... Our Sun is part of a huge wheel-shaped collection of stars. ... Astronomers have long suspected it was a very massive black hole, and that every galaxy had such a central mass, created early in the history of the universe. ... However, unless that object happens to be headed directly at the black hole (a relatively small target) it will just swing around and fly away again, like a comet making a pass at the Sun. The velocity acquired in falling towards the black hole also helps it escape. ...

... Archives . ... Going back to vlk?s comment, it is ?statistically probable? (and so natural) to see 1 keV photons in T= 10^7 K Thermal Bremsstrahlung (TB) spectra, actually more often than you might expect. ... Please, meet Ms. electron. ... Here you call it electron?s rest energy. Yeah, as if electrons rest in one place ever.б  Who remembers the electron mass is 9.1e-31 kg? Well, some freaks do.б  But almost all keV junkies know the electron mass is 511 keV. ... Chandra Blog . ...

... For SIMS (Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry) analysis, a solid surface is bombarded by primary ions of some keV energy. ... The subsequent mass analysis of the emitted ions provides detailed information on the elemental and molecular composition of the surface. ... Extremely short ion pulses with a duration below . ... By rastering a fine-focussed ion beam over the surface, like an electron beam in an electron microprobe, mass resolved secondary ion images (chemical maps) can be obtained...

... What's New? Bad Astronomy . ... News . ... The questions was: "During a flight, I saw a round rainbow shaped like a doughnut. ... However, she said that all rainbows are actually circles, and that she could not find a name for this phenomenon. ... One is that rainbows really aren't full circles. ... Basically, rainbows are due to light getting bent ("refracted") inside of raindrops. ... It's called a "glory", and is formed in a somewhat different way than rainbows. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

... We have examined the diversity of planets and planetary systems that arise from oligarchic growth and gas accretion onto massive cores, by means of N-body simulations combined with a sophisticated disc model. ... Slow planetary growth resulted from the relatively low mass of solids in the disc, and one consequence of this is that planets underwent limited orbital migration during the lifetime of the gas disc. ... Figure 1 shows an example of this migration behaviour in a single-planetin-a-disc run. ...

... now - return the registration form . May 10 - deadline for conference registration and accommodation form . ... July 1 - final information to participants . ... RETURN] . ... Please send the abstracts to LOC. E-mail address: astro@te.net.ua . ... All participants are requested to fill in the enclosed Registration Form and send it to us before May 10, 1999 (via electronic mail to astro@te.net.ua ) . ... Please complete and return this form (even if you sent the pre-registration form) . ...

... Abubekerov M.K., Lipunov V.M. "The Lower Temperature Limits Of Accretors" Astronomy Reports, 2003, Vol. 47, Issue 8, pp.679-684. ... Abubekerov M.K., Antokhina E.A., Cherepashchuk A.M. "The Masses of X-ray Pulsars in Binary systems with OB Supergiants" Astronomy Reports, 2004, Vol. ... Abubekerov M.K., Antokhina E.A., Cherepashchuk A.M., Shimanskii V.V. "The Mass of the Compact Object in the Low-Mass X-ray Binary 2S 0921-630" Astronomy Reports Astronomy Reports, 2006, Vol.50, Issue 7, pp.544-552. ...

... Dept. for Physics of Stars&Galaxies . ... Using a database view Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), containing almost a million spectra created 15,000 sample galaxies with active star formation, which is used for various studies and physical state of evolution of galaxies. ... Star clusters of the Galaxy . The project MWSC (Milky Way Star Clusters) directory using 2MASS, which includes nearly 500 million vision to the limit Ks = 15.3, analyzed more than 4,000 cluster-like objects in the galaxy. ...

... Robert L. Stewart (Brigadier General, USA, Ret.) ... SPECIAL HONORS: Awarded Army Distinguished Service Medal , Defense Superior Service Medal , 2 Legion of Merit, 4 Distinguished Flying Crossed, a Bronze Star, a Meritorious Service Medal , 33 Air Medals, the Army Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and V Device, 2 Purple Hearts, the National Defense Service Medal , the Armed Forces Expeditionary Recipient of NASA Space Flight Medal (1984 & 1985). ...

... Image Quality of the VLT . Total Optical Control . First light for the ESO VLT unit telescope 1 occurred during the workshop. ... The image shown (Figure 1 ) here was obtained with the VLT on May 16, 1998, in red light (R band), i.e. while the mirror was still uncoated. ... In this diagram (FIgure 2), the measured image quality of the VLT UT1 astronomical images is plotted versus the ``seeing", as measured by the Seeing Monitor, a small telescope also located on top of the Paranal Mountain. ...

