... The sample of the Local Volume galaxies (distance smaller than 10 Mpc) gives a unique opportunity to study the properties of galaxies including the weakest objects: the absolute magnitude M B -10 and the virial mass M vir 10 9 M x263C;. ... Luminosity function of the Local Volume galaxies. ... The luminosity functions for galaxies are presented: red dashed line - from the 2dFGRS survey (Norberg et al. 2002); blue dash-dotted line - from the SDSS survey (Blanton et al. ...

... The bright supernova (hereafter SN) in the galaxy NGC 4527 was first sighted by S. Knight (USA) on April 13.17UT at magnitude ~14.0v. The report of the sighting was subsequently forwarded by phone to the AAVSO. ... SN 1991T. The galaxy NGC 4527 is an Sb(s)II type galaxy with an apparent Blue magnitude of 11.32 (Shapley-Ames, 1981). ... An analysis of this event utilizing visual observations by amateurs, plus a light curve is presented.. ... THE LIGHT CURVE: . ... ISN SN 1991T web page . ...

... 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...

The Local Volume HI Survey (LVHIS) BЁrbel Koribalski a CSIRO Australia Telescope National Facility The `Local Volume' -- the sphere of radius 10 Mpc centered on the Local Group -- includes at least 500 known galaxies. ... To expand and deepen our knowledge of the nearby Universe several teams are currently targeting LV galaxies, among them the "Local Volume HI Survey" (LVHIS; Koribalski et al.), the "Faint Irregular Galaxies GMRT Survey" (FIGGS; Begum et al.) ... Koribalski et al. ...

Computer models of objects (galaxies, circumstellar disks, etc.) are often generated to compare with observed images. ... When comparing models to WFPC2 images, it is often forgotten that the instrumental PSF can have a very significant effect. ... Also, the undersampling of the WFPC2 cameras makes the model image very sensitive to subpixel alignment. ... Left) WFPC2 WFC F814W image of HH30 (0.1 arcsec/pixel); (Middle) Model of HH30 disk; (Right) Model of HH30 disk convolved with a Tiny Tim model PSF. ...

Constraining the Cosmic Mass Density from the SBF Survey Peculiar Velocities J.P. Blakeslee et al. University of Durham, U.K. The recently completed I-band Surface Brightness Fluctuations (SBF) Survey of Galaxy Distances includes high-quality distance measurements to nearly 300 early-type galaxies within 4000 km/s. We compare the peculiar velocities observed in this survey with those predicted from the galaxy density eld found in ux-limited redshift surveys. ...

Once students get the hang of it, they can find and measure the brightness of Delta Cephei in a few minutes. ... of Delta Cephei . ... Oct. ... The following table lists the measurements of Delta Cephei made by one amateur astronomer in autumn 1990. ... 4.0 . ... This activity is a simplified version of one that appeared in Hands-On Astrophysics, a series of activities prepared by the American Association of Variable Star Observers with support from the National Science Foundation. << previous page | ...

... Science . ... Science Users Information > Science Activities > APEX Science Verification > SHFI . ... Observing Facilities . ... Observing with ESO Telescopes . ... Telescope Time Allocation . ... ESO Data . ... The Science Verification (SV) observations of the APEX Swedish Heterodyne Facility Instrument were observed in March 2008. ... A selection of the APEX-1 proposals listed below have been observed during the week of joint SV observations in March 2008, and later during the ESO time of period...

... Finally, the individual observations themselves are reduced, using the parameters from the extinction solution. ... That is, the extinction solution can in principle produce results if we observe extinction star 1 only in passband A and star 2 in passband B on night 1, and star 1 only in passband B and star 2 in passband A on night 2. ... Even if the passbands are linked by color terms in the extinction, the solution is possible, because we do obtain mean colors for each star. ...

ATMoB "Open Cluster Observing Award " Guidelines Purpose: To promote observing among the membership of the Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston through participation in the Open Clusters Observing Awards program. Introduction: This awards program is oriented towards visually observing open clusters above magnitude 9.9. ... It turns out that a very unprejudiced and convenient method to dermine the limiting magnitude is to count the number of visible stars in certain areas on the sky. ...

