ATMoB "Double Star Award " Guidelines Purpose: To promote observing among the membership of the Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston ­ in particular, double, triple, and multiple stars. Introduction: Double, triple, and multiple stars are the "Rodney Dangerfields" of the night sky. ... W hile they can be observed under a variety of sky conditions, double stars ­ especially close ones ­ are best viewed on nights when the seeing is steady. ... The direction from a star to Polaris is north. ...

MINUTES of the RadioAstron Teleconference on May 30, 2006 V. Slysh chaired the teleconference. The agenda of the teleconference and the list of participants are attached to the Minutes. ... N.Kardashev informed the participants on the status of interactions with NASA. ... Canada NRAO, USA ASC, Russia ASC, Russia NRAO, USA NRAO, USA MPIfR/ASC MPIfR, Germany NRAO, USA ASC, Russia NRAO, USA ISAS, Japan ASC, Russia JPL, USA NRAO, USA ASC, Russia ASC, Russia ESA, the Netherlands ...

... Down), have conducted astrometric observations of main-belt and near-Earth asteroids using the Observatory's ST-7 CCD camera attached to the Armagh Planetarium's 10-inch Meade Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope. Three main-belt asteroids were observed, namely (304)Olga, (849)Ara and (1146)Biarmia. ... It is believed that these observations were also the first Earth-approaching near-Earth asteroid to be observed with the Faulkes Telescope (see http://star.arm.ac.uk/press/2000PH5.html). ...

... SpaceX Dragon attached to space station in spaceflight first . ... The SpaceX Dragon is seen berthed to the International Space Station's Harmony module. ... The International Space Station's Expedition 31 crew grappled and attached SpaceX's Dragon capsule to the space station Friday, May 25. ... The Dragon capsule lifted off May 22 from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. ... Only registered members of Astronomy.com are allowed to comment on this article...

... Observing . ... This Month's Sky . ... This Month's Sky - 2015 . ... Beyond New York City . ... Observing Resources for Amateur Astronomers - Part 1: Beginning Observers . ... In cooperation with the New York City Department of Parks, the United States National Park Service, and other organizations, the Amateur Astronomers Association holds observing sessions at several locations in and around New York City. ... 2016 Amateur Astronomers Association of New York Designed by Press Customizr Powered by ...

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home publications > mercury . ... Astronomy Beat . ... Hitching a Ride on a Comet . Mercury, November/December 1996 Table of Contents . ... Late in the evening of Jan. 30, 1996 in Japan's Kyushu region, Yuji Hyakutake left his home in Kagoshima and drove to an observing site far from city lights. ... We bought our daughter a telescope to see the comet," she said, "and we can't see anything!" ... This helps us as we select the Guest Observer, and it helps readers to understand what you studied. ...

... The choice of the spectrograph design (Fig.2) is determined by the quantity R, the overall dimensions of the PF cage and the restrictions on the rigidity of the structure of the device. ... As the camera's objective a fast 4-lens aplanat is used having a focal distance F cam =140 mm and a relative aperture of 1:1.8, the resolution at the centre is no less than 80 gr/mm, that over the field at a distance of 3 mm from the edge along the frame ( ) diagonal is 35 gr/mm. ...

... New Mexico State University is seeking a technical and computer-oriented person as a Support Astronomer for nighttime astronomical observing at Apache Point Observatory (APO) with the Astrophysical Research Consortium (ARC) 3.5m Telescope. б  . ... Paper/email documents will not be accepted. ... TELESCOPE OPERATIONS SPECIALIST . ... Responsibilities include nightly operation of the 3.5m telescope and instruments, Quality monitoring the data streams and system performance and observing efficiency. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Armagh Planetarium . ... Space Flight . ... Posted on August 7, 2012 | No Comments The summer months have been particularly uneventful, or more so the events have been hard to spot in the bright summer nights but the month of August has some amazing [ ] . Continue Reading.. ... 2 Comments ItтАЩs the beautiful clear morning of 6 June 2012 here in Armagh and the Sun is rising into a cerulean blue sky.But look closer, and you can see a tiny [ ] . ...

