... Asteroid . ... In case you didn't hear about it, which you probably didn't: On Jan. 7, an asteroid 1,000 feet across -- nearly three times the current diameter of Marlon Brando -- barely missed the Earth, which is most likely your planet of residence. ... What if this asteroid had hit the Earth? ... As it happens, the American Astronomical Society was holding a conference in Washington AT THE VERY SAME TIME as the asteroid nearly hit the Earth. ...

... Supernova Archive for 2008 . ... Sorted by Name For the year 2008 , 520 supernovae and 36 extragalactic novae were reported. 257 of these supernovae were named by CBAT, 11 were given possible supernova designations, and 252 were not reported to CBAT. 93 supernovae were found in NGC/IC galaxies, 200 were found in named galaxies 130 objects were discovered by amateurs 3 were brighter than 13th Magnitude 45 were brighter than 16th Magnitude 201 were brighter than 18th Magnitude 251 ...

... Planets . ... An artistтАЩs impression of Ceres located in the asteroid belt, with plumes of water vapour rising from its surface. Could Ceres have more water than on Earth? (image credit: ESA/ATG medialab) . ... Ceres, captured by the Dawn Space craft in December 2014, Dawn was 740,000 miles (1.2 million km) from Ceres at the time. (image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA) . ... Now itтАЩs a dwarf planet. (image credit: NASA/ESA/SWRI/Cornell University/University of Maryland/STSci) . ...

Next: References Up: The peculiar post-AGB supergiant Previous: Discussion . We conlude that IRAS04296+3429 is a PPN candidate with a chemical composition which coincides with theoretical predictions for the post-AGB objects: very large excess of carbon and nitrogen are revealed. ... Next: References Up: The peculiar post-AGB supergiant Previous: Discussion Klochkova V.G. 12/20/1999 ...

... The large-scale chains visible on the inverted SOHO/EIT images (a-c) at three wavelengths of 171, 195 and 284 as well as on the normal MLSO/HAO He I 10830 spectroheliogram (d) of December 16, 1997. ...

... V.V. Busarev, Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, . ... V. V. Busarev1, M. N. Taran2, V. I. Fel’dman3 and V. S. Rusakov41 Lunar and Planetary Department, Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow State University, 119992 Moscow, Universitetskij pr., ... 1 Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, Universitetskij pr., ... V. V. BUSAREV, Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, Russian Federation (RF) (E-mail: busarev@sai.msu.ru); . ...

Architect's Drawing: ARC 3.5-mTelescope This year we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Astrophysical Research Consortium's (ARC) 3.5-m Telescope (1994 - 2014) dedication. ... It was a pioneer telescope in remotely operating the telescope and instruments. ... Four telescopes are currently operated: The Sloan Foundation 2.5-m Telescope, the ARC Small Aperture 0.5-m Telescope, the New Mexico State University 1.0-m Telescope, and the ARC 3.5-m Telescope. ...

... About meteorites . ... Meteoritic data . Impact Crater Smerdyachee . ... Based on Smerdyachee's depth, near circularity, and its mounded wall, and analysis by N.A. Fillin of nearby Roshal, Russia, the Estonian scientists Yu.V. Krestlane and K.H. Mella proposed in 1987 that Smerdyachee Lake is a meteorite crater. ... In 2002, the Laboratory of Meteoritics of the Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences explored this mysterious lake. ...

... Over the first 4 years, its X-ray telescopes eROSITA and ART-XC will survey the whole sky with a record sensitivity in the 0.5-10 keV energy band. ... The goal of the second international Spectrum-RG conference is to discuss the different scientific topics addressed by the mission, synergies with surveys at other wavelengths, and requirements to follow-up observations.Contributed talks and poster presentations are invited on the topics related to the SRG science goals. ... Active galactic nuclei . ...

... Day-by-day lines contain complete set and intended for those who have been there (I mean, in Kyoto :) . ... Large format is mainly for 1600x1200 screens and fast link (pictures are up to 150K in size). Normal is for typical 1024x768 screen (i.e. 15" monitors). ... Photos look incredible on it. ... Large . ... Normal . ... Thumbnails . ... Contents with thumbnails: Large | ... Nara, one of the historical cities of Japan . ... August 17, Sunday. ... Nara. ... return to photo album contents | ...

