... Astrophysics Group . ... Integration of the NIRSpec instrument . ... SKA AAVS0 array . ... One of the major milestones for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been, in September 2013, the completion by ESA of NIRSpec, the first multi-object spectrograph to be operated in space. ... Cambridge, and in particular the Cavendish Astrophysics Group and the Kavli Institute for Cosmology, is heavily involved in NIRSpec by hosting one of the Instrument Science Team members (R. Maiolino). ...

Next: Preface Up: Front Cover Previous: Front Cover . ... VLT First Light . ... CONICA: The high resolution near-infrared camera for the ESO VLT . The STScI NICMOS Calibration Pipeline . ... The Evolution of Stars seen with ISOCAM - the Need for NICMOS and VLT Follow Up. ... HST NICMOS Observations of Circumstellar Matter Around CYG X-3 . ... HST-NICMOS Observations of Galactic Bulges: Red Nuclei in Nearby Galaxies . ... Investigating the Evolution of Quasar Host Galaxies with NICMOS . ...

... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... Upflows at the edges of active regions - called AR outflows , are studied using multi-instrument observations. ... The evolution of the photospheric magnetic field associated with the footpoints of the upflow region and the plasma properties of active region upflows are investigated aiming at providing such information for benchmarking data-driven modelling of this solar feature that is presented in Galsgaard et al. ...

... He made observations of a supernova (literally: nova= "new star") in 1572 (we now know that a supernova is an exploding star, not a new star). ... Brahe's meticulous observations showed that the supernova did not change positions with respect to the other stars (no parallax). ... This was early evidence against the immutable nature of the heavens, although Brahe did not interpret the absence of parallax for stars correctly, as we discuss below. Brahe made careful observations of a comet in 1577. ...

... Main page News People . ASA . Master . Master net Homepage . ... MASTER . ... About Space Monitoring Laboratory, scientific directions, instruments, contacts . ... Latest news and news archive . ... GRB 100901A: MASTER prompt optical+afterglow observations GCN Circ 11178 | GCN Circ 11165 | M GCN Circ 11163 | M GCN Circ 11161 | ... The longest set of the photometry on same type instruments. ... All news ...

Appendix: COODINATES OF OBSERVATORIES . This list is the extension of Marsden's list of observatories published in тАЬMinor Planet CirculariesтАЭ. ... тАЬThe Astronomical Year-Book for the year 1942тАЭ, 1941, p.355-360, in Russian . ... The numbers 0-999 were taken in according to Marsden (Ref.1), the numbers from 1000 were appropriated by us. ... For observatories with numbers 0-999 and code of reference 1* the heights were taken by maps . ... For numbers 0-999 the code equals 1 usually. ...

... Un instrument performant et compact pour observer la Lune et les planГЕtes. En alliant performance optique, encombrement rГїduit, monture motorisГїe sur deux axes et pointage automatique, ce tГїlescope est un instrument performant et simple d'utilisation. Un trГїpied est fourni avec le tГїlescope afin d'offrir une grande stabilitГї lors de l'observation. ... Simple d'utilisation, ce tГїlescope est parfait pour les dГїbutants qui ont envie de se familiariser avec les beautГїs du ciel. ...

Cosmic Ray laboratory of . ... Neutron Monitor (Cosmic Ray Observations) . is situated in Irkutsk (Russia) . ... Height - location above sea level . ... Height: . ... For recording the CR (Cosmic Rays) neutron component at Irkutsk, . neutron monitor NM-64 is used, which is an installation with 18 two-meter proportional counters filled with BF 3 (boron trifluoride gas) in which the B 10 90 per cent of the total boron. ... The neutron monitor is located at 475m above sea level. ...

... NASA's newest Great Observatory, the Chandra X-Ray Observatory (CXO) -- formally known as the Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF) -- launched on July 23, 1999 and represents such an advance. ... Hughes Danbury Optical Systems (HDOS), now Raytheon Optical Systems Incorporated, figured and polished the x-ray optics; Optical Coating Laboratory Incorporated (OCLI) coated the polished optics with iridium; and Eastman Kodak Company (EKC) mounted and aligned the optics and provided the optical...

System of astrometric databases of Pulkovo observatory. ... The purpose of these observations is the determination of precise coordinates of Solar system bodies, which is necessary for development and improvement of motion theories, and for studying the evolution of the Solar system. ... Accuracy of photographical observations is about 0.2-0.3 arcsec for equatorial coordinates and 0.1-0.3 for relative coordinates of planetary satellites, depending on object and observational conditions. ...

Target: Venus . The Soviet VEGA Spacecraft Two remarkable "busloads" of automated spacecraft were launched toward Venus by the Soviet Union in December of 1984. Each one contains three separate modules: one lander and one balloon-carried atmosphere probe to be dropped off at Venus in June, 1985, and one major package of instruments which will continue on to encounter Halley's Comet in March, 1986. ... Venus and Earth: A Comparison . Earth . ... in Earth days) . ... 243 Earth days . ...

.

. Last update: August 16, 2006 . kielkopf at louisville.edu

NASA Press Release Text - June 24, 1996 GALILEO READY FOR CLOSE FLYBY OF JUPITER'S BIGGEST MOON Now residing in orbit around Jupiter, NASA's Galileo spacecraft is primed for its first close flyby of Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede, at 2:29 a.m. EDT on June 27, 1996. ... In the days just before and after the Ganymede flyby, Galileo's other studies will include a search for auroral activity on Jupiter's nightside and observations of other Jovian moons: Io, Europa and Callisto. ...

Pulkovo NEO Page . ... NEA Accuracy Estimation . ... The estimation of accuracy of the current CCD observations of asteroids and comets is constantly performed at Pulkovo Observatory. ... The (O-C) values, so called "Observed" minus "Calculated" positions, characterize numerically the observations of any observatory, both professional and amateur, during a short period (one or several close nights). ... So the (O-C) values for these objects nearly entirely define the errors of observations. ...

... It allows observations of extended and starlike objects in different modes: CCD photometry, panoramic spectroscopy with the Fabry-Perot interferometer, spectroscopy and spectropolarimetry with a "long-slit", slit-free spectroscopy, multi-object spectroscopy. ... Digital servo drives that were installed have improved the reliability of the complex, extended the range severalfold, and reduced the telescope's speed control step. ... A software and hardware set for the BTA control system was implemented...

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. ...

... V.N. Obridko . ... Local fields . ... Large Scale Magnetic Fields . Solar cycle . ... Solar magnetic fields . ... Sector structure, rotation and cyclic evolution of large-scale solar magnetic fields . ... V.N. Obridko , Shelting B.D. Rotation characteristics of large-scale solar magnetic field . ... Zonal structure and meridional drift of large-scale solar magnetic fields . ... Proc. 10th European solar physics meeting", solar variability: from core to outer frontiers", Prague, Czech. ...

... News . ... Star Atlas . ... stars . ... New instrument will help confirm Kepler's planet finds . ... CfA is part of an international collaboration building a new instrument called High-Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS-North). ... It will complement Kepler by helping confirm and characterize Kepler's planetary candidates. ... HARPS-N will essentially duplicate the successful design of an existing instrument in the Southern Hemisphere, the original HARPS. ... Atlas of the Stars . ...

... Members . ... The ATM's of Boston was founded in 1934 by a group of persons interested in assisting others in the art of optical polishing the craft of telescope making, and to learn together about the science of astronomy and the use of astronomical instruments. ... Mr. Jones introduced the club to Dr. Harlow Shapley at Harvard College Observatory. ... Regular shop activities resumed with the help of these "professional amateurs" and the club grew to 180 members. ... Club Newsletters . ...