... GCN 8471 | ... TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 8516 SUBJECT: GRB 081102: MASTER refind and final results DATE: 08/11/11 15:50:10 GMT FROM: Vladimir Lipunov at Moscow State U/Krylov Obs E. Gorbovskoy, V. Lipunov, V.Kornilov, A.Belinski, N.Shatskiy, N.Tyurina, D.Kuvshinov, P.Balanutsa Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow State University A. Tlatov, A.Parkhomenko Kislovodsk Solar Station of the Pulkovo Observatory V.Krushinski, I.Zalognikh Ural State GCN Circ 8470, Lipunov et al., ...

... Europa lander", Moscow >12.02.2009 Outline Planetary instruments for in-situ chemical analysis Laser-induced plasma spectroscopy: principle, instrumentation, features GENTNER proposal of the LIBS instrument for the Europa lander mission State-of-the-art of the instrument Page 2 von Hoerner & Sulger GmbH Int. Symp. ... Page 3 von Hoerner & Sulger GmbH Int. Symp. ... Europa lander", Moscow >12.02.2009 Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS): Principle Page 5 von Hoerner & Sulger GmbH Int. Symp. ...

... Home Lectures Lecture Series 2015-2016 . ... Lecture Series 2014-2015 . ... Beyond New York City . ... The Amateur Astronomers Association is proud to present an astronomy lecture series from October through May each year for our members and the public. ... Amateur Astronomer Association is pleased to announce we will be offering select, limited reserved seating for current AAA members for the Friday, January 8, 2015 AAA Lecture entitled Robert Nemiroff ?2015 Astronomy Picture of the Day?. ...

All stars derive their energy through the thermonuclear fusion of light elements in to heavy elements. High temperatures are required so that the mutual electrostatic repulsion of the protons in each fusing atomic nucleus is overcome. ... Elements with more protons in their nuclei require higher temperatures. ... This sequence is now shown in the animation below. ... First Step of the Proton-Proton Chain Narration . Second Step of the Proton-Proton Chain Narration . ...

Static Fourier spectrometers are often used for spectral measurements of the ionosphere emissions. There are two main advantages of Fourier spectrometers (FS) - large geometric factor and high spectral resolution; these parameters are two orders better than for grating spectral instruments. ... In scanning Fourier spectrometer optical and electric modulation of signal is used to avoid this problem, for static Fourier spectrometer there are no such ways. ...

. Next: A. Christou Up: C.J. Butler Previous: Phenology Contents . 3-9 August, 2004. The youngest late-type stars. High-resolution spectroscopy with the GIRAFFE (Grating Instrument for Radiation Analysis with a Fibre Fed ?chelle) ?chelle Spectrograph on the 1.9m Radcliffe Telescope at the SAAO (with D. Garc?a-Alvarez and J. Drake, Harvard).

Next: CONICA: The high resolution Up: VLT Status and Instruments Previous: VLT First Light . ... Infrared instruments for the VLT . Instrument Summary . ... The already approved infrared instruments for the VLT are: . ... CONICA: Coude Near Infrared Camera (P.I. R. Lenzen, MPIA, Heidelberg) - an historical name as this instrument will be used for diffraction limited 1-5 m imaging, polarimetry and spectroscopy with the NAOS, Nasmyth Adaptive Optics System on UT1 (P.I. G. Rousset, ONERA ). ...

... For object magnitudes greater than this magnitude the major source of signal is from the sky. ... Number of electrons= sky в gain в number of pixels per resolution element. nsky =0.023в2.33в20=1.1 e- s-1 Object brightness less than brightness of the sky : (means that sky noise will be the dominant noise source). object sky 4.9 в 10 6 1.1 2.5112 m m 17 Therefore sky limited in B band for m 17th magnitude Counts = number of counts , t=exposure time 4.9 в106 ...

Date: 11/24/2014 Time:05:26 Moon Age: 1.8 Available Observing Hours: 12.9 Observer: Instrument: Operator: Cage: Lebofsky, Bell 90PrimeOne Trueblood PF hours lost to: weather: 2.0 telescope: 0.0 instrument: 0.0 computer: 0.0 Time Temp Humidity Wind Vel. Wind Dir. Seeing Open 18:30 37.8F 50% 15 N 1.9 Close 05:20 37.1F 15% 15 NE 1.8 _________________ Description ______________________ Most of the night, seeing >2", which severely limited our available targets. ...

