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 . ..