... 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. ...

... Science . ... Science Users Information > Science Activities > PhD Thesis Topics offered by ESO Faculty Members > Thesis Topic: Why most supermassive black holes do not accrete material . ... Implicitly, we will also better understand why most supermassive black holes fail in accreting material. ... 1) Analyse multi-wavelength data for selected galaxies to describe and quantify the different physical phenomena in their centres, and most notably to derive their central supermassive black hole masses....

P. Frisch - Warm partially ionized interstellar gas at the Sun . ... W. M. Goss - Time variations in small-scale galactic HI structure toward 3C138 . S. Stanimirovic - Does tiny-scale atomic structure exist in the ISM? ... T. Bania - The distance to molecular clouds via HI self-absorption . ... C. Heiles - Arecibo Millennium Survey statistics of magnetic field, column density and turbulence in the CNM . R. Crutcher - Magnetic fields in molecular clouds . ...

Next: Extinction efficiencies: general behaviour Up: Optical properties of cosmic Previous: Optical properties of cosmic . It is now evident that observed interstellar extinction cannot be explain using particles of only one kind. ... The intensity of radiation after passing a dust cloud is equal to . ... The interstellar extinction is . ... Next: Extinction efficiencies: general behaviour Up: Optical properties of cosmic Previous: Optical properties of cosmic root 2003-04-09 ...

STIS Instrument Handbook for Cycle 24 . ... Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph Instrument Handbook for Cycle 24 > Chapter 13: Spectroscopic Reference Material > F25NDQ Aperture . F25NDQ Aperture . ... The F25NDQ filter is unique in that it is divided into four quadrants, each having a different neutral density factor. In clockwise order starting from the upper left these are F25NDQ1 , F25NDQ2 , F25NDQ3 , and F25NDQ4 , where the number appended to each name is the approximate dex ND factor. ...

... ATNF Home . ... About ATNF overview . ... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory . ... Parkes radio telescope . ... Parkes | ... Parkes projects/positions database . ... R.J. Sault, G.J. Carrad, P.J. Hall, J. Crofts, 2000, ``Radio path length correction using water vapourradiometry'' submitted to Proceedings of WARS 2000 . Bob Sault, Peter Hall, Graeme Carrad, 1999 "Atmospheric phase correction for the ATCA" , presented at URSI 1999 (Toronto, Canada). ...

Since the first stars and then galaxies formed the Universe has been an immense factory converting neutral gas into stellar material. ... In this seminar I will discuss recent results from the Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey, probing the assembly of stellar mass though both in-situ star formation (as traced by multiple SFR indicators) and interactions (both mergers and interaction induced star-formation) - in galaxies spanning ~4 decades in stellar mass. ...

... 2009 July 6 . Unknown Dark Material on Mercury . Credit: MESSENGER , NASA , JHU APL , CIW . ... Pictured above on the lower right, a large crater -- about 100 kilometers across -- has unusual dark material of unknown composition near its center. ... If so, the composition of the dark mound might be similar to the composition of some mysterious dark ring s also recently discovered on Mercury. Alternatively, the dark material could be related to an unusual composition of the impacting rock . ...

... Educational programs (English) . ... SSAU History . ... On June 11 Heinz Palkovski, Director of Institute of Metallurgy from Germany conducted a lecture on Preparation, testing and use of sandwich materials . ... The very same material is a sandwich, where the base and the filler arranged in layers of a certain thickness. ... Professor Heinz Palkovski is currently engaged in research of sandwich materials and his lecture was devoted to this theme. ... Tags: heinz palkovski lecture sandwich materials...

So the evidence for Dark Matter is fairly overwhelming. ... Theory: if the Universe is closed then all the luminous matter seen in galaxies contributes only 0.5% of the mass required to eventually halt the expansion . ... This means that galaxies are surrounded by dark matter halos which trapped baryonic gas (e.g. hydrogen) and turned it into stars. ... WIMPS - weakly interacting massive particles created in the extremely early universe . ... Theory 99% of the Universe is Dark Matter . ...

