... To be read in conjunction with Section 4.11 of the WFPC2 Instrument Handbook , -Version 4.0. ... 1 The second study found evidence that CTE loss for faint stars has increased with time (Whitmore, 1998). The primary observational consequence of CTE loss is that a point source at the top of the chip appears to be fainter than if observed at the bottom of the chip, due to the loss of electrons as the star is read out down the chip (see Figure 1 ). ... Last updated: 06/16/98 10:38:00 . ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Last week's Snack talked about how black holes can affect the environment around them in such a way as to be very bright . ... It's a common misconception that black holes always have matter swirling into them. ... As this matter gets closer and closer to the black hole it piles up and a large, fairly flat disk forms. This is called the accretion disk , because matter from this disk accretes (that is, falls in) on the black hole. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

Galaxies are diffuse objects which are imaged against a background of finite brightness and noise. Galaxies which have the maximum contrast with respect to this background are the ones that are first discovered. ... These galaxies have been missed to date but active surveys for them are underway. ... In this page we present several examples of these newly discovered Low Surface Brightness galaxies as well as examples of high surface brightness galaxies. ...

... CTI . ... The table is used/accessed by: CAL_ctiCorrect() Generic CTI correction algorithm: . ... The table is used/accessed by: CAL_pnCtiCorrect() Main table to drive the high-accuracy EPN CTI correction algorithm in calpnalgo; Contains four sets of parameters per CCD column; numbers come from hardware group at MPE . ... The table is used/accessed by: CAL_pnAdditionalGainCtiCorrect() Holds single scalar offset values used by EPN gain correction in calpnalgo . ... The table is used/accessed by: TBD....

Astronomy Picture of the Day . A Jupiter Venus Conjunction . ... 8.03.1999 . ... The conjunction was easily visible to the unaided eye because Venus appears brighter than any background star. The two planets were not significantly closer in space - Venus just passed nearly in front of Jupiter as seen from the Earth . ... U. Based on Astronomy Picture Of the Day . Publications with keywords: Jupiter - Venus - conjunction . Publications with words: Jupiter - Venus - conjunction . ...

... March 8, 1999 . A Jupiter-Venus Conjunction . ... Explanation: Venus and Jupiter appeared unusually close together in the sky last month. The conjunction was easily visible to the unaided eye because Venus appears brighter than any background star. The two planets were not significantly closer in space - Venus just passed nearly in front of Jupiter as seen from the Earth . ... Perhaps the hardest to see is Mercury , visible below Venus but above the foreground Earth . ... About APOD > . ...

... Data It is now clear that fuzzballs are actually galaxies. ... Using the automatic telescope, we measured the redshifts and brightnesses of a large number of fuzzballs in all regions of the sky. ... Correlation between brightness and redshift Redshifts and Brightnesses 0.005 0.004 0.003 0.002 0.001 0 -0.001 0 -0.002 -0.003 -0.004 -0.005 Redshift of Fuzzball 500 1000 1500 2000 Brightness of Fuzzball The brightnesses and redshifts of all the fuzzballs measured are shown in this graph. ...

Galactic Spiral Structure in H I Emission and Self-Absorption S. J. Gibson (NAIC) H I Self-Absorption (HISA) occurs when cold H I lies in front of warmer H I emission (HIE) at the same radial velocity. The map and spectra AT LEF T show HISA in the Perseus spiral arm in the Canadian Galactic Plane Survey (CGPS; Taylor et al. ... The basic components of the model are shown AT LEF T with all 3 types of CNM cells (shock-induced, local, ambient disk), but without lumpy dispersion in the velocity field. ...

. Please standby and you will be automatically connected to the new location of the unframed Supernova page. Or, click on the link above. If you have questions or problems, please email me at David Bishop dbishop@vhdl.org . Last modified: Mon Aug 27 12:40:15 EDT 2001

... 1Haynes+ A catalogue at 5 GHz of 915 sources in the Galactic plane is presented. Sources with a peak beam brightness temperature of at least 0.2 K above the surrounding background are included, except in confused regions; a point source of 0.2 K corresconds to 0.26 Jy. ... It was assumed that Hydra A was a point source with a peak flux density of 13 Jy at 5 GHz; this is equivalent to a mean beam brightness temperature of 10.0 K for a beamwidth of 4.1x4.4'. ...