XMM-Newton CCF Release Note XMM-CCF-REL-314 The RGS effective area: up date of the contamination correction R. Gonzґlez-Riestra a April 11, 2014 1 CCF comp onents Name of CCF RGS1 EFFAREACORR 0009 RGS2 EFFAREACORR 0009 VALDATE 2001-01-01T00:00:00 2001-01-01T00:00:00 List of Blocks changed EFFAREACORR EFFAREACORR XSCS flag NO NO 2 Changes A correction to the RGS effective area for contamination on the detectors was first implemented in SAS in 2007 [1]. ...

... Change to Pulse Height Filtering to Mitigate Effects of Gain Sag in the COS FUV Detector . ... Changing Programs & Resolving Problems . ... Detectors . ... The COS FUV detectors convert each ultraviolet photon into a shower of electrons, for which the detector electronics calculate the X and Y coordinates and the total charge, or pulse height. Prolonged exposure to light causes the FUV detectors to become less efficient at this photon-to- electron conversion, a phenomenon called "gain sag." ...

... 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. ...

... Changing a World . ... I was watching a PBS program about John Glenn's 1998 launch on the Space Shuttle when the idea first occurred to me. ... As the program went on to talk about space initiatives and what comes next for NASA, covering topics such as the International Space Station and Mars colonization, I began to realize how common-place some of this must be to my students, nearly all of whom have grown up in the post-Apollo era. ... All of this meant that I knew why I was interested in science....

... Radio telescope interferometers exhibit chromatic aberration effects. ... Reduction packages such as AIPS and AIPS++ will produce a beam pattern image for each frequency channel. This allows these packages to compute a spectral-line cube which has a pixel size (cellsize) independent of frequency. ... Because of this, Miriad produces cubes where the pixel size changes with frequency. ... The correct approach is to produce a cube in Miriad which does not have a variable pixel size. ...

... SCIENCE AND BUSINESS . Such a trifle as a starry night sky of largest observatories turned out to be a small change coin in commercial bargains for exclusive communal services in Russia, and for a few elite flats in penthouses in Ukraine. SCIENCE AND BUREAUCRATISM . ... Till in Russian) . ... Clericalization of science and education (Till in Russian). ... Researcher of the Sternberg Astronomical Institute, The Moscow University. ... SAI home page . ... October, 2008) . ... November, 2007) . ...

spaceweb@oulu.fi - last update: 14 January 1999, 0950 UT (RR) . Term 'global change' is used to describe the changes of the large scale weather systems on Earth , and especially the surface temperature increase, by man-made increase of atmospheric CO 2 . ... It is the last point that is of importance for space physics, since it is possible that also the changes in Sun 's activity could be causing some changes in terrestrial climate. ... Space Physics Text Book of Oulu ...

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 ]). ...

This is a copy of a Press Release from E.S.O. The most recent ESO observations of bright Comet Hyakutake have shown rapid changes in the innermost coma, within a few hundred kilometres from the cometary nucleus. This result has only become possible because of the unusual combination of a bright comet being near the Earth, together with the excellent imaging quality of the ESO 3.5-metre New Technology Telescope (NTT). ... Go to the ESO Homepage for Comet Hyakutake . ESO/La Silla | ...

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We model the spectral chanages of late oxygen-rich Miras observed in different pulsation phases. From a combination of variable near-IR spectra and UKIRT spectrophotometry of the 9.7 \mu m silicate dust emission feature in different phases we study the influence of the changing atmospherical circumstances on the conditions in the circumstellar dust shell. ... A comparision with the modelling results for another long period Mira U Ori is also provided. ...

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Appendix B: The Effects of Thermal Changes on the "Absolute" Position of the Secondary . ... I will use the same nomenclature for the rod forces here as I used in Appendix A. In Appendix A, the axial force balance equation at the horizon was shown to be . ... The quantity that we really wish to derive is , where is the rod elongation at some initial epoch (i.e. when the rods were first tensioned) and where is the rod elongation at some later time after the rod temperatures had changed. ...

... Astronomical Observatory, Shevchenko Park, Odessa, 65014, . ... The XVI -th G. Gamow's Odessa Astronomical Summer Соnference-School, 14-20 August, 2016, Odessa, Ukraine . ... The XV -th G. Gamow's Odessa Astronomical Summer Соnference-School, 16-23 August, 2015, Odessa, Ukraine . ... The XIV -th G. Gamow's Odessa Astronomical Summer Соnference-School, 17-23 August, 2014, Odessa, Ukraine . ... The XIII -th G. Gamow's Odessa Astronomical Summer Соnference-School, 19-25 August, 2013, Odessa, Ukraine . ...

Consequences of Impacts of Cosmic Objects in Circumstances of Changing Climate . ... The consequences of the impacts of asteroids about 1 km in size on the Earth are considered from the viewpoint of their negative effects under conditions when the climate changes. These effects are ejection of greenhouse gases, fires, changes in surface albedo, and global dispersion of asteroid material. ...

... Mysterious Changing feature on Titan . ... 15.10.2014 . ... Credit Copyright: Cassini Radar Mapper , ASU , JPL , ESA , NASA Explanation: What is that changing object in a cold hydrocarbon sea of Titan? Radar images from the robotic Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn have been recording the surface of the cloud-engulfed moon Titan for years. ... Subsequent observations in 2014 found the object remained -- but had changed! ... Publications with keywords: Titan . Publications with words: Titan . ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2014 October 15 . Mysterious Changing feature on Titan . Image Credit: Cassini Radar Mapper , Cornell , JPL , ESA , NASA . Explanation: What is that changing object in a cold hydrocarbon sea of Titan? ... Subsequent observations in 2014 found the object remained -- but had changed! ... About APOD | ... A service of: ASD at NASA / GSFC . ...

The turret floor sits on a set of rollers bolted to the feed tower. The rolling surface sits between the bottom of the floor and the rollers. ... The plot shows the roll of the turret floor during a turret spin (.ps) ( .pdf) from 26 to 340 degrees and back (roll is in the direction of rotation). ... If there were 6 sections of rolling surface you might expect this spacing to be 60 degrees (or some beat of the 60 degree spacing and the spacing of the fixed rollers). ...