Atm 2 ospheric time constant with MASS and FADE 0 A. Tokovinin CTIO, Chile Adaptive Optics time constant 0 = 0.314 r0/V0 = 0.057 6/5 [ Cn2(h) V5/3(h) dh MASS time constant: 0, MASS, Numerical simulation 1. Set turbulent layer strength (seeing) & sp. response Definition (1 rad phase difference between wavefronts at t= 0) ] 3/5 = 0.175 (2 DESI ) 3/5 ; 2 DESI = < [ IA(1ms)/ IA(3ms) ] >2 0, MASS, This is an approximation! ... The MASS method is approximate! ...

... It has been established that the transition from the background magnetic field to the fields of an active region occurs near 25­50 G. A dependence of the exponent H on the magnetic field amplitude has been derived. The exponent H for the background magnetic field has been found to be much smaller than that for the fields of an active region. ... Fig. ... As follows from the estimates of Fig. 3, the exponent H is 0.5­0.7 for the magnetic fields of an active region and 0.1 for the background field. ...

Prague, August 16, 2006 . ... Large classes (groups of types) : . ... Eruptive variable stars . ... Pulsating variable stars . ... Rotating variable stars . ... Cataclysmic (explosive and nova-like) variables . ... Close binary eclipsing systems . ... Optically variable close-binary sources of strong variable X- ray radiation . ... These classes are just a way to group types; in our opinion, they can be kept if slightly better described ( e.g ., remove close from item 5, simplify item 6) ...

... Active Skepsis . ... Probably, one should know the results from any actions. ... As a result, a sceptic, who discredits, for example, the tales of Christian wonders, has to follow the practical recommendations of Christianity or any other belief knowing how to act. ... As a result, scepticism restricts itself with discrediting secondary wonders, permanently replacing one doubtful interpretation with another and telling nothing of life and action. ... Yuri Tikhonravov, Ph.D. Translated from Russian ....

... arXiv.org . astro-ph . ... 1] oai:arXiv.org:1012.5438 [ pdf ] - 1386111 . ... Lemmon, Tyler J. ; Mondragon, Antonio R. Comments: 20 pages, 3 figures. Focus of paper is model with relativistic mass in the gravitational potential. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:0906.1221 . Submitted: 2010-12-24 , last modified: 2016-04-07 . ... Latitudinal Distribution of the Photospheric Magnetic Fields of Different Magnitudes . ... Submitted: 2015-04-09 , last modified: 2016-04-07 . ...

The monitoring of the optics quality of DIMM instrument V. Kornilov, B. Safonov May 24, 2010 1 Intro duction A quantitative theory of measurement of optical turbulence (OT) with Differential Image Motion Monitor (DIMM) is based on certain priori assumptions [1]. ... Bottom: behavior of the instrumental Strehl's number for the left (triangle to the left) and right (triangle to the right) DIMM images during the period of measurement the maintenance of an additional correction factor seems superfluous. ...

... Space Res., 12, 265, 1992 planetary magnetic dipole: Mizutani, H., et al., ... Astrobiology, 7, 167, 2007 CME induced H+ ion pick-up loss at 0.05 AU for ` Hot Jupiters ' HD209458 b Mass loss ~1011 g/s even for weak CMEs Mmax strong magn. protection in reality Exoplanet magnetospheres - importance of magnetodisk Relatively large amount of observed Hot Jupiters (27%): survival of close-in giants indicates their efficient protection against of extreme plasma and radiation conditions ...

... Telescopes ћ Binoculars ћ Microscopes . Meade Ultra-High Transmission coatings (UHTC ) Group . ... Meade Standard Coatings: The optical surfaces of all Meade telescopes include high-grade optical coatings fully consistent in quality with the precision of the optical surfaces themselves. ... These specialized, and extremely advantageous, coatings are offered here as the Meade Ultra-High Transmission Coatings (UHTC) group, a coatings group available optionally on many Meade telescope models. ...

... ASRAS HOME . ... For our educational outreach event, we hosted a Boy Scout troop in Ionia (Pix_1), for a sleep over this last spring and were able to make our Portable Radio Telescope (PBT - itty bitty radio telescope ) operational. ... The Solar Radio Telescope project is coming together nicely. ... You may have seen or heard of articles about the ongoing Solar RT project which is a Solar RF Spectrograph to study sunspots, presently being built for the ASRAS astronomy club (site in Ionia, NY). ...

Please enter the lightcurve file name and period search parameters: . Lightcurve file: . ... Apply the Heliocentric correction and convert all dates to Terrestrial Time (TT)? ... Also, the Heliocentric correction cannot be applied to such lightcurves. ... This period search service is also available at the mirror sites: Mirror 1 , Mirror 2 , Mirror 3 , Mirror 4 . You may download the latest source code distribution and install the period search service at your own web server. ...