... Laboratory and theoretical modelling of the UV bump on the interstellar extinction curve is a very popular topic in dusty investigations. ... feature is illustrated by Fig. 10 where the profiles were calculated using the model of graphite spheres. Figure 10: Normalized extinction efficiencies for graphite spheres. ... The lower panel shows the summary extinction of two graphite spheres with radii and (from upper panel) taken in equal proportions. ...

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... April, 2010: APOLLO detects lost Soviet reflector . October, 2009: LCROSS event. May, 2009: APO featured on PBS film 400 Years of the Telescope . April 3, 2009: For the International Year of Astronomy , APO is featured in a 20-minute segment during a 100-hour webcast. ARC 3.5m | ... Instrument News: Current Status . Instrument Summary . ... ARCES (Echelle) . ... Current Weather . Weather Status . ... Weather Plots . ... APO Password Access . 3.5m Nightlogs . ...

... Contacts . 2010: . Sources of polarized radiation with unusual spectral features discovered in the Sun. In the framework of the study of solar active regions that produce powerful flares the researchers from the RATAN-600 radio telescope have detected sources with features in the form of a sharp decrease in the intensity of polarized radiation in various parts of the recorded frequency range (2-16GHz), sometimes changing the sign of polarization. ... Contacts: Bogod V.M. ) . Archive . ...

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... Pre-university education . ... On March 16 a meeting with Raymond Murphy - the author of the world famous series of English grammar textbooks: English Grammar in Use and Essential Grammar in Use took place in Samara State Aerospace University within the framework of the conference Peculiarities of grammatical skills formation in various stages of English language teaching (Innovative Approaches to ELT). ... The textbook of Raymond Murphy is a practical guide to learning English as a foreign language...

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... Telescope concept . ... The Submillimetron Project is dedicated to astronomical studies at the submillimeter and far infrared wavelengths using a cryogenic telescope located on the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS). The Astro Space Center of the Lebedev Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences is responsible for developing the Submillimetron Project. ... Currently, the Astro Space Center is carrying out a pre-Project study under contract with the Russian Space Agency. ...

home publications > mercury . SEARCH ASP SITE: Match ALL words Match ANY word . ... ASP Conference Series . ... Publications of the ASP (PASP) . ... The Gamma-Ray Burst/Supernova Connection . ... After 30 years of bewilderment, astronomers finally know that collapsing massive stars generate most gamma-ray bursts. Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) were first detected in the late 1960s by American military satellites designed to monitor Soviet compliance with the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Armagh Planetarium . ... Stars . ... Space Flight . ... Monthly Sky Notes . ... NGC 6357's inner star forming region glows with the emission of ionized hydrogen gas. Image credit: ESO/VVV Survey/D. Minniti. ... Located around 8000 light years away in the constellation of Scorpius , NGC 6357 (sometimes called the Lobster Nebula ) is a typical stellar nursery, filled with vast clouds of gas and tendrils of dark dust. ... Subscribe to Astronotes . ...

Subject, Problems and Objects of Theoretical Astrophysics. ... Stellar Photospheres, Their Features. ... Physics of Continuous Radiation Absorption in Stellar Photospheres. ... Continuous Radiation Absorption in Stellar Photospheres of Various Spectral Classes. Solar Type Photospheres. ... Characterisics of Absorption Lines. ... Interstellar Absorption Lines, Their Features. ... Physical and Dynamic Features of Interstellar Medium, Which Follows from Observations of Interstellar Absorption Lines. ...

... An ionospheric trough is a region of decreased F layer plasma density. ... It is quite typical to make a distinction between the sub-auroral troughs at mid-latitudes, and high-latitude troughs within the auroral region or polar cap . ... working for mid-latitude trough and some types of high-latitude troughs, like the polar hole . ... Collis, P. N., and I. HДggstrЖm, Plasma convection and auroral precipitation processes associated with the main ionospheric trough at high latitudes, J. atmos. terr. ...

... Normalisation to exposure and effective area o Log (erg/cm2/s) 3C 454a Log (E,MeV) 2 = 11.8/9 2 = 7.8/9 2 = 2.6/9 2 = 5.6/9 He, H 2 = 18.2 BPL 2 = 16.7 3C 454A 3C 454a : significant correlation: hardness - brightness Marginally significant anticorrelation: optical depthbrightness FSRQs with breaks BL Lacs , HSP FSRQs without breaks BL Lacs with breaks (Low energy synchrotron peak) 3C 66a 2: 35 11 31 objects 0.94 0.31 1.52 0.89 1.05 0.44 1. ...

... Main research and development work completed in 2011 and ready for implementation . ... It is found that the 1.8 MeV line is concentrated in the Galactic disk, whereas positron annihilation takes place in the central region of the Galaxy. ... Main research and development work completed in 2010 and ready for implementation . Main research and development work completed in 2009 and ready for implementation . Main research and development work completed in 2008 and ready for implementation ...

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WORK CONDUCTED AT RSC ENERGIA . TO DEVELOP NUCLEAR ELECTRIC ROCKET ENGINES . ... The use of nuclear reactors as power plants for electrical rocket engines (RSC Energia concept till 1988) necessitated the development of a high-power Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) based on lithium-niobium technology. ... The electric power source is a fast neutron thermal emission reactor/converter with thermal emission converters of heat into electrical power built into its active zone; . ... MARTION MISSION | ...

... MASTER Net is 56 square degrees per 1 exposition . ... 06 Dec 2015: GRB 151205B: MASTER-NET early optical observations GCN18665 . ... 18 Nov 2015: GRB 151118A: MASTER-NET optical observations GCN18613 . ... 12 Nov 2015: GRB 151112A: MASTER-NET optical limit GCN18591 . ... 07 Nov 2015: GRB 151107A: MASTER-NET optical observations GCN18565 . ... 31 Oct 2015: Five OTs detected by Global Robotic MASTER Net ATel8232 . ... 02 Oct 2015: GRB 151001B: MASTER-NET early optical observations GCN18380 . ...

In calculating the NIFS sensitivity, we adopt a read noise of 5 e - , a dark current of 0.01 e - s -1 pix -1 , and a maximum exposure time of 3600 s. Grating . ... e/pix) . ... OH Cont. (e/pix) . ... NIFS should achieve signal-to-noise ratios of ~ 10 per spectral pixel in a 0.1" 0.1" aperture for single 1800 s exposures on uniform, extended, continuum sources with surface brightnesses of J = 15.4, J = 15.0, H = 14.8, and K = 13.5 mag arcsec -2 using the Z , J , H , and K gratings, respectively. ...

Stellarium 0.12.3 . ... Plugins . ... FileљStructure . FileљList . FileљMembers . plugins . TelescopeControl . src . clients . TelescopeClientDirectNexStar.hpp . ... 2 љ * Stellarium Telescope Control Plug-in . ... 4 љ * Copyright (C) 2009 Bogdan Marinov (this file, . ... 8 љ * as a core module of Stellarium. ... 27 љ #ifndef _TELESCOPE_CLIENT_DIRECT_NEXSTAR_ . ... 36 љ #include "Server.hpp" //from the telescope server source tree . ...

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