Weekly Bulletin on Solar and Geomagnetic Activity Highlights on 17 - 22.09.2012, Forecast on 23 - 30.09.2012, Carrington Rotation 2128 (11,29.09.2012) SUNSPOT-FORMING ACTIVITY OF THE SUN WAS REMAINED ON THE AVERAGE LEVEL. ... NEXT WEEK THE LEVEL OF SUNSPOT ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BE AVERAGE. ... FLARE ACTIVITY WAS ON THE LOW LEVEL AT SEPTEMBER 17-20 AND OTHER DAYS - ON VERY LOW. ... NEXT WEEK THE GEOMAGNETIC CONDITIONS IS EXPECTED UNSETTLED AND QUIET. ...

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Blackholes2 Forum Message . ... Post . ... Shifts Are As Would Be Expected. ... Post Message | ... Red and blue shifts can be caused by velocities also. ... The expectd result would be a red or blue shift proportional to the aparent distance an object is from the observer. ... www.astronomy.net . About Astronomy Net | Advertise on Astronomy Net | ... Forum posts are Copyright their authors as specified in the heading above the post. "dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

Trail encounter . ... Expected meteor rates . ... The Leonids are the debris of Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle. ... The Earth's passage right through the centre of trails is associated with the most spectacular meteor displays (studies show that, as well as how close to the centre of the trail you are, the strength of the display also depends on how far along a trail's length you are). ... The encounter with the 1932 trail will lead to enhanced meteor activity: a nice outburst, but below storm level. ...

... VLBI Schedule . ... Observers Wiki . ... Main / . ... Each DF has a header of 4 32-bit words followed by 2500 32-bit words of data (10000 bytes). ... m5data 2630/tcp # Mark5 data . ... Used to set the output data rate of the Mark5 at the station. Expected response: . ... Used to make the Mark5 stop playing if it was playing back data from disk. ... Used to make the Mark5 at the station start sending data. ... Used to make the Mark5 at the station stop sending data and terminate the connection. ...

... Science . ... Science Users Information > Data Handling and Products > Data Reduction FAQ > I see unexpected boxy emission-like features in my REDL spectra - where do they come from? ... Observing with ESO Telescopes . ... ESO-MIDAS . ... ESO Data . ... The pipeline by default interpolates across the bad columns in the REDL CCD when it creates the master bias, but does not so when it processes the science data. This inconsistency can create boxy emission-like features as seen in the figure below. ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . An Unexpected Aurora over Norway . ... 4.05.2015 . ... Credit Copyright: Tommy Richardsen Explanation: Sometimes the sky lights up unexpectedly. A trip to northern Norway to photograph auroras was not going as well as hoped. It was now past midnight in Steinsvik , Troms , in northern Norway , and the date was 2014 February 8. ... When the sky suddenly exploded with spectacular aurora . ... Publications with keywords: aurora . ... Aurora over Clouds . ...

Geomagnetic disturbances can be monitored by ground-based magnetic observatories recording the three magnetic field components. The global Kp index is obtained as the mean value of the disturbance levels in the two horizontal field components, observed at 13 selected, subauroral stations . ... Geomagnetic activity is the occurrence of K variations. ... But K still remains a local index, describing disturbances in the vicinity of each observatory. ...

... Actual stars are expected to be more complicated than these simulations. ... The spot may be entirely visible most of the time (one would observe a prolonged flux minimum low), and then part of it may disappear over the horizon briefly and then return (slow rise and then fall back to constant level). ... With the set of observations taken here, I have information available from several comparison stars and color information. ... The period found must be consistent with the data from any given night....

... S.P. KOROLEV ROCKET AND SPACE CORPORATION ENERGIA . ... OAO RSC "Energia" . ... Company's History . ... History . Brief History of Rocket and Space Technology . ... Project History . ISS Russian Segment . Steps of ISS Assembly . ... ISS 45/46 . ... The goal of this experiment is to determine the effect of microgravity on both the ability of adherent monocytes to migrate on a surface (Motion), as well as to interact with T-cells (Interact). ... 2015 JSC "S.P. Korolev RSC "Energia" . ...

