... Dodson, Legge et al, ApJ, 2003 Spectral Line Sources · Requirement of high brightness temperatures means no thermal emission · Masers: Galactic Extragalactic · OH, H2O · OH, H2O, SiO, CH3OH · Galactic extra-galactic HI absorption VLBI arrays · VLBA (Very Long Baseline Array) Dedicated US array of ten 25m telescopes 330 MHz ­ 90 GHz · EVN (European VLBI Network) Formal collaboration of radio telescopes in Europe, Asia and South Africa ~15 telescopes 15m to 100m 330 MHz ­ 22/43 GHz ...

In the PROJECT we are using the following peculiar . features of RATAN-600 . ... Brightness temperature sensitivity being equal to the antenna temperature sensitivity .. ... Receiver system .. ... Using aperture averaging effect. dual- beam and dual (multi-) frequency filtration, we demonstrated full filtration of the atmosphere noise down to the receiver noise at all scales of acoustics peaks ( Fig.1 , Fig 2 ). ... We select this frequency as the central one in our project. ... Antenna surface . ...

... JWST . ... Science Blog . ... JWST Overview . ... Image Gallery . ... JWST Science . ... Through the use of a non-redundant aperture mask (NRM), NIRISS will provide JWST's highest resolution imaging. ... NIRISS Non-Redundant Aperture Mask . ... The hexagonal holes are undersized relative to the primary mirror segments in order to allow for the possibility of shifts ("pupil shear") between JWST's pupil image at the location of the mask. ... Dual-Wheel Configuration for Aperture-Masking Interferometry...

A press release on the Canadian Galactic Plane Survey was associated with this poster. ... Below are maps of HI emission, HISA, and 12 CO emission in the eastern 25% of the survey, given as projections along the velocity ( Figure 1 ) and latitude ( Figure 2 ) axes. ... 2000, A. J. , submitted . ... GIF | ... We are developing automated methods of locating HISA in velocity cubes by removing large-scale emission in space and velocity and flagging small-scale dark residuals. ...

The Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) is a new generation radio telescope which will observe the low frequency sky with unprecedented resolution and sensitivity. ... Due to its polarisation features and its resolution and large collecting area which provides unmatched sensitivities in the low radio waveband, LOFAR will be an extremely powerful instrument to study the Magnetic Universe. ... Astrophysical magnetic field science is one of the LOFAR Key Science projects. ...

Next: Analysis Tools for Nebular Emission Lines . ... Extracting spectra from a large number of NICMOS grism images requires a convenient interactive tool which allows a user to manipulate direct/grism image pairs. ... The direct image is used to locate objects of interest, to find the position of the appropriate spectra in the grism image, to determine the optimal extraction technique to use, and to calibrate the wavelength range of the extracted spectra. ... Figure 1: The NICMOSlook User Interface . ...

Subatomic resolution on Cu(014)-O . 3nm x 3nm STM image of the Cu(014)-O 0.5ML surface measured with MnNi tip. ... This result has been discussed in Phys. Rev. Letters, 98, 206101 (2007) (A.N.Chaika, V.N.Semenov, S.S.Nazin, S.I.Bozhko, S. Murphy, K. Radican, I.V.Shvets, "Atomic Row Doubling in the STM Images of Cu(014)-O Obtained with MnNi Tips"). Image courtesy of A.Chaika. The image was measured in constant current mode using RT STM GPI-300. Copyright ИФТТ РАН, ЛСПП, 2006-2007 . ...

... European Remote Sensing Satellite (ERS-1) was launched on 17 July 1991, and the follow mission ERS-2 (with the same sensors and an Ozone monitoring instrument added) was launched on 21 April 1995. ... ERS-2 has a fixed repeat cycle of 35 days, and follows ERS-1 tracks with one day's delay. ... Swath width is 102.5 km (telemetered), spatial resolution is about 25x25 m. The Advanced SAR (ASAR) instrument is carried by ESA's ENVISAT satellite launched on 1 March 2002. ... Swath . ... Spatial Resolution...

... Features . ... The C4880 camera series are high resolution, high dynamic range digital cameras. They incorporate two software selectable readout rates and are cooled to reduce thermal noise. ... The ability to focus rapidly with the entire image in view then immediately switch to a high precision readout mode provide fast throughput and specimen protection for delicate samples. ... A wide variety of CCD detectors and cooling options are available to meet almost any requirements . ...

