M obile A stronomical Sy stem of TE lescope- R obots MASTER-II Kislovodsk Lomonosov Moscow State University, Sternberg Astronomical Institute , Moscow Union "Optic" , Kislovodsk Solar Station Latitude = 43 o љ44'.767љN; Longitude = 42 o љ31'.417љE; Altitude = 2067љm MASTERљIIљ(8љsquareљdegress) + MASTERљVWF(VeryљWideљFieldљCameras (FOV=800 square degrees, Timeљresolutionљupљtoљ150љms, with unfiltered m_lim=14m on 5 sec. exposure, and ~10.5m with 0.15 sec) . ... 11h 38m 38.0s , -09d 59m 59s) . ...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration . ... Bruce McCandless II (Captain, USN, Ret.) NASA Astronaut (former) . ... He was a member of the astronaut support crew for the Apollo 14 mission and was backup pilot for the first manned Skylab mission (SL-1/SL-2). ... A veteran of two space flights, McCandless has logged over 312 hours in space, including 4 hours of MMU flight time. ... With the completion of this flight McCandless logged 191 hours in space (including 4 hours of MMU flight time). ...

... For the past years I have been working on the problem of synthesis of light curves of close binary systems, consisting of a normal star and a compact object (point object with fixed X-ray luminosity). ... Possible existence of a bright spot on the disk's lateral surface is taken into account. ... The last of then will be published in Gordon and Breach Publishers ( Cherepashchuk A.M., Katysheva N.A., Khruzina T.S., Shugarov S.Yu. ... Cherepashchuk A.M., Katysheva N.A., Khruzina T.S., Shugarov S.Yu. ...

... ISC Kosmotras . ... Dnepr launch record 17 August 2011. Cluster Launch of Dnepr LV 22 August 2013 KOMPSAT-5 Launch 21 November 2013. ... Baikonur Cosmodrome Yasny launch base Downloads . ... Swedish Space Corporation s (SSC) PRISMA and French Space Agency s (CNES) PICARD satellites have been delivered to the Yasny launch base. ... Concurrently with the preparation of the launch from the Yasny launch base, ISC Kosmotras carries out TanDEM-X launch campaign at Baikonur cosmodrome. ... Dnepr LV . ...

The new view on the population of Galactic open clusters A.E.Piskunov1, N.V.Kharchenko2, S.RЖser3, E.Schilbach3, R.-D.Scholz4 1 2 3 4 Institute of Astronomy, Moscow, Russia Main Astronomical ... Observatory, Kiev, Ukraine Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, Heidelberg, Germany Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam, Germany What are open clusters and what do they teach us Groups of Population I ... Cluster complexes: OCC-1 = Gould's Belt cluster complex? ...

... Heracles Triplane and Aerospace Systems . The key characteristics of two-stage aerospace systems are determined according to speed and carrying capacity of the aircraft-carrier used . ... So the SPIRAL system hypersonic carrier was expected to launch the second stage by weight 63 tons at a speed corresponding to 6M; whereas launching weight of the MAKS system orbital stage with the use of the An-225 MRIYA heavy subsonic aircraft reaches 275 tons, and the HERACLES aircraft - 450 tons. ...

... Next Routine] [List of Routines] NAME: ADD_HEADER PURPOSE: addition information from FITS-headers MPFS-frames DESCRIPTION: The function computes the total exposure, mean value zenit distance and modified FITS header CALLING SEQUENCE: Result =ADD_HEADER( headers ) CATEGORY: reduction MPFS-data INPUTS: Headers = String array FITS-headers from the MPFS data OUTPUTS: Header = String array containing the header from the FITS file. ... OPTIONAL INPUT KEYWORD PARAMETERS: BEFORE = Keyword string name. ...

Using Site testing data for Adaptive Optics simulations Kislovodsk, October 2010 1Glen Herriot, 1David Andersen, 1Jean-Pierre VИran, 2Brent Ellerbroek, 2Luc Gilles, 2Lianqi Wang 1National Research Council Canada ­ Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics 2TMT Project Office, Pasadena TMT.AOS.PRE.10.074.REL01 1 Outline TMT / NFIRAOS Site Testing Parameters and their value for Adaptive Optics Simulations ... TMT.AOS.PRE.10.074.REL01 9 What is the interest of Adaptive Optics in r 0 Seeing ? ...

... 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. ...

