... Iowa Robotic Telescope | ... Talon is based on OCAAS, a software suite developed by software engineer Elwood Downey ( Clear Sky Institute ) for use at the University of Iowa ?s first remote facility (the ATF, or Automated Telescope Facility). ... XObservatory : Telescope Control Interface . ... This program calls upon and coordinates much of the interrelated portions of the Talon architecture, and forms the primary control panel for the telescope, dome, and peripheral systems when used locally. ...

... Pluto's orbit is also highly inclined -- tilted 17 degrees to the orbital plane of the other planets. ... Ground-based observations indicate that Pluto's surface is covered with methane ice and that there is a thin atmosphere that might freeze and fall to the surface as the planet moves away from the Sun. ... This is the first image-based surface map of the solar system's most remote planet, Pluto. ... This is the first surface map of Charon, the moon of the solar system's most remote planet, Pluto....

... Therefore, the observatory supports educational events, occured in the SAO, including astronomical and astrophysical schools, lectures and excursions at the SAO's telescopes. ... Thursday 9-00 Breakfast 9-30 Opening of the School and Astronomical Olimpiad 10-15 Photo of particapants (near the SAO entrance) 10-30 Lecture about Specail Astrophysical observatory. Chentsov E.L. 13-30 Lunch 14-00 Excursion to historical places of Nizhnij Arkhyz 18-00 Dinner 19-00 Acquaintance evening. ...

RECREATIONAL TELESCOPES . ... ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPES . ... The first line of LOMO® amateur telescopes 60 – 80 mm in diameter was produced in 1938. Now, under the ASTELE™ name, LOMO PLC and LOMO America are glad to offer you a new line of recreational astronomical telescopes ranging from 70 to 254mm in diameter, and a new line of spotting scopes from 30 to 95mm in diameter. ... Our line of recreational telescopes consists of several groups of scopes based on their optical parameters. ...

... LINKS . ... Contacting and discussing with people sharing your interests, participating in night sky observations with telescopes as well as a large choice of astronomical books, magazines and video-tapes out of our club library. Borrowing of astronomical observation equipment ( telescope, binoculars a.s.o. ) possible after 1 year of membership. ... What does a telescope cost ? ... Therefore a dark site for observing is at least as important for deep sky observation as the diameter of your scope. ...

... Posts tagged ?WorldWide Telescope? ... One of those rabbits is hunting online lectures useful for everyone. Prof. Feynman?s lectures have great reputations but they have been hard to come by. ... Thanks to Bill Gates and Microsoft Research , although it is a belated news, I?m very delighted to say ?Feynman lectures are online.? ... Tags: Feynman , Feynman lecture , Microsoft Research , online , Silver Light , WorldWide Telescope . ... 1 Comment . ... Entries RSS . Comments RSS . ...

... 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 . ...

... Fall 2005 . Fall 2004 . Winter 2005 . Spring 2005 . Summer 2005 . Fall 2003 . Winter 2004 . Spring 2004 . Summer 2004 . Fall 2002 . Winter 2003 . Spring 2003 . Summer 2003 . ... The Swift gamma-ray burst explorer was launched on Nov. 20, 2004 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. ... A number of models describing exotic forms of matter, generically referred to as dark energy (not to be confused with dark matter), have been proposed to explain this acceleration. ...

Experiment COLD . ... JSEC Astronomy . ... The entire project was called "Experiment Cold". ... The best radiometer (in terms of fluctuation sensitivity) known to us, based on a parametric amplifier with a closed-cycle helium cooling system, was used in the experiment; measures were taken to "cool" the radio telescope itself; and a method of controlling the numerous sources of interference was carefully thought out. ...

General Information . ... The conference is organized by the Sternberg Astronomical Institute (SAI) of Moscow University and the IAU Working group "Site-testing Instruments" . ... Use of site data in telescope operation and adaptive optics. ... Recent conferences on this subject (2007, 2008) demonstrated great interest of the community, hence the need for a new meeting. ... Unlike previous recent conferences, this meeting will cover all aspects of site monitoring for optical/IR astronomy. ...

