The efficiency of interaction of radiation with a particle and hence its optical properties depend on the particle chemical composition, size, shape, structure, etc. ... Particle size expressed in units of the wavelength of incident radiation, together with chemical composition, most strongly affects the optical properties of a scatterer. ... There are many methods to solve the light-scattering problem for a homogeneous spheroid (our survey of the light-scattering methods see here ). ...

... Our Sun is part of a huge wheel-shaped collection of stars. ... Astronomers have long suspected it was a very massive black hole, and that every galaxy had such a central mass, created early in the history of the universe. ... However, unless that object happens to be headed directly at the black hole (a relatively small target) it will just swing around and fly away again, like a comet making a pass at the Sun. The velocity acquired in falling towards the black hole also helps it escape. ...

Альтернативный форум . ... Abramyan G.L. (@) - 10.01.2007 01:10 . Astronomers Create 3D Map of Dark Matter Space.com 07 January 2007 01:37 pm ET . ... Re: Astronomers Create 3D Map of Dark Matter Space.com 07 January 2007 01:37 pm ET Котофеич, 10.01.2007 13:55 . Re: Astronomers Create 3D Map of Dark Matter Space.com 07 January 2007 01:37 pm ET Анатолий Рыков, 10.01.2007 11:20 . ... Astronomers Create 3D Map of Dark Matter Space.com 07 January 2007 01:37 pm ET Abramyan G.L., 10.01.2007 01:10 . ...

... Today this year's largest group of sunspots will cross the Sun's central meridian. ... The next day, the number of spots in the group reached five, and the day after, on June 2nd, it was possible to count thirteen sunspots on solar disk, which had been clear prior to this. ... This year's two most powerful active areas, which passed across the solar disk at the beginning of May, 2009, are set to appear in the Sun's eastern sector in two days, on June 6th. ...

... S.P. KOROLEV ROCKET AND SPACE CORPORATION ENERGIA . ... OAO RSC "Energia" . ... History . ... ISS Russian Segment . ... News . ... The Russian manned transportation spacecraft Soyuz TMA-22 has docked with the International Space Station (ISS). ... Mission control for the ISS Russian Segment and the spacecraft is provided from MCC-M by the Lead Operations Control Team (LOCT) under the direction of the first deputy general designer of RSC Energia V.A. Soloviev. ... 2015 JSC "S.P. Korolev RSC "Energia"...

ESO PR 06/96; 16 February 1996 . ... In the early morning of January 31, 1996, Japanese amateur astronomer Yuji Hyakutake made his second comet discovery within five weeks. ... Information about some earlier comet encounters may be found in the Appendix at the end of this Press Release. ... By a straightforward extrapolation of the current brightness, it would appear that Comet Hyakutake will reach magnitude 1 on March 25, 1996, at the time of the closest approach to the Earth. ...

XMM­Newton CCF Release Note XMM­CCF­REL­39 EPIC Modes D Lumb November 7, 2000 1 CCF components Name of CCF VALDATE List of Blocks changed CAL VERSION XSCS flag EMOS1 MODEPARAM 0006 2000­01­01T00:00:00 MODEPARAM YES EMOS2 MODEPARAM 0006 2000­01­01T00:00:00 MODEPARAM YES 2 Changes Made several columns into vector columns so that we distinguish between inner and outer CCDs. ... 5 Expected Updates When new modes for different boresights are implemented, we expect to have small changes in mode timings ...

... Electric field is a potential heat source for ionospheric particles (Rees, 1989). It is due to the fact that, under the action of an electric field, charged particles drift relative to one another and relative to neutral particles. ... This is called frictional heating. ... However, the effect of frictional/Joule heating of neutrals in the auroral electrojet region can lead to upward neutral wind in a region of high electron densities and strong electric fields (Winser et. al., ...

... 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....

... Exposure Time Calculator (ETC) . Survey processing . ... VISTA is a 4-m class wide field survey telescope for the southern hemisphere, equipped with a near infrared camera (1.65 degree diameter field of view at VISTA's nominal pixel size) containing 67 million pixels of mean size 0.34 arcsec and available broad band filters at Z,Y,J,H,K s and a narrow band filter at 1.18 micron. A wide field visible camera, if constructed, could also be used on VISTA. ... Tile . ... ESO VISTA Public Surveys . ...

