Program to display an object's position in real time} {Set the delimiter to % so we can use , in prompts} set_delimiter(%) {On first pass, get the name of the object etc.} if (s1=.) set_string (s1%Sun) display _title(+++ Real-time Positions +++) write_string (Possible objects are:) new_line write_string (Sun, Moon, name of a planet, parabolic or elliptical) new_line new_line ...

... 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; ....

... attmove (attmove-1.3) [xmmsas_20050815_1803-6.5.0] . ... In contrast to movecalc , attmove creates a new Attitude History derived from an existing AHF, using a second input table which defines the track of the object as a function of time. attmove uses selects an arbitrary reference pointing (currently calculated from the object track) and recalculates the attitude of the spacecraft (the VIEWRA and VIEWDECL entries in the AHF) according to the following formula: . ...

Stealing Pluto's thunder by Catherine E. BorschИ This artist's concept shows the planet cataloged as 2003UB313 at the lonely outer fringes of our solar system. ... The new planet, which is yet to be formally named, is at least as big as Pluto and about three times farther away from the sun than Pluto. ... On July 29, 2005, Dr. Mike Brown of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) announced the discovery of the new planet in the outer region of our solar system. ...

... The search for distant objects which can be both galaxies and quasars is one of the most important problems of observational astrphysics, because it allows one to determine cosmological parameters connected with the time of appearence and evolution of stellar systems, large scale structure of the Universe. ... Radio galaxies are important objects to be studied because they are sources of infrared-optical-ultraviolet continuum, emission lines and continual radio emission. ...

... The event, a Type II supernova explosion, would have briefly dominated the night sky on Earth. ... Popularly known as the Veil Nebula, NGC 6960, NGC 6992, and NGC 6995 together constitute the corpse of a single supergiant star that perished in that supernova explosion. ... Such stars age about 1,000 times faster than does our Sun. ... Each nuclear-fusion stage releases energy and helps the star fight the ever-present pull of gravity. ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

... S.P. KOROLEV ROCKET AND SPACE CORPORATION ENERGIA . ... OAO RSC "Energia" . ... Company's History . ... History . Brief History of Rocket and Space Technology . ... Flights Chronology . ... Project History . ISS Russian Segment . Steps of ISS Assembly . Spaceflights Chronology . ... ISS 45/46 . ... Holding 14 sessions of robotic objects control provided that the communication zone during flyby over WHM ground station (Germany) is stable. ... 2015 JSC "S.P. Korolev RSC "Energia" . ...

... 8) Why does WolfEdit crash when I fill a large area? ... Use one of the four "man pointing a gun" icons in the top left corner of the palette. ... Use the Lift Control Panel item. You can only have a control panel which faces east or west - the north or south face will appear as a lift side panel, although it will work as a control panel. Similarly, a lift side panel viewed from the east or west will appear as a control panel, but won't work as one. ... Because you used the Get Info... box. ...

... Institute of Astronomy of Russian Academy of Sciences . 119017, Pyatnitskaya str., 48, Moscow, Russia . ... About me: . ... I observed different objects (minor planets, satellites, variable stars, gamma bursts, etc.) by myself at Zeiss-600 and 2-m telescope. Also I had some experience with observational data from the 6-m telescope BTA (SAO, Russia), VLT (ESO, Chile), 1.5-m telescope in Maidanak (Uzbekistan) and infrared space telescopes Spitzer and Herschel. ...

... It is being organized jointly by the Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO) and the Armenian Astronomical Society (ArAS). ... LIST OF LECTURERS AND LECTURES : Dr. Vladimir AIRAPETIAN (Goddard Space Flight Center, USA): Physics of Winds from Cool Evolved Stars Dr. Don BARRY (Cornell University ... (observation techniques and theory) Dr. Michel DENNEFELD (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, France): Introduction to spectroscopic observations Dr. Serguei DODONOV (Special Astrophysical ...

IV International Astronomy Olympiad . ... Text of these problems is available also . ... To solve every problem you may use constants and well-known values you know by heart. ... The apparent diameter of the Moon, as seen from the Earth, is 31'. ... Can you observe a star with magnitude . ... Consider the stars as black bodies. ... Estimate the diameter of a black hole constructed using this patent from a ship with the mass of 5000 tn (1 tn = 1000 kg). ... What stars would you observe this nigth? ...

... For the past years I have been working on the problem of synthesis of light curves of close binary systems, consisting of a normal star and a compact object (point object with fixed X-ray luminosity). ... Possible existence of a bright spot on the disk's lateral surface is taken into account. ... The last of then will be published in Gordon and Breach Publishers ( Cherepashchuk A.M., Katysheva N.A., Khruzina T.S., Shugarov S.Yu. ... Cherepashchuk A.M., Katysheva N.A., Khruzina T.S., Shugarov S.Yu. ...

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. ...

. Solar System Radar Research . Proposal on Georing Radar Survey . 4179 Toutatis . 6189 Golevka . 33342 (1998 WT24) . Radar Investigations of Comets . Interior Planets . Don P. Mitchell (JPL, USA). Radio Science and Venus . Main-Belt Asteroids . Planetary Satellites and Rings . Dedicated Radar Telescope . Asteroid's Moons: Discovery by Radar . European Near-Earth Object Radar . USSR – United Solar System Radar . © IRE RAS 1996-200 8

... part 1 | ... The Basic Stages in Earth's Pre-geological Development . ... After fragments of the Vortex sleeves separated, whirlwinds of second and third orders ("NC" - new micro-vortex) were generated- future planet cores and their satellites - all of them developing independently, governed by the common laws of development of cosmogenic vortexes. ... Our planet's core today is comprised of considerably deteriorated cosmogenic vortex; consequently, the Earth has a moderated magnetic field. ...

A methodical and didactical complex "Sign Language" . ... ABSTRACT The process of communication of the deaf includes the wide use of the sign language. ... The aim of this work is to develop a tool that should facilitate process of sign language teaching and also give to the trainee a means for independent study of various normative variants of sign language - for example, Russian, English, International and so on. ... The process of dialogue of the deaf people includes wide use of sign languages. ...

... 251G: GUEINOV O.KH. and ZEL'DOVICH YA.B. Collapsed stars in binary systems. abstract from ADS when it exists. Total number of objects found: 7 . Currently displayed are the first identifier in SIMBAD and the object type. By clicking on the [Dic CAT] anchor, you get the informations from the nomenclature dictionnary for the corresponding catalogue. ... Emission-line Star.. Dic HD] #2.. ... Semi-regular pulsating Star.. ... Spectrocopic binary.. Dic SKY#] #4.. ... Wolf-Rayet Star.. ...

TclActor is a set of classes that allow one to write an actor for the 3.5m control system. ... Thus, to the extent that the underlying hardware controllers support it, an actor based on TclActor can execute multiple commands at the same time. ... Commands must be in the following format: [cmdId [msgId]] [verb [arguments]] where: . ... The device code tends to fall into several categories: code to support executing commands, code to handle replies and code to represent the internal state of the device. ...

... About StarCalc . News . ... StarCalc Home Page . Short description of changes, implemented in the StarCalc, . ... CHANGES OF PROGRAM CORE FUNCTIONS. CHANGES OF PROGRAM INTERFACE. CHANGES OF OBJECT INTERFACES. ... New "Output console". ... Information, which is generated by StarCalc, is added into the console - for example, ephemeris tables. ... In the StarCalc state file can be saved autorotation parameters, object selection, object locking mode, auto start and stop autorotation mode. ...

... 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 . ...