... These Frontier Fields will combine the power of HST with the natural gravitational telescopes of high-magnification clusters of galaxies. ... We are soliciting gravitational lensing maps for the last four Hubble Frontier Fields clusters (MACSJ0717.5+3745, MACSJ1149.5+2223, AbellS1063, and Abell 370) based upon the exceptionally deep HST FF imaging and other new ancillary data. ... For the full set of proposal instructions and requirements, see the FY16 Frontier Fields Lensing Map Call for Proposals....

... Public . ... Science Users Information > Science Archive Facility > First public release of data products from the VISTA public surveys . ... Public Surveys . ... Science Data Products Forum . ... The ESO Science Archive Facility now provides community access to the first data products from the VISTA public survey projects. ... The data products from the first VISTA public release can be queried for and retrieved at this URL: . ... http://www.eso.org/sci/observing/phase3/data_releases.html . ...

... Also the help file was renamed the manual, formated for LaTeX and html, and to a large degree, rewritten. ... Increase maximum number of setup files to 50. ... 1995 July) . ... Also, only put pointing request in VLBA control files if this is not a DAR-only station (1995 October 4) . ... Allow in-line setup files much like the source and station catalogs. ... Allow specification of schedule input file name from main input. ... Adding SUMITEM input to allow specification of what is in the summary file...

The Extragalactic ALFA Zone of Avoidance team is mapping the distribution of low-Galactic-latitude galaxies and large scale structures through detection of galaxies' 21-cm emission with ALFA. This Zone of Avoidance (ZOA) survey finds new HI galaxies which lie hidden behind the Milky Way, and also provides redshifts and other HI parameters for partially-obscured galaxies known at other wavelengths. ... Discovery and Follow-up of a Nearby Galaxy from the Arecibo Zone of Avoidance Survey. ...

home publications > mercury . ... Astronomy Beat . ... Hitching a Ride on a Comet . Mercury, November/December 1996 Table of Contents . ... Late in the evening of Jan. 30, 1996 in Japan's Kyushu region, Yuji Hyakutake left his home in Kagoshima and drove to an observing site far from city lights. ... We bought our daughter a telescope to see the comet," she said, "and we can't see anything!" ... This helps us as we select the Guest Observer, and it helps readers to understand what you studied. ...

... WISE is achieving 5sigma point source sensitivities better than 0.08, 0.11, 1, and 6 mJy in unconfused regions on the ecliptic in bands centered at wavelengths of 3.4, 4.6, 12, and 22 mum. ... The WISE All-Sky Release Source Catalog is available in compressed (gzip or bzip2) ascii form. ... Users should be aware that the Catalog table is extremely large. ... For complete documentation of the WISE All-Sky Release Source Catalog and the All-Sky Data Release, please see the Explanatory Supplement . ...

... 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...

Hide Zen home . ... November/December 2004 - The PostgreSQL Global Development group has released version 8.0 of the PostgreSQL object-relational database management system, building on its position as the most advanced open source database in the world. This release includes features previously only available in the most expensive proprietary database systems, and is expected to substantially increase the adoption of PostgreSQL by both users and software vendors. ... New features include: . ...

... They are concerned with Attitude Control System of the spacecraft, satellite visibility from tracking stations, limits on the satellite autonomous operations during the orbit, and needs for auxiliary operations with the spacecraft. ... Among the operational constraints the most important one is the number of programmed slews per orbit, which determines the maximum number of radio sources to be observed during one orbit. ... System temperature (K) . ... Progress of the RadioAstron Project in Pictures...

... Smithsonian Lead Scientist, SAO/Southampton Masters Program . ... Chandra Uncovers New Evidence For Event Horizons Surrounding Black Holes . ... XTE J1118+480: Chandra Pinpoints Edge Of Accretion Disk Around Black Hole . ... Astronomers Closing in on Black Holes . ... A Black Hole Greater Than 6 Msolar in the X-Ray Nova XTE J1118+480 . Complete and Simultaneous Spectral Observations of the Black Hole X-Ray Nova XTE J1118+480 . Aql X-1: Garcia etal 99, . ... Home" Home Page . ...

... Description . ... The SCORPIO-2 project: . ... The multi-mode spectrograph SCORPIO-2 was developed using the experience of observations at the 6-m telescope BTA with the SCORPIO focal reducer . ... The focal reducer consists of several units ('floors') mounted in the common case in the following order (from the telescope focal plane): . ... The focal reducer is connected with the platform-adapter which used for guiding by offset stars and for illumination the spectrograph by calibration lamps. ...

