在1986年3月哈雷彗星可能发生了彗核分裂

从1986年3月16日至4月22日我们在新西兰约翰山天文台对哈雷彗星进行了近核区照相观测.所用望远镜是61cm反光镜(f/14.2),底片比例尺23.″8/mm.底片和滤光片组合分为三种:Kodak IIaO,Kodak2415,2415+RG610.IIaO底片用氮烘烤敏化,2415胶卷用氢烘烤敏化.一共得到96张底片,记录到彗核区很多丰富多彩的活动,在此暂不赘述. 在1986年3月25日晚,透明度很好,宁静度小于1”,当晚共得到10张底片:1(IIaO),2(2415),7(2415+RG610).在所得底片上可看到两个彗核,两核之间的距离(在天空平面投影)大约为5000公里,其中比较暗弱的彗核也有自己的喷流存在.这可能是哈雷     

三种Kodak天文干版氢敏化的初步研究

本文报道了三种 Kodak 天文干版的氢敏化实验结果,证实了氢作为敏化剂,对三种底片都是有效的。在灰雾 D_0≤0.20的条件下,Kodak 103aO片,灵敏度增益在 3以上;ⅢaJ片的灵敏度达到5以上。对ⅡaO片的实验表明,其低照度互易律失效的水平也大为降低。 对103aO和ⅢaJ片敏化后的保存性实验是令人满意的,敏化后在普通冰箱(3—5℃)情况下,103aO片可保存一个月以上,Ⅲal也可保存近半月。     

业余天文摄影的基础知识（3）──照相底片的敏化

业余天文摄影的基础知识（３）──照相底片的敏化蓝松竹对于照相底片，量子效率是指产生一个变黑颗粒所需的入射光子的平均数。当光入射到乳胶上时，一部分被反射，另一部分透射过去，大约只有１０％的光子被乳胶吸收，研究表明，要产生一个可显影的颗粒需吸收１０个光子...     

利用电子计算机证认定标星的一种方法

本文提出了一种只要求已知底片中心粗略坐标(α_0,δ_0)的证认定标星的方法。     

论卫星照相测量的天文方法

本文应用多变量误差分析理论,研究了天文方法处理卫星底片的协方差表示问题,并进一步讨论了目标和定标星相对位置以及卫星虚拟点在平差段中的位置和精度的关系,推出了定量估计公式。     

天文底片保存和我国天文底片数字化的建议

阐述了国际上天文照相底片数字化工作的进展:底片的保存、底片数字化的意义和相关技术。扼要地介绍了国际虚拟天文台的情况及其与底片数字化的关系。分析了我国天文底片资料的保存现状,并提出了底片数字化建议:成立由各天文台专家组成的全国底片数字化协调小组,建立各单位保存底片的信息库、改进底片的保存条件、有步骤地对有价值底片上的全部目标进行扫描,以便将其与现代高精度的观测资料相结合,开展有意义的课题研究。     

照相底片测光定标的密度矩和法

本文提出一种新方法——密度矩和法,用底片上已知亮度恒星的PDS测微密度数据来同时决定底片特性曲线和星等零点。这种方法可以用于对没有感光斑点的底片作面光源测光。     

50个发射线天体的物端稜镜光谱

从1981年开始,北京天文台开展了发射线星系的物端稜镜巡天。用60/90cm Schmidt望远镜加5.°3的物端稜镜在敏化的ⅢaJ底片上可以得到亮于16~m的星系光谱像。本文公布了第一批巡天结果:在覆盖天区约220平方度的12张底片上证认出50个发射线天体,47个河外星系(其中3个可能是新的Seyfert星系),3个行星状星云(其中一个N2242以前被当作河外星系)。文中给出了这些天体的名称、坐标、星等及光谱结构分类等资料,并比较系统地讨论了发射线星系的证认及光谱结构分类。我们还将本巡天的结果与其他天文台的结果作了比较。这些天体的证认图见图版Ⅰ—Ⅱ。     

Schmidt底片处理技术的发展

描述了20世纪50年代以来,利用Schmidt望远镜实现的各种巡天计划及Schmidt底片的特点。介绍了Schmidt底片处理技术的发展,特别是分块底片处理法(Subplate),Mask法和滤波法处理底片的数学理论和结果。讨论了现代其他数学方法用于Schmidt底片处理的可能性。最后对编制LAMOST输入星表可能采用的底片处理方法提出若干建议。     

