... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2015 May 31 . Supernova 1994D and the Unexpected Universe . Image Credit: High-Z Supernova Search Team , HST , NASA . Explanation: Long ago, far away, a star exploded. ... Supernova 1994D was not of interest for how different it was, but rather for how similar it was to other supernovae . ... About APOD | ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... 31.05.2015 . ... Credit Copyright: High-Z Supernova Search Team , HST , NASA Explanation: Long ago, far away, a star exploded. Supernova 1994D , visible as the bright spot on the lower left, occurred in the outskirts of disk galaxy NGC 4526 . Supernova 1994D was not of interest for how different it was, but rather for how similar it was to other supernovae . ... Publications with keywords: supernova - cosmology . ... A Supernova through Galaxy Dust . ...

... 96.1655Garwood+ We presented results from a continuum VLA snapshot survey of the galactic plane in the longitude range 0d < l < 90d at 1.5 GHz. Observations were taken every 0.5^o in longitude at b=0^o. Most fields are complete to about 30 mJy peak density. The positions, peak, and total flux density of 471 compact sources (<30") have been measured. ... This catalog contains results from a continuum VLA snapshot survey of the galactic plane in the longitude range 0d < l < 90d at 1.5 GHz. ...

Going Deep with ALFA E-ALFA Ultra-deep field group February 17, 2004 Abstract The improved sensitivity, RFI excisions and baselines expected with ALFA will open a new area of high sensitivity observations for the Arecibo Telescope. There is a significant scientific interest in single sight-line observations to unprecedented depth with integration times up to about 100 hours per beam. ... The total proposed integration time is 35 hours per beam. ... Higher sensitivity to unresolved sources. ...

... Data . ... Retrieving HST Data . ... This section highlights some typical FOC image characteristics. ... Occulting fingers located near the aperture entrance if the image size is greater than 512 x 512 pixels or if the FUV prism is in the beam. Reseau marks etched onto the faceplate of the detector to aid in geometric correction ( Figure 4.4 ). ... A faint diagonal parallel striping pattern called pattern noise . ... Figure 4.5: FOC 512 x 512 Image Showing Faint "Thumbprint" Pattern or "Fringes" . ...

... INSTRUMENT: SurveyCam FILTERS: Stromgren uvby, 2" square COMMENTS: remote observations are expected BRIEF SCIENCE JUSTIFICATION: Last decade numerous faint structures at the periphery of regular galaxies, as arcs, tails, or streams, have been discovered (see e.g. Martinez-Delgado et al., ... The broad-band photometry is used for observing the faint structures, but it does not allow to break the age-metallicity degeneracy efficiently. ... The standard Stromgren set is available at APO. ... 2014). ...

... December 30, 1998 . Supernova 1994D and the Unexpected Universe . Credit: High-Z Supernova Search Team , HST , NASA . Explanation: Far away, long ago, a star exploded. ... Supernova 1994D was not of interest for how different it was, but rather for how similar it was to other supernovae . ... The large number and great distances to supernovae measured in 1998 have been interpreted as indicating that we live in a previously unexpected universe . ... About APOD > . ... NASA Technical Rep.: ...

... Bojan Nikolic web pages home . ... I've posted a short note on using 183 GHz Radiometers to correct for . the atmospheric emission fluctuations that can limit total power . observations. The note is available at: . ... Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus. blog comments powered by Disqus . Copyright 2012, Bojan Nikolic feedback welcome ...

... In addition to the standard 20, 13, 6 and 3-cm systems, we expect that all six antennas will be available for 12-mm observations. ... As in 2002, three antennas will be available with 3-mm systems for the winter of 2003, with the frequency range limited to two sub-bands of 84.9 - 87.3 GHz and 88.5 - 91.3 GHz. Proposals for 3-mm observing time must include an observer who has had previous experience with the ATCA 3-mm systems. ... Changes to the ATNF Time Assignment Committee . ...

... Actual stars are expected to be more complicated than these simulations. ... The spot may be entirely visible most of the time (one would observe a prolonged flux minimum low), and then part of it may disappear over the horizon briefly and then return (slow rise and then fall back to constant level). ... With the set of observations taken here, I have information available from several comparison stars and color information. ... The period found must be consistent with the data from any given night....

