We have designed the laboratory model of static Fourier spectrometer for onboard usage for spectral study of atmosphere and ionosphere. The gain of model is to simulate onboard FS which will not have any moving elements (all its optical elements will be mounted at fused quartz monolithic construction), to compare experimental results with theoretical estimations and to measure MTF of CCD array. ... This fact connected with low frequency response of CCD array due to small format of it. ...

... Because the DMR instrument is differential and every pixel is multiply sampled, sky maps are produced by solving a coupled system of linear equations (the normal equations) to minimize a chi-squared. ... This is reflected in the algebraic form of the normal equations matrix, so that, if one were to diagonalize the matrix, one would find a single eigenvector whose eigenvalue was identically zero, and the associated eigenvector, viewed as a sky map, would have a constant value. ...

The BL Lacertae objects, or BL Lacs, have multi-wavelength continua dominated by non-thermal emission from a relativistic jet, and are characterised by a lack of optical emission lines. We find, through observations and modelling that the dominant factor in a source being called a BL Lac is the intrinsic lack of flux from the broad-line region -- likely connected with a weak accretion disc -- rather than an overwhelmingly powerful jet. ... Australia Telescope National Facility . ... Australia . ...

... Equipment . ... At present our UHV equipment consists of two UHV STMs. The first one is a room-temperature STM GPI-300 (atomic resolution on metals) connected with a UHV technological chamber. The chamber is equipped with a sample heater, deposition equipment, tip-clean equipment and a low-temperature 4-probe conduction measurement unit. ... The temperature interval is 5-300 K, the vacuum in the STM chamber is usually better than 10 -10 Torr (typical value 3x10 -11 Torr). ...

... 237S (SIMBAD/NED BibCode) ================================================================================ Keywords: Sun: UV radiation - atmospheric effects - Sun: atmosphere - lines: identification Description: An ultraviolet atlas of the solar spectrum with a spectral resolution of 15mA in the region 1948-2000A is presented. ... The wavelength atlas with a list of about 550 lines has been synthesized from data at center of the Sun ({mu}=1) and at {mu}=0.89, smoothed out over an area of 30 arcsec. ...

. Artist's impression of Solar Probe Plus, its solar panels folded into the shadows of its protective shield, gathering data on its approach to the Sun. As the spacecraft approaches the Sun, its revolutionary carbon-composite heat shield must withstand temperatures exceeding 2550ТА Fahrenheit (1400ТА Celsius) and blasts of intense radiation. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory