... Bad Astronomy . ... Mad Science . ... Site Info . ... Public Talks . ... Keep Bad Astronomy close to your heart, and help make me filthy rich. ... Who is this guy who calls himself "The Bad Astronomer?" ... First, yes, I am a real live astronomer (when people ask me what astronomers do, I tell them "They astronom !" ... These are emitted by powerful objects like black holes, exploding stars, and super-dense neutrons stars. ... Finally, am I really a bad astronomer? ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

... The zero point was derived in the following way: ffl Matching the OM repsonse using the measurements of BPM16274 and LBB227. ffl the zeropoints in U, B, V are set in a way that the simulations with the Vega spectrum (from ESO ftp server) matches the average brightness found in the literature which is (0.025, 0.03, 0.03) mag respectively. ffl In the UV filters the ESO Vega brightness is arbitrarily set to the U value, i.e. 0.025 mag ... The analysis comprised of the following steps: 1. ...

... The sample of the Local Volume galaxies (distance smaller than 10 Mpc) gives a unique opportunity to study the properties of galaxies including the weakest objects: the absolute magnitude M B -10 and the virial mass M vir 10 9 M x263C;. ... Luminosity function of the Local Volume galaxies. ... The luminosity functions for galaxies are presented: red dashed line - from the 2dFGRS survey (Norberg et al. 2002); blue dash-dotted line - from the SDSS survey (Blanton et al. ...

... The Pleiades star cluster, also known as the Seven Sisters and Messier 45, is a conspicuous object in the night sky with a prominent place in ancient mythology . ... The stars in the Pleiades are thought to have formed together around 100 million years ago, making them 1/50th the age of our sun, and they lie some 130 parsecs (425 light years ) away. ... Data for these stars are listed in a table below. ... Yes . ... WEBDA Pleiades cluster data . ... M45: The Pleiades Star Cluster (2007 November 18) ...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people developed complex knowledge systems around the sun, moon, and stars. Stellar positions and properties (such as declination, colour, brightness, and scintillation) were important for navigation, calendars, economics, and time-keeping. Transient astronomical phenomena (including comets, meteors, eclipses, and aurorae) reinforced sacred law and cultural practices and served as a moral charter. ...

... The storm began quite unexpectedly. The strongest geomagnetic storm for the last seven months began on Earth almost precisely at the same time as the solar eclipse reached its maximal stage, the culmination of which occurred at GMT 02:35 (06:35 Moscow time). ... Oscillations of such amplitude in the magnetic field have not been observed since October, 11th of last year, which is more than seven months ago. ... We can only add that the magnetic storm lasted approximately 9 hours. ...

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. ...

... October 8, 15:00 15:40 . ... PDF [7.2б MB] October 8, 15:40 16:10 . ... The sky brightness, atmospheric extinction, cloud coverage and auroral appearance are obtained from these images. ... Aurorae are identified by comparing the observed sky brightness to the sky brightness expected from this model. ... The identification of few potential sites for future's larger facility require several instruments, measuring various site characterizing parameters. ...

... The Second International Astronomy Olympiad . ... Problems to solve, 8-10 Form Text of these problems is available in Russian too. ... Two stars have the same absolute magnitude. ... The orbital period of Mars is 687 days. ... See problem 2. for 8-10 Form. ... Problem to solve, 9-12 Form Text of the problem is available in Russian too. ... Problem is about Doppler-effect, to find velosities of two stars using their spectra and spectrum of our Sun, to estimate speed of the Earth moving around the Sun...

Aristarch is Copernic of Classic World. ... First Aristarch determined the fact for how many times the Sun was father then the Moon and then he compared the Sun and the Moon with the Earth. ... Only the Moon rotates around the Earth. ... Gipparch suggested that the Sun turned around the Earth steady and in circumference but the Earth is displaced according its centre. ... The orbit point in which the Sun is nearer to the Earth Gipparch called perigee and the most remote one he called apogee . ...

State Research Center of Genetics and Selection of Industrial Microorganisms, GosNIIGenetika, Moscow , Russia Some questions of interpretation of results for DNA-protein binding on tiling arrays October 9, 2008 3rd workshop on algorithms in Molecular Biology , Moscow , 2008 ChIP-chip technology From: http://www.tigr.org October 9, 2008 3rd workshop on algorithms in Molecular ...

... Recent Topics . ... MAO main . ... October Issue: The Power of Sleep . ... Тема: October Issue: The Power of Sleep . To view this email as a web page, go here. links.email.scientificamerican.com/servl.. NzYyMDk2Mjk2S0 =0 . ... Sleep on It! A good night's rest affects the mind and health more than anyone suspected links.email.scientificamerican.com/ctt?k... ... They hold the key to long-standing cosmic mysteries links.email.scientificamerican.com/ctt?k... ... Powered by Kunena Forum . ...

