APAO is a relatively new Olympiad which was founded in the spring 2005 as an international regional programme in line with the International Astronomy Olympiad. The 8 th Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad (VIII APAO) took place in November-December 2012 in town of Cox's Bazar ( South-East part of Bangladesh ). The Olympiad organized by Bangladesh Astronomical Association . ... Theoretical round, problems 1-6, group a : English , Russian . ... For the best result in all the rounds . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Armagh Planetarium . ... Space Flight . Human Exploration . Robot Exploration . ... Originally Discovery had been set to launch on 1 November, but this was delayed when fatigue cracks were found in the structure of its External Tank. ... A little bit of trivia is that Discovery has actually made the only shuttle-era Christmas time flight to date, this was STS-103 ,€а a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope in 1999. ...

... Australian telescopes have helped the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) find thousands of new galaxies. ... Preliminary HST results were released today by NASA's Space Telescope Science Institute , as were the results from the Australian institutions. ... Called the Hubble Deep Field South , it complements the original Hubble Deep Field , another small patch in the northern sky. ... The Anglo-Australian Telescope has measured the distances of about 75 faint far-flung galaxies in the field. ...

... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... News Feed . ... 2012 December 18th . ... Cooler November . ... Relative Humidity at Armagh Observatory, 1838-2008 . 2012 November 29th . ... 2012 November 28th . ... 2012 November 22nd . ... Armagh Observatory 2012 Robinson Lecture . ... 2012 November 1st . ... 2012 October 1st . ... Armagh Observatory Business Plan 2012-2013 (PDF) . ... Armagh Observatory and Planetarium Management Committee Minutes November 2011 - PDF . ...

... The weather throughout this year was so extremely favorable that I have been able to observe the Sun clearly on 312 days; however, I counted only 34 groups of sunspots.. From my earlier observations, which I have reported every year in this journal, it appears that there is a certain periodicity in the appearance of sunspots and this theory seems more and more probable from the results of this year.. ... Year . ... Days when no . ... Observation Days . ... 273 . ... 282 . ... 244 . ... 149 . ...

INTEGRAL observations of SS433 : new results Anatol Cherepashchuk Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, Russia In collaboration with: Rashid Sunyaev ... Eleonora Antokhina, Nikolai Shakura, Darja Kosenko, Elena Seifina,Sergey Molkov (IKI) 1 Overview · Introduction · · · · Observations Analysis of hard X-ray spectra Analysis of hard X-ray eclipses Discussion and conclusions December 26, 2007 ...

... We present the results of our new observations of TYC 0075 01143 1, a recently discovered double-mode Scuti variable. We improved the frequencies and and pulsation amplitudes, detected the interaction frequencies , , and a possible nonradial frequency . ... The finding chart of TYC 0075 01143 1. ... Using our new observations of TYC 0075 01143 1, we improved the frequencies and , detected oscillations corresponding to interaction between and : and ; we also found a possible nonradial frequency . ...

... The spectrograph SP-124 at the Nasmyth-1 focus of the 6 m telescope with UAGS camera and Photometrix CCD PM1024 ( m pixel size) was used for the observations. ... Gratings with 300 and 600 grooves/mm were used, resulting in a spectral resolution of approximately 12 and 6 ? ... A He-Ne-Ar lamp was used for wavelength calibration. ... April 6.914 . ... The reduction of the original two-dimensional CCD data included the standard steps such as bias and dark subtraction, flat-fielding, cosmic-ray removal...

... Home Education Astro Answers Astro Answers ? The Big Bang, Inflation, and Latest Results from BICEP2 . ... Astro Answers . ... Observing Resources for Amateur Astronomers - Part 1: Beginning Observers . Observing Resources for Amateur Astronomers - Part 2: Intermediate Observers . ... A History of the First Forty Years of the Amateur Astronomers Association . ... Amateur Astronomers Medal . ... 2016 Amateur Astronomers Association of New York Designed by Press Customizr Powered by . ...

BaBar Collaboration Meeting , December 6-10, 2004 . ... APS April Meeting 2004 , May 1-4, 2004 . ... Workshops in Particle Physics , February 29 - March 6, 2004 . ... Aspen 2004 Winter Conference on Particle Physics , February 1-7, 2004 . ... Exp Talks - Prior Years . ... Energy Spectrometer Designs and Beam Tests , Eric Torrence . ... Recent Results from the LIGO Experiment, Isabel Leonor . ... Experimental Introduction , Ray Frey . ... CCD R at Oregon University , Nick Sinev, Olya Igonkina . ...

