Please enter the lightcurve file name and period search parameters: . Lightcurve file: . ... Apply the Heliocentric correction and convert all dates to Terrestrial Time (TT)? ... Also, the Heliocentric correction cannot be applied to such lightcurves. ... This period search service is also available at the mirror sites: Mirror 1 , Mirror 2 , Mirror 3 , Mirror 4 . You may download the latest source code distribution and install the period search service at your own web server. ...

... 2008 March 10 . Planets Align Over Australian Radio Telescope Array . ... This picturesque conjunction was caught on camera behind elements of the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) near the town of Narrabri in rural New South Wales. The ATCA consists of six radio telescopes in total, each one larger than a house. ... About APOD | ... NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply . NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices . A service of: ASD at NASA / GSFC . ...

... In this report questions arising in attempts of application of nonlinear systems with complicated dynamics to image recognition are discussed, and approaches to their solution are proposed. Recognition problems are a real challenge to information processing systems. ... In this report typical questions arising in attempts of application of nonlinear systems with complicated dynamics to image recognition are discussed, and approaches to their solution are proposed. ... compressed information . ...

The Astronomical Society of Australia has been asked by STANDARDS AUSTRALIA to compile a list of "designated" optical observatories that are valuable resources for (i) research, (ii) education and (iii) community use. The ASA is the final arbiter of whether any particular observatory is so designated. ... Upon receipt of your application form, your observatory will be entered on a list of "Pending Designated Observatories" on the ASA Home Page. ... It will be emailed for you. ... Email . ...

... Home About Meade Product Information Dealer Locator Customer Support Investor Relations Dealer Support Employment Opportunities Site Map . Meade Instruments Corp. ... Meade Autostar Supplementary Software Downloads . ... To upgrade your Autostar first click on the link below to download the Autostar Update (ASU) Client Application for Windows. ... The most recent versions of AutoStar Update automatically check for the newest versions of the AutoStar Updater and download it if necessary. ...

Anchors, embedded images, and all other elements which contain URIs as parameters may cause the URI to be dereferenced. In this case, the security considerations of the URI specification apply. ... The MD attribute is useful when authors are concerned that a linked object may be subsequently changed to something other than intended. This attribute is used to specify a cryptographic checksum for the linked object to provide a check on its integrity. ...

... M27: Not A Comet . ... Well, 20th century astronomers would classify it as a Planetary Nebula ... but it's not a planet either, even though it may appear round and planet-like in a small telescope. ... Known by the popular name of the Dumbbell Nebula , the beautifully symmetric interstellar gas cloud is about 1,200 light-years away in the constellation Vulpecula . ... Publications with keywords: planetary nebula - dumbbell nebula . Publications with words: planetary nebula - dumbbell nebula . ...

Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems VII ASP Conference Series, Vol. ... Thus, the INTEGRAL data analysis system must be capable of supporting distributed data sets composed of many individual files and exhibiting one to many and many to many associations between the individual data structure elements. 1 http://astro.estec.esa.nl/SA­general/Projects/Integral/integral.html 2 http://lheawww.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/cai/coded.html 220 ISDC Data Access Layer 221 2. ...

Next: Initial binary parameters Up: Population synthesis of Previous: Introduction . Monte-Carlo method for statistical simulation of binary evolution was originally proposed by Kornilov & Lipunov (1983a,b) for massive binaries and developed later by Lipunov & Postnov (1987) for low-massive binaries. ... Recently Leitherer & Heckman (1995) have modelled star formation for elliptical and spiral galaxies, taking into consideration only the single stars. ... Initial binary parameters . ...

... There has been a heated public discussion in the past few years about whether our ninth planet is really deserving of the name. Since Pluto orbits a star, and is much less luminous, it certainly satisfies the definition we have above. The problem is actually not with Pluto, but with a very large number of other bodies in our Solar System which also satisfy this definition, but which are not called planets. Perhaps the most notable of these is Ceres, the largest asteroid. ... Planet . ...

