... Apr 14, 2016 - Monthly Meeting . ... The Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ATMoB) is an astronomy club devoted to telescope making, observing, and studying the heavens. ... CURRENT MOON . ... April Sky . ... Lyrids Meteor Shower . ... Sources: NASA JPL Space Calendar , StarDate Online , Sky Telescope , Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics , RASC Observer’s Handbook , Abrams Planetarium Sky Calendar and Astronomy Magazine . ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

... Home Observing Great Kills, Staten Island . ... Clear Sky Chart . ... Great Kills, Staten Island . ... Beyond New York City . ... Observing Resources for Amateur Astronomers - Part 1: Beginning Observers . ... A History of the First Forty Years of the Amateur Astronomers Association . ... Amateur Astronomers Medal . ... Take the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge (1 on Staten Island map) to Staten Island. ... 2016 Amateur Astronomers Association of New York Designed by Press Customizr Powered by . ...

View Edit Attributes History Attach Print Search . ... Observing . ... Documentation . ... PPTA timeline . ... Editing this wiki . ... Observing at Parkes is divided into two 6-month observing semesters, and proposed observations are listed in the current semester of the Parkes Observing Schedules and Rosters . ... Familiarise yourself with the current remote observing documentation listed below . ... Current PPTA remote observing documentation . John Sarkissian's Pulsar Remote Observing Guide . ...

Commentary on: A Mathematical Programming Algorithm for Planning and Scheduling an Earth Observing SAR Constellation, by Nicola Bianchessi and Giovanni Righini David Kortenkamp TRACLabs Inc. at NASA Johnson Space Center ER2 Houston Texas 77058 kortenkamp@jsc.nasa.gov Introduction This paper describes a method for scheduling observations by earth-observing satellites. The underlying problem is translated into a directed acyclic graph for each satellite. ...

Arecibo Galaxy Environment Survey (AGES) The precursor run is finally complete. Here are some initial results that illustrate the success of the observing technique and also areas where we had problems. ... The channel range selected was the inner 3696 channels, thus avoiding the increase in noise at the edge of the bandpass. ... Each frame of the movie is an image of the observing region from each individual velocity (or frequency) channel in the datacube. ...

... Observing . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Problems posed by massive stars . ... These questions were at least part of the motivation when CУЕssio Barbosa of Brazil's University of SУ?o Paulo and Donald Figer of the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore surveyed observers and theorists to see what they believed were the most pressing problems concerning massive stars. ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ...

The Project ASTRO BOSTON program is sustained through the generous support of numerous science and educational institutions in the greater Boston area. These members support the program by donating facilities and other resources for workshops, co-sponsoring ASTRO workshops and events, sharing their expertise and knowledge in the science education community, and by collaborating on many different aspects of the project. ... Boston Museum of Science . ... Bunker Hill Community College . ...

The AstroGuide . ... AstroGuide | ... AstroGuide Listing . ... See many more Astronomy Listings by: Category or Alphabet . The ATMoB is a group of about 300 individuals in the greater Boston area. In addition to telescope making, our club members are involved in star, comet, and planetary observing. ... Web Site . ... Web . ... Unless otherwise specified, web site content Copyright 1994-2016 John Huggins All Rights Reserved . dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

... This telescope is also able to be used in a non-assisted manner. ... Upon availability, the use of the Club's 10" dobsonian mount telescope. Upon availability, the use of the Club's 16" Meade LightBridge telescope. ... Use of the Club's Coronado Personal Solar Telescope and Cemax Eyepieces. Use of the Club's Video Eyepieces. ... Use of Club Binoculars. ... It's all part of being here and just one of many telescopes that are the benefit of being a member of the Richland Astronomical Society. ...

Large sunspots were occasionally seen far in the past without any instruments, when the sun was dimmed by thick haze, but not much was remembered of those observations. ... Sunspot Cycle (1850 - 1975) . One who was greatly influenced by Schwabe's discovery was an English gentleman of independent means, Richard Christopher Carrington , who devoted himself to the study of sunspots. ... Carrington had seen a flare, of the rare variety that is visible in white light (only about 50 are known). ...

