... We demonstrate through numerical simulations that model parameters estimated with our technique are essentially bias-free, even when the average number of counts per bin is 1. ... The IW technique avoids such biases by estimating through successive iterations, where for each iteration, j, , and the best-fit parameters are determined by minimization of . ... In our sample, we find that the minimum values and best-fit parameters converge after about 6 iterations. ...

... Astrophysics Group . ... COAST . COAST Astronomical Results . ... Surface Imaging of Betelgeuse . ... This page highlights some astronomical results obtained with COAST over the years. These are listed in chronological order (most recent first). ... Measurements of cyclic variations in the angular diameter of Chi Cygni . ... The first infrared image from an aperture synthesis array . ... The images of Betelgeuse below were reconstructed from COAST data taken in early 2004. ...

... Science Users Information > Science and Technical Meetings > Conferences 1998 > eso-osa98 . ... The European Southern Observatory and the Optical Society of America are cosponsoring for the second time a topical meeting on Adaptive Optics. ... The meeting will cover the full range of topics from astronomical observational results and techniques, to foreseen breakthroughs in astrophysics due to new generation systems, from data reduction techniques, to AO system engineering and developments. ...

Next: Bibliography Up: On the metallicities of Previous: Observations and data reduction . The results of chemical abundance determination for the studied galaxies are presented in Table 2 . The comparison of the respective data for UM 133 and UM 382 with the abundance ratios from Izotov & Thuan ([ 1999 ]) shows that they well agree with the derived average values for the sample of low metallicity BCGs. ... The full range of the velocity curve is about 100 km s -1 . ... UM 133 . ... UM 283 . ...

Next: Accretion Disks with Up: StarsStellar Populations, Previous: Spectroscopic Analysis of . ... We present and discuss spatially resolved spectra of the accretion disk and the gas stream region as a function of distance from disk center, the spectrum of the uneclipsed light, and the radial temperature distribution in the ultraviolet. Keywords: Accretion disks, Cataclysmic variables . ... In this paper we report on the HST spectral mapping of the nova-like UX UMa. ...

Proceedings of Turbulent Shear Flows XI , 1997. NASA Technical Paper # 3555 , 1997. Proceedings of European Turbulence Conference VI , 1996. ESPRI Research Report # 104, 117-143 (1996) . ... Proceedings of Turbulent Shear Flows X , 1995. ASME Paper 95-GT-437 , 1995. ... Invited AIAA Paper 94-2281 presented at the 1994 AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference, Colorado Springs, CO. AIAA Paper 94-2323, presented at the 1994 AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference, Colorado Springs, CO. ...

... October 6, 15:00 15:40 . ... PDF [2.3б MB] October 6, 15:40 16:30 . Warren Skidmore (TMT), Reed Riddle (TMT), Angel Otarola (TMT), Sebastian Els (TMT), Tony Travouillon (TMT), Matthias Schoeck (TMT), R. Dahl (ISIS), D. Naylor (ISIS), R. Querel (ISIS) . The results of the characterization of precipitable water vapor (PWV) in the atmospheric column carried out in the context of identifying potential sites for the deployment of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) are presented. ...

... Confirm Dark Galaxy Existence . ... New evidence from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope in the Netherlands has been used to rule out all but one of the ideas put forward to explain the existence of VIRGOHI 21, an intergalactic gas cloud 50 million light-years from the Earth. ... Are there more such dark galaxies out there? ... Credit: R. Minchin / Arecibo Observatory / Cardiff University / Isaac Newton Telescope / Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope . ...

THE PHOTOMETRIC RESEARCHS OF THE MERCURY'S SURFACE BY MEANS OF DIGITAL MODELS. ... The surface brightness of Mercury was measured Danjon (1933, 1949, 1953) and Harris (1961) in phase angle 3o-123o. The analysis of the various data of the integral photometric gives the results of determination of the main photometric constants for Mercury. ... THE PHOTOMETRIC RESEARCHS OF THE MERCURY'S SURFACE: S.G. Pugacheva The surface brightness of the Mercurian images was established on the geologic map Mercury. ...

Do we need various assumptions to get a good FCN? A new multiple layer spectral method Cheng-li HuangMian Zhang Shanghai Astron. ... No FCN ! ... FCN,FCN,FCN.. Multiple layer spectral method (MLSM) + Linear Operator Method (LOM) Finite Element Method (FEM) · · Traditional approach solves one order ellipsoid only. ... Main Idea of FEM Boundary Surface could be described as: Let's consider how to solve the dynamic equation: Traditional Approach: Equivalent Spherical Domain . ...

Peremennye Zvezdy ( Variable Stars ) 35 , No. ... We present the results of our new observations of QS Draconis, a recently discovered double-mode high-amplitude Scuti variable, HADS(B) type. ... Our CCD observations in the Johnson bands were performed at the Tien Shan Astronomical Observatory of the V.G. Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute, at the altitude of 2750 m above the sea level. ... The finding chart (Fig. 1) identifies the variable star, comparison star, and check star. ... Fig. ...