Picture an Astronomer A Project ASTRO Activity For Grades 4-12 The media and our past experiences have shaped and created our expectations of people in various careers. ... However, astronomy is carried out by men and women in every country and by people young and old. ... Activity Description Before an astronomy unit or the first visit by an astronomer to your classroom, it can be instructive to have the students picture what an astronomer looks like and then discuss their assumptions. ...

... LINKS . ... Founded in 1971 by a group of enthusiasts and star aficionados, our association is now counting more than 130 members.As a national association we attract hobby astronomers from the whole country to our regular night-sky observations and to the meetings in our club at Dudelange. ... Club News . ... by topic : PDF File Download (360KB) . by title : PDF File Download (640KB) . ... Article about AAL in "Le Quotidien" newspaper of Juli 21 2005 - PDF File Download (132KB) . ... SOME LINKS . ...

... Membership . ... The name of this organization shall be Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton, Incorporated (hereinafter abbreviated as AAAP). ... General membership shall be open to any person paying dues with the proviso that any member under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a responsible adult while at any AAAP meeting, other function, or observatory. ... A. Director The Director shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Trustees and at all general membership meetings. ...

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... Yu.A.Shokin Accurate positions of variable stars in the western part of the Large Magellanic Cloud bar (published in IBVS (No.5047, 14 March 2001) and SAI Proceedings) . B.S. Vozdvizhenskij The list of 2821 Venus positions (VINITI depository Oct 08 2007, N 956 B2007) . B.S. Vozdvizhenskij, E.N. Fedosseev The experience in processing long series of photographic observations of planetary positions (VINITI depository Apr 01 2008, N 274 B2007) . ...

... 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. ...

NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER ORAL HISTORY PROJECT BIOGRAPHICAL DATA SHEET NAME: Sherwood Woody C. Spring O RAL H ISTORY: 18 November 2003 EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: B.S. in General Engineering, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY, 1967 M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 1974 PRE- NASA EXPERIENCE: United States ... Johnson Space Center Oral History Project Sherwood C. "Woody" Spring BIOGRAPHICAL DATA SHEET CREATED: 2 July 2003 ...

NEWS FEDERATION rus ENCYCLOPEDIA rus HISTORY rus MIR STATION RUSSIAN . ... Cosmonauts. ... Space Science . ... This is on-line version of Russian magazine Novosti Kosmonavtiki. This electronic version covers Russian and International space news. Those who wish to obtain the full, translated copy of an article will be charged an additional price, which varies with the size of the article. ... 2002 CosmoWorld.ru. ...

NATIONAL ASTRONOMY AND IONOSPHERE CENTER . ... Astronomy . ... Visitor Center . ... Kick-Off Ceremony of the Arecibo Observatory 50th Anniversary . ... Astronomers using the worldБЂ™s largest radio telescope, at Arecibo, Puerto Rico, have discovered flaring radio emission from an ultra-cool star, not much warmer than the planet Jupiter, shattering the previous record for the lowest stellar temperature at which radio waves were detected. ...

... future plans, including descriptions of files described below. Developing a Strategy for Magnetospheric Research" . by David P. Stern .. ... The "Profile" Mission . ... Planning the "Profile" Multiprobe Mission . ... for Constellation Class Missions " (V. Angelopoulos and P.V. Panetta, . ... Magnetospheric Missions: 1. ... p.559-583, October-December 2001. ... The "Profile" Constellation. by David P. Stern, J. Astronaut. ... Identification of Preferred Orbits for Magnetospheric Missions." ...

Discover the cosmos! ... 2009 January 1 . Welcome to the International Year of Astronomy . Credit: IYA2009 , IAU , UNESCO . Explanation: Astronomers all over planet Earth invite you to experience the night sky as part of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 . ... Note : APOD Editor to Speak in New York on Jan. 2 (tomorrow!) ... About APOD | ... NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply . NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices . ...

