... Radio Astronomy . ... ASRAS Board Members . ... To see the most up to date news and events happening with ASRAS log in with your user name and password and then click on the Activities page. ... Messier Marathon (Member Observing) CANCELLED Saturday, April 9, 2016 9:00 PM Location:Farash Center Ionia NY . ... ASRAS Members meeting - Friday May 6 at Farash Center - Ionia NY . ... ASRAS Board members meeting - monday May 9 @ Farash Center Monday, May 9, 2016 7:00 PM Location:Farash Center Ionia NY . ...

... The last quarter has seen Site Services continuing the installation of irrigation systems and new landscaping at the Visitor's Centre. ... The October 2000 term has been an interesting one in terms of operations at Parkes. ... The GPS systems at the Observatory are being upgraded to ensure the best possible long-term time reference is available for timing projects such as this. ... The influx of visitor interest was smoothly handled in the enlarged visitors centre, completed in August 2000. ...

... 28.12.2011 . ... A breathtaking spectacle in itself, Lovejoy performs on this celestial stage with southern stars and nebulae, including the Large and Small Magellanic clouds right of the telescope dome, and the glow of zodiacal light along the left edge of the frame. ... December 2011 . ... Publications with keywords: comet - Paranal Observatory - VLT - magellanic clouds - zodiacal light . Publications with words: comet - Paranal Observatory - VLT - magellanic clouds - zodiacal light . ...

... ADS Abstracts Service and Moscow mirror . ... The Astrophysical Journal . The Astronomical Journal . Astronomy Astrophysics . ... Data . ... Astronomy: Databases, Images and Surveys . ... Canadian Astronomy Data Centre . ... NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED) . ... Multiwavelength Atlas of Galaxies . ... Digital Images of 113 Nearby galaxies . ... NCSA Astronomy Digital Image Library . WFPC2 Images of the Early-Type Galaxies . SDSS images of Galaxies . ... IDL . ... IDL FAQ . ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... I think I will break from my usual format of Bad Astronomy/ Good Astronomy by saying that the way we define seasons currently is not strictly bad, but I feel (in my opinion!) that it could be better. The definition of when the seasons begin is at the moment of solstice or equinox; that is, winter (in the north) starts on December 22 nd and summer starts on June 22 nd . ... Now imagine breaking up the Sun's 46 degree up-and-down yearly swing into 1 day intervals. ...

... Emelianov N. V. (2009) Mutual occultations and eclipses of the Galilean satellites of Jupiter in 2002-2003. Final astrometric results. ... The second group of the data see in the following item jg0028 of the NSDC. ... X coordinate in arcseconds (topocentric for mutual occultation or heliocentric for mutual eclipse) 10. Y coordinate in arcseconds (topocentric for mutual occultation or heliocentric for mutual eclipse) 11. sigma of X in arcseconds 12. sigma of Y in arcseconds 13. ...

. Statistics of sunspot activity . The sunspot indices . My observations . NGDC's observations . The solar regions . Links . About authors . Russian pages . 2016 . January . February . March . April . May . June . July . August . September . October . November . December . Home . Solar activity in 2016 . Visual indices of solar activity by author's observations . Average by . month . I . II . III . IV . V . VI . VII . VIII . IX . X . XI . XII . days . months .

OptInt PmWiki . ... MROI Delay Line Design Contract . ... Systems Engineering Docs . ... MROI FTT Contract Private Material . ... Doc Man . ... 1100 FTT/NAS . ... 1120 Camera . ... 1170 Test Equipment . ... MRO-TRE-CAM-0000-0102 FTT/NAS Conceptual Design Report . ... MRO-ICD-CAM-1000-0109 "FTT/NAS,FLC-UTE" FTT/NAS & FLC to Enclosure ICD . MRO-ICD-CAM-1000-0110 "FTT/NAS,FLC-NOT" FTT/NAS & FLC to optical table ICD . MRO-ICD-CAM-1000-0111 "FTT/NAS,FLC-UT" FTT/NAS & FLC to UT optical ICD . ...

