Astronomy Picture of the Day . A Wheel on Mars . ... Credit Copyright: NASA / JPL-Caltech/Mars Science Laboratory Explanation: A wheel attached to NASA's Curiosity rover is firmly on the martian surface in this early picture from the Mars Science Laboratory mission , captured after a successful landing on August 5, 2012 at 10:32pm (PDT). Seen at the lower right of a Hazard Avoidance Camera fisheye wide-angle image, the rover's left rear wheel is 50 centimeters (about 20 inches) in diameter. ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2012 December 9 . The Astronaut Who Captured a Satellite . ... Explanation: In 1984, high above the Earth's surface, an astronaut captured a satellite. ... Pictured above , astronaut Dale A. Gardner flies free using the Manned Maneuvering Unit and begins to attach a control device dubbed the Stinger to the rotating Westar 6 satellite. ...

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... About ATNF overview . ... Governance overview . Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Staff list | ... Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder . ... Australia Telescope Online Archive (ATOA) . ... Updates and revisions are managed by Neil Roddis; I will endeavour to keep the PAFSKA group informed of changes as I realise many do not have access to the ska wiki. ... Next in thread : warnick_at_email.protected: "Re: [pafska] SKA requirements for Dish Array/receivers - attached" . ...

... Conference abstracts (PDF, 92k) . 09:30-10:30 . ... Translation flows on Z d covers of compact translation surfaces . ... Coffee . ... Volume entropy for surface groups . ... Ergodicity of infinite translation surfaces . ... Stationary measures on homogeneous spaces . ... Dynamics of SL (2, R ) on Prym eigenforms . ... Symbolic dynamics of a traffic map . ... Ergodic flows and some problems in analysis . ... Connected components of the strata of the moduli space of meromorphic differentials . ...

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... September 25, 1997 . T Pyxidis: Recurrent Nova . ... Explanation: What happens when a thermonuclear blast occurs on the surface of a white dwarf star? ... Like other binary star systems which produce nova outbursts , T Pyx is composed of a dense white dwarf and a close companion star. An outburst occurs when the temperature and density of the sea of matter dumped from the companion onto the surface of the white dwarf reach the nuclear flash point for hydrogen . ... About APOD > . ...

... Observing . ... Solar Observing . ... April 3 (SUN) - Solar Observing, Central Park , Manhattan . ... APRIL'S SKY . ... Lecture Series at the American Museum of Natural History The Amateur Astronomers Association is proud to present an astronomy lecture series from October through May each year for our members and the .. ... The€аAmateur Astronomers Association of New York€аwas organized in 1927 to promote the study of Astronomy, emphasizing its cultural and inspirational value. ...

... The inner workings of compact stellar systems: . With the group of Holger Baumgardt and Pavel Kroupa , we investigate possible explanations for two striking observational findings among compact stellar systems: . ... 2008 , Mieske et al. 2008 ). ... We have performed N-body simulations to investigate the co-evolution of dark matter and stars in compact stellar systems ( Baumgardt \ Mieske 2008 ). ... 2006 , Mieske et al. 2006 and 2010 , Strader et al. 2006 ), the so-called 'blue tilt'. ...

Stellarium 0.12.3 . ... Classes . ... ClassљList . ... Refraction Class Reference . ... virtual voidљ . forward ( Vec3d &altAzPos) const . ... backward ( Vec3d &altAzPos) const . Remove refraction from position ("reduce"). ... forward ( Vec3f &altAzPos) const . ... setupGLSLTransform ( StelGLSLShader *shader) . ... virtual void Refraction::backward . ... virtual void Refraction::disableGLSLTransform . ... virtual void Refraction::forward . ... virtual void Refraction::setGLSLUniforms . ...

OptInt PmWiki . ... The above top-level requirements are being flowed down to a set of derived requirements by means of brainstorming sessions and appropriate analysis/simulations. A matrix developed by CAH, MF and ADR attempts to identify all derived requirements and can be used to check if we have captured them all: [[Attach:derived-requirements matrix-v1.pdf | Derived Requirements Matrix]] . ... The derived requirements are being written up in the document: [[Attach:derived_merged.pdf | ...

Журнал ПОВЕРХНОСТЬ публикует оригинальные статьи и обзоры по наиболее актуальным проблемам изучения поверхностных явлений. ... Редакция журнала 'Поверхность. ... Англоязычная версия журнала Journal of Surface Investigation . X-Ray, Synchrotron and Neutron Techniques выходит 6 раз в год . The Journal of Surface Investigation. X-ray, Synchrotron and Neutron Techniques ( Poverkhnost '. ... X-ray, Synchrotron and Neutron Techniques is abstracted and/or indexed in (Impact Factor 0.359): . ...

. My astronomical research interests center on galaxy structure and evolution. Current topics include: . Polar-ring and interacting galaxies (see also new catalogue ) . Galaxy warps: statistics, properties and origin . Spiral galaxies at z~1: radial and vertical structure of stellar disks, statistics of interactions . Surface photometry and kinematics, dynamical modeling . Observational cosmology . Joomla Counter since Sep 1997

In this gallery are many images of Low Surface Brightness Galaxies which have recently been discovered and analyzed. ... The central surface brightness of this galaxy is 24.28 . Malin 2 This galaxy is another huge disk galaxy with a scale length of 15 kpc and a redshift of 15000 km/a. The high surface brightness knot in one of its spiral arms actually has the same color, luminosity and H-alpha equivalent width as the entire Large Magellanic Cloud . ... Truly it is a Low Surface Brightness Galaxy. ...

... Astronomers once thought Pluto's atmosphere would condense down to the surface as it moved away from the Sun. Can that still be true, and if so, is that causing the surface features we now see? ... This is almost certainly because the atmosphere which is nitrogen, like Earth s atmosphere is also frozen as ice on the surface. ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... If you are already registered on Astronomy.com, please log in below. ...

... While the three NICMOS cameras are no longer at a common focus, under many circumstances it is desirable to obtain data simultaneously in multiple cameras. ... From the ground, the infrared background is affected by telluric absorption and emission which limits the depth of astronomical imaging. ... Now, the dominant sources of background radiation will be the zodiacal light at short wavelengths and the thermal background emission from the telescope at long wavelengths. ...

... In the spring of 1997 we were lucky enough to be treated to the dramatic spectacle of comet Hale-Bopp slowly making its way across the night skies. ... Although much is now known about them, they remain one of the most mysterious yet beautiful members of the solar system. ... Most bodies in the solar system move around the Sun in nearly circular orbits in the plane of the solar system. ... A common fallacy is that the tail of a comet trails behind the nucleus as it journeys through the solar system....

... Material: Fused Silica, anti reflection coated . ... C1 wil be bonded with an elastomer ring to the steel ring shown in the above photo. ... Ed Mannery carefully positions the optic in the steel mount ring in preparation for the pouring of the elastomer bond. As the elastomer will readily leak out of available openings in the channel, an initial pour is made to build an elastomer seal at the interface between a removable mylar gasket and the glass and also between the gasket and the steel ring. ...

Marc White . ... Postdoctoral Research Fellow , The Australian National University . ... 2009 - 2014 . PhD, Astronomy Astrophysics , The Australian National University . ... 2005 - 2008 . BSc (Honours) in Physics , The University of Western Australia . ... 2008 - 2009 . ... Vacation Scholar , Astronomy Group, School of Physics, The University of Western Australia . ... System Administrator Programmer (IT Officer), Research School of Astronomy Astrophysics, The Australian National University . ...