... The task also issues a number of housekeeping related messages and values and also writes several keywords to the EXPOSURE extension (the information is usually CCD-dependent and it is thus important that it is kept and propagated through the event file processing chain). ... Filter: the filter wheel position is derived from the position sensor potentiometer (housekeeping column F1122 contained in the main periodic housekeeping file PNPMH1 , HK mnemonic H_CE_FWSPOT). ...

... 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. ...

... Mindful of these biases, I can now explore the relations between the measured rotation periods and various other observables. The hypothesis behind monitoring stellar variability is that active stars have asymmetric spot distributions on their photospheres. ... They found that only stars with rotation periods greater than seven days show variations greater than 0.4 magnitudes at I. Bouvier et al . ... 1993a) demonstrated a relation between X--ray flux and spectral type in ZAMS stars. ...

... Early on, our interest in chirping analysis functions was motivated by a different kind of chirping phenomenon: chirping due to perspective. ... Our interest in radar, however, drew us toward processes that are more accurately analyzed by linear-FM chirplets. ... We have also constructed other chirplet transforms, such as a three-parameter Doppler chirplet representation that models a source producing a sinusoidal wave, while moving along a straight line (e.g. a train whistle). ...

Next: Estimating the angle Up: Wavelength Calibration Previous: General Description . The wavelength calibration involves a physical equation, the echelle relation and regression analysis to achieve estimates of the dispersion relation. Provided that the echelle dispersion is performed with a grating, any echelle spectrum can be calibrated usually with four lines used as pre-identifications and a catalog of laboratory wavelengths associated to the calibration lamp. ... Echelle Relation) . ...

Links on this page are to sites that hold information on the Sun , our nearest star . ... Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO) , California, USA. Mauna Loa Solar Observatory (MLSO) , Hawai'i, USA. ... Space Environment Center, Current Solar Images , Boulder, Colorado, USA. ... Solar Data Analysis Center, Latest Images , at GSFC, Maryland. ... NSSDC - National Space Science Data Center, Solar Physics (at GSFC). ... NSSDC - National Space Science Data Center, Space Physics (at GSFC). Back to Links ...

International Service of Geomagnetic Indices (ISGI) of the IAGA . ... World Data Center C1 for Geomagnetism (WDC-C1), . Solar-Terrestrial Physics Division in Copenhagen, Denmark . ... Sodankyl Geophysical Observatory Geomagnetic and Ionospheric Data . Space Physics Text Book (Oulu): Magnetic activity indices . ... Solar Data Analysis Center (SDAC) . ... Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Analysis Center of HAO/NCAR in Boulder, Colorado . ... Neutron Monitor Server , University of Chicago . ...

The Arcetri Spectral Code for thin plasmas . E.Landi M.Landini 1998, A , 133, 1 . CHIANTI - an atomic database for emission lines. ... E.Landi, M.Landini K.P.Dere, P.R.Young, H.E.Mason, 1999, A , in press . ... E.Landi M.Landini, 1998, A , 340, 265 . ... E.Landi, G.Del Zanna, E.R.Breeveld, M.Landini, B.J.I.Bromage, C.D.Pike, 1998, A , in press . ... M.Landini, A.Brkovic, E.Landi, I.Ruedi, S.Solanki, 1998, Sp.Sci.Rev., in press . ... E.Landi, H.E.Mason, M.Landini, 1998, Sp.Sci.Rev., in press . ...

STScI . HST . ... What is STScI . ... Missions . ... Data . ... Future Missions and . ... Missions Office . ... HST Peer Review Process . ... HST Overview . Overview . ... Servicing Missions . Phase I Proposing . ... Cycle 24 Announcement . Cycle 23 Results . ... Mid Cycle Submission . ... Phase II Cycle 23 . ... Retrieving HST Data . ... Data Analysis . ... HST Science Year in Review . ... NICMOS . ... Presentation from 2002 SPIE Meeting: Post-NCS Performance of the HST NICMOS . ...

Central Astronomical Observatory at Pulkovo of Russian Academy of Sciences PUL Analysis Center Pulkovo IVS Analysis Center (PUL) 2009 Annual Rep ort Zinovy Malkin, Natalia Miller, Elena Popova Abstract This report briefly presents the PUL IVS Analysis Center activities during 2009 and plans for the coming year. The main topics of the investigations of PUL staff in that period were ICRF related studies, computation and analysis of EOP series, and VLBI2010 related issues. ...

