... Bad Astronomy . ... Mad Science . ... Site Info . ... Public Talks . ... Keep Bad Astronomy close to your heart, and help make me filthy rich. ... Who is this guy who calls himself "The Bad Astronomer?" ... First, yes, I am a real live astronomer (when people ask me what astronomers do, I tell them "They astronom !" ... These are emitted by powerful objects like black holes, exploding stars, and super-dense neutrons stars. ... Finally, am I really a bad astronomer? ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

... I am involved in Project Astro, a program to bring astronomers into public schools to assist with teaching students about science and astronomy. ... While there are all sorts of scale model of the Solar System type exercises ( Mitchell Charity's page has a good listing of what's available), none were really tailored towards discovering the spatial relationships of the planets, and in a way that could be done at night as part of a Star Party. ...

... 2013 July 28 . Hoag's Object: A Strange Ring Galaxy . ... This question came to light in 1950 when astronomer Art Hoag chanced upon this unusual extragalactic object . ... How Hoag's Object formed remains unknown, although similar objects have now been identified and collectively labeled as a form of ring galaxy . ... Hoag's Object spans about 100,000 light years and lies about 600 million light years away toward the constellation of the Snake ( Serpens ). ... About APOD | ...

... The space station Mir is the most complex and unique vehicle of the twentieth century. ... It is in proposing to UNESCO the procedure of giving to the space station Mir a status of the object of the World cultural heritage of the mankind as a very valuable unique object of the technical culture of the 20th century, and realization of the special project of its preservation. ... Proactive organization work to get in UNESCO the status of the object of the World cultural heritage for the station Mir; ....

Электронная библиотека астронома-любителя. ... библиотека . архив RSN . ... Ru.Space.News: . Октябрь 1998 . ... 5, 1998 Greenbelt, MD 20771 Newsroom Phone: 301-286-8955 NOTE TO EDITORS/NEWS DIRECTORS: 98-158 HISTORIC JOHN GLENN FLIGHT TO FEATURE MARYLAND AND GODDARD SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS When Mercury astronaut and Ohio Senator John Glenn returns to space October 29, a fascinating array of science experiments from the Goddard Space Flight Center and Maryland students will fly with him. ...

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... Tonight's Sky . ... Sky this Month . ... Imaging Basics . ... NASA's GRAIL MoonKAM returns first student-selected lunar images . ... This image of the farside of the lunar surface, with Earth in the background, was taken by the MoonKAM system onboard the Ebb spacecraft as part of the first image set taken from lunar orbit March 15т??18, 2012. ... Students will select target areas on the lunar surface and request images to study from the GRAIL MoonKAM Mission Operations Center in San Diego,...

Asteroids, Comets, Meteors (2008) 8010.pdf SPECTRAL SIGNS OF CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITIC MATERIAL ON (21) LUTETIA V.V. Busarev, Sternberg Astronomical Institute (SAI), Moscow University, Universitetskij pr., ... We have discovered considerable variations in the continuum slope and shape of the visible-range reflectance spectra of the asteroid with rotation in November 2004 (4/5, 5/6 and 7/8) and March 2006 (3/4). ... Resulting normalized (at 0.55 m) and smoothed reflectance spectra are shown in Fig. ...

... Recent Topics . ... MAO main . ... Fw: ASTRONET: Task 5.4 - observing schools . ... Subject: Re: ASTRONET: Task 5.4 - observing schools . ... with the organization and carrying out observing schools. ... second half of September, and which will be funded by the training and . ... intended for master and starting PhD students. ... actions on observing schools, providing access for students, Master . ... observing schools for master students. ... in form of observing schools for pre-PhD students. ...

... Activities | ... Collaborations | ... The main objective of laboratory #235 is development of imaging array detectors for different applications (including radio-astronomy, safety and security systems). We develop ultra-sensitive detectors (bolometers) and detector arrays, planar antennas and tuning circuits, refractive and reflective quasi-optical systems focusing millimeter and sub-millimeter wave irradiation on the detectors. ...

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. ...

... Next: Unsupervised Catalog Classification Up: Object Detection and Previous: Classification of Objects . ... Multi-resolution allows for image analysis in terms of different scales. ... This approach is used for the detection (and subsequent analysis) of globular cluster systems around elliptical galaxies, and for image characterization and object trawling in large image databases. ... The applicability of this approach to object detection in large image collections has been investigated. ...

... 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 . ...

To see a Russian version of this page, click here . ... Graduated from Moscow State University (MSU), Faculty of Physics in 1976. Ph.D. degree - 1988, MSU. Main field of scientific activities: photometric investigations of various stars, close binary stellar systems and other astronomical objects, including research with use of fast photoelectric photometry with a high time resolution till 1 millisecond. ... New portable photometer . ... Send your mail to: tem@sai.msu.ru ...

... 2001 - present-day Researcher in Theoretical Department of Astro Space Center of Lebedev Physical Institute ot RAS . ... Department Number . ... Astro Space Center . ... arna@lukash.asc.rssi.ru . ... Arkhipova N.A., Komberg B.V., Lukash V.N., Mikheeva E.V., "Population of Cosmic Voids", Astronomy Reports 51, pp 787-796 (2007) . ... Surdin, V.G., Arkhipova, N.A., "Influence of dissipation and dynamical friction on the number of globular clusters in a galaxy", Astronomy Letters, Vol.24, p.343 (1998) ...

... Meade Instruments Corporation . ... Autostar Computer Controllers . 497 Autostar . ... One of the most important advances in telescope control in the past 25 years, the Meade #497 Autostar Computer Controller turns the ETX into an automatic celestial object locating system. ... The #497 Autostar Computer Controller plugs into the control panel of ETX-90EC, ETX-105EC, and ETX-125EC telescopes and enables automatic location of more than 30,000 celestial objects. ... about meade | ... Meade 4M | ...

... Go to This section of the glossary . ... APHELION : The point in a planet's orbit where it is farthest from the sun. ... It melts at 83.95 K, and boils at 87.45 K. Many people don't realize that argon makes up a full 1% of our atmosphere, while carbon dioxide is only a fraction of a percent of our atmosphere. ... COMET: An object moving about the sun in an eccentric orbit and composed of materials which, on warming up near the sun, form a "tail" which always points away from the sun. ...

. Field of research interest . Telecommication networks and systems , Programming. Scientific Degree . Student of MIPT. Position . Laboratory assistant of IKI. Department Number . 902 (Space Monitoring Information Support) . Postal Address . Space Research Institute . Russian Academy of Sciences . Profsoyuznaya St. 84/32 . Moscow, RUSSIA . Postal Code . 117810 . Telephone Number . +7(095) 333-53-13 . E-mail . andrew@d902.iki.rssi.ru . If you want to get more information click here

The database contains references to the papers, data files and links to the Internet resources related to measurements and calculations of the optical constants in the wavelength interval from X-rays to radio domain. ... References to some useful books and reviews on the subject (e.g. the classical handbooks edited by E.D.Palik) and links to Internet collections of optical constants and personal WWW pages with related software were also placed in the database. You have arrived at our welcome page. ...

The Youth Space Center of Bauman Moscow State Technical University conducts the workshop for space enthusiasts (only students) every year to provide participants with an opportunity to discuss the results of the year passed in space focusing on Russian and International programs, see and touch the real space hardware and meet people working on the front edge of space science and technology. ... You will go to Mission Control Center and see how the International Space Station is controlled. ...