Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Armagh Planetarium . ... Space Flight . ... Posted on February 23, 2012 | 17 Comments NASA has photographed an alien building on the surface of the Moon! ... Continue Reading.. Posted on December 15, 2011 | ... Posted on November 14, 2011 | ... Posted on August 19, 2011 | ... 1 Comment ?Is there life on Mars?? ... Posted on May 31, 2011 | ... Posted on March 23, 2011 | ... Posted on February 26, 2011 | ... Posted on January 27, 2011 | ...

Lectures . ... 100 Years of Cosmology: From Spiral Nebulae to the Cosmic Microwave Background.тАЭ ? ... Michael Way, astronomer/computer scientist at NASAтАЩs Ames Research Center and its Goddard Institute of Space Studies, will give the first lecture of the AAAтАЩs 2009-10 lecture series Friday, October 2 when he discusses тАЬ100 Years of Cosmology: From Spiral Nebulae to the Cosmic Microwave Background.тАЭ The free public lecture is at 6:15 p. m. at the Kaufmann Theater of the AMNH. by . ...

... Posted by hlee . ... There are three distinctive subjects in spatial statistics: geostatistics , lattice data analysis , and spatial point pattern analysis. ... Category: arXiv , Astro , Imaging , Jargon , Methods , Stat | ... Algorithms arXiv Astro Bad AstroStat Bayesian CHASC Cross-Cultural Data Processing Fitting Frequentist Galaxies gamma-ray High-Energy Imaging Jargon Job Languages MC MCMC Meta Methods Misc News Nuggets Objects Optical Physics Quotes Spectral Stars Stat Timing Uncertainty X-ray...

... 2000 December 30 . A Year of Resolving Backgrounds . ... Explanation: No matter which direction you look, no matter what type of light you see, the sky glows - but why? ... In microwave light , the BOOMERANG and MAXIMA-1 missions resolved with new clarity the seemingly uniform microwave background . ... Pictured above , a map spanning ten degrees of the microwave sky resolves the microwave background into hot and cold spots, as indicated in micro kelvins . ... About APOD | ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Mad Science . ... Site Info . ... Public Talks . ... Keep Bad Astronomy close to your heart, and help make me filthy rich. ... Who is this guy who calls himself "The Bad Astronomer?" ... First, yes, I am a real live astronomer (when people ask me what astronomers do, I tell them "They astronom !" ... These are emitted by powerful objects like black holes, exploding stars, and super-dense neutrons stars. ... Finally, am I really a bad astronomer? ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

Next: J.E. Chambers, Research Astronomer Up: Research Previous: Research Contents . ... Solar Variability and Climate . Other Activities . ... Applied to data of flares on Gliese866 he was able to estimate the area of hydrogen emitting flare regions as 1-13% of the stellar surface. ... As partners in the project, Armagh Observatory has been asked to contribute to the selection process in exchange for priority access to the data which will eventually flow from the satellite. ...

One very important space mission has already provided definite answers about cosmology, the quest to understand the origin and fate of the Universe. ... Ground-based gravitational wave telescopes like LIGO and VIRGO now being completed; and space-based telescopes like LISA should open an entire new window on the Universe, by looking at the gravitational radiation being emitted by extremely large or compact sources, like double black holes, or coalescing neutron stars. ...

Next: Bivariate polynomial interpolation Up: Echelle Spectra Previous: Removal of particle . The estimation of the background is one of the critical points in the reduction of echelle spectra for two reasons. ... diffuse light in the interorder space coming from adjacent orders. sky background spectrum . ... These locations are defined when performing the order definition (command DEFINE/ECHELLE or DEFINE/HOUGH ) and can be displayed by command LOAD/ECHELLE . ... Sky background definition . ...

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The 2016 Project ASTRO introductory workshop will take place September 16-17, 2016. ... Participating teachers and astronomers are required to attend. ... Home Phone: . ... work email . ... Please briefly describe your background and your experiences in astronomy (if different). Describe experiences you have working with schools or explaining astronomy to students and/or the public. ... What grade level(s) do you prefer to work with (check all that apply) . ... either work or home . ...

... Science Activities > PhD Thesis Topics offered by ESO Faculty Members > Thesis Topic: Foreground emission and Cosmic Microwave background intrinsic anisotropies . ... Since its discovery the Cosmic Microwave Radiation (CMB) has been one of the pillars of modern Cosmology. ... Further development of this work is the application of already tested algorithms to disentangle the foreground emission from the CMB maps and the determination of the CMB intrinsic emission. ... Return to list of thesis topics ...

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... HST Overview . ... Important updates, discoveries and developments that could potentially affect NICMOS observations, calibration, or data analysis. ... The HST Data Handbook is the primary guide for calibration, reduction and analysis of NICMOS data. ... NICMOS ISR 2003-007:Analysis of the HST Thermal Background as Seen by NICMOS and NCS . ... This ISR presents the results of the analysis of NICMOS parallel thermal background data obtained as part of both SMOV and the cycle 7 calibration plan. ...

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... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. February 7, 1998 . COBE Hotspots: The Oldest Structures Known . ... After computer processing to remove contributions from nearby objects and the effects of the earth's motion , the map shows temperature variations in the early Universe as red "spots". These spots are the oldest, most distant structures known. ... About APOD > . ...

... Astrophysics Group . ... Cosmology . ... MRAO Telescopes . ... Much of the effort of the Observatory is directed towards imaging the cosmic microwave background radiation. This radiation is a very faint relic of the stage when the Universe was a small hot fireball with an age of only some 300,000 years. ... By mapping differences in radiation intensity from point to point across the sky, one can find out about the growth of material structures in the Universe as the fireball phase was ending. ...