... One approach to compiling a catalog of point sources from all-sky survey data is to apply a source detection algorithm to the entire data set and include in the catalog any location whose significance exceeds some minimum value. ... If one has some prior knowledge of where the real sources are likely to be found, it is possible to ``cheat Poisson'' and include these sub-threshold sources without introducing significant numbers of spurious detections. ...

This source is hiding behind our Galaxy at a distance of ~18 Mpc, located at a galactic latitide of 0 degrees. ... As we look towards longer wavelengths, 60 micron, to try and penetrate the Galactic Plane, we still see confusion from galactic sources. ... If the image seems some what confusing that is because the MOST is a continuum radio telescope and when it looks in the direction of our Galaxy it detects radiation from sources within our Galaxy and from sources that may lie behind our Galaxy. ...

... omdetect (omdetect-5.14.2) [?? ... The parameter nsigma (default value=2 controls the minimum detection threshold, ie all pixels with a value greater than or equal to background value + nsigma background noise will be considered to be part of a possible source. ... The parameter minsignificance (default value=2) controls what sources are kept in the source-list- all detected sources with a computed significance less than or equal to minsignificance are discarded. ...

David van Dyk visit on Mon Apr 27 The Q: Feedback is open Homework 11: significance CAR : likelihood Homework 13 alteration · · Upper Limits Deconvolution Upper Limits · Critical point: cannot talk about an upper limit without invoking the process of detection Limits are placed on model intensity, not on measured ...

Ionized Gas in high-redshift galaxy halos . ... An alternative way to detect such galaxies is to analyze the spectra of luminous background objects (quasars and gamma-ray bursts), and look for the tell-tale absorption lines that arise due to foreground galaxies lying along the line-of-sight. ... Aside from their interest as the endpoints of massive star evolution, GRBs are ideal background sources for absorption-line spectroscopy, thanks to their enormous luminosities and smooth power-law continua. ...

... Figure 8: Can you detect the motion of the near-Earth asteroid 2000PH against the background stars during its close approach to Earth around 27 July 2004? ... Down) observed and imaged the unusual near-Earth asteroid 2000PH during its close approach to the Earth around 27 July 2004. The observations were carried out remotely using the new 2m aperture Faulkes telescope situated on the 10,000-foot summit of Haleakala, on the island of Maui in Hawaii. ...

Next: Wavelength calibration Up: Reduction using Standard Previous: Order Definition: Methods . ... The algorithm accepts frame which can be mildly contaminated by particle hits, bad columns, order gaps due to absorption lines, as found in FLAT or STD . ... the interorder background is roughly constant over the frame. the slope of the orders is in the range ]0., ... For a background estimate without previous order definition, consider the echelle command BACKGROUND/SMOOTH . ... LOAD/TAB order :X :Y . ...

... During the analysis of the surveys carried out on RATAN-600, it was found that almost one fifth of the detected sources shows significant radio flux variations. ... We used the data from "Cold" radio surveys carried out with RATAN-600 in 1980-1994 to search for radio sources with significant flux variability. ... On possibility of detection of variable sources using the data of Cold surveys carried out on RATAN-600. ... Detection of Variable Sources Using the Data of "Cold" Surveys. ...

... Download the code document. A new version will be released soon with a more detailed document. An X-ray source detection algorithm, optimally designed to detected faint extended sources, making use of Voronoi tessellation and Friend-of-Friend technique. ... This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License. Download sweepline.py . ... ROSAT 400d . ROSAT MACS . ROSAT WARPS . ROSAT REFLEX . ... XMM XCS . ...

... 2015 . ... Observations using the Arecibo S-band (2380 MHz, 12.6 cm) planetary radar system started in 1976 and its power and sensitivity were greatly improved with the telescope upgrade and Gregorian-dome installation in the mid-1990s. Below, we show the number of near-Earth asteroids attempted and detected since the radar program resumed in 1998. ... The number of NHATS objects detected with Arecibo similarly jumped in 2012, and 2015 was again a record year, where we detected 23 of these objects. ...

Automatic Detection of NEOs in CCD Frames . ... CCD frames obtained with modern telescopes with robotic operation allow carrying out standard observation programs for detection of peculiar objects on stellar backgrounds, as is the case of Near Earth Objects (NEOs). ... In this paper, we present original algorithms for automatically detecting dim NEO images in telescope frames, considering both sidereal and differential tracking [2]. ...

