... ATNF Home . ... About ATNF overview . ... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Parkes radio telescope . ... Information & tools for observers . ... Binary stars and variable stars are two extremely important groups of celestial objects. Observations of binary stars have allowed astronomers to determine the masses of stars and provided a wealth of information on the density, atmosphere and evolution of stars. ... The study of binary and variable stars reveals vital information about stars . ...

Follow-up observations with the University of Washington 0.76 m telescope at Manastash Ridge Observatory (MRO) of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) cataclysmic variable (CV) SDSS J170053+400358 are presented. ... They estimate that the dimming amounted to about 0.028 mag (using two comparison stars that were each about 4 mag fainter than HD 209458). only UW affiliated authors have been listed, student researchers are marked with an ``*'' . ... XTE J1859+226" UW affiliated authors: *Kevin Krisciunas. ...

Once students get the hang of it, they can find and measure the brightness of Delta Cephei in a few minutes. ... of Delta Cephei . ... Oct. ... The following table lists the measurements of Delta Cephei made by one amateur astronomer in autumn 1990. ... 4.0 . ... This activity is a simplified version of one that appeared in Hands-On Astrophysics, a series of activities prepared by the American Association of Variable Star Observers with support from the National Science Foundation. << previous page | ...

... Outreach . ... COSMOS is a four-week residential program for talented high school students. Astronomy cluster students learn through inquiry-based activities about galaxy evolution and formation, variable stars, and other topics using observations they take with the 40" telescope at Lick Observatory. I participated for two years as an instructor of the Maui Akamai Short Course, which is part of the education and outreach program of the Center for Adaptive Optics . ... Assistant Astronomer . ...

... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... Three sixth-form students from St Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh , used the Faulkes Telescope South in Australia in April to observe and measure HW Virginis , an unusual "binary" or double star system suspected to host one or two extrasolar planets orbiting the central stellar pair. ... Armagh Observatory and associated researchers hope to develop this work to look for further evidence of planet-hosting binary star...

... Observatory has four telescopes: . ... Zeiss-300 (D=300mm F=4500mm), visual . AVR-1 (D=200mm F=3000mm), visual . ... AZT-7 (D=200mm F=900mm), photometer . ... Zhujko Sergey V. Burlak Alexander N. Volod'ko Dmitry G. Pakhomov Yuriy V. Objects of research: . ... Variable stars . ... Moon . Covers stars by Moon . Field of research: . ... Questions and comments please mail to pakhomov@sai.msu.su . Yury V. Pakhomov . pakhomov@sai.msu.su . ...

... Staff . ... Dr. Taylor joined the Arecibo staff as a Postdoctoral Associate in 2009 and has been a staff scientist since 2012. His current research interests include radar and thermal-infrared observations, shape reconstruction, and dynamics of small Solar System bodies, especially the formation and evolution of multiple-component (binary and triple) systems. ... Sean Marshall , Cornell University, Advisor: Don Campbell . ... Michael Nolan, Director of Solar System Studies . ...

... CEPHEID VARIABLE STARS: A Cepheid variable or Cepheid is a member of a particular class of very luminous, massive variable stars with pulsation periods of 1-70 days. ... The relationship is calibrated using data collected from Cepheids whose distances are determined by other means. ... Browse through the 68 CCD fits images he sent you, using ds9 and locate the Cepheid variable. ... Image credits: ESA - "http://sci.esa.int/science-e-media/img/20/cepheid-variables.jpg" . ...

... Moore Observatory is a research and advanced teaching facility of the University of Louisville. ... The 24-inch Ritchie Chretien (RC24) telescope is a research instrument used by faculty and graduate students involved in studies of exoplanets, optical properties of the atmosphere, and the development of imaging and spectroscopic technology. ... Kent (CDK20S) are collaboratively operated by the University of Louisville and the University of Southern Queensland for both research and education. ...

Curriculum Vitae of Dmitry S. Nasonov . ... Address: 4/34, Special Astrophysical Observatory, . ... Astrospectroscopy laboratory, Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2008 2011 . ... Faculty of Physics, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 2002 2008 . ... In Physics of Space: Proceedings of the 37th International Scientific Conference for Students, held in Kourovka , Russia, January 28 February 1, 2008 , Yekaterinburg, Ural University Press, p. 235. ...

