... I normally begin by asking the class what they think would be different if the Moon didn't exist, or if the Sun were closer to Earth, or if a star exploded nearby. ... The winds would be much stronger. ... In using what-if questions in the classroom, it is worth bearing in mind that students extrapolating the effects of new scenarios will encounter two different situations: direct changes to the new version of Earth and indirect changes resulting from the direct changes. ...

Vega Stamps . International project VEGA was managed by Space Research Institute (IKI) . ... VEGA-1 and VEGA-2 spacecraft were developed by Babakin Space Center and fabricated by Lavochkin Association in Khimki, Moscow region. ... VEGA-1 and VEGA-2 have been the part of the international fleet to Halley's comet, that also included Giotto mission of European Space Agency (ESA) and Sakigake and Suisei by Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science (ISAS) of Japan. ... Vega 1 . ...

... 2, JUNE 2003 1039 Properties of a High-Tc dc SQUID Radiofrequency Amplifier Alexey S. Kalaboukhov, Michael A. Tarasov, Ants Lohmus, Zdravko G. Ivanov, and Oleg V. Snigirev Abstract--We present an experimental investigation of a radiofrequency amplifier based on a bicrystal high- dc SQUID designed for the frequency range 500­3000 MHz. ... Maximum power gain was found to be 16 dB at 520 MHz for a SQUID with 8 turn input coil. ... Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/TASC.2003.814145 T Fig. ...

... What's New? Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Site Info . ... Week of June 7, 1999 This was a big week for astronomy news! ... The held it in Chicago, and this year unfortunately I could not attend (my grant travel funds were used up last year for a meeting in the Canary Islands, isn't that just too bad? ... First, the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph was used to make images of a young star that is still wrapped in the disk of material from which it formed. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

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. ...

... Fw: June Issue: The Neuroscience of Habits . ... Subject: June Issue: The Neuroscience of Habits . ... MwNzA3S0 =1 =0** Online Exclusives **Can Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Be Blocked links.email.scientificamerican.com / ctt ?k...wNzA3S0 =1 =0How to Land Safely on M ars http:// links.email.scientificamerican.com / ctt ?kn=19 ms=NDU5NDcyNDQS1 r=NzEzNzI0NTUyNAS2 b=2 j= NDQyNjMwNzA3S0 mt=1 rt=0A Surveillance Network We Could Learn to Love http:// links.email.scientificamerican.com / ... MAO NASU . ...

... S.P. KOROLEV ROCKET AND SPACE CORPORATION ENERGIA . ... ISS Russian Segment . ... Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov (Commander of Soyuz TMA-17 space vehicle), NASA astronaut Timothy Creamer and Japan Space Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi have completed flight to the International Space Station (ISS) under ISS-23 Program. ... The press-conference was attended by the managers and representatives of Roscosmos, RSC Energia, foreign space agencies, the leading enterprises of Russian rocket and space industry....

Магазин . ... Старейший магазин телескопов в России . ... Корзина 0 0 Р . ... Телескопы Celestron . ... Добавить в избранное . ... 49 990 Р . ... Мы рады приветствовать Вас в нашем специализированном магазине телескопов и других астрономических товаров. ... Интерес к звездам, к созерцанию неба, обычно приводит человека к желанию купить телескоп, который позволит ему увидеть своими глазами все далекие сокровища космоса, так красочно описываемые в книгах. ... Copyright TELESCOPE.RU, 2016. ...

Title , Contents , Index . Nested lists can be made from an RTF document by using a different style for each level of indentation. The styles "bullet list 1" "numbered list 2" ... represent different levels of nesting. The only rule for use is that no levels of nesting are skipped. For example, a "ol 3" paragraph must not appear immediately after a "Normal" paragraph. It must follow a paragraph with a nesting level of 2 or higher. ...

This page is devoted to information on Supernova 1999gi in NGC 3184 . ... Information on the original web pages for many of these images can be found on the Supernova links web page. ... NGC 3184 is a fairly close Mag 10.3 galaxy, only about half as distant as the Virgo cluster. ... Seiichi Yoshida has a 1999gi page . Odd Trondal's 1999gi page . ... CfA image . ... 14.5 . ... Jean Marie Llapasset image . ... vsnet-alert 3805 ] SN 1999gi in NGC 3184 . vsnet-chat 2438 ] Host galaxy of SN1999gi . ...

