I was wondering what conditions should be met to have the "darkest" sky .. ... Upon the above publication of the Southern Galactic hemisphere, TunГ Tezel started seeking opportunities to create the Northern counterpart image. ... So, the initial quest of having the darkest possible sky have delivered us these two all-sky images of the two galactic hemispheres as seen from Planet Earth. Zoomable and 'full-screenable' fisheye view of the "darkest sky" Southern Galactic Hemisphere image. ...

... Click on an object in the solar system or choose from the list at left to learn more . The Arecibo Observatory planetary radar is the world's most powerful instrument for post-discovery characterization and orbital refinement of near-Earth objects. ... The Solar System Studies group is a department of the Arecibo Observatory, which is an NSF facility operated under cooperative agreement by SRI International, Universities Space Research Association (USRA), and la Universidad Metropolitana (UMET). ...

... In the context of the autonomous TAROT observatory we have developed an automatic scheduling software. ... With the advent of automatic telescopes and the use in service mode of large facilities, the problem of efficient night scheduling is becoming more important. ... However, we encountered some difficulties handling periodic or constrained requests with a large time interval, and it is unable to give to the telescope users and operators the visibility over the schedule. ...

... Telescopes, instruments and cameras are keenly affected by local weather and atmospheric conditions. The decision to open any telescope or have access to any instrument or camera is at the sole discretion of the on-duty observing specialist(s) at the time of your requested access. ... Specific parameters exist for access to APO telescopes, instruments, or cameras which protect our highly-sophisticated and sensitive equipment and provide safe work conditions for staff and visitors. ...

Duty astronomers at the Compact Array are rostered from ATNF staff and students to provide support to observers at Narrabri for periods of one week at a time. The duty astronomers are required to assist observers prepare observing schedules, help set up the Compact Array at the start of an observing run, diagnose and attempt to solve problems that arise in the course of the observations and help observers with the initial analysis of their data. ... www.atnf.csiro.au/observers/tidbinbilla . ...

RadioAstron AO-1 prop osal Submission dead line: February 8, 23:59 UT. ... Team contact name and e-mail address: Ivan Petrov (e-mail: Ivan.Peterov@gmail.com ) Total observing time request: 100 hrs Number of independent observing segments and typical range of pro jected baselines required: 20 (3-30 Earth diameters) Specific dates and time intervals requested : If your experiment requires specific dates and UT ranges, please, indicate them: February 1, 2014: 08:00-16:00 UT -- M87 imaging ...

This report describes the procedures for processing a Target of Opportunity activation request. ... Insuring that the submitted Phase II abstract includes the desired turn-around time ( See Visits Requiring Rapid Processing ), triggering event, and probability of occurrence. ... Providing to the Principal Investigator (PI) a list of people to contact when a visit is activated (See UIR: "Activating Your Target of Opportunity Proposal" ). ... Director's Office (Macchetto) . ...

... ASRAS HOME . Radio Astronomy . ... About ASRAS . ... Our Observing Site . ... 2015 Mees Tour Guides . ... We're offering Regular Tours (a presentation on astronomy geared to a general audience, followed by a tour of the observatory and (hopefully!) observing of several objects, which may include the Moon, planets, nebulae, star clusters and perhaps galaxies), and Kids' Tours (a more interactive presentation specially aimed at youngsters plus the observatory tour and observing) as in prior years. ...

... Within the transnational Access program of SOLARNET, European investigators can apply for observing time with the European instruments IBIS and ROSA , which are installed at the Dunn Solar Telescope of the US National Solar Observatory ( DST/NSO ). ... Periodic calls for proposals will be published for requesting SOLARNET observing time with the European instruments IBIS and ROSA, installed at the Dunn Solar Telescope of the US National Solar Observatory (DST/NSO). ... SOLARNET Access . ...

... The Large Telescopes Program Committee of Russian AS . ... Executive Secretary, e-mail: request@sao.ru . Telescope RATAN-600 Time Request deadline: I half-year (Jan. ... Program title .. ... Principal investigator .. ... Request status .. ... Retarded applications and ones not conforming to form will not be accepted by the Committee. ... In some exceptional cases the Program Committee Secretary can accept a request after deadline with permission of the Chairman of Committee or director of SAO RAS. ...

