... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... The next step up are true clusters, called open clusters . Open clusters (sometimes misleadingly called "galactic clusters") are groups of stars ranging in size from a few dozen stars up to tens of thousands. ... The youngest is about 1 or 2 million years old, while the oldest is about 6 or 7 billion years, making it just older than our own solar system. ... So by looking at the stars in the cluster we can tell pretty well how old they are. ...

... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Globular cluster NGC 2808, elliptical galaxy NGC 2986, and the Sextans Dwarf . ... Two open clusters in Canis Major, emission nebula NGC 2316, and spiral galaxy NGC 2280 . January 21 28, 2016: Open clusters NGC 2204 and NGC 2243 in Canis Major offer small-telescope owners nice views, while large-telescope owners can seek out emission nebula NGC 2316 in Monoceros and sprial galaxy NGC 2280 in Canis Major. ...

This is a series of periodic postings by Terry Moseley of the Irish Astronomical Association . ... Comet Holmes, Lecture . Issued 2007 December 11th . Big Sunspot, Lidl Scopes binos, IYA 2009 meeting, Lectures, Geminids, ISS . ... Two lectures . ... Comet Holmes, IAA Lecture, Planetarium . ... IAA Lecture, WSP, Lift from Armagh . ... Lecture in UCD, W5 events, Sputnik event at AP, IAA lecture. ... Nova, Lecture, IAA @Castle Espie, Dunsink, Sir P.M. -Issued 2007 March 19th . ... IAA Lecture . ...

... (Center for Astronomical Research/Observatory of Lyon, France), and J.-P. Kneib (Astrophysical Laboratory of Marseille, France) Sunday , October 6, 2013 · · · · · · · The Emerging Picture of Cluster Galaxy Evolution Mancone+10 Cluster cores in the local Universe are generally red and dead. increased star forming fraction toward cluster cores at z 1.4 (e +10, Tran+10, Hayashi+11, Fassbender+11) .g. Hilton m* ... Trends depend on galaxy mass and type. ... Rapid growth of red sequence?...

... Kopylov, A.I., Kopylova, F.G. "Structure of galaxy groups and clusters and measurement of their masses", . ... Kopylova, F.G., Kopylov, A.I. "Peculiar motions of galaxy clusters and groups in the Hercules and Leo supercluster regions", . ... Kopylova, F.G., Kopylov, A.I. "Analysis of the properties of clusters of galaxies in the region of the Leo supercluster", . ... Kopylova, F.G., Kopylov, A.I. "Analysis of the properties of clusters of galaxies in the region of the Ursa Major supercluster", . ...

CREW 21/22 . ... PRIME CREW . ... From November 1988 to December 1990 he passed a course of training at the General Military Research Air Hospital (GMRAH) where he studied procedures of the flight personnel examination in the altitude chamber and was admitted to independent work with altitude chamber СБK-80 to provide the altitude training of cosmonauts. ... From February 2004 to October 2005 he passed training within the ISS-13 backup crew as the ISS flight engineer and the Soyuz TMA TSC commander. ...

Supernova 2009js in NGC 918 . This page is devoted to information on Supernova 2009js in NGC 918 . Basic information on this SN, including the last reported brightness, on this Supernova can be found on the main page . Information on the original web pages for many of these images can be found on the updates and links web pages. Discovered independently by Lick Observatory Supernova Search (USA) and Koichi Itagaki (Japan). ... 2009/10/11.44 . 17.2 . ... Joseph Brimacombe . ...

The X International Astronomy Olympiad has been held in Beijing (China) on October 25 - November 2, 2005. ... China Beijing . ... Like at VII and VIII IAOs the host team (team of Beijing city) took part in the Olympiad as the 16 th team. ... The 10 th International Astronomy Olympiad has been held successfully in Beijing on October 25 - November 2, 2005. ... J.Zhu (Beijing, X IAO-2005 LOC Chairman), . ... Dr. Michael G. Gavrilov, Founding Chairman of the International Astronomy Olympiad, . ...

Regions designation | Regions models | ASCII files description . The real time visibility of the IB_MAG5 relative to the Evpatoria and Panska Ves . ... The real time regions passing . ... The IB_MAG5 geocentric distance as a function of the Moscow time (MT = UT + 3h) (Plot) . Geomagnetic local time in the IB_MAG5 position as a function of the MT (Plot) . The orbital data ASCII files . Updated 18 October, 1999 . ...

Russian Version ( KOI-8 , Win ) . Institute of Astronomy of the RAS . ... Self-consistent simulation of chemical and dynamical evolution of protostellar clouds . Chemical evolution of galaxies . ... Soon after my birth I was moved (I was not able to move on my own in those times, you know) in Novouljanovsk, small town to the south of Uljanovsk. ... Since that time my life and work is bound to the Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences. ... Back to the INASAN home page . ...

