Weekly Bulletin on Solar and Geomagnetic Activity Highlights on 21 - 27.04.2014 Г., Forecast on 28.04 - 4.05.2014, Carrington Rotation 2149,2150 (7,36.04; 04,62.05.2014) SUNSPOT-FORMING ACTIVITY OF THE SUN CHANGED FROM HIGH LEVEL (21.04) TO THE AVERAGE, CONSTANTLY GOING DOWN BY THE PERIOD END. ... ON THE VISIBLE SOLAR DISK CONSTANTLY OBSERVED 8-3 SMALL SUNSPOT GROUPS NEXT WEEK IS EXPECTED THE MODERATE AND THE LOW LEVELS OF SUNSPOT- FORMING ACTIVITY. ...

Blackholes2 Forum Message . ... Post . ... Shifts Are As Would Be Expected. ... Post Message | ... Red and blue shifts can be caused by velocities also. ... The expectd result would be a red or blue shift proportional to the aparent distance an object is from the observer. ... www.astronomy.net . About Astronomy Net | Advertise on Astronomy Net | ... Forum posts are Copyright their authors as specified in the heading above the post. "dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

... VLBI Schedule . ... Observers Wiki . ... Main / . ... Each DF has a header of 4 32-bit words followed by 2500 32-bit words of data (10000 bytes). ... m5data 2630/tcp # Mark5 data . ... Used to set the output data rate of the Mark5 at the station. Expected response: . ... Used to make the Mark5 stop playing if it was playing back data from disk. ... Used to make the Mark5 at the station start sending data. ... Used to make the Mark5 at the station stop sending data and terminate the connection. ...

... Count Rate Ratio (cr_ratio) . Introduction of a tabular file, that describes the differences between expected count rates and the count rates measured in orbit. ... The change involve a new entry in the 'models' section of RGASIM : rgasim begin models begin MYMODEL begin : lincoordFile RGS_coordinates_file.CCF end : end : end . Exploiting the LINCOORD files as described above, the location of these simluators in the telescope frame are no longer described in the configuration files of SciSim. ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . ... Observing . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... Bright planets meet at dusk . ... Astronomy magazine subscribers can read the full article for free. ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter....

... Moons, Rings, and Unexpected Colors on Saturn . ... Credit: Cassini Imaging Team , SSI , JPL , ESA , NASA Explanation: Why would Saturn show such strange colors? The robotic Cassini spacecraft currently orbiting Saturn has beamed back images showing that the northern hemisphere our Solar System 's most spectacularly ringed planet has changed noticeably since Cassini arrived in 2004, now sporting unusual and unexpected colors. ... Publications with keywords: Saturn - cassini spacecraft . ...

... Actual stars are expected to be more complicated than these simulations. ... The spot may be entirely visible most of the time (one would observe a prolonged flux minimum low), and then part of it may disappear over the horizon briefly and then return (slow rise and then fall back to constant level). ... With the set of observations taken here, I have information available from several comparison stars and color information. ... The period found must be consistent with the data from any given night....

... Jitter is usually very small in magnitude and random in effect, and is not expected to lead to systematic throughput changes. ... However, such a change should lead to an obvious decline in the strength of the comparison lines at one end of the spectrum relative to the other and not an overall decline in counts. No such effect is seen (the counts decline evenly from one end of the spectrum to the other). ... The value changes steadily, but not by enough to account for the changes in counts seen. ...

... 2006 March 6 . Unexpected Comet Pojmanski Now Visible . ... Explanation: Have you ever seen a comet? ... Comet Pojmanski , officially designated C/2006 A1 and discovered only in January, now sports a turquoise tail several times longer than the full moon. Comet Pojmanski 's ion tail is due to gas particles expelled by the comet being pushed away from the Sun by the solar wind , the same wind that ionizes gas in the tail causing its blue tint. ... About APOD | ... NASA Official: Jay Norris. ...

... 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. ...

... The basic principles of incoherent scatter: . ... Because of the electron movement, spectrum of the observed signal is broad and it has shape which depends, e.g., on the temperature. ... ion temperature . ... According to the theory, Ti should be replaced by (2Ti,perp + Ti,par)/3 (Williams and Jain,1986; Glatthor and Hernandez, 1990; Winser et al., 1990). ... Glatthor, N., and R. Hernandez, Temperature anisotropy of drifting ions in the auroral F-region, observed by EISCAT, J. atmos. terr. ...

