Twilight observations with MASS/DIMM B. Safonov Sternberg Astronomical Institute Moscow State University Comprehensive Characterization of Astronomical Sites, 2010 B. Safonov (Moscow State University) Twilight observations with MASS/DIMM SITE 2010 1 / 17 Why observe in twilight with MASS/DIMM? ... ASM includes 3 devices sensitive to background: guider, DIMM and MASS. B. Safonov (Moscow State University) Twilight observations with MASS/DIMM SITE 2010 2 / 17 Background in guider. ...

... Behemoth black hole found in an unlikely place . ... galaxies . ... black holes . ... No direct link between black holes and dark matter . ... Massive black holes have been found at the centers of almost all galaxies, where the largest galaxies т??the ones also embedded in the largest halos of dark matter т?? harbor the most massive black holes. This led to the speculation that there is a direct link between dark matter and black holes т?? that exotic physics controls the growth of a black hole. ...

... ASTROPHYSICS 105 113 114 116 121 126 132 135 137 141 147 150 THE KINEMATICS PARAMETERS OF THE GALAXY USING DATA OF MODERN ASTROMETRIC CATALOGUES Akhmetov V.S., Fedorov P.N., Velichko A.B., Shulga V.M. .. ... Subsection "VIRTUAL OBSERVATORIES AND INTENSIVE DATA" 166 168 171 175 181 186 COMPARISON OF ZERO ZONE CATALOGUES OF THE FON PROGRAM BASED ON THE KYIV AND KITAB OBSERVATIONS Andruk V.M., Relke H., Protsyuk Yu.I., Muminov M.M., Ehgamberdiev Sh.A., Yuldoshev Q.X., Golovnia V.V. .. ...

O. V. Chuvashova Moscow State University Moscow, Russia chuvasho@mccme.ru Invariant Hilb ert schemes Let X be an affine toric variety under an algebraic torus T and let T T be a subtorus. The general T -orbit closures and their limits are parameterized by the main component H0 of the toric Hilbert scheme (whose existence follows from work of M. Haiman and T. Sturmfels [3]). ... M. Brion, Moduli of affine schemes with reductive group action, J. 14 (2005), no. ...

... GCR and SCR are primary cosmic rays. 10-15 years after the discovery of cosmic radiation (1919) there emerged two main avenues of investigation in the physics of cosmic rays (CR): 1) nuclear - elucidation of the origin of elementary particles and nuclear interactions; and 2) astrophysical (space physics) - solution of the problem related to the origin and variations (changes in intensity) of CR. ... Besides, the CR flux in interplanetary space is, strictly speaking, not isotropic. ...

Stellarium 0.12.3 . ... Classes . ... ClassљList . ClassљIndex . ... Skybright Class Reference . Compute the luminance of the sky according to some parameters like sun moon position or time or altitude etc.. ... setDate (int year, int month, float moonPhase) . ... Set the moon and sun zenith angular distance (cosin given) and precompute what can be This function has to be called once before any call to getLuminance() More... љ . ... cos(angular distance between moon and the position) . ...

... Iowa Robotic Telescope | ... Talon is based on OCAAS, a software suite developed by software engineer Elwood Downey ( Clear Sky Institute ) for use at the University of Iowa ?s first remote facility (the ATF, or Automated Telescope Facility). ... XObservatory : Telescope Control Interface . ... This program calls upon and coordinates much of the interrelated portions of the Talon architecture, and forms the primary control panel for the telescope, dome, and peripheral systems when used locally. ...

Visual Discovery of SN 1996X in NGC 5061. ... It was not until the IAU Circular was issued that we found out there had been an independent amateur photographic discovery of this supernova by Kesao Takamizawa of Japan. ... Earlier in the week, 660 galaxies had been observed during two nights we had use of the 40 inch telescope at Siding Spring. ... The supernova in NGC 5061 was first seen with the smaller telescope about 10pm local time on Friday, April 12 (April 12.5 UT). ...

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... Twenty-Six Year Monitoring of Water Masers IAU Symposium 242, Alice Springs 1 Contents of the work A sample of H2O maser emission sources has been observed since 1980. ... Rudnitskij et al. ... Twenty-Six Year Monitoring of Water Masers IAU Symposium 242, Alice Springs 4 Maser in a protoplanetary disc (S255) Flux density, Jy S255: H2O line profile 5 February 2002 Radial velocity, LSR, km/s Rudnitskij et al. ... Twenty-Six Year Monitoring of Water Masers IAU Symposium 242, Alice Springs 12 ...

