... Although this is usually a constant for a whole table, and so might be stored in a descriptor, observers may want to use lists of program stars compiled from heterogeneous sources. Therefore, the year of the equinox must be stored in a separate column of Real*4 values, with the label EQUINOX. This column is easily created for a star catalog with a single equinox date using the COMPUTE/TABLE tablename :EQUINOX = year command. ... Table: Columns for star-catalog table files . ...

Plans are under way to create a new way of performing non-interactive observations which will be called auto-observing . ... Non-interactive observing with CIMA has for a long time been available with the use of CIMA command files. Contrary to normal command file observing which requires a command file with a set of commands to be executed sequentially, auto-observing will use a list of sources and a list of instructions on how to observe each of the sources. ...

... HST . What overhead is required to change ACS detectors during an observing sequence? ... HST Peer Review Process . ... HST Overview . Overview . ... Cycle 24 Announcement . Cycle 23 Results . ... Mid Cycle Submission . ... Phase II Cycle 23 . ... Retrieving HST Data . ... Exposure Time Calculator### * What overhead do I incur if I change ACS detectors during an observing sequence? ... For a complete discussion of overheads, please read Chapter 9 in the ACS Instrument Handbook. ...

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... Star Atlas . ... stars . ... Nuclear fusion of hydrogen into helium powers stars, but fusion requires a lot of energy. Where does this energy come from? ... You re in good company: This question also stumped the physicists who first tried to understand nuclear fusion in stars. In a star s core, all atomic nuclei have been separated from their electrons, so each hydrogen atom is really just a proton and thus holds a positive charge. ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ...

... About ATMoB . ... The Observing Committee is starting an Observing Awards Program to promote observing among the membership of the Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston. ... Participant must be a current member of the Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston . ... To qualify for your Observing Award Certificate, turn in your worksheet and drawings to an ATMoB Observing Committee member or observing@atmob.org . ... This Excel sheet has useful macros. ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

... SDFITS is a FITS binary table convention for the interchange of single dish data in radio astronomy. ... In October of 1989 a meeting of interested representatives of many of the world's radio-astronomical observatories was held in Green Bank, West Virginia, to consider the creation of a standard data transport and interchange format for single dish (i.e. non-synthesis) radio astronomy data. ... A set of required (CORE) and recognized but not required (SHARED) column names were also agreed to. ...

... In more detail, the task requires as main input a table in a data set which contains a column with times in XMM MET (Mission Elapsed Time) frame[1]. ... Parameter Mand Type Default Constraints withtable yes boolean true Whether to convert ta- ble in a dataset should be set to true if a table containing events to correct has been speci ed and to false otherwise. table yes string name of existing table a speci er which must point to a table in a data set. ...

Telescope maintenance and operations are supported by the staff at APO and the Astrophysical Research Consortium . Warning : observers must monitor weather conditions at APO in real time and follow closure policies. ... ARCSAT web interface (login required) . Astronomer's Control Panel (ACP) (Vendor, DC-3 Dreams, website) . DFM Telescope Control System - TCS (TBD) . Telescope Closure Policy . ARCSAT Observing Logs (TBD) . APO Weather Status . ...

... Fit the ring around the equator and then change its inclination from 0 degrees (equatorial orbit used by geosynchronous satellites) to 28.5 degrees (space shuttle orbit) to 51.6 degrees (space station orbit) to 90 degrees (polar orbit used by spy satellites). by Rob Landis, Space Telescope Science Institute . ... With so many satellites now in orbit, it is likely that you have seen an artificial satellite zipping across the night sky. ... http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ftpsoft.html . ...

... Meade Instruments Corporation . ... Autostar Computer Controllers . 497 Autostar . ... One of the most important advances in telescope control in the past 25 years, the Meade #497 Autostar Computer Controller turns the ETX into an automatic celestial object locating system. ... The #497 Autostar Computer Controller plugs into the control panel of ETX-90EC, ETX-105EC, and ETX-125EC telescopes and enables automatic location of more than 30,000 celestial objects. ... about meade | ... Meade 4M | ...

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... ASRAS HOME . Radio Astronomy . ... About ASRAS . ... Our Observing Site . ... 2015 Mees Tour Guides . ... We're offering Regular Tours (a presentation on astronomy geared to a general audience, followed by a tour of the observatory and (hopefully!) observing of several objects, which may include the Moon, planets, nebulae, star clusters and perhaps galaxies), and Kids' Tours (a more interactive presentation specially aimed at youngsters plus the observatory tour and observing) as in prior years. ...

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... Home Lectures Lecture Series 2015-2016 . ... Lecture Series 2014-2015 . ... Beyond New York City . ... The Amateur Astronomers Association is proud to present an astronomy lecture series from October through May each year for our members and the public. ... Amateur Astronomer Association is pleased to announce we will be offering select, limited reserved seating for current AAA members for the Friday, January 8, 2015 AAA Lecture entitled Robert Nemiroff ?2015 Astronomy Picture of the Day?. ...

All stars derive their energy through the thermonuclear fusion of light elements in to heavy elements. High temperatures are required so that the mutual electrostatic repulsion of the protons in each fusing atomic nucleus is overcome. ... Elements with more protons in their nuclei require higher temperatures. ... This sequence is now shown in the animation below. ... First Step of the Proton-Proton Chain Narration . Second Step of the Proton-Proton Chain Narration . ...

The PROS distribution files are stored under an anonftp subdirectory at SAO. ... NOTE: All of the non-tar files (CHECKSUMS, FILES, etc) are ASCII. ... CHECKSUMS . FILES proscal_gen.tar.gz (calibration data, 8.8 Mb, compressed) ./proscal . ... FILES . ... The data (xcalr/xcale) files are in machine-dependent SUN format whereas the FITS (xrcalfits/xecalfits) files are in machine independent format. xcalr_sos_gen.tar.gz (rosat prf calibration data, 23.6 Mb, compressed) ./xray/caldata/rosat . ...

... Completing the marathon requires viewing all 110 objects in 18th century French astronomer Charles Messier's catalog in one glorious dusk-to-dawn observing run. ... With the Milky Way as a backdrop, this group of about 150 astronomy enthusiasts conducted their 2011 marathon on such a night in April from the desert area of Seh Qaleh , in eastern Iran. ... Publications with keywords: Messier catalog - Milky Way - sky map . Publications with words: Messier catalog - Milky Way - sky map . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... By admin March 6, 2013 Posted in: Comets and Asteroids . ... Comet PANSTARRS reaches perihelion, its closest approach to the Sun on 10 March, after this it will start to move away from the Sun and to be visible in the twilight sky to observers in the northern hemisphere. ... It was a very faint and delicate white ?feather? against a deep golden sky.€а It took quite some effort to find even with binoculars and I could not see it at all without them. ...

... 12c. Venus transit (1) . 12d. Venus transit (2) . 12e. Venus transit (3) . ... 1 The 2004 Venus transit . ... Kepler's third law allows one to evaluate the dimensions of the solar system in relative units, e.g. in " astronomical units " (AUs), where 1 AU is the mean Sun-Earth distance. ... Edmond Halley suggested using the transit of Venus across the Sun's disk, when it appears as a dark round spot --or to quote one observer of the 2004 transit, "like a blueberry in front of an orange." ...