SMOV Status & Planning Meeting Notes 7/31/09 - Observatory Status o All subsystems nominal - SI Status o WFC3 Science (SDuestua) · The Bowtie phenomenon is exhibiting no detectable evolution over time and is repeatable across anneal cycles. ... For details on all of above, see the attached WFC3 SMOV_Science_31July_b. COS Science. TKeyes · NUV flat field exposures o The deuterium lamp is showing some degradation after a total of 18 hours of high-current operation in SMOV. ... Science. ...

... Data . AAS 221 . AAS 219 . ... The first thing to note is that Twitter does not guarantee to return all matching Tweets, whatever method is used (unless you have direct access to their "fire hose", which I don't). ... This should result in the same results as my REST-based search (method 2), since the volume of Tweets was probably not enough to cause this site to miss Tweets based on their collection strategy . ... A search for the tag #aas219 (case insensitive) using the Twitter REST API . ...

... 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. ...

... PPTA timeline . ... List of projects . ... However, our time series are not equally sampled, so classical spectrum analysis cannot be applied immediately. ... Normally when analysing time series with very steep spectra one would use a "prewhitening" technique and perhaps a low sidelobe spectral window (e.g. the Hanning window). ... The idea is to separate the steep and flatter spectrum components so they can be analysed separately. ... The upper panel has raw data, interpolated data and red...

... Dark Belt Reappearing on Jupiter . ... 29.11.2010 . ... North), USC Philippines Explanation: Why are planet-circling clouds disappearing and reappearing on Jupiter? ... Pictured above two weeks ago, far infrared images -- depicted in false-color red -- show a powerful storm system active above the returning dark belt. ... November 2010 . ... 2009 2010 . ... Publications with keywords: Jupiter - clouds - storm - infrared . Publications with words: Jupiter - clouds - storm - infrared . ...

... 2010 November 29 . Dark Belt Reappearing on Jupiter . Credit: NASA's JPL , U. Oxford , UC Berkeley , Gemini Obs. ... Explanation: Why are planet-circling clouds disappearing and reappearing on Jupiter? ... Earlier this year, unexpectedly, Jupiter's dark Southern Equatorial Belt (SEB) disappeared. ... Detailed professional observations revealed that high-flying light-colored ammonia -based clouds formed over the planet-circling dark belt. ... About APOD | ... A service of: ASD at NASA / GSFC . ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . ... Observing . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... Bright planets meet at dusk . ... Astronomy magazine subscribers can read the full article for free. ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter....

OptInt PmWiki . MROI Fast Tip Tilt / . ... MROI Delay Line Design Contract . ... Design Documentation . ... MROI DL Production SW Contract . ... MROI Fast Tip-Tilt Contract . ... Technical Meetings . ... MROI FTT Contract Private Material . ... MROI DL Design Contract Private Material . ... Tech Meet 9 . Nasmyth Optical Table . ... XS analysis: Attach:FTT_mount_analysis_05.pdf . ... How to locate and support optics . ... Redesign table support structure to allow kinematic support of table . ...

... Arecibo Synergy with GLAST Paulo Freire/ Cordes !! Transient Detection ( Arecibo as the radio version of the LSST) theory : { transient science , including exoplanet emission, lunar neutrinos and other exotica} Cordes (Hankins!) observations : M A McLoughlin (first choice) 14:00 Equipment Development Wide-Bandwidth Receivers German Cortes Multi-Beam and Focal Feed Arrays 15:00 Arecibo as an HI Telescope Observing Baryon Acoustic oscillations with an ...

... APT Activities and Science Results 3. ... APT Secretary Philip Edwards (ISAS) reviewed the aims of the APT (http://www.vsop.isas.ac.jp/apt/DefinitionAndAims.html). ... The Australia Telescope Compact Array, and Ceduna, Hartebeesthoek, Kashima, Mopra, Parkes, and Shanghai telescopes of the Asia-Pacific Telescope participated in these observations. ... In the absence of Tetsuo Sasao, Philip Edwards briefly described results of the APT 22 GHz observations conducted from October 1st to 5th, 1997. ...