How do I report problems I've encountered using NEdit ? ... If you have a problem which is not covered in the on-line help, in this FAQ, or in the README file specific to your system, you can report it to discuss@nedit.org (usage questions) or, develop@nedit.org (error reports). ... Below are some suggestions for information you can provide to help in diagnosing your problem. ... As of version 5.2 a summary with build information is present under 'Version' in the Help menu. ...

... Science . ... Science Users Information > Science Activities > PhD Thesis Topics offered by ESO Faculty Members . ... Science Users Information . ... Data Handling and Products . ... Science Data Products Forum . ... ESO Data . ... ESO Data Access Policy . ... ESO Science Newsletter . ... ESO astronomers often are working on scientific programmes and data sets that are suited for PhD theses. This page gives an overview over what is currently offered by Faculty astronomers. ... Thesis topic . ...

... ASRAS Board Members . ... Site . ... ASRAS Board Positions . ... President - . ... The president has many responsibilities like running monthly meetings, running the monthly board meeting, representing ASRAS at local events like star parties, planetarium events, RMSC events, the monthly newsletter presidents message, etc .. ... The Vice Presidents position is mainly to assist the president and back them up if they cant make a major function like a general meeting or write the newsletter pres message...

... Events INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROBLEMS AND PROSPECT OF THE PROPULSION ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT . ... INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROBLEMS AND PROSPECT OF THE PROPULSION ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT . ... Development prospects and use of engines for aviation, space - rocket systems, motor transport mechanical engineering and stationary power supply installations . ... Propulsion engineering, power engineering and space vehicle ecology problems . ...

... Clear skies, Terry . ... SPECIAL IAA VISIT TO ARMAGH PLANETARIUM: Friday 29 August, 7.30 p.m. A special visit to see the superb exhibition of model spacecraft at the Planetarium has been arranged. ... Telescope Day at the Argory, near Moy, Co Tyrone, Sat 13 September, 2-5 p.m. We have been asked to provide a display of telescopes, with solar observing if clear, at a special event at the National Trust House, The Argory , not far off the M1, near Moy. ... Speaker / Event . ... 6 th Sep . ...

This policy will be consulted whenever there are questions or disagreements concerning closure of the APO 3.5-meter telescope due to hazardous conditions or situations, at times when telescope operations are being overseen by an APO Observing Specialist. telescope operations will be suspended whenever conditions posing non-negligible risk to facilities or personnel arise; . the on-duty Observing Specialist has full responsibility, and sole authority, to make this decision. ...

... BigStarCatalogExtension::StarWrapper< Star > Class Template Reference . StarWrapper (const SpecialZoneArray < Star > *a, const SpecialZoneData < Star > *z, const Star *s) . ... getJ2000EquatorialPos (const StelCore *core) const . ... getVMagnitude (const StelCore *core, bool withExtinction=false) const . ... getSelectPriority (const StelCore *core) const . ... getInfoString (const StelCore *core, const InfoStringGroup &flags) const . ... getEquinoxEquatorialPos (const StelCore *core) const . ...

... The First (Experimental) International Astronomy Olympiad . The following olympic problems were proposed for the participants on the theoretical part: Grades 8-10 . ... Why is it sometimes better to use a small telescope in orbit around the Earth than it is to use a large telescope on a mountain top? ... What will an observer looking to the Moon through the telescope see? ... Paper with a drown circle and table of maximal elongations of Mercury and Venus had been done for participants. ...

... As a technical demonstration project for the NASA Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS), we have implemented remote observing on the 10-meter Keck II telescope on Mauna Kea from the Caltech campus in Pasadena. The data connection consists of ATM networks in Hawaii and California, running at OC-1 speeds (45 Mbit/sec), and high data rate (HDR) satellite antennae at JPL in Pasadena and Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu. ... These networks were connected via NASA's ACTS satellite. ...