EPIC - MOS Contamination Monitoring 1E0102 - Rev 0065 - Thin Filter Black (MOS1) Red ( MOS2 ) 10 Primary Monitoring Source: SNR E0102 Properties: Have standard source spectral model Known to be stable ( EPIC -pn) Regularly observed throughout mission contamination model (VARABS) normalized counts s-1 keV-1 6 8 Multiply standard source model by Contaminant: Carbon dominated (c.f. RGS) 2 4 0.2 0.5 Energy (keV) 1 2 Derive predicted ... XMM EPIC MOS Steve Sembay (sfs5@le.ac.uk) ESAC 09/04/2015 ...

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... We show the analysis of low-hard and intermediate states of sources XTE J1550-564, H 1743-322, GX 339-4, XTE J1859-226, XTE J1650-500 and GRS 1915+105. ... Directly applying the scaling technique we also obtain that a ratio of the BH masses in XTE J1859-226 and in XTE J1550-564 is , and the corresponding ratio for XTE J1650-500 and XTE J1550-564 is . These values of scaling factors r implies that BH masses are ; solar masses in XTE J1859-226 and XTE J1650-500 respectively. ...

... News . ... Star Atlas . ... stars . ... New observations of the giant planet orbiting Beta Pictoris . ... AstronomyТљand Astrophysics is publishing new observations of the giant planet around Beta Pictoris. ... They have also measured the mass and the effective temperature of Beta Pic b. Astronomy & Astrophysics publishes new high angular resolution observations of the giant planet orbiting the star Beta Pictoris. ... Only registered members of Astronomy.com are allowed to comment on this article. ...

System of astrometric databases of Pulkovo observatory. ... Pulkovo database of observations of visual double stars . ... The 3rd database contains relative positions of selected double and multiple stars, and stars with possible invisible satellites. The database requires catalog of relative positions of visual double stars, based on photographic observations performed since 1960 on Pulkovo 26-inch refractor, and similar catalog based on CCD observations, obtained since 1995. ...

We report here on those proposed UIT targets that, in fact, were successfully acquired. ... Note on Filters: . A1 centered at 2500 angstroms with a width of 1200 angstroms . ... Sextans A is a low mass dwarf companion to the Milky Way Galaxy. It is sufficiently close that it is easily resolved into its individual stars. ... An exposure of 1100 seconds through the A1 and B1 filters was obtained. NGC 2903 Is a relatively nearby mostly face-on galaxy with active star formation. ...

... A Dark Pulsar in CTA 1 . ... Previously, the nebula CTA 1 showed an expanding supernova remnant , a jet , and a point source expected to be a pulsar -- a rotating neutron star producing pulses at radio energies. ... Now NASA's recently deployed Fermi Space Telescope has solved the mystery with some of its initial observations indicating that the point source is pulsing at gamma-ray energies . ... An artist's illustration of the pulsar beaming at gamma-ray energies is shown in the inset. ...

... the time of observation . ... Observing the Changing Position of the Sun To Establish Cardinal Directions . ... Observations of the Sun's apparent movement across the sky and its pattern of rising and setting in the east and west horizon helped to establish the cardinal directions. ... The final stage of the Sun's return was marked by the observation that the Sun had reached its highest altitude when the full width of your mitted hand could fill the gap between the Sun and the horizon. ...

Next: GOCG Post-Observation Products . ... Reconstructed Orbit . JPL MMNAV Reconstructed Orbit . ... The JPL MMNAV files will be made available on the JPL MMNAV FTP site in directory [RAstron.ODDATA.JPLICV.TRACK] (note the capital letters). back to top . ... What: X-band Doppler tracking data will be transmitted in near real-time from the DSN GTS to the JPL MMNAV team and from the Pushchino GTS to the ASC navigation team, and post-pass (via FTP) from the GBTS to the JPL MMNAV team. ...

A comparative study of type I and type II supernovae . ... Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow, U.S.S.R. (Received 26 November, 1985) . ... No significant difference between SNe I and SNe II has been found in their radial distribution and frequency of outbursts in spiral galaxies. ... The radial distribution of type Ia SNe in spiral galaxies is only slightly steeper than the one for SNe II, while SNe Ib/c are more concentrated towards the central regions. ...

