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M
1 - Grupo de Variables y Supernovas
( Madrid )
Amateurs
astronomer 0bserving Group of Variables and Supernovae founded on 1990. Discover
of SN 93J in M 81. Edit annually M 1 Circular. [in Spanish].
MAC
LOW, Mordecai-Mark
( Amer. Mus. Natural History )
Structure
of the Interstellar Medium and Molecular Clouds, Blast Waves, Star Formation,
Circumstellar Nebulae, Planetary Impacts, Computational Gas Dynamics and
Magnetohydrodynamics
MAC-AULIFFE PIETRO Felipe Eduardo ( La Silla )
MACCARONE, Maria Concetta ( IFCAI/CNR )
The MACHO project is searching for dark matter in the form of Massive Compact
Halo Objects (MACHOs) using gravitational microlensing. We search for these
events by monitoring over 10 million stars every night in the LMC and Galactic
bulge, using the dedicated 50-inch telescope at Mt. Stromlo.
MACIEL,
Walter J.
( IAG/USP )
MACKIE,
Glen
( Victoria University Wellington )
Cepheid variables; Tully-Fisher relation.
Magellan Mission to Venus -
Online Resources
( PDS Imaging Node. JPL. NASA )
A
list of high-quality web-based resources related to the Magellan mission to
Venus. Includes direct links to the PDS-archived data stored in CD-ROM
jukeboxes, and a browser to view the data.
NASA's Magellan spacecraft made a dramatic conclusion to its highly successful
mission at Venus when it is commanded to plunge into the planet's dense
atmosphere Tuesday, October 11, 1994. During its four years in orbit around
Earth's sister planet, the spacecraft has radar-mapped 98 percent of the surface
and collected high-resolution gravity data of Venus. The purpose of the crash
landing is to gain data on the planet's atmosphere and on the performance of the
spacecraft as it descends. Up-to-date status reports will be available from this
WWW page, which also offers Venus images and other highlights from the mission.
Magellanic
Cloud Emission-line Survey
( MCELS, UM/CTIO )
MCELS
is a survey of two of our nearest neighboring galaxies, the Large and Small
Magellanic Clouds. The survey is done in the bright emission of Hydrogen (Halpha
6563), Sulfur ([S II] 6724), and Oxygen ([O III] 5007) from the interstellar gas
of these two galaxies to study the properties, kinematics, and dynamics of the
"violent" interstellar medium. Although the project just started
recently, one can already see some samples of the utility as well as the beauty
of emission-line imaging which will be brought to the astronomical community and
the public in general. The survey is performed with the University of Michigan's
Curtis Schmidt telescope, a 0.6/0.9m Schmidt located on Cerro Tololo and run by
CTIO under a cooperative agreement with the University of Michigan.
Magellanic
Clouds Newsletter
( European mirror )
The
Magellanic Clouds Newsletter is an electronic publication for information
exchange on Magellanic Clouds research. It is distributed bimonthly and provides
abstracts of submitted papers on the Magellanic Clouds, dissertation abstracts,
meeting information and job announcements. The following resources are
similar (same sort-key, different text):
Magellanic
Clouds Newsletter
( MCnews )
An
bi-monthly electronic publication on Magellanic Clouds related research. The
online content of the www page includes downloadable recent and back issues,
news, and hyperlinks to other Magellanic Clouds related sites.
MAGNANI, Loris Alberto ( U. Georgia )
Magnetic
Classification Values of sunspots
( after Malde )
Worldwide
network; observations of sunspots; classifying to Zurich/McIntosh-system;
generating values=Classification Values after Malde (established in 1981;
published in german mag. "vdS-SONNE").
The Maidanak Foundation is dedicated to supporting the scientific teams
currently running the Mt. Maidanak Observatory, and to provide funding for key
scientific equipment.
MAJEWSKI,
Steven R.
( Virginia )
MALBET,
Fabien
( Observatoire de Grenoble )
ISM, Galactic structure
Malin
Space Science Systems, Inc.
( MSSS )
MALKAN,
Matthew A.
( UCLA )
MALKOV,
Oleg
( Moscow )
Creation
and examination of astronomical data bases; creation of catalogues; star
designations problems; astronomical data analysis (about 20 publications).
Initial mass function (particularly for low-mass stars); local luminosity
function; history of star formation; structure of mass-luminosity relation;
binary stars; brown dwarfs; local missing mass (about 20 publications).
MAMON,
Gary
( IAP )
Groups
and clusters of galaxies.
Morphological evolution of galaxies.
Galaxies from the DENIS IJK survey of the southern sky.
Manchester
Astronomical Society
( MAS )
Founded
in 1903 the MAS is one of the oldest astronomical societies in the UK. The
Godlee observatory houses a Grubb 8" refractor and a 12" reflector,
sited on the roof of UMIST.