User catalogs allow you enter positions for your objects into a file, to save time during an observing run. ... Before diving into the details, here is an example: # default coordinate system and object # (these are the standard defaults, so if you like them you can omit this line) CSys=FK5; Date =2000; RotType= Object ; RotAng=0 # some random objects # Name Pos1 (e.g. RA) Pos2 (e.g. Dec) Options in keyword-value format NGC6543 rot 90 ... Object Data . Defaults . Catalog Options . ...

In order to solve the radiative transfer problem, the following optical properties of dust grains must be defined beforehand: . ... particle albedo and the scattering matrix for description of the process of light scattering when the polarization is considered and the phase function when it is not considered (in some cases only the asymmetry parameter g is used); . ... homogeneous and coated spheres . ... intensity, SED . ... Thomson scattering . ... Bastien, P. and Menard, F. (1988) Astrophys. ...

For circular orbits around Earth, we found . ... The distance of a satellite from the center of Earth in meters is an inconveniently big number, even before we raise it to the 3rd power. ... SQRT (25 638 838) = 5063.5 From this . ... T= 5063.5 seconds SQRT(r') 3 = 5063 sec r'SQRT=(r') . This is the practical form of Kepler's 3rd law for Earth satellites. ... International communication satellites are in the equatorial plane of the Earth and have orbits with a 24-hour period. ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Last week's Snack talked about how black holes can affect the environment around them in such a way as to be very bright . ... It's a common misconception that black holes always have matter swirling into them. ... As this matter gets closer and closer to the black hole it piles up and a large, fairly flat disk forms. This is called the accretion disk , because matter from this disk accretes (that is, falls in) on the black hole. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

Stellarium 0.12.3 . ... Classes . ... StelLocaleMgr Class Reference . Manage i18n operations such as message translation and date/time localization. ... The time display format. ... voidљ . ... QStringљ . getAppLanguage () const . Get the application language currently used for GUI etc. ... Get the format string which describes the current time format. ... Set the time format from a format string. ... Get the format string which describes the current date format. ... const QString &љ . ...

THE PHOTOMETRIC RESEARCHS OF THE MERCURY'S SURFACE BY MEANS OF DIGITAL MODELS. ... The surface brightness of Mercury was measured Danjon (1933, 1949, 1953) and Harris (1961) in phase angle 3o-123o. The analysis of the various data of the integral photometric gives the results of determination of the main photometric constants for Mercury. ... THE PHOTOMETRIC RESEARCHS OF THE MERCURY'S SURFACE: S.G. Pugacheva The surface brightness of the Mercurian images was established on the geologic map Mercury. ...

... Structure of Data . ... Catalog . ... In SAI OCL Catalog, we introduce our work on investigation of the Milky Way system of open star clusters. The main goal of our study is a search for new clusters using huge surveys. 168 new clusters have been already discovered by us using J,H,Ks data from 2MASS point source catalog. ... For 141 new clusters, we found their physical parameters using J,H,Ks data from 2MASS catalog and, for a number of clusters, our UBVRI CCD observational magnitudes. ...

A. A. Sukhanov . Modern Methods for Space Flight Dynamics and Their Applications . ... The following effective mathematical methods are suggested for solution of different space flight dynamics problems: . 1) A simple method for the calculation of the state transition matrices of the first and second order. The method allows calculation of the matrices for any orbit types. ... 3) A double planet swingby optimization. ... Applications of the methods are given. ...

... Exposure Time Calculator (ETC) . ... ESO - Public Surveys . ... the recommended values to use for DIT, . ... Detector on-chip integration (DIT): seconds. to your chosen value - a separate page gives recommended values to use for DIT - for modes 1 and 2 below you may wish to start with the maximum recommended values as these will minimize the effect of read noise (a total object exposure of Y secs with DIT=X secs will produce Y/X lots of read noise) and give you a lower limit on the time needed. ...

... The Large Telescopes Program Committee of Russian AS . ... Executive Secretary, e-mail: request@sao.ru . Telescope RATAN-600 Time Request deadline: I half-year (Jan. ... Program title .. ... Principal investigator .. ... Request status .. ... Retarded applications and ones not conforming to form will not be accepted by the Committee. ... In some exceptional cases the Program Committee Secretary can accept a request after deadline with permission of the Chairman of Committee or director of SAO RAS. ...