整体平差方法在CCD天体测量中的应用

回顾了基于底片重叠观测的整体平差方法的发展历史和应用概况，分析了该方法应用于底片资料处理没有取得预期效果的原因，介绍了小视场CCD重叠观测的整体平差研究进展．分析与实测资料归算表明，整体平差方法可以在CCD资料处理中充分发挥作用，在保证长焦距、小底片比例尺的同时，通过对CCD重叠观测的整体平差(相当于扩大观测视场)，可覆盖更多的参考星，进而达到改善局部参考架、提高归算结果精度的目的。     

Method of identifying absorption systems in quasar spectra. II. Application to OQ 172 and discussion

1. According to the principle and procedure given in Ref. [1], we have identified the absorption systems in the spectrum of the high-redshift quasar OQ 172 (PKS 1442 + 101). Four systems were found. Their redshifts are 2.07010, 2.56312, 0.17546 and 0.17910. 2. We have checked the model of random identification in Ref. [1] using Monte Carlo methods [2]. The results were satisfactory. 3. We discuss the advantages of the method of [1] and the problems that await further investigation. It is stressed that the method of [1] avoids certain selection effects that affect the usual methods.     

辛算法在动力天文中的应用（Ⅲ）

文［１］和文［２］从哈密顿系统的整体结构保持一角度阐明了辛算法［３－６］的主要功能，本文将从定量的角度进一步表明辛算法的另一独特优点－可以控制天体运动沿迹误差的快速增长，并对可分离哈密顿系统的显式辛差分格式稍加改进，推广应用到一般动力系统，该系统含有小耗散项或小的不可分离项，计算结果表明，效果极佳，因此，辛算法与传统的数值解法相比，确有很多优点。     

Near-IR [Fe ii] Emission Diagnostics: Disk Winds in Young Stars

We investigate in this contribution emissivity properties of the [Fe ii] near-IR lines and their application to the study of jets in young stars. We report a model-independent method to determine the gas phase abundance in jets. Then, we present synthetic maps deduced from a recent self-consistent MHD cold disk wind model from which the thermal solution has been solved a posteriori. Kinematics is compared with observations in the [Fe ii] near-IR lines of L1551-IRS5. General kinematical behaviour is well reproduced, the existence of two velocity components in particular. However, we note a relative deficit in emission at intermediate velocity as observed in the jets from optically visible T Tauri stars. We examine predicted rotation signatures for various types of MHD disk winds. Compared to observations of DG Tau, warm disk winds reproduce quite well observed velocity shifts, whereas cold solutions predict too high toroidal velocities by a factor 2–3.     

Extended line emission around seven radio-loud quasars at redshift z ∼ 2

We present near-infrared spectra of seven radio-loud quasars with a median redshift of 2.1, five of which were previously known to have Ly α nebulae. Extended [O  iii ] λ 5007 and H α emission are evident around six objects, at the level of a few times 10⁻¹⁶ erg cm⁻² arcsec⁻² s⁻¹ within ≃2 arcsec of the nucleus (≡16 kpc in the adopted cosmology). Nuclear [O  ii ] λ 3727 is detected in three of the five quasars studied at this wavelength and clearly extended in one of them.
The extended [O  iii ] tends to be brighter on the side of the nucleus with the stronger, jet-like radio emission, indicating at least that the extranuclear gas is distributed anisotropically. It is also typically redshifted by several hundred km s⁻¹ from the nuclear [O  iii ], perhaps because of the latter being blueshifted from the host galaxy's systemic velocity. Alternatively, the velocity shifts could be due to infall (which is suggested by linewidths ∼1000 km s⁻¹ FWHM) in combination with a suitable dust geometry. Ly α /H α ratios well below the case B value suggest that some dust is present.
Photoionization modelling of the [O  iii ]/[O  ii ] ratios in the extended gas suggests that its pressure is around or less than a few times 10⁷ cm⁻³ K; any confining intracluster medium is thus likely to host a strong cooling flow. A comparison with lower redshift work suggests that there has been little evolution in the nuclear emission-line properties of radio-loud quasars between redshifts 1 and 2.     