. THE MOON: . Most of this images taken with 180/2800mm homemade RC telescope + SBIG ST6 CCD camera . And partial lunar eclipse . at 05 Jul 2001 . (our small photogallery) . Do you know lunar nomenclature? And maybe you want to learn them? Then look here ... HOME (Eng) | HOME (Rus)

Preliminary results of astroclimate parameters measurements at the Sternberg 2.5m telescope installation site V.Kornilov, N.Shatsky, S.Potanin, O.Voziakova, B.Safonov Moscow, 2008 Acknowledgements A.Belinskiy M.Kornilov A.Tokovinin M.Kuznetsov P.Kortunov E.Gorbovskoy SAI administration some SAI students Pulkovo solar station (KHSS) staff RFBR support MAVEG Gmbh Why to study optical turbulence and some other relevant ... Mean seeing by DIMM data for this night is 1''5. ...

Электронная библиотека астронома-любителя. ... библиотека . архив RSN . ... Ru.Space.News: . Февраль 1998 . ... Дата: 10 февраля 1998 (1998-02-10) От: Alexander Bondugin Тема: NASA Says Lunar Ice Rumors Wrong Привет всем! ... Дата: 10 февраля 1998 (1998-02-10) От: Alexander Bondugin Тема: Lectures at JPL on Near-Earth Asteroids Привет всем! ... Дата: 10 февраля 1998 (1998-02-10) От: Alexander Bondugin Тема: Images Of Mars '98 Landing Zone Reveal Strange New Terrain Привет всем! ...

... 9a. Earth orbits Sun? . ... 10a. Scale of Solar Sys. ... If the mean distance of Earth from the Sun is 1 AU ("Astronomical Unit"), then that of Venus is 0.723 AU, of Mercury 0.387 AU and that of Mars is 1.524 AU. ... By noting (1) where on the Sun's disk is the crossing seen, (2) timing its duration at two far-apart points on Earth, and (3) comparing the times, one can calculate the distance to Venus and from it the scale of the solar system. ... One occurred in 1639--too early. ...

... Norm Oberle being reflected by one of his . ... The 31" mirror at the . ... It was through Norm's classes that I made my own two telescope mirrors described elsewhere on this site. ... Soon he made his first first telescope. ... Norm was one of the charter members and organizers of Cuyahoga Astronomy Club and its first president. ... In 1968, Norm formed the LEAP Project (Lake Erie Astronomical Project) partially an out growth of the telescope making class and astronomy meetings at the planetarium. ...

... 2015 - 2016 . ... Eugene Higgins Professor of Astrophysics, Princeton University . ... December 8, 2015 . ... November 10, 2015 . ... University of the Sciences in Philadelphia author . ... Amateur Astronomer . ... 2014 - 2015 . ... June 9, 2015 . ... Digital Planetarium and the 2012 Transit of Venus from Hawaii . 2013 - 2014 . ... International Occultation Timing Association . ... 2012 - 2013 . ... 2011 - 2012 . ... Princeton University . ... Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton, Inc., ...

We present the results of our observations of the white-light corona in polarized light performed at Criciuma eclipse, Brazil. During the observation of 3.11.94 we have made five couple of pictures of the solar corona in polarization light. ... Koutchmy S., Molodensky M., Starkova L., Ershov A., Matsuura O .: ... Molodensky M., Starkova L., Koutchmy S., Ershov A .: ... Koutchmy S., Molodensky M.M., Starkova L.I . ... Koutchmy S., Molodensky M.M., Starkova L.I. Koutvitsky V. and Ershov A . ...

Общая Астрономическая Конференция > Товары для астрономов > Полезное для астрономии . Журнал Sky&Telescope в pdf формате . ... Поиск . ... Выкладываю журнал Sky&Telescope в pdf формате. ... Посмотреть профиль . ... По просьбе трудящихся выложил с Января по Май 2009г. включительно сканы журнала Sky&Telescope . ... В первом журнал Astronomy, второе - SKY&Telescope . ... Вот нашел мартовский, апрельский и майские полные номера Sky&Telescope. посмотреть . ... Вот весь Sky&Telescope за 2010 год . ...

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Next: EPIC Related CCF Components Up: XAreaEf Previous: Generation from Ground Calibration Contents . It is not foreseen to perform absolute in-orbit effective area measurements. ... Also, contamination effect if any during launch and telescope tube outgazing phase could induce CK and OK absorption edges as well as a modification of the mirror reflectivity close to the Au M absorption edges. Such effect were not detected in the spectra of lineless BL LAC objects. ...