... the time of observation . ... Observing the Changing Position of the Sun To Establish Cardinal Directions . ... Observations of the Sun's apparent movement across the sky and its pattern of rising and setting in the east and west horizon helped to establish the cardinal directions. ... The final stage of the Sun's return was marked by the observation that the Sun had reached its highest altitude when the full width of your mitted hand could fill the gap between the Sun and the horizon. ...

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE DAILY REPORT #974 PERIOD COVERED: 0800 EST Daily Status Report as of 260/1200Z. 1.0 ACTIVITIES SCHEDULED AND ACCOMPLISHED: 1.1 Completed WFC/PC 5026 (WF/PC Cycle 3 Calibration: Rapid Internal Monitor) The Wide Field Camera and the Planetary Camera were used to make internal flat calibration images. ... 1.5 Completed WFC/PC 4770 (WF/PC Cycle 2 Calibration: Internal Monitor Proposal) The Wide Field Camera was used to make one bias and one dark calibration images. ...

... The magnetic field of the Earth has been investigated by satellites for several decades now, and enough of it is known to model its average strength and shape during different levels of overall magnetic activity. Presently the most used empirical global magnetic field models are the Tsyganenko models (1987, 1989) , referred to as T87 and T89, respectively, although even these consist of several submodels. ... Earth's magnetic field from T89c model during Kp=2 for different seasons. ... Res. ...

Next: C.S. Jeffery, Research Astronomer Up: Research Previous: J.E. Chambers, Research Astronomer Contents . During 1998 Dr Gerry Doyle was involved with three PPARC PDRA research grants, and was also a co-organiser of two international conferences (the COSPAR Symposium `Activity Observed in the Sun and in Similar Stars', and the Armagh Cool Star Workshop `Solar and Stellar Activity: Similarities and Differences'). He was Associate Scientist with the CDS and SUMER instruments on SOHO. ...

Quasar VLBI network observatories as co-location sites A. Ipatov, I. Gayazov, S. Smolentsev Institute of Applied Astronomy, Saint Petersburg, Russia ... supposes: 1. installation of different observational techniques at sites (co-location) 2. combined processing of different types of observations (collocation) IAA activity in space geodesy · Quasar VLBI network : ­ VLBI observations ­ GPS /GLONASS observations ­ DORIS ( ...

... 2013 May 14 . Galaxy Collisions: Simulation vs Observations . Images Credit: NASA , ESA ; Visualization: Frank Summers ( STScI ); Simulation: Chris Mihos ( CWRU ) Lars Hernquist ( Harvard ). Explanation: What happens when two galaxies collide? Although it may take over a billion years, such titanic clashes are quite common. ... Pictured above is a computer simulation of two large spiral galaxies colliding , interspersed with real still images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope . ...

Status of EPICs Operations Guillermo Buenadicha PALERMO 11/04/07 XMM-Newton Guillermo Buenadicha SOC Operations Support Group Page 1 PN Activities · Several observations in different modes with Lower Thresholds executed. ... X-training to Jim Martin (MOC) · New BP tables pending implementation (next DB in May) XMM-Newton Guillermo Buenadicha SOC Operations Support Group Page 2 MOS Activities · Further 3x3 testing to prepare pointed observations. ...

... Team . ... The main goal of observations of GRB host galaxies is accumulation of statistics of their spectroscopic and photometric properties. ... The Hubble diagram for 22 GRB host galaxies with known magnitudes and redshifts (GRB 970228, GRB 970508, GRB 970828, GRB 971214, GRB 980613, GRB 980703, GRB 990123, GRB 990510, GRB 990712, GRB 9912008, GRB 991216, GRB 000131, GRB 000210, GRB 000301C, GRB 000418, GRB 000911, GRB 000926, GRB 001109, GRB 010222, GRB 010921, GRB 011121 and GRB011211). ... 600...