1. Siding Spring Survey
T he Siding Spring Survey (SSS) is a Near-Earth Object search program that utilises the 0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory, N.S.W., Australia. ... The mission of the Siding Spring Survey is to contribute to the inventory of near-earth objects (NEOs), or more specifically, the potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs) and comets (PHOs) that may pose a threat of impact and thus harm to civilization. ... Based on the CSS Mission page . ... Siding Spring Survey Main Page . ...
2. ESO - ESO Public Surveys
... Public . Science . ... Science Users Information > Observing with ESO Telescopes > Public Surveys . ... Public Surveys . Publications with ESO Data . ... Large Programmes . ... Public Surveys Programmes . ... Public Surveys Phase 2 . ... Here we present the Public Survey projects and give information on the mechanisms that ESO has set in place to manage them, to ensure their legacy value and their usefulness for the astronomical community at large. ... ESO Public Surveys Phase 2 workshop . ...
3. 2dF QSO Redshift Survey (2QZ)
The 2dF QSO Redshift Survey (2QZ) . ... Before jumping into all the finer details of teh survey, a brief non-astronomer's guide to redshift surveys is available. ... The primary scientific aims of the QSO survey are: (1) to obtain the primordial fluctuation power spectrum out to COBE scales, (2) to determine the rate of QSO clustering evolution in the non-linear and linear regimes and hence obtain new limits on the value of and the bias parameter, (3) to apply a powerful geometric method to measure . ...
4. Supernova Remnant (SNR) Catalogue or Catalog of Galactic SNRs
2014 May version . ... Green D. A., 2014 , Bulletin of the Astronomical Society of India, 42 , 47-58. ( .pdf , or arXiv.org:1409.0637 ) If you make use of the detailed version of the catalogue, then plaese also cite: . Green D. A., 2014, `A Catalogue of Galactic Supernova Remnants (2014 May version)' , Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, United Kingdom (available at "http://www.mrao.cam.ac.uk/surveys/snrs/" ). ... Copyright D. A. Green 2014. 25872nd access to this version of the catalogue. ...
5. Pleiades VLA Survey Area Comparisons
Here are six comparison images of the central nebula region from my 1998 AAS dissertation talk. ... Mid: Schmidt Bj (3600-5200 ) optical reflected starlight (folded scale). Bot: IRAS 100 ?m thermal emission (log scale). Right Side: Detailed HI 21cm line emission near the Pleiades, imaged by the 2 x 2 degree VLA-D survey (inset box); large-scale structure was mapped with the Green Bank 140-ft. telescope. ... These images compare the post-thesis extended VLA survey with other datasets. ...
6. Visual Supernova Searching with the 40 inch Telescope at Siding Spring
... Search . ATNF Home . About ATNF . ... About ATNF overview . ... Preliminary results are presented arising from the use of the 40 inch telescope at Siding Spring Observatory for visual supernova hunting over a period of about 18 months. ... These results are compared with the performance of my 41 cm backyard telescope over the same 18-month period, and with recently announced results from the Perth Observatory's Automated Supernova Search using their 61 cm telescope over a three-year period. ...
7. NEO precovery work on the UK Schmidt archive
. (*) located and measured by R. H. McNaught at Siding Spring Observatory. Note: A few plates we were interested in, were not at the ROE plate library. On one of these, 1999 RM28, was located measured by Robert McNaught at Siding Spring Observatory. Another plate where supposedly 1999 LP28 was recorded, is currently in Japan.
8. The NMW survey homepage
NMW survey overview . Access image archive . ... The New Milky Way survey aims to detect bright (V<13.5) optical transients near the Galactic plane using an automated wide-field (8x6 deg.) system capable of surveying the whole Milky Way area visible from the observing site in one night. ... All images obtained during the transient search survey are available online (please use the image archive access form ). ... Images per field: . ... Images per night: . ... Milky Way imaging time: . ...
9. Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions
... Bad Astronomy . Misconceptions . ... Bad Astronomy : "That's as remote as the dark side of the Moon!" ... As the tired, hackneyed refrains went on, one in particular caught my ear: " Fly me away to the bright side of the moon, and meet me on the other side." ... As the Moon orbits the Earth, different parts of it get illuminated by the Sun. ... Bad Addendum : At the end of the album "Dark Side of the Moon" by Pink Floyd, there is a voiceover that actually says "There is no dark side of the moon. ...
10. Comet Siding Spring Passes Mars
... Credit Copyright: SEN / Damian Peach Explanation: Yesterday, a comet passed very close to Mars. In fact, Comet C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring) passed closer to the red planet than any comet has ever passed to Earth in recorded history. To take advantage of this unique opportunity to study the close interaction of a comet and a planet, humanity currently has five active spacecraft orbiting Mars: NASA's MAVEN , MRO , Mars Odyssey , as well as ESA 's Mars Express , and India 's Mars Orbiter . ...
11. APOD: 2014 October 20 - Comet Siding Spring Passes Mars
... 2014 October 20 . Comet Siding Spring Passes Mars . ... Explanation: Yesterday, a comet passed very close to Mars. In fact, Comet C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring) passed closer to the red planet than any comet has ever passed to Earth in recorded history. ... The featured image taken yesterday, however, was not taken from Mars but from Earth and shows Comet Siding Spring on the lower left as it passed Mars, on the upper right. NASA Updates : Comet Siding Spring from Mars . ... About APOD | ...
