... Islands in the Photosphere . ... Credit Copyright: Gunther Groenez Explanation: Awash in a sea of plasma and anchored in magnetic fields , sunspots are planet-sized, dark islands in the solar photosphere , the bright surface of the Sun. ... In this sketch from March 6th, astronomer Gunther Groenez has faithfully recorded the intriguing shapes and shades of major visible sunspot groups and labeled them according to their NOAA active region number . ... Publications with keywords: Sun - sunspot . ...

... Science Users Information > Observing Facilities > La Silla Facilities > La Silla Science Operations . ... La Silla News . ... Internal Pages . La Silla Science Operations Department (LSO) is part of the La Silla Paranal Observatory and is in charge of the operations of the telescopes on La Silla. ... In the La Silla Science Operation pages, you should find all the information you need for your observations from the time you have an idea of observations until when you finish processing your data. ...

Next: Flagging Based on a Up: Other Flagging Tasks Previous: AIPS Flagging and Miriad- . Another handy task is qvack (derivative of the AIPS task quack and so named for obscure reasons) for flagging a number of correlations after the observing set-up has changed (i.e., the source changed, the pointing centre changed, or the frequency changed). ... Flag data for 30 s after change . ... This can be used if the observing setup has not changed, but you still wish to periodically flag some data. ...

... 2003 October 25 . Islands in the Photosphere . Credit Copyright: Gunther Groenez . Explanation: Awash in a sea of plasma and anchored in magnetic fields , sunspots are planet-sized, dark islands in the solar photosphere , the bright surface of the Sun. Before the enlightened(!) age of cameras, solar observers created detailed drawings of sunspots as they changed and progressed across the visible solar disk. ... About APOD | ... NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers . ...

... HST . What overhead is required to change ACS detectors during an observing sequence? ... HST Peer Review Process . ... HST Overview . Overview . ... Cycle 24 Announcement . Cycle 23 Results . ... Mid Cycle Submission . ... Phase II Cycle 23 . ... Retrieving HST Data . ... Exposure Time Calculator### * What overhead do I incur if I change ACS detectors during an observing sequence? ... For a complete discussion of overheads, please read Chapter 9 in the ACS Instrument Handbook. ...

An Ancient Universe: How Astronomers Know the Vast Scale of Cosmic Time . THE CHANGING UNIVERSE: EVOLUTION HAPPENS! ... Luckily nature has left a wide range of clues about evolution for us - at every scale of the universe - which we can uncover with some good astronomical detective work. a) Changes in the Solar System . ... An Ancient Universe - Table of Contents . ... The Universe: An Overview | ... The Changing Universe - Changes in the Solar System - Changes in Stars - Changes in the Universe | ...

... XMM-Newton SOC Home Page Conferences & Meetings . ... Data Analysis SAS News What is SAS? How to use SAS SAS Workshops SAS Version Changes Download and Install SAS Science Simulator (SciSim) . ... EPIC cameras optical loading . ... The PI is invited to cross-check the expected X-ray flux from the target source (and from any other potentially bright source in the target field of view), or to provide the SOC with her/his own estimate, if not originally specified in the proposal. ...

ASTRONOMY . ASTRONOMY is a science, which studies solids and occurrences in the sky. ... They built the picture of the world according to their knowledge. With the course of time the world picture was being changed because there appeared new facts and information and new theories on the celestial occurrences and what is more impotant there appeared an opportunity to check up the correctness of ideas through the observation and measuring using the new achievements of the sciences. ...

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GrIm II . ... The MC has been modified to change the way GRIM images are stored to disk when FITS format is selected. ... The solution the Grim team has come up with is to internally add a constant of 10000 to every pixel of the 'bias subtracted' grim image which makes it conform to the unsigned 16-bit number standard, in that all pixel values after this addition of 10000 are in the range 0-65535. ... We have now implemented this for storage of GRIM files in FITS format. ... filetype fits . ...