... Within the transnational Access program of SOLARNET, European investigators can apply for observing time with the European instruments IBIS and ROSA , which are installed at the Dunn Solar Telescope of the US National Solar Observatory ( DST/NSO ). ... Periodic calls for proposals will be published for requesting SOLARNET observing time with the European instruments IBIS and ROSA, installed at the Dunn Solar Telescope of the US National Solar Observatory (DST/NSO). ... SOLARNET Access . ...

... Time calculated from Fermi GBM Trigger Time = 14:12:08.67 ( Connaughton, GCN 9230 ). 1% coincident with our start zero image time. 3x3 degrees around Swift XRT position . ... SUBJECT: GRB 090424 : MASTER-Net prompt optical limit DATE: 09/04/25 20:29:42 GMT FROM: Vladimir Lipunov at Moscow State U/Krylov Obs E. Gorbovskoy, V. Lipunov, V.Kornilov, A.Belinski ... Our observations results: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fermi GRB Trigg.* ...

Armagh Observatory is to lead a new effort to understand the formation of stars through a collaboration of institutes spread throughout Europe. ... In addition to the Observatory, the project involves astronomers stationed in Germany, Russia, Armenia and Spain: the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, the Special Astrophysical Observatory in Russia, Byurakan Observatory in Armenia and Calar Alto Observatory in Spain. ... Michael Smith: Armagh Observatory, N. Ireland . ...

... This page contains links to delay line Final Design Review documents which have been released by Cavendish Laboratory. ... System Overview . Trolley Mechanical Design Description [to be updated] . ... Trolley Electronics Design Description [updated 2008/01/28] . Limits Design Description [to be updated] . ... Metrology System & VME Hardware Design Description (INT-406-VEN-0113) . ... Printable View of http://www.mrao.cam.ac.uk/projects/OAS/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/MROIDelayLine/ReleasedFDRDocuments) ...

... Galileo Probe . The Galileo spacecraft was designed to study Jupiter's atmosphere, satellites, and surrounding magnetosphere for two years. ... From there, Galileo will spend more than five years traveling to Jupiter, where it will become the first spacecraft to make direct measurements from an instrumented probe within Jupiter's atmosphere. ... This image, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, shows the predicted site at which the Galileo Probe will enter Jupiter's atmosphere on December 7, 1995. ...

PRESS-RELEASE . about the launch of Progress M-62 logistics spacecraft . ... S.P.Korolev RSC Energia is the prime manned space flight organization in the Russian rocket and space industry, responsible for the development of the ISS Russian Segment, its integration into the Space Station and its operation, including development and operation of principal Russian modules (Zvezda, Pirs, etc.), manufacturing, launch and operation of Soyuz TMA and Progress M spacecraft. ...

Here is a description of the Filter/Driver Pack Plus release from Aldus. ... The Macintosh Filter/Driver Pack Plus includes several new and updated filters, including import filters for Microsoft Works 3.0 and MacWrite Pro files, as well as the most recent LaserWriter driver, version 8.1.1. ... The Filter/Driver Pack Plus also includes a patcher utility which will update PageMaker 5.0 to version 5.0a. This patcher corrects a handful of reported customer problems. ...

ARCSAT Call for Proposals for Shared-Risk Observing during May-Sept 2014 Suzanne Hawley, Director and Mark Klaene, Site Manager April 18, 2014 Updated June 14, 2014 We are happy to announce that the ARCSAT upgrade project led by APO engineers Joe Huehnerhoff and Bill Ketzeback is nearly complete. ... ARCSAT proposals will be accepted as text files using the ARCSAT proposal form (available from the website) which is similar to the 3.5m proposal form. ... Remember, the time is shared-risk! ...

... Project page . ... Project workpage . Turbulence in the Multiphase Interstellar Medium . Project I | ... Project highlight | ... Towards simulating turbulence with adaptive meshes . ... A. Kritsuk, P. Padoan, M. Norman . ... A. Kritsuk M. Norman . ... A. Kritsuk, M. Norman, P. Padoan . astro-ph/0411626 | ... P. Padoan, A. Kritsuk, M. Norman, A. Nordlund . ... Introducing Enzo, an AMR Cosmology Application . B. O'Shea, G. Bryan, J. Bordner, M. Norman, T. Abel, R. Harkness, A. Kritsuk . ...