... LINKS . ... Contacting and discussing with people sharing your interests, participating in night sky observations with telescopes as well as a large choice of astronomical books, magazines and video-tapes out of our club library. Borrowing of astronomical observation equipment ( telescope, binoculars a.s.o. ) possible after 1 year of membership. ... What does a telescope cost ? ... Therefore a dark site for observing is at least as important for deep sky observation as the diameter of your scope. ...

... SSAU History . ... Vitaliy Smelov , associate professor of the Department of Engine Manufacturing Technology, Head of the Laboratory of Additive Technologies in SSAU, told the conducted work, the prospects for the innovation use in production as well as the difference between the metal printing and the traditional technology. Additive technologies today are the most dynamically developing sector of innovative production, a kind of indicator of the real industrial development of the government. ...

Modeling Hydrogen-Rich Wolf-Rayet Stars in M33 O LGA M A RY E VA Stavropol State University, Stavropol, Russia; olga.maryeva@gmail.com ABSTRACT Most massive stars spend a short time as a Luminous Blue Variables (LBVs) before becoming WN stars. Detailed relations between LBV, WN and hydrogen-rich WN (WNH) stars are poorly known. ... We present the results of a spectral variability study of two very luminous stars in the M33 galaxy ­ LBV V532 and late WN star (possibly, dormant LBV) FSZ35. ...

... Clearing the library. Note the different flooтАж . Sidebar Left . Sidebar Top . ... Title: Clearing the library. Note the different floor levels. There were at least 4 different levels of underfloor in the library. Description: NOTE: All images and movies are copyright and must not be reproduced or mirrored in any form without written permission. ... NOTE: All images and movies are copyright and must not be reproduced or mirrored in any form without written permission. ...

... Image Quality of the VLT . Total Optical Control . First light for the ESO VLT unit telescope 1 occurred during the workshop. ... The image shown (Figure 1 ) here was obtained with the VLT on May 16, 1998, in red light (R band), i.e. while the mirror was still uncoated. ... In this diagram (FIgure 2), the measured image quality of the VLT UT1 astronomical images is plotted versus the ``seeing", as measured by the Seeing Monitor, a small telescope also located on top of the Paranal Mountain. ...

Herschel Guaranteed-Time Key Projects . at Arcetri . ... Both regard spectroscopic observations of different classes of star-forming regions in the Galaxy. WISH: WATER IN STAR-FORMING REGIONS WITH HERSCHEL . ... HS3F: HERSCHEL SPECTRAL SURVEYS OF STAR FORMATION REGIONS . ... Since gas cools mostly by line emission, knowing what molecules are formed and which lines are emitted in the different regions at different times is mandatory to understand the gas thermal balance. ...

... SciSim release covered by this note . ... Data-Analysis-with-SAS in a simple and standardised way, and should allow calibration experts to re-assess the reliability of the different elements of XMM-Newton simulations. ... Also, a release of all calibration files to be used in the reduction, through the SAS, of SciSim generated data, is coordinated with this release. ... Furthermore, two SAS tasks (odffix and epicproc) had to be updated to make possible a proper SAS data reduction of simulated data. ...

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... Looking down on a storm (image credit: Robert Johnston) . Spearheaded by the Project Lead Robert Johnston of Cookstown High school, along with the support of Gerard McStocker from Holy Trinity College and the тАШhighlyтАЩ experienced High Altitude Balloonist Philip Heron , this leading edge school project has left us gazing into the sky! ... The Sun from the stratosphere just north east of Dublin (Image credit: Robert Johnston) . ... The limb of the Earth (Image credit: Robert Johnston) . ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... On Thursday, February 15th 2001 (and replayed on March 19), the Fox TV network aired a program called ``Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon?'', hosted by X-Files actor Mitch Pileggi. ... Dust around the lander . ... However, it appeals to our common sense: when the sky is black here on Earth, we see stars. ... Bad: The program claims that when the top half of the lander took off from the Moon to bring the astronauts back into orbit, there was no flame from the rocket. ...