... IC443 is thought to have been formed between 30,000 and 35,000 years ago, and most likely is the remains of the pulsar, G189.6+3.3. Located about 5,000 light years away, the pulsar’s X-ray emissions excite the material of the nebula, causing the chemical components to emit light in their characteristic wavelengths. ... TAK FSQ . ... FSQ: 12x30 minute subs plus 14x5 minute subs, totaling 7 hours, 20 minutes . ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

sw@newmail.ru THE PROBE LAYER METHOD IN THE CALCULATIONS OF CONTRIBUTION AND RESPONSE FUNCTIONS S.G.Mozharovsky Ussuriysk Astrophysical Observatory of FEB RAS, Ussuriysk, Russia sw@newmail.ru The method of probe layer for the calculation of response and contribution functions is discussed. ... This allows us to turn from the response functions to the contribution functions calculated with help of the probe layer (CFPL). ... V- VMAX . ... Solar Phys., v.136, p.239-250. ... Solar Phys., v.35, p.11-29. ...

Solar Phys (2012) 276:97­112 DOI 10.1007/s11207-011-9883-6 Investigation of Hot X-Ray Points ( HXPs ) Using Spectroheliograph Mg XII Experiment Data from CORONAS-F/SPIRIT A. Reva · S. Shestov · S. Bogachev · S. Kuzin Received: 10 May 2011 / Accepted: 18 October 2011 / Published online: 24 November 2011 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011 Abstract Observations in the Mg XII 8.42 е line onboard the CORONAS-F satellite have revealed compact high ... Figure 7 Intensity variation of HXPs. ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... Sky this Month . ... Dawn team members check out spacecraft . ... Mission managers for NASA's Dawn spacecraft are studying the spacecraft's ion propulsion system after Dawn experienced a loss of thrust June 27. ... On June 30, Dawn team members were able to trace the reset to an internal error in the instrument's central processing unit, though they don't yet know why the internal error occurred. ... Only registered members of Astronomy.com are allowed to comment on this article....

The 2dF QSO Redshift Survey (2QZ) . ... Before jumping into all the finer details of teh survey, a brief non-astronomer's guide to redshift surveys is available. ... The primary scientific aims of the QSO survey are: (1) to obtain the primordial fluctuation power spectrum out to COBE scales, (2) to determine the rate of QSO clustering evolution in the non-linear and linear regimes and hence obtain new limits on the value of and the bias parameter, (3) to apply a powerful geometric method to measure . ...

... Barbara Hubal . Mike Unsold . ... Workshops . ... Ken Hubal . ... He's also built a number of specialized solar astronomical instruments and regularly submits data to the American Association of Variable Star Observers, Solar Section.. ... The Hidden Hollow weekend Star Party at Warren Rupp Observatory will be back again this year the weekend of May 2nd - 4th! Hidden Hollow 2008 . ... Make-and-Take Solar Filter This year we plan on having another "make-and-take" solar filter workshop! ...

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. ...

Images of Supernova 1998bu in M96 . ... It took less than 24 hours for me to accumulate enough images of SN 1998bu in M96 to run out of space on the main page. ... Optical Light Curve of the Type Ia Supernova 1998bu in M96 and the Supernova Calibration of the Hubble Constant by Nicholas B. Suntzeff et.el. SAOTNG images . ... AUDE SN 1998bu light curves in French [ Translate ] . ... The light curve is an assemblage of submissions of the event's rise and decay in the R, V, and Visual band. ...

... Average effective wavelengths and band widths for various sp ectra Lyrae spectrum f flat k е 1014 Hz 5386 ± 18 4.66 ± 0.04 5714 ± 12 4.1 6234.5 ± 0.5 1.03 5372 ± 18 4.69 ± 0.04 eff 2 Optical Filter ID 1 2 3 4 a Fo c -6 10 erg/cm2 s 12.55 ± 0.10 11.04 ± 0.01 2.77 ± 0.004 12.63 ± 0.10 fo d 6 10 photons/cm2 s 3.40 ± 0.02 3.18 ± 0.004 0.87 ± 0.002 3.42 ± 0.02 Power-law eff f 2 е 5746 ± 317 6197 ± 253 6305 ± 31 5736 ± 316 spectra pl k 1014 Hz 3.70 ± 0.26 3.14 ± 0.16 0.88 ± 0.01 3.70 ± 0.27 Table 1. ...

... Ballistics, navigation and flight control of the spacecraft, going to the L2 point of Sun-Earth system. ... and calculation algorithms have been developed: - an algorithm, building nominal trajectories for one impulse flights to the L2 point of Sun- Earth system, including a Moon swingby maneuver or not. - an algorithm, calculating corrections of spacecraft trajectory needed for the flight from Earth to halo orbit and for stationkeeping of the spacecraft moving in halo ...

Home About Meade Product Information Dealer Locator Customer Support Investor Relations Dealer Support Employment Opportunities Site Map . Meade Instruments Corporation . ... Meade Pictor XT-Series CCD Autoguider/Imagers . ... Meade model number . ... Connect the camera . ... Screw the guiding or imaging barrel into the front of the Pictor XT. ... You can enter log information by selecting Image, then Information. ... Copyright 2006 Meade Instruments Corporation, All Rights Reserved. ...