The HST images of GRB 990123. HST has observed this field in the 50CCD (open) filter on the 8 February 1999, 23 March 1999, and the 7 February 2000, or 16, 59 and 380 days after outburst. ... On the left in the above image is the February 1999 image of GRB 990123, on the right the difference between that image and the February 2000 image. ... On the left in the above image is the March 1999 image of GRB 990123, on the right the difference between that image and the February 2000 image. ... 1999). ...

... It seems that we are having teething problems with the new reference pointing capabilities. ... But it does not have some fixes for VEX problems that will affect CMVA runs. ... The changes here are not significant for users not attempting reference pointing with AUTOPEAK or other mechanism that invokes setup files with FORMAT=NONE . ... 07 Feb 2001 RCW . ... And this time, it only affects VEX users. ... Remove the ``*'' from a the names of many pointing sources in sources.pointing and peak.cmd . ...

... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... This shows the Sun, Moon and Earth (not to scale) together with the . ... They have tested the technique on the Earthshine, the light reflected from the Earth by the Moon, and showed that it can reveal the presence of life in our planet. ... This technique uses the fact that the light reflected from the planet is polarised, whereas that emitted by the star is not. ... Polarised light can tell us about the reflecting surface...

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE . about the launch of transport cargo vehicle Progress M-52 . to the International Space Station . ... The vehicles of this type are developed at RSC Energia, and operated since 1978. ... The vehicle and ISS Russian Segment flight is under control of the Lead Operational Control Team (LOCT) located in the Mission Control Center in Moscow (MCC-M), Korolev, Moscow area (Flight Director is V.A. Soloviev, S.P. Korolev RSC Energia Deputy General Designer, pilot-cosmonaut). ...

... February 22 2001 09:00 (Moscow time) . The station "Mir" and cargo vehicle «Progress л 1-5» operations scheduled for 21-22 February completed. The onboard "Mir" and the cargo ship systems checked out, orbit radiomonitoring performed. ... The Station remains pressurized, the onboard systems perform nominal. ... The Station and the cargo ship onboard systems further checkout and the orbit radiomonotoring are scheduled for 22-23 Feb. ...

... Summary of reduced ISAAC fields . ... This data release includes eight fully reduced VLT/ISAAC fields in J,H,K s bands covering 50 arcmin 2 of the GOODS region in the Chandra Deep Field South (CDFS). ... 8 ISAAC fields) . ... The 8 ISAAC fields which are part of this data release are superimposed onto a SOFI image (J+K) (part of a previous EIS data release). ... In one case (GOODS field 11/J-band), for which not enough standard stars were available, the ZP was boostrapped from previous SOFI/EIS data...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... 29.11.1995 . ... November . ... November 1995 . ... 1995 1996 . ... NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers . NASA Official: Jay Norris. ... A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC . ... U. Based on Astronomy Picture Of the Day . Publications with keywords: compton . Publications with words: compton . ... Boosting Compton . The Compton Observatory Turns Five . Compton Returns ...

... STScI-PRC95-10 FOR RELEASE: February 20, 1995 HUBBLE PROBES THE VIOLENT BIRTH OF STARS IN GALAXY NGC 253 [Left] An image of the spiral galaxy NGC 253, taken with a ground-based telescope. ... Hubble's high resolution allows astronomers to quantify complex structures in the starburst core of the galaxy for the first time, including luminous star clusters, dust lanes which trace regions of dense gas and filaments of glowing gas. ...