... Dept. for Astrometry & Space Geodynamics . ... Dept. for Physics of Stars&Galaxies . ... Dept. for Physics of Planetary Systems . ... Science . ... All Pages . ... Research of the stars with planets which pass apparent star disk (transiting exoplanets). The transit method based on a detection star brightness decrease during a passing of planet in front of its disk. Observed brightness system decries when planet pass star disk and its volume depend of the relative sizes star and planet. ...

... In particular, members of the project regularly organize events dedicated to various interesting astronomical phenomena and events - solar and lunar eclipses, transit of Venus, etc. On November 3rd a team of astronomers will venture deep into Turkana National Park, Kenya and attempt to broadcast the magic of a total solar eclipse to the world. ... Solar eclipse . A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, and the Moon fully or partially blocks the Sun from our view. ...

... The study of extra solar planets will be one of the most important areas of research in astronomy in this century. ... The first planets outside the solar system were found in 1992 around the millisecond pulsar PSR B1257+12 by Alex Wolszczan at the Arecibo Observatory . ... Three space missions based on this principle (MOST, COROT and Kepler ) have already been launched or approved, and have the last one at least has the potential to find Earth-sized planets. ... SIM ( NASA ) is one of such missions...

... 13, Moscow 119992, Russian Federation, e-mail: busarev@sai.msu.ru; 2 Research Institute Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, p/o Nauchnyi, Crimea 334413, Ukraine, e-mail: prok@crao.crimea.ua Summary: We propose a combined method of astronomical investigations of small or distant planets incorporating registration of a set of integral spectra of an object and their frequency analysis. ... An application of the method is shown on example of asteroid 21 Lutetia. ... 6] Busarev V. V. (2002), Solar Sys. ...

... CONTACT . ... Planned space experiments promise a considerable increase in the detections and statistical knowledge arising especially from transit and astrometric measurements over the years 2005­15, with some hundreds of terrestrial-type planets expected from transit measurements, and many thousands of Jupiter-mass planets expected from astrometric measurements. ... To request a printed copy, please contact Britt Sjoeberg (bsjoeber@eso.org) . ...

Astronomy Discussion Forums . Forums: . ... Discussion Forums . ... Total Lunar Eclipse, November 8-9 . Forum List | ... Post Message | ... Posted by Guillaume DИtretat on November 15, 2003 00:18:41 UTC . ... www.astronomy.net . About Astronomy Net | Advertise on Astronomy Net | ... Forum posts are Copyright their authors as specified in the heading above the post. "dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

... The storm began quite unexpectedly. The strongest geomagnetic storm for the last seven months began on Earth almost precisely at the same time as the solar eclipse reached its maximal stage, the culmination of which occurred at GMT 02:35 (06:35 Moscow time). ... Oscillations of such amplitude in the magnetic field have not been observed since October, 11th of last year, which is more than seven months ago. ... We can only add that the magnetic storm lasted approximately 9 hours. ...

... The ESO Conference "Towards Other Earths: DARWIN/TPF and the Search for Extrasolar Terrestrial Planets" (Germany, Hidelberg, 2003), V.P.Grinin, L.V.Tambovtseva,"Dusty disk winds in the young binary systems with the low-mass secondary components" . ... Barsunova, V.P. Grinin, S.G. Sergeev, "Unusual eclipsing system KH 15D: new photometric data", oral . ... Barsunova, V.P. Grinin, S.G. Sergeev, L.V. Tambovtseva, "Photometric activity of the peculiar young stars", oral . ... V.P. Grinin, N.Ya. ...

The Official Publication of the Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton Director Bill Murray (609) 298-1179 strgazr@comcast.net Assistant Director John Church (609) 799-0723 j.church@mindspring.com Treasurer Program Chairman Michael Mitrano OPEN (609)-737-6518 michael.mitrano@worldnet ... (609) 273-1456 (908) 859-1670 and (609) 448-8644 kane@princetonastronomy.org editors@princetonastronomy.org Volume 38 From the Director December ... The speaker will be the AAAP's own John Church. ...

Contents. planet: 5 - Jupiter satellites: J1 - Io : 8, J2 - Europa : 0, J3 - Ganymede :11, J4 - Callisto : 7 total number: 26 type: relative (heliocentric) dates: 1997-1997 observatory: 210 - Alma-Ata 168 - Kourovskaya 083 - Golosseevo-Kiev 084 - Pulkovo 095 - Crimea-Nauchnij K01 - Dushak-Erekdag (see comments) K02 - Voronezh (see comments) Reference. ... For usual using of the apparent angular heliocentric coordinates X, Y the data in the columns 1 to 6 are sufficient. ...