... The front-end and back-end interfaces to the DFS will be tested (includes in particular the interface BOB/OT using the new Mask Tracker Tool and the interface between the pipeline and the tool for preparing MOS observations). the new DFS-4-3 release is being installed at Paranal by Carlos. ... No new position are expected for the DFS Department, but there should be some for USG and DFO. VIMOS: high-level meeting with the consortia has been held; first pipeline release should be ready by 1st Dec. ...

Current photometric calibration . ... Intrinsic accuracy of simulated colour transformation . Photometric calibration based on ground based observations . ... Accuracy of photometry of revisited stars . Accuracy of photometry relative to reference star 1 . ... Current implementation of photometry in SAS . ... Overview of SAS photometry . omdetect 1 . ... deblending of sources in omdetect . Future photometric calibration and SAS implementation . ... Minutes of Meeting . ...

... Every year at the Annual Meeting of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (held most recently this past September in Millbrae, just south of San Francisco), I present a report outlining some of the numerous programs undertaken by your Society during the previous 12 months. ... Since most ASP members were unable to attend the Annual Meeting, the editor of Mercury thought it would be appropriate if I reprised my talk within the pages of this magazine -- but not simply as a regular article. ...

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Status of IFR/LST Teststand Minghui Lu lum@ slac .stanford.edu University of Oregon BaBar Collaboration Meeting @ SLAC , 02/21/ 2004 ­ p.1 Outline Current Status: Schematic setup Current Status: Online DAQ Current status: Cosmic data analysis Summary and Plans BaBar Collaboration Meeting @ SLAC , 02/21/ 2004 ­ p.2 The Schematic Setup G-LINK FF R CC O DP M MM ICB 9U DAQ CRATE 6U CRATE test pulse IFB ICC LV = +5V, -7V GAS 4 MC#1 RPC MC ...

... Best Targets for Astrophotography and What They Reveal About Our Universe . ... Ruben Kier's photos, articles, and letters have appeared regularly in Astronomy and Sky Telescope magazines. ... This year, Ruben summarized a decade of experience with CCD imaging in his new book, The 100 Best Astrophotography Targets: A Monthly Guide for CCD Imaging with Amateur Telescopes. ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

... Main . ... Software . ... The Fakerat is a software package to help planning of observations with the RadioAstron mission. This version of the software has been designed to match the technical information that appears . in the RadioAstron User's Handbook . Fakerat, version 16, Linux distribution; release on December 27, 2013: . ... fakerat file . fakerat_lib file . readme file . install file . ... package src . Software complex ASL , Windows and Linux distributions. ...

Hubble Observations Shed New Light on Jupiter Collision . Was it a comet or an asteroid? ... Their initial findings, combined with results from other space-borne and ground-based telescopes, shed new light on Jupiter's atmospheric winds, its immense magnetic field, the mysterious dark debris from the impacts, and the composition of the doomed comet itself. ... Hubble's ultraviolet observations show the motion of very fine impact debris particles now suspended high in Jupiter's atmosphere. ...

... The Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems (ADASS) conference is held each year at a different hosting astronomical institution. The conference provides a forum for scientists and programmers concerned with algorithms, software and software systems employed in the acquisition, reduction, analysis, and dissemination of astronomical data. ... The 26th annual ADASS conference will be held from October 16th to 20th, 2016 at the Stazione Marittima Conference Centre , Trieste, Italy. ...

Armagh Observatory, 3 September 2001 . The Astronomical Science Group of Ireland ( ASGI ) meets in Armagh on Friday 7 September, for its autumn meeting to discuss new astronomical results obtained by Irish astronomers working both in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The ASGI was formed in 1974 to provide a forum for the Irish astronomical community to meet on a regular basis and to exchange results and new information. ... Programme of Meeting . ...