... ESO is building what will be the World's largest optical telescope array, The Very Large Telescope (VLT). The VLT Project organisation is responsible for the design and construction of the Unit Telescopes, including enclosures, optics, adapter-rotators and coating unit. ... Unit Telescopes Overview - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ... Secondary mirror (M2 Unit) - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ... Coating Unit - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ...

Thy Word Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. I will not forget Your love for me, and yet My heart is forever wandering. Jesus, be my guide, be always by my side. Please be with me to the end. Nothing will I fear, as long as You are near. Your Word my heart is strengthening. The darkness of the night cannot win against Your light. Light my way unto the end.

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. ...

... Bad Astronomy . Misconceptions . ... Bad Astronomy : "We're light years more advanced than our competition!" ... Even the closest astronomical object, the Moon, is 400,000 kilometers away! ... A beam of light will travel 9,500,000,000,000 kilometers in one year. This distance is defined as a light year ; the distance light travels in a year. ... This is another example of Bad Astronomy; like a light year, a parsec is a unit of distance, not time (to be specific, it equals 3.26 light years) . ...

Note : FOS Instrument Science Reports (ISRs) relating to Scattered Light are listed in reverse numerical (approximately chronological) order. ... For a paper copy of a report, please send e-mail or call the STScI Help Desk. ... CAL/FOS ISR# TITLE (Month/Year) . ... Abstract (size) -|- ... ISR Paper Copy . 127 The FOS Scattered Light Model Software (9/94) . ... 114 Scattered Light in the FOS: An Assessment Using Science Data (11/93) . ... 073 Scattered Light Characteristics of the HST FOS (4/92) . ...

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... 87a100np-abp.gif and 87a100np-abp.ps - ut87a100np (solid) and ut87a100abp (dashed, opacity as absorption), scat=true, A . 87a100np-npa.gif and 87a100np-npa.ps - ut87a100np (solid) and ut87a100npa (dashed, scat=false) A . ... e87anp-npa-abp.gif and e87anp-npa-abp.ps - early light curves for ut87a100np,ut87a100npa and ut87a100abp, data from Shelton and Lapasset, 1993 . ... 100np-curves.gif and 100np-curves.ps - light curves for ut87a100np (scat=true) and ut87a100npa (scat=false) . ...

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Astronomy Discussion Forums . Forums: . ... Discussion Forums . ... Please Explain . Forum List | ... Post Message | Back to Thread Topics | ... Posted by Sean on January 8, 2011 10:39:28 UTC . ... Does that mean we see 8 mins back? ... Login to Post . ... www.astronomy.net . About Astronomy Net | Advertise on Astronomy Net | ... Forum posts are Copyright their authors as specified in the heading above the post. "dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

... Credit: J. Orman Explanation: In 1997, the bright comet Hale-Bopp may have become the most viewed comet in history -- visible even to casual skywatchers in light polluted cities around the globe . In this picture, taken by photographer Joe Orman on the evening of May 8, 1997, Hale-Bopp easily competes with near twilight skies and a shining, over-exposed, crescent moon above Mobile, Arizona, USA. ... Publications with keywords: comet - Comet Hale-Bopp . ... Comet Holmes Over Hungary . ...

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... I've been to Alaska to see them almost every spring since 1996. ... My hobby turns to be my work. ... I was singing in a rock band when I was a student. I love 70's western rock music (e.g., AEROSMITH, ROLLING STONES, QUEEN,...) and 80's Japanese rock music (ARB, ECHOES, Carmen Maki Oz,.. My most favorite band is LA-PISSCH , which is a Japanese funky rock band and plays a kind of mixture music (like FISHBONE) including ska, punk. hard rock, blues.. ... Now I'm tring to see Japanese movies. ...

... ARC 3.5m | Observer Orientation and Training Policy . ... Non-PhD level (Student) Training - APO staff will generally NOT train student users how to use the 3.5-m telescope and instruments. ... PhD level Remote-observing orientation & training - Before a new Ph.D.-level user can use the 3.5-m telescope remotely, he or she MUST spend three nights in person at the telescope. ... Once the three nights have been spent at APO, the new user can use the telescope remotely. ... 3.5m Telescope . ...

Jersey StarQuest 2006 - Hope Conference Center, Hope NJ Notes: Hold on to your door prize tickets, you must be present at the Saturday night drawing to win. ... Be considerate of your observing neighbors. ... Pets are not permitted. FRIDAY JUNE 23 5 PM - 9 PM All Night Registration and Set-Up at Upper Lodge Astronomical Observing at Observing Field AAAP Deep Sky Observing Contest (Bill Murray - coordinator) Breakfast at Dining Hall Registration and Set-Up at Upper Lodge Special 1. ...

On Friday 18th September, boys and girls from Mount St. Catherine's Primary School, Armagh, surprised the participants of the International Conference "Light Pollution and Its Impact: The Ninth European Symposium for the Protection of the Night Sky", with a live performance of music, poetry, art and dance. ... The international light-pollution conference was part of a year-long series of Armagh Observatory initiatives developed for the UN International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009). ...

CREATING NEW OPTICAL DESIGN LOW DISTORTION HIGH TRANSMITTANCE SIMPLE AND COMPACT OPTICAL DESIGN COUPLED TO CCD AS INPUT WINDOW NEW OPTICAL DEVICE TO REPLACE LENS Fiber optic plate (FOP) is optical device bundling optical fibers having several micro-meters in diameter. It will transfer the light and image with high efficiency and low distortion, which allows it as the better replacement of optical lens. ... CCD . ... Handle FOP carefully FOP is made from glass material. ...

... Stargazers' in the Classroom . Other material for Teachers --guide, problems, inventory of concepts, article about this site. ... Kepler's 3 Laws of Planetary Motion ," a one-hour overview lecture presented to teachers 23 March 2005. Guide to the sections on Kepler's Laws, discussed below. ... 11a. Ellipses and Kepler's First Law . ... Mass Includes: . ... Kepler's Third Law Includes: . ... From Stargazers to Starships" follows an earlier site "The Exploration of the Earth's Magnetosphere" . ...

These are very prominent absorption lines is most all galaxies. ... These pair of absorption lines will appear in all the spectra and they should be your principle source for determining the redshift. ... When this applet opens you will see an iconic representation of galaxies in the left hand side of the applet and a target area in the right side of the applet. ... Note: What you are doing in this excercise is identical to what Hubble did in the 1920's and you are using the same galaxies. ...