... This gives a nice opportunity to check the quality of the FIRPO photometry against that of TIRGO. ... The values are Program POLYFIT V 10/Jul/90 ( A.Richichi ) - 24-Aug-1997 13:38:25 File : diff_temp_jc.dat Pol. degree: 1- N = 10- [ 2786.00- 4095.00 ] - [ 0.00- 1194.00] 1 -.10304E+01 0.26412E+00 2 0.29958E-03 0.74406E-04 sdev: 0.16063E+00 chi2 :0.24486E+01 Program POLYFIT V 10/Jul/90 ( A.Richichi ) - 24-Aug-1997 13:42:59 File : diff_temp_hc.dat Pol. degree: 1- N = 10- [ 2786.00- ...

... Information about a variety of different calendars for different cultures (e.g., Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Chinese, Hindu etc.) ... In addition, the Chinese had two different ways of interpreting and observing celestial events. One way the Chinese used astronomy was known as lifa; it was a discipline that aimed to understand the regularities and the predictable events in the celestial system through careful, observations, measurements and records. ... back to Teachers' Newsletter Main Page ...

... From the observed direction of interplanetary magnetic field lines, we believe this field comes from the Sun, carried by magnetic field lines dragged out by the solar wind . ... That is why magnetic field-line loops tend to keep back the solar wind, unlike the outward-bound lines in the "coronal holes" between them. ... The magnetic field at all these points is already so weak that the solar wind overpowers it and shifts its field lines, while its own motion--radially outward--remains unchanged. ...

The IAO-type events have to stimulte the science-educating style of the Olympiads. To follow the main science-educating principles of the IAO-type events and Schools for Young Astrophysicists , particularly: . ... The minimum duration of the IAO-type event is defined as 5 days (4 nights). ... foreign language teams for an international IAO-type event - 1 / 2. ... The full text of the current Supplementary Instructions N 4 IAO-type events and Schools for Young Astrophysicists to be presented later. ...

... Team . ... GRB mini-workshop 2006 . ... Within the framework of a joint observational program (SAO RAS + Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia (IAA), Granada, Spain) on August 25 and 27, 2006, a variable optical object (optical transient) OT GRB 050824 was photometrically observed in SAO. ... An optical identification was made in SAO with a CCD photometer of the 1-meter telescope by data of a satellite observatory SWIFT and with the use of optical data of the inernational monitoring of GRBs. ...

... 1995: . ... for the first time a magnetic field was registered on normal white dwarfs. ... A study of variability of the first galactic superluminal radio source GRO J1915 +10 with the RATAN-600 showed a delay of flare activity at 3 frequencies of 5-10 days after the X-ray flares with an inversion of the radio spectrum. ... The distribution of linear dimensions of clouds in the first approximation is power-law. The distribution of clouds by concentrations depends on the galactic latitude. ...

SPECTRUM ANALYZER OF MAGNETIC PHENOMENA SAMW . Spectrum analyzer allows onboard computation of electromagnetic waves spectra registered (observed) in the ionosphere and magnetosphere in the ELF/VLF frequency band. ... It consists of magnetic antenna, preamplifier, 16 bit sigma delta AD converter, DSP processor and telemetry interface. ... The channels of lower frequencies are averaged and transmitted with lower repetition rate so the telemetry volume is reduced. ... Dynamic range: 90 dB . ...

... A star party is a gathering of amateur astronomers who set up their telescopes and observe the dynamic night sky. ... Star parties are best scheduled during first quarter and waxing gibbous Moon. During full moon, the moon is so bright it obscures a view of other celestial objects and even the Moon is best viewed when NOT full. ... We will consult local weather forecasters and make a decision by 2:00p on the day of the star party. ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

The direct detection of gravitational waves is one of those events long-expected by physicists that are nevertheless a significant occurrence which excites the world scientific community as if something unexpected has happened. ... Many rumors leaked ahead of the conference, and the fact that something (that is, a signal corresponding to gravitational waves) was discovered by LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) was discussed on the sidelines. ... arXiv:1602.03868 . ...

... Galaxies 99 Cosmic background with model of cloudy interstellar medium Yu. ... Figure 1: Averaged spectrum of the cosmic background I f in frequency range 0.25 200 MHz for the Galactic poles. ... First interpretation of the cosmic noise background spectrum at broad band frequency range 0.25 200 MHz with a model of the cloudy interstellar medium ISM is presented here. ... Synthesized background spectra I f for regions of the Galactic poles at the frequency range 0.25 200 MHz is presented in Fig. ...