BaBar Tau Physics Workshop , December 6-7, 2003 . LIGO Scientific Collaboration Meeting , November 10-13, 2003 . IEEE Conference , October 19-25, 2003 . Vertex 2003 , September 14-19, 2003 . ... The 4th ECFA/DESY Workshop on Physics and Detectors , April 1-4, 2003 . ... Talks 2002 . ... Talks 2001 . ... Talks 2000 . ... Status of Software by U. Oregon: SuspensionMon and GRB Notification , Rauha Rahkola . ... First look at Bhabha Energy Calibration with Beamstrahlung , David Strom . ...

... STATUS REPORTS 1. Observatory Status - All subsystems nominal MOSES reported that visits 5 and 6 of Proposal 7026 (FGS 1R FF3 Optimization) executed successfully and the data look good. ... The proposed move, discussed in an STScI/HSTP telecon on Friday, is - 2.5 microns, thereby ensuring that the focus will stay within +/- 2 microns of its nominal position throughout SMOV. ... NICMOS Status - Engineering status - The Cold Well temperature is ~60.2 degK and the rate of increase is ~0.1 deg/day. ...

... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... ASKAP and Industry . ASKAP and the SKA . ... Some of the ASKAP team visited the facility to see the expanded capability and also mark the commencement of production build for the Mk II ASKAP PAF receivers тАЩ electronics boards and digital systems. ... Industry participation has created strong collaborations with a variety of organisations, from smaller local suppliers to larger technology and civil engineering firms, as well as niche R&D companies. ...

... Archives . ... The process for the 2010 decadal survey has begun; Roger Blandford will discuss it at the January 2009 AAS meeting ( AAS decadal survey session, Tues, 6 Jan, 8:30am ). The National Academies web site hosts a page for the Astro2010 Decadal Survey with more information. ... But here and now, let?s not get into content; let?s just organize a meeting at AAS. ... So the AAS meeting really does represent an important opportunity for us to establish the agenda for an astrostat SWP. ...

... Astrometric Calibration . ... Notes on Flats and Images: . ... Flats profile . Sky Flat Fields . Notes on Darks and Images: . Darkframe image (binned 64x64) . ... status of ground based observations . ... grism calibration . status of grism wavelength calibration and diffuse emission analysis . CCF status . ... instrument and onboard s/w status impact on calibration: . ... Documentation: . OM calibration documentation page requires some input . ... Minutes of Meeting . ...

The XXVIII RadioAstron Meeting . ... November 18, Tuesday Meeting in ASC - Joint Working Groups Meetings . ... 9:00 - 13:00 Ballistic and Navigation, Mission Operations, Science Program . ... E.Fomalont, J.Romney (20 min) . Problems in development of technique to schedule science experiments in RadioAstron mission . ... Action items of the RISC meeting #27 and teleconferences . ... General status of the mission . ... Preparation of agenda/topics for the executive (RISC) meeting 20 Nov (30 min) . ...

The Mayor of Armagh City and District, Councillor Charles Rollston, will on Sunday welcome the Anglo-Australian Telescope Board to the City of Armagh for its first ever meeting to be held at the Armagh Observatory. ... Following their two-day meeting in Armagh, members of the Board will attend the Royal Astronomical Society UK National Astronomy Meeting, which this year is being held at Queen's University Belfast, with a record attendance of more than 600 astronomers. ...

... Donate to Support Science Literacy . ... 2016 Annual Awards . The ASP is accepting nominations for the organizationтАЩs national annual awards which recognize special achievements in astronomy research, technology, education, and public outreach. ... Shop the AstroShop . ... The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) is accepting nominations for the organizationтАЩs national annual awards which recognize special achievements in astronomy research, technology, education, and public outreach.. ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . ... Observing . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... Bright planets meet at dusk . ... Astronomy magazine subscribers can read the full article for free. ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter....

... Educational programs (Russian) . ... On Wednesday, January 28, the second meeting of the Supervisory Board of Samara State Aerospace University took place. The members of the Supervisory Board discussed and approved the implementation plan for the second phase of the competitive recovery program of SSAU for the next two years, the plan of . ... The first meeting of SSAU Supervisory Board took place on December 25, 2014 under the chairmanship of Dmitry Rogozin, Deputy Prime Minister. ...

