... Tonight's Sky . ... PHASE т?? ... Supernova showered Earth with radioactive debris . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Swift satellite records early phase of gamma-ray burst . ... United Kingdom astronomers, using a telescope aboard the NASA Swift satellite, have captured information from the early stages of a gamma-ray burst - the most violent and luminous explosions occurring in the universe since the Big Bang. ... Only registered members of Astronomy.com are allowed to comment on this article. ...

... Over the first 4 years, its X-ray telescopes eROSITA and ART-XC will survey the whole sky with a record sensitivity in the 0.5-10 keV energy band. ... The goal of the second international Spectrum-RG conference is to discuss the different scientific topics addressed by the mission, synergies with surveys at other wavelengths, and requirements to follow-up observations.Contributed talks and poster presentations are invited on the topics related to the SRG science goals. ... Active galactic nuclei . ...

... The ARC echelle spectrograph records the entire visible and near-IR spectrum in one exposure on a 2048 x 2048 SITe CCD chip with 24 micron pixels, with a resolution of 30,000. (2.5 pixels) . ... CCD is a SITe TK2048E back illuminated CCD . CCD is a 2048 x 2048 pixel array . ... Field of View: Available slits (Observing Specialist installable): 1.6" x 1.6" , 1.6" x 3.2" (default), 1.6" x 4.7", 0.9" x 0.9" (pinhole) . ... 31.6 grooves/mm, blaze angle b = 63.5 deg (nominal), or tan b = 2 . ...

... An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Phenomena in Complex Systems . ... In this work the approach to recording, storing and associative retrieval of multimedia information is proposed. For this purpose the method for recording and storing the information on the trajectories of the nonlinear dynamic systems is used. Principles of recording, allowing to retrieve the desired record from the database of audio records by an arbitrary piece of the record we are looking for, are proposed. ...

Download Izmccd (~2.7 MB). ... for 1-5 bytes is number of a numbered minor planet, . ... Positions 1-80 file "mpcreportiz.txt" are similar to positions of file "mpcreport.txt". 83-95 – errors of unit weight, . ... If this tag is " 1 0 " , this record contains results of measurements of an image of object (approximation by "PSF"),  . ... 57-66 – error in X (pixels), for first star in a multicentric image, for subsequent it is error in (distance between first star in the image and this), . ...

... Meteorite Boguslavka fall , October 18, 1916. ... By fear of such awful stories we will learn to do good and to keep God's commandments and then we will be blessed" - lamented the scribe as he entered a meteorite fall in Great Novgorod into the Tale of Years. ... The greatest among them were meteorite falls in Great Ustyug (1290), Great Novgorod (1421) and near the village of New Ergy (1662). ... The third and fourth seals show the cloud of stones covering Great Ustyug rocks falling onto the town. ...

RADIOASTROPHYSICAL DEPARTMENT • INSTITUTE OF SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS RAS SB . General information Main characteristics of the Radio telescope Observing programs General view of the antenna array Main research areas Principle of generation of radio images Radio telescope 's beam Receiving systems Main characteristics of the base receiving-recording complex Calibrations Data archive and databases Publication SSRT - Siberian Solar Radio Telescope . ...

... Space flight . ... Space camp . Space Hotel . ... The "Hydrospace" program is a unique complex of engineering facilities and is intended for training cosmonauts for their operations in outer space. ... The Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory includes : . ... A mock-up of the "Orlan-M" EVA-suit; . ... Air- and water supply systems complex; . ... The air- and- water supply systems are intended for provision of EVA- suit, diving equipment and diving decompression chamber with air and water. ...

... Satellite data ] . SMIS ] . The program controls the data acquisition according to the specified schedule of the sessions. ... The calibration of AVHRR instrument data is performed during acquisition . The program can be started in parallel with the satellite pass visualization, that allows the user to monitor a session and store data only relevant to specific regions in manual selection mode. ... Back to SMIS Home Page . ...

... Dorschner J., Friedemann C., and Guertler J. (1978) . Laboratory spectra of phyllosilicates and the interstellar 10-micrometer absorption band. ... Optical constants: . ... Five minerals (phyllosilicates) were considered. ... An Analysis shown that the spectra recorded were due to submicron grains. ...