12. jo0039
... MPC (Minor Planets Circular) 57573,57792 Informations. relative to: absolute reference frame: astrometric centre of frame: topocentre epoch of equinox: J2000 time scale: UTC reduction: no information coordinates: absolute diff. refraction: no information receptor: see in the data telescope: 415 - 0.36-m f/3.9 Schmidt-Cassegrain 703 - 0.68-m Schmidt + CCD. ... Hour of right ascension (alpha, h) 6. Minute of right ascension (alpha, m) 7. ... Degree of declination (delta, deg) 9. ...
13. APO Home Page
... Current APO Weather . ... Search Site . ... Information for New Users . ... Technical Staff pages . Night Logs and Mailing Lists (maintained by APO) . ... Technical Documents and Database Search . ... Observer's Documentation and Procedures . ... Problem Reporting and APO Technical Documents Database Search . ... APO Drawing/Document Management Procedures . ... APO Technical Documents Database Search . Home Astrophysical Research Consortium . ... Mail Lists (maintained by APO) . ...
14. Asteroid 2004 MN4
Asteroid 2004 MN4 was discovered on the 19th of June 2004 by Roy Tucker, David Tholen and Fabrizio Bernardi of the University of Hawaii Asteroid Survey from Kitt Peak Arizona. ... After a few days it was recognized that it would make several close approaches to Earth in the 21st century. ... These distances were calculated by the Near Earth Object Dynamic Site using data available up to 2005 February, to check for updates go to Near Earth Object Dynamic Site . ... PHA Close Approaches To The Earth . ...
15. comet siding spring | Astronomy.com
... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . ... Observing . ... An artificial comet holds secrets to Earths life . ... Gravitational wave search provides insights into galaxy evolution and mergers . ... 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 . ... comet siding spring . ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ...
16. Комета Siding Spring 2007 Q3 в октябре 2009
Комета Siding Spring (C/2007 Q3) в сентябре-октябре 2009 года. ... РДЗ Зв.в. Элонг Созв ч. м. с. њ ' а.е. а.е. m њ ----------------------------------------------------------------- Сентябрь 2009 : 1 09h51m41.86s +04 21' 51.5 2.2891 3.2621 10.7 12.8 Sex 3 09h55m28.53s +04 33' 10.1 2.2850 3.2542 10.7 13.4 Sex 5 09h59m15.43s +04 44' 24.0 2.2812 3.2458 10.6 14.1 Sex 7 10h03m02.57s +04 55' 34.0 2.2776 3.2371 10.6 14.8 Sex 9 10h06m49.96s +05 06' 41.2 2.2742 3.2279 10.6 15.6 ...
17. Combinatorial and probabilistic sides of representation theory (Spring 2010)
... Пятница, 7 мая 2010, 19:10, ауд. 308 . ... Пятница, 30 апреля 2010, 19:10, ауд. ... Теперь он расскажет о своем новом (еще не вполне законченном) результате, приводящем к q-аналогу понятий теплицевой матрицы и тотально положительной последовательности. ... Пятница, 26 марта 2010, 19:10, ауд. ... a(t) = 1 + a 1 t 1 + a 2 t 2 + ... авторы называют тотально положительным, если бесконечная верхнетреугольная матрица B=(b ij ) с b ii =1, b ij =a s для j-i=s является тотально положительной. ...
18. Пермский планетарий - ПРЕСС-ЦЕНТР - Потрясающий снимок кометы C/2013 A1 (Siding
О ПЛАНЕТАРИИ . ... ПРЕСС-ЦЕНТР . ... Главная / ПРЕСС-ЦЕНТР / Потрясающий снимок кометы C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring) на фоне М6 . ... Менее недели остается до одного из самых интересных астрономических событий 2014 года: комета C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring) пройдет на минимальном расстоянии от Марса. Комета C/2013 (Siding Spring) на фоне скопления "Бабочка". ... В грядущее воскресенье, 19 октября, комета C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring) пройдет на расстоянии 139,5 тысяч километров от поверхности Марса. ...
19. Index of /shared_skies/archive/select/comets/2007q3_siding_spring
Name Last modified Size Description . Parent Directory - log.txt 2009-11-28 23:49 499 q3_200s_wcs_102d.fits 2009-11-28 23:49 24M q3_200s_wcs_bw_102d.jpg 2009-11-28 23:57 95K q3_200s_wcs_wb_102d.jpg 2009-11-28 23:57 59K . Apache/2.4.6 (Linux/SUSE) Server at www.astro.louisville.edu Port 80
20. Accessing the Digitized Sky Survey
... The Digitized Sky Survey is now available on CD-ROMs and will be on the ST ScI archive. ... ST ScI has digitized Schmidt plates of the entire Sky. ... The software then accesses the data, decompresses the scans and returns the data in a form of a photographic intensity as a function of x and y plate pixel coordinates. ... accesses the Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) CD ROMs and decompressed the data returning a photographic intensity as a function of x and y pixel coordinates. ...