... Remote Observing with the Keck Telescope: ATM Networks and Satellite Systems P.L.Shopbell, J.G.Cohen, and L. Bergman 1 California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA. ... As a technical demonstration project for the NASA Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS), we have implemented re­ mote observing on the 10­meter Keck II telescope on Mauna Kea from the Caltech campus in Pasadena. ... The ACTS network is being used to enable true remote observing, as well as remote eavesdropping. ...

The Galaxy Disk in Cosmological Context Proceedings IAU Symposium No. ... The presence of exponential bulges and anti-truncated disks has been noticed in many lenticular galaxies. ... Among our findings in unbarred spiral galaxies, only one galaxy, NGC 5533, has a LSB outer disk (Sil'chenko et al. ... In the frame of this model, the Exponential bulges and antitruncated disks 5 inner disk must be more bright and compact than the usual large-scale stellar disks of spiral galaxies are. ...

... Meade Instruments Corporation . ... Meade Pictor 616A Color Filter System Instruction Manual . ... Remove the Meade Pictor 616A Color Filter System from the telescope or camera. Use the supplied hex wrench to remove the three screws from the telescope side of the Meade Pictor 616A Color Filter System. Position your Meade Pictor 616A Color Filter System to align with the diagram below. ... Carefully screw each filter into the wheel, and re-assemble the Meade Pictor 616A Color Filter System. ...

The Official Publication of the Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton Director Bill Murray ( 609 ) 298-1179 strgazr@comcast.net Assistant Director John Church ( 609 ) 799-0723 j.church@mindspring.com Treasurer Program Chairman Michael Mitrano OPEN ( 609 )-737-6518 michael.mitrano@worldnet.att.net Secretary Editors Larry Kane Bryan Hubbard and Ira Polans ( 609 ) 273-1456 (908) 859-1670 and ( ... In the month of October, normally the clearest of the year, it has rained almost every weekend. ...

Telescopes and Instrumentation ESO Public Sur veys with the VST and VISTA The ESO Sur vey team: Magda A rnaboldi, Mark J. Neeser, L aura C. Parker, Piero Rosati, Marco Lombardi, JЖrg P. Dietrich, Wolfgang Hummel A n e w c h a p te r f o r E u r o p e a n a s t r o n o m y w i l l s o o n b e g i n w i t h d e d i c a t e d s u r ve y telescopes in the optical and near-infrar e d . ... This sur vey will also be complemented with near-infrared data from the VHS VISTA sur vey. ...