... Judged by their instrumental profiles, spectrometers fall into two basic classes---Lorentzian and Gaussian---with many other line profile functions (sinc functions, Voigt functions, Airy functions, etc.) falling into one of these two categories in some limit. We demonstrate that the Rayleigh, Sparrow, and Houston resolution criteria are of limited use compared to the ``equivalent width'' of the line profile. ... Rayleigh criterion. ... All of these functions have continuous higher derivatives. ...

Static Fourier spectrometers are often used for spectral measurements of the ionosphere emissions. There are two main advantages of Fourier spectrometers (FS) - large geometric factor and high spectral resolution; these parameters are two orders better than for grating spectral instruments. ... In scanning Fourier spectrometer optical and electric modulation of signal is used to avoid this problem, for static Fourier spectrometer there are no such ways. ...

Nova in M31 2000 3 . ... From Giovanni Sostero (Remanzacco Observatory): at the end we have found a good Nova candidate in the course of our monitoring program in M31. ... Remanzacco Observatory Light curve This is a preliminary lightcurve of Nova M31-3 from the images we collected and those provided by others. ... vsnet-alert 5346 ] [FWD] Suspected Nova in M 31 . ... vsnet-alert 5349 ] (fwd) M31 possible nova . ... vsnet-alert 5355 ] [FWD] New image of the possible Nova in M31 (GSo) . ...

SETI with SKA1 and SKA 2 Alan Penny1, Heino Falcke2, Mike Garrett 3 1 University of St Andrews and South African Astronomical Observatory PI: LOFAR Early Access Program LEA070 ­ 'A SETI Pilot Program' 2 Raboud University 3 ASTRON and Leiden University AAVP2010 U Cambridge 8-10 December 2010 What a radio SETI search looks for A narrow (perhaps1 Hz wide) spectral line Sections 1. SETI 2. Experience of SETI with LOFAR and WSRT 3. SETI and SKA - needs Sections 1. ...

Instrument . ... Scanning TV-sensor with on-board data recording system for global coverage mode . ... recording, direct transmission . ... IR-radiometer for global coverage and direct data transmission modes . ... The scientific instrument package onboard the Meteor-3 spacecraft provides for regular instant acquisition of images of cloudiness and Earth surface in visible and infra-red bands, data on air temperature and humidity, sea surface temperature and clouds temperature. ...

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Next: The Scenario Machine: Operational Up: Evolution of Magnetic Rotators Previous: Ejector-propeller hysteresis . ... The length of this segment is determined by the eccentricity. ... In this case no hysteresis occurs and transitions E -- P and the reverse take place in symmetrical points of the orbit. ... Here EP means a mixed state of the rotator at which it is in the ejector state during one part of the orbit, and in the propeller state during the rest of the orbital cycle. ...

... Clearly, what we need is big telescopes with high resolution spectrographs, to get good data on QSO absorption-lines. With bigger and better telescopes, you could measure the clustering and 3D distribution of gas in the early universe, by looking at lots of faint QSOs in the same parts of the sky. ... With the high resolutions made possible by big telescopes, you could look at the internal velocity structure of the absorbing clouds. ...

Multi-Frequency Synthesis in K-band . The Multi-Frequency Synthesis (MFS) permits to realize a good quality imaging of the continuum radio sources in short time. ... The RadioAstron mission will operate one K-band circular polarized channel at fixed frequency 22,232 GHz. ... In general one K-band RadioAstron channel with fixed frequency will be unchanging and compatible with all the ground radio telescopes. ... Progress of the RadioAstron Project in Pictures . ...

SITE 2010 Comprehensive Characterization of Astronomical Sites Kislovodsk, Russia, 49 October 2010 Conference Summary Marc S. Sarazin*a a European Southern Observatory, Garching, Germany Abstract The main topics discussed during the Site 2010 conference are outlined and the outcome is described. Keywords: Astronomical Site testing, precipitable water vapor, atmospheric turbulence, cloudiness, seeing 1. ... Site surveys for National observatory projects in China, India, and Iran benefit from this. ...

