For Cycle 9 the Science Program Selection Office (SPSO) has changed the selection process to ensure that HST will continue to perform the best possible science with the best return for the astronomical community. This report summarizes the changes to the selection process and offers suggestions on writing an effective proposal that accounts for these changes. ... Fewer panels: With more orbits to allocate, each panel will have more flexibility, especially to approve the somewhat larger proposals. ...

... Stellar Evolution is driven entirely by the never ending battle between Pressure and Gravity . As imbalances are reached, the star is driven to find a new Energy source. ... Pressure and gravitational forces are equal, the star is stable and its core is sufficiently hot to fuse Hydrogen into Helium More about main sequence stars . ... The luminosity generated by the core fusion of Helium into Carbon is far greater than the shell luminosity associated with the fusion of Hydrogen into Helium. ...

The Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences will organize a traditional International conference ?Physics and Evolution of Magnetic and Related stars? during the period from August 25 to August 31, 2014. ... evolution of CP and related stars, . ... interplay of pulsations and magnetism in B, A, and F stars, . ... chemical abundance patterns of CP and related stars, . magnetic white dwarfs, . ... Laboratory for the Stellar Magnetism Study of SAO of RAS . ...

The very metal-poor local dwarf galaxies - the analogs of primordial galaxies in young Universe . ... The goal of this project is the study of the properties of the local eXtremely Metal-Deficient (XMD) dwarf galaxies. ... S.A. Pustilnik, J.-M. Martin . ... Pustilnik S.A. "Dark galaxies" and local very metal-poor gas-rich galaxies: possible interrelations, in: Dark Galaxies and Lost Baryons, Edited by J.Davies and M.Disney, Proceedings of IAU Symposium No. 244, held 25-30 June, 2007 in Cardiff, UK. ...

... These are ``quirks'' rather than ``bugs''. Below is a list of quirks. When loading a file and ``Reset Intensity Upon File Load'' is disabled, the intensity range of the previous image will be used. ... When moving between two images (such as when blinking, or when loading a new image), the display system attempts to retain the old image parameters (i.e. zoom box). What is retained are the corners of the zoom box measured in image pixel co-ordinates, not world co-ordinates. ...

Next: Black Hole Creation in Up: No Title Previous: Periodic radiosource LSI+61 303 . Several candidates for binary BH with optical companions are known at present (see van Paradijs and McClintock, 1993,[ 208 ] for a review). They must be products of the evolution љ of binary systems with massive companions. Lipunov et al. (1994b)[ 124 ] calculated the expected number of BH+PSR binaries following directly from the modern scenario of binary star evolution using the Scenario Machine. ...

... Unexpected Galaxy String in the Early Universe . ... 20.01.2004 . ... NSF , NASA Explanation: How could such a long string of galaxies form so early in the universe? Several new measurements of galaxies and clusters in the early universe are reporting structures involving galaxies and clusters that are larger than expected with the new standard "dark-energy" cosmology . ... Publications with keywords: galaxies - early universe . Publications with words: galaxies - early universe . ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2015 May 31 . Supernova 1994D and the Unexpected Universe . Image Credit: High-Z Supernova Search Team , HST , NASA . Explanation: Long ago, far away, a star exploded. ... Supernova 1994D was not of interest for how different it was, but rather for how similar it was to other supernovae . ... About APOD | ...

... December 30, 1998 . Supernova 1994D and the Unexpected Universe . Credit: High-Z Supernova Search Team , HST , NASA . Explanation: Far away, long ago, a star exploded. ... Supernova 1994D was not of interest for how different it was, but rather for how similar it was to other supernovae . ... The large number and great distances to supernovae measured in 1998 have been interpreted as indicating that we live in a previously unexpected universe . ... About APOD > . ... NASA Technical Rep.: ...

... Science Activities > PhD Thesis Topics offered by ESO Faculty Members > Thesis Topic: ALMACAL: the evolution of the molecular gas in galaxies using ALMA calibrator observations . ... ALMA . ... ESO-MIDAS . ... It is therefore essential to probe the evolution of cold gas over cosmic time. ... We are looking for an enthusiastic PhD student who is interested in working with us in using ALMACAL to address exciting and topical science questions related to the evolution of molecular gas in galaxies. ...

