... In this activity, students will observe that the faintest stars which they can see in the sky are affected by many things: the adaptation of their eyes to the dark, the presence of clouds or haze, the time of year, and the presence of light pollution. General Information . ... After completing this activity, students should have a better understanding of the practical processes for dealing with the light pollution problem and with other environmental and societal issues. << previous page | ...

... NB The next 2 columns will only be present if the parameter usecat has been set to true . ... Source parameters such as count-rates, magnitudes and semi-major axes, are given in sub-tables-eg the column CORR_RATE is actually a vector column containing the values for each filter. ... QUALITY FLAGS Each source has an associated ``quality flag''. ... 0 1 Source lies above one or more bad pixels . ... QFLAG The quality flag for each source in each filter obtained from the input source-lists. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Armagh Planetarium . ... Space Flight . ... Science Fiction . ... Image credit: Belfast Met) . Space Camp attendees had a jam packed week full of astronomical activities from building a rocket, to learning about the diverse career paths in space science. ... Belfast Met are grateful for the support of the Department for Employment and Learning, Invest NI and summer camp sponsors that have supported the delivery of these exciting summer sessions. ...

http :// hea-www.harvard.edu / AstroStat / slog /2008/ google - sky / Weaving together Astronomy+Statistics+Computer Science+Engineering+Intrumentation, far beyond the growing borders Fri, 01 Jun 2012 18:47:52 +0000 hourly 1 http ://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 http :// hea-www.harvard.edu / AstroStat / slog /2008/ google - sky /comment-page-1/#comment-192 vlk Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:23:30 +0000 http :// hea-www.harvard.edu / ... The readers of this slog are very much recommended to explore the Google sky. ...

... Submitted by Al Takeda on 12/24/2012 23:22:03 . Large and Small Magellanic Clouds . These are 2 irregular dwarf galaxies that are members of the local group and are currently companions to our Milky Way galaxy. ... The Large Magellanic Cloud is 160,000 light years away and The Small Magellanic Cloud (in the constellation Tucana) is 200,000 light years away. They are 75,000 light-years apart from each other. ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

. Comment on J2209-2331 . Not detected: the source is probably extended, and was also not detected at 2.3 GHz by Preston et al. (1985). VLBApls home page . Last modified: 16 Oct 2000

Comment on the International Jubilee Symposium . ... The usefulness of the Internet as a method of holding international meetings without the expense of travel is also clear, but this new medium is not yet well established in this role. ... How can we move on with international cooperation in the World Wide Web era? I would like to suggest that NASA's Planetary Data System is a good model. ... At the same time, much might be done with older images, by scanning prints to create new digital files. ...

... FUSE is scheduled to be launched into orbit June of 1999. ... Below is an excerpt from the data sent to Commanding. record_type = FUVOB . ... start_time = 1999:356:07:27:08 . end_time = 1999:356:12:09:19 . comment = comment . ... record_type = ICSA . structure_id = B003A01 . ... duration = 60 . ... program_id = T208 . ... comment = "TARGET ACQUISITION SETUP ACTIVITY T208 03 03 " . ... event_time = 1999:356:07:55:35 . ... cross_time = 1999:356:07:56:25 . ... comment = comment; Copyright | ...

The Astronomical Society of Australia has been asked by STANDARDS AUSTRALIA to compile a list of "designated" optical observatories that are valuable resources for (i) research, (ii) education and (iii) community use. The ASA is the final arbiter of whether any particular observatory is so designated. ... Upon receipt of your application form, your observatory will be entered on a list of "Pending Designated Observatories" on the ASA Home Page. ... It will be emailed for you. ... Email . ...

The AstroGuide . ... AstroGuide | ... AstroGuide Listing . ... See many more Astronomy Listings by: Category or Alphabet . This organization of 140 + promotes astronomy-related activities for members and non-members, novice to expert. ... Last Update April 12, 2007 . Listed Since April 24, 2004 . ... Princeton, NJ 08543 . ... Web Site . ... Unless otherwise specified, web site content Copyright 1994-2016 John Huggins All Rights Reserved . dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

... Thus the FTE described below must be added to the AOF FTE budget. ... Activity Scientist overview of changes (R7M) Observing preparation tool ( section 15.1) Instrument Control Panel ( section 15.2) Modification of AOF / Hawk-I acquisition template ( section 15.3) Site quality monitoring and display ( section 15.5) Exposure Time Calculator ( section 15.6) Modification Observing Tool (OT3) ( section 15.8) TOTAL FTE effort 1 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 2.5 ...