... To help find out, ESA launched the Planck satellite to map, in unprecedented detail, slight temperature differences on the oldest surface known -- the background sky left billions of years ago when our universe first became transparent to light. Visible in all directions, this cosmic microwave background is a complex tapestry that could only show the hot and cold patterns observed were the universe to be composed of specific types of energy that evolved in specific ways. ... The Universe Nearby . ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2013 March 25 . Planck Maps the Microwave Background . ... Visible in all directions, this cosmic microwave background is a complex tapestry that could only show the hot and cold patterns observed were the universe to be composed of specific types of energy that evolved in specific ways. ... About APOD | ... A service of: ASD at NASA / GSFC . ...

... Telescope concept . ... The Submillimetron Project is dedicated to astronomical studies at the submillimeter and far infrared wavelengths using a cryogenic telescope located on the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS). The Astro Space Center of the Lebedev Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences is responsible for developing the Submillimetron Project. ... Currently, the Astro Space Center is carrying out a pre-Project study under contract with the Russian Space Agency. ...

... Status of the ELECTRON experiment . ... The objective of the ELECTRON experiment is to perform 3-D measurements of the plasma electrons in the energy range from 10 eV to 26000 eV, with good angular resolution, sensitivity and large dynamical range. ... Figure 1 presents the ELECTRON sensor. ... Click on the picture to view large one) . ... Figure 3 shows dynamical spectra with counting rate measurements performed by ELECTRON experiment during very multiple magnetopause crossings on February, 4, 1996...

T he Siding Spring Survey (SSS) is a Near-Earth Object search program that utilises the 0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory, N.S.W., Australia. ... The mission of the Siding Spring Survey is to contribute to the inventory of near-earth objects (NEOs), or more specifically, the potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs) and comets (PHOs) that may pose a threat of impact and thus harm to civilization. ... Based on the CSS Mission page . ... Siding Spring Survey Main Page . ...

Institute of Electronics and Computer Sciences Riga, LATVIA "Eventech" Ltd, Riga, LATVIA Y. Artyukh, V.Vedin, E. Boole, V. Bespalko, G. Ozolinsh Presentation is supported by: European Regional Structural Fund WPLTN-2012 TECHNICAL WORKSHOP St. Petersburg, Russia, 24-28 September 2012 OUR SPECIALIZATION As known, Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) provides observation data sets to satisfy the objectives of a wide range of scientific, engineering, and operational applications. ...

Variations of total ozone content and lower ozone stratosphere temperature in Antarctic Region during winter-spring period A.V. Grytsai National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv Astronomy and Space Physics Department assen@univ.kiev.ua Data, used in the work work Total ozone: Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) measurements during 1979 - 2005 and Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) ones for 2006, for http://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/ftpdata.html. ... A long-term TOC decrease is significant. ...

This diagram shows the six superimposed "layers" of the CSS table model. This diagram illustrates the algorithm for calculating a cell's final background. ... The diagram shows how, looking down on the six rectangles, one may compute the background color of each cell. ... A cell without a background color in the top layer is depicted as a "window" onto the lower layers, which give its final background color. ...

... The design, fabrication and testing of a reliable, low-cost, multiplexed temperature measurement system with a resolution and stability approaching 0.01? C is described. This system, with 176 temperature sensors, will be used to monitor the performance of a 3.5 m borosilicate mirror ventilation system. ... We have assembled and tested a simple and reliable temperature measurement system with 176 sensors and a differential drift over two weeks of less than 0.07?C peak to peak. ...

Chair of solid state physics . ... Students and postgraduate students . ... The following topics are included: acquaintance with a LabView software most often applied in laboratories to automation of experiment, a photolithography without which the modern manufacturing techniques of low-dimensional structures is impossible, as well as the tasks allowing students to master bases of low-temperature experiment, a technique of a high pressure, work with low-dimensional semiconductor structures. ...

