... Visual Observing of Variable Stars - an Addict's Story . ... In Glenn’s words…I’ve been an avid amateur astronomer since the summer of 1963 when a high school friend showed me Saturn through his telescope. ... I’ve been a member of both the Amateur Telescope makers of Boston (currently Vice President) and the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) since 1980. ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

... Observing . ... Home Education Workshops at Adorama Astronomy Workshop: Observing Variable Stars from the City ? February 15, 2015 . ... Beyond New York City . ... Observing Resources for Amateur Astronomers - Part 1: Beginning Observers . ... A History of the First Forty Years of the Amateur Astronomers Association . ... Presented by€а Adorama €аFor the Amateur Astronomers Association of New York . ... 2016 Amateur Astronomers Association of New York Designed by Press Customizr Powered by . ...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration . ... Bruce McCandless II (Captain, USN, Ret.) NASA Astronaut (former) . ... He was a member of the astronaut support crew for the Apollo 14 mission and was backup pilot for the first manned Skylab mission (SL-1/SL-2). ... A veteran of two space flights, McCandless has logged over 312 hours in space, including 4 hours of MMU flight time. ... With the completion of this flight McCandless logged 191 hours in space (including 4 hours of MMU flight time). ...

... Create the position of New Member Steward . ... Conduct meetings that members want to attend . ... previous page | ... The New Member Steward helps new members know what to expect. ... A name badge that includes the member s name and the club name . ... Sharing the Universe videos are produced by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) from research conducted by the Institute for Learning Innovation, the ASP, and from astronomy clubs like yours. www.astrosociety.org/SharingTheUniverse . ...

... ASRAS HOME . ... ASRAS Board Members . ... Site . ... The Astronomy Section of the Rochester Academy of Science , also known as ASRAS, is Rochester's astronomy club. ... ASRAS Members enjoy all aspects of astronomy, including: тАв astrophotography and astro-imaging . ... тАв Monthly meetings that include presentations by guest speakers or members on topics ranging from elementary to advanced. тАв Access to our dark sky observing site, the Marian and Max Farash Center for Observational Astronomy, . ...

European Astronomical Society(EAS): NEWS Dear Colleagues, Please find enclosed some information of interest. ... We would also like to remind you that the time is appropriate to renew your membership for 2006 (see our Web page for procedures). ... And do'nt forget that, in between messages, the latest news can always be found on our Web page: http://www.iap.fr/eas/index.html With kind regards, Michel Dennefeld ************************************************************ Content 1. ...

... Applying the Lessons Learned from HST Operations to New Missions" , presented at SPIE's International Symposium Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation . ... Portable Astronomical Scheduling Tools" presented at the ADASS V Conference . A System for Long-Term Scheduling of Ground-Based Observatories" ( html , postscript ) presented at the Conference on New Observing Modes My technical papers, as well as those by STScI colleagues are available on-line. ... Spike planning and scheduling system . ...

European . ... Science . ... Science Users Information > Science and Technical Meetings > Conferences 2008 > The Seventh NEON Observing School . ... Observing with ESO Telescopes . ... The NEON Observing Schools are supported by OPTICON and the European Astronomical Society ( EAS ). ... For more information on the Third NEON Archive Observing School at ESO pelase follow the links on the top right of this page or below. ... For more information about the NEON schools please contact: neon08@eso.org . ...

Stellarium 0.12.3 . ... Classes . ... Quasar Class Reference . ... Quasar (const QVariantMap &map) . ... Get a QVariantMap which describes the Quasar . ... getSelectPriority (const StelCore *core) const . ... getInfoString (const StelCore *core, const InfoStringGroup &flags) const . ... getVMagnitude (const StelCore *core, bool withExtinction=false) const . ... getAngularSize (const StelCore *core) const . ... getPositionInfoString (const StelCore *core, const InfoStringGroup &flags) const . ...

... casa::MSTileLayout . ... An helper class for deciding on tile shapes in MeasurementSets. ... Suggest tile shape based on the data shape, the observing mode, the number of interferometers and the number of integrations per pointing. static IPosition . ... MSTileLayout is a class to determine an appropriate tile shape choice for the MeasurementSet DATA columns, based on the shape of the DATA, the observing mode and the number of interferometers . ... static IPosition casa::MSTileLayout::tileShape . ...

