... ESO is building what will be the World's largest optical telescope array, The Very Large Telescope (VLT). The VLT Project organisation is responsible for the design and construction of the Unit Telescopes, including enclosures, optics, adapter-rotators and coating unit. ... Unit Telescopes Overview - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ... Secondary mirror (M2 Unit) - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ... Coating Unit - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . Unexpected Impact on Jupiter . ... 8.09.2009 . ... First discovered by an amateur astronomer Anthony Wesley on 2009 July 19, the impact was quickly confirmed and even imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope the very next day. ... It is now thought that a small comet -- perhaps less than one kilometer across -- impacted Jupiter on or before 2009 July 19. ... July . ... Publications with keywords: Jupiter - impact . Publications with words: Jupiter - impact . ...

Although it s still invisible to the naked eye, Comet ISON (C/2012 S1) is brightening as expected. ... And, as we see here, long-exposure images also show the comet s greenish color. Adam Block captured this image through a 32-inch Schulman Telescope and an SBIG STX-16803 CCD camera. It's an RGB image with exposures of 18, 18, and 16 minutes, respectively, taken October 8, 2013, from the University of Arizona s Mount Lemmon SkyCenter . Adam Block ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2009 September 8 . Unexpected Impact on Jupiter . ... Explanation: Two months ago, something unexpected hit Jupiter. First discovered by an amateur astronomer Anthony Wesley on 2009 July 19, the impact was quickly confirmed and even imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope during the next week. ... About APOD | ...

... ATNF Home . ... About ATNF overview . ... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Parkes radio telescope . Australia Telescope Compact Array . ... CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, operates a number of world-class radio astronomy observatories that are collectively known as the Australia Telescope National Facility or ATNF. ... CSIRO also manages the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory, where the Square Kilometre Array telescope infrastructure in Australia is to be centred. ...

... A star party is a gathering of amateur astronomers who set up their telescopes and observe the dynamic night sky. ... Star parties are best scheduled during first quarter and waxing gibbous Moon. During full moon, the moon is so bright it obscures a view of other celestial objects and even the Moon is best viewed when NOT full. ... We will consult local weather forecasters and make a decision by 2:00p on the day of the star party. ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

... 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. ...

Магазин . ... Старейший магазин телескопов в России . ... Корзина 0 0 Р . ... Телескопы Celestron . ... Добавить в избранное . ... 49 990 Р . ... Мы рады приветствовать Вас в нашем специализированном магазине телескопов и других астрономических товаров. ... Интерес к звездам, к созерцанию неба, обычно приводит человека к желанию купить телескоп, который позволит ему увидеть своими глазами все далекие сокровища космоса, так красочно описываемые в книгах. ... Copyright TELESCOPE.RU, 2016. ...

... Images obtained using the Faulkes Telescope South, operated by Las Cumbres Observatory. ... The Faulkes Telescope Project and Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network had kindly given us the opportunity to use these telescopes and the observatory had booked us four sessions of controlling the telescope in order for us to make some observations on NEOs. ... Just before our first observing session on Friday, we were given a tour of the observatory building and its telescopes, by John McFarland...

... Размещена статья "Новая карта рельефа Марса" . ... К середине 60-х годов прошлого века многотрудные усилия астрономической общественности нашей страны (в то время Советского Союза) увенчались созданием научно-популярного журнала "Земля и Вселенная", ныне являющегося журналом Президиума РАН. ... Все это в известной степени находило отражение на страницах "Земли и Вселенной" - журнала, пропагандирующего достижения отечественной и мировой науки в области астрономии, космонавтики и комплекса наук о...

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... Planets . ... Earth Satellites . ... The newly discovered ?mega-Earth? ... Its sibling, the lava world Kepler-10b, is in the background (the two planets? proximity is grossly exaggerated) .€а Kepler-10c has a diameter of about 29 000 km, 2.3 times as large as Earth, and weighs 17 times as much. ... The first mega-earth to be discovered is Kepler-10c which orbits a star lying about 560 light years from the Sun in the constellation Draco. ... Astronomers Find a New Type of Planet: The ?Mega-Earth? ...

The overall efficiency (including atmospheric transmission, reflectivity of the telescope mirrors and overall efficiency of the optics and of the detector) for broad-band imaging should be about 25% in H and K, and about 15% in J. The main noise source for both broad- and narrow-band imaging should be the photon noise associated to the background+source flux. ... Flat fielding (and possibly background subtraction) might increase the noise by a factor 2 ? ...

... 06aug11:tx sample voltages are displayed for the 1st ipp of the file (.ps) ( .pdf ): . ... Rdev setup for sine wave. 10 millisecond ipp fed into rdev from sps. sine wave= 30MHz+ 11160 hz, amp=14dbm. took 4 files of data (about 60 seconds/file). ... Page 2: Measure phase differences (Data[0] -Tx[0]) for 6000 ipps . ... The measured phase (tx to data) is off by about .5 usecs from the expected time difference. 2nd: phTxSmp[0,ipp+1]-phTxSmp[0,ipp]: The change in tx sample 0 from 1 ipp to the next. ...

... In this optical CCD frame, taken at Lick Observatory, the dark spots are clearly visible. In fact, these should now be visible through a 4-inch telescope with good image scale and atmospheric conditions. ... HST comparison of Violet and Ultraviolet Images of Dark Holes . ... The contrast is best in the longest wavelength image as Jupiter is fairly dark there due to upper atmospheric absorption by methane. ... True Color IR image (jpeg format) . ... I will post some of those images here. ...

STScI . ... What is STScI . ... Hubble Heritage Project . ... Research . Research Staff Directory . Journal Clubs and Research Groups . Colloquia . ... Hubble Fellowships . ... Youth for Astronomy and Engineering . ... Engineering Technology Colloquia . ... Operates the science program for the Hubble Space Telescope and will conduct the science and mission operations for the James Webb Space Telescope and supports other astronomy programs and conducts world-class scientific research. ...

. Предисловие. Введение. Глава 1. НЕМНОГО ТЕОРИИ. 1. Свет, оптические детали и характеристики систем. 2. Конические сечения. Поверхности вращения. 3. Как работает телескоп? . 4. Простейший телескоп. 5. Аберрации. 6. Ахроматические линзы. 7. Идеальный объектив и тонкая структура изображения. 8. Разрешающая сила телескопа. 9. Предельные увеличения телескопа. 10. Эффективность телескопа. 11. Типы телескопов.

Your First Telescope . Articles | ... Next to "What telescope should I buy?" this is the most common question I usually get asked. ... What you can see depends on a lot of factors, including the type of telescope you bought, the quality of your local seeing conditions, and your level of skill. ... As a result, an experienced observer might enjoy deep sky objects in an 80 mm refractor, while a beginner with a light bucket next door is still struggling to find the Orion Nebula. ...

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... Bad Astronomy . ... Mad Science . ... Site Info . ... Public Talks . ... Keep Bad Astronomy close to your heart, and help make me filthy rich. ... Who is this guy who calls himself "The Bad Astronomer?" ... First, yes, I am a real live astronomer (when people ask me what astronomers do, I tell them "They astronom !" ... These are emitted by powerful objects like black holes, exploding stars, and super-dense neutrons stars. ... Finally, am I really a bad astronomer? ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...