... Yes, Exploding Comet 17P/Holmes is one of the strangest things ever seen by astronomers - professional and amateurs alike. ... We also had some club members who received some Astronomical League awards...and we'd like to congratulate them! ... It is again a potluck, and is being held at the Masonic Temple in Galion ( 1252 State Route 598, Galion , OH 44833) Here's a map: Map of 1252 State Route 598 Galion, OH 44833-9367, US And, along with the party come RAS elections for 2008! ... Comet 17P/Holmes ...

... The file names' construction . The flight (m) stage's file set . ... the orbital data used for the flight operation monthly (m) long-term planning, . ... The orbital calculations are based on the initial orbital data determined by KIAM RAN using the orbital radio measurements treatment.The determined initial orbital data are presented as a state vector (satellite position and velocity) in the J2000 reference. ... Accept the file with extension '.bgr', where the Moscow time (MT=UT+3h) is used. ...

... The European HST Archive has been moved to ESA's European Space Astronomy Centre ( ESAC ), Spain, where most of ESA's Space Science Archives are located and operated from. ... The Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility (ST-ECF), jointly operated by ESA and the European Southern Observatory ( ESO ) was, until the end of 2010, the European HST science facility, supporting the European astronomy community in exploiting the research opportunities provided by the Hubble Space Telescope. ...

... The 1 st Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad will held in Siberia (Asian part of Russian Federation) on December 4-11, 2005. ... Among three Siberian cities which were ready to organise the Olympiad city of Irkutsk (near Baikal lake) won this right. ... Saturday December 3 Excursion to Irkutsk (for arrived on 02.12. delegations) . ... Sunday December 4 Excursion to Taltsy and Listvianka (Baikal lake) (for arrived on 02-03.12. delegations) . ... The Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad 2005 - results . ...

Summary by Month . Generated 04-Feb-2011 23:59 MSK . ... Month . ... Monthly Totals . Hits . Files . ... Feb 2011 . ... Jan 2011 . ... Dec 2010 . ... Nov 2010 . ... Oct 2010 . ... Sep 2010 . ... Aug 2010 . ... Jul 2010 . ... Jun 2010 . ... May 2010 . ... Apr 2010 . ... Mar 2010 . ... Generated by Webalizer Version 2.21 ...

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... In addition to my day job I carry out research into the history of the space program, and used to write a monthly column for Sky and Telescope Magazine ; I issue a monthly email-distributed newsletter, Jonathan's Space Report . Also check out Jonathan's Space Homepage . ... History of the space program . ... After a math degree at Churchill College , Cambridge and a summer job at Royal Observatory, Edinburgh , I began a Ph.D. at the Institute of Astronomy at Cambridge (the real Cambridge, I mean). ...

. The XMM-Newton website has moved to the following location: . http://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton

Blue Moon, What Is It? ... Moon | ... By popular acclaim, the second Full Moon of a calendar month is called a Blue Moon. ... If the last Full Moon of this calendar year comes after the December solstice but before New Year's Day, then it's inevitable -- the following year will have an "Old Style" Blue Moon. ... There are always thirteen Full Moons in a calendar year that hosts a "New Style" Blue Moon, and almost always twelve Full Moons during a calendar year that features an "Old Style" Blue Moon. ...

... SAI CAS . ... Catalog Access Services . ... This site is about the Virtual Observatory project at the Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University ( SAI MSU ). We provide a public access to the growing set of astronomical services developed by the SAI RVO development team in accordance with the Virtual Observatory standards. ... We provide access (programmatic and interactive) to the all major and biggest astronomical catalogs (about 4 billions objects total) as well as other web-services. ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . News . Observing . ... Magazine . ... Gravitational wave search provides insights into galaxy evolution and mergers . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Open cluster NGC 2818, spiral galaxy NGC 2964, and spiral galaxy NGC 2976 . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... December 2012 . ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ... Astronomy Magazine . ...