... FileљStructure . ... After downloading all the catalogues, the paths to the various files should look like this: Installation Data Directory / stars / default / stars _0_0v0_1.cat Installation Data Directory / stars / default / stars _1_0v0_1.cat Installation Data Directory / stars / default / stars _2_0v0_1.cat Installation Data Directory / stars / ... In this case, all the files would be in the <Installation Data Directory>/stars/default directory. ...

Published in the 2 nd announcement . The VII Asian-Pacific plan to be organised on November 7-15 , 2011 . Excursion to cosmodrome Baikonur proposed on the 4 th or 5 th day of Olympiad. ... Personal data of all proposed team leaders and participants (please, save the data in text format *.txt), . ... E-mails for sending the applications . ... E-mails for sending the personal data . ... Dr. Michael G. Gavrilov, Founding Chairman and Coordinator of the Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad (APAO) . ...

... Planets . ... Earth Satellites . ... Monthly Sky Notes . ... As the sun sets in the west each evening, Jupiter, the largest planet in our Solar System, is rising in the east in the constellation of Aries, where it is visible throughout the night setting just before sunrise. ... On 28 October the Earth comes between the Sun and Jupiter, in opposition, meaning as the Sun sets in the sky Jupiter will rise. ... Also this month rising into the sky in the early hours of the morning is Mars the Red planet....

Statistics of sunspot activity . The sunspot indices . ... Visual indices of solar activity . ... n - number of spot groups . A - Waldmeier class of unipolar spot groups without penumbra . B - class of bipolar spot groups without penumbra . C - class of bipolar spot groups with one penumbra pole . D - class of small bipolar spot groups with two penumbra poles . E - class of middle bipolar spot groups with two penumbra poles . ... H - class of unipolar penumbrated spot groups . ...

... It is a simple 1 X finder scope that mounts to almost any telescope. ... It projects three red circles into space, allowing you to center the scope on bright stars or planets. ... In many cases it is the only finder scope you'll need. (in bright city skies, it will be more difficult to use). Place the Telrad circles between the bright stars shown around the Messier object you wish to view, and with you widest field eyepiece (usually the lowest power) you should find the Messier Object very easily. ...

... The first two working group reports (on Extrasolar Planets and the Herschel--ALMA Synergies) were released in 2005 and 2006, and this third report covers the area of Fundamental Cosmology. The Working Group's mandate was to concentrate on fundamental issues in cosmology, as exemplified by the following questions: . What are the essential questions in fundamental cosmology? ... What are the appropriate methods with which these key questions can be answered? ...

... VaST is a software tool for finding variable objects on a series of astronomical images. ... VaST performs object detection and aperture photometry using SExtractor on each image, cross-matches lists of detected stars, performs magnitude calibration with respect to the first (reference) image and constructs a lightcurve for each object. ... VaST FITS image viewer ./pgfv . ... Part I" PZP, vol. ... K. V. Sokolovsky, S. A. Korotkiy; "New Variable Stars Discovered by the NMW Survey" PZP, vol. ...