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... Natalya V. Raguzova and Sergei B. Popov . ... We present a compilative catalogue of Be/X-ray binaries and candidates in the Galaxy and in the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds. This catalogue contains 160 sources and provides information on names and spectral types of optical components, distances, on spin characteristics of neutron stars, and on orbital and X-ray properties of binary systems. ... Be/X-Ray Binaries and candidates in the Galaxy . Galactic sources: comments to the Table 1 . ...

... Research . ... I aim to understand the variety of processes that have driven galaxy formation and mass assembly across cosmological history via the resolved (star-by-star) study of nearby systems - in particular the Milky Way and Andromeda (especially their stellar halos and globular cluster populations), the Magellanic Clouds, and the myriad of smaller dwarfs that inhabit the "Local Group".б  . ... Globular clusters are fascinating objects in their own right. ...

... For a timeline of the exploration of the magnetic environment of the Earth, Sun and Planets, see here . ... Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) builds the first astronomical telescope and observes for the first time craters on the Moon, satellites around Jupiter, and the way Venus goes through phases like the Moon (crescent, etc.) ... 17 December--First successful flight by the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. ... 16 March--Goddard launches his first liquid-fuel rocket. ...

Aitoff Projection showing ChaMP Fields . ... Main survey: >20 from galactic plane. ... Galactic Plane Survey: No subarray fields: reduced area and more complicated processing . ... Short exposures included except NGC galaxies . Galactic Plane Survey: > 30 ksecs . ... Galactic Plane Survey: >10% contamination by a diffuse/distributed X-ray or optical source. ... E(B-V)= (B-V) - (B-V) 0 which translates to visual extinction A V via . ... Crudely, E(B-V) can be related to Galactic latitude via . ...

Stellar Clusters are very useful laboratories for empirically studying stellar evolution. ... All cluster stars are at the same distance . All cluster stars have the same physical age . ... CM diagram Young Cluster In this case we see the Main Sequence fully represented. The blue dots represent massive stars with short main sequence lifetimes. ... Thus, identifying the most massive star which is still on the main sequence is an effective means of determining the age of a stellar cluster. ...

. My astronomical research interests center on galaxy structure and evolution. Current topics include: . Polar-ring and interacting galaxies (see also new catalogue ) . Galaxy warps: statistics, properties and origin . Spiral galaxies at z~1: radial and vertical structure of stellar disks, statistics of interactions . Surface photometry and kinematics, dynamical modeling . Observational cosmology . Joomla Counter since Sep 1997

... 1st Announcement IAU Symposium 312 Star Clusters and Black Holes Across Cosmic Time, Beijing, China, Aug. 25-29, 2014 . ... SUBJECT: 1st Announcement IAU Symposium 312 Star Clusters and Black Holes Across Cosmic Time, Beijing, China, Aug. 25-29, 2014 . ... which will be held in Beijing, P.R. China, from August 25-29, 2014, hosted by Chinese Academy of Sciences . ... China), . ... 1st Announcement IAU Symposium 312 Star Clusters and Black Holes Across Cosmic Time, Beijing, China, Aug. ...

... STELLAR DYNAMICS: FROM CLASSIC TO MODERN . ... Sobolev Astronomical Institute, Saint Petersburg State University, Russia . ... The proposed meeting is being organized by the St.Petersburg State University, assisted by an international Scientific Organizing Committee, and marks the centennial of Professor K.F.Ogorodnikov's birth. ... The conference will be organized by the Sobolev Astronomical Institute of St.Petersburg State University in the building of the Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Milky Way . Stars . ... This dramatic image depicts Omega Centauri, one of 200 or so globular clusters orbiting our Milky Way galaxy. ... Swarms of tightly packed stars, numbering in the thousands to low millions, globular clusters are cosmic fossils, relics of the early times of our galaxy. Omega Centauri may actually be the core of a smaller galaxy ripped apart and assimilated by our own Milky Way in the distant past. ...

Billions of years ago in our Milky Way galaxy, long before the Earth was born, swarms of stars formed in giant clusters. Each grouping of stars, called a globular cluster, was held together by the mutual gravity of its stars. ... Astronomers have probed the galaxy's globular clusters using many telescopes, including NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, to dig into the Milky Way's past and uncover what was happening in these early, formative years. ...

Prague, August 16, 2006 . The main GCVS problem is that it is no longer a GENERAL catalogue of variable stars (in fact, it even never was). The GCVS always was a catalogue of galactic variables, with a minor number of extragalactic stars that were included mainly by misunderstandings. ... Recently, many thousands of new variable stars were discovered in automatic survey projects (for example, some 30000 non-GCVS stars solely in the ASAS-3 project). ...

... Astrophysics Group . ... Surveys and Catalogues . AMI-Planck . ... The Planck 2013 data release included a catalogue of 1227 galaxy clusters detected via the Sunyaev-Zel?dovich (SZ) effect, the largest SZ-selected cluster catalogue to date. ... This website currently contains results for the 195 clusters with Planck signal-to-noise ratio > 5; results for the remaining clusters in the catalogue with 4.5 тЙд SNR тЙд 5 will be added at a later date. ...

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... Telescopes . ... SAO RAS Anniversary Open Days (April 12-14, 2016) . The International Conference "Dark Ages and White Nights (Spectroscopy of the CMB)" (June 20-24 2016) . ... The International Conference "Multi-spin galaxies 2016" (September 26-30, 2016) . The International Conference "Stars: from collapse to collapse" (October 3-7, 2016) Archive . ... 6-m telescope online . Radio telescope . Telescope Zeiss-1000 online . ... All-Sky online . ... Last update: 28/03/2016 ...

As it proposed by the Statutes/Regulations of the International Astronomy Olympiad, the first part of preparing application to participate in the coming IAO is presenting of a short report of National Astronomy Olympiad of the current year for the Advisory Committee. ... Date of receiving report from the country . ... July 18 - August 7 . ... August 31 . ... Date of receiving draft report (or not full report) . ... Date of receiving official application . ... Done after receiving ANRAO application) . ...

... Of course, the scope of chaos is vast, and we do not dare to cover it all. ... He will highly appreciate your help in compiling the list of URLs to such scientific groups and institutions. http://www.cplire.ru/win/InformChaosLab/ - InformChaos Lab (Moscow) . http://chaos.ssu.runnet.ru/ - Laboratory of Nonlinear Dynamics at Saratov State University (Saratov) . ... http://optics.npi.msu.su/sci/chaos.html - Chaos in laser systems . ... http://www.chaotic.com - Randle, Inc. ... Time: 2-6 July, 2001 . ...

OFFICIAL PRESS-RELEASE . ... to S.P. Korolev RSC Energia . A delegation from the House of Representatives of the US Congress headed by Congressman James Walsh has visited this afternoon S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia. ... Congressmen, in the person of J. Walsh, expressed a high opinion of the progress of work on ISS in Russia with the prime role of S.P. Korolev RSC Energia, and noted the highest level of professionalism of the company's employees. ...