Next: J.E. Chambers, Research Astronomer Up: Research Previous: Research Contents . ... Solar Variability and Climate . Other Activities . ... Applied to data of flares on Gliese866 he was able to estimate the area of hydrogen emitting flare regions as 1-13% of the stellar surface. ... As partners in the project, Armagh Observatory has been asked to contribute to the selection process in exchange for priority access to the data which will eventually flow from the satellite. ...

. N orilsk N eutron M onitor . Cosmic rays variation . Atmospheric pressure . Year . Month . Day . Hour . Minute . From . To . Resolution . Type of Data . 1 year 1 month 27 days 1 day 12 hours 6 hours 1 hour 15 min 10 min 5 min 1 min . Corrected for Pressure Atmospheric Pressure Uncorrected for Pressure . Data are also available by FTP . All Data for all Station are available by FTP . Links . Irkutsk .

... Why is spiral galaxy Centaurus A in so much turmoil? ... Earth at Night . ... This is what the Earth looks like at night. ... Ancient Volcanos of Mars . ... Rays from an Unexpected Aurora . ... Spiral Galaxy NGC 2997 from VLT . ... NGC 2997 is a grand design spiral galaxy. ... NGC 2997, pictured above, is speeding away from us at about 1100 kilometers.. The Galactic Center A Radio Mystery . ... Tuning in to the center of our Milky Way galaxy, radio astronomers explore a complex, mysterious place. ...

... We can help students grasp the significance of Hubble's extremely keen eye, and learn a bit about angles and math in the process, with the following in-class activity. ... Looking through binoculars or telescopes allows us to magnify a small section of the sky. To measure sizes or distances in that small section, astronomers divide a degree into 60 smaller pieces called arcminutes, and further subdivide minutes into 60 smaller sections called arcseconds. ... 30 feet = . ... 36 seconds . ...

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... NASA Astronaut (former) . ... Graduated from East Detroit High School, Eastpointe, Michigan, in 1973; received a bachelor of science degree in bioscience from the U.S . Naval Academy in 1977; a doctorate in medicine from Wayne State University in 1981; a master of science degree in systems management from University of Southern California in 1988; a master of public health degree in health policy from the ... Top graduate, Naval Flight Surgeon Training and Naval Safety Officer's School. ...

... Space flight . ... Simulators . ... Space camp . Space Hotel . ... Virtual reality-based stand for ISS crew training is used for cosmonauts pre-training preparation at different stages of training for the space flight. ... At present cosmonauts and astronauts can work both with the SM and FGB images independently and having them in mated state. ... Info: Industry news On-line Data Company ATLAS news Events We in press Contact . Copyright 2000-2016 ATLAS Aerospace . ...

To see a Russian version of this page, click here . ... Graduated from Moscow State University (MSU), Faculty of Physics in 1976. Ph.D. degree - 1988, MSU. Main field of scientific activities: photometric investigations of various stars, close binary stellar systems and other astronomical objects, including research with use of fast photoelectric photometry with a high time resolution till 1 millisecond. ... New portable photometer . ... Send your mail to: tem@sai.msu.ru ...

... Exposure Time Calculator (ETC) . ... ESO - Public Surveys . ... the recommended values to use for DIT, . ... Detector on-chip integration (DIT): seconds. to your chosen value - a separate page gives recommended values to use for DIT - for modes 1 and 2 below you may wish to start with the maximum recommended values as these will minimize the effect of read noise (a total object exposure of Y secs with DIT=X secs will produce Y/X lots of read noise) and give you a lower limit on the time needed. ...

... For given geographical longitude and time zone show the current data and time, Universal data and time, current local star time. ... Accept 10 different data formats (data&time, data with decimal day of month, data with decimal day of year, decimal year, some Julian dates), calculate from any formate to others, show day of week. Current data and time direct insertion function is exists. ... Calculate angular distance between two points at the sky by its equatorial coordinates. ...