... 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 Unit Telescopes Overview - This page is outdated, an update is in process.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 Secondary mirror (M2 Unit) - This page is outdated, an update is in process.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 Coating Unit - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ...

... NASA , NSF Explanation: Is our Earth unique? In continuing efforts to answer this question, astronomers have now discovered an Earth-like planet orbiting a distant normal star. ... Slight, fast, but regular wobbles of nearby small M - dwarf star Gliese 876 showed evidence for a planet with a likely mass slightly higher than a minimum six times the mass of Earth. ... Publications with keywords: planets - Earth - Gliese 876 . Publications with words: planets - Earth - Gliese 876 . ...

... The SAGE data are nonproprietary. ... We present initial results on the epoch 1 data for a region near N79 and N83. ... The SAGE epoch 1 point-source catalog has ~4У?106 sources, and more are anticipated when the epoch 1 and 2 data are combined. ...

... 2005 June 14 . Gliese 876 System Includes Large Terrestrial Planet . ... Slight, fast, but regular wobbles of nearby small M - dwarf star Gliese 876 showed evidence for a planet with a likely mass slightly higher than a minimum six times the mass of Earth. The planet's small mass indicates that it is likely terrestrial in nature, similar in composition to the inner planets of our Solar System . ... The newly discovered terrestrial-like planet is depicted in the insert. ... About APOD | ...

... Observing . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . Springtime observing for small telescopes . ... Astronomy magazine Editor David J. Eicher shares 10 of his favorite springtime deep-sky objects, including the NGC 3190 galaxy group, 3C 273, and NGC 3242. ... In this video, Astronomy magazine Editor David J. Eicher discusses deep-sky objects in the spring sky you can see with a 12-inch or larger telescope. ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ...

... Flux density at 1 GHz (/Jy): 210 . ... Optical: Large filamentary loop, brightest to the NE, not well defined to the S or W. X-ray: Shell in soft X-rays. ... DRAO at 408 MHz (3'.3?6'.7) for spectral index study, plus X-ray and optical. ADS . ... Optical spectroscopy of nearside filaments. ... 1992, ApJ, 400, 214. ... IRAS observations. ... Leahy et al. ... Far-UV spectroscopy, H and other optical observations of NE region. ... Suzaku observations of NE. ... Suzaku observations of N. ADS . ...

... initial_mass -- star mass at start of run (Msun units) ! ... mixing regions !mass_conv_core ! ... log10 power emitted in neutrinos, nuclear and thermal (in Lsun units) !mass_loc_of_max_eps_nuc ! ... Rsun units ! ... mass coordinate at location of max burn (Msun units) !max_eps_h_xm ! mass exterior to location of max burn (Msun units) !max_eps_h_lgP ! ... mass coordinate at location of max burn (Msun units) !max_eps_nuc_xm ! mass exterior to location of max burn (Msun units) !max_eps_nuc_lgP ! ...

... A typical density of energetic ions is 1 per cubic cm., and the ions are matched by electrons, generally of lower energy. ... This region is almost empty of plasma--typical density 0.01 ion/cubic cm., the "best vacuum" in the Earth's vicinity--but it contains a relatively strong magnetic field which, since it fills a large volume, can store appreciable magnetic energy, Many believe that this is the storehouse from which substorms draw their energy, releasing it quite rapidly. ...

Next: A Region mask for Up: To produce a region Previous: Select a circle around . select cursor and box . The three mouse buttons have been redefined as: . LEFT - moves the center of the box to the position of the arrow point. MIDDLE - sizes the box. ... Release the button to fix the size of the box. save the results by typing `s' while the mouse is in the display window. select region and write , to write the saved regions into a file for later use (as above). rsdc@cfa.harvard.edu . ...

... 1Haynes+ A catalogue at 5 GHz of 915 sources in the Galactic plane is presented. Sources with a peak beam brightness temperature of at least 0.2 K above the surrounding background are included, except in confused regions; a point source of 0.2 K corresconds to 0.26 Jy. ... It was assumed that Hydra A was a point source with a peak flux density of 13 Jy at 5 GHz; this is equivalent to a mean beam brightness temperature of 10.0 K for a beamwidth of 4.1x4.4'. ...

