... The Science Operation Department is composed of Astronomers, Telescope Instruments Operators(TIOs) and Data Handling Administrators(DHAs). ... Astronomers have proposed several methods to quantitatively measure the amount of turbulence above the telescope, which the most common ones is Differential Image Motion Monitor (DIMM). In optical testing, the Hartmann test is the common method to test the quality of optical components. ... Hartmann mask consists of 48 lenses. ...

... We find a transition of LBV star from the LBV instability strip to the region of classical WN for the first time. ... Numerical modeling of the atmospheres of these objects are very important for understanding the evolutionary relationship WR and LBV stars, as well as of the physical causes of LBVs variability. We studied spectra of two very luminous stars in the M33 galaxy - LBV V532 and late WN star FSZ35. ... Bottom: The spectrum of FSZ35 with the final model . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Apple have recently made it possible for you to БЂњgiftБЂќ one of their applications to someone as a present, and how amazing would it be for you astronomy loving friend to be able to use their ipod or ipad as a personal star chart to identify everything you see in the sky at any given time? ... If you love the idea of this for yourself, but are feeling the pinch with Christmas coming, there are also theб  free apps Pocket Sky and Space Brains . ...

THE PHOTOMETRIC RESEARCHS OF THE MERCURY'S SURFACE BY MEANS OF DIGITAL MODELS. ... The surface brightness of Mercury was measured Danjon (1933, 1949, 1953) and Harris (1961) in phase angle 3o-123o. The analysis of the various data of the integral photometric gives the results of determination of the main photometric constants for Mercury. ... THE PHOTOMETRIC RESEARCHS OF THE MERCURY'S SURFACE: S.G. Pugacheva The surface brightness of the Mercurian images was established on the geologic map Mercury. ...

Cost Estimating Web Site . ... 2005 NASA Cost Analysis Symposium Databases . ... World , European Communities , Other European Countries , Americas , Asia , Africa , General US , US Federal Government , US Department of Defense , Aerospace Industry , NASA , Science & Engineering Handbooks . NASA Cost Estimating Handbook 2004 , Parametric Estimating Handbook .. ... Consumer Price Index , Employment Cost Index , GDP Deflator , Import Price Index , NASA New Start Index , Producer Price Index . ...

Stellarium 0.12.3 . ... Classes . ... FileљStructure . ... SatellitesListFilterModel Class Reference . Custom proxy model allowing filtering by satellite group and flag. ... getFilterFlag () const . ... setFilterFlag (const SatFlag &flag) . QStringљ . ... setFilterGroup (const QString &groupId) . ... setSecondaryFilters (const QString &groupId, const SatFlag &flag) . ... Definition at line 27 of file SatellitesListFilterModel.hpp . ... QString SatellitesListFilterModel::filterGroup . ...

... Spectroscopy of Semiconductors and Dielectrics . ... Interband optical transitions and their optical properties. ... Excitons in crystals. ... Collective interaction effects in exciton and nonequilibrium high-density carrier system. ... Carrier spin and exciton optical orientation in semiconductors. ... Two-dimensional excitons in quantum wells and related quantum systems. €аState density in transverse magnetic field and effect of random potential fluctuation on one-particle spectrum shape. ...

... Fitting and Modeling of AXAF Data with the ASC Fitting Application S. Doe, M. Ljungberg, A. Siemiginowska and W. Joye AXAF Science Center, MS 81, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA Abstract. ... Fitting and Modeling of AXAF Data 159 MODEL MANAGER FIT STATISTIC MANAGER MANAGER SRC BKGD INSTR MODEL = SRC + BKGD * INSTR MODELS MODELS MODELS MANAGER MANAGER STATS METHODS OPTIMIZATION METHOD MANAGER Figure 3. The Model, Method, and Statistic Managers. ...

... AstroGrid Registry . AstroGrid . 1.Home . 2.Admin Home . ... 1.Submit new resource . 2.Low Level(XML) Submit Resource . 3.Low Level(XML) Back Door Submit . ... 3.Get/Find New Registries . 4.Manage New Authority . 5.Remove Resource . ... 7.Resource(s) Status Change . ... 9.Admin Home (Other Tasks) . ... 8.Resource Help . ...

