This source is hiding behind our Galaxy at a distance of ~18 Mpc, located at a galactic latitide of 0 degrees. ... As we look towards longer wavelengths, 60 micron, to try and penetrate the Galactic Plane, we still see confusion from galactic sources. ... If the image seems some what confusing that is because the MOST is a continuum radio telescope and when it looks in the direction of our Galaxy it detects radiation from sources within our Galaxy and from sources that may lie behind our Galaxy. ...

... Two weeks ago, the BATSE instrument on the orbiting NASA Great Observatory Compton detected unusually bright flashes of gamma-rays from a point deep in the southern sky. This gamma-ray burst was also recorded by the orbiting Beppo-SAX satellite , which downlinked an accurate position followed by the world's largest optical telescopes. ... Publications with keywords: gamma-ray burst - unusual - optical transient - gamma ray . ... Gamma Ray Bursting . ... A Mystery in Gamma Rays . ...

... HST . ... HST Overview . ... Target Acquisition Reference Information Figure 7.1 on page 88 shows mean predicted count rates as a function of (B - V) 0 color for the four acquisition mirrors. Also shown are the fits to the predicted count rates for different amounts of reddening. ... Read from the Figures (depending on the mirror used) the predicted count rate. ... Early in Cycle 4 a Tau was acquired with mirror A2 and the count rate seen was 246 in 0.2 seconds, within 15% of the predicted value. ...

SKA-3 instrument consists of two energy-angle ( EA ) electrostatic analyzers and two energy-mass ( EM ) time-of-flight analyzers. ... Here you can find more details about SKA-3 instrumentation set. ... Case 218 . ... satellite's trajectory in geomagnetic frame ( blue coloured), UFSIPS scan location and observation moment ( red coloured), interval of the SKA-3 observations ( green coloured) . ... a view of the Nothern polar region at the moment of UFSIPS observations, the scan location is red coloured. ...

... Meta Index / Home Page This section documents warnings and errors generated by this task (if any). ... error . ... The exact error is reported. corrective action: Move on to the next set of tests. ... odfcheck has detected that the attitude is more than allowedbadattitudefraction% of the time more than nrms r.m.s. away from the median. corrective action: Continue. ... odfcheck detected an error while running hkgtigen . The exact error is reported. corrective action: Continue with the current test. ...

... Ultraviolet study reveals surprises in Rosetta comet coma . The Rosetta spacecraft has discovered that electrons are responsible for the rapid breakup of water and carbon dioxide molecule's erupting from the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. ... COMET 67P | ROSETTA | ... Rosetta s continued close study of Comet 67P/ChuryumovТ- Gerasimenko has revealed an unexpected process at work close to the comet nucleus that causes the rapid breakup of water and carbon dioxide molecules. ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. May 26, 1999 . GRB 990510: Another Unusual Gamma Ray Burst . ... The type of powerful explosion that caused this gamma-ray burst is not only still unknown, but found to be fading in an unusual way . Tomorrow's picture: The Expanding Universe . ... About APOD > . ...

The Wind spacecraft. ... It was designed to observe the solar wind approaching Earth, from a position near the Lagrangian point L1, and it is part of the International Solar-Terrestrial Physics (ISTP) Initiative . ... The original plan called for "Wind" to approach its final station over two years, undergoing two close encounters with the Moon to boost its speed. ... For additional details and updates, see the home page of the "Wind" mission. Exploration" home page (index) Glossary . ...

To continue a command onto another line enter a ' \\ ' (backspace) character and then press <Return> . You can then continue entering the command. For example: rcp ubik:/home/roger/recipe.ps .; Return> lpr -Pps3 #6m recipe.ps . This copies the file recipe.ps from the home directory of the user roger on the remote host ubik to the users current directory. ... If you are using the Bourne, BASH or Korn shell a > character appears as a prompt at the start of the second command line. ...

