... ESO, the European Southern Observatory . ... Travel and Contacts . Travel to ESO Headquarters . ... Travel to Guesthouse . ... Survey Telescopes . ... SPHERE . ... ESO 3.6-metre telescope . ... MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope . ... ESO 1-metre Schmidt telescope . ... Titan's atmosphere has a thick layer of haze which is reflecting the visible light from the Sun. ... This polarimetric technique will be used by SPHERE for a sensitive search for reflected, and therefore polarised, light from exoplanets. ...

... john matthews looked for meteor flashes on the moon. The experiment used millstone hill and arecibo tracking the moon. ... jpl horizon ephemeris file was used to track the moon. two 10 MHz bands. centered at 433 and 438 MHz . ... Start file: /share/pdata[1,2]/pdev/t2874.20140505.b[0,1]s1g0.00300.pdev . ... 17:38:xx back on the moon . ... 18:52:00 stopped telescope tracking moon.. drift off. 18:55:xx drive back onto moon. 19:05:20 millstone radar on (not sure when they turned on) . ... pdf ) . ...

... Phases of the Moon is at the top of the list of things that students seriously misunderstand. ... This phase is called "new moon" (like "no moon"). ... Note: although the Moon is closer to the Sun during new and crescent phases, it is still 400 times closer to Earth; i.e., the Sun is VERY far away in reality.) ... When the Moon reaches the position directly opposite the Sun, as viewed from Earth, the half viewed from Earth is fully illuminated (unless the student's head is causing a lunar eclipse). ...

... Meta Index / Home Page / Description This version of r mfgen supports all commonly used observing modes (Table 1 ). The mode is obtained from the keyword SUBMODE in the primary header of the input spectrum. ... The PN response is different for each observing mode while the MOS response is equal in the window modes but varies due to threshold effects in the Timing and Burst modes. Table 1: Observing mode support within r mfgen . ... Observing Mode . Support . ... FullFrame . Yes . ...

... 8.12.1999 . ... But now observers have seen elusive optical flashes on the lunar surface - likely the fleeting result of impacting meteoroids. ... And ... the next chance to observe lunar impact flashes is coming up! Enterprising astronomers interested in long distance lunar prospecting should be monitoring the dark side of a nearly first quarter Moon during the Geminids meteor shower which will peak around December 13. ... December 1999 . ... Publications with keywords: Leonids - Moon - impact . ...

... The two astrometry modes of the FGS are POSITION mode and TRANSFER mode. An FGS in POSITION mode acquires an object in FineLock and tracks it for an extended period of time. An FGS in TRANSFER mode acquires an object and scans the IFOV back and forth along a 45њ diagonal path in detector space to sample the interference pattern fully enough to construct an S-curve. POSITION mode observing with the FGS can determine the parallax, proper motion, and/or reflex motion of a given object. ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2003 October 24 . Mars Moons . ... Mars' moons were discovered in August of 1877 by Asaph Hall at the US Naval Observatory using the large 26-inch Alvan Clark refractor . Recorded on this August 22nd, innermost moon Phobos and outermost moon Deimos are seen here against the planet's glare in a digital composite image. ... About APOD | ...

... Observing . ... Select Pulsar, Expert mode and if desired an appropriate Recall state file (click on the arrow to browse). ... TCS may be operated in local mode or schedule mode. ... Schedule files are stored in @@$HOME/tcs/sched/. Select a schedule file (Sched file/Own). ... TCS maintains two log files in $HOME/tcs/logs/ giving a history of the observations. ... Parameters for polyco files ( TEMPO1 ) or pred files ( TEMPO2 ) generation should be entered in $HOME/runtime/psrcat/obscat.db . ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . ... Star Atlas . ... An artificial comet holds secrets to Earths life . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... The planet has extreme temperature swings and perhaps active lava flows. ... A digital supplement to Astronomy magazine. ... Join TravelQuest International with Astronomy and Discover magazines on one of three great tour options surrounding this celestial spectacle . ... Astronomy Magazine . ...

Crater Gassendi . ... I made this drawing was made on the 26th of november 2001. If you compare this one with the previous drawing of Gassendi (below) the differences are clear. ... This drawing was made on the 28th of september 2001. After nearly a full month without observations I had a one hour gap between the thicker clouds. ... This drawing was made on the 29th of august 2001. ... This drawing was made on the 27th of august 2001. ... This drawing was made on the 25th of august 2001. ...