Peremennye Zvezdy", . ... GSC 4232-02515, NSVS 3147658, NSVS 3174760 . ... 14.2-14.9 (R, NSVS); . ... During observations of a secondary eclipse of GSC 04232-02830 (Goranskij et al., 2005) on August 8, 2007, we identified GSC 4232-02515 as a W UMa eclipsing binary. ... VAST software was used for aperture photometry. ... This method produces a light curve with an arbitrary zero point. ... Light Curve . Light curve of GSC 4232-02515 in NSVS magnitude scale. ... gsc423202515_kadar_nsvs.dat . ...

Discussions about the observing strategy for the HDF-S focussed primarily on the questions: . What filters/gratings to use for each instrument ? What exposure time to use for each filter/grating ? ... Different areas of the Version 1 output image correspond to variable amounts of exposure time, due to the relatively large pointing shifts necessitated by the multi-instrument observing strategy. ... WFPC-2 Filters, exposure times and limiting AB magnitudes for Version 1 images . Filter . ...

... The following charts/text are intended as tools for monitoring the Type Ia supernovae ( SNe ) event visually or photographically (utilizing telescope equipped CCD equipment).The files include: A replication of The Type Ia SNe , V- magnitude (with data point checks from other cited references)and color index (B-V) templete (to indicate a general color-related trend of the type Ia ... I believe this might help alleviate some of the problems involving the making of acceptable amateur light curves...

... Exposure Time Calculator (ETC) . ... ESO - Public Surveys . ... the recommended values to use for DIT, . ... Detector on-chip integration (DIT): seconds. to your chosen value - a separate page gives recommended values to use for DIT - for modes 1 and 2 below you may wish to start with the maximum recommended values as these will minimize the effect of read noise (a total object exposure of Y secs with DIT=X secs will produce Y/X lots of read noise) and give you a lower limit on the time needed. ...

HI spectral-line observations of galaxies (Karen O'Neil) . Measuring the width, flux, etc. of the HI profile of two galaxies, using some combination of : dwarf emission line, HVC emission line, spiral emission line, and spiral absorption line. This project was designed to demonstrate the fundamentals of spectral line observing and position switching. ... The types of galaxies observed in this project are being kept open and will be determined when the project LST is known. ...

... Science Users Information > Observing with ESO Telescopes > Phase 2 Preparation > Observing conditions . ... Service Mode Philosophy . ... The following definitions of the observing conditions are common between Phase 1 preparation and Phase 2 preparation, as well as between Service Mode and Visitor Mode observations. ... There are additional Service Mode Policies and Service Mode Guidelines regarding the observing conditions. ... Seeing (Phase 1) and Image quality (Phase2) constraints . ... Moon . ...

ATMoB "Open Cluster Observing Award " Guidelines Purpose: To promote observing among the membership of the Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston through participation in the Open Clusters Observing Awards program. Introduction: This awards program is oriented towards visually observing open clusters above magnitude 9.9. ... It turns out that a very unprejudiced and convenient method to dermine the limiting magnitude is to count the number of visible stars in certain areas on the sky. ...

... The program will propose reasonable default choices, and will provide some approximate estimates of the magnitudes where photon noise becomes excessive, and where photon and scintillation noise are comparable. ... Table shows what a typical crossover table looks like. ... We would generally prefer to have the extinction measurements limited only by scintillation noise, so the initial faint limit for extinction stars is set 1.5 magnitudes brighter than the brightest of the crossover values. ...

ATNF ATUC Memorandum To: ATUC From: Jim Lovell Date: 2005 June 3 Subject Tidbinbilla report 1. 70m Observing statistics for Jan to July 2005. ... Spectroscopy: 240 h 2. 70m Antenna Maintenance. ... The first is an implementation of on-the-fly (OTF) mapping. ... A further advantage of this switch is that the antenna controller on DSS34 is of the same type to be installed on the 70m. Therefore the 70m downtime can be used to update and test observing software, including OTF mapping, on DSS34. ...

