... Not the culmination of ancient prophecy, but none the less mystical, Earth's small Moon will begin a slow slide past the enormous Sun. ... The dark, inner part of the Moon's shadow, the umbra, will strike the Earth first in Iran and trace a smooth curve across Afghanistan and Pakistan, down and through northern India. ... Please submit your completed report by Nov. 30, 1995 by email to 0002032694@mcimail.com or regular mail to John Isles, Attn: Guest Observer, 1016 Westfield Drive, Jackson, Mich. ...

... S/ 1981 S 15 174000 S/ 1981 S 16 220000 S/ 1981 S 17 231000 S/ 1981 S 18 185000 S/ 1981 S 19 186000 S/ 1995 S 1 137450 S/ 1995 S 2 139700 S/ 1995 S 3 141050 S/ 1995 S 4 146450 S/ 1995 S 5 140060 S/ 1995 S 6 139910 S/ 1995 S 7 139440 The first two groups are derived from analysis of Voyager 2 data reported in IAUC 6162 ; the third group is from HST observations during the May 1995 ring ... S/1995 S 3 orbits just outside the F ring and is apparently a shepherd moon . ... New Moons ....

To main of Laboratory . The research work and design of optical and optical-electronic devices are carries out by laboratory staff: . ... Lens: . ... In the layout 1 prism systems perform functions of dispersive element, corrector of aberrations, optical reducer. ... Spectral range 200 - 400 nm; . ... Back Forward . ... The main corrector's function are compensation of field aberrations of the main spherical mirror of a telescope (diameter of 600 mm, f'=1200 mm) and increase aperture ratio. ...

. Figure 3. Dark dimmings and bright post-eruption arcades in solar sources of the severest FDs over the solar cycle 23 in SOHO/EIT 195 е fixed-base difference images. The FD magnitude of the strongest disturbances and the dates and time of their registration are specified in the upper right corner of each panel. The dates and time of EIT images subjected to the subtraction are specified at the bottom of each panel.

... FOR THE MIR SERVICE LIFE CHARACTERISTICS . ... The station operated nearly 3 times as long (its service life reached more than 15 years). ... Below are given the actual operating periods of the Modules as part of the Orbital Complex (as of December 31, 2000). ... Most of the onboard systems have significantly exceeded service life characteristics specified in the log books for assemblies, instruments, units and systems as a whole. ... Official WEB-site of S.P.Korolev RSC Energia . ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Keep Bad Astronomy close to your heart, and help make me filthy rich. ... Before we get to this week's snack, let me remind you that Leonids meteor shower peaks November 17. ... Theorists take that data and work mathematical models, trying to see if they can get the known laws of physics to mimic reality. ... It was an interesting feeling to actually see that area of sky with my own eyes. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ... Subscribe to the Bad Astronomy Newsletter!...

... ISC Kosmotras . ... Dnepr launch record 17 August 2011. ... On 9 September 2009, a contract was signed between ISC Kosmotras and SSTL for the launch of Nigeria-2 and NigeriaSat- у satellites on Dnepr rocket as part of 2010 cluster launch from Yasny Launch Base. According to information provided by SSTL the NigeriaSat-2 satellite is being built for the Nigerian government (NASRDA) as a follow-on to the NigeriaSat-1 satellite that was launched in 2003. ... E-mail: info@kosmotras.ru . ...

... 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. ...

. In this comparison of actual observations with simulations, the top images show Hubble observations of the density of gas in the central portion of two galaxies. The bottom images are computer simulations that are remarkably similar to the Hubble observations. Knots of star formation in the two galaxies show how gas falling into a galaxy's center is controlled by jets from the central black hole. NASA/ESA/M. Donahue (Michigan State Univ.)/Y. Li (Univ. of Michigan)

... part 2 | ... Part 1 . The new concept of formation and development of the Solar system. ... Thus, the initial pulse of the rotation of a protosolar cloud of the solar system was determined as a result of the diversion of a part of the moment of the rotational pulse of the Galaxy. ... Besides this new approach to the pre-solar system as a system of the destroyed vortex structure, we can understand now a number of other peculiarities of the Solar system's structure. ...

... In August Russian scientists will send radio message to one of the extraterrestrial planets. ... Additional information about SETI METI . SETI Institute - http://www.seti-inst.edu/ - Search for new life forms in space.. ... HUNT FOR LIGHT FLASHES FROM EXTRATERRESTRIAL INTELLIGENCE" . ... Information for sure! ... SETI at home http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ SETI@home is a scientific experiment that uses Internet-connected computers in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). ...

... VaST is a software tool for finding variable objects on a series of astronomical images. ... VaST performs object detection and aperture photometry using SExtractor on each image, cross-matches lists of detected stars, performs magnitude calibration with respect to the first (reference) image and constructs a lightcurve for each object. ... VaST FITS image viewer ./pgfv . ... Part I" PZP, vol. ... K. V. Sokolovsky, S. A. Korotkiy; "New Variable Stars Discovered by the NMW Survey" PZP, vol. ...