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: . ...

. Pulkovo Observatory of Russian Academy of Sciences is situated . near Saint-Petersburg. It was founded in 1839. 196140, Saint-Petersburg, Pulkovskoye chaussee 65/1 . English version . Russian version . This page has been accessed times since May 1, 1999.

... Magnetic Storms . ... Cosmic Rays . ... Energetic Particles . ... Solar fast Particles . We cannot observe the way the distant universe accelerates cosmic rays or produces energetic photons, but acceleration processes also occur on our Sun , though on a much more moderate scale. ... That is why such events are often missed by cosmic ray detectors near the equator, where the lowest energies are excluded by the Earth's magnetic field. ... Should we be concerned about solar energetic radiation? ...

In the PROJECT we are using the following peculiar . features of RATAN-600 . ... Brightness temperature sensitivity being equal to the antenna temperature sensitivity .. ... Receiver system .. ... Using aperture averaging effect. dual- beam and dual (multi-) frequency filtration, we demonstrated full filtration of the atmosphere noise down to the receiver noise at all scales of acoustics peaks ( Fig.1 , Fig 2 ). ... We select this frequency as the central one in our project. ... Antenna surface . ...

Seven months ago, on Mar 19, 2008, at 09:12 Moscow time, a new star appeared on the sky. The Sun had already risen over the Russia, but people of the Western hemisphere might be able to see by their eyes a faint starlet near one of Bootes constellation stars. This starlet appeared and faded by an order of magnitude in a minute. Astronomers named it GRB080319B or, informally, the Naked-Eye Burst, as it was twice as bright as human eye can see a star. ... Royal Astronomical Society . ...

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in HII regions: correlation with metallicity . ... We have perfomed the aperture photometry of HII regions using infrared images from telescopes Spitzer and Herschel at passbands 3.6, 4.5, 5.8, 8.0, 24, 70 and 160 m. Emission of PAHs are observed at passbands 3.6 - 8.0 m, 24 m is emission likely of hot small particles and finally large particles are responsible for emission at 70 and 160 m. We determine abundances of PAHs using model of Draine Li (2007) . ...

. Please standby and you will be automatically connected to the new location of the unframed Supernova page. Or, click on the link above. If you have questions or problems, please email me at David Bishop dbishop@vhdl.org . Last modified: Mon Aug 27 12:40:15 EDT 2001

... This is possible at modest cost due to the low moments of inertia of the telescope and enclosure. ... This same performance will be achieved in higher winds when the telescope enclosure is facing away from the wind, or by using wind screens. ... The telescope system (MILT) will be remotely operable with an on-site operator's assistance by an astronomer located at one of the ARC member institutions. ... Mean Wind Speed . ... Offsets > 10 deg: 1 arc sec rms max . ... 5 sec max, tracking to tracking . ...

... In 2006 the Earth encounters the Leonid trail created at the 1932 return of Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle. The following estimate by McNaught and Asher is for the meteor outburst that will result from this trail encounter. ... What follows was written before the 2002 Leonids. ... Time (GMT) Trail Estimated Estimated Moon Visible from ZHR FWHM age 2002 Nov 19, 03:56 7-rev 1,000 130 min 15 W. Africa, W. Europe, NE Canada, NE S. America 2002 Nov 19, 10:34 4-rev 6,000 71 min 15 N. America . ...

... Determination of the Permissible Solutions Area by Image Reconstruction from a few Projections: Method 2­CLEAN DSA Michail I. Agafonov Radiophysical Research Institute (NIRFI), 25 B.Pecherskaya st., Nizhny Novgorod, 603600, Russia, E­mail: agfn@nirfi.nnov.su Abstract. ... Application The problem requires the solution of the equation G = H # F (+noise) , (1) where F (x, y) is the object brightness distribution, H(x, y) is the fan (dirty) beam, and G(x, y) is the dirty (summary) image. ...

. Among the two other similar bright, hot stars close to A1 at the core of NGC 3603, a star dubbed "C" was also found to be a binary with a period of 8.92 days, although definitive masses for its components, also expected to be high, are not yet available. JPL/NASA/U Wash/U Illinois

. Comment on J0405+3803 . Our image contains a feature of 25 mJy at 14 mas E-NE from the brightest component. It is not visible in the Caltech-Jodrell (CJ) survey image at 5 GHz (Xu et al. 1995) obtained about 6 years earlier. The 1.6 GHz CJ image (Polatidis et al. 1995) does show an extended feature close to the position in question, but somewhat displaced toward west. VLBApls home page . Last modified: 16 Oct 2000

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 | ...

THE SKY DISTRIBUTION OF 511 KEV POSITRON ANNIHILATION LINE EMISSION AS MEASURED WITH INTEGRAL/SPI Ё G. Weidenspointner1 , J. Knodlseder1 , P. Jean1 , G.K. Skinner1 , P. von Ballmoos1 , J.-P. Roques1 , G. Vedrenne1 , P. Milne2 , B.J. Teegarden3 , R. Diehl4 , A. Strong4, S. Schanne5 , B. Cordier5 , and Ch. ... The first sky maps in the 511 keV annihilation line and in the positronium continuum from SPI showed a puzzling concentration of annihilation radiation in the Galactic bulge region. ...

... ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPES . ... HOME . ... Home Products Telescopes Astronomical Telescopes . Recreational astronomical telescopes (ASTELE™) feature Maksutov Cassegrain or Maksutov Newtonian optical design. ... These telescopes (except ASTELE ™ 70, 95) are available in three configurations: OTA (Optical Tube Assembly), G (German Equatorial Mount) and EL (with motorized base). ... These telescopes are available in two configurations: OTA (Optical Tube Assembly) and G (German Equatorial Mount). ...

Electronic Catalogue of Comets "Halley" . ... In this paper we give a description of the Electronic Catalogue of Comets "Halley", which makes it possible to calculate the evolution of the orbits of comets, to visualize orbital motion, to determine the circumstances of a comet's close approach to planets within a given time interval, as well as a number of other opportunities. ...

... General Catalog of Variable Stars (GCVS database, Version 2012 Feb.) ... The cross-identification tables of the General Catalogue of Variable Stars (GCVS) contain all GCVS (including extragalactic variables from vol.V), NSV (New catalogue of Suspected Variable stars) and Supplement to the NSV stars as well as stars from the name-lists of variable stars nos. 67 - 80; it also makes it possible to find out identifications between the GCVS and the NSV catalogue. ... I-III) names are included. ...

... In Samara State Aerospace University will establish development and manufacture of electronic and optoelectronic components for the space industry. ... SSAU held a meeting on the development of the centre of microelectronics for the aerospace industry. It was attended by the representatives of the University, the Ministry of Economic Development, Investments and Trade of Samara Region, Russian engineering company ELTEKH and the Swiss Centre for Electronics and Microtechnology CSEM 1 . ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... On Thursday, February 15th 2001 (and replayed on March 19), the Fox TV network aired a program called ``Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon?'', hosted by X-Files actor Mitch Pileggi. ... Dust around the lander . ... However, it appeals to our common sense: when the sky is black here on Earth, we see stars. ... Bad: The program claims that when the top half of the lander took off from the Moon to bring the astronauts back into orbit, there was no flame from the rocket. ...

... Clarify neutron source models in near-earth space environment and evaluate their contribution in a complete radiation dose received by cosmonauts during EVA . Obtain data on high-energy neutron fluxes with energies up to 16 MeV coming from powerful solar flares with regard to albedo radiation of the earth . ... Measurement data on spatial and time distributions of radiation characteristics of space ionizing radiation (neutron and gamma components) outside the Service Module of the ISS RS; . ...