... Most of the spirals discussed in the following are well-known starburst galaxies (M 82, NGC 253, etc.) In addition to their nuclear activity, which makes them so popular, the selected galaxies have several other phenomena in common, such as bars, gas outflow, and possibly nuclear rings. ... I will show that the gas dynamics in the outer and inner parts of these galaxies are strongly related to their starburst activity. ... NGC 253 . ... The peculiar galaxy NGC 4258: A black hole candidate. ...

... Recent Topics . ... MAO main . ... The third-order space-by-time relation . ... Тема: The third-order space-by-time relation . ... The mass m experiences a gravity force toward the sun and . ... will experience the Coriolis force or Coriolis acceleration. ... differentiated space-by-time twice and discovered equation2. ... time differentiation of space-by-time. ... to be described by differentiated forces. ... third-order space-by-time relation. ... understand the third-order space-by-time relation....

... Pre-university education . ... SSAU History . ... International relations . ... Thus, in different years the University entered into agreements with the universities of China (Harbin Politechnical Institute, Beijing Aerospace University , Beijing Politechnical University , North-West Politechnical University , Bradley University (USA), Sofia Technical University (Bulgaria), Stuttgart Technical University (Germany), Berlin Technical University (Germany), Carlow Technical ...

... Data Handling and Products > Data Reduction FAQ > I derived quantities related to the performance of an instrument. How do I know whether these numbers are "normal"? ... Observing with ESO Telescopes . ... Instrument Pipelines . ... ESO-MIDAS . ... ESO Data . ... Related External Services . ... The quality control group at ESO monitors a variety of instrument parameters such as zeropoints, efficiencies, read-out noise, etc. ... http://www.eso.org/observing/dfo/quality/ <INSTRUMENT> /qc/qc1.html . ...

... The State that has the highest rate of usage of ethanol as an alternative fuel . ... The last time the Oregon Ducks beat UCLA in basketball . The participants and score of the 1980 Rose Bowl . ... An Image of Issac Newton . ... The second highest paid player in the NBA last season . ... A map of the dams that comprise the British Columbia Hydropower System . ... The current freeway traffic flow in Seattle Washington . An image of a 1966 Shelby (Mustang) . ... Dr DarkMatter's Home Page . ...

... We have studied scaling relations (virial mass versus CO luminosity, luminosity versus size, linewidth versus size) for molecular clouds in the 30 Dor and N 159 regions in the Large Magellanic Cloud. ... The study of molecular clouds in the Galaxy has resulted in a number of scaling relations between global cloud properties such as mass, density, luminosity, size and velocity dispersion (e.g. Larson (1981) , Scoville & Sanders (1987) , Solomon et al. ... Elmegreen B.G., 1989, ApJ , 338 , 178. ...

... Content Model: %Body.Content . ... Note that the ID, LANG and CLASS attributes can be used with virtually all of the elements permitted in the document body. ... CLASS . ... The CLASS attribute is most commonly used to attach a different style to some element, but it is recommended that where practical class names should be picked on the basis of the element's semantics, as this will permit other uses, such as restricting search through documents by matching on element class names. ...

Next: ZGSC (Compressed GSC) and XSKYMAP . ... This is a preliminary report on an investigation of the quality and properties of plates digitized during creation of the Guide Star Catalog (GSC). The results will be vital for reclassifying GSC objects. ... Many objects are measured on more than one plate, and thus have multiple catalog entries. ... Among the shortcomings of the GSC are: biased magnitudes and incorrect classifications for certain objects, presence of artifact objects. ...

... 025.04) Correlating Arecibo Radar and IRTF Near-Infrared Spectral Observations of 105 Artemis . 029.14) Fast-Drifting Radio Bursts Seen on the Flare Star AD Leo with the Arecibo Observatory . ... 095.01) The Arecibo Legacy Fast ALFA Survey: HI Sources in the Northern Virgo Cluster Region . 095.02) The Arecibo Legacy Fast ALFA HI Survey: The Rich Galaxy Group Zwicky 1400+0949 . ... 104.02) Radio Emission Signatures of the Crab Pulsar's High Frequency Interpulse . ...

... Field of interest: data analysis and interpretation of X-ray observations of BHC and NS systems, astrophysics of compact objects and related phenomena: X-ray , optical and radio observations , shocks and stellar winds, emission mechanism, the spectral and timing analysis of the X-ray emission from microquasars ( signature of accreting BH), atoll- and Z-sources ( signature of accreting NS), modeling of INTEGRAL images % . ...