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... Space flight . ... Simulators . ... Space camp . Space Hotel . ... Virtual reality-based stand for ISS crew training is used for cosmonauts pre-training preparation at different stages of training for the space flight. ... At present cosmonauts and astronauts can work both with the SM and FGB images independently and having them in mated state. ... Info: Industry news On-line Data Company ATLAS news Events We in press Contact . Copyright 2000-2016 ATLAS Aerospace . ...

... 2015 - 2016 . ... Eugene Higgins Professor of Astrophysics, Princeton University . ... December 8, 2015 . ... November 10, 2015 . ... University of the Sciences in Philadelphia author . ... Amateur Astronomer . ... 2014 - 2015 . ... June 9, 2015 . ... Digital Planetarium and the 2012 Transit of Venus from Hawaii . 2013 - 2014 . ... International Occultation Timing Association . ... 2012 - 2013 . ... 2011 - 2012 . ... Princeton University . ... Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton, Inc., ...

Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XIII ASP Conference Series, Vol. ... Skysoft is a YAASD (Yet Another Astronomical Software Directory), but with a different overall approach. To be useful, Skysoft needs to be a long­lived pro ject, setting little pressure for maintenance, imposing a very low nuisance level to the developers community, and requiring a lowmaintenance cost. ... This site is designed so that software developers acquire more visibility because of astronomical context. ...

... The general term for these waves is "Electromagnetic Waves". ... ASTR1001 Wavelengths · Electromagnetic waves, while all travelling at the same speed, can have different wavelengths (the distance between the crest of one wave and the next). ... Red Light: Wavelength 700nm Green Light: Wavelength 550nm Blue Light: Wavelength 400nm Ultra-Violet Light: Wavelength 300nm ASTR1001 The Electromagnetic Spectrum · Electromagnetic waves can have any wavelengths at all: anywhere from picometres to light-years....

Электронная библиотека астронома-любителя. ... Ru.Space.News: . Ноябрь 1998 . ... Дата: 12 ноября 1998 (1998-11-12) От: Alexander Bondugin Тема: Leonid Meteor Shower Prospects for UK and Europe (Forwarded) Привет всем! ... Дата: 12 ноября 1998 (1998-11-12) От: Alexander Bondugin Тема: Research Aircraft Fly Below Leonid Meteor Storm (Forwarded) Привет всем! ... Дата: 12 ноября 1998 (1998-11-12) От: Alexander Bondugin Тема: Leonid Meteor Storm Won't Deter Hubble From Space Observations Привет всем! ...

... Michael E. Lopez-Alegria (Captain, USN, RET.) ... After his second mission, he led the International Space Station (ISS) Operations branch of the Astronaut Office. ... In October 2014 Lopez-Alegria became an independent consultant; he is based in Washington, D.C. SPACE FLIGHT EXPERIENCE: Mission Specialist (MS)-2, STS-73 Columbia (October 20 to November 5, 1995). ... The primary mission objective was delivery of the Expedition 6 crew to the ISS and the return of the Expedition 5 crew to Earth. ...

Euro-Asian Astronomical Society . ... International Astronomy Olympiad . The First (Experimental) International Astronomy Olympiad was carried out by Euro-Asian Astronomical Society and took place at the Special Astrophysical Observatory of Russian Academy of Sciences (SAO RAS) in North Caucasus on November 1-8, 1996. ... Why is it sometimes better to use a small telescope in orbit around the Earth than it is to use a large telescope on a mountain top? ... Grades 11-12 . ... Russia) . ...

... With the stars gamma Can and delta Can , it forms another asterisms called " the Asses and the Manger ". ... Formed by the stars delta Ori, epsilon Ori and zeta Ori ; in Latin America it is called the " Three Marys ". ... Built by the four stars alpha UMa, beta UMa, gamma UMa and delta UMa . ... Formed by the four stars alpha Del , beta Del , gamma Del and delta Del . ... Also on Orion; the belt stars ( delta Ori , epsilon Ori and zeta Ori ), the sword and eta Ori build up this asterism. ...

MODERN APPROACHES TO CALCULATION OF THE PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS FOR ENERGY STORAGE A. Kabanov Samara State University The modern technologies demands to compact and effective rechargeable systems of energy storage. ... In this work we investigated the activation energies of one promising compound ­ Li2CoPO4F using combination of two methods ­ ab-initio and geometrical calculations. ... The nudged elastic band (NEB) method is adopted to find the kinetic energy barrier along diffusion pathways. ...