Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... The first challenge to JWST gaining its тАЬimpossibleтАЭ cosmic eyesight has been to do with heat. ... The James Webb Space Telescope is therefore being equipped with a two-stage cryocooler to guarantee the most sensitive infrared sensors ever made are not adversely affected by the observatoryтАЩs other heat -generating organs but instead, maintain their super-cool exterior. 3-part spacecraft: WebbтАЩs three major components are the тАШgiant ...

Pulkovo Photographic Plate Database . To find a certain plate, type its number, choose instrument and click button FIND Instrument: Normal Astrograph 26-inch refractor Plate number: . To find plates with a certain sky area: choose instrument, type coordinates (R.A. and Dec.) of the center of this area, type radius of this area, type (optionally) names of required objects, and click button FIND . ...

... Telescope concept . ... The Submillimetron Project is dedicated to astronomical studies at the submillimeter and far infrared wavelengths using a cryogenic telescope located on the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS). The Astro Space Center of the Lebedev Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences is responsible for developing the Submillimetron Project. ... Currently, the Astro Space Center is carrying out a pre-Project study under contract with the Russian Space Agency. ...

... Advises . Contact Advises . As an advise for amateurs we would like to underline: if it's possible, try to observe 3 asteroid positions per night and do not neglect to observe the Numbered Minor Planets in your telescope field of view as a "by product" of your observational programs. ... We think such estimations ought to be produced every morning after CCD observations of the moving celestial objects by observer himself. ...