... Research . ... The major problem in HVC research is the unknown distance towards most of the HVCs. ... Thilker et al. (2004) used the Green Bank Telescope (GBT) to map an area of $7^{\circ} \times 7^{\circ}$ around M31 in H i . They discovered a population of HVCs located within a projected distance of about $50~\mathrm{kpc}$ from M31. ... 2004). ... The remaining HVCs around M31 are isolated in position and velocity and may represent primordial, dark-matter-dominated clouds. ...

. Computer Ephemeris. Lunar physical observations. Explanations. Each row contains at 0h of Time Dynamical Terrestrial: month, day, selenographic longitude and latitude of the Earth (degrees), physical libration in longitude and latitude (degrees), 90 o minus selenographic longitude of the Sun and Sun's selenographic latitude (degrees), position angle of lunar axis of rotation (degrees), position angle of terminator (degrees), phase angle (degrees), illuminated part of lunar disk (demensionless).

In the Table below the masses of some asteroids which were determined during the last years are listed. ... The listed values were determined from observations of many test bodies by the weighted least square fit for one perturbing mass and corrections to the orbit elements of all used test bodies. ... based on the observations of 98 asteroids (including 50278) with the values of standard error of mass determination less than 3.0 10 -11 M Sun . ... Mass . ... 3) Mass 121 : 0.74 x 10 -11 M Sun ; . ...

... Status of the numerical solutions and validation 2. ... Coupling of "solid" Earth components, e.g. core ­ mantle (Dehant et al.) ... Consistent relativistic formulation of Earth rotation (Gerlach, Klioner, Soffel) Status of the numerical solutions - 2 · The results from numerical solutions suffer from ­ Simplified solid Earth models ­ Incomplete Earth system models or neglecting of certain parts or neglecting of certain coupling mechanisms ­ Methodological limitations of computations...

... It is well known that the Least Squares method returns the values of the parameters regardless the correspondence of the model to observations. ... The proposed method based on the orthogonal representation of the equations of a model is free of this fault since it tests the consistency of the model and data. This method have been used to find out the compatibility of the standard kinematical model with the proper motions of stars in the Hipparcos catalogue. ... What is beyond the accepted model? ...

Next: Filtering ROSAT HRI data Up: ROSAT HRI Recipes Previous: Correlating Spectral Data with . Although the spatial variation of the quantum efficiency across the HRI is nominally within 10% for most of the detector, occasionally it may be desirable to flat-field a map with preflight calibration measurements. ... Store the new gain map image using ``blink" in SaoImage. ... The quantum efficiency correction (QEC) is the inverse of the intensity determined from the QE map at the source position. ...

Next: First CCD Observations of Up: Highlights Previous: Origin of Stars Contents . Subdwarf B stars are highly evolved stars which pulsate non-radially in several modes with different frequencies. ... Over 60,000 images were obtained, which when played in sequence show the star's oscillations in red, green and ultraviolet light. ... Figure 3: ULTRACAM light curve for PG0014+067, from 2004 August 20 to 2004 August 25 (top to bottom). ...

For solar wind dials without any explanatory text, see this page . ... There are three logs, one for each condition index ( K P , Solar Wind ,and NOAA/SEC .) ... More about the solar wind's recent behavior can be found on my Current Solar Wind Conditions page. ... Other items of interest include NOAA/SEC Current Conditions , my composite current Auroral Images page, Windows on the Universe: Space Weather , and Public Outreach Index, Department of Space Physics and Astronomy, Rice University . ...

The close position of main satellite and subsatellite (distance between them about 1000 km) and using the similar sets of Faraday cups (VDP and VDP-S) with high resolution measurements (up to 16 Hz for the main satellite and up to 10 Hz for the subsatellite) allow us to determine the small-scale variations of the magnetopause shape and position and to estimate the velocity of the magnetopause motion. ... Two point observation of the magnetopause motion: the INTERBALL project. ...

... Based on the measurements of the Stokes parameters in the continuum and in the broad 0.6563 nm hydrogen emission line obtained with the 6-m telescope for the Seyfert galaxy Mkn 6, secular variability of the hydrogen line profile polarization was discovered; a time lag of less than 2 days between the continuum flux and the polarized continuum emission was determined which corresponds to the size of the region where the polarization of the continuum occurs, less than 0.001 pc. ...