... The Science Operation Department is composed of Astronomers, Telescope Instruments Operators(TIOs) and Data Handling Administrators(DHAs). ... Astronomers have proposed several methods to quantitatively measure the amount of turbulence above the telescope, which the most common ones is Differential Image Motion Monitor (DIMM). In optical testing, the Hartmann test is the common method to test the quality of optical components. ... Hartmann mask consists of 48 lenses. ...

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. ...

Abstract -- Calculations are performed for the linear polarization of starlight due to extinction by aligned dust grains when the starlight traverses a medium with irregular magnetic fields. This medium is intended to represent the optically thick components of interstellar clouds which are observed to make little, if any, contribution to the polarization of starlight. ...

... Several stars were observed during all period. ... The format is as follows: DAT MJD N SFI D DS FORMAT ( I8, F11.3, I4, 3F7.3 ) DAT - the data of observation MJD - modifyed Julian data (jd-2400000.5) N - the number of instantenious latitudes obtained in the data SFI - diurnal latitude on the data (in arcsec) ( plus 59њ 46'12" for the period 1904-1941, 59њ 46'10" for the period 1948-2006) D - mean square error of instantenious latitude (in arcsec). ...

ASTRONOMICHESKII TSIRKULYAR No.1573, 2010 April 12 1995 2009 . A Comparison of the Latitudinal Variations of the Methane Absorption Bands on Saturn's Disk at Equinoxes 1995 and 2009 Abstract. The observations of Saturn at last equinox 2009 have detected significant differences of the latitudinal variations of the methane absorption from observed at 1995 equinox . ... 1995 . 2008- 2009 , ­ . ... 4 ( 580-880 ) , (.1) , 2008-2009 . ... 2 , 4 725 1995 2009 . ... 1995 2009 15 , 1980 1995 . ...

We have analyzed dimmings (i.e. transient coronal holes) and manifestations of a . coronal wave in the famous event of 14 July 2000 using images produced with the EUV . telescope SOHO/EIT. ... this event was studied using running -difference EIT images at 195 formed by the . ... Running -difference images . ... fixed -difference images are considered. ... 171, 195, 284, and 304 , as well as the light curves of the main dimmings including . several later images at 195 . To event page ...

... Institute of Solid-State Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 142432 Chernogolovka, Moscow Region, Russia . In an investigation of the resistivity anisotropy of YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7 - x single crystals with suboptimal oxygen content it is observed that the superconducting transition for the component c of the resistivity tensor is shifted to lower temperatures with respect to the transition for the component a b . ... 1998 American Institute of Physics. PACS: 74.72.Bk, 74.25.Fy, 74.62.Bf ...

... All the galaxies are divided into 4 groups depending on the environment type; every subsample contains more than 10 galaxies. ... An effect of environments is seen both for the nuclei and for the bulges: if we consider the clusters (Virgo and Ursa Ma jor) and group centers as dense environments and the field and group periphery as sparse environments, then in the dense environments the stellar populations of S0s are in average older by 4­5 Gyr than in the sparse ones. ...

http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1996/22/text/ Probing the mysterious heart of the Crab Nebula, the tattered remains of a stellar cataclysm witnessed more than 900 years ago, astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have found that the Crab is even more dynamic than previously understood, based on a cosmic "movie" assembled from a series of Hubble observations. ... Because of this flickering, the neutron star is also called a "pulsar." ...

... S.P. KOROLEV ROCKET AND SPACE CORPORATION ENERGIA . ... OAO RSC "Energia" . ... News . ... Interfax news agency held press conference attended by the President of OAO Rocket and Space Corporation Energia after S.P. Korolev, General Designer V.A. Lopota, the Managing Director of OAO NPO Energomash after the academician V.P. Glushko V.L. Solntsev and the Deputy Head of the Department in charge of Federal Property Management Agency MIC infrastructural industries and organizations S.A. Barinov. ...