... VaST is a software tool for finding variable objects on a series of astronomical images. ... VaST performs object detection and aperture photometry using SExtractor on each image, cross-matches lists of detected stars, performs magnitude calibration with respect to the first (reference) image and constructs a lightcurve for each object. ... VaST FITS image viewer ./pgfv . ... Part I" PZP, vol. ... K. V. Sokolovsky, S. A. Korotkiy; "New Variable Stars Discovered by the NMW Survey" PZP, vol. ...

Telescope Tip-Tilt Secondary Mirror The tip-tilt secondary mirror on the ANU 2.3 m telescope · Measures and adjusts image position at 30 Hz · Corrects image blur produced by turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere · Both the tip-tilt secondary mirror and the 2.3 m telescope were designed and constructed by RSAA ...

... Great oppositions. ... Proxima Centauri. ... Scientists proved that the problem of preserving the Earth's climate and the annual change of seasons can be solved by a small star, negligible mass, but similar to a main-sequence star, moving in a circular orbit around the Sun. ... Sombrero Galaxy. The Sombrero Galaxy, M104, is known as a holder of one of supermassive black holes. ... Roughly estimate the approximate mass of the supermassive black hole in the center of M104 (answer in solar masses m). ...

... The procedure of radiometer signal integration can be considered as a sort of reducing dimension of the initial sampling space, where the samples are the result of analog-to-digital conversion. ... The probability distribution of the signal and spikes is completely known. ... The quality of the considered algorithm could be also illustrated by Figure 2 . ... One could see the considered adaptive algorithm is preferable even by low degree of compression, because all spikes have been depressed. ...

Isabel Leonor University of Oregon searched 25 S2 GRBs for coincident G-waves of duration ~1 ­ 10 ms used crosscorrelation method explored data conditioning in the frequency domain, included whitening and phase correction ­ luxury of limited on-source and off-source data to analyze injected signals to study sensitivity of pipeline used playground data with no GRB trigger data analysis code (standalone), injection and calibration scripts, written using Matlab ...

... This function can also be used for particular types of subtypes or kinds: KIND (0) integer KIND (0.0) floating point number KIND (.FALSE.) logical variable KIND ("A") string of characters There is an intrinsic function SELECTED_REAL_KIND , which returns the kind of the type REAL that has a representation with (at least) the precision and the exponential range requested. ... With the choice SELECTED_INT_KIND (5) all integers between (but not including the limits) -100 000 and +100 000 are permitted. ...

The Telescope:Pointing Data script takes set of pointing error measurements of pointing reference stars across the sky. ... To retry measuring the star, fix the problem (e.g. by adjusting focus, exposure time or offset) and press Continue . ... For each point in the az/alt grid the script will find and slew to a nearby pointing reference star, measure the star, write the pointing error to a data file whose path is displayed, and correct the pointing error. ...

polimplot -- Plot a polarization vector map . ... inpol = "" [name] . Input linear polarization image (in %) to plot. inpopa = "" [name] . Input image for position angle of linear polarization vectors (degrees). poi_err = "" [boolean] . ... Name of corresponding polarization position angle error image (degrees). ... This task is a flexible tool for plotting a polarization vector map from two images of the polarization and the position angle of the polarization vector. ...

We have designed the laboratory model of static Fourier spectrometer for onboard usage for spectral study of atmosphere and ionosphere. The gain of model is to simulate onboard FS which will not have any moving elements (all its optical elements will be mounted at fused quartz monolithic construction), to compare experimental results with theoretical estimations and to measure MTF of CCD array. ... This fact connected with low frequency response of CCD array due to small format of it. ...

... Such particles are called ``optically soft'', and the corresponding approximation could be named that of optically soft particles. ... For the theory based on the assumption (1), there are a set of the names: Rayleigh-Gans [ 11 ], Rayleigh-Debye [ 274 , 397 ], Rayleigh-Gans-Born [ 474 ], Rayleigh-Gans-Debye [ 78 , 144 , 409 , 410 ], Rayleigh-Gans-Rokard [ 132 ], Rayleigh-Debye-Gans (RDG) [ 100 , 462 ], Born (or the first Born) [ 56 , 135 ] approximation. ...

