THE RELATIVE MONTHLY MEAN SUNSPOT NUMBER ON MARCH 2016 HAS MADE Wmarch = 32.9, 54.9 ( new ) THAT GIVES FOR 80 MONTHS (2015, SEPTEMBER) DEVELOPMENT CURRENT 24 CYCLE OF SOLAR ACTIVITY THE SMOOTHED MONTHLY MEAN SUNSPOT NUMBER W*sep. = 39.6; 66.0 - (in new system ); W*aug. = 39.8; 66.3 - (in new system ); - On July 1, 2015 Centre in Brussels moved to a new system of cal- culation the relative ... Almost all the work using smooth W* have to lead to a new system, if it remains. ...

The selection of the quietest days (Q-days) and most disturbed days (D-days) of each month is deduced from the Kp indices on the basis of three criteria for each day: . ... In order to indicate such a situation, selected days which do not satisfy certain absolute criteria are marked as follows. ... A selected disturbed day is considered not really disturbed and marked by an asterisk ( * ) if Ap less than 20. ... January 2000 - recent . January 1990 - December 1999 . ...

RELATIVE SUNSPOT NUMBERS Description of Data from SGD Explanation of Data Reports: Relative Sunspot Numbers -- The relative sunspot number is an index of the activity of the entire visible disk of the Sun. ... The provisional daily Zurich relative sunspot numbers, Rz, were based upon observations made at Zurich and its two branch stations in Arosa and Locarno and communicated by M. Waldmeier of the Swiss Federal Observatory. ... This indicates the uncertainty above and below the predicted number. ...

... Apr 14, 2016 - Monthly Meeting . ... The Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ATMoB) is an astronomy club devoted to telescope making, observing, and studying the heavens. ... CURRENT MOON . ... April Sky . ... Lyrids Meteor Shower . ... Sources: NASA JPL Space Calendar , StarDate Online , Sky Telescope , Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics , RASC Observer’s Handbook , Abrams Planetarium Sky Calendar and Astronomy Magazine . ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

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... Atmospheric Extinction Coefficients at La Silla (from Geneva Observatory) . Differential atmospheric refraction . ... Precipitable Water Vapour and local Relative Humidity . Wind, Air Temperature, Dew Point and Relative Humidity Statistics, 2002 to 2006 (pdf) and seasonal, 1999 to 2007 (pdf) . ... Wind Velocity and gust at ground level (1998-2007) and at the tropopause level . ... Environmental Conditions at ESO Observatories (Trimestrial Reports, discontinued in 1999) . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Monthly Sky Notes . ... Posted on June 1, 2015 | No Comments June is finally upon us, and the summer is officially in full swing. ... Continue Reading.. Posted on May 20, 2015 | ... Posted on March 27, 2015 | ... 3 Comments Already the year 2015 is proving to be a great year for stargazing with planets, comets and meteorites gracing the skies but prepare for March as it brings a тАШmicro [ ] . ... Posted on February 4, 2015 | ...

... HST Overview . ... Proposal ID = 12549 Principle Investigator = Thomas Brown - Space Telescope Science Institute Title = "The Formation History of the Ultra-Faint Dwarf Galaxies" Time = May 6, 2012 01:57:28 - 06:22:12 Target = CANES-VENATICI-II Instrument = ACS/WFC, WFC3/UVIS . ... The standard paradigm for the evolution of galaxies begins with the formation of large numbers of low mass dwarf galaxies. ... However, there appear to be only a few dozen dwarfs galaxies around our own Milky Way galaxy. ...

... The highlight of the month is the total eclipse of the Moon during the night of December 20/21. ... Listed below are some of the key events, and the times they will occur, during December's total lunar eclipse. ... The eclipse is also visible in its entirety from Alaska (local time is UT тАУ 9 hours) and Hawaii (UT тАУ 10 hours), but be aware that most of the eclipse occurs on the 20th in these two regions. ... Penumbral Eclipse Begins . ... Partial Eclipse Begins . ... Total Eclipse Begins . ...

... It's life Jim, but not as we know it - Tuesday 2 December 2008 . ... God and the Universe: Thursday 20 November 2008 . John O'Neill will give a lecture to the IAS in Dunsink Observatory, Castleknock, Dublin, on Monday 1st, at 8 p.m. Entitled "Wonderful Eclipses: The Greatest Saros", it will look at some of the best total solar eclipses to be seen. Monday, 1 December 2008 12:42 . International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node . ...