MANCHESTER,
R. N.
( ATNF )
MANNINGS,
Vince
( JPL )
MANNUCCI, Filippo ( Arcetri )
MAP
Introduction to Cosmology Page
This page aims to introduce a general audience to the basic concepts of
cosmology. It also describes the Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP) and its
scientific goals.
MARAZITI,
Deborah L.
( Williams College )
MARCO,
Olivier
( ESO )
Work
on Active Galactic Nuclei, using the ESO Adaptive Optics System (ADONIS).
Work on thermal infrared camera COMIC, dedicated to ADONIS.
MARCOUT,
James
( Strasbourg Astron. Obs. )
MARCY,
Geoffrey W.
( SFSU )
MARDONES,
Diego
( Center for Astrophysics )
MARECKI,
Andrzej
( Torun Radio Astronomy Obs. )
MARGON,
Bruce
( Univ.Washington )
MARGOT,
Jean-Luc
( Cornell )
MARLEY,
Mark
( NMSU )
Mars
Atlas
( -- online USGS maps and VO image finder )
A
WWW-browsable,
zoomable and scrollable atlas of USGS images of Mars, showing the locations
(footprints) of thousands of high-resolution Viking Orbiter images.
Mars Express is an ESA project, with the following scientific objectives:
Orbiter to perform high-resolution setero colour imaging, mineralogical
mapping, subsurface sounding, atmospheric sounding and studies of the
environment of planet Mars.
Lander Modules for descent and landing to study the internal structure,
meteorology and landing site geology, mineralogy, geochemistry and exobiology.
Mars
Global Surveyor Thermal Emission Spectrometer
( ASU )
This
is the homepage for the Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES), in the Department
of Geology at Arizona State University. TES is one of five instruments on the
Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft. The goal of this website is to present
up-to-date information about the TES instrument and its activites at Mars as
well as information about infrared spectroscopy and links to many other
Mars-related sites. We also have a very active Mars K-12 Outreach Program.
Home Page of the Mars Pathfinder Mission
MARTINI, Paul
( Carnegie Inst. Washington )
Martz
Observatory & Martz Astronomical Assn., Inc.
The Web Site for the Martz Observatory & Astronomical Association. The Martz
Observatory has served western New York state since 1965. The Martz Astronomical
Association, Inc. (501c3) conducts public education programming at the
observatory and other locations that give over 15,000 people access to the stars
every year.
MARVEL,
Kevin B.
( AAS )
MASON,
Brian D.
( GSU )
Massively
Parallel Computing Research Laboratory
( MPCRL )
Massively
Parallel Richardson-Lucy
( MPRL )
MPRL
is a software package for performing spatially-variant point spread function
(SV-PSF) deconvolution of astronomical images. Its development is motivated by,
but its utility is hopefully not limited to, Hubble Space Telescope image data.
MATHIAS, Philippe
( OCA / Nice )
We're the developers of S-PLUS as well as developers and providers of a variety
of other tools for statistical and data analysis. We strive to provide you with
a variety of online information which will help you work more efficiently and
creatively within S-PLUS.
MathSource
-- Mathematica Software
( Wolfram Research, Inc. )
This
site contains all material available through MathSource. The General directory
contains items of general interest to the Mathematica community, such as
administrative info, MathGroup archives, Mathematica tutorials, MathSource
information, utility programs, and Mathematica tips. The Enhancements directory
contains items that enhance the functionality of Mathematica beyond the
capabilities of the basic kernel. Items in the Applications directory deal with
the application of Mathematica to specific problems or subject areas. The
subcategories group related items together into manageable sizes. Subcategories
under Applications include: Audio, Chemistry, Complexity, Computer Science,
Data-Tables, Economics-Finance, Education, Engineering, Geography, Graphics,
Life Science, Material Science, Math, and Physics. Books supplements,
periodicals, journals, press-announcements, bibliographical information,
Mathematica documentation, and the like are all stored in the Publications
directory.
Matthew
Senay
( UMASS )
MATTHEWS,
Brian
( CalTech )
MATTOX,
John
( Francis Marion University )
I
am currently investigating the emission of high-energy gamma-rays by pulsars and
blazars. In both cases, gamma-rays provide an important diagnostic for
understanding the behavior of matter in extreme circumstances.
MAUCHE,
Christopher W.
( Astrophysics Group, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory )
Mauritius Radio Telescope
( MRT )
MRT
is a southern sky survey telescope, which is making a complimentary survey to 6C
(southern sky) and observing selected southern sky pulsars. See UK
and original
MRT pages.
