost active volcano in the world. ... TIGER was designed to detect the unexplained galactic cosmic rays -- atomic nuclei moving at near light-speed which impinge on the Earth from outside our Solar System. ... NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers . ... Publications with keywords: cosmic rays - balloon - volcano - atomic nuclei . Publications with words: cosmic rays - balloon - volcano - atomic nuclei . ... Cosmic Rays from Galactic Centers . ...

... ESO Science Newsletter December 2015 . 17 Dec 2015 . ... This newsletter is a summary of recent ESO Science Announcement items. Follow the links or visit ESO Science Announcements to read more. ... Read more . ... The allocation of ESO telescope time for Period 97 (1 April БЂ“ 30 September 2016) is expected to be emailed in the week beginning 21 December 2015. ... ESO Workshop, ESO Headquarters, Garching, Germany, 27 June БЂ“ 1 July, 2016 . ... Joint ESO, ALMA, NAOJ, NRAO Workshop. ...

BaBar Collaboration Meeting , December 6-10, 2004 . ... APS April Meeting 2004 , May 1-4, 2004 . ... Workshops in Particle Physics , February 29 - March 6, 2004 . ... Aspen 2004 Winter Conference on Particle Physics , February 1-7, 2004 . ... Exp Talks - Prior Years . ... Energy Spectrometer Designs and Beam Tests , Eric Torrence . ... Recent Results from the LIGO Experiment, Isabel Leonor . ... Experimental Introduction , Ray Frey . ... CCD R at Oregon University , Nick Sinev, Olya Igonkina . ...

... Astrophysics Group . ... RAPID collaboration . ... SKA AAVS0 array . Beam measurement and calibration of the SKA AAVS0 array at Lord?s Bridge using a UAV system . ... First Science with SDSS-IV MaNGA . ... SKA Aperture Array in Australia . ... We are closely collaborating with MIT Haystack observatory to make early use of SKA technology БЂ“ low frequency aperture array elements, which have been designed here. ... It is an array of 50-100 small, low-gain broadband antennas operating below 500 MHz. ...

The "ring of fire" seen by satellite cameras around the polar caps (picture below) is probably created by electrons leaking from the tail's plasma sheet, whose magnetic field lines form a somewhat imperfect trap. ... One possible explanation involves the close association between auroral arcs and electric currents which flow along field lines between the ionosphere and distant space ( Birkeland currents ). ... That produces an extra resistance to the flow of current. ...

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... Aurora from Space . ... Magnetic Storms . ... The "ring of fire" seen by satellite cameras around the polar caps (picture below) is probably created by electrons leaking from the tail's plasma sheet, whose magnetic field lines form a somewhat imperfect trap. ... One possible explanation involves the close association between auroral arcs and electric currents which flow along field lines between the ionosphere and distant space ( Birkeland currents ). ... Why no aurora at the magnetic poles? ...

... A song written by Padi Boyd and performed by The Chromatics, specifically for the International Year of Astronomy. ... 16 December 2008, NUI Galway: Dr. Martin Mansergh TD, Minister of State at the Department of Finance with special responsibility for the Office of Public Works today announced broadcast details of this yearтАЩs Winter Solstice at Newgrange, County Meath. ... The International Year of Astronomy 2009 is an initiative of the International Astronomical Union and UNESCO. ...

... SSAU History . SSAU roadmap . ... Equipment testing began on January 4. ... The magnetometer Shtil-M No. 2 is equipped with six sensors that measure the magnetic field in different compartments of the device, fix electrical discharges and the impact of the space environment on the equipment functionality. ... The magnetometer Shtil-M No. 2 is the third unit of the series, which was created in SSAU Institute of Space Device Engineering led by Professor Nicholay Syomkin. ... e-mail: ssau@ssau.ru . ...

Order my book on Peer Instruction for Astronomy ! ... The book includes hundreds of ConcepTests, and was distributed FREE to most intro astro instructors across the country. ... By encouraging student participation and interaction during the lecture, Peer Instruction encourages students to critically think through the arguments being developed, and to discuss their ideas and insights with their neighbors. ... Student satisfaction with the courses have been high. ... Back to Paul Green's HomePage . ...