... 8, ``Celestial Mechanics'', 2002 High--accuracy modelling of the Earth's gravitational potential from GOCE satellite gradiometry mission M. S. Petrovskaya, A. N. Vershkov Pulkovo Observatory, St. Petersburg, Russia The Earth's gravitational potential is presented in form of a spherical harmon­ ic series with the coefficients C n;m which are the fundamental dynamical constants for the Earth. The set of C n;m for degree 0 џ n џ N and order jmj џ n consti­ tutes a geopotential model. ...

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Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Institute Explanation: The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) has been detecting so few neutrinos from the Sun that the Standard Model of fundamental particles in the universe may have to be revised. Pictured above is the SNO as it was being built. ... The most popular model for fundamental particles , known as the Standard Model , did not predict such schizophrenic neutrinos . ... The Sudbury Neutrino Detector . ...

The Earth's magnetosphere global structure is conditioned by the interaction of the Solar wind and Earth's magnetic field. ... Many various magnetospheric models are available in the NSSDC . ... Fairfield D. H., Average and unusual location of the Earth's magnetopause and bow shock, J. Geophys. ... Stasiewicz K., Polar Cusp Topology and Position as a Function of Interplanetary Magnetic Field and Magnetic Activity: Comparison of a Model with Viking and other Observations, J. Geophys. ...

... Current APO Weather . ... Search Site . ... Information for New Users . ... Technical Staff pages . Night Logs and Mailing Lists (maintained by APO) . ... Technical Documents and Database Search . ... Observer's Documentation and Procedures . ... Problem Reporting and APO Technical Documents Database Search . ... APO Drawing/Document Management Procedures . ... APO Technical Documents Database Search . Home Astrophysical Research Consortium . ... Mail Lists (maintained by APO) . ...

Main Astronomical Observatory of NASU (GAO NASU, Kyiv, Ukraine) . ... Main Astronomical Observatory of RAS (GAO RAS, Pulkovo, Russia) . ... Institute of Astronomy of RAS (INASAN, Moscow, Russia) . Institute of Space Investigations of RAS (ISI, Moscow, Russia) . ... Institute of Applied Astronomy of RAS (IAA, St.Petersburg, Russia) . ... National Optical Astronomical Observatories (NOAO, USA) . ... Space Telescope Science Institute (STScT, USA) . ... Strasburg Centre of Astronomical Data . ...

Development and Application of Logical Actors Mathematical Apparatus for Logic Programming of Web Agents Alexei A. Morozov Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics RAS Mokhovaya 11, Moscow 125009, Russia AlexeiMorozov@netscape.net, morozov@mail.cplire.ru One of the most interesting and promising approaches to programming Internet agents is logic programming of agents. ... One of the first control strategies was created for the execution of sequential logic programs with logical actors [2]. ...

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... Protoplanetary Disks and the Hunt for the Youngest Exoplanets . ... Thursday, Apr 14, 2011 at 8:00 PM . ... But associating the current exoplanet properties with their formation epoch can be problematic, since the formation process is intimately associated with the physical conditions associated with their birthplaces: the disks of gas and dust that orbit young stars. ... Apr . ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

Databases (NSDC) of the Natural Planetary Satellites. ... NSDC: Database of astrometric observations of Natural Planetary Satellites . ... They are thoroughly looking for observations in different sources, creating their owndatabases which are then mostly inaccessible to other researchers. ... In the file "content" with explications, the reference is given to the data source as well as the bibliographic reference. ... Data sources. ... Why a specific bibliographic database for Natural satellites? ...

The Variable Gamma-Ray Source 2CG 135+01 ApJ, 497:L89-L91, 1998 7 h gamma AGN variability . gamma-radio-AGN-variability ADS query . ... Model for the High-Energy Emission from Blazars 1993ApJ.. ... Possible Production of High-Energy Gamma Rays from Proton Acceleration in the Extragalactic Radio Source Markarian 501 astro-ph/9803241 K.Mannheim . ... A theoretical unifying scheme for gamma-ray bright blazars astro-ph/9807317 G. Ghisellini, A. Celotti, G. Fossati, L. Maraschi, A. Comastri . ...