... Bad Astronomy . ... I think I will break from my usual format of Bad Astronomy/ Good Astronomy by saying that the way we define seasons currently is not strictly bad, but I feel (in my opinion!) that it could be better. The definition of when the seasons begin is at the moment of solstice or equinox; that is, winter (in the north) starts on December 22 nd and summer starts on June 22 nd . ... Now imagine breaking up the Sun's 46 degree up-and-down yearly swing into 1 day intervals. ...

L1 Simulation Upgrade December 6th, 2004 BaBar Collaboration Meeting SLAC Eric Torrence University of Oregon Eric Torrence 1/15 December 2004 Phase 0 (Now) DchDigis EmcDigis EmtSim trgDC L1Accept This IS the current SP6 (14.4.X) Base simulation code unchanged, but interface elements are updated (Digis, TsfLUT) Remaining changes are inside black blob Eric Torrence 2/15 December ... Done · L1DZpdTrackDigi - cellLocation and cellPhi are not currently being simulated. ...

... Exposure Time Calculator (ETC) . Survey processing . ... VISTA is a 4-m class wide field survey telescope for the southern hemisphere, equipped with a near infrared camera (1.65 degree diameter field of view at VISTA's nominal pixel size) containing 67 million pixels of mean size 0.34 arcsec and available broad band filters at Z,Y,J,H,K s and a narrow band filter at 1.18 micron. A wide field visible camera, if constructed, could also be used on VISTA. ... Tile . ... ESO VISTA Public Surveys . ...

... Copyrightї1997 Bob Yen (byen@ix.netcom.com) (http://www.comet-track.com/hb/hb.html) . ... Information on Comet Hale-Bopp for the Non-Astronomer Hale-Bopp rotates about twice a day (3/14/97) . ... The Comet Observation Home Page was been selected to receive the Griffith Observatory Star Award for the week of February 2 - 8, 1997 for excellence in promoting astronomy to the public through the World Wide Web. ... Typically, about 1,000 individual users/computers access this page every day. ...

VSOP: The VLBI Space Observatory Programme . Released data. VSOP Survey Publications . ... The VSOP Survey Data Reduction Handbook. ... Data reduction in Difmap in postscript (447 kb) or gzipped postscript (77 kb). ... Template Checklist and Worksheet for reduction and analysis of Survey data. ... Changes to Difmap for VSOP data analysis. ... Difmap macros needed for the processing of survey data. ... VSOP Survey Working Group Data Reduction Meeting , July 10, 12, 13 1999 . ...

... Above (top) is Hubble's detailed view of the dark cosmic dust cloud, released to celebrate the 11th anniversary of the workhorse orbiting observatory. Space Laser Creates Artificial Star . ... Bright star fluctuations can indicate how the Earth's atmosphere is changing, but many times no bright star exists in the direction where atmospheric information is needed. NGC 2264: Stars, Dust, and Gas . ... The nebula surrounding bright star S Mon is filled with dark dust and glowing gas. ...

АНОНС НАУЧНЫХ КОНФЕРЕНЦИЙ 1998-99 гг. ... An AAS Electronic Announcement Dear Colleague: NASA has approved development of a Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) for installation in the HST on the 2002 Servicing Mission. A Scientific Oversight Committee (SOC) is being established to ensure that the broad interests of the scientific community are represented in the development of WFC3. The primary task of the SOC will be to advise the HST Project and STScI in all areas of scientific performance of WFC3. ...

... News ] . Satellite data ] . SMIS ] . ... New system for operational data processing has been launched on the "Russia's Fires" server (National Forest Fire Center) . ... 31/12/1998 . ... New Data processing examples . ... New SMIS publications . ... Operational Archive of RESURS Data (New Version). ... New cloudiness maps. ... New data from GOMS satellite. ... SMIS supported organizations (New list) . ... Whole Russia cloudiness Map" : SMIS IKI RAN - ISZF SO RAN joint programm begun. ...

... List of Russian INTEGRAL publications ( in Russian ) . ... INTEGRAL (in Russian) RSDC ISGRI Catalog . ... LANL / ARXIV / ITEPh astrophysics preprints . ... HEA : IKI High Energy Astrophysics Department . CfA : CfA High Energy Astrophysics Division . ... 2000 Mar 29-Apr 8 (Les Diablerets): Observing with INTEGRAL .. ... 2000 May 29-June 3 (Moscow): JENAM-2000 (Mar 15) . ... 2000 Sep 4-8 (Alicante): 4th INTEGRAL Workshop (Mar 15) . ... E-mail: sergei@hea.iki.rssi.ru . ...

