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... NGC 5189: An Unusually Complex Planetary Nebula . ... Credit Copyright: NASA , ESA , Hubble Heritage Team ( STScI / AURA ) Explanation: Why is this nebula so complex? When a star like our Sun is dying, it will cast off its outer layers, usually into a simple overall shape. ... In the case of planetary nebula NGC 5189 , however, no such simple structure has emerged. ... Publications with keywords: planetary nebula . Publications with words: planetary nebula . ... Planetary Nebula PK 164 31 . ...

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Date: 10/26/2014 Time:06:02 Moon Age: 2.4 Available Observing Hours: 12.2 Observer: Instrument: Operator: Cage: Lebofsky and Crawfor 90PrimeOne Trueblood PF hours lost to: weather: 0.0 telescope: 0.0 instrument: 0.0 computer: 0.0 Time Temp Humidity Wind Vel. Wind Dir. Seeing Open 01:10 17.7 64 N/A N/A 1.0" Close 12:50 15.6 74 N/A N/A 1.3" _________________ Description ______________________ Seeing often 1.1". N/A above is due to Weatherhawk's being down. Able to observe 10 objects.

. annotation of talk . Dr. V.N. Lukash (Astro Space Centre of Lebedev Physics Institute) . Dark energy's action on formation of the large scale structure in the Universe . The focus of this talk is on the dark energy problem. We show that generation of the large scale structure in the Universe proceeds in the period from 1 to 20 Gyrs. Dark energy affects the structure formation dramatically and can be measured "weighting" the structure in time.

... It satisfies the set of WDVV (associativity) equations in canonical variables. The geometric/integrable content of corrections in 1/N is an important, still unresolved, problem. The only way to construct systematically these corrections is to solve the set of loop equations. We find the subleading correction (the torus approximation) and discuss its possible singularities of the answer in the set of new parameters S_i. ...

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Databases (NSDC) of the Natural Planetary Satellites. ... NSDC: Database of astrometric observations of Natural Planetary Satellites . ... They are thoroughly looking for observations in different sources, creating their owndatabases which are then mostly inaccessible to other researchers. ... In the file "content" with explications, the reference is given to the data source as well as the bibliographic reference. ... Data sources. ... Why a specific bibliographic database for Natural satellites? ...

... Observing Control at the UKIRT A. Bridger and G. Wright Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, United Kingdom F. Economou Joint Astronomy Centre, 660 North Aohoku Place, University Park, Hilo, HI 96720 Abstract. ... Using an o#­line preparation system to create these has significantly improved observing e#ciency, as also has the automatic, on­line data reduction system in use by one of the main instruments. ... The Observation Sequencer. ... Observing Control at the UKIRT 295 3.3. ...

... Main mirror assembly consists of: . mirror cell structure . ... relief mechanisms . ... central bed Main mirror is fixed in the mirror cell in axial direction by three rigid supports. ... The butt relief of main mirror is implemented according to Lassel and involves 18 relief mechanisms, three of which are replaced by rigid fixing supports after the adjustment. The side relief is similar with the relief mechanisms working in both directions since mounting points are glued to the mirror. ...

... The space and temporary structure functions of pathlength through the troposphere constructed on the base of turbulence theory are considered. These structure functions include two main domains: the power law of 5/3 (three-dimension turbulence, small scales) and the power law of 2/3 (two-dimension turbulence, large scales). ... There were found the distribution functions of the power law index, the structure coefficient, the velccity of irregularity transfer-ence and others. ...

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... This applet generates an observing list based on an observer's location and time. ... To use this program, enter in your location, and the local times at which you wish to begin and end observing. The date you enter should correspond to the calendar day at the time at which you begin observing. For example, if you wish to observe from 9:37 PM October 23, 2007 until 3:21 AM October 24, 2007, you would enter 21:37 for the starting time, 03:21 for the finish time, and 10/23/2007 for the date. ...

Next: Model of clusters Up: paper2 Previous: paper2 . ... It allows estimating different microphysical properties of scatterers (size, complex refractive index, shape, etc.) from measured characteristics of the scattered radiation. ... The complexity of the direct problem depends on its input parameters characterizing the shape, size and structure of the scattering particle. ... Next: Model of clusters Up: paper2 Previous: paper2 root 2003-04-11 ...

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. F IGURE . 6. Reconstruction of the distribution of Z for four groups of stars at the Solar Galactocentric distance within a column with a 80 pc 2 square base. See the caption for Fig.2 for a description of the plots for the four groups (a-d). The solid curve and Z 0 values have the same meaning as in Fig.5c . discussion in the text | previous figure .

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... The words are numbered according to the reference mentioned above. ... 59 WORD wSecond ; // 0 .. 59 satellite tracking start time (GMT) float fStep ; // reserved WORD wMass ; // reserved BYTE reserved [12] ; // reserved WORD wExtraBytes ; // reserved } TRAJECTORYHEADER ; NOTE: the satellite tracking start time is a hardware operating start time to follow satellite. typedef struct { // ephemeris at satellite tracking start time double time ; // Epoch time (yyddd.ddddddddd)...

RELATIVE SUNSPOT NUMBERS Description of Data from SGD Explanation of Data Reports: Relative Sunspot Numbers -- The relative sunspot number is an index of the activity of the entire visible disk of the Sun. ... The provisional daily Zurich relative sunspot numbers, Rz, were based upon observations made at Zurich and its two branch stations in Arosa and Locarno and communicated by M. Waldmeier of the Swiss Federal Observatory. ... This indicates the uncertainty above and below the predicted number. ...