We combine new Spitzer Space Telescope observations in the mid-infrared and far-infrared (FIR) with SCUBA 850 ЮМm observations to improve the measurement of dust temperatures, masses, and luminosities for 11 galaxies of the SCUBA Local Universe Galaxy Survey. ... The data presented in this paper combined with previous observations show that cold dust is present in all types of spiral galaxies and is a major contributor to their total luminosity. ... ADS Citation Query . citations = 25 . ...

... Simple X-ray Aperture Photometry Problem : Determine source intensity s and errors for an unresolved (point) x-ray source Know: · Number of counts , C, in source aperture (solid green ellipse) · Number of counts , B, in background aperture (dashed green elliptical annulus) · Areas As and Ab of source and background apertures · f = psf(x,y)dx dy over source aperture · g = psf(x,y)dx dy over background ... What happens if the single observation pdf 's are distinct? ...

... The data-reduction path given in Chris Salter's IDL Cheat Sheet invovles a number of steps that are repeated for each observation. Onoffred is a wrapper program for the various AO IDL routines that are called, enabling an experienced observer to do file-loading, on-off data reduction, baseline fitting, smoothing and polarization averaging in a single step. ... The robust and user-defined profile windows can be hidden from the postscript output using the /hidelines switch. ...

... An OBJECT column gives the name of the object observed (usually a star name). ... In critical cases, it is common practice to measure sky on two or more positions around a target object, and these positions must be identified. ... A general treatment of this problem requires a column called OBJECT, bearing the usual name of the object (as in the star tables); a column labelled STARSKY, to distinguish between star+sky, star alone, or sky alone; and additional columns to identify the sky position. ...

The VLTI Calibrator Selector Tool is a tool intended to assist in the selection of suitable interferometric calibrators for VLTI observations with MIDI and AMBER. It uses a model of the VLTI and its instruments to assess the fringe visibility, given the observed bandpass, the geometry, spectrum, and coordinates of the target and the time at which the observations are to be made. ... The tool offers an HTML/Java based interface and consists of two pages. ... The quality flag depends on LDD_chi2. ...

... A radio galaxy is a galaxy that emits an unusually big amount of energy at radio wavelengths. ... Inside of each galaxy with an active nucleus (radio galaxies are among them) there must be a system of a "central machine" responsible for the colossal amount of the emitted energy from radio to gamma ranges. ... Sometimes a radio source in an active galaxy may flare again if the needed conditions appear (a new portion of matter would fall into the furnace of the "central machine"). ...

... The Science Operation Department is composed of Astronomers, Telescope Instruments Operators(TIOs) and Data Handling Administrators(DHAs). ... Astronomers have proposed several methods to quantitatively measure the amount of turbulence above the telescope, which the most common ones is Differential Image Motion Monitor (DIMM). In optical testing, the Hartmann test is the common method to test the quality of optical components. ... Hartmann mask consists of 48 lenses. ...

... We had the opportunity to take part in a work experience project in the Armagh Observatory in 2015 from March 30th to April 2nd, during which we used the Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network to obtain images of various celestial bodies including the Galaxies M83, M88 and M99 which we combined 3 different images created using different filters using the software DS9. ... Images obtained using the Faulkes Telescope North at Haleakala, operated by Las Cumbres Observatory. ...

As an example for an observation of a stellar corona, a simulation of the response of RGS was performed. The input spectrum was a two component Mewe-Kaastra plasma, with solar abundance, and temperatures of 0.35 and 2 keV. ... The following image shows an intensity display of the measured spectrum with dispersion coordinate as measured in the spatial dimension on the RGS Focal Camera (RFC) along the abscissa, and the energy response of the CCDs along the ordinate. ...

Nowadays at the Department the experimental and theoretical investigations, including astronomical and ionospheric observations, active experiments with space vehicles are taking place. ... Solar Corona physics and erruptive phenomenae. ... Stellar astronomy. ... The Department has organized and put into practice more then 50 expeditions for observation of Solar ecllipces, aurorae polaris, comets, meteor streams, controlled space experiments, and also for investigations of geophysical characteristics. ...

