... 2 XPOS pixels x-coordinate of centroided source centre . ... 5 RATE counts/sec Total measured source counts (after background subtraction) within default source extraction aperture (r=12 un-binned pixels), divided by exposure time. ... 7 BACKGROUND_RATE counts/sec Total estimated background counts (scaled by area ratio, from the background annulus) within default source extraction aperture, divided by exposure time . ... Filter WHITE is set to 6 pixels. ... Bit set integer value reason region colour...

... Observing . ... Solar Observing . ... April 3 (SUN) - Solar Observing, Central Park , Manhattan . ... APRIL'S SKY . ... Lecture Series at the American Museum of Natural History The Amateur Astronomers Association is proud to present an astronomy lecture series from October through May each year for our members and the .. ... The€аAmateur Astronomers Association of New York€аwas organized in 1927 to promote the study of Astronomy, emphasizing its cultural and inspirational value. ...

... We describe the optical morphological properties of the new 40 galaxies, derive the surface brightness profiles for 25 of them, and present the results of photometric decompositions of these profiles into a "bulge" (R 1/4 or exponential) and a disk component. ... Resolved, central compact sources are detected in about 50% of the galaxies. ... B. Irregular/exponential bulges typically host central compact sources. ... Many of the galaxies which host compact sources contain a barred structure. ...

... The processing of these associated images presents new challenges to the HST data processing pipelines, which heretofore operated only on single images. ... Stage 1 (CALNICA) calibrates individual exposures without information from other members of the association. ... Stage 2 of calibration (CALNICB) only operates on associated images that have previously gone through CALNICA processing, and creates combined images for each distinct (non-overlapping) pointing within the association. ...

A Wideband Upgrade for the Australia Telescope Compact Array Dick Ferris & Warwick Wilson, CSIRO ATNF Overview The available signal bandwidth on the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) is to expand from 128MHz to 2GHz. ... 2GHz 4k channels Basic Configuration 2GHz 4k channels Simple Zoom 2GHz MFS and Zoom Modes During continuum observations the large number of frequency channels will usually oversample the u-v plane, the exception being low frequency observations involving the SKA antennas. ...

My research interests are focussed on the theory and modelling of accretion processes as well as star and planet formation mechanisms. I am particularly interested in the stability properties of accretion discs, the generation of MHD turbulence and associated angular momentum transport, disk - planet interactions and the origin and characteristics of jets and winds from accreting systems . ... These results have been published in Salmeron & Wardle, 2005, M.N.R.A.S., 361: 45-69. ...

Next: The STScI NICMOS Calibration Up: No Title Previous: CONICA: The high resolution . The STScI NICMOS Calibration Pipeline . Introduction . ... Dark Current Subtraction . ... Input Data . ... Scalar Background Subtraction . 2-D Background Subtraction . ... Status and Goals of the NICMOS Calibration Plan . ... Photometry . ... Photometric Performance of NICMOS . ... NICMOS Photometry. ... ST-ECF Grism Spectrum Software for NICMOS Grism Data . ... Analysis . ... STScI NICMOS Software . ...

... Ignacio Ugarte Urra's PhD thesis topic is the investigation of coronal bright points. In his first paper (in collaboration with Gerry Doyle and Maria Madjarska) he investigated the formation, evolution and decay of a coronal bright point via a spectroscopic analysis of its transition region counterpart and the evolution of the underlying magnetic bipole during 3 days of almost continuous observations. ... In general the bright point has a radiance 4 times higher than that of the network. ...

Results of analysis . ... IAA EOP Service . ... EOP series are regularly submitted to the IERS, and also are available at the IAA EOP Service page. EPN coordinate time series . EUREF Permanent GPS Network (EPN) coordinate time series is computed from analysis of available EUREF weekly solutions. ... Second solution is based on independent combination of individual EPN Analysis Centers' solutions . ... USNO GPS Timing Operations . ... GPS Time Series . ... EPN : European Permanent GPS Network . ...