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Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... 18.02.2000 . ... Credit Copyright: AO Staff , Keck , LLNL Explanation: From the Earth's surface, Neptune usually appears as a fuzzy blotch. The blurring effects of the Earth's atmosphere deny clearer images. ... February 2000 . ... 1999 2000 . ... NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers . ... U. Based on Astronomy Picture Of the Day . Publications with keywords: Neptune - adaptive optics . Publications with words: Neptune - adaptive optics . ...

... 2000 February 18 . Neptune through Adaptive Optics . Credit: AO Staff , Keck , LLNL . Explanation: From the Earth's surface, Neptune usually appears as a fuzzy blotch. The blurring effects of the Earth's atmosphere deny clearer images. ... The above image of Neptune in three infrared colors demonstrates the clarity of the new technique - as compared to an image of Neptune from Keck II without AO . ... About APOD | ...

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... HST . Domains of Observability in the Near-Infrared with HST/NICMOS and (Adaptive Optics Augmented) Large Ground-Based Telescopes . ... HST Peer Review Process . ... HST Overview . ... Retrieving HST Data . ... HST Science Year in Review . ... NICMOS . ... DOMAINS OF OBSERVABILTY . IN THE NEAR-INFRARED . ... HST/NICMOS . ... ADAPTIVE OPTICS AUGMENTED) LARGE GROUND-BASED TELESCOPES . A summary study solicited by STScI in preparation for HST Cycle 12 . ...

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... Ciel Espace, le magazine qui vous guide toujours plus loin . ... les plus belles images de l'Univers d†йcrypt†йes pour vous . ... des pages consacr†йes †а la publication de vos photos Mais c'est aussi une vraie communaut†й avec laquelle partager votre passion et nourrir votre curiosit†й. Accueil Ils photographient le ciel au Very Large Telescope . ... Astronomes ou ing†йnieurs, ils profitent de travailler sous le meilleur ciel du monde pour s'adonner †а leur passion de la photographie. ...

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INAF staff researcher at the Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri in the Adaptive Optics Group. ... INAF - Osservatorio di Arcetri . ... pinna@arcetri.astro.it . ... Since 2004 I'm involved in the development of high order Adaptive Optics systems for ground based telescopes. ... Magellan Adaptive Optics system (collaboration with the Steward Observatory - USA) . ... The Giant Magellan Telescope adaptive optics program. ... MagAO: Status and on-sky performance of the Magellan adaptive optics system. ...

... The British consortium, currently led by Professor Gordon Bromage of the University of Central Lancashire , includes the Universities of Keele , Nottingham and Southampton , the Open University and Armagh Observatory and will be joining the other partners in the SALT project, from South Africa, Poland, Germany, USA and New Zealand. ... SALT Dome . ... The SALT project is managed by a team based at the SALT Headquarters at Sutherland and South African Astronomical Observatory in Cape Town. ...

... Освоение космоса (Модератор: Chepurny ) > . E-ELT (European Extremely Large Telescope) . ... Благодарностей: 0 . ... 13 Май 2010, 12:14:53 ? Европейский чрезвычайно большой телескоп" (European Extremely Large Telescope - E-ELT) будет построен в горах пустыни Атакама, объявила на днях Европейская южная обсерватория. ... Ответ #1 : 13 Май 2010, 12:29:34 ? ... Цитата: ds40a от 13 Май 2010, 12:29:34 Field of view: 10 arcminute diameter . ... Цитата: ds40a от 13 Май 2010, 13:28:02 И я о том-же. ...

home publications > mercury . SEARCH ASP SITE: Match ALL words Match ANY word . ... Astronomy Beat . ... Flying Telescopes . ... Following nearly four decades of bigger and better airborne observatories, NASA?s SOFIA mission will carry infrared astronomy to new heights. ... It?s kind of a happenstance of our atmosphere that you can fly an airplane and still see in the infrared," says UCLA astronomer Eric Becklin, chief scientist for SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy). home | ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Our Galaxy . ... Other Galaxies . ... Telescopes and Observatories . ... Everyone loves stunning pictures of spiral galaxies,€а I have said this before and will no doubt say it again. The folks at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) know this too, and their latest public image release is a bumper set of serenely spinning spirals. ... Tweets that mention Six glorious spiral galaxies seen by the European Southern Observatory. ...

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 . ...

... 2008 . ... 2006 . ... Сегодня: 10 апреля 2016 г. Специалисты из European Southern Observatory утвердили план, согласно которому через три года европейскими учеными начнется сооружение гигантского оптического/инфракрасного телескопа European Extremely Large Telescope. ... Он даст наземной астрономии новые, до этого невиданные, возможности. ... Первое зеркало телескопа будет состоять из 906 шестиугольных сегментов, каждый размером в 1,45 метров. ... Решение по этому вопросу будет принято к 2008 году. ...

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... MILT Description . ... Telescope Control System . ... Biblography The Astrophysical Research Consortium (ARC) consists of astronomers at the following institutions: University of Washington, University of Chicago, New Mexico State University, Princeton University, and Washington State University. ... In addition some advancement in the art and engineering of large telescopes will be pursued. The telescope design itself is one of three major project tasks. ...

... Анк а дня . ... Деформированная спиральная галактика NGC 3190 . 17-05-2006 15:12 РОЛ . Это снимок галактики NGC 3190, сделанный телескопом Very Large Telescope Европейской Южной обсерватории. Эта галактика находится на расстоянии 70 млн световых лет от Земли в созвездии .. Все ключевые слова . Картинка дня . ... Copyright 2002-2014 . ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Last week's Snack talked about how black holes can affect the environment around them in such a way as to be very bright . ... It's a common misconception that black holes always have matter swirling into them. ... As this matter gets closer and closer to the black hole it piles up and a large, fairly flat disk forms. This is called the accretion disk , because matter from this disk accretes (that is, falls in) on the black hole. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...