Max
Planck Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik
Max-Planck-Institut fr Astronomie
( MPIA, Heidelberg )
The
MPIA operates the Calar Alto Observatory as well as conducting research in
different areas of astronomy and astrophysics including star formation,
extragalactic objects, astrophysical theory, and instrumentation development.
Max-Planck-Institut
für Aeronomie
( MPAe )
The
Max-Planck-Institut für Aeronomie (MPAe) is one of the over sixty institutes
for basic research run by the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft. The fields of research
comprise the near earth space (atmosphere, ionosphere, magnetosphere) and extend
into the interplanetary space as far as the sun and to other planets, comets and
asteroids.
Max-Planck-Institut
für Astrophysik
( MPA, Garching )
Max-Planck-Institut
für Extraterrestrische Physik
( MPE, Garching )
Max-Planck-Institut
für Kernphysik
The Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik is located at Heidelberg, Germany. It
was founded by Wolfgang Gentner as a research centre for nuclear physics in
1958. The present major research areas include nuclear and particle physics,
space science, cosmic ray research and other topics.
Max-Planck-Institut
für Radioastronomie
( MPIfR, Bonn )
Colloquium
schedule
(KOLLOQUIUMSPLANUNG -- Diese Planungsdatei ist LAN-öffentlich und über
Internet zugänglich via 'anonymes ftp')
MAZURE
Alain
( LAM, Marseille )
Cosmology,
Large Scale Structure, Clusters of Galaxies.
MAZZOLINI, Margaret ( Melbourne )
MCALISTER,
Harold A.
( GSU )
MCARTHUR,
Greg
( NCAR )
McCRAY,
Dick
( JILA )
MCDAVID,
David
( Limber Observatory )
McDonald
Observatory
( University of Texas, Austin )
McDonald
Observatory is located 450 miles west of Austin, Texas, in the Davis Mountains.
At present, there are three operating telescopes: 2.7-meter, 2.1-meter, and
.76-meter reflectors. The Observatory is equipped with a wide range of
state-of-the-art instrumentation for imaging and spectroscopy in the optical and
infrared, and it boasts one of the first and most productive lunar ranging
stations.
MCDONALD,
Kelley
( CEA )
McDonnell
Center for the Space Sciences
The McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences exists to encourage scientists to
work together on research problems that span or transcend traditional
departmental lines. This is done through formal programs such as regular
colloquia, and informally through the common bond of fellowship in the Center.
Space science, broadly defined as the study of the universe and our relationship
to it, is simply too vast an area to be the province of a single discipline.
Understanding the formation of the solar system is equally the task of the
chemist who measures isotope effects in meteorites, the astronomer who observes
planetary atmospheres or interstellar dust, and the theoretical physicist who
studies gravitational collapse. Faculty and students of the Center thus belong
to one of the basic, traditional science departments, yet overlap strongly in
their research work.
McELROY,
Doug
( JPL/Caltech )
A
semi-personal Home Page, with some research projects I have been involved in and
links to same.
McGill
University - Earth and Planetary Science
The Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences of McGill University have
available an interactive Atlas of impact craters and coronae structures of
Venus. The
Face of Venus,
enables browsers to interactively access a geographical database of these
features. Craters or coronae can be selected by size, type, and name status to
create user-generated maps of the selected features, as well as a text listing.
A dynamic ISMAP is created with clickable areas where users can obtain more
information about any feature viewed on the map, or directly from the text list.
Users may also elect to examine the distribution of their selected features by
using hierarchical cluster analysis to generate a dendrogram of any groupings.
McLIN,
Kevin M.
( CASA, University of Colorado )
QSO
Absorption Lines, Intergalactic Medium, Observational Cosmology.
MCMAHON, Richard
( IOA )
McMaster
Cepheid Photometry and Radial Velocity Archive
This site contains ASCII data tables of photometry and radial velocities for
Galactic and Extragalactic Cepheids (both Classical and Type II). Data is
presented as published and full citations to the original work are given.
Currently, data are sorted according to star name.
McMaster
University - Astronomy and Astrophysics
Contains information about their faculty, research, facilities and graduate
programme.
MCNAMARA,
Bernie
( NMSU )
MDM
Observatory
( MDM Observatory )
MDM
Observatory was founded by the University of Michigan, Dartmouth
College, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Current operating partners include Michigan, Dartmouth,
MIT, Ohio
State University,
and Columbia University. The
Observatory is located on the southwest ridge of the Kitt Peak National Observatory
near Tucson, AZ. It operates two telescopes: the 2.4-m Hiltner telescope and the
1.3-m McGraw-Hill telescope.
The Strasbourg astronomical Data Centre (CDS) is collecting modern media
offering material related to astronomy and space sciences.
Medina
County Astronomical Society
New amateur club forming in the Medina, Ohio area.
