... These Frontier Fields will combine the power of HST with the natural gravitational telescopes of high-magnification clusters of galaxies. ... We are soliciting gravitational lensing maps for the last four Hubble Frontier Fields clusters (MACSJ0717.5+3745, MACSJ1149.5+2223, AbellS1063, and Abell 370) based upon the exceptionally deep HST FF imaging and other new ancillary data. ... For the full set of proposal instructions and requirements, see the FY16 Frontier Fields Lensing Map Call for Proposals....

PRESS-RELEASE . ... At S.P.Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia under the chairmanship of N.N. Sevastyanov, Corporation President, General Designer, took place the next session of the General Designer’s Review Board on the Russian Segment of the International Space Station (ISS). ... The Report on the status of Soyuz TMA-9 manned transport spacecraft launch processing (reporter: Yu.I.Grigoriev, RSC Energia Deputy General Designer, Director of Orbital Complex Programs); . ...

OptInt PmWiki . Pm Wiki / . Edit Page | ... MROI Delay Line Design Contract . ... MROI DL Design Contract Private Material . ... Group Headers . Wiki groups | ... Group headers allow authors to create groups with custom headers and footers without having to coordinate with a wiki administrator . ... You can also set the variable $GroupPrintHeaderFmt and $GroupPrintFooterFmt in the same way as $GroupHeaderFmt and GroupFooterFmt in order to change the header used when action=print . ...

... Summary of reduced ISAAC fields . ... This data release includes eight fully reduced VLT/ISAAC fields in J,H,K s bands covering 50 arcmin 2 of the GOODS region in the Chandra Deep Field South (CDFS). ... 8 ISAAC fields) . ... The 8 ISAAC fields which are part of this data release are superimposed onto a SOFI image (J+K) (part of a previous EIS data release). ... In one case (GOODS field 11/J-band), for which not enough standard stars were available, the ZP was boostrapped from previous SOFI/EIS data...

... August Solar Eclipse Report: Thursday 11 September 2008 . ... Dr Fosbury is head of the section in the European Space Agency (ESA) as part of ESA's collaboration with NASA on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) project at ST-ECF . ... The lecture is entitled "Astronomy today and the role played by the Hubble Space Telescope". ... Tuesday, 16 September 2008 00:44 . International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node . ...

Next: Release of 12 February Up: Old Releases Previous: Release of 02 July Contents . ... Also, there are some two head (tape), 256 Mbps that are not yet approved but will be. 26 Feb 2001 RCW. ... 9 April 2001 RCW. ... Fix formatting of the two head version of HEAD_POS section in VEX file and relaxed constraints on patching for MkIV 19 Sept 2001 Huib . ... 4 Oct 2001 RCW. ... 5 Oct 2001 Huib . ... 9 Oct 2001 RCW/Huib . Took out warnings on 40 and 66 ips on MkIV receorders 10 Oct 2001 Huib . ...

... Data may be optionally rescaled. copyheader copy header keywords from one FITS file to another ( see also FTOOL cphead ). copywcs copy just the World Coordinate System keywords from the header of one FITS image to others. fcolappend append a constant column to a FITS table fitsparsename Prints components of the extended FITS file name. fitspha convert ASCII files to FITS PHA ( See also listhead supplied with FITSIO. modifyheader modifies FITS header. ...

... The European HST Archive has been moved to ESA's European Space Astronomy Centre ( ESAC ), Spain, where most of ESA's Space Science Archives are located and operated from. ... The Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility (ST-ECF), jointly operated by ESA and the European Southern Observatory ( ESO ) was, until the end of 2010, the European HST science facility, supporting the European astronomy community in exploiting the research opportunities provided by the Hubble Space Telescope. ...

... 2MASS Overview . The 2MASS Sky . Executive Summary of 2MASS Second Incremental Data Products . Point Source Catalog . Extended Source Catalog . ... Distribution Mode for 2MASS Products . Data Release Plan . ... Point Source Catalog (PSC) . Extended Source Catalog (XSC) . ... 2MASS Source Naming Convention . ... General Properties of the Data Release . ... Comparison of Achieved Performance of Second Incremental Release Catalogs with Level 1 Science Specification . ...

... Polish scientists at the Space Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, in Wroclaw, south-west Poland, have constructed an instrument called SphinX (short for Solar PHotometer In X-rays), which is an X-ray spectrophotometer, that will obtain spectra in the energy range 0.5--15 keV in 256 energy channels with frequency of up to 100 times a second. ... SphinX is part of a package of instruments known as TESIS (PI Prof. Sergei Kuzin, Lebedev Institute, Moscow). ... Space Research Centre, . ...