... NICS will be the only infrared instrument for the first light of the TNG; as a consequence, we decided to incorporate a sufficient degree of operation flexibility by providing the instrument with six different observing modes, three aimed at imaging and three at spectroscopy: . ... It will be possible to use the narrow band filters as order sorters; this will allow to perform high resolution long-slit spectroscopy in the wavelength ranges covered by the available narrow band filters. ...

True Color Image Gallery: Galactic SNR | Magellanic Cloud SNR . ... Description: PWN within larger radio remnant . ... Radio . ... Radio Images Page . ... Exposure uf . ... Exposure uf Exposure time of unfiltered event file . Exposure f Exposure time of filtered event file . ... Event 2 FITS File . ... AUX file . ... see fit detail page for more about the fit. see chandra spectrum page for region used. ... True Color Image . ... Radio Images . ... Chandra Supernova Remnant Catalog . ...

... In this activity, students will observe that the faintest stars which they can see in the sky are affected by many things: the adaptation of their eyes to the dark, the presence of clouds or haze, the time of year, and the presence of light pollution. General Information . ... After completing this activity, students should have a better understanding of the practical processes for dealing with the light pollution problem and with other environmental and societal issues. << previous page | ...

RELATIVE SUNSPOT NUMBERS Description of Data from SGD Explanation of Data Reports: Relative Sunspot Numbers -- The relative sunspot number is an index of the activity of the entire visible disk of the Sun. ... The provisional daily Zurich relative sunspot numbers, Rz, were based upon observations made at Zurich and its two branch stations in Arosa and Locarno and communicated by M. Waldmeier of the Swiss Federal Observatory. ... This indicates the uncertainty above and below the predicted number. ...

Posting Observations . ... You will need to subscribe to vsnet-acc (to allow you access to post your observations). ... VSNet has several different e-mail sigs, and sub sigs. ... These list are controlled by a software package called " Majordomo ", which allows you to subscribe and unsubscribe yourself from these list with an e-mail message (automated). ... Once you have subscribed to vsnet-acc (which will only send you a welcome message back and nothing else) you can post to the other list. ...

... They are concerned with Attitude Control System of the spacecraft, satellite visibility from tracking stations, limits on the satellite autonomous operations during the orbit, and needs for auxiliary operations with the spacecraft. ... Among the operational constraints the most important one is the number of programmed slews per orbit, which determines the maximum number of radio sources to be observed during one orbit. ... System temperature (K) . ... Progress of the RadioAstron Project in Pictures...

DISCLAIMER: The larger the aperture, the more light a telescope will gather and the fainter the object you can see. Here is a range of magnitudes you might expect to see. Given excellent sky conditions and good optics, a well trained eye can sometimes add up to 0.8 magnitude to these values. Limiting Magnitude depends on much more than the instruments aperture. ... One formula is for aperture in inches the other is for aperture in millimeters. ... Aperture (inches) . ... 15.2 . ...

Next: Remote Observing on the Keck Telescopes . Up: Telescopes and Observatory Operations . ... COSMOS-3 is the third generation telescope software system of Nobeyama Radio Observatory, which was designed to control and to monitor the 45 m telescope and Nobeyama Millimeter Array and to acquire observing data from receiver backends. ... Tools at the top layer provide user interfaces for many kinds of observing requirements and various displays of observing results and system monitors. ...

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Date: 11/24/2014 Time:05:26 Moon Age: 1.8 Available Observing Hours: 12.9 Observer: Instrument: Operator: Cage: Lebofsky, Bell 90PrimeOne Trueblood PF hours lost to: weather: 2.0 telescope: 0.0 instrument: 0.0 computer: 0.0 Time Temp Humidity Wind Vel. Wind Dir. Seeing Open 18:30 37.8F 50% 15 N 1.9 Close 05:20 37.1F 15% 15 NE 1.8 _________________ Description ______________________ Most of the night, seeing >2", which severely limited our available targets. ...

Next: Optimization of spectroscopic observations Up: On the problem of Previous: On the problem of . In comparison with spectroscopy of extended extragalactic objects, the task of observing stars with a high spectral resolution is traditionally given lower priority. ... A ``natural'' response of some researchers of stars and starlike objects is preferential use of low and moderate spectral resolution techniques, where one succeeds in minimizing losses at the spectrograph input. ...