XEphem Forum Message . ... Post . ... Last XEphem Beta Before Release . ... Post Message | ... I have uploaded the last beta release before the next major version release of XEphem. Please give it a try from http://www.clearskyinstitute.com/xephem/beta. Mail any bugs or comments to xephem36betabugs@clearskyinstitute.com . ... www.astronomy.net . ... Forum posts are Copyright their authors as specified in the heading above the post. "dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

... Image Quality of the VLT . Total Optical Control . First light for the ESO VLT unit telescope 1 occurred during the workshop. ... The image shown (Figure 1 ) here was obtained with the VLT on May 16, 1998, in red light (R band), i.e. while the mirror was still uncoated. ... In this diagram (FIgure 2), the measured image quality of the VLT UT1 astronomical images is plotted versus the ``seeing", as measured by the Seeing Monitor, a small telescope also located on top of the Paranal Mountain. ...

... Space Research Institute . Main . ... Main results of the experimental and theoretical research completed in 2010 . ... Moon's topography is shown based on LOLA laser altimeter data, white contour shows a permanently shadowed region and a white rhomb indicates LCROSS spacecraft impact location. ... Ultra deep survey of the sky in hard X-rays, performed by INTEGRAL observatory . INTEGRAL observatory has completed the first and the most sensitive survey of the sky in hard X-ray energy band. ...

... Time calculated from Fermi GBM Trigger Time = 14:12:08.67 ( Connaughton, GCN 9230 ). 1% coincident with our start zero image time. 3x3 degrees around Swift XRT position . ... SUBJECT: GRB 090424 : MASTER-Net prompt optical limit DATE: 09/04/25 20:29:42 GMT FROM: Vladimir Lipunov at Moscow State U/Krylov Obs E. Gorbovskoy, V. Lipunov, V.Kornilov, A.Belinski ... Our observations results: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fermi GRB Trigg.* ...

Main planetology and astrophysics scientific tasks of gamma-spectrometry GRS and detector HEND . ... The origin of Mars . The ratio of natural radioactive isotopes 19 K/ 92 U will allow to estimate the temperature of proto-planetary cloud in the point of Mars creation . ... Abundance of main elements at valleys and at plateaus will allow to determine their ages . ... Water as a factor of Mars global evolution, the presence of water and water ice under the surface in the present time . ...

The files in this directory are necessary for running SBIG USB cameras with XmCCD. The library libusbdrv.so is used by xmccd1 and ccd to communicate with the camera. The version in this directory is the most recent one released by SBIG at the time this version of xmccd was developed. The static library libsbigudrv.a is not used by xmccd. ... In Suse 11.3 fxload is not installed by default, but it is available as a post-installation software option. ...

... WolfDoom for help on ambient effects and some sounds. ... You must have my permission to put on CD * Where to get this WAD * FTP sites: ftp.cdrom.com Other: Me -Build history- v0.1 *ALPHA* 12-15-1997 Released to a few friends online Basic wad functions ( music , gfx, snd) v0.2 * beta 1* DATE UKNOWN (lost track) weapons added Added dehacked patch for special effects added 2 enemies Messed up on DEH, rewrote it over. :( v0.25 * beta 2* DATE UKNOWN Ambience added ! more graphics ...

Russian SHAREABLE DATA CENTER Institute of Solar-Terrestial Physics SB RAS . ... The algorithm and appropriate program for decametric radiosignal propagation conditions prediction for paths from 500 to 9000 km have been developed at ISTP SB on the basis of normal wave method (AltyntsevaB.I,Iliyin N.V., Kurkin V.I. and others //Decameters channel simulation on the base of normal wave method . ... Solar activity indices are chosen automatically from the prediction date from the database . ...

MICROSCOPES . ... In the last three to five years, LOMO has developed new lines of products, including new families of biological, fluorescent, and polarizing microscopes, night vision devices, consumer Maksutov telescopes, etc. ... 1939 Company introduces its first student and biological microscopes. as well as its first manual movie camera . ... 1956 LOMO produces its first wide-screen-format movie projector and introduces its first fluorescent microscope for chemical structure analysis. ...

... Polish scientists at the Space Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, in Wroclaw, south-west Poland, have constructed an instrument called SphinX (short for Solar PHotometer In X-rays), which is an X-ray spectrophotometer, that will obtain spectra in the energy range 0.5--15 keV in 256 energy channels with frequency of up to 100 times a second. ... SphinX is part of a package of instruments known as TESIS (PI Prof. Sergei Kuzin, Lebedev Institute, Moscow). ... Space Research Centre, . ...

