... Perhaps the most interesting satellites in this group are the ones sent into distant orbits, some of them extending well past the Moon--e.g. the WIND spacecraft pictured here. Among them is a long series of IMP s (Interplanetary Monitoring Platforms) which sampled the Earth's distant magnetic environment, the magnetosphere, and the surrounding interplanetary region; IMP-8 is still returning good data, more than 20 years after its launch. ...

DЗshlАn na Cruinne le Faulkes Faulkes Telescopes Universe Challenge One of the highlights of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 in Ireland is a school competition for using the Faulkes Telescopes - state of the art 2-metre telescopes from Hawaii and Australia, which can be remotely operated via a web-based interface by students during school hours in Ireland. ... Projects will be approved by the Faulkes Telescopes Universe Challenge Committee (to be appointed) by February 28th 2009. ...

home publications > mercury . ... Astronomy Beat . ... Nearly four centuries ago, Galileo's simple observations of Earth's planetary sibling, Venus, buoyed the proponents of a Copernican universe. ... The Italian astronomer had settled into a new house in Florence and had begun to observe Venus, which in November 1610 would have appeared as an evening star, bright in the western sky after dusk. ... From these two observations, Galileo inferred that Venus must orbit closer to the Sun than does Earth. ...

Observing the World Around Us An inquiry -based science curriculum for kindergarten through grade six Developed by researchers at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory as part of NASA's Learning Technologies Project Observing the World Around Us An inquiry -based science curriculum for kindergarten through grade six A Note About the Origins of Observing the World ...

... ASRAS HOME . Radio Astronomy . ... About ASRAS . ... Our Observing Site . ... 2015 Mees Tour Guides . ... We're offering Regular Tours (a presentation on astronomy geared to a general audience, followed by a tour of the observatory and (hopefully!) observing of several objects, which may include the Moon, planets, nebulae, star clusters and perhaps galaxies), and Kids' Tours (a more interactive presentation specially aimed at youngsters plus the observatory tour and observing) as in prior years. ...

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. ...

Winer Observatory P.O. Box 797, Sonoita, Arizona 85637-0797, USA . ... 2/3-m Telescope . ... Site . ... Commanding . ... In a typical robotic observing scenario, each afternoon, a telescope control computer obtains a set of objects to observe from its home institution from a command or script file. ... The file is then transferred to the telescope control computer at the Winer Observatory in Sonoita. ... The Iowa control computer then begins processing the telrun.sls file. ... 2013 Winer Observatory. ...

Follow-up astrometry and recoveries are made with the ANU 40 inch (1.0-m) f/8 reflector at Siding Spring Observatory (IAU code 413). ... A routine follow-up of 2003 WY153 on 2003 Dec 15 became much more than routine when a faint object with unusual motion vector was found close to the target asteroid. ... During routine astrometry with the 1.0-m to improve the orbit of the Apollo asteroid 2004 CB, the asteroid was found on March 30 to have a short tail! ... Siding Spring Survey Main Page . ...

... Spacecraft . 29a. Satellite looking up . ... 29e. Explorers of distant space . Space Index . ... Many "down-looking" satellites also carry out local observations, among them Polar, Viking, Freja and satellites of the GOES and DMSP series. ... Other explorers of the distant magnetosphere have included the three ISEE spacecraft (International Sun-Earth Explorers), Polar in an elliptical polar orbit with cameras observing the polar aurora, and Image observing energetic neutral atoms. ...

Visual Discovery of SN1995V in NGC 1087. ... My basic supernova search still continues with my backyard 41cm telescope. ... The discovery of supernova 1995V in NGC 1087 is the second discovery to be made this year with the larger telescope. ... After this, they took two CCD pictures of NGC 1087 from which the magnitude of the supernova could be calculated in relation to a nearby measured star, and the offsets of the supernova could also be measured. ...

... Recent Topics . ... MAO main . ... Fw: ASTRONET: Task 5.4 - observing schools . ... Subject: Re: ASTRONET: Task 5.4 - observing schools . ... second half of September, and which will be funded by the training and . ... www.iap.fr/opticon/neon_schools/2014/index.html . ... intended for master and starting PhD students. ... actions on observing schools, providing access for students, Master . ... observing schools for master students. ... in form of observing schools for pre-PhD students. ... MAO NASU...

Databases (NSDC) of the Natural Planetary Satellites. ... NSDC: Database of astrometric observations of Natural Planetary Satellites . ... They are thoroughly looking for observations in different sources, creating their owndatabases which are then mostly inaccessible to other researchers. ... In the file "content" with explications, the reference is given to the data source as well as the bibliographic reference. ... Data sources. ... Why a specific bibliographic database for Natural satellites? ...

... About ATMoB . ... The Observing Committee is starting an Observing Awards Program to promote observing among the membership of the Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston. ... Participant must be a current member of the Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston . ... To qualify for your Observing Award Certificate, turn in your worksheet and drawings to an ATMoB Observing Committee member or observing@atmob.org . ... This Excel sheet has useful macros. ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

SYM53C4xx SCSI Interface Adapter Cards These questions and answers are for any SCSI interface card that uses any Symbios Logic (or old NCR)53C400, 53C400A, 53C406, and 53C406A chips and connects to an ISA bus in the host. ... Are there drivers available for my card to operate under any operating system besides DOS? ... Yes, provided the manufacturer of the device provides a device driver for the scanner to operate from an pci/host adapter card that has a Symbios Logic scsi processor chip on it. ...

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. ...

GRANAT is the Russian x-ray sattelite launched to the high apogee orbit (200,000 km) and operated almost for 10 years (1989 -1999) , carrying out four major instruments: French SIGMA coded-mask hard x-ray telescope (30-1000 keV), Soviet ART-P coded-mask telescope (2??-60?? keV), all-sky monitor WATCH (6-150 keV), and a gamma-burst detector PHEBUS . ... Since September 1994, GRANAT is in the survey mode. ... Explore pages devoted to individual GRANAT instruments (including main scientific results): . ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... Observing . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... LHC restart scheduled for spring 2009 . ... The time necessary for the investigation and repairs precludes a restart before CERN's obligatory winter maintenance period, bringing the date for restart of the accelerator complex to early spring 2009. ... Only registered members of Astronomy.com are allowed to comment on this article. ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ...

Software Forum Message . Forums: . ... Astronomy Software Discussion | ... NIGHTCAL – New Version 0.7.2 Available To Download . ... The new version of NightCal Astronomical Observing Software (version 0.7.2) has been released today (6th January 2006). ... If you like NightCal software, please feel free to rate it and post comments about NightCal at http://www.astrotips.com/Downloads-index-req-viewdownloaddetails-lid-673-ttitle-NightCal.phtml. ... www.astronomy.net . About Astronomy Net | ...

Russian page . The 6th International Astronomy Olympiad will be organized on September 26 - October 3, 2001 in the scientific town of Nauchnyj, Republic of Crimea. ... Weather in Crimea . ... Those who were interested to get further information about the VI International Astronomy Olympiad (including official invitations for teams and observers: Ukrainian visa and visa support was necessary for citizens of some countries!) were welcome to contact Coordinating Council in English or Russian . ...

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