Solar High Resolution Studies . ... Solar Group . ... High quality observations obtained in recent years have highlighted the fact that the solar atmosphere is extremely dynamic, and wholly permeated and shaped by magnetic fields at very small spatial scales. ... The Solar Group in Arcetri is initiating a project to study some of the topics and techniques that will be brought to the forefront of solar physics as this new physical regime is explored. ... Small Scale Activity . ...

... 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. ...

... 2005 October 5 . Annular Solar Eclipse at High Resolution . ... The event was not a total eclipse of the Sun for any Earth-bound sky enthusiast but rather, at best, an annular eclipse , where the Moon blocked most of the Sun. ... Those who witnessed the solar eclipse from a narrow path through Portugal , Spain and Africa , however, were lucky enough to see the coveted Ring of Fire , a dark Moon completely surrounded by the brilliant light of the distant Sun. ... About APOD | ...

... Behemoth black hole found in an unlikely place . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Telescopes team up to produce highest-resolution astronomical image . ... Using an orbiting radio-astronomy satellite combined with 15 ground-based radio telescopes, astronomers have made the highest-resolution astronomical image yet, revealing new insights about a gorging black hole in a galaxy 900 million light-years from Earth. ... Only registered members of Astronomy.com are allowed to comment on this article. ...

... The variability of the spectrum of the optical component of the IR-source IRAS01005+7910 was discovered for the first time in the BTA spectra [1]. ... The spectral features include absorptions that form in near-photospheric layers, narrow envelope emissions, and emission-absorption profiles that form in photosphere-to-envelope transition layers (the wind). ... Discovery of spectral variation in the optical counterpart of IRAS01005+7910. ... Dashed line - envelope curve of all the SiII 5979 profiles ...

Subject, Object and Problems of Astrophysics. Practical and Theoretical Astrophysics. ... Visual Telescope; Problems Which Are Solved with the Its Help. ... Resolution of Telescopes. ... Effectiveness of Telescope in Respect of Resolution. ... Optical Power of Telescopes for Star-like and Extensive Objects. Boundary Magnitude. Reasons of Light Dissipation in Telescopes. ... Spectral Instruments in Astrophysics. ... Basic Photometrical Ideas, Magnitudes and Their Measurement. ...

... International Year of Astronomy in Ireland . ... Christmas Moon", painting by Miruna Popescu, Armagh Observatory, featured as " Lunar photo of the Day " and " Astronomy Sketch of the Day " on 25 December 2009. ... To mark the 400th anniversary of GalileoтАЩs first use of the telescope to observe the sky, 2009 has been celebrated worldwide as the International Year of Astronomy. Moon over Armagh - link to Astronomy Sketch of the Day on 25 December 2009 . ... Monday, 11 May 2009 23:54 . ...

Next: Conclusion Up: No Title Previous: The Transmission Gratings . ... The potential of Chandra is illustrated in Figure which shows the official "first-light" image. ... Figure: The official CXO first light image - the supernova remnant CasA. Perhaps the neutron star - black hole connection and the utility of CXO are best illustrated by an early observation of the Crab Nebula and pulsar taken as part of the HETG calibration. ... Figure shows the zeroth-order image of the Crab Nebula. ...

home publications > mercury . ... Razor-Sharp Radio Astronomy . ... By constructing virtual telescopes the size of continents (and larger), radio astronomers are obtaining spectacular high-resolution results. by T. Joseph W. Lazio . Early radio astronomers faced a problem: Their telescopes had lousy resolution. ... Radio astronomers have spent the last 30 years perfecting very long baseline interferometry (VLBI), synthesizing virtual telescopes the size of a continent or even the size of Earth! ...

Next: Feature enhancement: local Up: No Title Previous: Feature enhancement: filtering . ... As a result, a common magnitude scale (contour lines on the maps above, or color scale on Fig.1) will poorly display the short-duration events in a signal. Normalizing each line of the map (fixed duration) so it has unit variance (in effect dividing the energy map by the mean energy spectrum) at each duration restores more details of small-scale activity (Fig. ...

Next: CCD Operation Up: Charge Coupled Devices (CCDs) Previous: Charge Coupled Devices (CCDs) . ... However it is only now that a number of important X-ray astronomical applications of CCDs have reached critical development stages, so that this is an appropriate time to review the application of space-borne CCD instruments to cosmic X-ray astronomy, and highlight the particular concerns which are being addressed for X-ray instruments, as distinct from optical applications. ...