... Any water on Mars is locked up in the ice caps. ... The most recent successful mission to Mars is the Mars Science Laboratory better known as the Curiosity rover. ... CuriosityтАЩs primary role is to search for conditions that may have once been able to harbour any sort of bacterial life concealed beneath the Martian surface. ... Using what we know about life on Earth, where there is water, there is life, signs of water may help us understand what Mars was like billions of years ago. €а . ...

Contents of observer:dtuser/dbacker/ 99jul11 - dcb README - this file abpp_init* - setup up windows for ABPP observing abpp_tidy* - clear out windows after ABPP observing logfile.prc* - create file & window for "ascii log" lurk.prc* - inspect data area for updating of logfile & new pgplot display run.lurk* - create window for logfile and launch lurk run.online* - run onlineinfo program which monitors ABPP MFs and LOs. ...

Next: Scattering properties Up: Polarization properties (transmitted radiation) Previous: Linear polarization: wavelength dependence . Traditionally, the main problem considered in connection with circular interstellar polarization is the meaning of the wavelength where changes the sign . ... This is also demonstrated by Fig. 19 (lower panel) which shows the wavelength dependence of the factors of linear and circular polarization for particles of magnetite as was done by Shapiro ([ 1975 ]). ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... I think I will break from my usual format of Bad Astronomy/ Good Astronomy by saying that the way we define seasons currently is not strictly bad, but I feel (in my opinion!) that it could be better. The definition of when the seasons begin is at the moment of solstice or equinox; that is, winter (in the north) starts on December 22 nd and summer starts on June 22 nd . ... Now imagine breaking up the Sun's 46 degree up-and-down yearly swing into 1 day intervals. ...

... Observing . ... Solar Observing . ... April 3 (SUN) - Solar Observing, Central Park , Manhattan . ... APRIL'S SKY . ... Lecture Series at the American Museum of Natural History The Amateur Astronomers Association is proud to present an astronomy lecture series from October through May each year for our members and the .. ... The€аAmateur Astronomers Association of New York€аwas organized in 1927 to promote the study of Astronomy, emphasizing its cultural and inspirational value. ...

Next: References Up: A Method of Integrating Previous: Description of algorithm . In April 1996 the described method was included in the software of automatic data acquisition complex "Continuous". ... The measuring of sensibility by observing at the wave lengths of 1.38cm and 2.7cm. The measuring of sensibility by observing at the wave lengths of 3.9cm and 7.6cm. wave lengths. The measuring of sensibility by observing at the wave lengths of 13.0cm and 31cm. wave lengths. ...

Weekly Bulletin on Solar and Geomagnetic Activity Highlights on 20 - 26.05.2013, Forecast on 27.05 - 03.06.2013, Carrington Rotations 2137 (15,02.05.2013) SUNSPOT-FORMING ACTIVITY OF THE SUN CHANGED FROM THE AVERAGE TO HIGH AND BACK TO THE AVERAGE LEVELS. ... NEXT WEEK THE LEVEL OF SUNSPOT ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BE THE AVERAGE. ... BY SOHO AND STEREO CORONOGRAPHS DATA THERE WERE OBSERVED 48 CME FROM WHICH 4 WERE THE TYPE OF "HALO", 1 -"PARTIAL GALO III" AND 2 WERE THE TYPE OF "PARTIAL GALO II". ...

The "ring of fire" seen by satellite cameras around the polar caps (picture below) is probably created by electrons leaking from the tail's plasma sheet, whose magnetic field lines form a somewhat imperfect trap. ... One possible explanation involves the close association between auroral arcs and electric currents which flow along field lines between the ionosphere and distant space ( Birkeland currents ). ... That produces an extra resistance to the flow of current. ...

... Posts tagged ?model comparison? ... Dong-Woo, who has been playing with BEHR , noticed that the confidence bounds quoted on the source intensities seem to be unchanged when the source counts are zero, regardless of what the background counts are set to. ... Tags: Banff Challenge , Bayesian , BEHR , Dong-Woo Kim , model comparison , posterior probability , zero counts . ... 7 Comments . ... Entries RSS . Comments RSS . ... vlk on [MADS] Parallel Coordinates . ... Entries (RSS) and Comments (RSS) . ...

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