Once students get the hang of it, they can find and measure the brightness of Delta Cephei in a few minutes. ... of Delta Cephei . ... Oct. ... The following table lists the measurements of Delta Cephei made by one amateur astronomer in autumn 1990. ... 4.0 . ... This activity is a simplified version of one that appeared in Hands-On Astrophysics, a series of activities prepared by the American Association of Variable Star Observers with support from the National Science Foundation. << previous page | ...

Follow-up observations with the University of Washington 0.76 m telescope at Manastash Ridge Observatory (MRO) of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) cataclysmic variable (CV) SDSS J170053+400358 are presented. ... They estimate that the dimming amounted to about 0.028 mag (using two comparison stars that were each about 4 mag fainter than HD 209458). only UW affiliated authors have been listed, student researchers are marked with an ``*'' . ... XTE J1859+226" UW affiliated authors: *Kevin Krisciunas. ...

... Outreach . ... COSMOS is a four-week residential program for talented high school students. Astronomy cluster students learn through inquiry-based activities about galaxy evolution and formation, variable stars, and other topics using observations they take with the 40" telescope at Lick Observatory. I participated for two years as an instructor of the Maui Akamai Short Course, which is part of the education and outreach program of the Center for Adaptive Optics . ... Assistant Astronomer . ...

... ATNF Home . ... About ATNF overview . ... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Parkes radio telescope . ... Information & tools for observers . ... Binary stars and variable stars are two extremely important groups of celestial objects. Observations of binary stars have allowed astronomers to determine the masses of stars and provided a wealth of information on the density, atmosphere and evolution of stars. ... The study of binary and variable stars reveals vital information about stars . ...

... CEPHEID VARIABLE STARS: A Cepheid variable or Cepheid is a member of a particular class of very luminous, massive variable stars with pulsation periods of 1-70 days. ... The relationship is calibrated using data collected from Cepheids whose distances are determined by other means. ... Browse through the 68 CCD fits images he sent you, using ds9 and locate the Cepheid variable. ... Image credits: ESA - "http://sci.esa.int/science-e-media/img/20/cepheid-variables.jpg" . ...

... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... Three sixth-form students from St Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh , used the Faulkes Telescope South in Australia in April to observe and measure HW Virginis , an unusual "binary" or double star system suspected to host one or two extrasolar planets orbiting the central stellar pair. ... Armagh Observatory and associated researchers hope to develop this work to look for further evidence of planet-hosting binary star...

Фонд поддержки научных образовательных и культурных инициатив "Траектория" и Специальная астрофизическая обсерватория РАН проводят Первую астрофизическую школу "Траектория" с 8-го по 21-е августа 2016 года. ... ведущий науч. сотрудник докт.физ.-мат. наук Григорий Меерович Бескин, . ведущий науч. сотрудник докт.физ.-мат. наук Олег Васильевич Верходанов, . ведущий науч. сотрудник докт.физ.-мат. наук Евгений Леонидович Ченцов . ...

... Samara State Aerospace University Students life Student clubs . Samara State Aerospace University provides a large number of students associations, clubs, sections and project groups. ... There is student press center at Samara State Aerospace University which includes: Kakovkin Illuminator photo club, Bort 3 video log, a journalists club and a students' radio station. ... Samara State Aerospace University also runs a students' volunteer center. ... Sputnik International Student Club . ...

Next: Week 3 Up: Training Previous: Week 1 . Now the student actually gets to use the telescope itself. ... They start with a first magnitude star. This can be difficult even for graduate students if they have never used a telescope before. ... The third assignment is any Messier object, and the last is a non discript eighth or ninth magnitude star. ... The last week's reading is reviewed and relevant sections of the telescope manuals are handed out. ... Mon Nov 25 15:41:03 EST 1996 ...

The AstroGuide . ... AstroGuide Listing . ... See many more Astronomy Listings by: Category or Alphabet . SEDS is an independent, student-based organization which promotes the exploration and development of space. SEDS pursues this mission by educating people about the benefits of space, by supporting a network of interested students, by providing an opportunity for members to develop their leadership skills, and inspiring people through our involvement in space-related projects. ... Web . ...