... Greenland meteorite expeditions, Greenland 1998 Unix system administration (part-time), Teoretisk Astrophysics Centre, Copenhagen Teaching assistant (part-time), University of Copenhagen Guide, Round Tower Observatory (part-time) hereof 1991-1993 as Head observer, Copenhagen Planetarium guide Technical Museum (part-time), Elsinore 1999- 1989-1999 1996 1995-1996 1991-1996 1984-1997 1984-1985 EDUCATION o o o Master of Science , Astrophysics, University of ...

... MeadeтАЩs LX90 ACF is a favorite of astronomers making the jump to their first, serious, larger aperture telescope. ... Coronado Accessories . ... Sports Optics Accessories . ... Software and Cables . ... Meade #506 Connector Cable Kit with AutoStar Suite Astronomer Edition Software . ... Meade #506 Connector Cable Kit with Autostar Suite Astronomer Edition Software #04513. ... Autostar Suite Astronomer Edition shows the night sky, constellations, planet positions, and more for any location on Earth...

... Tonight's Sky . ... Observing . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Sky Guide . ... Amateur astronomers image a rare glow . ... Amateur astronomers Arto Oksanen, Petri Kehusmaa, and Caisey Harlingten, on behalf of Searchlight Observatory Network (SON), reported imaging an optical afterglow from a gamma-ray burst (GRB). ... Only registered members of Astronomy.com are allowed to comment on this article. ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email...

Participants of the project . Scientific information . ... Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University – chief developer and executor. Physics-Technical Faculty of Ulyanovsk State University. Kostroma State University. ... Contains information about space weather based on the data from GOES, ACE satellites. The project of a supersmall satellite "Baumanets" , developed by the students of Bauman Moscow State Technical University. ...

Russian Space Science Internet (RSSI) is a successful result of RSSI Project. ... space oriented organizations; . ... RSSI offers for its members : . ... videoconferences via MBONE Internet protocol (there are 2 tunnels available now through the general IP network: one to NASA Internet, and another to Moscow State University); . ... It is designed so that all organizations connected to the RSSI gain access to the resources of Russian computer networks as well as world wide Internet. ... nic@rssi.ru ...

This section provides additional sources of information, should you wish to go beyond the material of "The Exploration of the Earth's Magnetosphere." ... Stern, D.P. "A Brief History of Magnetospheric Physics during the Space Age" . ... Meadows, A.J. "Early Solar Physics," Pergamon Press, 1970. ... Exploring the Sun: Solar Science since Galileo" Johns Hopkins Press, 1991. ... Majestic Lights--The Aurora in Science, History, and the Arts," American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC 1980. ... Science . ...

... Охота за Новыми звездами . ... А сегодня большинство открытий Новых совершаются именно с их помощью! ... Поиск вспышек Новых звезд на небе - одна из самых достойных астрономических программ, за которую может взяться любитель астрономии. ... Джорж пришел к выводу, что множество новых звезд, достигающих в максимуме 5-7 величины и недоступных невооруженному глазу, ускользают от открытия , поскольку вблизи моментов их вспышек профессионалы фотографируют другие области неба. ...

POSSIBLE INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION . ... However, the experience of the international space station construction has demonstrated the feasibility and advisability of developing such large-scale space projects on the basis of the international cooperation. ... If RSC Energia's concept for the Interplanetary Vehicle is accepted, the prime role in the development of the solar-powered space tug could belong to both US and Russia. ... MARTION MISSION | ... Official WEB-site of S.P.Korolev RSC Energia . ...

... Previous: Literature and Catalogs in Electronic Form: Questions, Ideas and an Example: the IBVS . ... Astronomers can use the ADS to maintain their publication lists; a simple http link can bring a current bibliography at any time. ... For example the following links to Martha Hazen's bibliography. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/abs_connect?author=hazen,m. &aut_syn=YES&nr_to_return=all . ... To have a complete bibliography via ADS one needs but to add the missing articles into ADS. ...