BRIGHT OPTICAL FLASH FROM GRB 060117 - AN EXAMPLE OF EVENT DETECTED WITH OMC CLASS INSTRUMENT Ä Ä Petr Kubanek1,2 , Martin JelÄ inek3 , Michael Prouza4,5,6 , Rene Hudec1 , and Martin Nekola1 1 Astronomicky ustav Akademie ved Ceske republiky, Ondrejov, Czech Republic ÄÄ Ä 2 INTEGRAL Science Data Center, Chemin d'Ecogia 16, Versoix, Switzerland 3 Instituto de AstrofÄ isica de AndalucÄ (IAA-CSIC), Granada, Spain ... INTEGRAL GRBs are detected during -ray observations of knows sources. ...

... The following charts/text are intended as tools for monitoring the Type Ia supernovae ( SNe ) event visually or photographically (utilizing telescope equipped CCD equipment).The files include: A replication of The Type Ia SNe , V- magnitude (with data point checks from other cited references)and color index (B-V) templete (to indicate a general color-related trend of the type Ia ... I believe this might help alleviate some of the problems involving the making of acceptable amateur light curves...

... Files in red?history) . ... The Sun . ... Large sunspots may be occasionally seen by the unaided eye, with the sun near the horizon and dimmed by thick haze. ... Year after year, beginning in 1826, on every clear day, Schwabe would scan the sun and record its spots, until 17 years later he began to suspect a regular variation . ... Some, led by Rudolf Wolf, examined old records to reconstruct earlier sunspot cycles, while Edward Sabine in England in 1852 found a similar periodicity in magnetic...

Kholtygin A.F., Fabrika S.N., Burlakova T.E., Valyavin G.G., Chuntonov G.A., Kudryavtsev D.O., Kang Dong-il, Yushkin M.V., Galazutdinov G.A. Microvariability of Line Profiles in the Spectra of OB stars III. Supergiant rho Leo . Astronomy Reports, 51 , 920-931 ( 2007 ) . ... 1016-1028 ( 2007 ) . ... We detected variability in the HeI, SiII, SiIII, and NII line profiles, which may be due to rotational modulation of the profiles and photospheric pulsations of $\rho\,$Leo. ...

Comment on J0513-2159 . Our image shows an extension to about 5 mas SE from the brightest feature. The EVN 8 GHz image by Dallacasa et al. (1998), with about five times larger resolution, shows an extension from the brightest feature roughly opposite to our direction. As noted by Dallacasa et al. (1998), the structure detected has a highly inverted spectrum, which, together with the reported variability in the source, could explain the structural disagreement. ...

Subj: Non-detection of Fragment B We are observing at Palomar with the 200-inch Hale telescope, using a 7.9 micron imaging spectrometer in imaging mode and a 256x256 InSb at 2.35 microns. ... Subj: Negative observations of B impact from ESO La Silla Continuing observations with TIMMI at 9um on the 3.5m telescope and IRAC 2B at 2.2um on the 2.2m at ESO La Silla show that nothing was seen over the predicted impact site B up to 3:35UT, 17 July. ... The impact site has also been monitored at 2.20 microns. ...

System of astrometric databases of Pulkovo observatory. ... The purpose of these observations is the determination of precise coordinates of Solar system bodies, which is necessary for development and improvement of motion theories, and for studying the evolution of the Solar system. ... Accuracy of photographical observations is about 0.2-0.3 arcsec for equatorial coordinates and 0.1-0.3 for relative coordinates of planetary satellites, depending on object and observational conditions. ...

... 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....

... The Co­Addition Technique Applied to Images of Galaxy Cores W. W. Zeilinger Institut f˜ur Astronomie, University of Vienna, T˜urkenschanzstraúe 17, A­1180 Wien, Austria P. Crane, P. GrosbÜl and A. Renzini European Southern Observatory, Karl­Schwarzschild Straúe 2, D­85748 Garching, Germany Abstract. ... One may therefore take full advantage of the high resolution FOC images by co­adding them with (high signal­to­noise) ground­ based data. ... References Crane, P. et al. ...

