... 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 . ...

T he Siding Spring Survey (SSS) is a Near-Earth Object search program that utilises the 0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory, N.S.W., Australia. ... The mission of the Siding Spring Survey is to contribute to the inventory of near-earth objects (NEOs), or more specifically, the potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs) and comets (PHOs) that may pose a threat of impact and thus harm to civilization. ... Based on the CSS Mission page . ... Siding Spring Survey Main Page . ...

... Recent Topics . ... Open access submissions and content now available . ... Отправлено: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 07:50:43 +0300 (EEST) Тема: Open access submissions and content now available Planetary and Space Science Welcomes Open Access Submissions @media only screen and (max-device-width: 480px) { } p { margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0em; margin-right: 0em; color: #53565A; } img { display:block; -ms-interpolation-mode:bicubic; } Can't see this email properly? ... MAO NASU . ...

Photon Scattering: Basic Principle of Photon Scattering . Audio Narration is available . No Scattering: Photon Source and Detector . ... For optical photons, scattering goes as wavelength to the -4 power. In the case of blue photons compared to red photons, this means that blue photons are about 10 times more likely to get scattered than red photons. ... Watch the blue photons scatter away from the detector . ... Interstellar dust make stars appear redder than they really are . ...

Winer Observatory P.O. Box 797, Sonoita, Arizona 85637-0797, USA . ... Winer Observatory) was incorporated in 1983 as a 501(c)(3) non-profit public charity to perform basic research in astronomy, provide educational outreach programs, and provide site and maintenance services for small telescopes through cooperative agreements with other astronomical institutions. ... The picture at the top left of this page is of our facility near Sonoita, Arizona, approximately 50 miles southeast of Tucson, Arizona. ...

MATSYM - symbolic matrix processor . ... To use the program you will need a MAT file (liked CIR file: "User manual for CIRSYM program") of your system. ... In first string of MAT file enter any text you want to be the title of your system. ... Starting from string 2 (if is not comments - "*") enter the system element name, incident row and column and, optionally, its value. ... To generate a solution, run MATSYM.exe and enter "system_file_name.CIR" or click on the "ENTER" (in "MAT" case). ...

. Please enter the lightcurve FITS file name: . Lightcurve file: . Please note, the output dates are Barycentric-corrected Julian Dates expressed in Terrestial Time - BJD(TT). A similar FITS-to-ASCII lightcurve converter is available for SuperWASP data. If you have questions, bug reports or suggestions how to improve this service, please fell free to contact the author (Kirill Sokolovsky) via e-mail: kirx[at]scan.sai.msu.ru .

Электронная библиотека астронома-любителя. ... архив RSN . ... Ru.Space.News: . Апрель 1998 . ... Дата: 28 апреля 1998 (1998-04-28) От: Alexander Bondugin Тема: Cassini Update - April 26, 1998 Привет всем! ... The web site also contains some audio files, including a recording of the Mode-S beacon which plays for 20 seconds. ... During the period 1998-Mar-21 to 1998-Apr-15, excellent signals have once again been received from the 145.826 MHz beacon. ... The 435.025 MHz beacon is normally off. ...

SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE IN PATTERN RECOGNITION AND IMAGE ANALYSIS SYSTEMS Development of the Methods and Tools for Mathematically Correct Logic Programming of Internet Agents1 A. A. Morozov and Yu. ... Mokhovaya 11, Moscow, 125009 Russia e-mail: {obukhov, morozov}@mail.cplire.ru Abstract--In this paper, we consider the development of a mathematical apparatus for logic programming of intelligent agents for searching, recognizing, collecting, and analyzing information on the Internet. ...

... For many ATMs, having a good ray trace program on hand is pretty valuable. ... http://www.willbell.com . ... It is a slick Windows package with great graphics, but my most recent machine (Win95 OSR2) now encounters many error messages. ... OSLO LT : This is the freeware Windows version of OSLO - it is limited to 12 surfaces, but is otherwise amazing. ... KDP : This is another powerful, freeware Windows raytrace package. ... ZEMAX : This is yet another powerful, Windows raytrace package. ...