Our publications in 2005 year S.A. Pustilnik (SAO), A.Y. Kniazev (ESO, SAO), A.G. Pramskij (SAO) . Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 443, Issue 1, November III 2005, pp.91-102 (11/2005) . ... Kniazev, Alexei Y.; Grebel, Eva K.; Pustilnik, Simon A.; Pramskij, A.G.; Zucker, D.B. The Astronomical Journal, Volume 130, Issue 4, pp. ... 10/2005) . Pustilnik, S. A. Astron. ... Kniazev, A.Y.; Pustilnik, S.A.; Grebel, E.K.; Lee, H.; Pramskij, A.G. VizieR On-line Data Catalog: J/ApJS/153/429. ...

Planetary Illumination, and Its effect on Climate Models of Earth-like Exomoons Duncan Forgan1,2 , Vergil Yotov1 1 2 SUPA, Institute for Astronomy ... Compared to an Earth-like planet, there are several extra sources and sinks of energy available to an Earth-like exomoon, including: Tidal Heating Planetary Illumination (thermal flux and reflected starlight) Eclipses of the star by the planet (acts as a sink) Circumstellar HZ - Zero Moon ...

. 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

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... ARTICLE: The Adventurous Search For The Astronomical Unit . ... Kepler himself had suggested to use the rare occasions of Venus transiting (crossing) the solar disk to measure our distance to the planet. ... Due to the orbital inclination of Venus against the ecliptic of 3.5°, a Venus transit is so rare that it happens only at intervals of 121.5 years, 8 years, 105.5 years, 8 years and so on. ... Crabtree witnessing the transit of Venus 1639 . ... Transits of Venus - The Quest for the Solar Parallax...

MPEC 2010-A35 : 2010 AL2 http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/mpec/K10/K10A35.html Printer-friendly version MPC Ope rations Status Processing (Info) ECS: Accessible Obse rv e r Se rv ice s (NEOs) NEO Services Overview NEO Confirmation NEO Confirmation (RA order) NEO Ratings NEO Page NEO Observation Planning Aid NEOChecker NEOCMT Checker Obse rv e r Se rv ice s Services Overview IAUMail Minor Planet & Comet Ephem. ... Orbital elements: 2010 AL2 Epoch 2010 Jan. ...

... Posts tagged ?CLT? Dec 3rd, 2008| 12:31 am | Posted by hlee . Almost two year long scrutinizing some publications by astronomers gave me enough impression that astronomers live in the Gaussian world. ... Continue reading ?Borel Cantelli Lemma for the Gaussian World? ... Category: arXiv , Astro , Bad AstroStat , Cross-Cultural , Frequentist , Jargon , News , Quotes , Stat , Uncertainty | ... Sep 10th, 2008| 10:15 am | ... Continue reading ?Why Gaussianity?? ... 2008? ... Category: arXiv | ...

... Cloud" CALDWELL 14 MESSIER 34 MESSIER 45 CALDWELL 41 DEEPSKY "Large Mag. Cloud MESSIER 79 MESSIER 38 MESSIER 42 MESSIER 36 MESSIER 37 MESSIER 35 SAO 234480 MESSIER 41 MESSIER 44 CALDWELL 53 CALDWELL 92 NGC 3377 CALDWELL 91 NGC 4261 MESSIER 68 CONSTELLATION Coma Berenices CALDWELL 99 CALDWELL 94 CALDWELL 77 CALDWELL 80 MESSIER 51 MESSIER 04 MESSIER 13 MESSIER 92 MESSIER 06 MESSIER 07 MESSIER 08 ... This is" "short for 'Quasi stellar objects.' ...

... Full silvery Moon illuminates terrain. ... Begun a next moon eclipse, when Land barriers a Moon from the Sun and throws its shade on it. ... Drawing 1. ... Drawing 6 Drawing 6 shows a splendid photo of full moon eclipse 18-19 november 1975 during is packed phases doing Dennis de Chikko. ... Eclipse, which will occur 9 november 2003, is a repetition through сарос (cycle of repetitions of eclipses equal 6585 days or 18 years 11 days) full moon eclipse from 28 octobers 1985 with the maximum phase 1,07....

... Our scientific interest is an accuracy of asteroid CCD observations obtained by amateurs and professional astronomers all over in the World. ... These data help us to analyse an accuracy of real CCD positions in the MPC Database. ... Do you test your observations of the small Solar System bodies permanently before sending them to the International Minor Planets' Center? ... Do you know a real accuracy of your positional CCD-observations in comparison with the other observatories' one ? ...