... A dynamo is created in a magnetic field by an electric circuit, part of which is moving relative to the rest (additional conditions must also be met). ... Furthermore, the plasma between them conducts electricity very well along its magnetic field lines, which act as if they were wires connecting Io and the planet (drawing). ... The drawing is not to scale. ... The Hubble Space Telescope , using its Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2, has been photographing auroras of the planet Jupiter. ...

Testing Mount Stability Alex Rea adr34@cam.ac.uk Cavendish Lab oratory, University of Cambridge FTT Brainstorm Meeting Monday 16th May 2011 Alex Rea (Cavendish Labs, Cambridge) Testing Mount Stability 16th May 2011 1 / 21 Goal Alex Rea (Cavendish Labs, Cambridge) Testing Mount Stability 16th May 2011 2 / 21 Goal Want to discover if the mounts designed meet the stringent stability requirement that we have placed on them. ... The tests for these two cases will almost certainly be different. ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Have you ever looked at pictures of Saturn's rings and noticed what look like gaps in the rings? ... Gian Domenico Cassini discovered a large gap in Saturn's rings in 1675. Later, an astronomer named Encke discovered a smaller gap near the edge of the rings. ... It was found long ago that an orbit in the Cassini Division, as the large gap is named, has a period almost exactly one-half that of one of Saturn's moons named Mimas. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

... Precisely one month ago, on 11 July 2009, the last active area of the new solar cycle disappeared from the surface of the Sun. Over the 30 days following this, neither observers on Earth nor devices in space have been able to detect the emergence of any sunspots. ... Therefore, it seems that our star has once again returned to a state of deep solar "winter", following several sparks of activity in May-June 2009. ... To date, this period has lasted 30 days. ...

EVOLUTION OF GALACTIC DISCS: TWO MODES OF STAR FORMATION ABSTRACT We develop the model of the evolution of surface gas density, stellar density, star formation rates and chemical composition of galactic disc taking into account the gravitational instability of rotating gaseous layer in the scales of several kpc. ... In the model we took into account the gas return from evolved stars, a radial movement of the gas in a spiral arms and accretion of the gas into the galactic disc. ...

Next: Endlessly Complicated World Up: No Title Previous: Tsiolkovskii's Paradox . ... Really, we have consisely expresed a materialistic, atheistic, scientific point of view and have discovered God, the scientifically supported God. ... Equally, we cannot admit an infinite complication of the world and its successful cognizability (i.e. the existence of a mind in an infinitely complicated world) without admission of Superintelligence -- the scientifically discovered God . ...

... We present a computer program for modelling energy flux distribution and light curves of eclipsing binaries from far ultraviolet to infrared regions. The Roche model is assumed. Proximity effects of components (reflection of radiation and surface gravity darkening) are taken into account. ... Figure 1: The surface temperature distribution for Algol A-B system before (upper plot) and after (lower plot) correction for temperature due to the irradiation effect. ...

... Structure of Data . ... Catalog . ... In SAI OCL Catalog, we introduce our work on investigation of the Milky Way system of open star clusters. The main goal of our study is a search for new clusters using huge surveys. 168 new clusters have been already discovered by us using J,H,Ks data from 2MASS point source catalog. ... For 141 new clusters, we found their physical parameters using J,H,Ks data from 2MASS catalog and, for a number of clusters, our UBVRI CCD observational magnitudes. ...

Next: The Plan Up: No Title Previous: No Title . On the afternoon of 19 October 1999, it was discovered by John Briggs that the secondary mirror in the 2.5m SDSS telescope had developed a series of circular cracks around its axis of symmetry. As the telescope had not been in use since the early morning of 16 October 1999, there was a great deal of concern and consternation as to what caused these fractures in the glass. ... 11/24/1999 ...

... More than 300 surface reconstructions are already known for pure Si surface and Si surface with adsorbate. Study of their properties by the methods of surface physics reveal numerous interesting phenomena including various phase transitions accompanied by changes of Fermi-surface topology, development of the charge-density wave, etc . ... The charge-density wave (CDW) develops in materials with a chain-like crystal structure at temperatures below the Peierls transition temperature. ...

... About meteorites . ... Meteoritic data . Impact Crater Smerdyachee . ... Based on Smerdyachee's depth, near circularity, and its mounded wall, and analysis by N.A. Fillin of nearby Roshal, Russia, the Estonian scientists Yu.V. Krestlane and K.H. Mella proposed in 1987 that Smerdyachee Lake is a meteorite crater. ... In 2002, the Laboratory of Meteoritics of the Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences explored this mysterious lake. ...

