... 2014 November 17 . The Double Dust Disks of HD 95086 . Illustration Credit: Spitzer Space Telescope , JPL , NASA . ... To help find out, astronomers are carrying out detailed observations of nearby stars in infrared light to see which have dust disks that might be forming planets. Observations by NASA 's Spitzer Space Telescope and ESA 's Herschel Space Observatory have found that planetary system HD 95086 has two dust disks: a hot one near the parent star and a cooler one farther out. ...

Next: Star Formation and Stellar Up: Stellar Astrophysics Previous: The Chemical Evolution of . Amir Ahmad and Simon Jeffery have been studying some rare stars known, loosely, as helium-rich subdwarfs. ... Further study showed that PG1544+488 is in fact a double star with both stars having extremely helium-rich surfaces -- the first case known. ... Next: Star Formation and Stellar Up: Stellar Astrophysics Previous: The Chemical Evolution of M.E. Bailey . ...

This is the homepage of Andrew Fruchter, an astronomer on the staff of the Space Telescope Science Institute . ... Here you can look at an HST images of the optical counterparts of gamma-ray bursts and their host galaxies. ... Therefore, substantial information on the fine scale structure of objects can be obtained by offsetting the pointing of the telescope between exposures and then combining these "dithered" exposures into a single image. ...

ATMoB "Double Star Award " Guidelines Purpose: To promote observing among the membership of the Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston ­ in particular, double, triple, and multiple stars. Introduction: Double, triple, and multiple stars are the "Rodney Dangerfields" of the night sky. ... W hile they can be observed under a variety of sky conditions, double stars ­ especially close ones ­ are best viewed on nights when the seeing is steady. ... The direction from a star to Polaris is north. ...

... the time of observation . ... Observing the Changing Position of the Sun To Establish Cardinal Directions . ... Observations of the Sun's apparent movement across the sky and its pattern of rising and setting in the east and west horizon helped to establish the cardinal directions. ... The final stage of the Sun's return was marked by the observation that the Sun had reached its highest altitude when the full width of your mitted hand could fill the gap between the Sun and the horizon. ...

... Magnetic fields, subatomic particles, etc., traveling in different directions fill the universe. Do they deflect or otherwise affect one another? If so, isnт??t the information we get from them distorted? ... Neutrino astronomy, which is still in its infancy, is attractive because neutrinos interact so weakly with matter that few of these distorting effects occur. Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ...

To main of Laboratory . The research work and design of optical and optical-electronic devices are carries out by laboratory staff: . ... Lens: . ... In the layout 1 prism systems perform functions of dispersive element, corrector of aberrations, optical reducer. ... Spectral range 200 - 400 nm; . ... Back Forward . ... The main corrector's function are compensation of field aberrations of the main spherical mirror of a telescope (diameter of 600 mm, f'=1200 mm) and increase aperture ratio. ...

... It seems likely that field-aligned potential drops (upward directed electric fields) are formed to create this effect (e.g., Weimer and Gurnett, 1993), although different wave-related schemes have also been suggested (e.g., Bryant et al., ... Auroral arcs have been related to large, perpendicular electric field structures, electrostatic shocks , observed mostly at geocentric distances 1.4 - 1.8 Re (9000 - 12000 km altitude; Mozer et al., 1977; Torbert and Mozer, 1978; Mozer et al., ... Res. ...

Peremennye Zvezdy ( Variable Stars ) 35 , No. ... We present the results of our new observations of QS Draconis, a recently discovered double-mode high-amplitude Scuti variable, HADS(B) type. ... Our CCD observations in the Johnson bands were performed at the Tien Shan Astronomical Observatory of the V.G. Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute, at the altitude of 2750 m above the sea level. ... The finding chart (Fig. 1) identifies the variable star, comparison star, and check star. ... Fig. ...

RadioAstronomy department of SAI was found in 1953 by prof I.S. Shklovsky. The basic direction of our works is development of new methods and devices for astronomical observations in different spectral regions, making observations and its interpretations. Department includes: laboratory RATAN-600, Infrared Group and several another scientific workgroups, that leads any big different projects. ... Go back to RadioAstronomy Dept ] . Andrew A. Martis . martis @ sai.msu.ru . ...