... Singular value decomposition of the matrix A is (a) it's decomposition into singularities (b) it's Fourier transform (c) finding the rotation, which transforms it to diagonal form (d) solution of the eigenvalues problem 4. ... Matrix invertion can be calculated by (a) Matlab (b) dividing by determinant (c) calculation of algebraic complements, traslation and dividing by determinant (d) calculation of minors, traslation and dividing by determinant 2 ...

Peremennye Zvezdy ( Variable Stars ) 33 , No. ... The new variable star HD 305629, with a Cepheid-like light curve, is demonstrated, from our optical observations and ASAS-3 data, to actually be an ellipsoidal variable star on a highly eccentric orbit. ... During a systematic search of variable stars in the publicly available ASAS-3 database (Pojmanski 2002), apparent variability was found in the star HD 305629 (10 51 34 35, -60 47 57 4, J2000.0; Fig. ... The light curve and color curves of HD 305629. ...

LUNAR FIGURE AND LUNAR LIBRATION AS A CLUE TO LUNAR INTERIOR Alexander Gusev, Natasha Petrova, Naufal Rizvanov, Kazan state university & Engelgrdt's astronomical observatory, Dpt. of Astron. ... Kazan 420008, Russia e-mail:Alexander.Gusev@ksu.ru The study of geometrical and dynamical figure of the Moon is one of the important elements of the complex approach to investigation of our satellite. ... Core-mantle interact. and possible convection motion in the Moon", Proc. Int. Conf. ... Proc. of IAU Symp. ...

... Recent Results . ... last 10 years in ADS) . in SAO press releases . ... observations database) . ... Last update: . ... Measurement of the dark halo shape in polar ring galaxies . Determining the mass of supermassive black hole in galaxy Mrk6 nucleus based on spectropolarimetric observations . The dust jets in the nucleus of comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 . ... New Polar Ring Galaxies . Traces of recent interactions in isolated Seyfert galaxies . ...

... Old World First Asteroid Radar Echo. ... It testifies that 4179 Toutatis is a double object like asteroid 4769 Castalia. ... Interference of Radar Echo from the Binary Asteroid 4179 Toutatis. ... An analysis of the 6-cm radar data revealed quasi-harmonic oscillation of the echo’s “central” Doppler frequency with a period of about 14 sec and a deviation of about (0.7*B) Hz, where B is the echo bandwidth, which for 4179 Toutatis was equal to 2.1 Hz and 1.9 Hz for 1992 Dec 8 and 9, respectively. ...

Our group is involved in theoretical and observational research in several topics of star formation. ... The Arcetri group is carrying a coordinated effort to determine the kinematics and physical parameters of clouds where high-mass stars form. Massive stars form in association with solar mass objects from gas clouds of mass anywhere between one hundred and ten thousand times that of the sun. ... Disks around young stars: Inferring planet formation . ... Star Formation Group Page . ...

... These are plugged into plug-plate holes drilled at the predicted locations of suitable guide stars in the field of view. ... In particular, any departure from the ideal elastic curve from the tubing anchor point to the hole appears to affect the rotation angle of the plug. ... No structure of the residual plug angle appeared significant when these data were examined in 3-D. Figure 3: The plug rotation angle has a standard deviation of 54њ (201њ peak-valley). ... How large can the rotation error be? ...

... In spite of the good potential possibilities, some of the station "Dnepr" design characteristics did not allow us to apply the usual special IS radar measurement methods. ... Thus for IS signal measurements at the "Dnepr" station, we have developed special methods for recording and processing IS signals in order to determine plasma ionospheric parameters. ... Equations (4-5) from the basis for data post processing to obtain ionosphere parameters. ...

Next: Polarization efficiency: size/shape/orientation effects Up: Optical properties of cosmic Previous: The 2175? feature . To model the interstellar polarization one needs to calculate the forward-transmitted radiation for an ensemble of non-spherical aligned dust grains. ... Let non-polarized stellar radiation passes through a dusty cloud with a homogeneous magnetic field. ... The angle between the line of sight and the magnetic field is ( ). ... where the angle is connected with and ( ). ...