... Bad Astronomy . ... On Thursday, February 15th 2001 (and replayed on March 19), the Fox TV network aired a program called ``Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon?'', hosted by X-Files actor Mitch Pileggi. ... Dust around the lander . ... However, it appeals to our common sense: when the sky is black here on Earth, we see stars. ... Bad: The program claims that when the top half of the lander took off from the Moon to bring the astronauts back into orbit, there was no flame from the rocket. ...

. On August 31, 2012, a giant prominence on the Sun erupted, sending out particles and a shock wave that traveled near Earth. This event may have been one of the causes of a third radiation belt that appeared around Earth a few days later, a phenomenon that was observed for the first time by the newly launched Van Allen Probes. This image of the prominence before it erupted was captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). // NASA/SDO/AIA/GSFC

Our publications in 2007 year Pustilnik, S. A.; Tepliakova, A. L.; Kniazev, A. Y.; Burenkov, A. N.; SAO; Russia; SAAO; Africa, South . eprint arXiv:0712.4205, submitted to Astrophysical Bulletin (SAO) (12/2007) . Pustilnik, S. A.; Tepliakova, A. L.; Kniazev, A. Y. eprint arXiv:0712.4007, submitted to Astron.Lett (12/2007) . ... Kniazev, A. Y.; Pustilnik, S. A.; Zucker, D. B. eprint arXiv:0707.4285, submitted to MNRAS (07/2007) . ... eprint arXiv:0707.4288 (07/2007) . ...

... 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. ...

... Our recent observations with the Hubble Space Telescope (August 29, 2014) led to revealing a highly isolated dwarf spheroidal galaxy KKs 3 situated at a distance of 2.12 0.07 Mpc from the Milky Way. The dSph galaxy locates on the southern sky (RA=02 h 24 m 44.4 s , Dec.= ... Over the last decade, about 30 dSph galaxies have been discovered inside the Local Group through systematic search in the vicinity of M31 and more that a dozen dSphs were discovered in the nearby group around M81. ...

NMW survey overview . Access image archive . ... The New Milky Way survey aims to detect bright (V<13.5) optical transients near the Galactic plane using an automated wide-field (8x6 deg.) system capable of surveying the whole Milky Way area visible from the observing site in one night. ... All images obtained during the transient search survey are available online (please use the image archive access form ). ... Images per field: . ... Images per night: . ... Milky Way imaging time: . ...

University Satellites and . Space Science Education . ... It is necessary to select a topic interesting from scientific point of view and simple enough to allow students understand and participate in all stages of experiment from measurements via data analysis to physical inference. ... Solar modulation effects and physical characteristics and analysis of the major solar events are possible only by joining data from space-born and surface particle and radiation detectors. ...

... Astrophysics Group . ... Optical Interferometry . OIFITS: A Data Exchange Standard for Optical (Visible/IR) Interferometry . ... OIFITS is a standard for exchanging calibrated, time-averaged data from astronomical optical interferometers , based on the FITS Standard (OIFITS is a registered FITS convention ). ... The OIFITS standard is used in the biennial optical interferometry Imaging Beauty Contests: . ... A data exchange standard for optical (visible/IR) interferometry. ...

... Most Important Journals . Less Popular Astronomical Journals . Physics . Space, Selectial mechanics, .. Russian Journals . ... Astrophysics & Astronomy . ... Astronomical Journal . ... New Astronomy . ... Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific . ... STScI News . Space Telescope Insitute Newsletter . ... Journal of Astronomical Data . ... Journal of High-Energy Physics (mirror in CERN ) [astro, grav, hi-energy .. ... Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics . ...

The Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences will organize a traditional International conference ?Physics and Evolution of Magnetic and Related stars? during the period from August 25 to August 31, 2014. ... evolution of CP and related stars, . ... interplay of pulsations and magnetism in B, A, and F stars, . ... chemical abundance patterns of CP and related stars, . magnetic white dwarfs, . ... Laboratory for the Stellar Magnetism Study of SAO of RAS . ...

Weekly Bulletin on Solar and Geomagnetic Activity Highlights on 24 - 30.08.2015, Forecast on 31.08 - 07.09.2015, Carrington Rotation 2167 (07,30.09.2015) SUNSPOT-FORMING ACTIVITY OF THE SUN WAS AT THE AVERAGE LEVEL ALL DAYS. ... Emergence of a new magnetic flux 19 - 20.08 increased the area of sunspots to the average sizes and in 42 hours 21-22. 08 in it there were 6 flares of middle class. ... FLARE ACTIVITY WAS AT THE HIGH LEVEL 24.08, THE MIDDLE - AT 27-28.08 AND THE LOW - IN OTHER DAYS. ...