... Detailed comparisons with ALMA observations (left) with numerical models (right) enable us to develop observing strategies for ALMA, to plan, optimize, and interpret observations, and to demonstrate that potentially important scientific results can be expected from solar ALMA observations. ... The Solar Simulations for the Atacama Large Millimeter Observatory Network (SSALMON) was initiated in 2014 in connection with two ALMA development studies. ...

... Iowa Robotic Telescope | ... Talon is based on OCAAS, a software suite developed by software engineer Elwood Downey ( Clear Sky Institute ) for use at the University of Iowa ?s first remote facility (the ATF, or Automated Telescope Facility). ... XObservatory : Telescope Control Interface . ... This program calls upon and coordinates much of the interrelated portions of the Talon architecture, and forms the primary control panel for the telescope, dome, and peripheral systems when used locally. ...

Follow-up astrometry and recoveries are made with the ANU 40 inch (1.0-m) f/8 reflector at Siding Spring Observatory (IAU code 413). ... A routine follow-up of 2003 WY153 on 2003 Dec 15 became much more than routine when a faint object with unusual motion vector was found close to the target asteroid. ... During routine astrometry with the 1.0-m to improve the orbit of the Apollo asteroid 2004 CB, the asteroid was found on March 30 to have a short tail! ... Siding Spring Survey Main Page . ...

... You will receive requested data by conventional or electronic mail according to your preference. ... AHMEDABAD ALBUQUERQUE ALERT ALMA ATA 806M ALMA ATA 3340M APATITY ATHENS BAGNERES BEIJING BEIRUT BERGEN BERKELY BRISBANE BUENOS AIRES CALGARY CAPE SHMIDT CASEY CHACALTAYA CHICAGO CHURCHILL CLIMAX COLLEGE CORDOBA DALLAS DEEP RIVER DENVER DOURBES DARMSTADT DOURBES DURHAM ELLSWORTH FREIBURG FUKUSHIMA GOOSE BAY GOTTINGEN HAFELEKAR HALEAKALA HALLE HEISS IS. ...

... Files in red?history) . ... The Sun . ... Large sunspots may be occasionally seen by the unaided eye, with the sun near the horizon and dimmed by thick haze. ... Year after year, beginning in 1826, on every clear day, Schwabe would scan the sun and record its spots, until 17 years later he began to suspect a regular variation . ... Some, led by Rudolf Wolf, examined old records to reconstruct earlier sunspot cycles, while Edward Sabine in England in 1852 found a similar periodicity in magnetic...

System of astrometric databases of Pulkovo observatory. ... The purpose of these observations is the determination of precise coordinates of Solar system bodies, which is necessary for development and improvement of motion theories, and for studying the evolution of the Solar system. ... Accuracy of photographical observations is about 0.2-0.3 arcsec for equatorial coordinates and 0.1-0.3 for relative coordinates of planetary satellites, depending on object and observational conditions. ...

... rev }; if ( $rev !~ /^\d{4}$/) { &print_obs_log_sum(" Revolution $rev invalid. ... TR /i) { # until end of row push @saved_lines, $lines[$i]; if ($lines[$i] =~ / (\d{2}):(\d{2}):(\d{2})\.\d{2} /) { # RA line my ($cur_ra) = 15 * $1 + $2 / 4.0 + $3 / 240.; if ($cur_ra = $ra1_min $cur_ra = $ra1_max) {$found_ obs = 1;} if ($split) { if ($cur_ra = $ra2_min $cur_ra = $ra2_max) {$found_ obs = 1;} } } $i++; } if ($found_ obs ) { print _found_row($n_hits, @saved_lines); $n_hits++; $found_ ...

Click here for more about this recent image from Shared Skies. Moore Observatory of the University of Louisville and Mt. Kent Observatory of the University of Southern Queensland support teaching and research by their students and faculty in programs in Astronomy, Physics, and Atmospheric Sciences. ... The wide field telescope in the roll roof and the CDK20 in the Sirius dome at Moore Observatory offer live real-time use to university students, and to secondary school teachers, on request. ...

... Recent Topics . ... MAO main . ... Fw: ASTRONET: Task 5.4 - observing schools . ... Subject: Re: ASTRONET: Task 5.4 - observing schools . ... second half of September, and which will be funded by the training and . ... www.iap.fr/opticon/neon_schools/2014/index.html . ... intended for master and starting PhD students. ... actions on observing schools, providing access for students, Master . ... observing schools for master students. ... in form of observing schools for pre-PhD students. ... MAO NASU...

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