Mediterranean
Association of Environmental and Space Sciences
( AMSEE )
The "Association Mediterranenne des Sciences de l'Environnement et de
l'Espace" or Mediterranean Association of Environmental and Space Sciences
is a non profit organisation established late 1990. Since
then the Association has installed two telescopes, one designed for the
observation of planets and double stars under the Mosser Dome and another for
deep sky observing under the Messier Dome. CCDs observing for amateur size
telescope has been the major interest of the members since the beginning.
Medium
Deep Survey
( MDS )
The
Medium Deep Survey (MDS) is an international project that uses the Hubble Space
Telescope (HST) in Pure parallel mode to study the nature of faint galaxies in
the deepest regions of the universe. The released MDS database contains model
fits for about 64000 objects in 185 WFPC2 fields, observed in most cases using
the F814W(I), F606W(V) and for few in F450W(B) photometric filters. Some fields
overlap each other, and duplicate observations of the same object has not yet
been cross-identified.
MEDOC (Multi-Experiment Data Operations Center for SOHO) is designed to meet the
needs of European SOHO Investigators who wish to work together on the data
analysis and the preparation of joint observations using SOHO instruments and
also European solar ground-based Observatories. This European Centre complements
the SOHO facilities (Experiment
Operations Facility,
Experiment
Analysis Facility,
U.S. SOHO Archive ) located in GSFC (NASA).
MEECH,
Karen
( University of Hawaii )
Planetary
Astronomy - SS Formation, Distant Comets
Mees
Solar Observatory
( MSO, Hawaii )
Meetings
on Extra-solar Planets
Melendez Moreno, Jorge L. ( Sao Paolo )
Infrared
Spectroscopy. Peruvian Astronomy.
MELIA,
Fulvio
( Steward Obs. )
MELOTT,
Adrian
( U. Kansas )
Cosmology,
Large-Scale Structure, N-body simulations
Memphis
Astronomical Society
( MAS )
The
Memphis Astronomical Society is a non-profit, public service organization
promoting interest and education in astronomy and related sciences.
Magazine of the members of the Astronomical
Society of the Pacific.
MERIWETHER,
Dave
( Satellite development, testing & Operations, Stanford )
Dave's
world is split
into three catagories:
Space Work (My current work developing the Gravity Probe B's ground station),
Physics (Relativity mostly), Astrophysics (including my previous work with the
EUVE), Rocket Science (lots of links, including the X prize), and Space
operations (every satellite web page I know of);
Dave's Playground: Weather, News, Earthquakes & hurricanes, road conditions,
California info, Federal info, images, html, perl & vi resources www
sources, music, & misc
Jobs: on-line job resources.
Images and short information for each of the 110 Deep Sky Objects of Messier's
catalog, together with various indices and reference material. Including
historic and observational stuff, and a big image collection.
MESZAROS,
Peter
( Penn State Univ. )
Meteor
Observers Mailing List
( meteorobs )
A
mailing list with over 100 subscribers internationally, dedicated to all aspects
of meteor observing and meteorics. To subscribe, send an email message with the
text "subscribe meteorobs" in the body to the address:
"majordomo@latrade.com".
Meteorological
Forecasts at ESO Sites
( ESO Weather-Watch )
This
site provides meteorological indormations about observing conditions at ESO
observatories. Forecasts of precipitable water vapour, cloudiness, wind,
temperature and pressure are available, along with synoptic maps and satellite
pictures.
Meteosat
images
( from the University of Nottingham )
Metsahovi
Radio Research Station
The Metsähovi Radio Research Station, a separate research institute of the
Helsinki University of Technology since May 1988, operates a 14 m diameter
radome enclosed radio telescope at Metsähovi, 40 km west of Helsinki, Finland.
The Cassegrain telescope system can be used at frequencies 10 - 230 GHz
(wavelengths 3 cm - 1.8 mm).
MEYER, David M. ( Northwestern Univ. )
MICELAQ, Giusi ( Osservatorio Astronomico G.S. Vaiana, Palermo, Sicily )
Open clusters and star forming regions. Stellar coronae.
MICHEL, F. Curtis ( Rice Univ. )
Michelle: A mid-infrared
spectrometer and imager for the UKIRT and Gemini telescopes
Michigan State University -
Physics & Astronomy
( MSU )
Michigan
State's Telescope Initative
Outreach efforts to merge astronomy research and non-science education.
MICKEY,
Donald L.
( IfA )
Solar
physics, magnetic fields, instrumentation.
Microcomputer
Image Processing System
( MiPS )
(this
document is the announcement of a demo for MS-DOS computers)
Microlensing
Planet Search Project
( MPS )
The
Microlensing Planet Search Project (MPS) searches for evidence of extra-solar
planets using the gravitational microlensing technique.