... Series 4000 filters thread into the barrels of virtually all 1.25" eyepiece brands. Meade Series 4000 filters are a large 26mm in clear aperture and are manufactured from the purest crown optical glass, dyed-in-the-mass ( not "color coated"); there are no finer filters available for telescopic applications. ... For visual applications Series 4000 filters thread into the barrels of all Meade 1.25" eyepieces, and into the barrels of virtually all other 1.25" eyepiece brands as well. ... Meade 4M | ...

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 . ...

Crater Gassendi . ... I made this drawing was made on the 26th of november 2001. If you compare this one with the previous drawing of Gassendi (below) the differences are clear. ... This drawing was made on the 28th of september 2001. After nearly a full month without observations I had a one hour gap between the thicker clouds. ... This drawing was made on the 29th of august 2001. ... This drawing was made on the 27th of august 2001. ... This drawing was made on the 25th of august 2001. ...

... The bright supernova (hereafter SN) in the galaxy NGC 4527 was first sighted by S. Knight (USA) on April 13.17UT at magnitude ~14.0v. The report of the sighting was subsequently forwarded by phone to the AAVSO. ... SN 1991T. The galaxy NGC 4527 is an Sb(s)II type galaxy with an apparent Blue magnitude of 11.32 (Shapley-Ames, 1981). ... An analysis of this event utilizing visual observations by amateurs, plus a light curve is presented.. ... THE LIGHT CURVE: . ... ISN SN 1991T web page . ...

... Observing . ... Solar Observing . ... April 3 (SUN) - Solar Observing, Central Park , Manhattan . ... APRIL'S SKY . ... Lecture Series at the American Museum of Natural History The Amateur Astronomers Association is proud to present an astronomy lecture series from October through May each year for our members and the .. ... The€аAmateur Astronomers Association of New York€аwas organized in 1927 to promote the study of Astronomy, emphasizing its cultural and inspirational value. ...

Spinar Paradigm and Central Engine of the All Types Gamma Ray Bursts V.Lipunov1,2,3 & E.Gorbovskoy1,2,3 1Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow, Universitetsky pr. ... A spinar is a quasi-equilibrium collapsing object whose equilibrium is maintained by the balance of centrifugal and gravitational forces and whose evolution is determined by its magnetic field. ... 10 Computed energy release during the process of collapse with low angular momentum and weak magnetic field. [pic] Fig .11. ...

ATMoB "Galaxy Observing Award " Guidelines Purpose: To promote observing among the membership of the Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston through participation in the Galaxy Observing Awards program. ... Examples of elliptical galaxies: M49, M59, M60, M87, NGC 4125. Limiting Magnitude Assessment: Spirals: A spiral galaxy consists of a flattened disk, with stars forming a (usually two-armed) spiral structure, and a central concentration of stars known as the bulge. ...

Winer Observatory P.O. Box 797, Sonoita, Arizona 85637-0797, USA . ... Irvin M. Winer . ... Roof Status . ... Winer . ... Status . ... Roof State . ... 2016.04.09 16:10:02 . ... Roof closed at 2016.04.09 16:10:02 . Roof Position . ... Weather State . ... 0D:21H:11M:24S . ... Roof Control (Software) . ... 29D:21H:27M:33S . ... Roof Control (Hardware) . ... 29D:21H:27M:34S . ... Roof UPS State . ... GPS State . Engineering Page Winer Graphical Data Server Page(s) . ... 2013 Winer Observatory. ...

... The described algorithm is suitable for measurements of complex images of stars. ... a) the zero-based number of stars in the complex (multicentric) image, . b) set of preliminary coordinates - x i , y i , for all stars, index i is number of a star, . ... i - index of a star in the complex image; . ... These parameters are calculated by a nonlinear method of a least squares.The main output parameters of this algorithm are x i , y i ; where the index i is number of a star in the multicentric image. ...

The purpose of the space-physics lab exercises is to introduce the students to the methods of the measurements, to the modern conception of near-Earth space structure and the physical processes and phenomena occured in it. ... At present the reasearches and the teachers of the University and of other institutes participating in the project continue development of the the special space-physics lab exercises, and they are interested in your ideas concerning the future exercises. ...