... The main research task of the LRS was an investigation of interstellar medium of our Galaxy using its line emission in radio domain with the help of the gratest RATAN-600 Radio Telescope. ... The complex investigation of the Interstellar Clouds structure on the different scales and with the different radio lines for understanding of structure, dynamics and evolution of interstar gas and its interaction with other galactic constituents and the conditions for star formation. ...

T he Siding Spring Survey (SSS) is a Near-Earth Object search program that utilises the 0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory, N.S.W., Australia. ... The mission of the Siding Spring Survey is to contribute to the inventory of near-earth objects (NEOs), or more specifically, the potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs) and comets (PHOs) that may pose a threat of impact and thus harm to civilization. ... Based on the CSS Mission page . ... Siding Spring Survey Main Page . ...

... disappearance/eruption of the filament accompanied by a number of large-scale dynamic phenomena (a coronal wave, chain, CME, arcade) Yohkoh/SXT . H-alpha and Yohkoh/SXT . ... SOHO/EIT (DelaboudiniХre et al., 1995) images and movies; . ... Preceding activity SOHO/EIT, 195 A (10-22 UT) (Figure 3) . ... SOHO/EIT, 171 A (Figure 4) MLSO/HAO H-alpha and He I 10830 A (Figure 5) MLSO/HAO, He I 10830 A . ... SOHO/EIT, 171 A (Figure 4) SOHO/EIT (171, 195, 284, 304 A) Dec 29, 1999 (Figure 10) . ...

... Classes . ... Regions . ... 00001 //# WCLELMask.h: Class to define a mask as a LEL expression 00002 //# Copyright (C) 2000,2003 00003 //# Associated Universities, Inc. ... /# National Radio Astronomy Observatory 00023 //# 520 Edgemont Road 00024 //# Charlottesville, VA 22903-2475 USA 00025 //# $Id: WCLELMask.h 20615 2009-06-09 02:16:01Z Malte.Marquarding $ 00026 00027 00028 00029 #ifndef IMAGES _ WCLELMASK _H 00030 #define IMAGES _ WCLELMASK _H 00031 00032 //# Includes 00033 #include images /...

... A detector map is used to provide a grid of positions over which to calculate and flux weight the ARF. The default detector map is 'flat' which has a weighting of 1.0 for each detector map pixel and is rectangular having sides which just encompass the region specified in the DSS. Only detector map pixels falling within the source region are included in the ARF calculation, e.g. for a circular source box, the pixels in the corners of the detector map will be ignored. ... flat : . ...

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Research questions include: . The solar system probably formed about 4.5 billion years ago from a giant disk of gas, dust and ice in space. ... All forms of life on Earth require liquid water to survive, so the presence of liquid water is a good criterion for deciding whether other planets in the universe could be habitable. Earth is the only habitable planet in the solar system. ... Planets and moons in the outer solar system are too cold for liquid water. ...

... Samara region . SSAU History . ... An alignment meeting on data mining, storage and processing of very large data amounts on the basis of hardware and software complex Big Data took place in Samara State Aerospace University. ... The laboratory for processing of very large data amounts on the basis of the hardware and software complex was made in the University and the necessary equipment was purchased. ... Data processing requires powerful processors and advanced computer programs. ... Big Data. ...

... Top Attractions of Russia . ... We sincerely hope the situation will improve and we are planning to include these regions as soon as it becomes possible. ... Southern Urals (including Bashkir State Reserve) . ... Eastern Sayan Mountains (including Tunka Range) . ... Altai Mountains (including Lake Teletskoe, Altai State Reserve, Katun Range) . ... Sub-Polar and North Urals and virgin forests of North of European Russia (including Yugyd-Va National Park and Pechora-Ilych National Reserve) . ...

The focus of the meeting is to explore scientific frontiers that require large collecting area and state of the art instrumentation over the next 5 to 15 years. ... The meeting will form the basis for an Arecibo scientific and instrumentation roadmap that takes into account developments in electromagnetic and non-photonic astronomy and, in particular, development of the Square Kilometer Array. ... COSMOLOGY & GALAXY EVOLUTION . ... INSTRUMENTATION DEVELOPMENT . ...