Next: Observations and Data Reduction Up: Coronal Hole Diagnostics out Previous: Coronal Hole Diagnostics out . ... Line width variations combined with simultaneous electron density estimates, provides a very powerful diagnostic for the solar corona. ... They find that for distances of a few arc seconds outside the solar limb, the average line of sight electron densities in the coronal holes are about a factor of 2 lower than in quiet sun regions. ... The Western limb data showed a similar trend. ...

Next: Accretion Disks with Up: StarsStellar Populations, Previous: Spectroscopic Analysis of . ... We present and discuss spatially resolved spectra of the accretion disk and the gas stream region as a function of distance from disk center, the spectrum of the uneclipsed light, and the radial temperature distribution in the ultraviolet. Keywords: Accretion disks, Cataclysmic variables . ... In this paper we report on the HST spectral mapping of the nova-like UX UMa. ...

To get a fully-calibrated pulsar observation you need a recent Hydra cal, a calibration file which was obtained on a patch of sky with similar temperature to the pulsar, and of course the pulsar observation. Once you have reduced the Hydra Cals you should then reduce the calibration observation and then the pulsar. Establish the name of the cal file and pulsar observation. ... Reduce the pulsar observation when the cal is finished. ... The pulsar observation is now in standard archive format. ...

... Up: Data Analysis and Processing Techniques . ... Also, a method for quality control of CCD observations is suggested. ... Everyone who observes a celestial object using a CCD detects moving celestial objects as a ``by product''. ... We hope that our investigations may be useful for near-Earth space control and also for searches of the moving celestial objects through analysis of old and new CCD frames obtained at any amateur or professional astronomical observatory. ...

... Let us first find out which way -- rise in spectral resolution with some loss in the S/N ratio or increase in the S/N ratio with a fixed spectral resolution -- is better for the purpose of reduction of equivalent width determination errors. ... N -- number of counts for 1 ? ... line equivalent width, . ... Thus if the spectral resolution is managed to be increased (i.e. to decrease )without loss in the number of counts falling at 1 ?, the equivalent width measurement error is then proportional to . ...

Next: NICMOS Coronagraphic Surveys-Preliminary Results Up: No Title Previous: STScI NICMOS Software . NICMOS Coronagraphic Surveys-Preliminary Results . ... Observations with NICMOS . ... The Evolution of Stars seen with ISOCAM - the Need for NICMOS and VLT Follow Up. ... Results . ... The Formation and Evolution of LMC Rich Star Clusters: NGC 1818 . ... HST-NICMOS Observations of Galactic Bulges: Red Nuclei in Nearby Galaxies . ... Investigating the Evolution of Quasar Host Galaxies with NICMOS . ...

Next: Observations with the KPNO Up: The Hamburg/SAO Survey for Previous: Introduction . All results presented below were obtained by observations in a snap-shot mode during two runs with the KPNO 2.1m telescope and the Calar Alto 2.2m telescope (see Table 1). Observations with the KPNO 2.1m telescope . Calar Alto 2.2m telescope observations . Data reduction . Reduction of the KPNO 2.1m telescope data . Reduction of the Calar Alto 2.2m telescope data . ...

... There are result from two global VLBI observations at 3.6 cm spaced about 2 years. ... The analysis of the apparent motion, indication of the jet flow trajectory and the other implications for the CSS quasars are discussed. ... The quasar 3C380 ( ; thus 1 arcsec corresponds to 4 kpc for , ) is one of the most powerful radio sources (its radio luminosity at 2.7 GHz is ) ( Wilkinson et al. ... 3C380 is a member of the class of Compact Steep Spectrum (CSS) sources. ...

Next: CCD Operation Up: Charge Coupled Devices (CCDs) Previous: Charge Coupled Devices (CCDs) . ... However it is only now that a number of important X-ray astronomical applications of CCDs have reached critical development stages, so that this is an appropriate time to review the application of space-borne CCD instruments to cosmic X-ray astronomy, and highlight the particular concerns which are being addressed for X-ray instruments, as distinct from optical applications. ...

