... This is a preliminary summary of the event on November 24, 1996, considered during the INTERBALL Workshop in Kiljavanranta, Finland, February 1998. ... Pronounced plasma sheet thinning (Bz decrease) . ... Particle burst observed inside the Polar Cap and in tail lobes . A short burst of particles detected by the Auroral Probe particle detectors during the Polar Cap crossing at 21:45 UT, almost simultaneously with the Tail Probe detectors registration of the particle burst inside the North Lobe. ...

... The star forming region above, known as Swan Nebula, is the home of hot red-glowing gas, dark lanes of dust, bright young stars and -- what are those? NGC 5882: A Small Planetary Nebula . ... A Wolf-Rayet Star Bubble . ... Hot Blue stars shine brightly in this beautiful, recently formed galactic or "open" star cluster. Open cluster NGC 3293 is located in the constellation Carina, lies at a distance of about 8000 light years, and has a particularly high abundance of these young bright stars. ...

... February 3, 1998 . A Magellanic Mural . ... Explanation: Two galaxies stand out to casual observers in Earth's Southern Hemisphere : the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). ... Recent observations of the LMC (on the left) have determined that it is on a nearly circular orbit around our Galaxy, and have even helped in the determination of the composition of dark matter in our Galaxy . ... About APOD > . ...

... Sun images . Magnetic storms online . Sun flares . ... February : 2009 . ... X-ray emission of the Sun from 08.02.2009 to 09.02.2009 (GOES-10) . No solar flares of C, M and X-class were observed today . No solar flares of C, M and X-class were observed yesterday . Last updated: February 10, 2009 00:00 UT . ... 1953-2016 Laboratory of X-ray astronomy of the Sun, LPI RAS, Russia . ... 7(499)132-65-96, Fax: +7(499)132-65-97 . ...

... Scientific Venues American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting American Astronomical Society meeting American Association of Physics Teachers meeting American Association of Variable Star Observers meeting .Astronomy Conference. ... Worth, TX University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE Yale University, CT Conventions/Special Interest Meetings/Other (James Randi's) "The Amaz!ng Meeting" (2003 - 2009), Las Vegas, NV, Ft. ... Diablo Astronomical Society, Concord, CA Mt. ...

... APT Activities and Science Results 3. ... APT Secretary Philip Edwards (ISAS) reviewed the aims of the APT (http://www.vsop.isas.ac.jp/apt/DefinitionAndAims.html). ... The Australia Telescope Compact Array, and Ceduna, Hartebeesthoek, Kashima, Mopra, Parkes, and Shanghai telescopes of the Asia-Pacific Telescope participated in these observations. ... In the absence of Tetsuo Sasao, Philip Edwards briefly described results of the APT 22 GHz observations conducted from October 1st to 5th, 1997. ...

... Club By-laws . ... Other Club Activities . ... Public Nights . ... Dr. James Green, NASA, Director Planetary Science will be our esteemed speaker on Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 7:30 PM in Peyton Hall on the Princeton University campus. ... Our astronomers setup telescopes for public use at Communiversity in Princeton, Super Science Saturday at the NJ State Museum in Trenton and at various public events around Mercer County. ... Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton, Inc., ...

... 9857 5.00 5.27 5.14 0.03 19.6 10.3 10 2006 06 21 Jupiter Trojan 9881 1.38 3.30 2.34 0.41 8.1 15.9 9 2008 04 08 13060 4.53 5.82 5.18 0.12 22.9 10.3 9 2004 05 19 Jupiter Trojan 13551 1.45 3.60 2.52 0.43 5.3 16.1 8 2008 03 02 17640 1.50 3.14 2.32 0.35 25.4 14.0 9 2004 12 19 18514 1.35 3.78 2.57 0.47 24.9 15.9 7 2010 05 10 23480 4.77 5.66 5.22 0.09 22.5 11.4 9 2005 06 10 Jupiter Trojan 48438 4.95 5.28 5.11 0.03 31.4 10.2 10 2006 12 31 Jupiter ...

Photon/Particle Counting Image Measurement System : PIAS-TI . The PIAS-TI is an extremely sensitive image measurement device developed for imaging and quantification in ultimate levels with an extremely small number of photons, electrons and charged particles. ... The PIAS-TI is a measuring system that makes use of the technology of the photon counter to detect the input positions of individual photons or particles, and accumulate them to create an image. ...

Next: Scattering properties Up: Polarization properties (transmitted radiation) Previous: Linear polarization: wavelength dependence . Traditionally, the main problem considered in connection with circular interstellar polarization is the meaning of the wavelength where changes the sign . ... This is also demonstrated by Fig. 19 (lower panel) which shows the wavelength dependence of the factors of linear and circular polarization for particles of magnetite as was done by Shapiro ([ 1975 ]). ...

