. Next: XAreaEf Up: XPSF Previous: Generation from Ground Calibration Contents . The multi-Gaussian fit is based on in-orbit observations of bright p[oint sources. In particular, it accounts for the triangular shape of the FM2 telescope. The King function parameters have been calculated from fits to the radial profiles of bright point sources observed in-orbit. Michael Smith 2011-09-20

To appear in "Fourth Workshop on Robotic Autonomous Observatories (2015)"RevMexAA(SC) METEOR OBSERVATIONS WITH MINI-MEGATORTORA WIDE-FIELD MONITORING SYSTEM S. Karpov, 1, 3 N. Orekhova2 G. Beskin, 1, 3 A. Biryukov3,4 S. Bondar,2 E. Ivanov,2 E. Katkova,2 A. Perkov, and V. Sasyuk3 RESUMEN 2 Favor de prop orcionar un resumen en espanol. ... The faintest detected meteors has the peak brightness about 10 mag, while the ma jority - from 4 to 8 mag. ... 2010; Karpov et al. 2013; Beskin et al. ...

... The bright supernova (hereafter SN) in the galaxy NGC 4527 was first sighted by S. Knight (USA) on April 13.17UT at magnitude ~14.0v. The report of the sighting was subsequently forwarded by phone to the AAVSO. ... SN 1991T. The galaxy NGC 4527 is an Sb(s)II type galaxy with an apparent Blue magnitude of 11.32 (Shapley-Ames, 1981). ... An analysis of this event utilizing visual observations by amateurs, plus a light curve is presented.. ... THE LIGHT CURVE: . ... ISN SN 1991T web page . ...

Peremennye Zvezdy ( Variable Stars ) 32 , No. ... We report on a new episode of decretion disk formation in the IGR J06074+2205 system. ... From a study of three HeI lines, the rotational velocity of the star was determined as km/s. After five years of spectroscopic monitoring of IGR J06074+2205 (Reig et al. 2010), a reversion from emission to absorption of the H line and hence disappearance of the equatorial disk was reported. ... Reig P., 2011, Astrophys.& ...

THE THERMAL RADIATION OF THE LUNAR SURFACE IN THE IR RANGE OF THE SPECTRUM (10-12 µm). ... 0.80 0.60 0.40 0.20 0.00 -0.20 -0.40 -0.60 -0.80 -0.80 -0.60 -0.40 -0.20 0.00 0.20 0.40 0.60 0.80 Fig.1 0.80 0.60 0.40 0.20 0.00 -0.20 -0.40 -0.60 -0.80 -0.80 -0.60 -0.40 -0.20 0.00 0.20 0.40 0.60 0.80 Fig.2 0.60 0.40 0.20 -0.00 -0.20 -0.40 -0.60 -0.60 -0.40 -0.20 -0.00 0.20 0.40 0.60 0.80 Fig.3 Indicatrix of the thermal radiation of the Moon (10.5-12.5 µ). ...

... The schedule assigned id (example: AS05) for your observing program. ... Use the time you started using the telescope including when you started taking calibrations. The time you opened for on sky observations can be entered later in the activity log. UTC End Time: . ... Focus Log: . ... The focus position can be obtained under the Telescope column of the System Status in ACP or from the run log. ... When all fields are filled out press this button to email the log to the ARCSAT and community. ...

Once students get the hang of it, they can find and measure the brightness of Delta Cephei in a few minutes. ... of Delta Cephei . ... Oct. ... The following table lists the measurements of Delta Cephei made by one amateur astronomer in autumn 1990. ... 4.0 . ... This activity is a simplified version of one that appeared in Hands-On Astrophysics, a series of activities prepared by the American Association of Variable Star Observers with support from the National Science Foundation. << previous page | ...

... Polish scientists at the Space Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, in Wroclaw, south-west Poland, have constructed an instrument called SphinX (short for Solar PHotometer In X-rays), which is an X-ray spectrophotometer, that will obtain spectra in the energy range 0.5--15 keV in 256 energy channels with frequency of up to 100 times a second. ... SphinX is part of a package of instruments known as TESIS (PI Prof. Sergei Kuzin, Lebedev Institute, Moscow). ... Space Research Centre, . ...

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. ...

... northern O and early B stars whose spectra could be obtained with the parameters required to look for variability at the using the CEGS echelle spectrograph, maintained at the coude focus of the 1-m Northern Caucasus Special Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) telescope (Musaev 1996). The list of the program stars includes 29 obiects. When choosing appropriate dates of observations, the program stars can be observed for almost the entire night. ...