The AstroGuide . ... AstroGuide | ... AstroGuide Listing . ... See many more Astronomy Listings by: Category or Alphabet . Amateur Astronomy club in NW Nevada. Part of the larger society based essentially in Reno. ... Listed Since February 14, 1999 . ... Web Site . ... Web . www.astronomy.net . About Astronomy Net | ... Unless otherwise specified, web site content Copyright 1994-2016 John Huggins All Rights Reserved . dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

... New Mexico State University is seeking a technical and computer-oriented person as a Support Astronomer for nighttime astronomical observing at Apache Point Observatory (APO) with the Astrophysical Research Consortium (ARC) 3.5m Telescope. б  . ... Paper/email documents will not be accepted. ... TELESCOPE OPERATIONS SPECIALIST . ... Responsibilities include nightly operation of the 3.5m telescope and instruments, Quality monitoring the data streams and system performance and observing efficiency. ...

... This telescope is also able to be used in a non-assisted manner. ... Upon availability, the use of the Club's 10" dobsonian mount telescope. Upon availability, the use of the Club's 16" Meade LightBridge telescope. ... Use of the Club's Coronado Personal Solar Telescope and Cemax Eyepieces. Use of the Club's Video Eyepieces. ... Use of Club Binoculars. ... It's all part of being here and just one of many telescopes that are the benefit of being a member of the Richland Astronomical Society. ...

... History of Science. Science education. ... Visiting Scientist, Department of Astronomy , Oxford University Summer Faculty, Department of Astronomy , Columbia University Programmer, Radio and GeoAstronomy Division, SAO Sponsored Research Staff, Center for Space Research, MIT Research Assistant, Earth and Planetary Physics, Harvard University Sp ecial App ointments: 2009-2012 2005-2007 2003-2004 2003-2004 2001-2003 1997-2009 ( AAAS ) 1995-1997 1995 1994 1993-1995 1991-1993 1990-1992 Member, ...

... The Observatory has continued to encourage visits to the Armagh Observatory Grounds and Astropark. During 2004 such visits have included school groups from as far afield as Dublin, as well as groups of retired people, unemployed people and members of history, philosophical and astronomical societies. ... In addition, 677 people signed the Visitors Book, suggesting that approximately 1,000 people were accompanied on tours of the Observatory by staff and students during 2004. ... Group . ...

... SUN MOON MERCURY VENUS MARS, JUPITER SATURN . ... Star Atlas . ... Get to Know the Night Sky . ... Do astronomers know of or suspect any stars that were original members of the same star cluster as our Sun? ... The Sun is a star with a diameter of approximately 864,000 miles (1,390,000 kilometers), about 109 times the diameter of Earth. ... NASA/NSSDC Only one star, HIP 21158 in Taurus, remains a candidate sibling; however, the evidence that this star was born in the same cluster as the Sun is weak....

... 2014 February 3 . Lunar Time Lapse Panorama including Yutu Rover . ... Explanation: Where has the Yutu rover been on the Moon? ... Because it uses solar power , the mechanical Jade Rabbit goes into sleep mode to endure the two-week long lunar night. Pictured above is a digitally created time-lapse composite panorama showing the region surrounding the Chang'e 3 lander , capturing the desk-sized rover in three positions. ... Organize Your Universe: Free APOD 2014 Calendar in PDF format . ...

... APT Activities and Science Results 3. ... APT Secretary Philip Edwards (ISAS) reviewed the aims of the APT (http://www.vsop.isas.ac.jp/apt/DefinitionAndAims.html). ... The Australia Telescope Compact Array, and Ceduna, Hartebeesthoek, Kashima, Mopra, Parkes, and Shanghai telescopes of the Asia-Pacific Telescope participated in these observations. ... In the absence of Tetsuo Sasao, Philip Edwards briefly described results of the APT 22 GHz observations conducted from October 1st to 5th, 1997. ...

To see a Russian version of this page, click here . ... Graduated from Moscow State University (MSU), Faculty of Physics in 1976. Ph.D. degree - 1988, MSU. Main field of scientific activities: photometric investigations of various stars, close binary stellar systems and other astronomical objects, including research with use of fast photoelectric photometry with a high time resolution till 1 millisecond. ... New portable photometer . ... Send your mail to: tem@sai.msu.ru ...

... 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) . ...