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... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. October 21, 1999 . Follow The Spots . Credit: Louis Strous ( LMSAL ), SOHO - MDI Consortium, ESA , NASA . ... Just follow the sunspots . ... It shows the Sun's visible surface for most days of August 1999 so that the same sunspots appear many times as the solar rotation carries them across the face of the Sun . ... About APOD > . ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... 21.10.1999 . ... Credit Copyright: Louis Strous ( LMSAL ), SOHO - MDI Consortium, ESA , NASA Explanation: The Sun rotates on its axis about once every 27 days. ... Just follow the sunspots . ... It shows the Sun's visible surface for most days of August 1999 so that the same sunspots appear many times as the solar rotation carries them across the face of the Sun . ... October 1999 . ... 1999 2000 . ... Publications with keywords: Sun - solar rotation - sunspot . ...

At Arcetri a Radio Astronomy observative and instrumental group is active. ... A catalog of all known maser sources north of -30 degrees is kept updated and is made available to anyone interested. ... The group is involved in the design phase for the Atacama Large Miillimeter Array , a (sub)millimeter interferometer with a large collecting area (about 10000 m2). ... H2O Maser Catalog . ... ADLB Autocorrelation spectrometer . ... Our involvement in the Atacama Large Millimiter Array ( ALMA ) project . ...

VLT Science Verification Policy and Procedures Version 2.0 - August 2006 Science Verification Observations An integral part of the Commissioning of a new VLT instrument is a series of Science Verification (SV) observations. ... All SV Observations are conducted in Service Mode and usually some members of the SV Team are present at Paranal Observatory for a prompt reduction of the data, and the selection of the observations to be executed. ...

Marses Instrument . ... Currently we use a Tem-fast 48 sounding instrument that is based on time domain electromagnetic sounding technology. ... Areas of application are following: . ... hidrogeological research, . ... Despite many competitors' instruments with similar areas of application, Tem-fast 48 has reasonable advantages among small depth sounding devices. ... The Tem-fast 48 sounding instrument consists of following devices: . ... The block diagram of the sounding instrument is outlined below. ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . ... 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 . ... Meade Instruments Corp. ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ... Astronomy Magazine . ...

Displays the current status of Echelle spectrograph and allows you to change the configuration. ... Select TUI:Save Window Positions to remember the state of this checkbutton. ... The contextual menu on each control can return that control to the current setting of the instrument. ... Note that it saves the state of the controls, not the actual state of the instrument, so you can save any preset you like without commanding the instrument. ... Then change any controls you like and press Apply to apply. ...

ERS -1,2 SAR . ... SIR-C/X SAR . ... European Remote Sensing Satellite (ERS-1) was launched on 17 July 1991, and the follow mission ERS-2 (with the same sensors and an Ozone monitoring instrument added) was launched on 21 April 1995. ... The Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-band Synthetic Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR), carried in the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle Endeavour in April and October of 1994, simultaneously recorded SAR data at three wavelengths (L-, C-, and X-bands; 23.5, 5.8, and 3.1 cm, respectively). ...

... Average resolution at altitude H=668 km . ... Swath width at H=668 km and inclination of beginning of swath 20.48 degrees . ... Resolution at H=668 км . ... Наименование параметра . ... 1 канале . ... Полоса обзора при H=668 км . ... 1-5 спектральной зоне, не более . ... 1 спектральной зоне . 0,48-0,52 мкм . ... 0,915-0,997 мкм . ... 1-4 канал . ... 1-4 каналов . ... Спектральные характеристики каналов (по уровню 0,5): . ... For more information send a mail to: info@sputnik.infospace.ru . ...

... Team . ... The main goal of observations of GRB host galaxies is accumulation of statistics of their spectroscopic and photometric properties. ... The Hubble diagram for 22 GRB host galaxies with known magnitudes and redshifts (GRB 970228, GRB 970508, GRB 970828, GRB 971214, GRB 980613, GRB 980703, GRB 990123, GRB 990510, GRB 990712, GRB 9912008, GRB 991216, GRB 000131, GRB 000210, GRB 000301C, GRB 000418, GRB 000911, GRB 000926, GRB 001109, GRB 010222, GRB 010921, GRB 011121 and GRB011211). ... 600...

home support . ... ASP Endowed Funds . ... The following funds support specific ASP activities: . Established in 1983 in memory of Bart J. Bok (1906 ? ... His extensive work in popularizing astronomy was recognized with the Society's 1982 Klumpke-Roberts Award. ... Upon the deaths of Eric and Maria Muhlmann the fund was converted by the ASP Board to endow an annual award recognizing important contributions in the development of astronomical instrumentation, software, or supporting infrastructure. ...