... for Cosmic Ray Observation is situated in Irkutsk (Russia). ... Real-time (preliminary) cosmic ray data in Irkutsk . ... Online Cosmic Ray and Atmospheric Pressure Data Base . ... Real-time data Uncorrected for pressure (Resolution 1 hour - 1 year) -- since 05.2001 . Real-time data Corrected for pressure (Resolution 1 min - 1 year) --- since 09.2001 . Resolution 1 hour - 1 year) --- since 06.2001 . Final data Corrected for pressure (Resolution 1 hour - 1 year) --- From 01.1975 To 07.2004 . ...

The 2dF QSO Redshift Survey (2QZ) . ... Before jumping into all the finer details of teh survey, a brief non-astronomer's guide to redshift surveys is available. ... The primary scientific aims of the QSO survey are: (1) to obtain the primordial fluctuation power spectrum out to COBE scales, (2) to determine the rate of QSO clustering evolution in the non-linear and linear regimes and hence obtain new limits on the value of and the bias parameter, (3) to apply a powerful geometric method to measure . ...

Results of analysis . ... IAA EOP Service . ... EOP series are regularly submitted to the IERS, and also are available at the IAA EOP Service page. EPN coordinate time series . EUREF Permanent GPS Network (EPN) coordinate time series is computed from analysis of available EUREF weekly solutions. ... Second solution is based on independent combination of individual EPN Analysis Centers' solutions . ... USNO GPS Timing Operations . ... GPS Time Series . ... EPN : European Permanent GPS Network . ...

... Events . ... Pre-university education . ... Web of Science database ( http://webofknowledge.com ) is available since 2 October. This database is the most competent analytic and citation database of journal articles, including 3 bases: Science/Social Sciences/Arts&Humanities Citation Index. To rate citation index, impact-factor, Hirsch index scientists and specialists of all subject areas are recommended to use Web of Science database since it is the most important one for the researchers. ...

... Earth Satellites . ... Image Dan Burbank and Anton Shkaplero making music onboard the ISS (Image credit: NASA) . The first occurrence of music being made in space was during the Gemini 6 mission in 1965. ... Since then many astronauts have brought instruments into space with them, including many crews onboard the International Space Station. ... The Gemini astronauts were treated to some musical interludes during their times in space but not specifically to wake them in the morning. ...

Russian Space Science Internet (RSSI) is a successful result of RSSI Project. ... space oriented organizations; . ... RSSI offers for its members : . ... videoconferences via MBONE Internet protocol (there are 2 tunnels available now through the general IP network: one to NASA Internet, and another to Moscow State University); . ... It is designed so that all organizations connected to the RSSI gain access to the resources of Russian computer networks as well as world wide Internet. ... nic@rssi.ru ...

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. To commemorate October as American Archive Month, six new images are being released from the Chandra Data Archive. The archive houses the data from Chandra's observations, making them available for ongoing and future studies. In its over 16 years of operation, Chandra has observed thousands of objects across space. NASA/CXC/SAO

... Other Planned Activities Include Solar Observing Astrophotography Presentations and CCD Demo's Field Trip to AAAP Observatory at Jenny Jump Workshop: Learning to Use Your New Telescope Plus Swimming (life guards provided), Fishing, Volleyball, Basketball, Hiking, Game room Kayaking/canoeing (bring your own) on two lakes and nearby Pequest and Paulins Kill Rivers Registration Fees Camping and RV -- $35.00 per person ($45 after June 9) Bunkhouse -- $45.00 per ...

... Proposals will be accepted until 1 May 1997 and should be sent to: Mary A. Cragg Mount Wilson Institute 740 Holladay Road, Pasadena, CA 91106 USA e-mail: mwi@mtwilson.edu Haystack Observatory Call for Proposals ---------------------------------------- Haystack Observatory invites proposals for the use of the 37-m radio telescope for observations in the following wavelength bands: 3-mm (85-115 GHz ) 7-mm (35-49 GHz ) 1.3 cm (21-25 ...