Next: Results of observations Up: Observations and data reduction Previous: IPCS observations and data . The observations in 1996 were carried out with a new CCD-detector in two different set-ups. In February 1996 we used B0 grating (300 grooves/mm) with the wavelength coverage of 3600 - 7000? and a dispersion of 5.2 ?/pixel and B1 grating (600 grooves/mm) with the interval 3600 - 5400? and a dispersion of 2.6 ?/pixel. ... with the dispersion 2.3 ?/pixel and grating B1. ...

Next: Some theory Up: userhtml Previous: Calibration . By many measures, the ATCA 3-mm observing band is a completely different domain to the other ATCA bands. ... Not surprisingly many aspects of the data reduction are also different. This chapter reviews the theory behind some of the differences, and then considers a practical approach to calibration. ... Antenna gain considerations and flux calibration . Instrumental phase . Atmospheric phase and phase calibration considerations . ...

The capability to use the WAPPs in dual board mode for single pixel receivers was added in CIMA version 2.3 with first observations performed on 1 April 2007. This is the mode when the two boards of each WAPP are used as independent spectrometers allowing each WAPP to cover up to 200 MHz bandwidth. ... If You select to use dual board mode, all enabled WAPPs will be running in dual board mode. ... When using dual board mode, both boards on the same WAPP will use the same bandwidth. ...

Pulkovo Database of Observations of Visual Double Stars . ... Catalog of relative positions of visual double stars, based on photographic observations performed since 1960 in Pulkovo on the 26-inch refractor (A.A.Kiselev, O.A.Kalinichenko, O.V.Kiyaeva, N.A.Shakht, L.G.Romanenko, I.S.Izmailov, O.P.Bykov, K.L.Maslennikov, E.A.Grosheva, D.L.Gorshanov), 2010 . ... Enter either ADS or WDS number. Click here to display full list of visual double stars observed at Pulkovo. ADS . ...

... We have developed an integrated system that performs astronomical observations in Near Infrared bands operating two-dimensional instruments at the Italian National Infrared Facility's ARNICA and LONGSP . ... The user interface is organized as widget-based X11 client. ... 1993; Di Giacomo et al. 1993). ... Moreover, if the interprocess communication interface includes support for networking, the software immediately becomes network distributed software. ... DESQview/X User Guide 1993, Quarterdeck . ...

... Let us first find out which way -- rise in spectral resolution with some loss in the S/N ratio or increase in the S/N ratio with a fixed spectral resolution -- is better for the purpose of reduction of equivalent width determination errors. ... N -- number of counts for 1 ? ... line equivalent width, . ... Thus if the spectral resolution is managed to be increased (i.e. to decrease )without loss in the number of counts falling at 1 ?, the equivalent width measurement error is then proportional to . ...

... Contact A Problem of an estimation of accuracy of the asteroid CCD observations . The Minor Planet Center supported by the Interntional Astronomical Union is the main office for keeping observational data of the small Solar System bodies and their investigations. ... At Pulkovo Observatory we are estimating an accuracy of the CCD asteroid observations obtained by amateurs and professional astronomers all over the World using the MPC database. ...

Next: SAS processing Up: Maintenance procedures Previous: Maintenance procedures Contents . Suitable observations should be longer than about 20 ksec, cover all the considered time period, and have different background levels, in particular the highest ones, so the sample should include observations taken at the beginning and end of the science window. It is helpful to consider objects for which no RGS spectrum is expected or to look at the RGS monitor pages. ... Michael Smith 2011-09-20 ...

Crater Gassendi . ... I made this drawing was made on the 26th of november 2001. If you compare this one with the previous drawing of Gassendi (below) the differences are clear. ... This drawing was made on the 28th of september 2001. After nearly a full month without observations I had a one hour gap between the thicker clouds. ... This drawing was made on the 29th of august 2001. ... This drawing was made on the 27th of august 2001. ... This drawing was made on the 25th of august 2001. ...

... ESO, the European Southern Observatory . ... ESO Acronyms . ... Survey Telescopes . ... Star Clusters . ... Stars@ESO . ... ESO 3.6-metre telescope . ... MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope . ... Demonstrates in a schematic way, how the images of two stars of different angular size (left) will look like, with a single telescope (middle) and with an interferometer like the VLTI (right). Whereas there is little difference with one telescope, the fringe patterns at the interferometer are quite different. ...