Microvariability
and Oscillations of Stars
( MOST )
MOST
is Canada's first space science microsatellite and its first optical space
telescope project, aiming for launch in late 2001. MOST is designed to measure
(as its acronym implies) Microvariability & Oscillations of STars in
broadband light with a precision of a few micromagnitudes over timescales from
minutes to days. The resulting eigenfrequency data will be used primarily for
stellar seismology, to probe the structure and ages of Sun-like stars, magnetic
stars, Wolf-Rayet stars and halo subdwarfs. The subdwarfs are expected to yield
age estimates which would place a meaningful lower limit on the age of the
Universe. MOST should also be capable of confirming the presence of giant
extrasolar planets identified in Doppler surveys.
Microwave
Anisotropy Dataset Computational Analysis Package
( MADCAP )
MADCAP
is a parallel implementation of the Bond,
Jaffe & Knox
formulation of CMB data analysis algorithms for:
1.
making a map (and the associated pixel-pixel noise correlation matrix)
from a time-ordered dataset;
2.
extracting the most likely CMB signal bin power spectrum (and the
associated bin-bin correlation matrix) from this map.
Microwave
Anisotropy Probe
( MAP )
NASA
has selected MAP has one of the next MIDEX missions. It will map the microwave
background fluctuations over the whole sky and provide insights into the
formation of galaxies and the basic parameters of cosmology.
Microwave
Background Anisotropies - Physics
A series of online tutorials ranging from beginner to expert covering the theory
of cosmic microwave background anisotropies.
Mid-Atlantic
Star Party
( MASP )
Mid-InfraRed
Large Imager
( MIRLIN )
MIRLIN
is a 128 x 128 pixel, 7 - 25 micrometer infrared astronomical camera built at
JPL by a team led by Dr. Michael Ressler and used on the Palomar 5 meter (200
inch) telescope, the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility 3 meter telescope, and the
Keck II 10 meter telescope.
Midcourse
Space Experiment
( MSX )
The
MSX observatory is a Ballistic Missile Defense Organization project which offers
major benefits for both the defense and civilian sectors. It was launched on a
Delta II vehicle on April 24, 1996, into a 900 km, polar, near-Sun synchronous
orbit. The spacecraft featured an advanced multispectral image capability to
gather data on test targets and space background phenomena.
The infrared sensors operated at 11 to 12 degrees Kelvin by employing a solid
hydrogen cryostat. The IR instruments span the range 4.2 - 26 microns. The focal
plane array consists of five bands and the radiometer beam-size is more than 25
times smaller than IRAS. As a result, much greater spatial resolution than
anything currently available has been obtained. The cryogen phase of the mission
ended on 26 February 1997. During the ten month cryogen phase of the mission
over 200 Giga Bytes of data on Celestial Backgrounds were obtained.
See the MSX
Celestial Backgrounds Team Home Page
for additional details.
Middle
East Technical University - Astrophysics
( METU )
MIGHELL,
Kenneth J.
( Columbia Univ. )
Mighell,
Kenneth
( NOAO Tucson )
MIHOS,
Chris
( Case Western Reserve University )
MILANI, Andrea
( Univ. Pisa )
MILLER,
Glenn
( STScI )
MILLER,
H. Richard
( GSU )
MILLER,
Scott
( U. Maryland )
Millimeter
and Submillimeter Wave Astronomy at the Instutute of Applied Physics R.A.S.
( MM and SubMM Astronomy at IAP RAS )
Millimeter
and submillimeter wave astronomy research at the Institute of Applied Physics
(Russian Academy of Sciences) includes developments of low-noise receivers and
other radio astronomical equipment, studies of dense interstellar molecular
clouds, numerical modelling. Observations are performed at the 22-m radio
telescope in Crimea and at other instruments worldwide.
Millstone
Hill Observatory
( MHO, Haystack )
The
Millstone Hill Observatory, located in Westford Massachusetts, is a broad-based
atmospheric sciences research facility owned and operated by the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. The Atmospheric Sciences Group, which staffs and
manages the observatory, is a part of M.I.T's Haystack Observatory, a basic
research organization whose focus is radio wave and radar science,
instrumentation and techniques. The following resources may be of interest.
EISCAT is a particularly good source of data and useful information. See, for
example, incoherent scatter radar and magnetosphere Millstone Hill Observatory:
Information, data, etc., including real-time radar status and data when the
radar is operating. EISCAT: European Incoherent Scatter Association. NCAR:
National Center for Atmospheric Research. NSF: National Science Foundation
Gopher server. NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NGDC:
National Geophysical Data Center.
Mining
the Sky
( MPA/ ESO/ MPE Joint Astronomy Conference )
A
Conference held in Garching, Germany, July 31 - August 4, 2000.