. After collecting data for 3 years, the WMAP team has produced a new, more detailed picture of the infant universe. The white bars show the new data: the polarization direction of light in the cosmic microwave background. The colors indicate minute temperature differences in the CMB; red corresponds to warmer temperatures, and blue corresponds to cooler temperatures. NASA/WMAP Science Team

... We computed the permanently shadowed areas and temperatures inside the craters for the variation of the position of the lunar pole of rotation with respect to the ecliptic pole with a period of 18.6 years. ... According to our results, the total permanently shadowed area in the polar craters of the Moon is equal to 50428.7 km2, or 0.13% of the total area of the lunar surface [3]. ... The area of permanently shaded part of a crater makes 59 % from all area of a crater [3]. ...

... 2006: . ... 1) A study of the solar corona. ... 2) The study of the solar northern polar region. A powerful radio source above the solar North Pole in the region of the polar coronal hole was discovered. ... A transition boundary from brightening to darkening at the wavelength of 3.5cm was found in the emission of the polar coronal hole. These facts are decisive for the choice of the solar cycle model. 3) Polarized radio emission of a high-latitude prominence was registered. ... Archive . ...

Russian SHAREABLE DATA CENTER Institute of Solar-Terrestial Physics SB RAS . ... Antenna system . ... The Irkutsk incoherent scatter radar is one of the world's nine active radars which give the opportunity to investigate ionosphere by the incoherent scatter method. ... Antenna gain coefficient . ... Antenna . ... Two antennas . ... To get an idea what station "Dnepr" antenna system looks like, let us consider some of the radar views which are given by the photographs General view and Side view . ...

Lessons learned from the Thirty Meter Telescope site testing Tony Travouillon Sebastian Els, Angel Otarola, Reed Riddle, Matthias Schoeck, Warren Skidmore TMT.XXX.PRE.05.0XX.DRF01 1 Introduction TMT and its Site testing. Important choice before going on site. ... Considerations during analysis of the data. TMT.XXX.PRE.05.0XX.DRF01 2 Some Background about the TMT Site Testing TMT is a 30m, segmented, RitcheyChretien telescope design. ... ASCA Cloud Cover Analysis So how do we do it in practice? ...

... S.P. KOROLEV ROCKET AND SPACE CORPORATION ENERGIA . ... OAO RSC "Energia" . ... Company's History . ... ISS Russian Segment . ... Build an operational model of neutron background environment on the station; . ... Correlation data on radiation environment parameters outside the Service Module of the ISS RS obtained through calculation with the results of measurements made by science hardware BTN-M1 and results of other Russian and international experiments; . ... 2015 JSC "S.P. Korolev RSC "Energia" ...

... autoOutline (int startX, int startY) . ... 0 and the boundary points can be accessed in the public xpoints and ypoints fields. public void autoOutline (int startX, int startY, double lower, double upper) . 0 and the boundary points can be accessed in the public xpoints and ypoints fields. public void autoOutline (int startX, int startY, int lower, int upper) . This is a variation of legacy autoOutline that uses int threshold arguments. public void autoOutline (int startX, int startY) . ...

Next: Summary Report Up: Phenology Garden Previous: Phenology Garden Contents . ... The creation of a phenology garden in Armagh, a project still in its infancy, is part of this effort. ... There is a need for such gardens to be close to meteorological stations having long time series of observations for calibration purposes, one of the Armagh Observatory's strengths in the environmental field. ... Armagh. ...

Next: Polarization efficiency: size/shape/orientation effects Up: Optical properties of cosmic Previous: The 2175? feature . To model the interstellar polarization one needs to calculate the forward-transmitted radiation for an ensemble of non-spherical aligned dust grains. ... Let non-polarized stellar radiation passes through a dusty cloud with a homogeneous magnetic field. ... The angle between the line of sight and the magnetic field is ( ). ... where the angle is connected with and ( ). ...

... Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) . ... Searching for SZ clusters . ... Baryon content of galaxy clusters and cosmology . ... 3 sigma peaks: Observational Signatures of High Redshift Galaxies and Low Redshift Clusters . CLUSTERS OF GALAXIES . ... Clusters of galaxies seen in X-rays: war and peace . ... Chandra X-ray Observations of Clusters/Groups/Galaxies . ... Common timing features in neutron stars and black holes . ... X-ray luminosity function of low-mass X-ray binaries in galaxies . ...