Instrument . ... Scanning TV-sensor with on-board data recording system for global coverage mode . ... recording, direct transmission . ... IR-radiometer for global coverage and direct data transmission modes . ... The scientific instrument package onboard the Meteor-3 spacecraft provides for regular instant acquisition of images of cloudiness and Earth surface in visible and infra-red bands, data on air temperature and humidity, sea surface temperature and clouds temperature. ...

ATMoB "Messier Marathon Award " Guidelines Purpose: To promote observing among the membership of the Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston through participation in an all-night Messier Marathon. ... For each Messier object observed, check the space in the "Seen" column on the attached Messier Checklist and note the time and method of observation. ... Challenge Levels: Beginner Intermediate Master Observe and record information on 25 Messier objects in the attached worksheet. ...

Russian SHAREABLE DATA CENTER Institute of Solar-Terrestial Physics SB RAS . ... The ionogram catalogue is divided into the data file and the key file. ... The station codes database consists of the data file and two key files. ... This database consists of the data file and the key file. ... The antenna DB consists of two interrelated databases. ... The data file contains the following information: antenna type, antenna name, antenna parameters names, measurement units, and ranges of parameters. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Planets . ... Our Galaxy . ... Stars . ... Posted on March 14, 2012 | 23 Comments How big is the largest known star? ... Continue Reading.. ... Posted on November 10, 2011 | ... 2 Comments Once planets orbiting other stars were unknown as they could not be directly observed. ... 5 Comments Once exoplanets, worlds orbiting other stars, were the stuff of science fiction but now we know of literally hundreds of real alien planets circling other stars. ...

Operating Instructions PEC Utility Tool For use with Meade LX200GPS and RCX400 Telescopes PEC Utility The PEC Utility Tool allows you greater control over the Periodic Error Correction functions of your LX200GPS or RCX400 telescope. ... PEC Utility option is located in the AutoStar Suite telescope menu and is available with the AutoStar Suite Update, on the meade.com website. ... The "Shifting the PEC" now allows you to shift the corrections forwards or backwards to compensate for the time lag. ...

Data Archive . Video-records archive . ... 18.05. 1997 - 26.09. 1997 Data under processing ______________________________________________________________________________ Cassette number 30 _______________________________________________________________________________ Date Start - End (UT) Counter Remarks of daily recording Time of event's recording _______________________________________________________________________________ 26.09 08:17:25-08:19:08 0:00:12 AR; filament 12 ...

... 18941904; Bespalov P.A. Effective saturation of absorption in a plasma magnetospheric maser. In book: Nonlinear Space Plasma Physics, R.Z. Sagdeev -Editor-in-Chief, American Institute of Physics, 1993, p.339-346]. Magnetospheric plasma maser [Bespalov P.A, Trakhtengerts V.Yu., ... In a magnetospheric plasma maser (MPM) the relatively dense magnetised plasma and the conjugate ends of a magnetic trap form a quasioptical resonator for electromagnetic waves. ...

... This file table3 82 660 Observed wavelengths, laboratory values and identifications -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Byte-by-byte Description ... Format Units Label Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1- 3 I3 --- SpOrd Spectrum order 5- 12 F8.3 0.1nm SolLam Wavelength determination of all solar and telluric lines measurable on the ... Note (6): J: Junkes et al., ...

Radio Interferometry Principles . Radio Interferometry Signal Processing . ... A radio interferometer consists of a pair of directional antennas that are tuned to receive radio emissions from a source in a desired RF band. ... The antennas are pointed at the radio source of interest and are set up to receive the signal and process it into a form suitable for transmission to the correlator. ... In connected element interferometry, the digital signal goes directly to the correlator. ...

Электронная библиотека астронома-любителя. ... библиотека . архив RSN . ... Ru.Space.News: . Апрель 1998 . ... The downlink telemetry rate is presently 40 bps except during the Probe Checkout #2 data playback over specially requested 70m passes. Spacecraft Activity Summary: Orbiter: On Friday , 04/03, the third of seven sequenced data playbacks occurred for Huygens Probe Checkout #2. ... On Saturday, 04/04, the fourth data playback occurred for Probe Checkout #2. ...