Next: The Arecibo Observatory and Up: Astronomer's Guide to the Previous: Astronomer's Guide to the . The 305-m William E. Gordon radio telescope at Arecibo is the largest single-dish radio telescope on our planet, and is available to the global scientific community for astronomical observations at wavelengths between 6 m and 3 cm (frequencies of 47 MHz to 10 GHz). ... In Section 2 of this document, we provide an introduction to the Observatory, the telescope and its instrumentation. ...

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. ...

... The dayside auroral precipitation consist of magnetosheath related boundary layer precipitation, and plasma sheet related BPS/CPS precipitation (extensions of the nightside precipitation regions). ... For example, the much lower fluxes from the LLBL region when compared to the cusp are compensated by the bidirectional electron beams found in the LLBL: the precipitating energy fluxes in the LLBL and the cusp are not that different. ... directly through the cusp and plasma mantle . ...

... Radio searches for pulsars associated with supernova remnants. ... The Bologna submillisecond pulsar survey. ... A search for pulsar wind nebulae using pulsar gating. ... Anomalous pulsars and other radio quiet neutron stars in supernova remnants. ... A 16 ms X-ray pulsar in the Crab-like SNR N157B: fast times at 30 Doradus. ... Radio-quiet X-ray pulsars in SNRs and the ``missing'' pulsar problem. ... Searching for X-ray pulsars associated to SNRs in public ROSAT observations. ...

Winer Observatory P.O. Box 797, Sonoita, Arizona 85637-0797, USA . ... Asteroid . ... Site . ... The evening of October 26, 2011, Mark Trueblood, Robert Crawford, and Larry Lebofsky used the Kitt Peak 2.1-m telescope to observe Near Earth Asteroid (NEA) 2008 QT3. ... single still jpeg frame . ... The National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) issued a press release concerning Morgan's work on Monday, November 21, 2011 and posted it on the home page of their web site . ... 2013 Winer Observatory. ...

. Next: Introduction Up: ROSAT HRI Recipes Previous: Summary of tasks in . љ . Introduction . Data analysis and Spatial Corrections . A Preliminary Investigation . Dewobble Procedure: treating each obi separately . Additional Tools . An Example - 3C 120 . References . rsdc@cfa.harvard.edu . 1998-06-10

Pulkovo NEO Page . ... Instrumentation and Observations . ... This Windows application serves for determination of spherical coordinates and magnitudes of the objects. ... The objects coordinates are referred to the system of chosen star catalog. ... 2. choice of reference stars with mouse, . 3. measurement of rectangular frame coordinates of objects and reference stars taking account of predefined background parameters, . 4. calculation of the spherical coordinates of objects. ...

... In order to realize the optimal scientific return from the VLT, ESO has undertaken to develop an end-to-end data flow system from proposal entry to science archive. The VLT Data Flow System (DFS) is being designed and implemented by the DFS Group (ESO Internal access only) in collaboration with VLT Division and Instrumentation Division . ... VLT Control System Interface . ... OBs are the quantum of data that flows within the DFS, collecting state, data and status information as they flow. ...

... The most precisely determined characteristic for accreting neutron stars (NS's) is their period. ... Period changes show fluctuations. ... Some applications of stochastic processes in astrophysics especially in accreting systems were discussed in Lipunov (1987),Hoshino Takeshima (1993) and Lipunov (1992).In Hoshino Takeshima (1993) the authors, using simple models of MHD turbulence, try to explain aperiodic changes in X-ray luminosity of X-ray pulsars. ... Here, -constant angular momentum. ...

A computer controlled low light photometer for nightglow observations. Hardware units of portable photometer for low light measurements, especially night glow emission is described. ... Interface card contain three channels of 24 bit counter, 4 channels of 12 bit ADC and the buffer bus for the controlled motors of the altazimuthal fork mounting and filters wheel, the position encoders. ... Where N( ) is output signal photometer generated input light flux F( l ) . ... PMT # . 599 . ...

... The very demanding goal of 50 milliarcseconds root-mean-square (mas RMS) for the astrometric precision of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey implies that focus and collimation motions of the secondary must be very smooth. The Apache Point Observatory 3.5-m telescope secondary is a hot-gas-fusion borosilicate lightweight (25% of solid) mirror. ... Differential rotation provides tilt motions. ... Also, we made measurements with the indicators sensing the motion of the whiffletrees near actuators 1 and 2. ...