On 1 February 2002 this Mirror was upgraded from NVSSlist v2.10 to NVSSlist v2.17 . ... This form searches the source catalog produced by the NRAO/VLA Sky Survey (NVSS). ... Object name [optional] : . ... Search radius and verification halfwidth in arcseconds [Optional] : . ... Enter a list of positions to search: . ... The contents of the NVSS source catalog and the techniques used by NVSSlist to derive error estimates and other parameters are described here. ...

Launch Vehicle Energia . ... Among problems solved while developing the Energia-Buran Reusable Space System were: . ... of the Energia-Buran Space System . to the launch site for the first launch. LV Energia at the launch site working out of LV design to serve as a basis for the development of other launch vehicles differing not only in their liftoff capabilities, but also in types of payloads including reusable orbiters; . ... SEA LAUNCH . ... Official WEB-site of S.P.Korolev RSC Energia . ...

... The HH flow associated with young stellar object HL Tau has an exciting history and even until now the origin of some its features is not clear yet. ... Knotty structures of Herbig-Haro jets are common phenomena and knowing the origin of such structures is essential for understanding the processes of jet formation. ... In the flow detected compact knots with high (-150 km/s) and bow shape structures in front of those, with low radial velocities (-50 km/s). ...

... Our tours this year include: Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center at Star City, Bauman Moscow State Technical University Orevo Laboratory, Russian Mission Control Center (TsUP), Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, Lavochkin Scientific and Industrial Association, Energomash Scientific and Industrial Association, Scientific and Industrial Association "Zvezda", Khrunichev State Research & Production Space Center, Monino Air Force Museum. Bauman Moscow State Technical University . Moscow) . ...

... The changes are important to us, since they affect our time reckoning, our climate, and our understanding of the Earth's past. ... The Invariable Plane . ... The current location of the celestial north pole, the ecliptic north pole, and the north pole of the invariable plane in the northern sky. ... The north pole of the invariable plane lies in Draco, its south pole in Mensa. ... The precession of the celestial north pole, viewed from above the north pole and against the background of northern...

... Space flight . Crew training . ... The contemporary world opinion, while welcoming the efforts of different states aimed at realization of manned space flights, still considers these efforts insufficient, over-bureaucratized and too slow. ... The more up-to-date is the basic training program for a cosmonaut/astronaut or a manned space flight participant (hereinafter referred to as the student) that is being offered to your interested attention. ... Pre-flight space training (PFST). ...

Russian SHAREABLE DATA CENTER Institute of Solar-Terrestial Physics SB RAS . ... Although their determination is based on the scattering process model, independent check-ups by rocket experiments have shown their correctness in experimental applications. ... Ionospheric data analysis, especially during strong disturbances, cannot be without some other kinds of diagnostic tools. ... The lack of data has always been a challange in this case. ...

... The Russian TESIS/ CORONAS-PHOTON Solar Observatory, which has been working in orbit since January 30th, 2009, has photographed one of the most important events in the build up to the upcoming solar cycle - the formation of our star's new southern belt of activity. The first magnetic fields of the new cycle in the southern hemisphere appeared on the Sun's surface on May 23-24th. ... The belt of activity is one of the primary concepts, characterizing the solar cycle. ...

... I would several points which we faced during our everysolved for better quality of individual ACs' and EOP products · There are two main EOP products provided by two IERS Product Centers on Earth Orientation (Earth Orientation Center (EOC) and Rapid Service/ Prediction Center (RSPC)). ... However, the latter is not provided by the IERS. ... ITRF · Using ITRF in computation of EOP series produced by various ACs seems to be a necessary condition to provide the consistency between the IERS products. ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . ... Observing . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... Bright planets meet at dusk . ... Astronomy magazine subscribers can read the full article for free. ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter....