Astronomy Picture of the Day . In the Center of the Omega Nebula . ... Credit Copyright: NASA , H. Ford (JHU), G. Illingworth (UCSC/LO), M.Clampin (STScI), G. Hartig (STScI), ACS Science Team , and ESA Explanation: In the depths of the dark clouds of dust and molecular gas known as the Omega Nebula , stars continue to form. ... The dark dust filaments that lace the center of Omega Nebula were created in the atmospheres of cool giant stars and in the debris from supernova explosions . ...

... April 7, 1999 . Denizen of the Tarantula Nebula . Credit: Hubble Heritage Team ( AURA / STScI / NASA ) . Explanation: The star cluster at lower right, cataloged as Hodge 301 , is a denizen of the Tarantula Nebula . ... But these spectacular stellar death explosions signal star birth as well, as the blast waves condense gas and dust to ultimately form the next generation of stars inside the Tarantula Nebula . ... About APOD > . ... NASA Technical Rep.: ...

... An investigation of the molecular clouds of the Carina HII region/molecular cloud complex - First results . ... The Carina Nebula is an extremely bright southern HII region embedded in a giant molecular cloud and contains some of the most massive stars known in our Galaxy. ... Here we present the results of the initial molecular cloud observations which were made by observing the 12CO(1-0) emission with the Mopra antenna . ... HII regions -- ISM: clouds, kinematics and dynamics -- stars: formation ....

The Astronomical Society of Australia has been asked by STANDARDS AUSTRALIA to compile a list of "designated" optical observatories that are valuable resources for (i) research, (ii) education and (iii) community use. The ASA is the final arbiter of whether any particular observatory is so designated. ... Upon receipt of your application form, your observatory will be entered on a list of "Pending Designated Observatories" on the ASA Home Page. ... It will be emailed for you. ... Email . ...

... These Frontier Fields will combine the power of HST with the natural gravitational telescopes of high-magnification clusters of galaxies. ... We are soliciting gravitational lensing maps for the last four Hubble Frontier Fields clusters (MACSJ0717.5+3745, MACSJ1149.5+2223, AbellS1063, and Abell 370) based upon the exceptionally deep HST FF imaging and other new ancillary data. ... For the full set of proposal instructions and requirements, see the FY16 Frontier Fields Lensing Map Call for Proposals....

... Research areas . ... International relations . ... Samara State Aerospace University Staff Grechnikov Fedor Vasilevich . ... Grechnikov F.V. , Gorshkov Yu.S. , Erisov Ya.A. Bending Process Simulation of a Flat Workpiece with Various Cross-Sectional Mechanical Properties with PAM-STAMP 2G // 4th International Conference for Young Scientists High Technology: Research and Applications, HTRA 2015, 21 April -24 April 2015, Tomsk, , 2016, P. 133-136 . ... 2015. ... F.V. Grechnikov . ...

... 13th European VLBI Network Symposium . and Users Meeting . on September 20-23, 2016. ... 13th European VLBI Network Symposium and Users Meeting on September 20-23, 2016. ... Year book "Ephemerides of Minor Planets for 2016" on-line . ...

... STScI-PF95-13 FOR RELEASE: April 10, 1995 OXYGEN-RICH SUPERNOVA REMNANT IN THE LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD This is a NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of the tattered debris of a star that exploded 3,000 years ago as a supernova. ... A Hubble Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 image of the inner regions of the supernova remnant shows the complex collisions that take place as fast moving ejecta slam into cool, dense interstellar clouds. ... The image shows a region of the remnant 50 light-years across. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Armagh Planetarium . ... Stars . ... Space Flight . ... This image of the Tarantula Nebula comprises one of the largest mosaics ever assembled from Hubble photos and includes observations taken by HubbleтАЩs Wide Field Camera 3 and Advanced Camera for Surveys, combined with observations from the European Southern ObservatoryтАЩs MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope which trace the location of glowing hydrogen and oxygen. ... Subscribe to Astronotes . ...

SAS home . ... List of SAS threads . This thread contains a step-by-step recipe to extract a light curve of a point-like source for all the X-ray cameras, and to start a simple analysis tool. ... If the following files are available: a) RGS event list; b) RGS source list, just a single evselect command allows a user to create a light curve, corresponding to the extraction regions in the spatial and order images. set up your SAS environment (following the SAS start-up thread ) . ...