... Project/Contact Person . SRON National Institute for Space Research , the Netherlands ( SRON ) . I ntegrated superconducting submm receivers and spectrometers . Contact: V. Koshelets . Chalmers University of Technology , . ... Design, fabrication and experimental studies of Cold Electron Bolometer ( CEB ). Contact: M. Tarasov . Dept. of Physics , Technical University of Denmark , Lyngby, Denmark . ... Activities | ... Collaboration | ... IRE RAS Research Activities | ...

... The fitting routines in MIDAS were developed in close collaboration with O. Richter and later upgraded by Ph. ... The multivariate statistical package has been developed in close collaboration with F. Murtagh. ... Marguerite Pierre developed modelling commands for interstellar absorption work and contributed to the Long Slit package. ... The Wavelet package was implemented by J. L. Starck and contains both general routines for wavelet transforms and special applications e.g. for deconvolution. ...

... Abstract . ... Quantifying Star Formation and Feedback: The M81 Group Dwarf Galaxies . ... David Bowen, Princeton University . ... Coronagraphic Polarimetry of HST-Resolved Debris Disks . ... The group lies at a distance of ~4 Mpc, and was targeted for Cepheid observations as part of the HST H 0 Key Project. ... HST ACS/HRC coronagraphic images of debris disks around two nearby stars . ... Observations of the A0 star, HD 32297, and the G3 dwarf, HD 61005, are scheduled in the coming week. ...

... The European HST Archive has been moved to ESA's European Space Astronomy Centre ( ESAC ), Spain, where most of ESA's Space Science Archives are located and operated from. ... The Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility (ST-ECF), jointly operated by ESA and the European Southern Observatory ( ESO ) was, until the end of 2010, the European HST science facility, supporting the European astronomy community in exploiting the research opportunities provided by the Hubble Space Telescope. ...

Sydney, December 3 4, 2009 . ... Rationale . ... The workshop on т??Diffuse gas in and around the Milky Wayт?? is designed to bring together researchers working on atomic and ionised gas associated with the Milky Way and the Magellanic system. The workshop will highlight new data from the Parkes Galactic All-Sky Survey (GASS) of H i emission, the WHAM-South survey of HЮБ emission, and Areciboт??s GALFA survey of Galactic H i . ... Galactic corona . Milky Way dynamics . ...

... National Institute of Astrophysics) in collaboration with the National . Institute of Nuclear Physics, and will consist of Invited Talks and Joint . ... Astrophysics . ... F. Pacini (chair), M. Baldo Ceolin, R. Barbieri, C. Cesarsky, A. Gimenez, . ... M. Salvati (chair), R. Bandiera, L. Falai, R. Maiolino, F. Mannucci, . ... email: texas_florence@arcetri.astro.it . fax: +39 055 220039 . ... Last updated September 12, 2002 . ...

... Up: Web Services and Publications . ... We present the architecture, design, and implementation details of the ADASS XII web site. The web site was implemented in Zope, a high-performance application server, web server, and content management system rolled into one. ... The sitemap was created in the beginning to organize the constantly flowing and changing information of web sites. ... The unique Zope content management application divides web content from the site design. ...

... The damage to NIFS has freed up the RSAA instrumentation team to concentrate on the timely delivery of the Gemini South Adaptic Optics Imager (GSAOI). ... GSAOI is the second instrument that ANU is building for Gemini. ... GSAOI Website: http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/gsaoi/ NIFS Website: http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/nifs/ RSAA Website: http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/ Australian Gemini Project Office Website: http://www.ausgo.unsw.edu.au/ Gemini Public Information Website: http://www.gemini.anu.edu.au/public/ . ...

The design of IAO-Diploma has academic (conservative) style. ... The first row consists of three cells. ... Second cell - logo of EAAS - Galaxy, negative image. ... The second row consists of one cell, two lines. ... Second line - words 'International Astronomy Olympiad'. ... There should be a text in English with the name of the awarded student, his or her team, explanation of awarding including the degree of Diploma and the Number of the International Astronomy Olympiad like: Adam Kohl . ...