... Samara State Aerospace University Students life Student clubs . Samara State Aerospace University provides a large number of students associations, clubs, sections and project groups. ... There is student press center at Samara State Aerospace University which includes: Kakovkin Illuminator photo club, Bort 3 video log, a journalists club and a students' radio station. ... Samara State Aerospace University also runs a students' volunteer center. ... Sputnik International Student Club . ...

Фонд поддержки научных образовательных и культурных инициатив "Траектория" и Специальная астрофизическая обсерватория РАН проводят Первую астрофизическую школу "Траектория" с 8-го по 21-е августа 2016 года. ... ведущий науч. сотрудник докт.физ.-мат. наук Григорий Меерович Бескин, . ведущий науч. сотрудник докт.физ.-мат. наук Олег Васильевич Верходанов, . ведущий науч. сотрудник докт.физ.-мат. наук Евгений Леонидович Ченцов . ...

... Smithsonian Lead Scientist, SAO/Southampton Masters Program . ... Chandra Uncovers New Evidence For Event Horizons Surrounding Black Holes . ... XTE J1118+480: Chandra Pinpoints Edge Of Accretion Disk Around Black Hole . ... Astronomers Closing in on Black Holes . ... A Black Hole Greater Than 6 Msolar in the X-Ray Nova XTE J1118+480 . Complete and Simultaneous Spectral Observations of the Black Hole X-Ray Nova XTE J1118+480 . Aql X-1: Garcia etal 99, . ... Home" Home Page . ...

... Telescopes . ... The International Conference "Dark Ages and White Nights (Spectroscopy of the CMB)" (June 20-24, 2016) . ... The International Conference "Stars: from collapse to collapse" (October 3-7, 2016) . The traditional annual competition conference of scientific and scientific-engineering papers of the Observatory staff members . ... A session of the Dissertation Council (October 16, 2015) . ... International scientific conference "Large Optical Telescopes" (October, 10-13, 2011) . ...

... Lecture course (2015/2016) "Galactic Astronomy" (PPT, PPTX) (for 2nd grade students, in Russian) . ... Lecture course (2015/2016) "Astronomical Distances" (PPT) (for postgraduate students, in English) . Lecture course program "Galactic Astronomy" (DOC, for 2nd grade students, in Russian) . Lecture course program "The Elements of Stellar Dymamics" (for 4-5th grade students, in Russian) . Tutorials on astronomy (PDF, PS, DJVU, HTML) . ... My Reviews and Talks (In Russian) . ...

... Resolved Stellar Populations Globular Clusters . Galaxies are made of stars, gas and the illusive dark matter. ... Star clusters are the simplest form of the stellar population. ... Old globular clusters are easily observed at great distances and can be used as probes of the early stages of star formation history in galaxies where individual stars cannot be resolved. My research interests are centered on the studies of resolved stellar populations and (old) star clusters in nearby galaxies. ...

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Winer Observatory P.O. Box 797, Sonoita, Arizona 85637-0797, USA . ... Outreach . Projects . ... Science . ... Participating in Project ASTRO, a national program to assist teachers in grades 4 through 12 in teaching astronomy . ... June, 1990: National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Friday Science Lunch Talks: "Engineering Big Science Projects" . ... May 4, 2007: National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Friday Science Lunch Talks: "The Ohio State University KELT Telescope -- Early Results" . ...

... The main goals of the society are to maintain the development of astronomy and to reinforce scientific contacts between astronomers of the former Soviet Union and their colleagues all over the world. Official languges of EAAS - Russian and English. ... IV Russian Olympiad on Astronomy and Cosmic Physics for high-school students (April 7-12, 1997, Troitsk, Moscow region, Russia) . ... In Russian. ... Dr. Nikolai G. Bochkarev , Co-chairman of Euro-Asian Astronomical Society, 21.02.1997. ...

... Young astronomer . ... Crimean Astrophysical Observatory . ... Dr. Sergey Sergeev, . ... Gissar Astronomical observatory . Dr. Sergey Shugarov, . Sternberg Astronomical Institute Moscow University, . Astronomical Institute of Slovak Academy of Science . ...