Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... 2.12.2012 . ... Credit Copyright: Yuri Beletsky ( ESO ) Explanation: Is the night sky darkest in the direction opposite the Sun? ... In fact, a rarely discernable faint glow known as the gegenschein (German for "counter glow") can be seen 180 degrees around from the Sun in an extremely dark sky. ... Here a deep exposure of an extremely dark sky over Paranal Observatory in Chile shows the gegenschein so clearly that even a surrounding glow is visible. ... 2007 2008 . ...

... Free Telescopes for Schools in Northern Ireland . ... The Society for Popular Astronomy is leading a project to give 1000 telescopes to secondary schools, with support from the Science and Technology Facilities Council and the Royal Astronomical Society, to encourage schools to celebrate the International Year of Astronomy. ... ТЗ School display on astronomy . ... Register with all Ireland astronomy schools competition 2009. ... International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node . ...

Discover the cosmos! ... 2000 December 29 . The Dark Horsehead Nebula . ... Image Processed by Al Kelly . Explanation: While drifting through the cosmos this magnificent interstellar dust cloud, sculpted by stellar winds and radiation, has chanced to assume a recognizable shape. Fittingly named The Horsehead Nebula it is embedded in the immense complex of star forming gas and dust surrounding the Orion Nebula some 1,500 light-years distant. ... About APOD | ...

... Up: Science Software Applications . ... It has extensions for creating GUI (Tk) and object-oriented ([incr tcl]) applications. Several Tcl-based tools that may be used for astronomical and other scientific applications have been created and are discussed. One example is ptcl , which registers PGPLOT functions as Tcl commands, creating a powerful interactive plotting package. ... Both programs use the same C code, Tcl commands, and [incr tcl] classes; only the GUIs are different. ...

... The Large Telescopes Program Committee of Russian AS . ... Executive Secretary, e-mail: request@sao.ru . Telescope RATAN-600 Time Request deadline: I half-year (Jan. ... Program title .. ... Principal investigator .. ... Request status .. ... Retarded applications and ones not conforming to form will not be accepted by the Committee. ... In some exceptional cases the Program Committee Secretary can accept a request after deadline with permission of the Chairman of Committee or director of SAO RAS. ...

... The SAO ( Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory ) Summer Intern Program is a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program where students work on astrophysics research with an SAO/Harvard scientist. ... On-line Application Form -- is OPEN for the 2016 SAO Summer Intern Program . ... SAO Summer Intern Program . ... Recent SAO Summer Intern Program Events . ... June 2015 . ... For more information about the SAO Summer Intern Program and other programs/opportunitities that may be of interest: ....

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... Team . ... V.V.Sokolov "The gamma-ray bursts, core-collapse supernovae and global star forming rate at large redshifts" . ... I.V.Sokolov, A.S.Moskvitin, Eda Sonbas, O.V.Verkhodanov, O.P.Zhelenkova "A galaxy cluster in the GRB 021004 field" . ... The monitoring of GRB afterglows and the study of their host galaxies with the SAO RAS 6-m telescope from 1997". ... A.S.Moskvitin, T.A.Fatkhullin, V.V.Sokolov and V.N.Komarova, "Spectral and photometric monitoring of CCSNe at SAO RAS" . ...

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Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... No Comments Goodbye January blues, hello February fun! ... Continue Reading.. ... No Comments January is the marmite of every year, individuals either love it or hate it as it brings the beginning of a New Year and new opportunities yet marks the end [ ] . ... 2 Comments October is an interesting month for astronomers as World Space Week falls from 4 October until 10 October and coincidentally itтАЩs a good month for keen astronomers to take to [ ] . ...

Dear Colleagues, As you know, JENAM-2007 will take place in Yerevan, Armenia. ... JENAM-2007 will consist of 6 Plenary sessions (invited reviews on hot topics of modern astrophysics, 8 EAS Symposia, and 7 Special Sessions (SPS). ... The opening and closing sessions, EAS symposia and special sessions will be organized in the conference halls and auditoria of the Yerevan State University (YSU). ... The proceedings of the JENAM-2007 will be published in the EAS proceedings series in 2008. ...

Astro Space Center RadioAstron Newsletter Number 17 October 26, 2012 ====================== The process to select projects for the open RadioAstron observing time within the AO-1 period (July 2013 - June 2014) has started From the middle of 2013 RadioAstron will move to the open sky phase of its science operations. Any scientist in the world can apply for the RadioAstron observing time. ... An initial Letter of Intent (LoI) should have been directed to the Mission by 17 October 2012. ...

General Information . ... Invitations for all paticipants which have submitted this information will be sent by express mail to participants in mid-September (for european citizens a little earlier). With this invitation you will be able to apply for a visa. But maybe you will need hardcopy of invitation only in moment of obtaining of visa while application could be made with scan of invitation. ... Please note that usually it takes about 5-7 days to obtain a visa with official invitation. ...

Next: About this document Up: Recommended reading Previous: I. Daubechies1992, . For a learn-from-the-practitioners approach, the reader might consult recent literature in his or her own field. Databases such as ISI Science Citations show over a hundred articles annually, and any recommendation we would make is bound to be obsolete by the time this pamphlet reaches the reader. ... Finally, as for many things, learn-by-doing may be the best approach. ... Mon Nov 13 10:51:25 EST 1995 ...

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Lisnyky observatory of A&SPD is located in the village of Lisnyky in Kyiv region. AZT-8 (right) Diameter 0.7 m, Newton, Cassegren. ... Spiral jets of comet Hale-Bopp have been observing on the 3-rd of April, 1997 with 70-cm reflector and image intensifier, time of exposure: 1 second, field of vision: 1.5 minute of arc. This color image was obtained with Fuji color film (Super Plus 400) in focal plane of the 70-cm reflector (F = 27 m) at Lisniki Observatory by A.M.Evtushevsky. ...

... Structure of Data . ... Catalog . ... The SAI OCL Catalog site provides several VO-enabled modes of operation: . VO-enabled catalog data analysis from a browser . ... Endpoint URL is http://ocl.sai.msu.ru/catalog/conesearch/ . ... VO-enabled catalog analysis from a browser . Presently, this recipe works with Firefox (Windows, MacOS, Linux), Internet Explorer (Windows) and Opera (Windows) browsers with Java plugin 1.6 installed. ... Main TOPCAT window with SAI OCL catalog loaded will appear. ...

RADIOASTROPHYSICAL DEPARTMENT  INSTITUTE OF SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS RAS SB . ... Radioastrophysical Department , Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Science. ... Head of Laboratory dr. Gubin A.V. LABORATORY of INFORMATION SUPPLY and METHODOLOGY of RESEARCH . ... Head of Observatory Kitsanov S.V. SIBERIAN SOLAR RADIO TELESCOPE . Siberian solar radio telescope data at 5.7 GHz in I SOHO EIT 171 SOHO EIT 195 SOHO EIT 304 MDI Continuum MDI Magnetogram . ...