Numerical simulation of electromagnetic scattering by morphologically complex objects Janna M. Dlugach*, Michael I. Mishchenko** *Main Astronomical Observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine **NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, USA Radiation mechanisms of astrophysical objects: classics today 21 ­ 25 September, 2015, St.Petersburg. ... Phase angle dependence of the degree of linear polarization for the center of the Jovian disk. ...

... VLBA+Italy survey (to contact the schedulers) (closed) E.Fomalont and J.Romney: To provide some review of problems happened with fringe search in VSOP project. (closed) M.Popov : To compose a tentative time -table of possible observations , and inform the observatories on the specific time slots that might be requested for fringe search program in October-November. (continued) C. Gwinn: to try to compile FAKERAT software on modern platforms. (closed) GBT and ...

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... 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. ...

Rudolph Hwa's research interest is in the interface among particle, nuclear, statistical and nonlinear physics. ... R. C. Hwa, "Fractal Measures in Multiparticle Production," Phys. Rev. D 41, 1456 (1990). ... R. C. Hwa, "Scaling Exponent of Multiplicity Fluctuation in Phase Transition," Phys. Rev. D 47, 2773 (1993). ... Phys. Rev. D 49, 5805 (1994). ... Z. Cao and R. C. Hwa, "Chaotic Behavior of Particle Production in Branching Processes," Phys. Rev. D 53, 6608 (1996). ...

... These trajectories have an initial flight from the Earth to a large distance (of about 1.5 million km), the following passive flight to the Moon's orbit, an approach to the Moon with a decrease of an energy of a particle (spacecraft) selenocentric motion to a negative value and the temporary capture in an elliptic orbit of the Moon's satellite. ... Several trajectories of this type are determined. ... Ivashkin V. V. On optimal trajectories of space flight to the Moon in the Earth--Moon--Sun system. ...

Astronauts Head Upgraded During Spacewalk . ... Credit Copyright: NASA Explanation: First, a new truss was added. ... Now, as part of the planned upgrade of the International Space Station , an Expedition 18 astronaut has upgraded her own head. The Human Extended Analog Device 9000 was attached with only minor delays, making the astronaut's remaining spacewalk s over 40 percent more efficient. ... NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers . NASA Official: Jay Norris. ...

... Figure 1a illustrates the summary diagram (2 log L, log S ) based on the field intensity contour lines for 7 active regions plotted at 200 G steps in the range of 2200­400 G. One can see that the relationship under discussion is well represented by two straight lines, one corresponding to the log S range from 2 to 7.2 and another, from 7.2 to 9. ... Then, we plotted 2 log L versus log S for all field lines of a given intensity, no matter which sunspot or sunspot group they belonged to. ...

... The general­purpose data reduction package FIGARO is now available to be run from the IRAF CL, and more Starlink applications will follow in due course. ... A system has been developed to enable packages written for the Starlink Software Environment to be run from the IRAF CL so that an IRAF user can mix and match application tasks from the two environments as required to process data, all under the control of the IRAF CL. ... Mixing IRAF and Starlink Applications -- FIGARO under IRAF 179 3. ...

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. ...

... MaximDL и PinPoint с ошибкой "The plate's exposure start time is required for catalog proper motion calculation. Check the attached image." ... Прошу помощи в разборках с MaximDL и PinPoint. ... Кадры открываются в MaximDL при указании формата RAW и размера. Когда пытаюсь распознаться ПинПоинтом (или в Максиме или в отдельном) вылезает ошибка: The plate's exposure start time is required for catalog proper motion calculation. ... Откуда качнуть эти метры? http://www.cyanogen.com/help/maximdl.. ...

... SpaceX Dragon attached to space station in spaceflight first . ... The SpaceX Dragon is seen berthed to the International Space Station's Harmony module. ... The International Space Station's Expedition 31 crew grappled and attached SpaceX's Dragon capsule to the space station Friday, May 25. ... The Dragon capsule lifted off May 22 from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. ... Only registered members of Astronomy.com are allowed to comment on this article...

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Hideyuki Saio Simon Jeffery are exploring models for the evolution of stars formed by the merger of two white dwarfs. The attached movie provides a simulation of the major events involved in the merger process. ... An initial binary system consists of two white dwarfs of masses M 1 and M 2 (given) with an orbital period ( P ). ... We adopt a simple expression for the white dwarf radius as a function of mass (in solar units): . ... The merged star evolution is simulated by a quadratic expansion . ...

ATMoB "Open Cluster Observing Award " Guidelines Purpose: To promote observing among the membership of the Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston through participation in the Open Clusters Observing Awards program. Introduction: This awards program is oriented towards visually observing open clusters above magnitude 9.9. ... It turns out that a very unprejudiced and convenient method to dermine the limiting magnitude is to count the number of visible stars in certain areas on the sky. ...

... 2011 December 18 . Hints of Higgs from the Large Hadron Collider . ... Explanation: Why do objects have mass? To help find out, Europe 's CERN has built the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the most powerful particle accelerator yet created by humans . ... The LHC is exploring the leading explanation that mass arises from ordinary particles slogging through an otherwise invisible but pervasive field of virtual Higgs particles. ... About APOD | ...

11 august 2014/Monday: Arriving, Registration . ... The variation of solar flare coronal X-ray source spatial properties. ... Melnikov V.F., Charikov Yu.E., Kudriavtsev I.V. Directivity of X-ray and gamma-ray emission from different parts of flaring magnetic loops. ... E., Melnikov V.F. Angular characteristics of polarization degree of hard X-ray emission from different parts of flaring magnetic loops. ... The thick target model and analytical calculations of the hard X-ray emission from solar flares. ...

University Satellites and . Space Science Education . ... It is necessary to select a topic interesting from scientific point of view and simple enough to allow students understand and participate in all stages of experiment from measurements via data analysis to physical inference. ... Solar modulation effects and physical characteristics and analysis of the major solar events are possible only by joining data from space-born and surface particle and radiation detectors. ...

The Search for Planets Around Other Stars As we live out our lives securely attached to the Earth, breathing its air, and using its water, it becomes all too easy to take planets for granted. ... Yet the surprising fact is, we do not know for certain whether there are planets around other stars. ... A few years ago there was a flurry of excitement as some astronomers found wobbles in the motions of several nearby stars, suggesting the presence of planets. ... a stillborn star, if you will ? ...