... The Science Operation Department is composed of Astronomers, Telescope Instruments Operators(TIOs) and Data Handling Administrators(DHAs). ... Astronomers have proposed several methods to quantitatively measure the amount of turbulence above the telescope, which the most common ones is Differential Image Motion Monitor (DIMM). In optical testing, the Hartmann test is the common method to test the quality of optical components. ... Hartmann mask consists of 48 lenses. ...

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... Radiation left over from the hot Big Bang which has cooled by expansion to a temperature slightly less than 3 degrees above absolute zero. cosmological constant : a term in Einstein's general relativity equations that leads to an acceleration of the expansion of the Universe. ... Its only interactions are gravitational. density : the amount of matter in a volume divided by the volume, so the units are grams per cubic centimeter. ... One erg is the kinetic energy of a 2 gram mass moving at one cm/sec...

Astronomical Data Center . ... You can access the files described here in three ways: . ... Use CDS' VizieR Service at ADC to explore the data files. ... Get the data files via anonymous FTP. ... 1981) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Byte-per-byte Description of file : table1a Byte-per-byte Description of file : table1b -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bytes Format Units Label Explanations ...

... ARTICLE: The Adventurous Search For The Astronomical Unit . ... Kepler himself had suggested to use the rare occasions of Venus transiting (crossing) the solar disk to measure our distance to the planet. ... Due to the orbital inclination of Venus against the ecliptic of 3.5°, a Venus transit is so rare that it happens only at intervals of 121.5 years, 8 years, 105.5 years, 8 years and so on. ... Crabtree witnessing the transit of Venus 1639 . ... Transits of Venus - The Quest for the Solar Parallax...

Astronomy Department was found in Kyiv University in 1834 together with other twelve departments of the Faculty of Philosophy. ... At that time V.Struve was a World famous astronom, and helped V.Fedorov in creation of Kyiv University Astronomical Observatory. ... M.Khandrikov successfuly modernized the Observatory. ... Researches of the history of Kyiv Observatory say about an important contribution into development of orbits theory made by the famous Kyiv astronoms I.Illinsky and I.Putilin. ...

... Astronomy search engine . ... PhysicsWeb Home Page . ... Sternberg Astronomical Institute . ... Astro Space Center Home Page . ... Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics . ... Astronomy and Space Physics Dept of Kiev University . ... NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY Home Page . University of Hawaii - Institute for Astronomy . ... Space Telescope Science Institute Home Page . ... Sky & Telescope: The Essential Magazine of Astronomy . ... Springer LINK - Physics Online Library . ... Home . ...

... New Mexico State University is seeking a technical and computer-oriented person as a Support Astronomer for nighttime astronomical observing at Apache Point Observatory (APO) with the Astrophysical Research Consortium (ARC) 3.5m Telescope. б  . ... Paper/email documents will not be accepted. ... TELESCOPE OPERATIONS SPECIALIST . ... Responsibilities include nightly operation of the 3.5m telescope and instruments, Quality monitoring the data streams and system performance and observing efficiency. ...

For more information contact: Brewster LaMacchia 781 937 6300 x312 6th Grade at J. G. Whittier Middle School Looking Up at Night! ... The "Star Party," as these events are called in astronomical circles, was organized by amateur astronomer Brewster LaMacchia and 6th grade teacher Robert Estes. They are both part of Project Astro, a national project that links astronomers with educators and students in the fourth through ninth grades. ... 2 Whittier Middle School Star Party ...

... In this paper we show how to form the link, how to include papers which ADS does not currently have, and how to deal with name changes. ... For example the following links to Martha Hazen's bibliography. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi­bin/abs connect?author=hazen,m. &aut syn=YES&nr to return=all This sets the author=last, first initial (author), turns on author synonym replacement (aut syn), and returns all papers in the database (nr to return). ... A completed submission form for ADS ...

... 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. ...

... Hiorter and Celsius note that the polar aurora is accompanied by a disturbance of the magnetic needle. ... Richard Carrington in England observes a violent and rapid eruption near a sunspot; 17 hours later a large magnetic storm begins. ... Using it he observes a solar flare and confirms the connection between flares and magnetic storms. ... Explorer 1, launched by the US January 31, observes the radiation belt; Explorer 3, launched in March, comes up with the first clear evidence for its existence....

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