... Jets from Black Holes in Active Galactic Nuclei . Dr. Alan Marscher, Boston University . ... He is the leader of the Blazar Research Group (http:/www.bu.edu/blazars) in the Institute for Astrophysical Research (http:/www.bu.edu/iar) at Boston U. Dr. Marscher composes folk/pop songs in both English and Russian. ... Please join us for a pre-meeting dinner discussion at Changsho, 1712 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA at 6:00pm before the meeting. ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

This Directory contains mean hourly, mean daily and mean monthly values of cosmic ray intensity recorded by World Network NM stations to the end of 2011. ... CD is created in WDC for STP, Moscow and IZMIRAN. ... This directiry contains catalogue Corrected for pressure and verificated data in WDC for STP, Moscow . This directiry contains catalogue Corrected only for pressure but Original data in WDC for STP, Moscow . ... 20 May - 22 July 1972, M., 1975 6. 27 March - 22 July 1972, M., 1975 7. ...

DSS input form . The SuperCOSMOS Sky Survey . ... Pi of the Sky . The Sloan Digital Sky Survey . ... Extragalactic DataBase . ... SIMBAD Astronomical Database . ... Query form . ... The Two Micron All Sky Survey. ... The NRAO VLA Sky Survey . ... NIST Atomic Spectra Database (Lines Form) . ... The UVES Paranal Observatory Project . ... Rochester Astronomy . ... European Southern Observatory . European Astronomical Society . ... Astronomical Society of the Pacific . ... Sat24 BTA on line . ...

Blackholes2 Forum Message . Forums: . ... Posted by Richard Ruquist on October 21, 2004 18:26:22 UTC . ... A charge is a standing wave. It is moving at the speed of light as made evident by the propagation of any variation in its field strength. ***ha ha. ... Charges that accelerate propagate EM waves or light, same thing. ... www.astronomy.net . ... Forum posts are Copyright their authors as specified in the heading above the post. "dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

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... We report on our ongoing project ``Infrared Study of HII Regions Associated with Small Clouds.' ... These IR data, combined with optical imaging (which will be obtained from the IAC-80 telescope), IRAS survey maps, and existing CO observations of the associated clouds, will allow us to undertake a detailed investigation of the gas-to-dust mass ratio, initial mass function and the star-formation efficiency in these complexes. ... CHECKPSF: check the PSF (Point Spread Function) model, . ...

... The RAS Meteorite Collection: State on the 1 st of June, 1999 . ... About the laboratory . ... Find 1749. One mass of 687 kg . ... Fall 09 February 1929. 11 masses totaling 3738 g, the largest is 2128 g . ... Chondrite . ... Find 1986. 3 masses totaling about 25 kg . ... Fall 24 March 1933. 75 masses totaling 3-4 kg . ... Fall 29 July 1935. 5 masses totaling 37.35 kg, the largest is 23 kg . ... Fall 23 May 1938. 4 masses totaling 127.5 g . ... Fall 02 October 1933. 10 masses totaling 3.4 kg . ...

THE SUBSYSTEMS OF THE MILKY WAY HALO. ... A catalogue of homogeneous fundamental astrophysical parameters for 145 globular clusters is composed on the base of the data of compilative catalogue by Harris (1997) and from another literature. ... In addition, it has large rotation velocity ( V rot =77?33 km/s), appreciable radial and vertical metallicity gradients equal by value, and has the oldest average age (subsystem of the old halo). ... Characteristic parameter of globular cluster subsystems. ...

... ISC Kosmotras . Top Management Founder of ISC Kosmotras - Dr. Vladimir A. Andreev News . ... Dr. Vladimir A. Andreev, Founder of ISC Kosmotras, Member of the Board . ... Peaceful and rational use of RS-20 ICBMs after their withdrawal from service with the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) has been in the main focus of Dr. Andreev s attention since early 1990s. Dr. Andreev is one of the founders of an international cooperation program and process called the Dnepr Program . ... Dnepr Program . ...

... Ciel Espace, le magazine qui vous guide toujours plus loin . ... Ciel Espace, nouvelle formule, c'est . ... des pages consacr†йes †а la publication de vos photos Mais c'est aussi une vraie communaut†й avec laquelle partager votre passion et nourrir votre curiosit†й. Accueil Grail a form†й deux nouveaux crat†иres sur la Lune . ... LRO observe deux nouveaux crat†иres . Le 17 d†йcembre 2012, les deux sondes de la mission Grail se sont †йcras†йes †а la surface de la Lune . ... Pour Ebb (Grail-A) : . ...