Last modified: 01 February 1998 . ... Modified: . This WEB page contains the schedule for HALCA observations from February 1 to April 30, 1998. The February schedule is final, but additions and changes will be made in the March and April schedules. ... Frequency bands with a following '*' are for polarization and will be recorded with 256 Mbit/s. S2 V123a CYG-A C Socr 107 Fr:Apr-17 06:10 - 20:55 VLBA V125a 3C380 L Socr 110 Mo:Apr-20 04:00 - 19:50 VLBA Percentage of time 4.5 . ...

... 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....

Space VLBI Mission RadioAstron Announcement of Opportunity -- 1 for the period July 2013 ­ 30 June 2014 Key Science Program ( KSP ) Final Notes Proposals Due: 8 February 2013, 23:59 UT 1 RadioAstron KSP meeting follow-up Based on the fruitful discussions, questions and suggestions from the RadioAstron Key Science program meeting in Bonn (December 3-4, 2012), we would like to emphasize the following specific aspects for the preparation of the AO-1 ...

These observations are aimed at fully charactering FORS1 photometric system (UBVRI zero-points, color-terms and extinction coefficients) for the Tektronix 2048x2048 pixel CCD (24µm px) . To this aim, the two Landolt/Stetson photometric fields SA95 and SA101 will be observed on a number of epochs and at different airmasses during February and March 2007. ... SA101 . ... OBs for SA101 have to be observed during evenigh twilight (exceptions are expected for the second half of March) . ...

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NAIC Guidelines for ALFA Consortia Proposals (Draft May 7, 2004) R. L. Brown At the May 6, 2004 teleconference of the ALFA System Advisory and Planning (ASAP) committee several issues were identified as being critical to informing the process by which guidelines are developed by NAIC for handling the ALFA consortia proposals. ... Planning for shared-risk precursor observations, a primary purpose of which is to demonstrate the readiness of the survey teams to conduct their planned survey observations. ...

... BDR FAX: (303) 497-6513 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SELECTED GEOMAGNETIC AND SOLAR ACTIVITY INDICES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WORLDWIDE INDICES -------------------------------------------------------------- The subscript p means planetary and designates a global magnetic activity in- dex ... 13-14 I2 Kp or PLANETARY 3-HOUR RANGE INDEX for 0000 - 0300 UT. ...

... This is in the cardboard box labelled "new setup", together with other stuff below. ... In the Leinert Schrank there is a box of new (virgin, unconnected) batteries. ... This is to be obtained somewhere (at this time there were two on the first level of the 1.23m building) 7- a multimeter. to be found in Leinert's Schrank. 8- an eyepiece for the photometer, and a barrel with hole to check the alignment of the mount. these are in a small cardboard box, to be found inside the "new setup" box. ...

... February 19, 1997 . Mizar Binary Star . ... In a binary star system , each star of the pair follows an elliptical orbital path. ... Also known as zeta Ursae Majoris , Mizar is the middle star in the handle of the Big Dipper and at a distance of 88 light years, was the first binary star system to be imaged telescopically . Spectroscopic observations of the Mizar system show periodic doppler shifts , revealing that both stars, Mizar A and Mizar B, are themselves binary stars! ... About APOD > . ...

... The list of pertinent MIDAS descriptors should be stored into a MIDAS table containing the following columns: DESCR_INAME (Character Column) contains the list of MIDAS descriptors to be mapped into the columns of the OST. ... DESCR_ONAME (Character Column) contains for each descriptor the label of the column of the OST in which its values will be stored. OTYPE (Character Column) contains for each descriptor the type of the column of the OST in which its values will be stored. ... EDIT/TABLE). ...

... We had to move to the biggest lecture theatre in the building to accommodate everyone, and we all listened spellbound to a fascinating brilliantly illustrated talk lasting for well over two hours! ... Just a final reminder: CONNAUGHT STAR PARTY: Westwood House Hotel, Newcastle, Galway City, on Sat 29 January. ... February 1st. ... IAA Lecture, February 2nd, 7.30 p.m. Stranmillis College, Stranmillis Road, Belfast. ... 16 February: IAA Lecture, 7.30 p.m. Stranmillis College, Stranmillis Road, Belfast...

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... Team . ... GRB mini-workshop 2006 . ... Alberto Castro-Tirado (Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia, Granada, Spain) . Ram Sagar (India, Nainital, Manora Peak, ARIES) . ... Valdimir Sokolov (SAO RAS) . Timur Fatkhullin (SAO RAS) . ... GRBs and the importance of GRB observations in the INTEGRAL SWIFT Era (Castro-Tirado, 30'+ 5' for questions) . Recent GRB observations at SAO (Fathkullin, 30'+ 5' for questions) . GRB research in India (Sagar, TBC, 20'+ 5' for questions ) . ...

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... Sun images . Magnetic storms online . Sun flares . Geomagnetic activity forecast . ... February : 2015 . ... No magnetic storm is expected . From 2 February 2015 to 28 February 2015 the following magnetic storms and disturbances are expected: . February 15, 2015 geomagnetic disturbances . ... February 02, 2015 geomagnetic storm of level G1 (minor) 2 February 2015 - 28 February 2015 . 01.02.2015 . ... Probability of a magnetic storm . ... Probability of a strong magnetic storm . ...

Race to the Planets Family Event Sample Agendas Family ASTRO Leader Kits and Guides are designed to contain enough materials and activities for two full family events. ... What's Next: As families leave, make sure they know about the date and time for your second Race to the Planets session and that you'll want to know how they did playing the "Surfing the Solar System" game. ... If there are any planets visible in the night sky, a nice follow up to this family event is a planet observing session. ...

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... People . Posts tagged ?Loess? ... Diab Jerius follows up on LOESS techniques б with a very nice summary update and finds LOCFIT to be very useful, but there are still questions about how it deals with measurement errors and combining observations from different experiments: . Continue reading ?loess and lowess and locfit, oh my? ... 2 Comments . ... Tags: Brad Wargelin , error bands , error bars , Fitting , least-squares , Loess , Lowess , polynomial , question for statisticians , smoothing . ...

... 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. ...