... Archive for November 2009 . ... Posted by hlee . ... My first step in data modeling is identification of parametric models; if they do not fit, we provide nonparametric models for fitting and simulating the data. ... Fitting distributions to data is an important industry in which statisticians are not yet vendors. ... Comment . ... At that time, collecting these modules and getting through them could help me complete the first step toward the quest Learning Python (the first posting of this slog). ...

Next: Catalog Construction Up: Observations and Analysis Previous: Source Detections . ... It was assumed that the highest signal gives the most likely position of the source. ... Comparing the summed map with the maps from the individual energy ranges, the one which produced the smallest error box was chosen to represent the source position, as long as was greater than 4, a level chosen to reflect a reasonable degree of confidence in the detection. ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . News . Observing . ... Magazine . ... Gravitational wave search provides insights into galaxy evolution and mergers . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Open cluster NGC 2818, spiral galaxy NGC 2964, and spiral galaxy NGC 2976 . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... November 2011 . ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ... Astronomy Magazine . ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2002 November 2 . NGC 604: Giant Stellar Nursery . Credit: H. Yang ( UIUC ), HST , NASA . Explanation: Scattered within this cavernous nebula , cataloged as NGC 604 , are over 200 newly formed hot, massive, stars. ... About APOD | ... NASA Technical Rep.: ... A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC . NASA SEU Edu. ...

... Latest Supernovae . ... Sorted by Name For the years covered, 7501 supernovae and 114 extragalactic novae were reported. 376 of these supernovae were named by CBAT, 1714 were given possible supernova designations, and 5411 were not reported to CBAT. 219 supernovae were found in NGC/IC galaxies, 874 were found in named galaxies 341 objects were discovered by amateurs 4 were brighter than 13th Magnitude 208 were brighter than 16th Magnitude 1079 were brighter than 18th Magnitude 1349 ...

... Sun images . ... Active areas . November : 2015 . ... The following regions with sunspots can be now observed on the Sun's surface . Group number . ... Group length (in degrees) . ... Beta . ... Coordinates and other characteristics of active regions are issued for November 09, 2015 00:31 UT The following H-alpha plages without spots can be currently observed on the Sun's surface . ... Coordinates and other characteristics of active regions are issued for November 09, 2015 00:31 UT . ...

... This is a preliminary summary of the event on November 24, 1996, considered during the INTERBALL Workshop in Kiljavanranta, Finland, February 1998. ... Pronounced plasma sheet thinning (Bz decrease) . ... Particle burst observed inside the Polar Cap and in tail lobes . A short burst of particles detected by the Auroral Probe particle detectors during the Polar Cap crossing at 21:45 UT, almost simultaneously with the Tail Probe detectors registration of the particle burst inside the North Lobe. ...

... November 30, 1999 . Henize 70: A SuperBubble In The LMC . ... Explanation: Massive stars -- upwards of tens of times the mass of the Sun - profoundly affect their galactic environment. ... It is actually a luminous "superbubble" of interstellar gas about 300 light-years in diameter, blown by winds from hot, massive stars and supernova explosions , its interior filled with tenuous hot expanding gas. ... About APOD > . ...

... HST . ... Data . ... HST Overview . Overview . ... Phase I Proposing . ... Cycle 24 Announcement . ... Phase II Cycle 23 . ... Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) | November 2015 +--------------------------------------------------------+ In this Newsletter we provide some updates of interest to STIS users: Contents: . ... BAR5 Aperture location on the 50CORON Aperture -------------------------------------------------------------- Pushing the Limits of High Contrast with the new . ...

... Gamma Ray Burst, Supernova Bump . ... During April and May, attention has been focused on the western evening sky, presenting its spectacle of bright planets and crescent moons shortly after sunset. Meanwhile, the Sun itself has not been just sinking quietly below the horizon. Tail Wags of Comet Ikeya Zhang . ... The star that appears to powers the nebula, although young and bright, does not seem hot enough to create some of the colors observed. ... At the Edge of the Helix Nebula . ...

Isabel Leonor University of Oregon search for short-duration GW bursts coincident with gamma-ray burst triggers ~1 to 10 ms, e.g. supernova core-collapse models, end of inspiral merger take advantage of readily-available and readilyaccessible ... triggers are from Interplanetary Network (IPN) (KonusWind, Ulysses, Mars Odyssey, others), INTEGRAL , HETE prepare for Swift triggers November 5, 2004 MIT Burst F2F Meeting I ... November 5, 2004 MIT Burst F2F Meeting I. Leonor 14 ! ...

ATNF Home . About ATNF . ... About ATNF overview . ... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... CSIRO ATNF Data Archives . ... Teacher workshops . ... CSIRO Astronomy Space Science is holding a workshop on phase transitions in the diffuse interstellar medium. The motivation for the meeting is to synthesise new observational and numerical work which place us in a strong position to address broad issues related to cold gas in the diffuse ISM. ... John Dickey (University of Tasmania) . ...

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... Wednesday 5 November 2008 . ... Free astronomy workshop in Bunclody Library, Carrigduff Co Wexford: The Life and Death of Stars, by Colin Melody . Thursday evening, 13th November 2008, at 8pm . ... International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node . ...

... The task operates on any image. ... Parameter Mand Type Default Constraints imageFile yes string name of the data set containing the image imageName yes string image name of the block containing the image regionFile yes string name of the data set containing the region to be analyzed. qualityFile no string name of the data set containing the quality data . qualityName no ... Any data set containing an image and, optionally, a quality and error arrays. ...

... Moon . ... Comets and Asteroids . Meteors and Meteorites . ... WeтАЩve become rather obsessed with meteor showers in recent months, and for good reason. ... The first meteor shower peaks around 11- 12 November too, so keep an eye out. ... On 11 November there will be a New Moon, so the night sky will not be flooded with moon light. ... Normally this is a relatively weak meteor shower with the meteors hitting the EarthтАЩs atmosphere at 65 km/s. Finally we will see a Full Moon on 25 November. ...

... Baikonur Cosmodrome Yasny launch base Downloads . ... Town of Baikonur residential area of the Cosmodrome . ... For receipt, temporary storage and standalone processing of payloads (including, if necessary, filling with propellant and compressed gases), as well as for preparation, integration and encapsulation of the Space Head Module (SHM), ISC Kosmotras offers an Assembly, Integration and Test Building (AITB), Fueling Station and office premises located at Site 31 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome. ...

Statistics of sunspot activity . The sunspot indices . ... The solar regions . ... 2015 . ... November . ... November, 2015 . Visual indices of solar activity by author's observations . ... Average . ... 0.00 . ...

... Science . ... Science Users Information > Science Publications > Science Announcements > ESO Period 95 Proposal Statistics . ... Observing Facilities . ... The proposal submission for ESO Period 95 (1 April тАУ 30 September 2015) closed on 01 October 2014. 931 proposals were received, including 17 Large Programme and 50 Target of Opportunity (ToO) proposals, for a total of 2428 nights. ... The proposals are currently being reviewed by the Observing Programmes Committee, which meets in late November....

... AGU Fall Meeting, 15-19 December 2008, San Francisco, poster . Zotov L., Shum C.K, Singular spectral analysis of GRACE observations Climate, Statistics, and Satellites, a symposium in honor of Jerry North , June 8-10, 2009, Presidential Conference Center, Texas A University, talk . 2009 Fulbright Visiting Scholar Conference, 19-21 April 2009, Washington DC . ... Zotov L., Shum C.K., Singular spectrum analysis of GRACE observations, 9th Gamow summer school 17-23 August, 2009, Odessa, Ukraine . ...