... Seminar archive . ... Seminar archive 2011 3 June . ... Tristram K. D. A torus of molecular gas and dust is one of the key components of unified schemes of active galactic nuclei (AGN): it provides the material for accretion onto the supermassive black hole and is held responsible for the orientation-dependent obscuration of the central engine. I will present the results and current status of infrared interferometry of these dust distributions in AGN in the infrared. ... All seminars: . ...

Pulkovo Photographic Plate Database . To find a certain plate, type its number, choose instrument and click button FIND Instrument: Normal Astrograph 26-inch refractor Plate number: . To find plates with a certain sky area: choose instrument, type coordinates (R.A. and Dec.) of the center of this area, type radius of this area, type (optionally) names of required objects, and click button FIND . ...

Электронная библиотека астронома-любителя. ... архив RSN . ... Ru.Space.News: . Апрель 1998 . ... Дата: 28 апреля 1998 (1998-04-28) От: Alexander Bondugin Тема: Cassini Update - April 26, 1998 Привет всем! ... The web site also contains some audio files, including a recording of the Mode-S beacon which plays for 20 seconds. ... During the period 1998-Mar-21 to 1998-Apr-15, excellent signals have once again been received from the 145.826 MHz beacon. ... The 435.025 MHz beacon is normally off. ...

Bigbang Forum Message . ... from the emitter to the interceptor of these forces of gravity and electromagnetic radiation, the more they stay close or at the speed of light ...the further away the emitter and ultimate receiver, the greater the chances of something else occuring and thus the further away from the speed of light limit...but when the photons are intercepted, it would seem to the observer that the radiation or force HAD been traveling at the speed of ... www.astronomy.net . ...

ASTRONOMY IN UKRAINE - 2000 AND BEYOND . ... Kyiv, Ukraine, 5-8 June 2000 . ... The primary objective of the conference is to consider the integration of astronomical research in Ukraine into the international astronomy. ... VLBI for Astronomy and Geodynamics Convenors: Kees van't Klooster (The Netherlands), Leonid M. Litvinenko (Ukraine), Chopo Ma (USA). ... Planetary Astronomy Convenors: Teodor Kostiuk (USA), Robert Nelson (USA), Yuri Shkuratov (Ukraine). ... The "general" registration fee: 100 USD. ...

... Source File: mod_cern_meta.c . Module Identifier: cern_meta_module . Compatibility: Available in Apache 1.1 and later. ... There are many ways to manage meta information, this one was chosen because there is already a large number of CERN users who can exploit this module. ... Context: directory . ... Compatibility: MetaFiles is only available in Apache 1.3 and later. ... Context: (Apache 1.3) directory . ... Specifies the name of the directory in which Apache can find meta information files. ...

... 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. ...

Google doc v5.1 RadioAstron International Science Council Tsargrad Hotel (Boyarsky room) Breakfast starts at 8am Monday, June 18 ( Tsargrad hotel) 10:00 N. Kardashev: Welcome 10:15 K. Kellermann: Goals of meeting and approval of agenda 10:30 Introductions of members and guests 10:45 RISC Terms of Reference Supporting documents: RISC ToR draft 11:30 Break 12:00 M. Popov: SRT in-orbit tests and basic parameters 12:30 Y. Kovalev: Fringe Search: ...

... Additional training . ... TU-154 landed on Smyshlyaevka airfield for the first time of its history. ... This plane TU-154 should complete its aviation life as a training tool for students of Samara Aerospace University. ... Ruben Yesayan is the aircraft commander. ... But no one believes that this bright and brave man - Ruben Yesayan again will not sit at the wheel of Samara TU-154 his own favourite aircraft - as he admitted himself. Transportation of the plane on SSAU training airfield is ahead. ...

... 12.03.2001 . ... March 12 2001 09:00 (Moscow time) . The operations sheduled with OC "Mir" for March 11 are fully complete. The station continues in free drift. ... The onboard systems perform nominal, the Complex arrays generate enough electricity, the thermal mode is normal. Today on the Station (core block) the Motion Control System (MCS) digital central computer was powered on, it is being loaded with command software. The next status report is scheduled for March 13 2001. ...