Computer Ephemeris. Lunar orbital data. Explanations. ... mean longitude of the Moon (degrees) . ... mean longitude of lunar node (degrees) . inclination of mean lunar equator to real equator of the Earth (degrees) . angular distance from ascending node of mean lunar equator on real equator of the Earth to ascending node of mean lunar equator on ecliptic (degrees) . angular distance from real equinox to ascending node of mean lunar equator on real equator of the Earth (degrees). ...

The coordinates, diameters, altitudes and morphological features of all the craters of Mars exceeding 10 km in diameter, totaling 19 308, are compiled. ... The catalogue is intended for use by investigators of Mars, students, in comparative planetology and in the selection of craters for naming. ... 1 one terrace . 2 many terraces . ... 6 many hills and one ridge . 7 one hill and many ridges . ... 1 one crater . 2 many craters . ... Sample craters of different morphological categories . ...

polimodel -- Produce model linear polarization and position angle images . ... Whether to apply random errors to output polarization and position angle values. seed = "" [integer] . ... This task produces a model linear polarization image and corresponding position angle image from an input image assumed to represent intensity (Stokes I parameter). ... A threshold for the input image can be defined such that polarization and position angle are not computed for input values less than this threshold. ...

M obile A stronomical Sy stem of TE lescope- R obots MASTER-II Kislovodsk Lomonosov Moscow State University, Sternberg Astronomical Institute , Moscow Union "Optic" , Kislovodsk Solar Station Latitude = 43 o љ44'.767љN; Longitude = 42 o љ31'.417љE; Altitude = 2067љm MASTERљIIљ(8љsquareљdegress) + MASTERљVWF(VeryљWideљFieldљCameras (FOV=800 square degrees, Timeљresolutionљupљtoљ150љms, with unfiltered m_lim=14m on 5 sec. exposure, and ~10.5m with 0.15 sec) . ... 11h 38m 38.0s , -09d 59m 59s) . ...

The most massive black holes in the nearby Universe seem to largely be hosted by massive central cluster galaxies. The ultra-massive black hole in NGC 1277, reported by van den Bosch et al. based on a stellar kinematic measurement, is an extreme outlier in this respect. NGC 1277 is not a central cluster galaxy, but a lenticular galaxy in the Perseus Cluster, at a distance of about 3.8 from the central cluster galaxy. ...

From Herschel's catalog, the first accurate stellar parallax measurement of 0.32 seconds of arc for the star 61 Cygni was published by the F.W. Bessel in 1838. ... This distance is equivalent to 3.26 light years. ... The Universe was now a large place and the intrinsic energy output of the stars had to be huge in order that their light could reach us. ... An Orbit in Curved Space This is a prediction made by General Relativity and confirmed by direct observation of Mercury. ...

... Spherical aberration, coma, and astigmatism are also easily observed using the star test. ... Off-axis images are complex. ... Fig. ... Diffraction by a circular aperture as a function of defocus for no aberration Airy Disk 1 wave defocus Less than 1 wave defocus Fig. ... Diffraction by a circular aperture as a function of defocus for third-order spherical aberration Paraxial Focus Small distance inside paraxial focus Moderate distance from marginal focus Immediate neighborhood of marginal focus Fig...

Solving of the ACH Problem in the Project "Interplanetary Solar Stereoscopic Observatory" . ... Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia Abstract: . ... Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI), Near Earth Objects (NEOs), Project "Interplanetary Solar Stereoscopic Observatory", ACH Problem, NEO-observation errors, accuracy of the distance to an asteroid, revolution period, maximal distance of the NEO, synchronous on-board long-focus astrograph observation, 3D-vector of the NEO's position. ...

Measurement of Sky Brightness at the Iranian National Observatory Davoud Afshari1 and Sadollah Nasiri1,2 1Physics Department, Zanjan University, Zanjan 45195-313, Iran; Institute for Advanced studies in Basic Science (IASBS), Zanjan 45195-1159, Iran; Measurement of light pollution 2 Introduction Among 34 candidate sites at the central part of the country, 5 sites namely Garkesh (in Kashan ), Kolahbarfi(in Kashan ), Deynava (in ... One of these is light pollution. ...

Clouds of gas between spiral arms . ... In the region of galactic longitudes 60 - 74 degree, latitudes +-15 degree and distances from centres of Galaxy 11 - 12 kpc 81 HI clouds are found and their parameters (figure 1) are measured. ... Average concentration of gas within clouds is 0.15 -3 cm. The life time of the clouds with such concentration between spiral arms permits to evaluate the velocity of ionization and to choose model of heating interstellar matter satisfying to these data. ...