... Inst Data Fit allows one to determine various parameters needed for instrument data files, including: scale, orientation and the position of the rotator with respect to the instrument. ... Run Inst Data Fit. ... Specify all fields above the "Fit Scale and Orientation" button New Rot_Inst_ang . ... Modified the instructions so that new scale and orientation values are applied to the instrument block before measuring center-of-rotation data (to solve a problem brought to light by SPICam). ... R.O. ...

... Dave's Universe . ... Scientists release most accurate simulation of the universe to date . A principal purpose of the Bolshoi simulation is to compute and model the revolution of dark matter halos. ... The Bolshoi supercomputer simulation, the most accurate and detailed large cosmological simulation run to date, gives physicists and astronomers a powerful new tool for understanding such cosmic mysteries as galaxy formation, dark matter, and dark energy. ...

... Archive 2003: . The longitudinal magnetic field of the young star of T Taurus (150 + 40G) an order of magnitude weaker than expected has been first measured at the 6m telescope. It is shown that the magnetic field does not play an important part in the formation of jets and to explain them, magnetic fields of accretion disks should be involved. ... Archive of scientific results "Galaxy" . ... Last update: 26/12/2008 ...

... Anticipated Radiation Effects . ... Various radiation effects can be anticipated, based on similarities to other CMOS devices. ... Total dose radiation effects in CMOS devices can be divided into two broad classes: charge trapping and interface state generation. ... When interface states are located in a depletion region, they act as sources of dark current. Increased dark current is expected to be the dominant radiation effect in active pixel sensors, leading to increased shot noise. ...

... N. Kardashev and M. Popov informed the participants on the current IOC results. ... Kovalev). ... Agenda of the RadioAstron teleconference November 16, 2011 Corrections to the Agenda 1 2 3 4 5 6 IOC status and results Single Dish observation with RA VLBA observations to find best fringe search candidates Fringe search plan Early science program plan Tracking stations outside Russia N.Kardashev N. Kardashev / M.Popov V. Kostenko E.Fomalont M.Popov Y.Y. Kovalev / M.Popov /A.Alakoz ...

... We have calculated the binary coalescence rate with time using the ``Scenario Machine'' code, which allows us to simulate evolution of large ensembles of binary stars in an artificial galaxy using a Monte Carlo method (see Lipunov 1992, Lipunov et al 1994, 1995 and references therein). ... The source evolution in a galaxy with given star formation rate is thus calculated as , where is the redshift at the turn-on of star formation, which is the second important parameter of the model. ...

Astronomical Society of the Pacific Announces its 2010 Award Winners in Astronomy Research and Education . The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) today announces the winners of its 2010 awards for excellence in astronomy research and education. ... The 2010 winner of the award is the Spitzer Space Telescope Team . ... This year's Klumpke-Roberts Award for outstanding contributions to the public understanding and appreciation of astronomy honors Marcia Bartusiak . ...

TOWARDS SUPERSENSITIVE BOLOMETERS AND ELECTRON COOLERS BASED ON CARBON NANOTUBES M.TARASOV, J.SVENSSON, S.DITTMER, L.KUZMIN, AND E.CAMPBELL Chalmers University of Technology, GЖteborg SE 41294, Sweden E-mail: Mikhail.tarasov@mc2.chalmers.se Carbon nanotubes (CNT) are being intensively developed for novel electronics. Electron cooling by superconductor-insulator-nanotube (SIN) tunnel junctions could be extremely effective due to the small volume of the CNT. ...

... This year SSAU provides 1429 state-funded places for admission in all kinds and directions of educational programs. ... In addition, SSAU Admission Committee notes the substantial increase in interest from the foreign applicants this year. The number of applications from foreign countries has already surpassed last year's totals - 76 applications. Based on the experience of admission campaigns of previous years, SSAU expects summer 2014 to enrol about 150 foreign students in the university. ...

... Survey processing . ... ESO - Public Surveys . ... 21/12/2009 Release of Science Verification Data . ... 11/12/2009 Press release about VISTA (Text, Images and Videos) . The ESO press release is at www.eso.org/public/outreach/press-rel/pr-2009/pr-49-09.html . ... 10/12/2009 15:00+ Ownerhsip of VISTA accepted by ESO from STFC (UK Goverenment representative) . ... 15/10/2009 Science Verification period started (see 21/12/9 for release) . ... 17/04/2008 Press releases om M1 from ESO , STFC and QMUL . ...