... MASTER Net is 56 square degrees per 1 exposition . ... 06 Dec 2015: GRB 151205B: MASTER-NET early optical observations GCN18665 . ... 18 Nov 2015: GRB 151118A: MASTER-NET optical observations GCN18613 . ... 12 Nov 2015: GRB 151112A: MASTER-NET optical limit GCN18591 . ... 07 Nov 2015: GRB 151107A: MASTER-NET optical observations GCN18565 . ... 31 Oct 2015: Five OTs detected by Global Robotic MASTER Net ATel8232 . ... 02 Oct 2015: GRB 151001B: MASTER-NET early optical observations GCN18380 . ...

Magnetic field measurements onboard the Interball Tail spacecraft are carried out by the FM-3I instrument which consists of two flux-gate magnetometers covering two different ranges: [-200, +200] nT and [-1000, +1000] nT. Besides scientific goals, the FM-3I experiment data is used to perform the attitude control of the Interball Tail spacecraft. ... August 22, 1995 . ... October 18, 1995 . Top of the page . ... Back to the Interball Home Page . ...

... Sunday , October 6, 2013 Standard quasar-like AGN Standard AGN have: · · · · · Luminous accretion disk (with X-ray corona) Bright line emission (ionised by disk) Dusty obscuring torus (emits in IR/sub-mm) Orientation-dependent observed properties Sometimes, extended radio jets Sunday , October 6, 2013 Another class of AGN Other AGN , exemplified by weak radio ... Sunday, October 6, 2013 Summary · · · · · · Not all AGN follow the "standard" accretion disk picture. ...

... ME AND MY SCHOOL . SOURCES . THE CHART OF THE DIFFERENCES IN THE SPELLING OF SOME WORDS CONNECTED WITH SCHOOL AND EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN BRITAIN AMERICA. ... РАЗЛИЧНЫЕ СТРАНЫ ИМЕЮТ РАЗЛИЧНЫЕ СИСТЕМЫ ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ, НАПРИМЕР ВЕЛИКОБРИТАНИЯ ИЛИ СОЕДИНЕННЫЕ ШТАТЫ. ... ОБО МНЕ И МОЕЙ ШКОЛЕ(ME AND MY SCHOOL), . ... А ТАКЖЕ ВАМ ПРЕДЛАГАЕТСЯ ТАБЛИЦА РАЗЛИЧИЙ В НАПИСАНИИ И ПРОИЗНОШЕНИИ СЛОВ СВЯЗАННЫХ С ОБРАЗОВАТЕЛЬНОЙ СИСТЕМОЙ В США(AMERICAN ENGLISH)И ВЕЛИКОБРИТАНИИ(BRITISH ENGLISH)-THE CHART . ...

... Local and Regional Coordinators, and OBSERVERS are needed for Friday night's spectacular Aldebaran Occultation and Graze Aldebaran is the brightest star, other than the Sun, that can be occulted by the Moon. ... Use your camcorder (or a borrowed camcorder) to record a strong local television station. ... Encourage other amateur astronomers, and other friends and relatives in the region of visibility to record the occultation with camcorders. ... This event is called an "occultation" by astronomers. ...

MAIN PAGE . ... Nova Cygni August 1975! ... 1975/76: Comet West! ... Dr. Richard West (4th from left) & AAL members visiting SES Betzdorf on occasion of our club's 25th anniversary - October 1996 . Comet West Information . ... It was the brightest comet visible from Earth since Comet West in 1976. ... 1997: Comet Hale-Bopp! ... Thus Comet Hale-Bopp never got closer to Earth than Earth gets to the Sun. ... Comet Hale-Bopp JPL Page . ... 1999: Total solar eclipse over Luxembourg! ...

This section describes the calculation by which Aristarchus used the duration of a total lunar eclipse to deduce the distance of the Moon. ... This lesson plan supplements: "How Distant is the Moon--1", section #8c: on disk Shipprc2.htm , on the web . ... The shadow of the Earth at the Moon's distance is narrower than the Earth, because the Sun is seen not as a point but as a disk 0.5 degrees wide. ... An eclipse of the Moon is the passage of the Moon through the shadow of the Earth. ...

Images and text 2003 Paul Valleli . While up at Stellafane for pre-convention preparations, I spent some early morning times, experimenting with different videography setups on the 13" F/10 Schupmann at the McGregor Observatory. ... Mars was too bright and would have required neutral density filters. ... Next time, I will try 12mm and 9mm projections. ... I aquired about ten thousand frames by 3AM, at which time a breeze picked up and the seeing went to Hellas! ... 2003 Paul Valleli . ...