Next: Observing Control at the UKIRT . ... A World Wide Web interface to the NOAO observing proposal form is now available. Proposal information is provided by users through a set of HTML forms and submitted to the NOAO server where it is processed by a Perl CGI script. Netscape users may optionally attach locally prepared PostScript figures or ASCII text files for inclusion in their proposals using that browser's file upload feature. ... Figure 1: A sample NOAO proposal Web form . ...

... This means it is the end-user's responsibility to insure that the telescope does not move into a configuration that may damage it, or damage accessories attached to it. ... This driver does take these limits into account, and attempts to keep the telescope away from the pier. ... If you are using this system to control an unattended telescope, I strongly recommend that you add mechanical switches in series with the DC supply on the motor drive. ...

... NICS will be the only infrared instrument for the first light of the TNG; as a consequence, we decided to incorporate a sufficient degree of operation flexibility by providing the instrument with six different observing modes, three aimed at imaging and three at spectroscopy: . ... It will be possible to use the narrow band filters as order sorters; this will allow to perform high resolution long-slit spectroscopy in the wavelength ranges covered by the available narrow band filters. ...

... The system is not yet perfect. Some improvements for the future are listed in this section. The Compuscope filter wheel can be attached to the Lynxx camera. ... The filter wheel also has three empty positions. Additional filters would be useful. ... A second PC would also allow the filter wheel to be run in a different mode. Presently, the filter wheel is run in a pop-up window mode. ... A beta test version of new data Acquisition software, called The Sky is on order. ...

... Zodiacal Light and the False Dawn . ... An unusual triangle of light will be particularly bright near the eastern horizon before sunrise during the next two months for observers in Earth's northern hemisphere. Once considered a false dawn, this triangle of light is actually Zodiacal Light, light reflected from interplanetary dust particles. APOD: 2004 August 24- Supply Ship Approaches the Space Station . ... Looking Out Over Mars . ... Earth at Night . ... Lightning on Earth . ... August . ...

... Under certain conditions, like those in the nucleus of a QSO, all atoms can be made to emit light at particular wavelengths. ... If that source is approaching the observer, the wave is squashed up onto itself making the wavelength shorter. ... This is redshift. ... You can see how the section of the QSO spectrum which we observe changes with redshift. ... We then see how far we had to slide the observed spectrum along the scale to make it match and that is the objects redshift. ... The 2QZ team . ...

The AstroGuide . ... AstroGuide | ... Other Sites . ... AstroGuide Listing . ... See many more Astronomy Listings by: Category or Alphabet . A group who goes out in rural areas to observe mainly using PA gameland parking lots. ... They are an E-mail/telephone alerting service for observing. ... Erie, PA 16509 . ... Web Site . ... Web . ... Unless otherwise specified, web site content Copyright 1994-2016 John Huggins All Rights Reserved . dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

RADIOASTROPHYSICAL DEPARTMENT • INSTITUTE OF SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS RAS SB . Research results on fast active processes General information Main characteristics of the Radio telescope Observing programs General view of the antenna array Main research areas Principle of generation of radio images Radio telescope's beam Receiving systems Main characteristics of the base receiving-recording complex Calibrations Data archive and databases ... Distribution of the recorded spikes in duration . ...

... This applet generates an observing list based on an observer's location and time. ... To use this program, enter in your location, and the local times at which you wish to begin and end observing. The date you enter should correspond to the calendar day at the time at which you begin observing. For example, if you wish to observe from 9:37 PM October 23, 2007 until 3:21 AM October 24, 2007, you would enter 21:37 for the starting time, 03:21 for the finish time, and 10/23/2007 for the date. ...

NMW survey overview . Access image archive . ... The New Milky Way survey aims to detect bright (V<13.5) optical transients near the Galactic plane using an automated wide-field (8x6 deg.) system capable of surveying the whole Milky Way area visible from the observing site in one night. ... All images obtained during the transient search survey are available online (please use the image archive access form ). ... Images per field: . ... Images per night: . ... Milky Way imaging time: . ...