Detected Supernovae . The search have produced till now the detections of 4 SNe. ... This result highlights the power of infrared monitoring in detecting Obscured SNe and indicates that optical surveys are probably missing a significant fraction of SNe, especially in obscured systems such as starburst galaxies. ... In Fig. we show the archival SOFI image of NGC3256 (left) and the first image obtained in 2001 (right) where SN2001db has been detected. ...

SSD Technical/Training Series - Photometry I- III Outline . November 5 - Photometry I - Brad Whitmore . ... Homework (due Nov. ... Aperture corrections . ... Charge Transfer Efficiency (CTE) . ... 17.985 . ... 17.341 . ... CTE . ... The efficiency of transferring the charge from pixel to pixel during the readout of an image is not 1.0000000, but more like 0.99995 ("four nines five"). ... See ISR 97-08 for details, and for a set of equations to correct for CTE to about the 5 % level or better. ...

... 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 ...

home publications > mercury . SEARCH ASP SITE: Match ALL words Match ANY word . ... Publications of the ASP (PASP) . ... Astronomy Beat . ... Mercury Magazine Contents . ... November/December 1999 . ... Unveiling Black Holes in a Supernova Cauldron , Shmuel Balberg, Monica Colpi, Stuart L. Shapiro, and Luca Zampieri . In the next year, observations of a distant, newly discovered supernova may provide us an opportunity to identify a black hole in the debris of such a stellar explosion. ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2012 November 28 . ... Explanation: On December 3 (UT), Jupiter, the solar system's largest planet , will be at opposition, opposite the Sun in planet Earth's sky, shining brightly and rising as the Sun sets. ... North is up in the images that show off Jupiter's famous Great Red Spot, and planet girdling dark belts and light zones. ... About APOD | ...

The weather throughout this year was so extremely favorable that I have been able to observe the Sun clearly on 312 days; however, I counted only 34 groups of sunspots.. From my earlier observations, which I have reported every year in this journal, it appears that there is a certain periodicity in the appearance of sunspots and this theory seems more and more probable from the results of this year.. ... 244 . ... 149 . ... Exploration" home page (index) Glossary . Official GSFC Home Page .. ...

After a couple of visits by Steve Larson and Ed Beshore in late 2003 and early March 2004 to deal with various hardware issues and to install the new survey code, regular surveying commenced in mid-March 2004. ... However, the initial results are most satisfying and new objects have been found from the very first night. ... UA Media Release . ... Fellow Uppsala observer Rob McNaught was observing NEOs with the 1.0-m at Siding Spring as part of our regular program of follow-up observations. ...

... ESO Science Newsletter December 2015 . 17 Dec 2015 . ... This newsletter is a summary of recent ESO Science Announcement items. Follow the links or visit ESO Science Announcements to read more. ... Read more . ... The allocation of ESO telescope time for Period 97 (1 April БЂ“ 30 September 2016) is expected to be emailed in the week beginning 21 December 2015. ... ESO Workshop, ESO Headquarters, Garching, Germany, 27 June БЂ“ 1 July, 2016 . ... Joint ESO, ALMA, NAOJ, NRAO Workshop. ...

Next: NICMOS Coronagraphic Surveys-Preliminary Results Up: No Title Previous: STScI NICMOS Software . NICMOS Coronagraphic Surveys-Preliminary Results . ... Observations with NICMOS . ... The Evolution of Stars seen with ISOCAM - the Need for NICMOS and VLT Follow Up. ... Results . ... The Formation and Evolution of LMC Rich Star Clusters: NGC 1818 . ... HST-NICMOS Observations of Galactic Bulges: Red Nuclei in Nearby Galaxies . ... Investigating the Evolution of Quasar Host Galaxies with NICMOS . ...

... Director of the RAS ISR . RAS Academician . ... Astrophysics module Kvant of the orbital complex Mir launched in 1987 contains the largest on the station complex of the scientific equipment named the orbital observatory Roentgen. Observatory Roentgen consists of 4 X-ray telescopes, jointly exceeding the range of energies from 2 to 800 keV. ... Among the most significant results that were received in the observatory Roentgen are: . ... measurement of the periods of 9 X-ray pulsars; . ...