... Previous message: [sas-uploads] SAS manifest mactrack [xmmsas_20110223_1803_md5sums] uploaded . Next message: [sas-uploads] sas-1.536.tgz . ... br> <br> In consequence, yesterday builds constitute the SAS 11.0.0, which we are preparing now for public distribution, likely around next days.<br> <br> As of today we have stopped the generation of new manifests for the Release Track. Simultaneously, the generation of manifests for the Development Track has been activated again. ...

Astronomical Society of the Pacific Announces 2007 Award Winners in Astronomy Research and Education . The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) announced today the eight winners of its 2007 awards for excellence in astronomy research and education. The ASP's most prestigious award, the Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal for lifetime achievement in astronomy has been awarded to Martin Harwit, Professor Emeritus of Astronomy, Cornell University. ...

... UA SCIENTIST & TEAM DISCOVER SURFACE FEATURES COVER TITAN (Science contacts: Peter H. Smith, (602) 621-2725; Mark Lemmon, (602) 621-1485; UA Lunar and Planetary Laboratory) . Scientists for the first time have made images of the surface of Saturn 's giant, haze-shrouded moon, Titan. ... About three weeks before Cassini's first flyby of Titan, the spacecraft is to release the European Space Agency's Huygens Probe to parachute to Titan's surface. ... Upper left: hemisphere facing Saturn. ...

Scientists Discover Surface Features on Titan . ... Scientists for the first time have made images of the surface of Saturn 's giant, haze-shrouded moon, Titan. ... Peter H. Smith of the University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory and his team took the images with the Hubble Space Telescope during 14 observing runs between Oct. ... About three weeks before Cassini's first flyby of Titan, the spacecraft is to release the European Space Agency's Huygens Probe to parachute to Titan's surface. ...

... Staff . ... moisav sao.ru . ... Sci. degree . ... Dodonov S.N. Ph.D. Head of the Laboratory . dodo sao.ru . ... Afanasiev V.L. Dr. of Sci., ... vafan sao.ru . 520 . ... gafan sao.ru . ... Amirkhanyan V.R. Ph.D. Engeneer . amir sao.ru . 506 . Burenkov A.N. Ph.D. Senior Researcher . ban sao.ru . ... mvp sao.ru . 515 . ... Leading Researcher . ... Shapovalova A.I. Ph.D. Senior Researcher . ... 513 . Smirnova A.A. Ph.D. Researcher . ... Uklein R.I. Ph.D. Junior Researcher . ...

... STScI has undertaken a project to place all HST keyword information in one source, the keyword database, and to provide a mechanism for making this keyword information accessible to all HST users, the keyword dictionary, which is a WWW interface to the keyword database. ... Along with forming the headers for the science data, most keyword values are ingested into HST archive catalog fields where they are accessible for archive searches and data characterization. ...

... Maxim Mokrousov and Anton Sanin for development of unique space neutron detector LEND and for new results of Moon studies by this instrument The President of Russian Federation Dmitry Anatolyevich MEDVEDEV has signed the decree on February 7, 2011, which awards the President Prize of 2010 for young scientists for achievements in science and innovations to Drs. ... This laboratory studies space and celestial bodies of solar system by experiments onboard spacecrafts using the methods of nuclear...

... This recently released image, from the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope's STIS instrument, offers a striking view of another kind of ring around Saturn - pole encircling rings of ultraviolet aurora. Destination: Moon . ... The Red Spider Planetary Nebula . ... Many similar images of a Moon devoid of life are familiar to denizens of the space age. ... The Largest Rock Known . ... NGC 5307: A Symmetric Planetary Nebula . ... NGC 5307 is an example of a planetary nebula with a spiral shape. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Armagh Planetarium . ... Stars . ... Space Flight . ... This image of the Tarantula Nebula comprises one of the largest mosaics ever assembled from Hubble photos and includes observations taken by HubbleтАЩs Wide Field Camera 3 and Advanced Camera for Surveys, combined with observations from the European Southern ObservatoryтАЩs MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope which trace the location of glowing hydrogen and oxygen. ... Subscribe to Astronotes . ...

... Observing . ... Sky Events . ... NASA releases Hubble repair plans . ... A NASA panel released details on the agency's planned August mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. ... N ASA scientists and astronauts today released details on the space shuttle's final mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. ... Only registered members of Astronomy.com are allowed to comment on this article. ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email...