Kodaikanal Observatory, Kodaikanal: Recent submissions

  • Helioseismology 
    Antia, H. M (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, 1988)
    Many of the oscillations observed at the solar surface have been identified with resonant normal modes of the entire solar body. Accurate measurements of frequencies of these modes enable us to study the internal structure ...
  • How well do we know our Sun? 
    Chitre, S. M (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, 1988)
    The role of Our Sun as a valuable astrophysical laboratory for testing theories of stellar physics is highlighted. The state of our knowledge concerning the solar interior and the possible probes for gaining insight into ...
  • Effects of aberration and advection on partial frequency redistribution of photon in spectral line formation 
    Peraiah, A (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, 1989)
    A formal solution of equation transfer with aberration and advection terms is developed for spectral lines taking into consideration partial redistribution of photon in a spherical medium which is expanding with a radial ...
  • Observations of the Corona at the Eclipse of 1983 June 11. I. Temperature and Rotation of the Corona from 5303A and 6374A profiles 
    Singh, J; Sivaraman, K. R; Rajamohan, R (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, 1988)
    During the total solar eclipse of 1983 June 11, coronal spectra were obtained in the 5303A (Fe XIV) line using the multislit spectrograph at a dispersion of 2.17A mm-1 . The line profiles measured at 113 locations from ...
  • Infrared Photometer system for Astronomical Observations 
    Shivanandan, K; Scaria, K. K; Nair, R. M; Rajamohan, R; Sivaraman, K. R (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, 1987)
    An infrared photometer system has been developed for photometry of astronomical sources in the spectral band 1 to 5 microns. The characteristics of the system and preliminary engineering tests using the 1- m optical ...
  • A D. C. Amplifier for Photoelectric Photometry 
    Raveendran, A. V; Mohin, S (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, 1987)
    We describe the construction and discuss the performance of a d.c. amplifier which was installed at the 34-cm telescope of Vainu Bappu Observatory in 1987 January and since then extensively used for variable star photometry.
  • A Program for Testing Aspheric Schmidt Corrector Plate 
    Saxena, A. K; Lancelot, J. P (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, 1987)
    A null test for testing aspheric Schmidt corrector plate has been described. This paper gives a detailed procedure and a computer programe for computing optimum test parameters. A typical run of the program for testing a ...
  • Atlas of H-Alpha Synoptic Charts for Solar Cycle 19 (1955 - 1964): Carrington Solar Rotations 1355 to 1486 
    Makarov, V. I; Sivaraman, K. R (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, 1986)
  • Reflection Nebula in the Far Ultraviolet: Icy Grains 
    Shah, G. A; Krishna Swamy, K. S (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, 1978)
    Some models of the reflection nebula in the form of homogeneous plane parallel slab containing singly scattering dirty ice grains as test case have been given. The three geometric cases of the star behind, within and in ...
  • The Wolf-Rayet Spectrscopic Binary HD 214419 
    Bappu, M. K. V; Visvanadham, P (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, 1977)
    Velocity curves of the system HD 214419 are obtained for the N IV 4058 and He II 4686 emission lines from prismatic spectra taken in 1951 and 1952. The emission and absorption features experience several phase dependent ...
  • A Survey of Red Stars in the Direction of the Large Magellanic Cloud: The 30 Doradus Region 
    Bappu, M. K. V; Parthasarathy, M; Scaria, K. K (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, 1977)
    We have commenced a survey of red stars in the direction of the Large Magellanic Cloud using the technique of ultra-low dispersion spectroscopy. This first paper is a listing of the red stars in the 30 Doradus region for ...
  • Early Nebular Stage of Nova Cygni, 1975 
    Prabhu, T. P (Indian Institue of Astrophysics, Bangalore, 1977)
    The emission line profiles of the spectrum of the spectrum of the envelope of Nova V 1500 Cyg, 1975 are studied. The spectral region covers LamdaLamda 3700-8800. The velocity structure of the profiles and the time variation ...
  • An Analog System for Fast Light Curve Registration 
    Bhattacharyya, J. C; Sundareswaran. A (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, 1977)
    An electronic system for recording fast light curves is described. The system employs a two track magnetic tape recorder for intermediate storage of photometer and time signals and reproduces these on cathode ray oscilloscope ...
  • An Automated Spectrum Scanner 
    Bappu, M. K. V (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, 1977)
    A rapid-scan single channel spectrum in the Ebert-Fastie arrangement has been constructed and successfully used on the Kavalur 102-cm reflector. The special region 3000-11000 Armstrong is covered with appropriate dry-ice ...
  • Numerical Methods for Mie Theory of Scattering by a Sphere 
    Shah, G. A (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, 1977)
    A new procedure for evaluating the basic quantities connected with the Mie theory of scattering by a sphere is presented. Some independent numerical techniques are developed to enable one to achieve the desired accuracy. ...
  • Fundamental Flux Tubes in the Solar Magnetic Fields: Generation of the FFT's and the periodic field reversal 
    Gokhale, M. H (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, 1977)
    It is conceviable that the periodic reversal of the Sun'd large-scale magnetic field and the concentration of the field in strong, thin flux tubes on small scales could bith result from the following likely processes near ...
  • Intensity Fluctuation in the Solar Chromosphere 
    Sivaraman, K. R; Venkitachalam, P. P (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, 1977)
    High resoulution spectrograms of the Balmer lines obtained at five positions from the centres to the limb have been used to study the r. m. s. intensity fluctuations and their dependence on the heliocentric angle. The ...
  • The Near Infrared Spectra of Wolf Rayet Stars 
    Bappu, M. K. V; Ganesh, K. S; Scaria, K. K (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, 1977)
    The near infrared spectra of three Wolf-Rayet stars of the carbon sequence and five of the nitrogen sequence have been studied. Wavelength identifications and intensity scans are presented to show the emission line ...
  • Fundamental Flux Tubes in the Solar Magnetic Fileds: Significance of the Flux-amount; possibility of rising and durability 
    Gokhale, M. H (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, 1977)
    For a satisfactory understanding of the solar magnetic phenomena it may be advantageous first to interrelate phenomenologically observations involving different scales of length and time and in different layers of the solar ...
  • NU Centauri: A New Beta Cephei Star 
    Rajamohan, R (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, 1977)
    Spectroscopic observations of the single-lined binary, NU Centauri during the years 1968-1972 were utilised to derive fresh orbital elements of this system. The measured radial velocities indicate that the primary component ...

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