This meeting aimed to investigate methods for the numerical and statistical
analysis of astronomical datasets with particular emphasis on the manipulation
of the very large databases arising from both existing and forthcoming projects,
as well as current large-scale computer simulation studies. Review speakers gave
overviews of cutting-edge methods applicable in the area of astronomical
data-mining. Case-studies demonstrated the interplay between these techniques
and interesting astronomical problems. Targetted talks presented current
results, and there were also opportunities for participants to contribute
shorter talks or posters.
TheMINISAT programme aims to develop a system that will permit performance of
space operations at a lower cost and within shorter delays when compared with
present programmes. This programme is run by INTA
under the auspices of the Spanish Interministerial Commission for Science and
Technology (CICYT)
and with the collaboration of the spanish industry.
MINK,
Doug
( SAO )
Minnesota
State University, Mankato -- Astronomy Program
The Minor Planet Center is a service of Commission 20 of the International
Astronomical Union and operates at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
under the direction of Dr. Brian Marsden. The Minor Planet Center is responible
for the collection and dissemination of astrometric observations and orbits for
minor planets and comets.
Mira
Public Observatory, Grimbergen, Belgium
( Volkssterrenwacht Mira, Grimbergen, Belgium )
The
Mira Public Observatory is located north of Brussels, Belgium.
Its main goal is to introduce people to the wonders and beauty of the night sky.
The homepage also includes a virtual tour of the observatory.
Miriad
Interferometric Data Reduction Package
( Miriad )
Miriad
is a radio-interferometry data reduction package, going from raw visibility data
through calibration, imaging, analysis and publication quality output.
MIROSHNICHENKO,
Anatoly
( Univ. Toledo )
Research
interest: early-type stars with circumstellar gaseous and dusty envelopes.
Mississippi
State University - Department of Physics and Astronomy
The Physics and Astronomy Department home page contains information about
faculty, students, and departmental facilities. Research information and
information about the University's Howell Observatory is also available.
Mississippi
State University - Howell Observatory
MIT Center for Space Research
- Positions vacant
MIT Center for Space Research
( CSR )
The
Center supports a broad range of space-related research by scientists in many
departments of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Areas of current
activity range from theoretical cosmology and astrophysics to laboratory and
flight experiments and ground-based observations. Laboratory facilities include
X-ray generators, particle accelerators, vacuum chambers, and conventional
electronic test and machine shop equipment. Extensive computational facilities
are available for the analysis and reduction of data.
MIT
Laboratory for Nuclear Science
( LNS )
MOFFAT,
Anthony F.J.
( Montréal )
A private research venture into Solar Physics.
MOLNAR,
Lawrence A.
( Calvin College )
Molonglo
Observatory Synthesis Telescope
( MOST )
The
MOST consists of two cylindrical paraboloids, 778m x 12m, separated by 15m and
aligned East-West. A line feed system of 7744 circular dipoles collects the
signal and feeds 176 preamplifiers and 88 IF amplifiers. The telescope is
steered by mechanical rotation of the cylindrical paraboloids about their long
axis, and by phasing the feed elements along the arms. The resulting `alt-alt'
system can follow a field for +/- 6 hours (necessary for a complete synthesis
with an East-West array) only if the field is south of declination -30 degrees.
For fields near this limit the signal-to-noise ratio is considerably lower for
the first and last hour or so due to the lower gain of the system at large
`meridian distance' angles.
Monash
University - Applied Mathematics Department
MOnitoring X-ray Experiment
( MOXE )
The
MOnitoring X-ray Experiment (MOXE) is an X-ray all-sky monitor to be launched on
the Russian Spectrum-X-Gamma satellite. It will monitor several hundred X-ray
sources on a daily basis, and will be the first instrument to monitor the
complete X-ray sky simultaneously. MOXE is built by Los Alamos Nat Lab, Goddard
Space Flight Center and Space Research Institute (Moscow).
MONOPTEC's
Fixed Shutter Dome
( FSD )
MONOPTEC
licenses the Fixed Shutter Dome, an enabling technology in observatory
enclosures and satellite laser ranging systems. Four FSD's now reside in Tokyo,
Japan, as part of the Keystone Project.
Montana
Polytechnic Institute
( MPI )
Montana
Polytechnic Institute is a global online astronomy and computer science magnet
school for grades 6-12.
Montana
Space Grant Consortium
( MSGC )
Part
of the NASA's National Space Grant and Fellowship Program, MSGC enhances
aerospace research and education in Montana through a variety of programs.
Research initiation grants, education enhancement grants, undergraduate research
awards and scholarship-fellowship program are administered by the Central
Consortium Office at Montana State University in Bozeman. This office acts as a
statewide clearinghouse for information on NASA and other aerospace-related
programs relevent to the state, and takes an active role in alterting Consortium
affiliates about opportunities in research and education with NASA and other
space agencies.