... 2011 July 26 . Galaxy NGC 474: Cosmic Blender . ... Explanation: What's happening to galaxy NGC 474? The multiple layers of emission appear strangely complex and unexpected given the relatively featureless appearance of the elliptical galaxy in less deep images. ... Alternatively the shells may be like ripples in a pond, where the ongoing collision with the spiral galaxy just above NGC 474 is causing density waves to ripple though the galactic giant. ... About APOD | ...

... The molecular lines group at Arecibo Observatory consists of Chris Salter, Tapasi Ghosh and Robert Minchin. ... The molecular line group at Arecibo Observatory started in 2006 with a proposal to carry out a spectral census of the star-burst galaxy Arp 220 . ... However, the most interesting discovery came from the observations of the polar ring galaxy, NGC 660. ... Molecular Lines in NGC 660 Arias de Saavedra Benitez et al., ... A cm-Wavelength Search for Pre-Biotic Molecules in Starburst Galaxies. ...

OptInt PmWiki . MROI Fast Tip Tilt / . Tech Meet 9 . ... Page History | ... MROI Delay Line Design Contract . ... Design Documentation . ... MROI DL Production SW Contract . ... Preliminary Design Review . Software Design Documentation . ... MROI Fast Tip-Tilt Contract . ... Meetings . ... MROI FTT Contract Private Material . ... MROI DL Design Contract Private Material . ... Return to Tech Meet 9 ( Edit ) . ... Nasmyth Optical Table . ... XS analysis: Attach:FTT_mount_analysis_05.pdf . ...

... The Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems (ADASS) conference is held each year at a different hosting astronomical institution. The conference provides a forum for scientists and programmers concerned with algorithms, software and software systems employed in the acquisition, reduction, analysis, and dissemination of astronomical data. ... The 26th annual ADASS conference will be held from October 16th to 20th, 2016 at the Stazione Marittima Conference Centre , Trieste, Italy. ...

... The cosmic microwave background radiation emanating from the universe could only have the above fuzzy pattern if it contained clear amounts of dark matter and dark energy . The conclusion , based on a detailed analysis of the temperature and spacing of the bumps, was a surprise to those who felt that previous evidence for such a strange universe , based on observations of distant supernovae , was somehow inaccurate. ... Publications with keywords: CMB - early universe . ... The Early Universe . ...

... S.P. KOROLEV ROCKET AND SPACE CORPORATION ENERGIA . ... OAO RSC "Energia" . ... News . ... The General Designers Review Board meeting devoted to the Russian Segment of the International Space Station (ISS) was held at S.P. Korolev Rocket Space Corporation Energia under the chairmanship of V.A. Lopota, the Corporation President and General Designer. ... RSC Energia proposals on the ISS-29/30 Expedition crew return by Soyuz ТМА-22 on April 27, 2012; . ... 2015 JSC "S.P. Korolev RSC "Energia" . ...

... Observatory . ... Science . ... Science Users Information > Science and Technical Meetings > Conferences 2002 > vo2002 . ... ESO Data . ... Virtual Observatory Tools . ... A virtual observatory (VO) is a collection of interoperating data archives and software tools which utilize the internet to form a scientific research environment in which astronomical research programs can be conducted. ... Firstly, there is an explosion in the size of astronomical data sets delivered by new large facilities. ...

... Dept. for Astrometry & Space Geodynamics . ... Dept. for Physics of Stars&Galaxies . Dept. for Space Plasma Physics . Dept. for Physics of Minor Celestial Bodies . Dept. for Physics of Planetary Systems . Dept. for Solar Physics . ... 2016,MNRAS, 2016MNRAS.tmp.. ... WASP- 22, WASP-41, WASP- 42 and WASP- 55. ... in the visible range - land 10th Keck (USA), 2 x 8.4-m LBT (USA), 8.0-m Gemini (USA), 6.5-m MMT (USA), 4th KPNO (USA), 3.5-m APO (USA), 8.2-m VLT (ESO), 3.5-m NTT (Chile); . ...

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... APT Activities and Science Results 3. ... APT Secretary Philip Edwards (ISAS) reviewed the aims of the APT (http://www.vsop.isas.ac.jp/apt/DefinitionAndAims.html). ... The Australia Telescope Compact Array, and Ceduna, Hartebeesthoek, Kashima, Mopra, Parkes, and Shanghai telescopes of the Asia-Pacific Telescope participated in these observations. ... In the absence of Tetsuo Sasao, Philip Edwards briefly described results of the APT 22 GHz observations conducted from October 1st to 5th, 1997. ...