The AstroGuide . ... AstroGuide | ... AstroGuide Listing . ... See many more Astronomy Listings by: Category or Alphabet . This project was established in mid-1998 to help coordinate, and provide a focal point for, the study of those comets and asteroids that can approach the Earth's orbit. ... Web Site . ... Unless otherwise specified, web site content Copyright 1994-2016 John Huggins All Rights Reserved . dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . are trademarks of John Huggins ...

MAIN PAGE . ... Nova Cygni August 1975! ... 1975/76: Comet West! ... Dr. Richard West (4th from left) & AAL members visiting SES Betzdorf on occasion of our club's 25th anniversary - October 1996 . Comet West Information . ... It was the brightest comet visible from Earth since Comet West in 1976. ... 1997: Comet Hale-Bopp! ... Thus Comet Hale-Bopp never got closer to Earth than Earth gets to the Sun. ... Comet Hale-Bopp JPL Page . ... 1999: Total solar eclipse over Luxembourg! ...

Halo around the Moon. Halo arises when the light beams refracted on the high clouds icy chips ina form of a six side prism. As a result we see a small halo circle with a 22°-radius. The big circle is formed by the beams paased through the side edge and the base of prismochips. Its radius is equal to 46° (nearly). The big circle is observed rarely and is shining weaker but it is easier to observe it near the Sun, if comparing with the small halo invisible in the bright Sun light. ...

These images were taken at Moore Observatory in Louisville, Kentucky, and at Mt. Kent Observatory in Queensland, Australia, with Nikon D200 digital SLR cameras. ... 2:10 EDT (Full moon) . 3:19 EDT (Penumbral eclipse underway) . ... 5:22 EDT (Totality 30 minutes away) . ... 5:53 EDT (Totality) . ... Kent Observatory are Copyright 2007 by the University of Southern Queensland and Rhodes Hart. Images from Moore Observatory are Copyright 2007 by John Kielkopf , University of Louisville. ...

OBSERVATIONS OF COORBITAL SATELLITES OF SATURN Emel'yanov N., Varfolomeev M. Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow, e-mail : emelia@sai.msu.ru Institut de MИcanique CИleste et de Calcul des иphИmИrides, Paris, e-mail : emelia@imcce.fr Abstract. To improve the orbital parameters and masses of coorbital satellites of Saturn, Janus and Epimetheus, new observations of these satellites are necessary. ... IN: Saturn. ... New observations of Saturn's coorbital satellites" - Icarus. ...

. Pulkovo Observatory of Russian Academy of Sciences is situated . near Saint-Petersburg. It was founded in 1839. 196140, Saint-Petersburg, Pulkovskoye chaussee 65/1 . English version . Russian version . This page has been accessed times since May 1, 1999.

Version 1.0 RadioAstron International Science Council meeting 2014 8 August 2014 , 14:00, Sternberg Astronomical Institute (room 48), Moscow 9 August 2014 , 09:00, Space Research Institute ( IKI , room 200), Moscow [10 August 2014 , 10:00, IKI : science team meetings] 8 August 2014 , start at 14:00, Sternberg Astronomical Institute (room 48): 14:00 Greetings Kardashev, Kovalev , ... The Kaluzhskaya shopping center is suggested as a lunch place for 10 August 2014. ...

... V.F. Gantmakher, M.V. Golubkov, V.T. Dolgopolov, G.E. Tsydynzhapov and A.A. Shashkin, Pis'ma v ZhETF 68 (4), pp. ... Online version : cond-mat/9807332 . ... V.F.Gantmakher, M.V.Golubkov, V.T.Dolgopolov, G.E.Tsydynzhapov, and A.A.Shashkin . ... V.F.Gantmakher, M.V.Golubkov, V.T.Dolgopolov, G.E.Tsydynzhapov, and A.A.Shashkin, Pis'ma v ZhETF 71 (4), pp.231-237 (2000) . ... V.F.Gantmakher, M.V.Golubkov, V.T.Dolgopolov, A.A.Shashkin and G.E.Tsydynzhapov, Pis'ma v ZhETF 71 (11), pp.693-697 (2000) . ...

Crater Gassendi . ... I made this drawing was made on the 26th of november 2001. If you compare this one with the previous drawing of Gassendi (below) the differences are clear. ... This drawing was made on the 28th of september 2001. After nearly a full month without observations I had a one hour gap between the thicker clouds. ... This drawing was made on the 29th of august 2001. ... This drawing was made on the 27th of august 2001. ... This drawing was made on the 25th of august 2001. ...