... The observing season of Jupiter's Galilean satellites (Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto) occultations start in Ireland on the 24th of July and end on the 11th of November. The occultations are seen from Earth only once every six years. ... See the page dedicated to the observers who never made such observations. ... I mage: the famous dark spot discovery photo by Anthony Wesley, taken on 19 July 2009 from Australia . ... International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node . ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... Observing . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... LHC restart scheduled for spring 2009 . ... The time necessary for the investigation and repairs precludes a restart before CERN's obligatory winter maintenance period, bringing the date for restart of the accelerator complex to early spring 2009. ... Only registered members of Astronomy.com are allowed to comment on this article. ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ...

Follow-up astrometry and recoveries are made with the ANU 40 inch (1.0-m) f/8 reflector at Siding Spring Observatory (IAU code 413). ... A routine follow-up of 2003 WY153 on 2003 Dec 15 became much more than routine when a faint object with unusual motion vector was found close to the target asteroid. ... During routine astrometry with the 1.0-m to improve the orbit of the Apollo asteroid 2004 CB, the asteroid was found on March 30 to have a short tail! ... Siding Spring Survey Main Page . ...

... About ATMoB . ... The Observing Committee is starting an Observing Awards Program to promote observing among the membership of the Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston. ... Participant must be a current member of the Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston . ... To qualify for your Observing Award Certificate, turn in your worksheet and drawings to an ATMoB Observing Committee member or observing@atmob.org . ... This Excel sheet has useful macros. ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

... Iowa Robotic Telescope | ... Talon is based on OCAAS, a software suite developed by software engineer Elwood Downey ( Clear Sky Institute ) for use at the University of Iowa ?s first remote facility (the ATF, or Automated Telescope Facility). ... XObservatory : Telescope Control Interface . ... This program calls upon and coordinates much of the interrelated portions of the Talon architecture, and forms the primary control panel for the telescope, dome, and peripheral systems when used locally. ...

... Recent Topics . ... MAO main . ... Fw: ASTRONET: Task 5.4 - observing schools . ... Subject: Re: ASTRONET: Task 5.4 - observing schools . ... with the organization and carrying out observing schools. ... second half of September, and which will be funded by the training and . ... intended for master and starting PhD students. ... actions on observing schools, providing access for students, Master . ... observing schools for master students. ... in form of observing schools for pre-PhD students. ...

... Frequency of wobble same as frequency of forcing mechanism (t) + i 2 (t) · Helmholtz Centre Potsdam ­ GFZ · Consistent estimates of AAM , OAM , HAM computed at GFZ · AAM computed from European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts · OAM computed from Ocean Model for Circulation and Tides (OMCT) · HAM computed from Land-Surface Discharge Model (LSDM) · Ocean and hydrology Sensitivity to Excitation Model GFZ ECMWF AAM OMCT OAM LSDM HAM 1962­2010 1971­2010 1981­2010 1991­2010 2001­2010! ...

... 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...

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Winer Observatory P.O. Box 797, Sonoita, Arizona 85637-0797, USA . ... 2/3-m Telescope . ... Site . ... Commanding . ... In a typical robotic observing scenario, each afternoon, a telescope control computer obtains a set of objects to observe from its home institution from a command or script file. ... The file is then transferred to the telescope control computer at the Winer Observatory in Sonoita. ... The Iowa control computer then begins processing the telrun.sls file. ... 2013 Winer Observatory. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Space Flight . ... Posted on February 6, 2014 | 2 Comments While the winter sky may be the тАШAladdinтАЩs caveтАЩ for skywatchers, and we may already have plundered deeply one of its greatest celestial treasures, the constellation of Orion, we forge [ ] . Continue Reading.. Posted on January 22, 2014 | ... Posted on December 6, 2013 | ... Posted on November 6, 2013 | ... Posted on October 4, 2013 | ... Posted on September 9, 2013 | ...

... Our scientific interest is an accuracy of asteroid CCD observations obtained by amateurs and professional astronomers all over in the World. ... These data help us to analyse an accuracy of real CCD positions in the MPC Database. ... Do you test your observations of the small Solar System bodies permanently before sending them to the International Minor Planets' Center? ... Do you know a real accuracy of your positional CCD-observations in comparison with the other observatories' one ? ...

... Radio Astronomy . ... ASRAS Board Members . ... To see the most up to date news and events happening with ASRAS log in with your user name and password and then click on the Activities page. ... Messier Marathon (Member Observing) CANCELLED Saturday, April 9, 2016 9:00 PM Location:Farash Center Ionia NY . ... ASRAS Members meeting - Friday May 6 at Farash Center - Ionia NY . ... ASRAS Board members meeting - monday May 9 @ Farash Center Monday, May 9, 2016 7:00 PM Location:Farash Center Ionia NY . ...

SXG Data Center . ... Sky visbility This utility permits to find the sky region that will be accessible for obsevation by the main telescopes of SXG. Observation opportunity programm This utility permits to find the the observation opportunity of given source ( RA, DEC ) during given MJD interval by the telescopes of SPECTRUM-XG directed along X-axis. Mask of the Earth/Moon This utility permits to find the sky region that will be blocked by the Earth/Moon for observation by SPECTRUM-XG . ...

... Astrophysics Group . ... VSA . ... CAT . ... The Very Small Array is a custom-built radio telescope (operating between 26-36 GHz), designed expressly to make high resolution observations of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation on angular scales around and below one degree. ... The VSA has been operated in ?compact array? and ?extended array? configurations (see the technical description below) and data collected to achieve high sensitivity in both regimes have been analysed. ... 1.75 GHz)...

Crater Gassendi . ... I made this drawing was made on the 26th of november 2001. If you compare this one with the previous drawing of Gassendi (below) the differences are clear. ... This drawing was made on the 28th of september 2001. After nearly a full month without observations I had a one hour gap between the thicker clouds. ... This drawing was made on the 29th of august 2001. ... This drawing was made on the 27th of august 2001. ... This drawing was made on the 25th of august 2001. ...

Statistics of sunspot activity . The sunspot indices . ... Visual indices of solar activity . ... n - number of spot groups . A - Waldmeier class of unipolar spot groups without penumbra . B - class of bipolar spot groups without penumbra . C - class of bipolar spot groups with one penumbra pole . D - class of small bipolar spot groups with two penumbra poles . E - class of middle bipolar spot groups with two penumbra poles . ... H - class of unipolar penumbrated spot groups . ...

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... Right: The telescope's octagonal "dome" enclosure. ... MT KENT OBSERVATORY (longitude 1510 51' 19.5 E, latitude 270 S 47' 52.3 , elevation 682 m) Louisville Telescope ( Robotic astronomy research) · 50cm f/6.8 astrograph Celestron C-20 (new product) Supplier : www.celestron.com · 3.5m Sirius fibreglass dome Supplier : siriusobservatories.com · SBIG STL-6303 CCD camera + LRGB filters (UBVRI planned) Supplier : www.sbig.com · Vantage Pro weather station ...

NMW survey overview . Access image archive . ... The New Milky Way survey aims to detect bright (V<13.5) optical transients near the Galactic plane using an automated wide-field (8x6 deg.) system capable of surveying the whole Milky Way area visible from the observing site in one night. ... All images obtained during the transient search survey are available online (please use the image archive access form ). ... Images per field: . ... Images per night: . ... Milky Way imaging time: . ...