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. ...

... 2000 February 11 . XMM-Newton First Light: X-Rays From The LMC . ... Explanation: Recently the European Space Agency released this and other spectacular "first light" pictures from its new orbiting x-ray observatory , christened XMM-Newton . ... The picture is a false-colour one in which low energy x-rays are translated to red, medium energy to green, and high energy to blue. ... About APOD | ...

... Previous message: [sas-uploads] SAS manifest mactrack [xmmsas_20110223_1803_md5sums] uploaded . Next message: [sas-uploads] sas-1.536.tgz . ... br> <br> In consequence, yesterday builds constitute the SAS 11.0.0, which we are preparing now for public distribution, likely around next days.<br> <br> As of today we have stopped the generation of new manifests for the Release Track. Simultaneously, the generation of manifests for the Development Track has been activated again. ...

... Astrophysics Group . ... Optical Interferometry . OIFITS: A Data Exchange Standard for Optical (Visible/IR) Interferometry . ... OIFITS is a standard for exchanging calibrated, time-averaged data from astronomical optical interferometers , based on the FITS Standard (OIFITS is a registered FITS convention ). ... The OIFITS standard is used in the biennial optical interferometry Imaging Beauty Contests: . ... A data exchange standard for optical (visible/IR) interferometry. ...

... March 25, 2006: Version 3.0.0 New control panel with an observing queue and a log Pointing to apparent position including proper motion precession and nutation to epoch of ... declination axis to polar axis non-orthogonality optical axis skew altitude- and azimuth-dependent mechanical effects encoder reference Control of telescope hardware August 20, 2006 Version 3.0.4 Modifications from Dan Azari adding features suported by the RC Optical Systems ...

... On 4 April 2005, INTAS, the International Association for the promotion of cooperation with scientists from the New Independent States(NIS) of the former Soviet Union, launched the first stage of its Open Call for Research Projects Proposals 2005-2006. With an indicative budget of ?12 million, the INTAS Open Call 2005-2006 encompasses basic and applied research with no thematic orgeographical restrictions, but excluding market-oriented technology development. ...

Drawing and Part Configuration Management and Release Procedures: . ... Context: This procedure is intended for use by APO Telescope Drafting and Engineering personnel for the development, release and maintenance of telescope related models, drawings, and other controlled documents to facilitate the sharing of information between the various institutions and personnel that have need of technical information and engineering files regarding APO telescope design and development. ... Release Procedure: . ...

... 2MASS Overview . The 2MASS Sky . Executive Summary of 2MASS Second Incremental Data Products . Point Source Catalog . Extended Source Catalog . ... Distribution Mode for 2MASS Products . Data Release Plan . ... Point Source Catalog (PSC) . Extended Source Catalog (XSC) . ... 2MASS Source Naming Convention . ... General Properties of the Data Release . ... Comparison of Achieved Performance of Second Incremental Release Catalogs with Level 1 Science Specification . ...

... Posts tagged ?Data Release? Mar 5th, 2008| 02:13 pm | ... Today, the 5th year data was released (The news is found here ). ... Tags: 5th year , Data Release , WMAP . ... vlk on [MADS] Parallel Coordinates . ... Algorithms arXiv Astro Bad AstroStat Bayesian CHASC Cross-Cultural Data Processing Fitting Frequentist Galaxies gamma-ray High-Energy Imaging Jargon Job Languages MC MCMC Meta Methods Misc News Nuggets Objects Optical Physics Quotes Spectral Stars Stat Timing Uncertainty X-ray . ...

Below is the sample image and caption given out at the AAS meeting. ... Dark, sinuous clouds of cold hydrogen gas reveal themselves as shadows against the glow of warmer, brighter clouds in the background. ... This image, made with radio telescopes at the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory near Penticton, British Columbia, was presented to the American Astronomical Society meeting in Austin, TX on January 8, 1999. PHOTO CREDIT: Steven Gibson and Russ Taylor of the University of Calgary. ...

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Astronomical Society of the Pacific Announces 2007 Award Winners in Astronomy Research and Education . The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) announced today the eight winners of its 2007 awards for excellence in astronomy research and education. The ASP's most prestigious award, the Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal for lifetime achievement in astronomy has been awarded to Martin Harwit, Professor Emeritus of Astronomy, Cornell University. ...

. To begin a new release for a file you "get" it with the next release number. sccs get -e -r release_number filename . For example for a file with a version of 2.4 you would want the new release to be 3. sccs get -e -r3 sect1.txt s.sect1.txt: 2.4 new delta 3.1 20 lines .