... These Frontier Fields will combine the power of HST with the natural gravitational telescopes of high-magnification clusters of galaxies. ... We are soliciting gravitational lensing maps for the last four Hubble Frontier Fields clusters (MACSJ0717.5+3745, MACSJ1149.5+2223, AbellS1063, and Abell 370) based upon the exceptionally deep HST FF imaging and other new ancillary data. ... For the full set of proposal instructions and requirements, see the FY16 Frontier Fields Lensing Map Call for Proposals....

... Donate to Support Science Literacy . ... 2016 Annual Awards . The ASP is accepting nominations for the organizationтАЩs national annual awards which recognize special achievements in astronomy research, technology, education, and public outreach. ... Shop the AstroShop . ... The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) is accepting nominations for the organizationтАЩs national annual awards which recognize special achievements in astronomy research, technology, education, and public outreach.. ...

Scientists Discover Surface Features on Titan . ... Scientists for the first time have made images of the surface of Saturn 's giant, haze-shrouded moon, Titan. ... Peter H. Smith of the University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory and his team took the images with the Hubble Space Telescope during 14 observing runs between Oct. ... About three weeks before Cassini's first flyby of Titan, the spacecraft is to release the European Space Agency's Huygens Probe to parachute to Titan's surface. ...

Dr Jayanne English of the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada will deliver a free public lecture at the Armagh Planetarium on Tuesday 4th August at 7:30 pm, entitled "Cosmos versus Canvas: Tensions between Art and Science in Astronomy Images". ... Dr English will also conduct a Workshop at the Armagh Observatory on Wednesday 5th August at 10:00 a.m. on "How to make Astronomy Images" for those who may use image processing techniques in their work. ...

... The expansion is measured as a number called the Hubble Constant . ... Our value is about 20% lower than the one got with the Hubble Space Telescope in 1994," said Dr Jim Lovell, leader of the team that made the measurement. The Hubble Constant is named after American astronomer Edwin Hubble, who in the 1920s found that other galaxies were moving away from ours. ... The Hubble Constant links the galaxy's distance with its speed." ... A short run-down on the Hubble Constant: . ...

... A Presidential Panorama of Mars . ... Scroll right to unfold the latest panorama of the surface of Mars. ... In the Center of the Keyhole Nebula . ... Stars, like people, do not always go gentle into that good night. The above Keyhole Nebula results from dying star Eta Carinae's violently casting off dust and gas during its final centuries. ... The Small Cloud of Magellan . ... Blue Stars and Red Pillars . ... Bright blue stars are still forming in the red pillars of the Eagle Nebula. ...

... Posts tagged ?Data Release? Mar 5th, 2008| 02:13 pm | ... Today, the 5th year data was released (The news is found here ). ... Tags: 5th year , Data Release , WMAP . ... vlk on [MADS] Parallel Coordinates . ... Algorithms arXiv Astro Bad AstroStat Bayesian CHASC Cross-Cultural Data Processing Fitting Frequentist Galaxies gamma-ray High-Energy Imaging Jargon Job Languages MC MCMC Meta Methods Misc News Nuggets Objects Optical Physics Quotes Spectral Stars Stat Timing Uncertainty X-ray . ...

... UA SCIENTIST & TEAM DISCOVER SURFACE FEATURES COVER TITAN (Science contacts: Peter H. Smith, (602) 621-2725; Mark Lemmon, (602) 621-1485; UA Lunar and Planetary Laboratory) . Scientists for the first time have made images of the surface of Saturn 's giant, haze-shrouded moon, Titan. ... About three weeks before Cassini's first flyby of Titan, the spacecraft is to release the European Space Agency's Huygens Probe to parachute to Titan's surface. ... Upper left: hemisphere facing Saturn. ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Mad Science . ... Site Info . ... Public Talks . ... Keep Bad Astronomy close to your heart, and help make me filthy rich. ... Who is this guy who calls himself "The Bad Astronomer?" ... First, yes, I am a real live astronomer (when people ask me what astronomers do, I tell them "They astronom !" ... These are emitted by powerful objects like black holes, exploding stars, and super-dense neutrons stars. ... Finally, am I really a bad astronomer? ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

... Science . ... Science Users Information > Science Publications > Archive of the ESO Enews > ESO-Enews #9: May 2008 . ... E-ELT . ... LARGE PROGRAMMES WORKSHOP . ... In May 2003, ESO organised a Large Programme workshop to obtain a first assessment of the scientific return of Large Programmes. In agreement with its Observing Programmes Committee, ESO wishes to obtain a new overview of the scientific results achieved through Large Programmes conducted at the La Silla Paranal Observatory. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Space Flight . ... Earth Satellites . ... The Future . ... By admin August 20, 2014 Posted in: Concept Spacecraft . The XS-1 booster descending to Earth after releasing its upper stage. The expendable upper stage was carried on the spaceplane?s back. ... Northrop GrummanтАЩs proposed XS-1 is a reusable spaceplane which acts as a booster for an expendable upper stage that could place a 3000 lb (1360 kg) satellite into low Earth orbit. ...

