... November 26, 1995 . A Star Where Photons Orbit . Credit and Copyright: Robert Nemiroff , ( GMU , NASA / GSFC ) . Explanation: The above computer animated picture depicts how a very compact star would look to a nearby observer. ... From here one can either look down and see several duplicate images of the entire surface of the star, look up and see several duplicate images of the entire night sky, or look along the photon sphere and see the back of one's own head. ... About APOD | ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . A Star Where Photons Orbit . ... 26.11.1995 . ... Credit: Robert Nemiroff , ( GMU , NASA / GSFC ) Explanation: The above computer animated picture depicts how a very compact star would look to a nearby observer. ... From here one can either look down and see several duplicate images of the entire surface of the star, look up and see several duplicate images of the entire night sky, or look along the photon sphere and see the back of one's own head. ... 1995 1996 . ...

M1 image More About M1 Nice Color Picture . ... M16 image More About M16 HST image . ... M31 image More About M31 Nice Color Picture . ... M42 image ; M43 image More About M42/43 Nice Color CCD Picture . M51 image More About M51 Color Image of M51 M51 Supernova . M57 image More About M57 Nice Color CCD Picture Very Deep M57 Image . ... M81 image More About M81 M81 Supernova Ultraviolet Image of M81 More about Ultraviolet Imaging . M82 image More About M82 M82 False Color M82 True Color . ...

... About ATNF overview . ... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Parkes radio telescope . Australia Telescope Compact Array . ... The more stringent antenna control and monitoring requirements of the Australia Telescope Compact Array operating at high frequencies make it essential to upgrade the telescope antenna control computers. ... The MNRF contribution to the ATOMS project is in the form of funding for two positions to help with the implementation of the antenna control computers. ...

... Applying the Lessons Learned from HST Operations to New Missions" , presented at SPIE's International Symposium Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation . ... Portable Astronomical Scheduling Tools" presented at the ADASS V Conference . A System for Long-Term Scheduling of Ground-Based Observatories" ( html , postscript ) presented at the Conference on New Observing Modes My technical papers, as well as those by STScI colleagues are available on-line. ... Spike planning and scheduling system . ...

... Archives . ... There is an ambitious project afoot to build a 3D map of a meteor stream during the Perseids on Aug 11-12. ... This will be one of the better years for Perseids; the moon, which often interferes with the Perseids, will not be a problem this year. ... So, would you be willing to blog about this project on your blog? ... Tags: Announcement , Aug 2010 , August , meteors , modeling , Perseids , spatial-temporal modeling . ... Comment ( RSS ) | ... The Perseid Project [Announcement] . ...

... If you were to observe for proposal number a9999, upon arrival at the Observatory you will be provided with: . ... a project area attached to the observing computer (this is typically called, i.e. /share/obs4/usr/a9999) . ... A Source List (preferably placed in your project area on the observing computer - see below) . Your Spectral Line Set-up Files(s) (.sls & .par) (when generated by the gui, these will automatically be placed in your project area on the observing computer) . ...

Next: J.E. Chambers, Research Astronomer Up: Research Previous: W.M. Napier, Senior Research Contents . Dr John Butler has carried out activities in the following main areas: . ... Bag?, has started a project on the link between solar activity and cosmic rays on clouds and their possible influence on the Earth's mean temperature. ... The proceedings of the meeting were edited by C.J. Butler and J.G. Doyle and published by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific in their conference series. ...

Winer Observatory P.O. Box 797, Sonoita, Arizona 85637-0797, USA . ... 2/3-m Telescope . ... Site . ... Commanding . ... In a typical robotic observing scenario, each afternoon, a telescope control computer obtains a set of objects to observe from its home institution from a command or script file. ... The file is then transferred to the telescope control computer at the Winer Observatory in Sonoita. ... The Iowa control computer then begins processing the telrun.sls file. ... 2013 Winer Observatory. ...

... Science . ... Science Users Information > Science Activities > Science in Santiago > Science Projects . ... Observing Facilities . ... Science in Garching . ... Astronomers, Fellows, Students and Visitors at ESO Chile are engaged in forefront astronomical research. ... Compact Binaries Group - Group Coordinator: Linda Schmidtobreick . Extragalactic Astronomy Research Group - Group Coordinator: Dimitri Gadotti . ... Planetary Sciences Research Group - Group coordinator: Christophe Dumas . ...

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