The participants have to be familiarized in advance with the site of the round during the daytime in the case the round (part of the round) organized during the night. In the case the round have a task with a telescope (except for observations with the already adjusted and guided telescope) every participant has to be familiarized with that actual telescope, on which one the participant will work during the round . ... APAO 2005 Irkutsk , IAO 2006 Bombay, APAO 2006 Vladivostok, IAO 2007 Crimea, . ...

... Lecture course (2015/2016) "Galactic Astronomy" (PPT, PPTX) (for 2nd grade students, in Russian) . ... Lecture course (2015/2016) "Astronomical Distances" (PPT) (for postgraduate students, in English) . Lecture course program "Galactic Astronomy" (DOC, for 2nd grade students, in Russian) . Lecture course program "The Elements of Stellar Dymamics" (for 4-5th grade students, in Russian) . Tutorials on astronomy (PDF, PS, DJVU, HTML) . ... My Reviews and Talks (In Russian) . ...

... News Research . ... Expert in the characterisation of magnetic activity and the coronae of slowly rotating (solar-type) and planet-hosting stars. ... Characterising the spectra of M dwarfs in the optical and NIR and studying the effects of strong magnetic fields. ... Experienced in modelling the coronae of planet-hosting cool stars and currently mapping magnetic fields in young pre-main sequence stars using HARPS spectropolarimetric data. ... Space Girls Space Women - Gaitee . Science Fuse . ...

... Observatory has four telescopes: . ... Zeiss-300 (D=300mm F=4500mm), visual . AVR-1 (D=200mm F=3000mm), visual . ... AZT-7 (D=200mm F=900mm), photometer . ... Zhujko Sergey V. Burlak Alexander N. Volod'ko Dmitry G. Pakhomov Yuriy V. Objects of research: . ... Variable stars . ... Moon . Covers stars by Moon . Field of research: . ... Questions and comments please mail to pakhomov@sai.msu.su . Yury V. Pakhomov . pakhomov@sai.msu.su . ...

... Moore Observatory is a research and advanced teaching facility of the University of Louisville. ... The 24-inch Ritchie Chretien (RC24) telescope is a research instrument used by faculty and graduate students involved in studies of exoplanets, optical properties of the atmosphere, and the development of imaging and spectroscopic technology. ... Kent (CDK20S) are collaboratively operated by the University of Louisville and the University of Southern Queensland for both research and education. ...

Next: The course and unit level Up: Ceilidh - On Line C Tutoring System Previous: Introduction . ... To enter the system at the general level, the appropriate command (which should have been set up by your computer systems administrator) is . ... q quit this session fs find student | ... text ceilidh only) in X the courses available appear on main window.This command tells you which courses are available and supported by the Ceilidh system, their full title and their abbreviation. vp . ...

... Professor Esko Valtaoja (Turku University, Director of Tuorla Observatory): "The problem of high-energy emission from AGN" . ... Associate Professor Harry Lehto (Tuorla): "Radio observations of GRS1915+105" . ... Dr. Alexander Riehokainen (Tuorla, Academy Researcher): "Multiwavelength observations of the Sun over a full activity cycle" . ... Ilona Torniainen (Metsahovi, PhD student): "Inverted-spectrum radio sources" . ... A Study of solar polar zone using eclipse data with RATAN-600 . ...

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... Research . ... Students . ... PlanetTreky: Treking the planets at Arecibo . ... Graduate Student, Ph.D. Candidate, Universidad de Granada . ... Current status: Undergraduate student at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez majoring in Physics . ... Current status: Research Assistant at the University of Texas at Austin . ... Current Status: Postdoctoral Researcher at Southwest Research Institute . ... How to Apply : Interested students should send an email to Dr. Rivera-Valentin . ...

A bright supernova, 1998S, has been found on March 3 by Chinese astronomers at Beijing Observatory. 1998S is located in NGC 3877 an UMa galaxy at R.A. = 11h46m06s, Decl. = +47o29'.0. ... Recent magnitude estimates show the star at around magn 12. ... It covers a field of 35'x35' and shows stars down to magnitude 15 and is mainly based on the GSC and USNO catalogues. ... Below follows a list of field and sequence stars located within ~20' from SN 1998S in NGC 3877: . ... TI (b-r)=+0.5 . ...