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... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . News . Observing . ... Magazine . ... Gravitational wave search provides insights into galaxy evolution and mergers . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Open cluster NGC 2818, spiral galaxy NGC 2964, and spiral galaxy NGC 2976 . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... December 2012 . ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ... Astronomy Magazine . ...

... The Cross-Quarter Days thus mark the middle of each season under our current system, or seasonal boundaries under the alternative system. ... Beltane / Bealtaine - Celtic bonfire festival May 4-7 2nd Cross-Quarter Day May 5 - Cinco de Mayo (Mexico) May 2nd Sunday - Mother's Day May last Monday - Memorial Day ( Decoration Day , officially May 30) June 14 - Flag Day June 3rd Sunday - Father's Day June 20-22 2nd Quarter Day - Summer Solstice June 21 - Litha (Norse/Anglo-Saxon for ...

... Final astrometric results. ... 2009MNRAS_394_1037E Informations. relative to: reference body is an occulted or eclipsed satellite . reference frame: astrometric centre of frame: topocenter for mutual occultation or heliocenter for mutual eclipse epoch of equinox: J2000 time scale: UTC reduction: from mutual occultations and eclipses coordinates: Position angle (topocentric for mutual occultation or heliocentric for mutual ... Hour of the astrometric data (UTC) 7. ...

... The 1 st Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad will held in Siberia (Asian part of Russian Federation) on December 4-11, 2005. ... Among three Siberian cities which were ready to organise the Olympiad city of Irkutsk (near Baikal lake) won this right. ... Saturday December 3 Excursion to Irkutsk (for arrived on 02.12. delegations) . ... Sunday December 4 Excursion to Taltsy and Listvianka (Baikal lake) (for arrived on 02-03.12. delegations) . ... The Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad 2005 - results . ...

... 2002 December 8 . The International Space Station Expands Yet Again . Credit: STS-113 Shuttle Crew , NASA . Explanation: The developing International Space Station (ISS) has changed its appearance yet again. Earlier this month the Space Shuttle Endeavor visited the ISS and installed the fourth of eleven pieces that will compose the Integrated Truss Structure . ... Construction began on the ISS in 1998 and the core structure should be in place before 2005. ... About APOD | ...

... No one is sure. ... Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300 . ... Big, beautiful, barred spiral galaxy NGC 1300 lies some 70 million light-years away on the banks of the constellation Eridanus. This Hubble Space Telescope composite view of the gorgeous island universe is one of the largest Hubble images ever made of a complete galaxy. ... The Star Streams of NGC 5907 . ... Grand tidal streams of stars seem to surround galaxy NGC 5907. ... APOD: 2008 June 17- Eta Carinae and the Homunculus Nebula . ...

Russian . Main . News . ... Minutes of the Telecon on January 17, 2012. ... News of the RadioAstron mission on the Lavochkin Association site up to September 15, 2011 (in Russian). News of the RadioAstron mission up to September 3, 2011. News of the RadioAstron mission on the Lavochkin Association site (in Russian). News of the RadioAstron mission up to August 18, 2011. ... Second version of the RadioAstron Mission Operations Handbook ( in Russian )is placed on the project site . ...

... Radio Astronomy . ... ASRAS Board Members . ... To see the most up to date news and events happening with ASRAS log in with your user name and password and then click on the Activities page. ... Messier Marathon (Member Observing) CANCELLED Saturday, April 9, 2016 9:00 PM Location:Farash Center Ionia NY . ... ASRAS Members meeting - Friday May 6 at Farash Center - Ionia NY . ... ASRAS Board members meeting - monday May 9 @ Farash Center Monday, May 9, 2016 7:00 PM Location:Farash Center Ionia NY . ...

... Mindful of these biases, I can now explore the relations between the measured rotation periods and various other observables. The hypothesis behind monitoring stellar variability is that active stars have asymmetric spot distributions on their photospheres. ... They found that only stars with rotation periods greater than seven days show variations greater than 0.4 magnitudes at I. Bouvier et al . ... 1993a) demonstrated a relation between X--ray flux and spectral type in ZAMS stars. ...