... Fitting the observed dependence includes calculations of the polarization cross-sections averaged over particles orientation and size distribution, their normalization and the comparison of obtained dependencies with Serkowski's curve representing observational data for a chosen star. ... Variations of the polarization factors with wavelength are shown in Fig. 16 for homogeneous spheroidal particles with PF orientation. ... The distinction between prolate and oblate spheroids is also clearly seen. ...

... The comet 169P was first observed by the Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking system. In order to observe this comet we had to figure out if it was possible to view it from Faulkes Telescope South, a 2m reflecting telescope which is used for research as well as for use by school students around the world over the internet. ... Since 169P is such a bright object, we were able to use a red filter on some of our observations to provide a clearer image. ...

The CHIANTI database consists of 4 primary ASCII files for each ion in the database. contains the energy levels in cm^(-1) It includes both experimental data and theoretical values of the levels energies. ... MNRAS, 264, 627, 1993 %observed energy levels(4-5,7-8,12,14,17-21,23-27): NIST Database for Atomic Spectroscopy, Version 1.0, NIST Standard Reference Database 61, 1995. ... contains the spline fits to the electron collision strengths scaled according to Burgess and Tully (1992). ...

... Proposing for VLBI Time at Arecibo . ... Documentation (Field System, VLBA4 terminal, Mark 5 system) . ... In 2001, the Arecibo Observatory received its hybrid VLBA-MARK IV (VLBA4) data acquisition system, and currently NAIC commits Arecibo to support VLBI observing up to a maximum of 4% of the 305-m's observing time. ... Tracking Time (h:mm) . ... The inclusion of the 305-m Arecibo radio telescope can dramatically boost the sensitivity of VLBI observations, even with its limited source tracking...

In this gallery are many images of Low Surface Brightness Galaxies which have recently been discovered and analyzed. ... The central surface brightness of this galaxy is 24.28 . Malin 2 This galaxy is another huge disk galaxy with a scale length of 15 kpc and a redshift of 15000 km/a. The high surface brightness knot in one of its spiral arms actually has the same color, luminosity and H-alpha equivalent width as the entire Large Magellanic Cloud . ... Truly it is a Low Surface Brightness Galaxy. ...

... In Aug 1999 PCAD and aspect camera (ACA) exercises (for IRU Cal observations and M7 ACA Field Distortion) provided about 100 realtime observed ACA magnitudes with which to compare the current star catalog AGASC1.3 . ... Here is a plot of the difference between observed ACA mag and AGASC1.4 MAG_ACA values, as a function of (B-V) color. ... Based on this new ACA data, I've done polynomial fits to predict ACA mags for all stars, to recalibrate the MAG_ACA values. ... 7.84321E-02 CHOSEN FIT . ...

Chiaki Kobayashi, Ralph Sutherland How galaxies did form and evolution? - to answer this unsolved problem, we are simulating the formation and evolutionary history of galaxies in the Universe, including star formation, supernovae feedback, and chemical enrichment. Comparing the spacial distribution of elements within galaxies with observations, we will examine fundamental physical processes that drive galaxy formation. ... COALA : Universe Galaxy AGN Star Planet ...

... Liyong Liu (NAOC) . Site testing on seeing conditions of the astronomical observatories over China are briefly reviewed, including Xionglong station of NAOC, Gaomeigu station of Yunnan Observatory, Delingha station of Purple Mountain Observatory. ... PDF [3.0€аMB] October 8, 09:55 10:20 . ... In this paper, we will review the site survey activities in the past years, and present the site-testing results on the Oma site, including cloud cover, seeing, water vapor, transparency and sky brightness. ...

NMW survey overview . Access image archive . ... The New Milky Way survey aims to detect bright (V<13.5) optical transients near the Galactic plane using an automated wide-field (8x6 deg.) system capable of surveying the whole Milky Way area visible from the observing site in one night. ... All images obtained during the transient search survey are available online (please use the image archive access form ). ... Images per field: . ... Images per night: . ... Milky Way imaging time: . ...

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