... Posts tagged ?grant application? ... Mathematics for Analysis of Petascale Data . http://www.science.doe.gov/grants/FAPN09-10.html . ... All applications should address the potential for advances in mathematical methods or numerical algorithms and not just the application of methods and algorithms to a specific science problem, no matter how challenging. ... Tags: Announcement , ASCR , datasets , DoE , funding , grant , grant application , petascale . ... Entries RSS . Comments RSS . ...

... Volodymyr Kuzkov, Sergii Kuzkov, Zoran Sodnik - Direct measurements of laser light aberration from the ARTEMIS geostationary satellite through thin clouds // arXiv.org - New resalts to paper at Conference ICSOS-2014, Kobe, Japan, May 7-9 (2014), S4-4, [view pdf file] . ... Kuz'kov V., Volovyk D., Kuzkov S., Sodnik Z., Pukha S. - Realization of Laser Experiments with ESA'S Geostationary Satellite ARTEMIS. ... Preparation to Optical Communication Experiments With ARTEMIS Satellite. ... V.P. Kuz`kov. ...

... 11 Yellow-Green (78% transmission): Contrasts well with the red and blue characteristics of surface features on Jupiter and Saturn. ... 82A Light Blue (73% transmission): Useful on the Moon, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, this subtle pale blue filter enhances areas of low contrast while avoiding significant reduction of overall image brightness. ... Meade Series 4000 Photo-Visual Color Filters may be ordered individually or in the following sets: . ... Meade Series 4000 Broadband Nebular Filters . ...

... Институт прикладной математики им. М.В.Келдыша . БАЛЛИСТИЧЕСКИЙ ЦЕНТР . О Центре . ... Баллистический Центр Института прикладной математики им. М.В.Келдыша РАН . Баллистический центр (БЦ) ИПМ им. М.В. Келдыша создан по предложению С.П. Королева и М.В. Келдыша в 1965 году. На него были возложены работы по баллистико-навигационному обеспечению (БНО) управления полетом пилотируемых кораблей и автоматических космических аппаратов научного и народно-хозяйственного назначения. ...

... We report on our ongoing project ``Infrared Study of HII Regions Associated with Small Clouds.' ... These IR data, combined with optical imaging (which will be obtained from the IAC-80 telescope), IRAS survey maps, and existing CO observations of the associated clouds, will allow us to undertake a detailed investigation of the gas-to-dust mass ratio, initial mass function and the star-formation efficiency in these complexes. ... CHECKPSF: check the PSF (Point Spread Function) model, . ...

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. ...

... at the IITP. 1993-1995: researcher at Moscow International Mathematical Institut. a) Mathematics: Theory of Probability, Random Processes , Mathematical Physics, Theory of Interacted Particle Systems. b) Queueing Theory: Queueing Networks , application of the Theory of Markov Processes with Local Interactions to Networks with a large number of queues, Asymptotical Properties of Queueing ... A.N.Rybko, "Stationary Distributions of Markov Processes Modelling Queueing Networks". ...

. PAGE IN RUSSIAN . Form of the application (Excel file). Personal data questionnaire and the order of their presenting . Rules and Regulations for a participant of the Olympiad . Updated 18.04.2007. Dr. Michael G. Gavrilov, Founding Chairman of the International Astronomy Olympiad, . ISSP of Russ. Acad. Sci., Institute avenue 15, 142432 Chernogolovka, Moscow region, Russia. URL: http://www.issp.ac.ru/iao/2007/ . e-mail: gavrilov@issp.ac.ru . fax: + 7-(496-52)-49-701 .

... Science . ... Science Users Information > Science Publications > Science Announcements > Applications ERC Starting Grants Hosted at ESO . ... Observing Facilities . ... ESO welcomes applications from qualified researchers wishing to conduct their frontier research at ESO with the support of one of the prestigious European Research Council ( ERC ) grants in the Starting Grant category. ... The ESO application serves as a preliminary step to grant the host approval that is required by the EU. ...

... Telescopes . ... The time requests are accepted in an electronic version with on-line form in Russian or English. ... Unregistered request will be disregarded by the Large Telescopes Programm Committee. In exclusive cases the secreatry of the Committee is entitled to accept an observational time request given permission of the Chairman of the Committee or the director of the SAO RAS. The Program Committee considers generally one time request submitted by the principal applicant. ...