A comparative analysis of empirical calibrators for nebular metallicity

We present a new analysis of the main empirical calibrators of oxygen abundance for ionized gas nebulae. With that aim we have compiled an extensive sample of objects with emission-line data including the near-infrared [S  iii ] lines and the weak auroral lines which allow for the determination of the gas electron temperature. For all the objects the oxygen abundances have been derived in a homogenous way, using the most recent sets of atomic coefficients and taking into the account the effect of particle density on the temperature of O⁺. The residuals between directly and empirically derived abundances as a function of abundance have been studied. A grid of photoionization models, covering the range of physical properties of the gas, has been used to explain the origin of the uncertainties affecting each abundance calibrator. The range of validity for each abundance parameter has been identified and its average uncertainty has been quantified.     

The first generations of stars

Summary. Up to a decade ago, searches for population III stars (i.e. with strictly the chemical composition left by the Big Bang) had led to the results that (1) no such star had been found, (2) stars with metallicities significantly below [Fe/H] = were exceedingly rare. Thanks to a major survey, undertaken by Beers, Preston and Shectman 18 years ago, covering about 7500 square degrees in the sky, and down to magnitude =16.0, the situation has drastically changed. The observational limit towards the lowest metallicities is now about [Fe/H] = , i.e. 4 dex below the solar metallicity , (a level of pollution by supernova ejecta of only a few ppm), and over 100 stars are known with metallicities [Fe/H] in the range to . The study of this sample, and of a few stars found more serendipitously, has allowed a number of new conclusions: (i) The cosmological element Li stays constant (prolongation of the Spite's plateau) down to the lowest metallicities, a great observational gift to the hot Big Bang cosmology (ii) All heavier elements show a roughly linear increase with the abundance of O (or even Fe if the metallicity is below [Fe/H] = ), including the other light elements, Be and B. This last point has led to a reappraisal of the current view that they were produced by spallation of interstellar nuclei by galactic cosmic rays, because the rise of those elements with metallicity should then have been more quadratic than linear. An alternative new perspective is that these elements are produced by spallation of the primary nuclei ejected by SNe ii against protons of the interstellar medium. (iii) The ratio of the alpha elements (O, Si, Mg,...) to iron also stays constant down to the lowest metallicities, at about 3 times the solar value. (iv) Significant deviations to a lockstep variation of the various elements within the iron-peak start to appear below [Fe/H] = . The strongest are a decrease of [Cr/Fe] and an increase of [Co/Fe] when [Fe/H] decreases from to . These trends are not explained by the current status of explosive nucleosynthesis. (v) A great scatter of the abundances of the neutron capture elements relative to iron appears at very low metallicities. Similar scatter is seen for [Al/Fe]. A remarkable star with [Fe/H] = , CS 22892-052, has been found, with a superb spectrum of the -elements, involving over-abundances of those with respect to iron by factors ranging between 10 and 50. (vi) The kinematics of the very metal-poor stars is similar to that of other halo stars, with a complete lack of systemic rotation in an inertial frame, if not a small amount of counter-rotation in the Galaxy. Evidence exists that the velocity ellipsoid is radially elongated for stars within 10 kpc from the galactic center, whereas it is more spherical or even radially contracted at 20 kpc from the galactic center. (vii) The low metallicity stars were likely formed at an early cosmological epoch ( if H km/s), before the Galaxy had developed a disk. The new views concerning the sizes of the Ly clouds open the possibility that the low-metallicity Ly systems are large halos having the right metallicity for being protogalaxies, just forming early stellar generations. (viii) One may wonder why, if more than 100 stars are known with metallicities between [Fe/H] = to no pop. III has been found, or even not one star near [Fe/H] = . Different kinds of explanations have been proposed, with none conclusive at present. Either we have already observed a pop. III star, but its pristine Big Bang composition has been corrupted by a small amount of interstellar matter accreted during its 10 Gyr of orbiting in an already-enriched gas, or the collective process of star formation has polluted the medium before it has produced the low-mass stars we can still observe now, or, simpler, pop. III stars exist, but are sufficiently rare that we have not yet observed a volume large enough to have found one. Received: April 3, 1996     

史记<甲子篇>历谱及其与<太初历>的比较

作者曾在“<史记历术甲子篇>探讨”一文中分析了<甲子篇>的数学逻辑，提出完算完整的<甲子篇>历谱的方法。按照这种方法，现用计算机排算出一个76年周期的<甲子篇>四分法历谱以及同一时期的<太初历>八十一分法历谱，并与江曰桢、陈垣的历谱进行比较。     