Gradients in the Temperature of CMBR M. MELEK Cairo University, Egypt. A nonconventional approach is developed to nd the primordial angular gradient in the temperature of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation. It is found that it depends on the nowadays recent detected value of the angular gradient in the temperature of the CMBR, di erent rates of universe's expansion through its di erent phases and the cosmic time period of each phase. ... M.Melek, Astrophys. and Sp. ...

... Structure Detection in Low Intensity X­Ray Images using the Wavelet Transform Applied to Galaxy Cluster Cores Analysis Jean­Luc Starck and Marguerite Pierre CEA/DSM/DAPNIA F­91191 Gif­sur­Yvette cedex Abstract. ... Multi­resolution filtering methods based on the wavelet coe#cients detection are also discussed. Finally, using a set of ROSAT HRI deep pointings, the presence of small­scale structures in the central regions of clusters of galaxies is investigated. ... 1995; Rosati et al. ... 1996). ...

... 28.11.2001 . ... Credit: Greg Bacon ( STScI /AVL) Explanation: By directly detecting the atmosphere of a planet outside our Solar System , humanity has taken another small step toward finding extraterrestrial life . ... November 2001 . ... 2001 2002 . ... NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers . NASA Official: Jay Norris. ... Publications with keywords: extrasolar planet . Publications with words: extrasolar planet . ... Atmospheres Detected on Two Extrasolar Planets . ...

... 2001 November 28 . Extra-Solar Planetary Atmosphere Detected . ... Explanation: By directly detecting the atmosphere of a planet outside our Solar System , humanity has taken another small step toward finding extraterrestrial life . The unexpected detection by David Charbonneau ( Caltech ) and associates came from Hubble Space Telescope observations of Sun -like star HD 209458 . ... About APOD | ...

The Variable Gamma-Ray Source 2CG 135+01 ApJ, 497:L89-L91, 1998 7 h gamma AGN variability . gamma-radio-AGN-variability ADS query . ... Model for the High-Energy Emission from Blazars 1993ApJ.. ... Possible Production of High-Energy Gamma Rays from Proton Acceleration in the Extragalactic Radio Source Markarian 501 astro-ph/9803241 K.Mannheim . ... A theoretical unifying scheme for gamma-ray bright blazars astro-ph/9807317 G. Ghisellini, A. Celotti, G. Fossati, L. Maraschi, A. Comastri . ...

February 4, 2008 (Monday) Gabriella Sciolla, Massachusetts Institute of Technology . ... This detector, which will be operated underground in 2008-2009, will allow us to set limits on spin-dependent Dark Matter interactions using a directional detector. 4:00 pm, 472 Willamette Hall . ... return to top . ... This seminar will briefly review the role of axions in particle and astrophysics, and will describe the progress we have made in the experimental search. 4:00 pm, 472 Willamette Hall . ...

... Exposure Time . ... 2000 May 27 . ... 2000 Jun 03 . ... 2000 Dec 10 . ... log N -log S in the soft (0.5 2 keV), hard (2 10 keV), and very hard (5 10 keV) bands from the 1 Ms observations of the CDF-S. The shaded areas indicate uncertainties due to the Poisson statistics (1 ) and the choice of the conversion factor (corresponding to a power law spectrum with = 1.4 0.3). ... Soft [0.5-2 keV] . ... Soft band [0.5-2] keV .. ... Hard band [2-10] keV .. ... Exposure maps . ... Exposure map [0.5-2] keV .. ...

. Cosmology . Very Early Universe . Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropy . Dark Matter Models . Large Scale Structure . High Energy Astrophysics . Active Galactic Nuclei . Astrophysics of Compact Objects . Accretion Disks . Scientific Staff:

Class 1 Introduction, Background History of Modern Astronomy The Night Sky, Eclipses and the Seasons Kepler's Laws Newtonian Gravity General Relativity Matter and Light Telescopes Class 2 Solar System Characteristics Formation Exosolar Planets Class 3 Stars The Sun Stellar Evolution of Low and High Mass Stars Deaths of Stars Exotic Stars Class 4 Galaxies Galaxy Classification Formation of Galaxies Galactic Evolution ... So far, one planet has been studied by this method. ...