Montana
State University, Bozeman
Over 18 full-time faculty on staff with strong research areas in astrophysics,
condensed matter physics, optical science and laser technology, relativity and
cosmology, solar physics and physics/astronomy education.
Monterey
Institute for Research in Astronomy
( MIRA )
The
Monterey Institute for Research in Astronomy is a non-profit astronomical
observatory, founded in 1972 and dedicated to research and education in
astronomy.
MONTES,
David
( Madrid )
MONTES,
Marcos J.
( NRL )
Scientific
interests: Radiative transfer in SNII; expanding photosphere method; radio
supernovae; methods of determining cosmological distances; supernovae.
Monthly
Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
( MNRAS )
The
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society is published for the Society
by Blackwell Science Limited. The Journal publishes the results of original
research in the positional and dynamical astronomy, astrophysics, radio
astronomy, cosmology, space research and the design of astronomical instruments.
MORALES
RUEDA, Luisa
( Southampton )
MOREIRA, Miguel Centeno ( Observatorio Astronomico de Lisboa )
MORGAN,
Siobahn
( University of Northern Iowa )
MORGANTI, Raffaella ( ATNF / Bologna )
MORRIS,
Simon
( Durham Physics Department )
MORTLOCK
Daniel
( Cambridge, UK )
MOSKALENKO,
Igor V.
( MPE, Garching )
Research
interests: particle/high-energy astrophysics.
Mount
Evans Meyer-Womble Observatory
( Denver Univ. )
Mt.Evans
Meyer-Womble Observatory, elev. 4,303 meters, in the Colorado Rockies. Dual 0.7
meter R-C telescopes, optical and mid-infrared instrumentation. Summer access.
Collaborations invited.
Mount
Graham International Observatory
( MGIO )
The
Mt. Graham International Observatory is located on Mt. Graham near Safford ,
Arizona. Two telescopes are now in operation, the Vatican Observatory/Arizona
1.8m Lennon telescope(VATT)
and the 10m diameter Heinrich Hertz Submillimeter Telescope (SMT),
a joint project of Arizona and the Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie,
Germany.
Mount Pleasant Radio
Observatory
( Tasmania )
Mount
Stromlo & Siding Spring Observatories - Australian National University
( MSSSO )
Includes
the Australian AstroWeb site, and an Anonymous ftp
server.
Mount
Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories - Schedules
( MSSSO )
Mount
Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories Library
Mount Stromlo and Siding
Spring Observatories: Preprints
( MSSSO )
Mount
Suhora Observatory
( Cracow Pedagogical University )
The
Mt.Suhora Observatory is a part of Astronomy Department at the Pedagogical
University in Cracow, Poland. It is located in Gorce mountain, near Koninki
village, 60 km south-east of Cracow.
The scientific staff of 9 people works on photometry of variable stars.
The mountain is host to several ongoing observing projects using the onsite
facilities. The observatory has two primary nighttime telescopes: the 60-inch
telescope, built in 1908 is home to the HK Project and the Atmospheric
Compensation Experiment; and the 100-inch (Hooker) telescope, built in 1917,
which is available to the scientific community. Two solar observatories, the
60-foot tower telescope (operated by USC), and the 150-foot tower telescope
(operated by UCLA) maintain long-term exploration of the magnetic activity
behavior of the Sun. There are also two interferometers onsite: the Infrared
Spatial Interferometer (ISI, operated by U.C. Berkeley), and the NRL Optical
Interferometer. The Telescopes in Education (TIE) Project operates a 24"
telescope, as well as the Snow Solar Telescope (built in 1904). Finally, a
fully-robotic 32-inch Automatic Photoeletric Telescope (APT) is operated by
Tennessee State University.
Mountain
Skies Astronomical Society
( MSAS )
A
non-profit educational science center, with a lender library of resources.
Several membership catagories including special classroom memberships.
MPA
Binaries Group: Preprints 1998
MPA Galaxy Formation Group:
Preprints
MPA Gravitational Lensing
Group: Preprints
The Max-Planck Institut für extraterrestrische Physik in Garching near Munich
receives applications for Institute research fellows.
MSAM/TopHat is a collaboration working on a series of experiments to measure the
medium-scale anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMBR).
Provides access to a large fraction of the set of images taken by the Viking
orbiters from 1976 to 1980
MSSSO
Heron Island Workshop 1995
The MSSSO Heron Island Workshop on Peculiar Velocities in the Universe
MSU
Solar Physics Group
( Montana )
MUDERS,
Dirk
( MPIfR )
MUDERS,Dirk
( Steward Observatory )
Muenster
Institute of Planetology
The Institut für Planetologie performs teaching and research in Planetary
Sciences with a particularly interdisciplinary approach including geochemical,
geological, geophysical, and mineralogical methods.
