... Galaxy Evolution home . Cavendish Astrophysics . ... Cosmological evolution of star-forming galaxies . The origin and evolution of radio sources . ... Radio sources are among the most powerful of the family of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN). ... The overall properties of radio sources are well predicted by analytical models of self-modifying evolution of the radio source which we have developed, and many of the more unusual structures observed can be reproduced using computational models. ...

System of astrometric databases of Pulkovo observatory. ... Pulkovo database of observations of visual double stars . ... The 3rd database contains relative positions of selected double and multiple stars, and stars with possible invisible satellites. The database requires catalog of relative positions of visual double stars, based on photographic observations performed since 1960 on Pulkovo 26-inch refractor, and similar catalog based on CCD observations, obtained since 1995. ...

Electronic Catalogue of Comets "Halley" . ... In this paper we give a description of the Electronic Catalogue of Comets "Halley", which makes it possible to calculate the evolution of the orbits of comets, to visualize orbital motion, to determine the circumstances of a comet's close approach to planets within a given time interval, as well as a number of other opportunities. ...

About us . ... Telescopes . ... Apart from the 6-meter telescope BTA two small telescopes are operative at SAO: the 1-m and 0.6-m telescopes, both manufactured by Carl Zeiss, Jena, are located near the BTA. ... These telescopes are used for adjusting the equipment and techniques of observations used at the BTA. ... The observational time allocation and also a brief description of the equipment of the 1-m telescope, which is used either permanently or mainly on this telescope, are presented below. ...

Bizyaev D., "The Argument Against Long Extragagalactic Distance Scale", Astron. ... Soviet Astronomy) 1997. ... Zasov A., Bizyaev D., "An Estimate of the Hubble Constant using a Criterion for Gravitational Stability of Gaseous Discs", Pis'ma v Astron. ... 1996. ... D.Bizyaev, "Types of galaxies", 1996, Zvezdochet, No 11, p.22 (in Russian) . D.Bizyaev, "The Hubble Constant", 1996, Zvezdochet, No 2, p.20 (in Russian) . D.Bizyaev, "Magellanic Clouds", 1995, Zvezdochet, No 6, p.12. (in Russian) . ...

... For an input list of EBOXDETECT source locations, simultaneous maximum likelihood PSF fits to the source count distribution are performed in all energy bands of each EPIC telescope. A description of the main properties of the detection algorithm may be found in Cruddace, Hasinger, Schmitt (1988). ... Note, that =1 in the case of the individual energy band detection likelihoods listed in source table rows with ID_BAND 0 and is equal to the total number of energy bands in the ID_BAND=0 summary rows. ...

... 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 . ...

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... At the simplest level of modelization, these phenomena are described by reaction-diffusion equations. The theory of this type of equation is far away from being fully understood but one can give however several results providing in some cases existence of solutions and their qualitative behaviour. ... Reaction-diffusion equations. ... Theory of uniformly elliptic equations: existence, regularity, Schauder theory, Agmon-Douglis-Nirenberg theory, Harnack estimates, boundary Harnack principle. ...

Home . ... Observing . Exposure Time Calculator (ETC) . Survey processing . ... ESO - Public Surveys . near IR surveys . ... Exposure Time Calculator . ... Survey Area Definition Tool . Recommended values for Detector Integration Time (DIT) . ... Detector Properties . ... Filter properties . ... ESO ][ VISTA Home ] ...

... Quadtrees have a wide range of applications, from graphics to image processing to spatial information systems. ... With the advent of the Guide Star Catalog and other large astronomical source lists, an efficient method of storing and accessing such spatial data is necessary. ... We also discuss how the linear quadtree can aid in the correlation of source positions from different astronomical catalogs and how it can be applied to relational databases. ...

... It has been largely superceded by MatWeb . Conversion Factors . Material properties . Physical constants . Astronomical constants . This table gives conversion factors to convert various units to their SI equivalents. ... The units are SI. This is a short list of physical constants in SI units. ... Boltzmann constant . ... Gas constant . ... Mass . ... Plank's . ... Radiation constant . ... This is a short list of astronomical constants in SI units. ... Sun . ...

An Ancient Universe: How Astronomers Know the Vast Scale of Cosmic Time . ... INTRODUCTION . ... Based on their personal beliefs, they find fault not only with biological evolution, but also with modern astronomical ideas about the age, expansion, and evolution of the universe. ... An Ancient Universe - Table of Contents . ... The Ancient Universe - The Age of the Expanding Universe - The Age of the Oldest Stars - The Age of Light From Distant Galaxies - The Age of the Chemical Elements | ...

... ICND-96, Saratov, Russia. ... And though a number of efficient methods of digital sound compression is developed by far, there is still a need in new efficient methods. In this report we study a possibility of application of fractal methods to compression of speech signals. ... In this method, a speech frame is divided into larger pieces called domains, and smaller ones called regions, and an optimal set of affine transformations of domains into regions is calculated. ...

... As you may know, I'm writing a book for Prentice-Hall, due in January, called Peer Instruction for Astronomy. ... I'm looking for a colleague or two willing to review/critique some of the ConcepTest questions that will be included in the book. See http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~pgreen/educ/ConcepTests.html I suspect that a significant contribution would only take you 2-3 hours. ... ConcepTests are multiple choice questions which the students pose to each other in small groups, during class. ...

USSR Venus Orbiters . ... Venera 15 and Venera 16 were a two-spacecraft mission designed to use 8-centimeter (3-inch) band, side-looking radar mappers to study the surface properties of Venus . ... Each spacecraft consisted of a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and a radio altimeter. ... The Venera 15 and 16 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) systems were identical, and were used to map the surface of Venus at a resolution of 1 to 2 kilometers (.6 to 1.2 miles) over a period of 8 months. ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... 16.01.1998 . ... Credit: W. Keel and R. White ( U. Alabama ), NASA Explanation: How much dust is in spiral galaxies? ... This striking, detailed Hubble Space Telescope image of dust in the outer reaches of a foreground spiral galaxy (left) back lit by an elliptical galaxy offers an elegant approach to providing the answers . ... Publications with keywords: dust - spiral galaxy . Publications with words: dust - spiral galaxy . ... M64: The Black Eye Galaxy . ...

... V.V.Shevchenko, Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, Universitetsky 13, Moscow 119899, Russia, shev@sai.msu.ru . ... 1.Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, 119899, Moscow, Russia. shev@sai.msu.ru . ... V.V.Shevchenko, Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, Moscow 119992, Russia, shev@sai.msu.ru . ... 119992 Moscow, Russia; . ... 2Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, Moscow, 119992, Russia, . ... Moscow, 119992, Russia shev@sai.msu.ru . ...

... The Science Operation Department is composed of Astronomers, Telescope Instruments Operators(TIOs) and Data Handling Administrators(DHAs). ... Astronomers have proposed several methods to quantitatively measure the amount of turbulence above the telescope, which the most common ones is Differential Image Motion Monitor (DIMM). In optical testing, the Hartmann test is the common method to test the quality of optical components. ... Hartmann mask consists of 48 lenses. ...

The Database of Close Binary Systems . ... Team . ... This web-based interactive database is being developed and maintained by a team at the Sternberg Astronomical Institute of the Moscow State University . The project is an on-line extension of our catalogue on "Highly Evolved Close Binary Stars" (volumes I, II) published by Gordon and Breach in 1996. As of September 2009, the database (both the software and the content) is in its development/testing phase. ...