ECLIPSES, TRANSITS OF MERCURY AND VENUS . Year 1999 . Year 2000 . Year 2001 . Year 2002 . Year 2003 . Year 2004 . Year 2005 . ... Total solar eclipse . ... Transit of Mercury across the solar disk . ... Total lunar eclipse . ... Partial solar eclipse . ... Partial lunar eclipse . ... Annular solar eclipse . ... Penumbral lunar eclipse . ... big map . ... Transit of Venus across the solar disk . ... Annular-total solar eclipse . ... Non-central annular solar eclipse . ...

Astronomy Discussion Forums . Forums: . ... Discussion Forums . ... For The Record...."vague Denials And Buck-passing?" Forum List | ... Post Message | ... Posted by Michael W. Pearson on October 17, 2002 16:06:07 UTC . ... carefuluniverse - October 17, 2002 - 20:27 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" . ...

... Samara State Aerospace University Staff Efimova Ekaterina Andreevna . ... May 2015 - Co-organiser of Regional Student Contest 'Management' (Samara, Samara State Aerospace University); . ... December 2014 - Chair Organizing Committee, Inter-regional Student Contest "Change Management and Organizational Development in the Business" (Samara, Samara State Aerospace University); . April 2014 - Co-organiser of University Student Contest 'Management' (Samara, Samara State Aerospace University); . ...

NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER ORAL HISTORY PROJECT BIOGRAPHICAL DATA SHEET NAME: Thomas Patten Stafford O RAL H ISTORY: 15 October 1997 EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: BS with honors, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, 1952 Graduated from Squadron Officer School Graduated from Air Force Experimental Flight Test Pilot School, 1959 M ILITARY EXPERIENCE: Lieutenant General, United States Air Force , Retired November 1979 PRE- ... Transmitted first live color TV from space. ...

... D. J. Burke and J. Patrick Henry . The Astrophysical Journal, submitted. ... S. Brough, W. J. Couch, C. A. Collins, T. Jarrett, D. J. Burke , R. G. Mann . ... D. A. Wake, C. A. Collins, R. C. Nichol, L. R. Jones, D. J. Burke . ... R. Sadat, A. Blanchard, S. C. Vauclair, D. H. Lumb, J. Bartlett, A. K. Romer, J.-P. Bernard, M. Boer, P. Marty, J. Nevalainen, D. J. Burke , C. A. Collins, R. C. Nichol, . ... S. Majerowicz, D. M. Neumann, A. K. Romer, R. C. Nichol, D. J. Burke , C. A. Collins . ...

SOLAR EVENTS OF OCTOBER–NOVEMBER 2003 . BY IZMIRAN RADIO OBSERVATIONS . I.M. Chertok, V.V. Fomichev, A.A. Gnezdilov, R.V. Gorgutsa, A.K. Markeev, and D.E. Sobolev . ... Digital Radio Spectrograph of IZMIRAN . ... PDF file of the paper "Violent Solar Eruptive Events of October-November 2003 as Recorded by IZMIRAN Radio Observations" , by I.M. Chertok, V.V. Fomichev, A.A. Gnezdilov, R.V. Gorgutsa, A.K. Markeev, and D.E. Sobolev , Astronomical and Astrophysical Transactions, v. 24, No. 1, pp. ...

... 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 Le monde entier regarde V†йnus passer devant le Soleil . ... Hier soir, †а New York, les curieux scrutaient le ciel dans l'espoir qu'une †йclaircie leur laisse entrevoir V†йnus devant le Soleil. ... Transit et Soleil de minuit . ...

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. ...

Maidanak Laboratory is a part of Sternberg Astronomical Institute of Moscow State University. ... Observations are conducted with 1.5 meter RC telescope AZT-22 of Maidanak Observatory (Uzbekistan). rus . ... maidanak lab home page . ... at Sternberg Astronomical Institute . ... 2000). ... Because of technical reasons, we had to use three different CCD cameras in our observations, Pictor-416 camera in 1995, Pictor-416 and TI 800 x 800 cameras in 1997 and 1998, and ST-7 camera in 1999 and 2000. ...

GCVS Research Group: . Recent publications . Kazarovets E.V., Samus N.N., Durlevich O.V., Kireeva N.N., Pastukhova E.N., The 81st Name-List of Variable Stars. ... Kazarovets E.V., Samus N.N., Durlevich O.V., Kireeva N.N., Pastukhova E.N., The 80th Name-List of Variable Stars. ... Samus N.N., Kazarovets E.V., Kireeva N.N., Pastukhova E.N., Durlevich O.V. General Catalogue of Variable Stars: Current status and new Name-lists Odessa Astronomical Publications, 2010, V. 23, p. 102-105. ...