MUFSON, Stuart L. ( Indiana Univ. )
MULAI, Koji ( GSFC )
Mullard
Radio Astronomy Observatory
( MRAO )
The
Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory is part of the Cavendish Laboratory, the
Physics Department of the University of Cambridge. Current research interests
include: the cosmic microwave background (Sunyaev-Zeldovich and primordial
fluctuations), radio galaxies (hot-spots, spectral ageing), ultra-luminous
infra-red galaxies, star formation in galaxies, low-frequency radio surveys, mm
and sub-mm instrumentation, mm and sub-mm astronomy (star formation and
outflows, interferometry, the Galactic Centre), the interplanetary medium,
supernova remnants, optical aperture synthesis, and maximum entropy techniques.
Multi-Element
Radio Linked Interferometer Network
( MERLIN - Jodrell Bank )
Multiband
Imaging Photometer for SIRTF
( MIPS )
The
Multiband Imaging Photometer for SIRTF (MIPS) is a far-infrared photometer,
scheduled for launch into a solar orbit in December, 2001. It is one of three
instruments that will fly on SIRTF.
Multimission
Archive at STScI
( MAST )
The
Multimission Archive at STScI is being developed to support a variety of
astronomical data archives, with the primary focus on scientifically related
data sets in the optical, ultraviolet, and near-infrared parts of the spectrum.
Multiple
Mirror Telescope Observatory (1)
( MMTO )
Multiple
Mirror Telescope Observatory (2)
( MMTO )
Multivariate
Data Analysis Software and Resources
( Fionn Murtagh )
Multiwavelength
Atlas of Galaxies
A Multiwavelength Atlas of Galaxies is presented as an educational tool for high
school students. Optical, X-ray, Far-Infrared and Radio images are shown for a
variety of nearby galaxies. Text describing the physical mechanisms of the
different types of radiation, and their astronomical sources is supplied.
Multiwavelength
Messier Museum
( SIRTF Education and Outreach )
This
site is a collection of images taken at different wavelengths by a variety of
ground-based and space-borne observatories. In the detailed tutorial which
accompanies each object, you will be introduced to the wealth of data available
at wavelengths beyond the familiar visible light we are accustomed to seeing.
You will discover some important characteristics of astronomical phenomena, and
learn about which types of radiation are best suited to studying certain
objects. By comparing images of objects obtained at different wavelengths, you
will be able to interpret interesting features, and discover why certain objects
emit, or do not emit, radiation at various wavelengths.
Images of the Milky Way galaxy in the light of several spectral lines and
continuum bands, spanning the electromagnetic spectrum from radio to high-energy
gamma-ray, are presented. The display is interactive, allowing zooming and
panning of the images, each of which covers the entire sky within ten degrees of
the Galactic plane. Explanatory text and links to the data sources and
references are included. The Multiwavelength Milky Way site is an educational
service of the Astrophysics Data Facility at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
Munich Astro Archive ( MAA )
Astronomy
for everyone. Collections of software, astronomical catalogues, stellar data and
more is available.
Munich
Image Data Analysis System (FTP)
( ESO-MIDAS )
This
directory contains: README = This file; 9NNOV = Subdirectory containing the
9NNOV release of MIDAS (only packages, patches and documentation); courier =
Directory containing the compressed postscript files of the newsletter: MIDAS
Courier.; calib = Directory with the ESO calibration files for MIDAS.; linux =
Directory containing binary versions of MIDAS for PC/Linux.
MURPHY, Brian W.
( Butler Univ. )
MURPHY,
Edward
( University of Virginia )
Interstellar
medium, 21 cm radio astronomy, far-UV spectroscopy.
MURPHY,
Patrick P.
( NRAO )
MURRAY,
Stephen S.
( ADS )
Murtagh,
Fionn
( Queen's University of Belfast )
Image
processing, computer vision, wavelet transforms, multiscale transforms,
multiresolution transforms, noise models, visualization, information retrieval,
data analysis, cluster analysis, data display
MUSSER,
George
( ASP )
MUSSER,
James A.
( Indiana Univ. )
MUTEL,
Robert L.
( Univ. Iowa )
Myers,
Steven T.
( NRAO )
Contains
links to the Astro News Page, Online Course material, and includes VLA/VLBA and
ALMA related information.
Mythical
Ireland - 5,000-year-old astronomy
Mythical Ireland
explores the Stone Age in the context of astronomy, mythology and art, and
reveals how the people of 5,000 years ago were master astronomers, confidently
able to predict the solstices and the seasons, and acutely aware of the Metonic
Cycle of the Moon and Precession of the Equinoxes.