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... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... Risks Comparable to NEOs . ... The Increasing Rate of Discovery of Asteroids . ... Comet and Asteroid Collision Probabilities . ... Extreme albedo comets and the impact hazard (PDF Format) . ... Asteroid Impact Animations . ... Workshop on Scientific Requirements for Mitigation of Hazardous Comets and Asteroids - 2002 . ... The Spaceguard Survey Report, 1992 (PDF) . Tsunami from Asteroid/Comet Impacts . ...

... Correia, S., Carbillet, M., Fini, L., Bertero, M., Boccacci, P., Vallenari, A., Richichi, A., & Barbati, M. 2001, in ASP Conf. ... AIRY is a modular software package designed to simulate optical and near-infrared interferometric observations and/or to perform subsequent image restoration/deconvolution. ... Bertero, M., Boccacci, P., Correia, S., & Richichi, A. 2000, in Interferometry in Optical Astronomy , ed. P. J Lena & A. Quirrenbach, SPIE 4006, 514 . ...

IFP gallery SCORPIO (since 2000). Here some data observed on the 6m telescope with IFP installed in the SCORPIO focal reducer are presented. ... Velocity field . Mkn 1157 was observed 1 Sep. 2002 in the Ha emission line. Texp =32x240 sec, seeing 1.5", IFP260. ... This galaxy was observed September, 23 2000 in the Ha emission line, Texp=32x120 sec, seeing 2.5", IFP260. ... PV Cep was observed at the 6m telescope in May, 25 2003 in the [SII] 6716A with IFP501, Texp=36x200 sec, seeing 1.0". ...

... Australia Telescope Compact Array . ... Compact Stellar Systems in the Fornax Cluster: Super-massive Star Clusters or Extremely Compact Dwarf Galaxies? ... We suggest that these objects are either super-massive star clusters (intra-cluster globular clusters or tidally stripped nuclei of dwarf galaxies) or a new type of low-luminosity compact elliptical dwarf (``M32-type'') galaxy. ... Keywords: galaxies: star clusters -- galaxies: dwarf -- galaxies: formation . ... Properties of the compact objects ...

TUI supports the following offsets: . Object Arc offset by a given amount on the sky (i.e. along the arc of a great circle). ... Arc offsets are useful for moving a different portion of your object or a different nearby object onto the boresight . ... Object Arc XY this is identical to an Object offset except that it has been rotated to align along the instrument x-y axes. ... This is just like the Calibration XY offset, except that it is typically cleared when you slew to a new object. ...

... Meade Instruments Corporation . ... Autostar Computer Controllers . 497 Autostar . ... One of the most important advances in telescope control in the past 25 years, the Meade #497 Autostar Computer Controller turns the ETX into an automatic celestial object locating system. ... The #497 Autostar Computer Controller plugs into the control panel of ETX-90EC, ETX-105EC, and ETX-125EC telescopes and enables automatic location of more than 30,000 celestial objects. ... about meade | ... Meade 4M | ...

... 2004 February 17 . Galaxy Cluster Lenses Farthest Known Galaxy . ... Explanation: Gravity can bend light, allowing whole clusters of galaxies to act as huge telescopes. Almost all of the bright objects in this just- released Hubble Space Telescope image are galaxies in the cluster known as Abell 2218. ... The power of this massive cluster telescope has recently allowed astronomers to detect a galaxy at a redshift of about 7, the most distant galaxy or quasar yet measured. ... About APOD | ...

... We can help students grasp the significance of Hubble's extremely keen eye, and learn a bit about angles and math in the process, with the following in-class activity. ... Looking through binoculars or telescopes allows us to magnify a small section of the sky. To measure sizes or distances in that small section, astronomers divide a degree into 60 smaller pieces called arcminutes, and further subdivide minutes into 60 smaller sections called arcseconds. ... 30 feet = . ... 36 seconds . ...