... CONTACT . P. Andreani (ESO) . D. Bockelee-Morvan (Paris) . ... C. De Breuck (ESO) . ... R. Laing (ESO) . ... M. Zwaan (ESO) The Herschel Satellite and the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) are two very large sub-mm and far infrared (FIR) astronomy projects that are expected to come into operation in this decade. ... This report is addressed to an audience of non-specialist astronomers who may be interested in extending their areas of research by making use of Herschel and ALMA instruments. ...

... Dnepr launch record 17 August 2011. Cluster Launch of Dnepr LV 22 August 2013 KOMPSAT-5 Launch 21 November 2013. Dnepr Cluster Mission 2013 19 June 2014. ... Mission profile SHM configuration Reliability Dnepr LV Performance Launch Sites . ... The launch vehicle is steam ejected from its Transport and Launch Canister (TLC) by means of hot gases of black powder gas generator. ... Activation of black powder gas generator . ... Separation of black powder gas generator . ... Dnepr LV Performance . ...

... The weather throughout this year was so extremely favorable that I have been able to observe the Sun clearly on 312 days; however, I counted only 34 groups of sunspots.. From my earlier observations, which I have reported every year in this journal, it appears that there is a certain periodicity in the appearance of sunspots and this theory seems more and more probable from the results of this year.. ... Year . ... Days when no . ... Observation Days . ... 273 . ... 282 . ... 244 . ... 149 . ...

... The Hubble Space Telescope is jointly run as a partnership between the European Space Agency and NASA. ... For more information on the European contribution to the Hubble Space Telescope go to: http://hubble.esa.int and for more on the VLT go to: http://www.eso.org . ... A Taste of Real Astronomy ? The ESA/ESO Astronomy Exercises . ... The "ESA/ESO Astronomy Exercise Series" has just been published, on the web and in print. ... The language for the ESA/ESO Astronomy Exercise Series is English. ...

Title: A Dark-Matter Spike at the Galactic Center? Authors: Piero Ullio , HongSheng Zhao , Marc Kamionkowski . ... Title: The Galaxy Environment of Quasars in the Clowes-Campusano Large Quasar Group at z~1.3 . ... Title: The Galaxy Environment of a Quasar at z=1.226: A Possible Cluster Merger . ... 16 matches for the search pattern galaxy environment . The URL for this page is: http://xxx.itep.ru/find/astro-ph/1/galaxy+environment/0/1/0/past,all/0/0 www-admin@xxx.lanl.gov ...

... IAU planet classification Observing with a Telescope Large Scale Structure The observables: Local Group (size 1 Mpc) Virgo cluster (size 2+ Mpc) Virgo supercluster (size ~33 Mpc) Voids (size ~ 10-150 Mpc), Walls and sheets, aka filaments (size ~ 50-80+ Mpc) 1 parsec The nearest star is 1.2 parsecs away (Proxima Centuri). ... Virgo supercluster Voids, Sheets Filaments The Virgo Cluster is a cluster of galaxies at a distance of about 18.0 Mpc away in the constellation Virgo. ...

... PubliГї le 22/06/2014 par Pierre alain Arnaud . Date : 09/06/2014 . Lieu : Sigoyer (Alpes de Haute Provence) . MatГїriel de prise de vue : Lunette TOA130 + HГїlioscope Baader + filtre continuum + barlow 5x + camГїra IDS UI324xCP-NIR . Commentaires : Groupe de taches AR2085 . ... MatГїriel de prise de vue : Lunette TOA130 + HГїlioscope Baader + filtre continuum + Poxermate 2,5x + camГїra IDS UI324xCP-NIR . Commentaires : Le groupe AR2085 est celui du haut de l'image. ...

Weekly Bulletin on Solar and Geomagnetic Activity Highlights on 13 - 17.10.2014, Forecast on 18 - 27.10.2014, Carrington Rotations 2155, 2156 (17,72.09; 15,00.10.2014) SUNSPOT-FORMING ACTIVITY OF THE SUN WAS AT THE AVERAGE LEVEL. ... NEXT WEEK THE AVERAGE AND LOW LEVELS OF SUNSPOT-FORMING ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED. ... BY DATA OF CORONOGRAPHS SOHO AND STEREO WERE OBSERVED 20 CME, ONE OF WHICH WAS THE "HALO" TYPE AND TWO - "PARTIAL GALO II". ... TODAY ENERGY OF LAST MAGNETIC FLUX IS SPENT. ...