... To get access to the software you must be registered at the ASC RadioAstron Server "ra.asc.rssi.ru" ------------------------------------------------------ IMPORTANT: At present the software "FAKERAT" runs only under 32 bit Linux workstation in X windows with C shell script. ... All procedure runs under C shell. ... Copy all files from the given directory to your computer. ... Then, copy txt-file representing the current version of orbit to the "orbit" subdirectory located in "fakerat_07041020". ...

... Field of research: Extragalactic astronomy. ... NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) Abstract Service . ... CADC Home Page . ... CCD Images of Galaxies . ... RUSSIAN LINKS . ... UA Astronomy Personal Home Page - Bill Keel . ... The Shape of the Rotation Curves of Edge-on Galaxies, by A.V.Zasov and A.V.Khoperskov, 2003. ... A Thickness of Stellar Discs, by A.V.Zasov, and D.V.Bizyaev, 2003 . Minimum Velocity Dispersion in Stable Stellar Disks, by A.V.Khoperskov, A.V.Zasov, and N.V.Tyurina, 2003 . ...

... Пиджак Selected One Creed Moдель: 16046564 One SHCreed Blazer IСостав: 60% полиэстер 30% шерсть 10% другие волокна Модель: 27955519 . ... Пиджаки . ... Артикул: 93-DE-ZU-13 Цвет: металл Состав: нержавеющая сталь, стекло Описание: практичная и удобная сахарница с ложечкой будет незаменимым аксессуаром при любым семейном чаепитии. ... Кеды Woden Kasper Moдель: Kasper Low 14192 Модель: 2633504 . ...

... CBET now has an M31 novae page , M33 novae page , and an M81 novae page . ... Also, see W. Pietsch's M31 (apparent) optical nova catalogue , M33 novae catalog , and M81 novae catalog Please note that I do not keep track of galactic novae . Nova M81 2016-04a? (= PNV J09560598+6900401 ), ATEL 8904 discovered 2016/04/02.876 by Kamil Hornoch and H. Kucakova . ... Nova M31 2016-03a? (= PNV J00421695+4059098 ), CBAT TOCP discovered 2016/03/01.721 by unknown . ... other extragalactic Novae from 2016 . ...

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NOTE: The storm sudden commencement data file was updated on 18 Feb 1998. o Revised data for 1968-1975 were taken from IAGA Bulletin No. ... Indices aa and storm sudden commencements"; see also IAGA Bulletin 39: " Supplementary Geomagnetic Data 1957-1975", including a new list of ssc's 1968-1975). ... From the monthly reports of Rapid Variations prepared by 43 magnetic observatories (see list page 121), a combined list of all events is compiled. ...

Электронная библиотека астронома-любителя. ... библиотека . архив RSN . ... Ru.Space.News: . Февраль 1998 . ... 30 - 98 PEGASUS/SNOE LAUNCH FROM VANDENBERG POSTPONED Senior launch managers from NASA, Orbital Sciences Corporation and the U.S Air Force met today and decided to reschedule the launch of the Student Nitric Oxide Explorer (SNOE) spacecraft. ... During conjunction, the sun passes between Earth and the spacecraft and only radio science data is collected during this flyby. ...

This is a new popup window - close it when you are done . ... A replacement focuser(below) for the Schupman is almost ready for installation. ... Could be installed and tested soon. UPDATE: The new focuser has been installed and works fine. This focuser is capable of both MANUAL MOTOR DRIVEN operation. Please be careful when changing the mode of operation. Better yet,,,leave it in motor driven operation. ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

... SESDA Program Manager . ... Received Bachelors in Science degrees in Physics and in Mathematics from the University of Texas at Austin, and Masters in Science and Doctorate in Physics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. ... In 2000 joined Science Systems and Applications, Inc. as Deputy Program Manager for the Space and Earth Sciences Data Analysis contract, leading over 330 professionals providing space and Earth sciences, engineering and IT services to GSFC. ... 73 , 514, 1994. ...

... Астрософт (Модератор: tlgleonid ) > . Celestia или как там ее . ... Right drag: orbit the selected object . ... Ctrl + Left drag: adjust distance to selection . Shift + Left drag: change field of view (e.g. => telescopic view) . Wheel (middle button) click: toggle field of view between 45 degrees . ... Chase selected object (orientation is based on selection's velocity) . T : Track selected object (keep selected object centered in view) . ... Ctrl+P : Mark selected object . ...

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE . about Progress M-CO1 Vehicle Launch to the ISS . ... The Docking Compartment #1 (DC1) was developed and manufactured at S.P. Korolev RSC Energia, ISS RS prime developer in Russia, and is intended to provide a complementary docking port for Soyuz- and Progress-type manned and logistics vehicles, and support cosmonauts and astronauts egress into space from the Russian Segment of the Space Station. ... Official WEB-site of S.P.Korolev RSC Energia . ...