Meteorite and meteoroid: New comprehensive definitions

Abstract– Meteorites have traditionally been defined as solid objects that have fallen to Earth from space. This definition, however, is no longer adequate. In recent decades, man‐made objects have fallen to Earth from space, meteorites have been identified on the Moon and Mars, and small interplanetary objects have impacted orbiting spacecraft. Taking these facts and other potential complications into consideration, we offer new comprehensive definitions of the terms “meteorite,”“meteoroid,” and their smaller counterparts: A meteoroid is a 10‐μm to 1‐m‐size natural solid object moving in interplanetary space. A micrometeoroid is a meteoroid 10 μm to 2 mm in size. A meteorite is a natural, solid object larger than 10 μm in size, derived from a celestial body, that was transported by natural means from the body on which it formed to a region outside the dominant gravitational influence of that body and that later collided with a natural or artificial body larger than itself (even if it is the same body from which it was launched). Weathering and other secondary processes do not affect an object’s status as a meteorite as long as something recognizable remains of its original minerals or structure. An object loses its status as a meteorite if it is incorporated into a larger rock that becomes a meteorite itself. A micrometeorite is a meteorite between 10 μm and 2 mm in size. Meteorite– “a solid substance or body falling from the high regions of the atmosphere” ( Craig 1849 ); “[a] mass of stone and iron that ha[s] been directly observed to have fallen down to the Earth’s surface” (translated from Cohen 1894 ); “[a] solid bod[y] which came to the earth from space” ( Farrington 1915 ); “A mass of solid matter, too small to be considered an asteroid; either traveling through space as an unattached unit, or having landed on the earth and still retaining its identity” ( Nininger 1933 ); “[a meteoroid] which has reached the surface of the Earth without being vaporized” (1958 International Astronomical Union (IAU) definition, quoted by Millman 1961 ); “a solid body which has arrived on the Earth from outer space” ( Mason 1962 ); “[a] solid bod[y] which reach[es] the Earth (or the Moon, Mars, etc.) from interplanetary space and [is] large enough to survive passage through the Earth’s (or Mars’, etc.) atmosphere” ( Gomes and Keil 1980 ); “[a meteoroid] that survive[s] passage through the atmosphere and fall[s] to earth” ( Burke 1986 ); “a recovered fragment of a meteoroid that has survived transit through the earth’s atmosphere” ( McSween 1987 ); “[a] solid bod[y] of extraterrestrial material that penetrate[s] the atmosphere and reach[es] the Earth’s surface” ( Krot et al. 2003 ).     

Interactions, star formation and AGN activity

It has long been known that galaxy interactions are associated with enhanced star formation. In a companion paper, we explored this connection by applying a variety of statistics to Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) data. In particular, we showed that specific star formation rates of galaxies are higher if they have close neighbours. Here, we apply exactly the same techniques to active galactic nuclei (AGN) in the survey, showing that close neighbours are not associated with any similar enhancement of nuclear activity. Star formation is enhanced in AGN with close neighbours in exactly the same way as in inactive galaxies, but the accretion rate on to the black hole, as estimated from the extinction-corrected [O  iii ] luminosity, is not influenced by the presence or absence of companions. Previous work has shown that galaxies with more strongly accreting black holes contain more young stars in their inner regions. This leads us to conclude that star formation induced by a close companion and star formation associated with black hole accretion are distinct events. These events may be part of the same physical process, for example a merger, provided they are separated in time. In this case, accretion on to the black hole and its associated star formation would occur only after the two interacting galaxies have merged. The major caveat in this work is our assumption that the extinction-corrected [O  iii ] luminosity is a robust indicator of the bolometric luminosity of the central black hole. It is thus important to check our results using indicators of AGN activity at other wavelengths.     

Morphology, kinematics and modelling of the elliptical planetary nebula Sa 2-21

The little studied PN, Sa 2-21 has been observed using the Manchester echelle spectrometer at the Anglo-Australian telescope. Narrow band, long-slit spectra were obtained at six positions over two perpendicular position angles in both the [N ii ]λ6584  Å and [O iii ]λ5007  Å emission lines. An [O iii ] halo has been detected for the first time. A morphological modelling program was used to help determine the geometry, structure and kinematics of this ellipsoidal PN. It is proposed that the structure includes a pair of mid-latitude rings of [N ii ] emission, not previously seen in elliptical PNe. Radial spokes of [O iii ] emission have been detected in the main nebular shell indicating the presence of dynamical instabilities.