The IAA RAS . ... View details . ... Observatories 'Svetloe' and 'Zelenchukskaya' participate in frequent VLBI-observation sessions organized by the International VLBI Service for Geodesy and Astrometry . ... As part of collaboration with the U. S. Naval observatory in the areas of EOP determination and analysis the USNO uses IAA RAS daily EOP data obtained from SLR and VLBI. ... The IAA RAS and the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales carry out joint DORIS observations on the Badary observatory. ...

We report first results of a multifrequency campaign from radio to hard X-ray energies of the prominent gamma-ray blazar 3C 279 during the first year of the INTEGRAL mission. The variable blazar was found at a low activity level, but was detected by all participating instruments. Subsequently a multifrequency spectrum could be compiled. ... In addition, this 2003 broadband spectrum is compared to one measured in 1999 during a high activity period of 3C 279. | ...

... The database contains data of magnetic field observations obtained in the following observatories: Central astronomical observatory ( GAO ) , Crimean astrophysical observatory ( KrAO ) , Institute of terrestrial magnetism and radiowave propagation of Siberian division of RAS (Irkutsk) ( SibIZMIR ) , Institute of terrestrial magnetism and radiowave propagation (Troitsk) ( IZMIRAN ) , Shemacha astrophysical observatory of Azerbajanian AS ( ... GAO IZMIRAN SibIZMIR KrAO UsAO UrAO ShAO . ...

Peremennye Zvezdy", . ... R_data_1.txt NSVS 547680 . ... Combined brightness of two stars: GSC 4347-01515 (= var) and GSC 4347-01707 (constant), was measured in the NSVS survey, thus the amplitude is considerably underestimated. ... The comparison star was GSC 4347-01707 and the check star, USNO-B1.0 1598-0075392. ... The comparison star was USNO-B1.0 1597-0078695 and the check star, USNO-B1.0 1598-0075495. ... The comparison star was GSC 3230-00588 and the check star, USNO-B1.0 1282-0605581. ...

... Observations of GRB afterglows with Russian-Turkish 1.5-m Telescope (RTT150) . ... The afterglow light curve was measured in detail starting from about 5 h after the GRB and over five ensuing nights. In addition, upper limits were obtained on the rapid variability of the afterglow on the first night of observations and the history of afterglow color variations was measured in detail. ... 2007) : . ... Astronomy Letters, 33, 797 (2007) , arXiv:0802.1635 , The original text in Rissian . ...

Astronomy Discussion Forums . Forums: . ... TIME DILATION . ... Time dilation is what we take to be the disagreement in the total time of an event as measured by a moving frame and stationary frame. ... Imagine a car 100km from a stationary observer and which is positioned such that it would travel 200km on a straight line in a direction away from the stationary observer. ... Therefore the total time of motion of the car as measured by the stationary observer is T= t- 100km/C + (100km+200km/C). ...

New reduction of minor planets photographic plates obtained with Pulkovo Normal Astrograph A.A. Berezhnoy Pulkovo Observatory of RAS, Saint-Petersburg, Russia Minor Planet observations at Pulkovo Periodical observations of 14 bright asteroids named Selected Minor Planets (SMP) were performed at Pulkovo since 1948 within the international framework started by works of B.V. Numerov and D. Brouwer. ... 108 133 113 74 124 67 97 88 14 84 64 5 20 19 Epochs (YYYY.MM) 1200 Mean values of total obs. ...

... As modern observatories evolve to production units delivering data products and calibrated scientific data to the end users, new challenges arise in assessing the quality of data products. ... Taking the analogy of speed control on a motorway we can describe the system as a device (radar) collecting measurements of the system performance (passing cars). ... One of the direct applications of quality control is the verification of instrument performance based on the analysis of calibration exposures. ...

Rossiter-McLaughlin Observations of WASP-13b, WASP-32b and WASP-37b R. D. Brothwell1, C. A. Watson1 et al. 1Astrophysic s Research Centre, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, BT7 1NN Introduction & Background The Rossiter-McLaughlin (RM) effect can be used to measure the projected spin-orbit alignment () of a planetary system. ... The modeled . ... The modeled RM effect indicates WASP-13b is aligned with and orbits in a prograde sense. ...