On September 15, 1998, the STScI director, Dr. Steven Beckwith, announced a special observation opportunity to the astronomical community during the Leonid Meteor Shower. During the peak of the Leonid meteor shower on November 17, 1998, HST will be pointed near the anti-radiant for ten hours. Anyone who is interested can submit ideas to STScI for scientific observations during this time. ... There are no HST observations in the archives for objects in this field. ...

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... V codes are for AO1 experiments W codes are for AO2 experiments VS experiment codes are VSOP Survey Observations VT Test/Calibration Observations EXPNO SOURCE FRQ Corr DOY DY: DATE UT RANGE #TEL TELESCOPES V118a 1749+096 C Socr 232 Th:Aug-20 02:00 - 09:00 7 VLBA VS04o V050d 2155-304 L Mitk 233 Fr:Aug-21 08:30 - 19:00 8 HH MK FD OV TI AT MP HO V021a1 0329+54 L Socr 234 Sa:Aug-22 06:00 - 18:00 13 RO VLBA GO GB V006a V077b W3OH L ...

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Crater Gassendi . ... I made this drawing was made on the 26th of november 2001. If you compare this one with the previous drawing of Gassendi (below) the differences are clear. ... This drawing was made on the 28th of september 2001. After nearly a full month without observations I had a one hour gap between the thicker clouds. ... This drawing was made on the 29th of august 2001. ... This drawing was made on the 27th of august 2001. ... This drawing was made on the 25th of august 2001. ...

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Russian page . The 6th International Astronomy Olympiad will be organized on September 26 - October 3, 2001 in the scientific town of Nauchnyj, Republic of Crimea. ... Weather in Crimea . ... Those who were interested to get further information about the VI International Astronomy Olympiad (including official invitations for teams and observers: Ukrainian visa and visa support was necessary for citizens of some countries!) were welcome to contact Coordinating Council in English or Russian . ...

... The process of proposing for Hubble Space Telescope observing time has been revised, to make it simpler for proposers. We describe the simple, flexible, and robust prototype system created to handle proposal submission. ... Proposing for Hubble Space Telescope ( HST ) observing time proceeds in two phases: the scientific merits of the proposal are considered in Phase I; only accepted proposals enter Phase II, where the observations are described in complete detail. ...

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Next: Mission Element Points-of-Contact . Previous: Mission Operations Data Transfer . ... Each mission element should ensure that their contact information remains current and notify the RSOG of any changes. ... Non-RSOG mission elements will also use the "dit" list to notify the RSOG (and all other mission elements) of unexpected events that may impact operations elsewhere, e.g., if a tracking station discovers that the spacecraft is in an unexpected configuration. ...

... NICS will be the only infrared instrument for the first light of the TNG; as a consequence, we decided to incorporate a sufficient degree of operation flexibility by providing the instrument with six different observing modes, three aimed at imaging and three at spectroscopy: . ... It will be possible to use the narrow band filters as order sorters; this will allow to perform high resolution long-slit spectroscopy in the wavelength ranges covered by the available narrow band filters. ...

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Peremennye Zvezdy", . ... GSC 4232-02515, NSVS 3147658, NSVS 3174760 . ... 14.2-14.9 (R, NSVS); . ... During observations of a secondary eclipse of GSC 04232-02830 (Goranskij et al., 2005) on August 8, 2007, we identified GSC 4232-02515 as a W UMa eclipsing binary. ... VAST software was used for aperture photometry. ... This method produces a light curve with an arbitrary zero point. ... Light Curve . Light curve of GSC 4232-02515 in NSVS magnitude scale. ... gsc423202515_kadar_nsvs.dat . ...

... With enough velocity, a spacecraft can break loose from the Earth's gravity and enter an orbit around the Sun, like that of a planet. If it then orbits the Sun with the same period as the Earth--one year--it may keep a fixed position relative to Earth. ... If the distance is just right--about 4 times the distance to the Moon or 1/100 the distance to the Sun--the spacecraft, too, will need just one year to go around the Sun, and will keep its position between the Sun and the Earth. ...

In 2007-2008, the planet Uranus will reach one of its annual equinoxes for the first time since 1966. As a consequence, its five major satellites orbiting in the equatorial plane will undergo a season of mutual eclipses and occultations very similar to the one that Jupiter's Galilean satellites undergo every 6 years. ... Some of these events occur when Uranus is at conjunction, or the satellite is transiting or too close to the limb of the planet. ... Complete table of events . ...

... The NVSS is being made as a service to the astronomical community, and the principal data products are being released into a directory accessible by anonymous FTP as soon as they are produced and verified. ... The large (4 deg x 4 deg) map cubes and total intensity only images and their associated multisource (u,v) data sets are stored as binary files in FITS format (see Grosbol et al. ... The source catalog derived from the available images is kept in directory CATALOG as CATALOG.FIT. ...

... The following charts/text are intended as tools for monitoring the Type Ia supernovae ( SNe ) event visually or photographically (utilizing telescope equipped CCD equipment).The files include: A replication of The Type Ia SNe , V- magnitude (with data point checks from other cited references)and color index (B-V) templete (to indicate a general color-related trend of the type Ia ... I believe this might help alleviate some of the problems involving the making of acceptable amateur light curves...