. Cosmology . Very Early Universe . Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropy . Dark Matter Models . Large Scale Structure . High Energy Astrophysics . Active Galactic Nuclei . Astrophysics of Compact Objects . Accretion Disks . Scientific Staff:

True Color Image Gallery: Galactic SNR | Magellanic Cloud SNR . ... The SNR 0500-702 is the northern object, The larger southern object is an HII region. ... Radio Images Page: not availabe . Link to Green's Catalog page . ... Exposure uf . ... Exposure uf Exposure time of unfiltered event file . Exposure f Exposure time of filtered event file . ... Event 2 FITS File . ... AUX file . ... 0.3 - 10.0 . ... see fit detail page for more about the fit. see chandra spectrum page for region used. ...

... OEM OPTICAL COMPONENTS . ... Home Products OEM Optical Components . ... Objective, Plan Achromatic, 4 X 0.12, BF . ... Objective, Flatfield Achromatic, 20 X 0.40, BF . ... Objective, Flatfield Achromatic, 30 X 0.90, Iris, H2O Imm., ... Objective, Flatfield Achromatic, 60 X 1.00-0.70, Oil, Iris, BF . ... Objective, Flatfield Achromatic, 100 X 1.25, Oil, BF . ... Q-Plan™ Achromat Objective, 2.5 X 0.08, BF . ... Q-Plan™ Achromat Objective, 60 X 0.85, dry, BF . ... Eyepiece, Widefield, 10X, F.N. 18 . ...

Storing and accessing the largest astronomical catalogues with the SAI CAS project S. Koposov1,2,3, O. Bartunov2, S. Karpov4 et al2. ... Why we want to build our own Catalogue Access Service The requirements for our CAS system The importance of the Database for the CAS (PostgreSQL & Q3C) The technical realization of CAS What has been already done Example of work TODO Storing and Accessing Astronomical Catalogues Existing projects CDS OpenSkyQuery CASjobs with SDSS They are all really great! ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... If you thought our tour of the solar system ended with Neptune and Pluto, you are setting your sights way too low. The planets of the solar system mark time relatively close to the Sun compared to interstellar space. Pluto orbits the Sun at an average distance 40 times that of the Earth, yet the nearest star (the Alpha Centauri system) to the solar system is a mind-numbing 260,000 times the distance of the Earth to the Sun. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

... Date : 14/10/2007 . Lieu : Parrot auvergne alt:1270m . Matц©riel de prise de vue : Canon eos 300D object:fish-eye pose:64s ц  400asa,recadrage . Commentaires : Sur cette vue ц  large champ,orion se niche juste au dessus d'un hameau au millieu de nul part . ... Matц©riel de prise de vue : Canon eos 300D object:fish-eye pose:270s 200asa . ... Matц©riel de prise de vue : Canon eos 300D object:75mm f5/6,pose:413s 400asa . ...

DIFFRACTION CAMERA FOR HUNTING UP THE MICROORGANISMS ' TRACES How to avoid a contradiction between a large-size file of a microscopic image and a narrow-band telemetry system Leonid Ksanfomality and Elena Petrova Space Research Institute RAS, Moscow, Russia Contacts: ksanf@iki.rssi.ru, epetrova@iki.rssi.ru Europa Lander workshop - IKI Moscow 2009 Why we may hope to find microorganisms ' traces on ... A buildup of ice at the poles may have prompted the migration. ... This image is 1 mm high. ...

Constraints on mass clumps in the Universe P.N. Wilkinson et al. ... The Caltech-Jodrell Bank VLBI Surveys (CJ{300 objects) are sensitive to the angular size range 1.5-50 milliarcsec ( 10 5:5 10 8:5 M ); the Jodrell-VLA As- trometric Survey (JVAS{2300 objects) and the Cosmic Lens All Sky Survey (CLASS{12000 objects) are sensitive from  0:1 to 30 arcsec ( 10 9 10 14 M ) while the Arcminute Radio Cluster Sur- vey (ARCS{1200 objects) covers the range from 25 to 60 arcsec ( 10 15 M ). ...