... In the light curve depicting their observations, definite trends are noted, here is a "thumb-nail" analysis of the the magnitude estimations of the bright SN (1989B) in the galaxy NGC 3627 (M66). ... 10 (IAUC # 4742) 2/25 13.3 16 j 2/27 13.5(*) 18 lc 2/28 13.8 19 p 3/1 13.2 20 w 3/2 13.5 21 a 3/4 13.8 23 p 3/6 13.3 25 c 3/7 13.3 26 c 3/8 14.1 27 m 3/8 13.3 27 r 3/9 13.4 28 c 3/9 14.1 28 m 3/10 13.6 29 j 3/10 14.0 29 a 3/11 13.6 30 c 3/11 13.5 30 r 3/11 13.7 30 s 3/13 [13.69 CCD Mag.] ...

Next: Access to Atomic and Molecular Data/Databases in the VO . Up: Image Restoration . ... An association includes observations grouped by filter and observing program. These observations occupied the same position on the sky (within 100 Wide Field Camera pixels, or 10 arc seconds). ... Another test which we will perform on the second version of the products will involve comparing them with versions produced using the new STSDAS task multidrizzle (Koekemoer et al., this conference). ...

ARCSAT ID NUMBER: AS04 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Stellar Environments of the Nearest Red Dwarfs PI: Michele Silverstein (GSU) OBSERVER(S): Michele Silverstein (GSU), Todd Henry (GSU) and Tiffany Pewett (GSU) UNCERTIFIED/UNTRAINED OBSERVERS: COLLABORATORS: Wei-Chun Jao (GSU) and Jen Winters (GSU) CONTACT INFORMATION: (PI/OBSERVER email/phone) silverstein@astro.gsu.edu (404-413-6024), thenry@astro.gsu.edu (404-413-6054) TIME REQUESTED: 1. NOVEMBER 10 - NOVEMBER 16 2. ...

... Exposure Time Calculator (ETC) . ... Microstep (pattern) - a pattern of exposures at positions each shifted by a very small movement (<3 arcsec) from the reference position. ... A microstep pattern can be contained within each position of a jitter pattern. Jitter (pattern) - a pattern of exposures at positions each shifted by a small movement (<30 arcsec) from the reference position. ... Making a tile: Ysteps ; . ... Resulting Exposure time map for a filled tile of 6 pawprints (no jittering). ...

Pulkovo NEO Page . ... EPOS Software Package . ... EPOS ( E phemeris P rogram for O bjects of the S olar system) is the Windows PC application for study and ephemeris support of observations of the Solar system objects. ... It controls the part of common data and transfers the control to one of the programs that solve the restricted set of tasks. ... So with the EPOS software package one can calculate the accurate ephemerides for many objects and get the quick illustration of their motion as well. ...

... 8 February , 2014 SAI seminar (Ryde et al 2010) 5 Thermal emission from GRB jet progenitor observer photon jet Photosphere (=1) · · · · Photons are not produced at the photosphere We have to calculate radiative transfer We need to know where the photons are produced We construct the expression for effective optical depth in relativistic flow considering random walk process in relativistic flow SAI seminar 6 8 ... 8 February, 2014 SAI seminar 28 ...

... Apr 14, 2016 - Monthly Meeting . ... The Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ATMoB) is an astronomy club devoted to telescope making, observing, and studying the heavens. ... CURRENT MOON . ... April Sky . ... Lyrids Meteor Shower . ... Sources: NASA JPL Space Calendar , StarDate Online , Sky Telescope , Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics , RASC Observer’s Handbook , Abrams Planetarium Sky Calendar and Astronomy Magazine . ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

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The direct detection of gravitational waves is one of those events long-expected by physicists that are nevertheless a significant occurrence which excites the world scientific community as if something unexpected has happened. ... Many rumors leaked ahead of the conference, and the fact that something (that is, a signal corresponding to gravitational waves) was discovered by LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) was discussed on the sidelines. ... arXiv:1602.03868 . ...

На 1986 год планировался первый полет шаттла Discovery STS-62A с новой стартовой площадки на космодроме Ванденберг. Это должен был быть первый старт шаттла с этого космодрома, который должен был стать площадкой для всех будущих запусков шаттлов по военной программе. ... Летом 1985 года у командования ВВС созрело решение направить в этот полет в качестве наблюдателя одного из высших сотрудников министерства. ... Эдвард Кливленд 'Пит' Олдридж, мл. ...