... We have compared visualized fields of GSC and USNO A1.0 catalog with unpublished photographic finding charts that were sent by L. Plaut to the compilers of the GCVS. ... 7-15 A9 --- GCVS GCVS or NSV name 17-25 F9.4 --- GSC GSC number 26 A1 --- NoteFlag *Nonstar (GSC) flag 28-29 I2 h RA2000GSC.h Hours RA (GSC), equinox 2000.0 31-32 I2 min RA2000GSC.m Minutes RA (GSC), equinox 2000.0 34-38 F5.2 s RA2000GSC.s Seconds RA (GSC), equinox 2000.0 40 A1 --- DE2000GSC.- ... Plaut, L., 1966, Bull. ...

... The highest redshift X-ray jet discovered . by Chandra in GB 1428+4217 at z = 4.72 . X-ray jet discovered by Chandra . ... Science Papers on ADS . ... Chandra Press Release . The paper describing the details nas been published in ApJ and it is available also on astro-ph Feb. ... The jet paper published in ApJ Letters is available on astro-ph Oct. ... ApJ Letters paper available on astro-ph: Paper 2003 Feb. ... ApJ papers available on astro-ph: Paper 1, 2002 and Paper 2, 2007 . ...

Milky Way X-ray background emission « »: , . ... RXTE , . ... Using near-infrared Galaxy intensity measured with COBE/DIRBE experiment and X-ray data from RXTE and INTEGRAL it was shown that X-ray brightness of the Galactic background emission closely follows its stellar density and can be explained by a cumulative emission of a large number of weak Galactic X-ray sources. ... Map of Galactic background emission in hard X-ray energy band obtained with INTEGRAL observatory. ... 2006, &, 452, 169 ., ...

... Meade Instruments Corporation . ... Choosing the Right Microscope . ... On most microscopes the specimen glass remains fixed while the microscope's objective lens and eyepiece move as a unit up or down to focus the image. ... Eyepieces of varying powers work with objective lenses of varying powers to yield a range of microscope magnifications. ... Magnification: The effective magnification of a microscope is determined by multiplying the eyepiece power by the objective lens power . ... about meade |...

... This talk will present discoveries of new transiting planets and low mass stars, and the characterisation of their fundamental properties: mass, radius, temperature, and composition. ... The planets discovered by HATSouth orbit a diverse range of host stars, and the candidates identified have a wide range of orbital periods. ... These observations represent some of the highest precision near-infrared time-series photometry performed from the ground, and probe a diverse range of planet atmospheres. ...

Elliptical galaxies Elliptical galaxies Rough subdivision · Normal ellipticals. ... Dwarf ellipticals (dE's). ... E dE BCD dSph 1013 - 1014 108 - 1013 107 - 109 109 107 - 108 300-1000 1-200 1-10 3 0.1­0.5 100 10­100 1­10 0.1­10 5­100 Elliptical galaxies Shapes of elliptical galaxies Elliptical galaxies Shapes of elliptical galaxies Elliptical galaxies Shapes of elliptical galaxies Elliptical galaxies Shapes of elliptical galaxies Elliptical galaxies ...

... Schedule IKI RAN Data Acquisition, Processing and Dissemination Center . SRC "Planeta" Data Acquisition, Processing and Dissemination Center . Sea Surface Temperature Adriatic Sea . Baltic Sea . Barents Sea . Black Sea . ... Composite Image of Cloudiness Russia . ... Regional Archive (only cloudless data) . ... Operative Regional Archive (all data for last 3 days) . ... NOAA Data on other Servers (about Russia) . For more information send a mail to: info@sputnik.infospace.ru . ...

MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET WOMAN CHEMICAL ANALYSIS . ELEMENT: WOMAN SYMBOL: WO2 DISCOVERER: ADAM ATOMIC MASS: Accepted as 118lb, but know to vary from 100 to 550lb. ... Found in various states ranging from virgin metal to common ore. ... CHEMICAL PROPERTIES 1. Has a great affinity for Gold, Silver, Platinum and most precious stones. ... May explode spontaneously without prior warning, and for no known reason. ... COMMON USES 1. Highly ornamental, especially in sports cars. ...

THE THING As I was walking down the beach one bright and sunny day I came across a great big box a-floating in the bay I pulled it in and opened it up and much to my surprise I discovered a ! ... I turned around and got right out, running for my life But then I took it home with me and showed it to my wife This is what she hollered at me when I walked in the door Get out of here with that ! ... He said he'd take most any old thing, he was a desperate man, But when I showed him my ! ...