... Acronyms and Abbreviations AMOS Advanced Mechanical and Optical Systems (UTM vendor) EIE FTT FLC ICD ISS European Industrial Engineering (UTE vendor) Fast Tip-Tilt First Light Camera Interface Control Document Interferometer Supervisory System NAS NMT NOT TBC TBD UT UTE UTM Narrow-field Acquisition System New Mexico Tech Nasmyth Optical ... Interface design description 2.5 FTT/NAS to ISS ICD This ICD describes the software interfaces of the FTT/NA system to the ISS. ...

The Chi-Square Goodness of Fit Statistic . This statistic enables us to test whether observed frequencies are close to . those we would expect. ... Expected frequencies . ... For example, if we . have an honest die we would expect 1/6 of all cases to show any of . ... So, for example, if we roll a die 60 times we would expect : . ... If we actually roll a die 60 times we wouldn't expect each of the faces . ... times each face actually comes up is the observed frequency for that face. ...

... The new emission line galaxies are listed in Table 2 containing the following information: . column 1: The object's IAU-type name with the prefix HS. ... This was not corrected in the figure shown in Appendix A. HS1214+3801 : This is seemingly a supergiant H II -region at the very rim of the nearby edge-on disc galaxy (SA(s)cd) NGC 4244 (V hel = 224 kms -1 and B T =10.88). ... To check this option one needs a detailed map of the NGC 4244 velocity field including HS 1214+3801. ...

Trail encounter . ... Expected meteor rates . ... The Leonids are the debris of Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle. ... The Earth's passage right through the centre of trails is associated with the most spectacular meteor displays (studies show that, as well as how close to the centre of the trail you are, the strength of the display also depends on how far along a trail's length you are). ... The encounter with the 1932 trail will lead to enhanced meteor activity: a nice outburst, but below storm level. ...

... Science Users Information > Observing with ESO Telescopes > Phase 2 Preparation > Observing conditions . ... Service Mode Philosophy . ... The following definitions of the observing conditions are common between Phase 1 preparation and Phase 2 preparation, as well as between Service Mode and Visitor Mode observations. ... There are additional Service Mode Policies and Service Mode Guidelines regarding the observing conditions. ... Seeing (Phase 1) and Image quality (Phase2) constraints . ... Moon . ...

... The J, H and K bands are characterized by a bright background, such a background is mainly due to the emission of atmospheric lines and of thermal radiation. ... If the source cover a large fraction of the slit, spectra off-source must be observed to adequately sample the sky background. ... The on chip integration time (time spent in each position of the slit) must not exceed 40 seconds in J and H bands and 60 seconds in K band. ... We suggest a sequence of 10 for each elementary integration time. ...

... Magnetic storms online . ... Geomagnetic activity forecast . ... September : 2015 . ... No magnetic storm is expected . From 25 September 2015 to 21 October 2015 the following magnetic storms and disturbances are expected: . October 14, 2015 geomagnetic disturbances . ... October 09, 2015 geomagnetic storm of level G1 (minor) . ... September 25, 2015 geomagnetic disturbances 25 September 2015 - 21 October 2015 . ... Probability of a magnetic storm . ... Probability of a strong magnetic storm . ...

... Proposal Type: General Category: Observation Category: Time Requested this semester: Hours already used for this pro ject: Additional Hours required to complete pro ject: Minimum Useful Time: Expected Data Storage: Prop osal Title: ABSTRACT: Short Pulsars Galactic 1 hr 20 min 0 1 hr 20 min 100-500 GB Service Observing Request Is soft X-ray transient 1H 1905+000 a radio millisecond pulsar now? ... Section V - Observing List Target List 1H1905+000 19:08:27.0 0:00:07.7 18:39:54-19:38:32 3 ...

... Radiation mechanisms of astrophysical objects: classics today . ... Dear participants! According to the forecast on Monday (09/21) the rain is expected. ... It will be announced on Monday during the Plenary session. ... List of participants . ... Conference program . Conference poster . Conference venue . Conference proceedings . ...