... A novel superconducting element, HighHarmonic Phase Detector (HPD), intended for phaselocking of a FFO has been proposed and experimentally tested. ... The HPD PLL concept is very promising for future applications, especially for building of the multi-pixel SIR array, long-base interferometry and for phase-locking of the THz range FFO. ... Improving on the fully Nb-based SIR we have developed and studied Nb-AlN-NbN circuits which exhibit an extended operation frequency range. ...

... Opportunityт??s devilish view from on high . ... Does temperature have an upper limit like the lower limit of absolute zero? What's the highest measured value? ... The universe s absolute high temperature correlates to the energy and heat that existed during the Big Bang. ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... If you are already registered on Astronomy.com, please log in below. ...

trend1d - Fit a [weighted] [robust] polynomial [or Fourier] model for y = f(x) to xy[w] data. trend1d -F < xymrw > -N [ f ] n _ model [ r ] [ xy [ w ] file ] [ -C condition _# ] [ -H [ nrec ] ] [ -I [ confidence _ level ] ] [ -V ] [ -W ] [ -: ] [ -bi [ s ][ n ] ] [ -bo [ s ] ] trend1d reads x,y [and w] values from the first two [three] columns on standard input [or xy [ w ] file ] and fits a regression model y = f(x) + e by [weighted] least squares. ... E.g., a robust quadratic model is -N 3 r . ...

This section of AMPLE provides a means for identification of minor planets. ... Due to special organization of the package, AMPLE permits the identification to be reliable fulfilled THROUGHOUT the TITLE YEAR. ... In such cases the result of identification depends on where the nearest opposition of inspected planet is situated, within basic interval lasted from November of preceding year to February of subsequent one or without it. ...

RTT150 . ... One of the image, obtained in the May, 2003, with Andor DW436 CCD. Cluster 1541+6626, filter R, exposure 15 minutes, the resolution is 1", limiting star magnitude is 23m, the field of view is 8' x 8'. At the left: image of cluster 0720+7132 (z=0.268) obtained in the beginning of November, 2002 with RTT-150 and AP-47P CCD. 25 minutes exposure in R. The resolution is 0.7" (angular size of the image element - 0.23"), limiting stellar magnitude is 23.5-24. ...

... Earth Satellites . ... Image Dan Burbank and Anton Shkaplero making music onboard the ISS (Image credit: NASA) . The first occurrence of music being made in space was during the Gemini 6 mission in 1965. ... Since then many astronauts have brought instruments into space with them, including many crews onboard the International Space Station. ... The Gemini astronauts were treated to some musical interludes during their times in space but not specifically to wake them in the morning. ...

... Solar Eclipses in 2009 : . There are two eclipses of the Sun (an annular eclipse on January 26 and a total eclipse on July 21-22 ) in 2009. ... Annular Solar Eclipse . ... Annular Eclipse of the Sun on January 26, 2009 . ... Beginning of northern limit of umbra . ... Beginning of center line; central eclipse begins . ... Central eclipse at local apparent noon . ... Total solar eclipse . ... An annular eclipse occurs when the apparent disk of the Moon is smaller than that of the Sun. ... Umbra: . ...

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. ...

To appear in "Fourth Workshop on Robotic Autonomous Observatories (2015)"RevMexAA(SC) MASSIVE PHOTOMETRY OF LOW-ALTITUDE ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES ON MINI-MEGATORTORA S. Karpov, 1, 3 E. Katkova,2 G. Beskin, 1, 3 A. Biryukov3,4 S. Bondar,2 E. Davydov5 E. Ivanov,2 A. Perkov,2 V. Sasyuk3 RESUMEN Favor de prop orcionar un resumen en espanol. ... The nine-channel Mini-MegaTORTORA (MMT-9) optical widefield monitoring system with high temporal resolution system is in operation since June 2014. ...

RADIOASTROPHYSICAL DEPARTMENT • INSTITUTE OF SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS RAS SB . General information Main characteristics of the Radio telescope Observing programs General view of the antenna array Main research areas Principle of generation of radio images Radio telescope 's beam Receiving systems Main characteristics of the base receiving-recording complex Calibrations Data archive and databases Publication SSRT - Siberian Solar Radio Telescope . ...

SITE 2010 Comprehensive Characterization of Astronomical Sites Kislovodsk, Russia, 49 October 2010 Conference Summary Marc S. Sarazin*a a European Southern Observatory, Garching, Germany Abstract The main topics discussed during the Site 2010 conference are outlined and the outcome is described. Keywords: Astronomical Site testing, precipitable water vapor, atmospheric turbulence, cloudiness, seeing 1. ... Site surveys for National observatory projects in China, India, and Iran benefit from this. ...