... ESO is building what will be the World's largest optical telescope array, The Very Large Telescope (VLT). The VLT Project organisation is responsible for the design and construction of the Unit Telescopes, including enclosures, optics, adapter-rotators and coating unit. ... Unit Telescopes Overview - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ... Secondary mirror (M2 Unit) - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ... Coating Unit - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ...

. NASA Johnson Space Center Oral History Project . Photos provided by Sharon McDougle . McDougle, Candice Bergen, and Geroge Brittingham . at JSC Building 9 suit room. Select image for higher resolution .

Orbit . ... The orbit of the RadioAstron provides four types of study: . rough images of radio sources with ultra-high angular resolution, using all baselines up to the radius of the apogee, that is much larger than Earth diameter; . ... high quality imaging of radio sources, with moderate resolution, by observing either with small projected base lines Earth-spacecraft, i.e. close to the orbital plane, or near the perigee. ... high accuracy orbit determination. ... Space Radio Telescope . ...

... Next: An IRAF-Independent Interface Up: Software Systems Previous: A New PROS . ... We present a high-level representation of the packages and tasks within IRAF/PROS. ... We have produced a high-level overview of PROS. ... The incremental stages were the short-term goals: a project overview diagram (i.e., an organizational diagram of software modules); high-level diagram (i.e., a bubble diagram of each module in the system); and unifying element tables (i.e., tables of task vs. software attributes)....

... Symbiotic Star System R Aquarii . ... The X-ray Timing Explorer . ... The Proportional Counter Array (PCA) and the High Energy X-ray Timing Experiment (HEXTE) will provide the best timing information in the widest X-ray energy range yet available. ... Just like our own Milky Way Galaxy, the nearest major galaxy M31 has many star systems spewing high energy radiation. ... The strongest source of X-rays in the Large Magellanic Cloud originates from an unusually energetic binary star system. ...

Ron Miksa, Carl Lindenmeyer, and John Korienek, as well as Steve Bastian (all from FNL), were on site to install the new manipulator arm in the 2.5m support building. Not to break tradition, these photos are of the completed installation and those hard working folks are not pictured. Captions above photo . ... Note that the bay door is open. ... The arm swings out from the body of the manipulator, and the assembly is moved along the metal runners to position it in front of the plate cartridge. ...

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... HI in Dwarf Galaxies Workshop, July 15-16, 2015 . ... ATNF is hosting a two day workshop called "HI in Dwarf Galaxies" in honor of distinguished visitor, Dr. Deidre Hunter, the PI of LITTLE THINGS (Hunter et al. ... The primary science objective of LITTLE THINGS is to understand how stars form in dwarf irregular galaxies, which are low surface brightness, low mass, low metallicity, gas-rich galaxies that primarily reside in galaxy groups and the outskirts of galaxy clusters. ... today * ATNF | ...

... Ranger 7 was designed to achieve a lunar impact trajectory and to transmit high-resolution photographs of the lunar surface during the final minutes of flight. ... Velocity at impact was 2.62 km/sec (1.62 miles per second). ... The television system consisted of a six slow-scan vidicon TV cameras capable of transmitting high-resolution, close-up television pictures of the lunar surface during the final minutes of flight before the spacecraft impacted the lunar surface. ...

... Дни открытых дверей к юбилею САО РАН (12-14 апреля 2016 г.) . Международная конференция "Dark Ages and White Nights (Spectroscopy of the CMB)" (20-24 июня 2016 г.) . ... Международная конференция MULTI-SPIN GALAXIES - 2016 (26-30 сентября 2016 г.) . Международная астрономическая конференция "Физика звезд: от коллапса до коллапса" (3-7 октября 2016 г.) Архив . ... Подробнее.. ... 10.02.16 . ... БТА в реальном времени . ... Цейсс-1000 в реальном времени . ... Последнее обновление: 22/03/2016 ...