The AstroGuide . ... AstroGuide | ... AstroGuide Listing . Login . See many more Astronomy Listings by: Category or Alphabet . The Amateur Astronomers of Central Iowa is a small nonprofit amateur astronomy club located near Marshalltown in Central Iowa. ... Listed Since February 14, 1999 . ... Unless otherwise specified, web site content Copyright 1994-2016 John Huggins All Rights Reserved . dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . are trademarks of John Huggins ...

Physical limit to variability timescale 1 1 2 The central engine can change its state in a time Rg /c Rg ­ Schwarzschild radius The faster blob catches up with the slower one at the distance Lin Lsh = c 2 2 Lin 1 v2 - v1 L in ~ R g 2 1 L sh The minimum apparent duration of the light burst (at = 0): Lsh Rg 2 2 c c Geometrical implications Instantaneous and synchronous (in the lab frame) release of energy by the sho ck results in ...

... This document and the attached postscript figure document an analysis that I did to determine the optimum midpoint and required ranges for both the rotator and azimuth for the 2.5 M telescope. ... I simulate a series of drift scans on the sky for tracks that cover the northern survey area. These tracks cover the range in survey latitude of -60 to +60 degrees, spaced by 10 degrees. ... Along each track the azimuth, elevation, and position angle of the CCD is computed at 1 minute intervals. ...

... Average distance to central body in in astr. mln. units km 1,6·10 9 . ... Max. m agn. from Earth **) -26,8 m m m Body , planet Sun Mercury Venus Earth Moon Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Mass 10 24 kg Albedo 2,5·10 11 8·10 10 1989000 0,3302 4,8690 5,9742 0,0735 0,6419 1899,8 568,50 86,625 102,78 0,387 0,723 1, 000 0,00257 1,524 5,204 9,584 19,191 30,071 57,9 108,2 149,6 0,38440 227,9 778 ,6 1433,7 2871,0 4498,6 0,241 0,615 1, 000 0,0748 1,880 11,862 29,458 84,015 164, ...

Next: Carbon stars Up: OTHER HYDROGEN-DEFICIENT STARS Previous: Extreme helium stars and . V348sgr may be more closely related to about twenty hydrogen-deficient central stars of planetary nebulae which have similar carbon abundances ( ) and strong emission line spectra ([ Leuenhagen et al. 1995 ], [ Leuenhagen & Hamann 1997 ]). ... Hydrogen-deficient and carbon-rich knots are seen in the inner nebulae of at least two objects (Abell 30 and Abell 78). ...

... Byte-by-byte Description of files: star -S1.txt , star -S2.txt, star -S3.txt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bytes Format Units Label Explanations 1- 4 I4 --- YYYY Year of the date 6- 7 I2 --- MM Month of the date 9- 10 I2 d DD Day of the date 13- 14 I2 h h Hour of the day 18- 24 F7,2 d JD* Julian day of the date , JD*=JD-2450000.5 28- 31 F4.1 degrees M-S Apparent distance between ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Armagh Planetarium . ... Moon . ... Space Flight . ... One of the best-known lunar craters, Tycho is not especially large at some 85 km across. ... Bright and with prominent rays of material radiating from it, Tycho is a young crater; there has been little time for the slow and steady rain of micrometeorites to erode it. ... NASAтАЩs LRO recently took this evocative image of the steep slopes of TychoтАЩs central peak illuminated by the morning Sun. ...

... eregionanalyse imageset=emosimage.ds srcexp="(DETX,DETY) in CIRCLE(639,-769,1200)" . backexp="(DETX,DETY) in CIRCLE(11400,-700,1200)" . This will set the parameters, xcentroid and ycentroid , to be the centre of the counts distribution within the source box; the optimum radius from the source and background count distribution and the number of counts in the source box. ...

The Calendar of Bloody A.tecs. Living in Central Mexico from the XII century to the being of the XVI century warlike A.tecs devoted much time to sciences including astronomy. For needs of agriculture A.tecs, using the knowledge received from the forecomers, developed the exact calendar system. 52 years of the moon-and-the sun cycle formed the basis of it (something like our conception of "a century"). ... A.tecs year was divided into 18 months with 20 days each. ... Mesopotamian astronomy. ...