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... We present the results of our new observations of TYC 0075 01143 1, a recently discovered double-mode Scuti variable. We improved the frequencies and and pulsation amplitudes, detected the interaction frequencies , , and a possible nonradial frequency . ... The finding chart of TYC 0075 01143 1. ... Using our new observations of TYC 0075 01143 1, we improved the frequencies and , detected oscillations corresponding to interaction between and : and ; we also found a possible nonradial frequency . ...

Once students get the hang of it, they can find and measure the brightness of Delta Cephei in a few minutes. ... of Delta Cephei . ... Oct. ... The following table lists the measurements of Delta Cephei made by one amateur astronomer in autumn 1990. ... 4.0 . ... This activity is a simplified version of one that appeared in Hands-On Astrophysics, a series of activities prepared by the American Association of Variable Star Observers with support from the National Science Foundation. << previous page | ...

... It is 1st August, and you are hoping to observe a number of bright galaxies from a catalogue. ... You used the normal Vega magnitude scale. You now want to compare your B-K colour against the published colours of another, supposedly similar star you found in the literature. Your colour: B-K = 3.43 Literature colour: B-K = 3.41 Unfortunately, when you read the small-print in the literature paper, you found that the published colour used AB-magnitudes, not Vega magnitudes. ...

... Data Analysis SAS News What is SAS? ... Size of the visibility bins . ... In order to determine the visibility, the sky is divided into bins of approximately equal solid angle. ... The number of bins per strip is: Strips 0 to 2: 180 bins Strips 3 to 7: 175 bins Strips 8 to 12: 170 bins Strips 13 to 17: 155 bins Strips 18 to 22: 140 bins Strips 23 to 27: 115 bins Strips 28 to 32: 90 bins Strips 33 to 37: 60 bins Strips 38 to 42: 30 bins Strips 43 to 44: 5 bins Strips 45: 1 bin . ...

... MASTER Net is 56 square degrees per 1 exposition . ... 06 Dec 2015: GRB 151205B: MASTER-NET early optical observations GCN18665 . ... 18 Nov 2015: GRB 151118A: MASTER-NET optical observations GCN18613 . ... 12 Nov 2015: GRB 151112A: MASTER-NET optical limit GCN18591 . ... 07 Nov 2015: GRB 151107A: MASTER-NET optical observations GCN18565 . ... 31 Oct 2015: Five OTs detected by Global Robotic MASTER Net ATel8232 . ... 02 Oct 2015: GRB 151001B: MASTER-NET early optical observations GCN18380 . ...

ASTRONOMICAL YEARBOOK (in Russian) . ... It contains the ephemerides of the Sun, the Moon, major planets, and stars computed with the maximum precision in the accordance with the resolutions approved by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). From AY-2016 the ephemerides EPM2011 developed at IAA RAS was used as a ephemerical basis for the calculation of ephemerides of the Sun, the Moon and major planets with accuracy adequate to DE ephemerides. ... ASTRONOMICAL YEARBOOK . ...

... Liyong Liu (NAOC) . Site testing on seeing conditions of the astronomical observatories over China are briefly reviewed, including Xionglong station of NAOC, Gaomeigu station of Yunnan Observatory, Delingha station of Purple Mountain Observatory. ... PDF [3.0ˆàMB] October 8, 09:55 10:20 . ... In this paper, we will review the site survey activities in the past years, and present the site-testing results on the Oma site, including cloud cover, seeing, water vapor, transparency and sky brightness. ...

... They are concerned with Attitude Control System of the spacecraft, satellite visibility from tracking stations, limits on the satellite autonomous operations during the orbit, and needs for auxiliary operations with the spacecraft. ... Among the operational constraints the most important one is the number of programmed slews per orbit, which determines the maximum number of radio sources to be observed during one orbit. ... System temperature (K) . ... Progress of the RadioAstron Project in Pictures...

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Next: Gravitational Wave Background from Previous: Galactic Gravitational Wave Background . ... It is intuitively clear that at frequencies above the critical ones for our Galaxy, one will detect rare bright jerks produced by coalescing white dwarfs   (at a rate of 1 per 100 year) and NS (at a rate of 1 per - year) in our Galaxy, against a background of the extragalactic stochastic GW. ... Firstly we consider GWB from close individual galaxies, and then will discuss overall extragalactic GWB. ...