... Members . ... The ATM's of Boston was founded in 1934 by a group of persons interested in assisting others in the art of optical polishing the craft of telescope making, and to learn together about the science of astronomy and the use of astronomical instruments. ... Mr. Jones introduced the club to Dr. Harlow Shapley at Harvard College Observatory. ... Regular shop activities resumed with the help of these "professional amateurs" and the club grew to 180 members. ... Club Newsletters . ...

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 . ...

RELATIVE SUNSPOT NUMBERS Description of Data from SGD Explanation of Data Reports: Relative Sunspot Numbers -- The relative sunspot number is an index of the activity of the entire visible disk of the Sun. ... The provisional daily Zurich relative sunspot numbers, Rz, were based upon observations made at Zurich and its two branch stations in Arosa and Locarno and communicated by M. Waldmeier of the Swiss Federal Observatory. ... This indicates the uncertainty above and below the predicted number. ...

The IV Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad (November 16-23, 2008) : . ... Only students did not participated at the IAO-2008 may participate in the APAO-2008 (that is a student may participate in the XIII IAO or in the IV APAO but not in both of these Olympiads). For the IV APAO the (age) group of participants to be analogous to IAO groups, rules 4.5.2-4. to be used (alpha group - "juniors" and beta group - "seniors"), i.e.: . ... The official APAO e-mail is a p a o [a] l i s t . ...

... Chandra Observation of DEEP2 Galaxy Groups and Clusters . ... Monday: 'Normal' Galaxies, Tuesday: Cluster Formation and Evolution . ... Statistics of galaxy groups in ultradeep XMM surveys. ... What can multiwavelength observations tell about cluster/group formation as well as galaxy evolution? ... I will present results from a Chandra study of eight low-redshift clusters that has systematically measured the AGN fraction in clusters and describe their spatial, kinematic, and host galaxy...

. of Lomonosov Moscow State University, . Russia . GCVS Research Group . Catalogues of Variable Stars . Future Prospects of Variable-Star Catalogues . B.V. Kukarkin Centenary Conference: Variable Stars, the Galactic Halo and Galaxy formation (VS-Halo) . What's new . Recent publications . Digitization of Moscow Plate Archive . The "Peremennye Zvezdy" (Variable Stars) journal . Send questions and comments to Olga Durlevich .

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... 8, ``Celestial Mechanics'', 2002 Using positional observations of minor planets for improving the orientation of star catalogue Yu. ... But expe­ rience shows that this kind of observations can be used succesfully for improving orientation parameters of star catalogues with respect to dynamical reference system. ... Observations of 90 selected minor planets were used in general solution for their orbital elements, orientation parameters and some parameters of phase re­ duction. ...

... 1998 AGN surface density contrast NP 268o 27 o 11:1 AGN volume density (D 70 Mpc ) 40 AGNs n = 1.4 x 10-3 / Mpc3 , L 1041 erg /s AGN volume density (D 70 Mpc ) Virgo Hydra Centaurus Perseus Pisces Pavo 40 AGNs n = 1.4 x 10-3 / Mpc3 , L 1041 erg /s Volume density excess of nearby ( 70 Mpc ) 40 AGNs : ( INTEGRAL survey ) ~5,000 IR galaxies: (IRAS PSCz ... Sources |b|<5 INTEGRAL AGNs All-sky survey / 17-60 keV Coded-mask based telescope IBIS: · FOV 3030 degrees. ...

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 . ...

... We start investigating the results from a non-magnetized (isotropic) plasma, before including the external magnetic field so important for space physics. ... propagating above the electron plasma frequency, w(pe) (reflection point for the waves) . note that, for very high frequencies, both phase and group velocities are equal to light velocity c, and we have electromagnetic wave in free space: even the electrons are unable to respond to the rapidly oscillating electric field! . ...