... 2000 December 6 . Reflecting Merope . ... Hubble Heritage Team , NASA . Explanation: In the famous Pleiades star cluster , a star's light is slowly destroying a passing cloud of gas and dust . ... In the past 100,000 years, however, part of the cloud has by chance moved so close to the star - only 3500 times the Earth-Sun distance - that the star's light affects the cloud's dust in an unusual manner . ... It is not known whether the cloud will survive this encounter. ... About APOD | ...

... Title : HUNTER.WAD, release 2 Author : Jin H. Kim "Time Traveler" Email Address : xjinkim@fullerton.edu Misc. ... It's not an impossible level and is quite solvable within a couple of tries. ... II *** There are no mechanical differences between my first release and this release. ... If you happen to have the first release, you probably got it from one of my friends. ... Play Info' * Episode and Level # : E1M1 Single Player : Yep. ... And just when you THINK you're done, there's more to add. ...

... The MIDAS system is available, free of charge, to all non--profit research institutes, whereas other organisations or companies may be charged a nominal fee to cover distribution. Institutes interested in using MIDAS must sign a User Agreement before they receive MIDAS. The necessary forms can be obtained by contacting the Data Analysis Group at ESO/Munich. ... The current system at ESO/Munich is frozen several months prior to the official release. ...

OptInt PmWiki . Pm Wiki / . ... Wiki Style Examples . Wiki styles | ... PmWiki uses WikiStyles for styling text with color and other attributes. PmWiki 2.0 introduced the ability to control the styling further and to even place styles on blocks. ... In addition, an author can define a style "shortcut" by using the define= property. For example, to define a style of %red% , one can use: . define=mystyle color=red% Here is some %mystyle% red text created using a style shortcut. ...

Within the Hubble Ultra Deep Field there are approximately 10,000 discrete objects. ... Most of these objects are very small and likely have masses in the range of 10 5 to 10 7 solar masses. Note the mass of the Milky Way galaxy is 10 12 solar masses. ... Finally, for you cosmologists/experts out there this ultra deep field is quite consistent with what was seen in the original Hubble Deep Field 5) don't necessarily have small angular diameters. ...

XMM-Newton CCF Release Note XMM- CCF -REL-200 Update of EPIC MOS gain Martin Stuhlinger, Darren Baskill, Stephane Rives, Jenny Carter October 21, 2005 1 CCF components Name of CCF VALDATE EVALDATE List of Blocks CAL XSCS (start of val. period) (end of validity period) changed VERS. ag EMOS1 ADUCONV 0028 2005-07-24T00:54:36 2005-10-19T19:03:55 OFFSET GAIN NO EMOS2 ADUCONV 0028 2005-07-24T00:54:36 2005-10-19T19:03:55 OFFSET GAIN NO 2 Changes A ... CCD1, CCD4 and CCD5 were a ected. ...

... On 4 April 2005, INTAS, the International Association for the promotion of cooperation with scientists from the New Independent States(NIS) of the former Soviet Union, launched the first stage of its Open Call for Research Projects Proposals 2005-2006. With an indicative budget of ?12 million, the INTAS Open Call 2005-2006 encompasses basic and applied research with no thematic orgeographical restrictions, but excluding market-oriented technology development. ...

... Polish scientists at the Space Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, in Wroclaw, south-west Poland, have constructed an instrument called SphinX (short for Solar PHotometer In X-rays), which is an X-ray spectrophotometer, that will obtain spectra in the energy range 0.5--15 keV in 256 energy channels with frequency of up to 100 times a second. ... SphinX is part of a package of instruments known as TESIS (PI Prof. Sergei Kuzin, Lebedev Institute, Moscow). ... Space Research Centre, . ...

... Forum . ... New Release: Perspectives on String Phenomenology . ... Отправлено: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 11:07:08 +0200 (EET) Тема: New Release: Perspectives on String Phenomenology To ensure email delivery to your inbox, please add us to your address book or your safe list. [url=http://www.worldscientific.com" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://www.worldscientific.com] . ... Board Categories MAO main - Info - MAO - news - Flame Technical - Technical Support(Forum)(Техподдержка(Форум)) . ... MAO NASU . ...