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A computer controlled low light photometer for nightglow observations. Hardware units of portable photometer for low light measurements, especially night glow emission is described. ... Interface card contain three channels of 24 bit counter, 4 channels of 12 bit ADC and the buffer bus for the controlled motors of the altazimuthal fork mounting and filters wheel, the position encoders. ... Where N( ) is output signal photometer generated input light flux F( l ) . ... PMT # . 599 . ...

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... Ciel Espace, le magazine qui vous guide toujours plus loin . ... des pages consacr†йes †а la publication de vos photos Mais c'est aussi une vraie communaut†й avec laquelle partager votre passion et nourrir votre curiosit†й. Accueil †А la une Comment na†оt une †йtoile : le nouveau sc†йnario . ... Comment na†оt une †йtoile : le nouveau sc†йnario . ... L'observation des nuages froids de l'Univers vient de r†йv†йler un secret jusqu'†а pr†йsent bien gard†й : les pr†йmices de la naissance des †йtoiles. ...

... In LABORATORY OF RADIO ASTROPHYSICS OF SPECIAL ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY OF RAS . ... History . ... Current problems of the group research interests: . study for cosmic microwave background, . study of radio galaxies (identification, evolution, statistical investigation of population), . investigation of the RATAN-600 antenna, . observations in the survey mode with RATAN-600 and their analysis, . creation of the software for data analysis. vo @ sao.ru ( Oleg Verkhodanov ) ...

... Астрософт (Модератор: tlgleonid ) > . Celestia или как там ее . ... Right drag: orbit the selected object . ... Ctrl + Left drag: adjust distance to selection . Shift + Left drag: change field of view (e.g. => telescopic view) . Wheel (middle button) click: toggle field of view between 45 degrees . ... Chase selected object (orientation is based on selection's velocity) . T : Track selected object (keep selected object centered in view) . ... Ctrl+P : Mark selected object . ...

... Telescopes . ... But regardless of where you observe from or whether or not you have a telescope, exploring the many aspects of astronomy can be an exciting hobby. It can be an activity shared with thousands of other amateurs all over the world. ... Or it might be pursued more actively by joining a local astronomy club like the Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston and learning by direct association with other amateurs. ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

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Surface-layer turbulence measurements with lunar scintillometer Idea of the method Hardware & software Campaigns & results New horizons Andrei Tokovinin NOAO/CTIO Kislovodsk Oct. 2010 1 Turbulence measurement from scintillation of extended sources Moon's angular diameter =0.5 deg Correlated scintillation for b > z z=10m b=0.1m z=100m b=1m z=10km b=100m BI(b) = W(b,z) Cn2(z)dz Weighting functions zW(z) for b=0...0.4m and d=1cm 2 Kislovodsk Oct. ... 2010 12 Paranal: October 14, 2008 Kislovodsk Oct. ...

... During all period of our investigations Dr. N.Sumzina from the Institute of Applied Astronomy of RAS had prepared the Numbered Minor Planet positions from MPC Database for our processing with kind permission of the Director of Minor Planet Center Prof. Braian Marsden. ... Our extensive processing of the MPC data allows us to conclude that CCD observations of the Numbered and Unnumbered Minor Planets have the errors, sometimes very crude. ...

RSSI Network Operation Centre (NOC) provides 24 hours a day, 7 days a week monitoring and maintaining of all RSSI network components (including routers, leased lines to sites, interconnection links, dialup service, telecommunication equipment and etc.) from Network Operation Centre Interconnect Facility at Space Research Institute RAS in Moscow. ... NASA Internet NOC to isolate and resolve circuit, routing hardware and/or software failures; . ... NMS alarms and monitoring tools . ... User Support . ...

... Free image alignment/stacking/processing Software . My lunar drawings . ... REAL TELESCOPES . ... Download Pocket-Aberrator . ... The Aberrator is freeware that generates star-testing images to show the effects of aberrations (distortions) influencing the quality of a telescopes performance. ... The idea to make a program like the Aberrator I got after studying many internet-sites on star-testing and often the effects of certain aberrations were only available as literal descriptions. ...

... Conference . ... for optical telescopes of small and medium size (up to 3-m in aperture) to be discussed. Current Status and New Projects of Small- and Medium-Size Optical Telescopes . ... Science with Small- and Medium-Size Optical Telescopes . ... 12 May 2015 - First announcement . 1 June 2015 - Registration opens . 10 June 2015 - Abstract submission opens . ... 10 September 2015 - Programme available . 19 October 2015 - Conference opens . 22 October 2015 - Conference closes . ...

Here's a little better image of SN 1998s from last night (98 Mar. ... I went crazy last night trying to get an image of the new SN without a lot of scattered (the streak of light above the galaxy) light from Chi UMa which is close by. I'm going to change a few things in my camera/reducer setup an try again on the next clear night. I'll send you a better image then. ... Back to Supernovae in NGC and IC galaxies . Back to Supernova 1998S images . ...

... Exposure Time Calculator (ETC) . ... ESO - Public Surveys . ... the recommended values to use for DIT, . ... Detector on-chip integration (DIT): seconds. to your chosen value - a separate page gives recommended values to use for DIT - for modes 1 and 2 below you may wish to start with the maximum recommended values as these will minimize the effect of read noise (a total object exposure of Y secs with DIT=X secs will produce Y/X lots of read noise) and give you a lower limit on the time needed. ...

The Database of Close Binary Systems . ... Team . ... This web-based interactive database is being developed and maintained by a team at the Sternberg Astronomical Institute of the Moscow State University . The project is an on-line extension of our catalogue on "Highly Evolved Close Binary Stars" (volumes I, II) published by Gordon and Breach in 1996. As of November 2009, the database (both the software and the content) is in its development/testing phase. Sternberg Astronomical Institute ...

Looking Left then Right, we see the North and south pier. ... There is the radio on the North pier. The "control" computer is mounted on the South pier and connected to the "catalog" computer next to the North pier via an underground RS-232 cable. The software in the control computer was custom written in C and portions of the ConTroL for Astronomy Command Language (CTLACL) are copyrighted by Warren Walker (a club member), The Warren Rupp Observatory and Merlin Controls Corp. ...

... 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. ...