... Up: Data Analysis and Processing Techniques . ... Also, a method for quality control of CCD observations is suggested. ... Everyone who observes a celestial object using a CCD detects moving celestial objects as a ``by product''. ... We hope that our investigations may be useful for near-Earth space control and also for searches of the moving celestial objects through analysis of old and new CCD frames obtained at any amateur or professional astronomical observatory. ...

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: . ...

Astronomy Discussion Forums . Forums: . ... Discussion Forums . ... So Where Is Mars Now? Forum List | ... Post Message | ... Posted by Moazzam on September 4, 2003 20:09:09 UTC . ... Login to Post . ... www.astronomy.net . About Astronomy Net | ... Unless otherwise specified, web site content Copyright 1994-2016 John Huggins All Rights Reserved . Forum posts are Copyright their authors as specified in the heading above the post. "dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

Supernova 1993J is one of the brighter Sn from the recent past. ... 1993J was found in the magnitued 6.9 galaxy M81 (aka NGC 3031) in UMa. ... SEDS SN1993J web page . VSNet's 1993J web page . ... Images of Supernova 1993J . ... Kohl Observatory image 3/30/93 ( mirror ) . ... ISN Reference image Undated . ... The Remnant of Supernova 1993J in M81 9/93 - 9/94 . ... Dr. M. Richmond has 3 papers on his web page decicated to SN 1993J. VSNet has a nice record of the discovery of 1993J . ...

... Advises . Contact Advises . As an advise for amateurs we would like to underline: if it's possible, try to observe 3 asteroid positions per night and do not neglect to observe the Numbered Minor Planets in your telescope field of view as a "by product" of your observational programs. ... We think such estimations ought to be produced every morning after CCD observations of the moving celestial objects by observer himself. ...

... To save time, I will only provide ephemerides in 2000 coordinates. ... Note: most the orbital elements used to create these ephemerides were obtained from the International Astronomical Union Circulars (IAUCs), Minor Planet Circulars (MPCs) or the ICQ Comet Handbook. ... The following 1-day ephemeris (March 1, 1997 - October 1, 1997) is from Donald Yeomans of JPL and is based on Reference Orbit #55 (March 4, 1997). 2000 coordinates (March - September, 1997) [3/4/97] . ... Epoch: 1997 Feb. 1.0 . ...

BRIGHT OPTICAL FLASH FROM GRB 060117 - AN EXAMPLE OF EVENT DETECTED WITH OMC CLASS INSTRUMENT Д Д Petr Kubanek1,2 , Martin JelД inek3 , Michael Prouza4,5,6 , Rene Hudec1 , and Martin Nekola1 1 Astronomicky ustav Akademie ved Ceske republiky, Ondrejov, Czech Republic ДД Д 2 INTEGRAL Science Data Center, Chemin d'Ecogia 16, Versoix, Switzerland 3 Instituto de AstrofД isica de AndalucД (IAA-CSIC), Granada, Spain ... INTEGRAL GRBs are detected during -ray observations of knows sources. ...

PENTICTON SOLAR RADIO FLUX VALUES (from SGD Explanation of Data Reports) Daily Solar Flux Values - Penticton -- Daily measurements of the integrated emission from the solar disc at 2800MHz (10.7cm wavelength) have been made by the National Research Council of Canada since 1947. ... The data are tabulated in two forms: the "observed flux" (S), and the "adjusted flux" (Sa). ... The "observed flux" values are useful in ionospheric physics and other terrestrial consequences of solar activity. ...

The problem of solar wind data correlation for the observations onboard several spacecraft is very important for three points of view: . ... This problem is studied now in detail by systematic determination of ion flux and ion velocity data correlations by INTERBALL-1 (IKI group), WIND and IMP 8 (both - MIT group). ... Solar wind plasma correlation lengths from IMP 8, WIND and INTERBALL-1. ... Correlation of solar wind observations onboard several spacecraft: INTERBALL-1, IMP 8 and WIND data. ...

... The most spectacular view however is from space, where large areas of aurora can be observed simultaneously, even the entire polar cap. ... Such pictures often show a continuous ring of aurora around the polar cap (picture above), caused mostly by electrons leaking out along magnetic field lines, from the plasma sheet of the Earth's magnetic tail. ... Field lines from the auroral oval are believed to lead to the plasma sheet. ... A near-Earth circular polar orbit has many uses. ...