... Science . ... Science Users Information > Data Handling and Products > Data Reduction FAQ > I see unexpected boxy emission-like features in my REDL spectra - where do they come from? ... Observing with ESO Telescopes . ... ESO-MIDAS . ... ESO Data . ... The pipeline by default interpolates across the bad columns in the REDL CCD when it creates the master bias, but does not so when it processes the science data. This inconsistency can create boxy emission-like features as seen in the figure below. ...

... Images obtained using the Faulkes Telescope South, operated by Las Cumbres Observatory. ... The Faulkes Telescope Project and Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network had kindly given us the opportunity to use these telescopes and the observatory had booked us four sessions of controlling the telescope in order for us to make some observations on NEOs. ... Just before our first observing session on Friday, we were given a tour of the observatory building and its telescopes, by John McFarland...

... N. Kardashev and M. Popov informed the participants on the current IOC results. ... Kovalev). ... Agenda of the RadioAstron teleconference November 16, 2011 Corrections to the Agenda 1 2 3 4 5 6 IOC status and results Single Dish observation with RA VLBA observations to find best fringe search candidates Fringe search plan Early science program plan Tracking stations outside Russia N.Kardashev N. Kardashev / M.Popov V. Kostenko E.Fomalont M.Popov Y.Y. Kovalev / M.Popov /A.Alakoz ...

... Analysis of in-orbit data closely follow the CSL data analysis. Stars with known astrometric positions are matched with their image centroids. ... The measured position, the expected position and the offset between the measured and expected positions are calculated and written into a file. ... select catalogued positions for different observations/pointings (e.g. positions of objects in photometric sequence) . ... The new distortion map was generated from in-flight observations of the G153 field. ...

Blackholes2 Forum Message . ... Post . ... Shifts Are As Would Be Expected. ... Post Message | ... Red and blue shifts can be caused by velocities also. ... The expectd result would be a red or blue shift proportional to the aparent distance an object is from the observer. ... www.astronomy.net . About Astronomy Net | Advertise on Astronomy Net | ... Forum posts are Copyright their authors as specified in the heading above the post. "dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

... S.P. KOROLEV ROCKET AND SPACE CORPORATION ENERGIA . ... OAO RSC "Energia" . ... Development of Organizational Structure . Company's History . ... History . Brief History of Rocket and Space Technology . ... Project History . ISS Russian Segment . Steps of ISS Assembly . ... ISS 45/46 . ... Rocket Space Complexes . ... The experiment further develops a sequence of visual observations of the Earth surface started earlier at the Mir station. ... 2015 JSC "S.P. Korolev RSC "Energia" . ...

The Chi-Square Goodness of Fit Statistic . This statistic enables us to test whether observed frequencies are close to . those we would expect. ... Expected frequencies . ... For example, if we . have an honest die we would expect 1/6 of all cases to show any of . ... So, for example, if we roll a die 60 times we would expect : . ... If we actually roll a die 60 times we wouldn't expect each of the faces . ... times each face actually comes up is the observed frequency for that face. ...

... 314 Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XIII, eds. F. Ochsenbein, M. Allen, & D. Egret (San Francisco: ASP), 812 . ... Abstract: The calculation of flux upper limits in the source-free ("background") regions of photon-limited images is complicated by instrumental and statistical modeling and requires non-trivial computational effort. ... The principal component in this is the time taken to pre-process and handle the 30 GB of RASS data rather than the calculation of each upper limit. ...

... As the outcome of the meeting we expect some identification of joint research projects which would benefit Glasgow-Pulkovo collaboration and FP-7 "RadioSun" staff exchange scheme. Where : The workshop will be hosted at Pulkovo Observatory, Saint Petersburg. When : August 11-15, 2014 . ... This is the format of the workshop we had for Glasgow-Meudon collaboration ) We anticipate that each speaker will have 45 mins, which includes 30 mins to present material and 15 minutes for questions. ...

... Over the first 4 years, its X-ray telescopes eROSITA and ART-XC will survey the whole sky with a record sensitivity in the 0.5-10 keV energy band. ... The goal of the second international Spectrum-RG conference is to discuss the different scientific topics addressed by the mission, synergies with surveys at other wavelengths, and requirements to follow-up observations.Contributed talks and poster presentations are invited on the topics related to the SRG science goals. ... Active galactic nuclei . ...