... Predicting the 1999 Leonid Storm : David Asher also explained previous Leonid meteor storms (notably the great storms of 1833 and 1966), and together with Rob McNaught (Australian National University, Siding Spring Observatory) made accurate predictions for the times of the `normal' storm trails of the Leonids. The prediction for the 1999 storm (for November 18 02 08 ) turned out to be `spot-on', and made headlines around the world. ...

Astronomy Discussion Forums . ... I Expected More Sense Than That. ... Post Message | ... Posted by Richard D. Stafford, Ph.D. on November 8, 2002 04:14:05 UTC . ... You are missing the point - harvey1 - November 8, 2002 - 13:10 UTC . I hope Stafford doesn't mind my intruding his forum - mrsouza - November 8, 2002 - 14:55 UTC . ... www.astronomy.net . ... Forum posts are Copyright their authors as specified in the heading above the post. "dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

Main planetology and astrophysics scientific tasks of gamma-spectrometry GRS and detector HEND . ... The origin of Mars . The ratio of natural radioactive isotopes 19 K/ 92 U will allow to estimate the temperature of proto-planetary cloud in the point of Mars creation . ... Abundance of main elements at valleys and at plateaus will allow to determine their ages . ... Water as a factor of Mars global evolution, the presence of water and water ice under the surface in the present time . ...

... Analysis of in-orbit data closely follow the CSL data analysis. Stars with known astrometric positions are matched with their image centroids. ... The measured position, the expected position and the offset between the measured and expected positions are calculated and written into a file. ... select catalogued positions for different observations/pointings (e.g. positions of objects in photometric sequence) . ... The new distortion map was generated from in-flight observations of the G153 field. ...

... S.P. KOROLEV ROCKET AND SPACE CORPORATION ENERGIA . ... OAO RSC "Energia" . ... Company's History . ... History . Brief History of Rocket and Space Technology . ... Flights Chronology . ... Project History . ISS Russian Segment . Steps of ISS Assembly . Spaceflights Chronology . Chronology of Extravehicular Activity . ISS 45/46 . ... Rocket Space Complexes . ... Launches Chronology . ... Automatic Space Systems . ... HISTORY . ... 2015 JSC "S.P. Korolev RSC "Energia" . ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... Observing . ... Bob Berman . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... Dave's Universe . ... Bob Berman's Strange Universe . Bob Berman's strange universe: Expect a surprise . ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... If you are already registered on Astronomy.com, please log in below. ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ...

... 06aug11:tx sample voltages are displayed for the 1st ipp of the file (.ps) ( .pdf ): . ... Rdev setup for sine wave. 10 millisecond ipp fed into rdev from sps. sine wave= 30MHz+ 11160 hz, amp=14dbm. took 4 files of data (about 60 seconds/file). ... Page 2: Measure phase differences (Data[0] -Tx[0]) for 6000 ipps . ... The measured phase (tx to data) is off by about .5 usecs from the expected time difference. 2nd: phTxSmp[0,ipp+1]-phTxSmp[0,ipp]: The change in tx sample 0 from 1 ipp to the next. ...

Post-Asymptotic Giant Branch (post-AGB) stars bear signatures of the entire chemical and morphological changes that occur prior to and during the AGB phase of evolution. ... In this talk, I will present two important outcomes of this survey. Firstly, this survey resulted in a well characterised sample of binary and single post-AGB stars. ... However, some objects show peculiar chemical signatures which do not correspond to the accepted single/binary star evolution and nucleosynthesis. ...

The project of the informational system creation on the problem of evolution of radio galaxies, as a part of the "Big Trio" project aimed on studing of distant radio galaxies, is designed. This system allows a user to operate with simulated curves of spectral energy distributions (SED) to estimate ages and redshifts by photometry data. Authors use SEDs of several models for different types of galaxies. ... The HTTP and e-mail access is organized to this system. ...

... Over the first 4 years, its X-ray telescopes eROSITA and ART-XC will survey the whole sky with a record sensitivity in the 0.5-10 keV energy band. ... The goal of the second international Spectrum-RG conference is to discuss the different scientific topics addressed by the mission, synergies with surveys at other wavelengths, and requirements to follow-up observations.Contributed talks and poster presentations are invited on the topics related to the SRG science goals. ... Active galactic nuclei . ...