... We have observed and studied critical supercurrents, Ic, in cross-type Nb-Cu/Ni-Nb junctions with Josephson layers prepared from diluted ferromagnetic alloys. For suitable values of the exchange energy in the ferromagnet and the F-layer thickness we have observed Ic(T) oscillation with vanishing Ic for the definite values of T and dF. ... Critical supercurrents, Ic, in Nb-Cu(1-x)Ni(x)-Nb Josephson SFS junctions with F-layers prepared from ferromagnetic Cu(1-x)Ni(x) alloys have been studied. ...

Orbital intersection . ... Structure of Taurid stream . ... Meteoroid swarm and Taurid fireballs . ... The following four diagrams schematically show four different Taurid orbits and the orbits of Earth and Jupiter. ... The Taurid stream contains particles (small, solid grains) at different stages of their precession cycles. ... The study of when a meteor stream can produce a meteor shower is the study of when precession brings orbits to intersection with Earth, or e.g. with Mars . ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... Observing . ... Star Atlas . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... How close to each other do two stars have to be for one to steal material from the other? ... For two stars of the same mass, if the donor starт??s radius exceeds 38 percent of the binary separation, the accretor will steal mass no matter the separation. ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ...

... A Teacher's Introduction to the Earth's Magnetosphere . ... Exploration" as a Classroom Resource . A basic chronology of key dates in the exploration of the magnetosphere. ... Radiation Belts. The Sun and the Solar Wind. ... Close-Up of the Aurora. ... The Polar Aurora . ... 10H. History: 1910--Einstein introduces "adiabatic invariants". 10a. Particle Drift in Space (optional) . ... 25H. History: 1903--Birkeland observes the electric currents of the polar aurora. 25a. The Triad Spacecraft . ...

The Experiment: What controls the formation of stars? Galaxies form stars at very different rates: ? availability of raw material (gas)? ? ... Observe all the components of a galaxy gas in various forms, dust etc… . An interacting galaxy . Galaxies are complicated physical systems with not only stars, but also gas in various states, dust and radiation . ... Previous slide . Next slide . Back to first slide . ...

... S.P. KOROLEV ROCKET AND SPACE CORPORATION ENERGIA . ... OAO RSC "Energia" . ... Company's History . ... History . Brief History of Rocket and Space Technology . ... Flights Chronology . ... Project History . ISS Russian Segment . Steps of ISS Assembly . Spaceflights Chronology . Chronology of Extravehicular Activity . ISS 45/46 . ... Rocket Space Complexes . ... Launches Chronology . ... Automatic Space Systems . ... HISTORY . ... 2015 JSC "S.P. Korolev RSC "Energia" . ...

... Astronomy of the Earth's motion in space. ... For easier reading, view this site with size 14 font (but print out with size 10 or 12 ). ... Stargazers" files are also available as a TARed and GZIPed file via anonymous FTP . ... Discovery of the Solar System . ... Kepler's First Law of Planetary Motion . ... 29a. Satellites observing the Sun, solar system and the universe . ... Orbits in Space . ... From Stargazers to Starships" follows an earlier site "The Exploration of the Earth's Magnetosphere" ....

Educator's Guide to Impact Craters . ... Just about all craters have deep central depressions, raised rims, and a blanket of ejected material surrounding them. ... Look for classical cratering features: basin, raised rim, ejecta blanket (material excavated from the crater and dumped around it, visible as white flour on the colored powder), and rays (material shot out at high velocity forming lines pointing directly away from the impact site). ... The material lies like a blanket around the crater. ...

... We proposed that information retrieved from the local surface photometric behavior of the Moon could be used for guiding the remote sensing analyses of specific geological targets. ... The value of the difference of intensities mentioned above may be used as a photometric parameter I of the local surface roughness. ... 7] Apollo 11 Prelim. ... Figure 5 represents the diagram of relationship between photometric roughness parameter and local thorium content in different lunar regions. ...

... Observing . ... Home Education Workshops at Adorama Astronomy Workshop: Observing Variable Stars from the City ? February 15, 2015 . ... Beyond New York City . ... Observing Resources for Amateur Astronomers - Part 1: Beginning Observers . ... A History of the First Forty Years of the Amateur Astronomers Association . ... Presented by€а Adorama €аFor the Amateur Astronomers Association of New York . ... 2016 Amateur Astronomers Association of New York Designed by Press Customizr Powered by . ...