I'm glad you're interested in collaborating on the ConcepTests for Astronomy WWW database project! ... Paul . ... a) high luminosity, high temperature to low luminosity, low temperature . b) high luminosity, low temperature to low luminosity, low temperature . c) high luminosity, low temperature to low luminosity, high temperature . d) high luminosity, high temperature to low luminosity high temperature. ... Back to Paul Green's Peer Instruction page. ... Back to Paul Green's HomePage . ...

... RSDC . ... Press Releases (rus) || in Russian RSDC Quick Jump 9-year Galactic survey Catalog of sources 7-year Galactic Bulge Map Cleaning IBIS/ISGRI sky images IBIS/ISGRI Sensitivity vs. ... The INTEGRAL view of the Galaxy . ... May 2012: 9-year Galactic plane survey . ... They are ISGRI (higher plane detector of the IBIS telescope), JMX1 and JMX2 - two detectors of the JEM-X telescope. ... RSDC is actively participating in the all-sky survey carrying out with INTEGRAL observatory. ... 2016 IKI RAN...

... Although many of the images are used for teacher-driven activities, students do have the opportunity to work with scientists on original research projects. ... The primary goal is to have teachers experience astronomy research and then to bring the research data into their classrooms via the internet. ... They also learn how to process their data, build a solar telescope to take home to their classrooms, and learn background information from astronomers in each of the three research areas. ...

... I used Ѕ inch thick Appleply plywood throughout. ... The mirror box is a little unusual. ... The original design uses a fiberglass tube to connect the mirror base plate to the top ring to form the mirror box. ... I decided to build the mirror box like a standard secondary cage instead, using aluminum tubes with push-in inserts. ... All three tubes are retained at the mirror box and the secondary ring using nine, 1-inch thick Appleply clamps, three at the secondary and six on the mirror box. ...

... Space flight . ... Space Hotel . ... The program of deployment of small orbital station (SOS) consisting of a family of spacecrafts and module-spacecrafts represents a consecutive realization of flight scenarios with consecutive building up of functions. ... Scenario 1 - the regular and revised spacecrafts of class "Soyuz" - TMSC and MNMSC (MNMSC-cargo, MNMSC-MR) are used, pls. see fig fig.8 . ... The terms of transition to this scenario are determined by terms of readiness of one or another module....

... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... Progress of the project in pictures . Armagh Observatory has been fortunate in receiving a substantial grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund for the restoration of three of its telescopes and domes. ... 2) The 1827 dome, built originally for a Herschel telescope and shortly thereafter converted for the 15-inch Grubb Reflector . 3) The Robinson Memorial Dome which was built to house the 10-inch Grubb Refractor . ...

Dr. Phil Plait , aka "The Bad Astronomer" . ... Images . ... Bad Astronomy site . The following are high-resolution images suitable for promos, newspapers, brochures, and the like. Clicking on the thumbnail image will bring up the high resolution image. High resolution (1.3 Mb) . Medium resolution (550 kb) . ... Dr. Plait giving a TV interview at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center about the transit of Venus in 2004. ... Dr. Plait posing with a model of the Apollo 11 landing site. ...

... Satellite data ] . ... The SCANOR system provides receiving and processing of the Earth-surface pictures made in visible and infra-red bands and transferred by satellites of the NOAA polar orbiter series (in the HRPT mode). ... The SCANOR system includes the desktop receiving device connected to an IBM AT 386 type computer, and the parabolic antenna with the guiding mechanism. The SCANOR system possesses the state-of-art software providing registration and processing of the received data. ...

HARP Gun (Photo by Peter . ... HARP, for High Altitude Research Project, was a study of the upper atmosphere by instruments shot from a cannon. ... The cannon which propelled the Martlet to the high atmosphere was the creation of Gerald Bull, a Canadian engineer who specialized in the design of cannon. ... When the cannon fired--its loud bang was heard all over Barbados--the airtight cover over the muzzle was blown away and the Martlet rose into the high atmosphere, to altitudes of 80-90 miles. ...