Proposal Identification No.: A3024 Arecibo Observatory Date Received: 2015-Aug-23 11:27:57 William E. Gordon Telescope Observing Time Request COVER SHEET Section I - General Information Submitted for Sep 1 2015. ... The previous proposal number is 3024. ... While searches for radio emission from giant exoplanets have been in vain, at the higher end of this mass range, Route and Wolszczan (2012) have reported the revolutionary discovery of a T6.5 radio-flaring brown dwarf with a 900K temperature. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Space Flight . ... Posted on December 10, 2012 | No Comments Music can be a great way to relax and unwind. Many people play an instrument, are part of a band or enjoying listening to their favourite song on the radio [ ] . Continue Reading.. Posted on November 29, 2012 | ... Posted on September 20, 2012 | ... Posted on August 29, 2012 | ... Posted on July 3, 2012 | ... Posted on April 19, 2012 | ... Posted on January 19, 2012 | ...

Mariner 10 . ... Mariner 10 was the seventh successful launch in the Mariner spacecraft series, and the first to use the gravitational pull of one planet ( Venus ) to reach another ( Mercury ). ... It measured 1.39 meters (4.56 feet) diagonally and 0.457 meters (1.5 feet) in depth. ... Views of Mariner 10 . ... Venus/Mercury Mission . ... Launched in November 1973, this mission provided new information about Mercury and Venus in the Mariner program's first dual-planet mission. ...

Weaving together Astronomy+Statistics+Computer Science+Engineering+Intrumentation, far beyond the growing borders . ... Posts tagged ?Frequentist? ... Continue reading ?[ ... Tags: Bayesian , Frequentist , Ping Zhao , question for statisticians , weighted mean . Category: Bad AstroStat , Fitting , Frequentist , Stat , Uncertainty | 18 Comments . ... Category: arXiv , Quotes | Comment . ... Category: arXiv | ... Category: Bayesian , Fitting , Frequentist , Jargon , Stat , Uncertainty | ...

... Instead, new evidence obtained using the UK's Infrared Telescope (UKIRT) in Hawaii, spins a different story. Streams of spinning bullets have been discovered. These infrared bullets, moving at prodigious speeds, deposit the spin far away from the birth region'' , stated Armagh Observatory astronomer Dr. Michael Smith. ... Now, using the UK Infrared telescope in Hawaii fitted with sensitive instruments, a team of astronomers have found evidence that the jets of bullets are spinning. ...

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Next: Getting the Dispersion Up: Geometric Correction Previous: Geometric Correction . For optimum results, it is important to use a comparison spectrum with as high a signal-to-noise ratio of the lines as possible. ... The algorithm detects lines whose strength exceeds a certain threshold (parameter THRES ) above the local background. ... The command IDENTIFY/LONG allows an initial interactive identification, by wavelength, of some of the detected lines. ...

... Data Handling and Products > Data Reduction FAQ > Why do I get the message that "no slits could be detected", even though in the raw frames I can clearly see the slits? ... Observing with ESO Telescopes . ... ESO-MIDAS . ... ESO Data . ... ESO HST Image Galleries . ... ESO Data Access Policy . ... ESO Science Newsletter . ... ESO Annual Reports . ... Seminars at ESO Santiago . ... Seminars at ESO Garching . ... ESO Telescope Bibliography . ... Last Update: 04.04.14 ESO . ...

... The Science Operation Department is composed of Astronomers, Telescope Instruments Operators(TIOs) and Data Handling Administrators(DHAs). ... Astronomers have proposed several methods to quantitatively measure the amount of turbulence above the telescope, which the most common ones is Differential Image Motion Monitor (DIMM). In optical testing, the Hartmann test is the common method to test the quality of optical components. ... Hartmann mask consists of 48 lenses. ...

... Polish scientists at the Space Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, in Wroclaw, south-west Poland, have constructed an instrument called SphinX (short for Solar PHotometer In X-rays), which is an X-ray spectrophotometer, that will obtain spectra in the energy range 0.5--15 keV in 256 energy channels with frequency of up to 100 times a second. ... SphinX is part of a package of instruments known as TESIS (PI Prof. Sergei Kuzin, Lebedev Institute, Moscow). ... Space Research Centre, . ...

Target: Venus . The Soviet VEGA Spacecraft Two remarkable "busloads" of automated spacecraft were launched toward Venus by the Soviet Union in December of 1984. Each one contains three separate modules: one lander and one balloon-carried atmosphere probe to be dropped off at Venus in June, 1985, and one major package of instruments which will continue on to encounter Halley's Comet in March, 1986. ... Venus and Earth: A Comparison . Earth . ... in Earth days) . ... 243 Earth days . ...