... I would several points which we faced during our everysolved for better quality of individual ACs' and EOP products · There are two main EOP products provided by two IERS Product Centers on Earth Orientation (Earth Orientation Center (EOC) and Rapid Service/ Prediction Center (RSPC)). ... However, the latter is not provided by the IERS. ... ITRF · Using ITRF in computation of EOP series produced by various ACs seems to be a necessary condition to provide the consistency between the IERS products. ...

... 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. ...

... 2000: . According to the BTA observations, the redshift Z=0.7063+-0.0017 was measured for a distant galaxy possessing the 24 magnitude, in which there occurred an explosion of a massive star, followed by a gamma-ray burst catalogued as GRB991208. ... In collaboration with the Space Telescope Science Institute (USA), the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (Spain). ... According to the Palomar Sky Survey, about 600 new nearby dwarf galaxies were discovered. ... Archive . ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2009 October 28 . JKCS041: The Farthest Galaxy Cluster Yet Measured . Credit: X-ray: NASA , CXC , INAF , S. Andreon et al. ... The hot X-ray gas that confirmed the apparent galaxy grouping as a true cluster of galaxies is shown above in diffuse blue, superposed on an optical image showing many foreground stars. ... About APOD | ...

... Credit: X-ray: NASA , CXC , INAF , S. Andreon et al. ... Since telescopes are therefore also time portals , observations of distant clusters can be used, for example, to investigate when and how these huge galaxy conglomerations formed. ... The hot X-ray gas that confirmed the apparent galaxy grouping as a true cluster of galaxies is shown above in diffuse blue, superposed on an optical image showing many foreground stars. ... Galaxy Cluster Abell 1689 Magnifies the Dark Universe . ...

... FTP access the basic models is here . ... Below, we put short descriptions of the used SED models for the photometric redshifts providing by the current server . ... The uniqueness of this model consists in expanding to the near IR (NIR) of Rocca-Volmerange and Guiderdoni's (1988) atlas of synthetic spectra with a revised stellar library, which includes parameters of cool stars. ... Homepage of the GISSEL model). ... Another model used earlier is the model of synthetic spectra of Poggianti (1997). ...

... Moreover, it even seems at all doubtful that solar wind velocity variations be mainly determined by the field structure in the Sun. ... The solar wind velocity values, V,, obtained by Wang and Sheeley (1990) from the expansion factor, f,, are: V, 650 km/s 650 km/s 2 V, 550 km/s 550 km/s 2 V, 450 km/s 450 km/s 2 V, f, 3.5 3.5 5 9.0 9.0 5 f, 18.0 fJ 18.0 _ f, THE SOLAR WIND PARAMETERS The histopam of relation between the measured velocities and the velocities Table 1...

Download Izmccd (~2.7 MB). Solution of problems at identification of star field. ... 2) Scale is not correct. ... In this case algorithm of identification will revise all values of scale from twice smaller up to twice greater. ... There should be more than value of the field "Number of stars in frame". ... The star field is considered identified if number of the identified stars more or equally to this value. It is necessary to set value from 4 up to value of field "Number of stars in frame". ...

... Parameters used in the modeling of the radial-velocity curves of the optical component in the Roche model P ,days e i, µ f T kx A u ef f 1.700167412 0.0 80 ; 88 1.0 1.0 Orbital period Eccentricity Orbital inclination Degree of Roche lobe filling by the optical component Asynchronicity factor for the rotation of the optical component Effective temperature of the non-perturbed optical component Gravitational-darkening coefficient Ratio of the ... observed profile (Fig. ...

... Using multipledetector coincidence events in the 100-350 keV energy band, our analysis yields a polarization fraction from this GRB of 98 Б 33%. ... For a source count rate of S , and fractional polarization of s , the expected azimuthal scattering angle () distribution is S dS = [1 - Q s cos 2( - )]. d 2 (1) 2.4. ... Simulated azimuthal scattering angle distribution of 100% polarized photons at 200 keV originating at the GRB position. ...