Astronomy Discussion Forums . Forums: . ... How Do You Feel About Numbers? ... Post Message | ... Posted by Richard D. Stafford, Ph.D. on September 15, 2002 16:22:25 UTC . ... Wait - harvey1 - September 15, 2002 - 22:20 UTC . I don't follow you! - doctordick - September 16, 2002 - 14:59 UTC . ... www.astronomy.net . About Astronomy Net | ... Forum posts are Copyright their authors as specified in the heading above the post. "dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

... This year SSAU provides 1429 state-funded places for admission in all kinds and directions of educational programs. ... In addition, SSAU Admission Committee notes the substantial increase in interest from the foreign applicants this year. The number of applications from foreign countries has already surpassed last year's totals - 76 applications. Based on the experience of admission campaigns of previous years, SSAU expects summer 2014 to enrol about 150 foreign students in the university. ...

T he Siding Spring Survey (SSS) is a Near-Earth Object search program that utilises the 0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory, N.S.W., Australia. ... The mission of the Siding Spring Survey is to contribute to the inventory of near-earth objects (NEOs), or more specifically, the potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs) and comets (PHOs) that may pose a threat of impact and thus harm to civilization. ... Based on the CSS Mission page . ... Siding Spring Survey Main Page . ...

... In polar coordinates, the point P is defined by its distance r from the origin O (see drawing) and by its polar angle ("azimuth" on a map) between the x-axis and the "radius" r = OA, measured counter-clockwise. ... When one or both are negative , the angle f is larger than 90 degrees, and such angles never appears in any right-angled triangle. ... There is a simple solution , though: use the above equations to re-define sin f and cos f for such larger angles! ... But it also works for larger angles....

The starting page - The catalogues page - The list of the PUL2 fields - The list of the Pul-3(Pul-3SE) fields - The list of the PUL_ERS fields . please read short description of the access form controls . ... Right Ascension (ICRF/Tycho-2) J2000 at the central epoch of obs. (hours, minutes, seconds) (Obligatory parameter) . ... proper motion in RA (*cos(DE)) (ICRF/Tycho-2). (mas/yr) . ... Check the apropriate checkbox to output these data and radiobutton to select stars within interval. ...

20-23 September 2016, St.Petersburg, Russia . ... The 13th European VLBI Network Symposium and Users Meeting will be held in Saint Petersburg ? the second largest city in Russia and one of the most beautiful cities in the world. ... On the Official city tourist portal of St.Petersburg you will find essential travel information about the city, attractions and events, and get the answers on any question helping you to plan your trip to Saint Petersburg. ...

... Exposure Time Calculator (ETC) . Survey processing . ... VISTA is a 4-m class wide field survey telescope for the southern hemisphere, equipped with a near infrared camera (1.65 degree diameter field of view at VISTA's nominal pixel size) containing 67 million pixels of mean size 0.34 arcsec and available broad band filters at Z,Y,J,H,K s and a narrow band filter at 1.18 micron. A wide field visible camera, if constructed, could also be used on VISTA. ... Tile . ... ESO VISTA Public Surveys . ...

... Cepheids and star groupings Sternberg Institute, Moscow University, 1983 Professor, 1997 Employment: 2000 -present Main sciential fellow, Sternberg Astronomicl Institute (SAI) of Moscow State University 1989 - 2000 Head of the Department for Galactic and Variable Stars Researches, SAI 1986 - 1989: Leading Scientific Fellow, SAI 1973 - 1986: Senior Scientific Fellow, SAI 1960 - 1973: laborant, aspirant ... 22, 161, 1978 3) Star complexes. ... Astron. ... Large scale star formation in galaxies. ...

Winer Observatory P.O. Box 797, Sonoita, Arizona 85637-0797, USA . ... Irvin M. Winer . ... Site Map . ... Hint : Find and stay on Arizona State Route 83, which bounds our property). Use the interactive map below or use our GPS position N31 39' 56.08" W110 36' 06.42" (or 31.665578N, 110.601783W). ... From Tucson, take I-10 east about 20 miles to Exit 281, which is marked "State Route 83 Sonoita/Patagonia". ... Go three miles, staying on the paved road of State Route 83. ... 2013 Winer Observatory. ...

... The Scenario Machine method to calculate evolution of binary stars is basically a Monte-Carlo method for statistical simulation of large ensembles of stellar binary systems originally used by Kornilov & Lipunov (1983) for massive binaries and developed later by Lipunov & Postnov (1987) for low-mass binaries (for the most recent review, see Lipunov, Postnov &Prokhorov, 1996 (LPP96)). ... This is not the first example of the WWW representation of the stellar evolution. ... Fri Jun 21 19:17:07 MSD 1996...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Ceres, the largest asteroid in the solar system is about 900 kilometers in diameter. ... How many asteroids do you think there are larger than 100 meters across (0.1 kilometers)? ... Using the numbers he supplied, I calculated how many asteroids there are larger than 100 meters in diameter. ... A billion asteroids 100 meters across would occupy the same space as a single asteroid with a radius of the cube root of one billion times 100 meters. ...

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... Members . ... The ATM's of Boston was founded in 1934 by a group of persons interested in assisting others in the art of optical polishing the craft of telescope making, and to learn together about the science of astronomy and the use of astronomical instruments. ... Mr. Jones introduced the club to Dr. Harlow Shapley at Harvard College Observatory. ... Regular shop activities resumed with the help of these "professional amateurs" and the club grew to 180 members. ... Club Newsletters . ...

... Sun's ecliptical positions. Explanations. Each row contains at 0h of Time Dynamical Terrestrial: month, day , day of the week, julian day number at beginning of day (only last three digits is given, add head of column to form correct number ), longitude in system of mean equinox of date (degrees, minutes, seconds ), two latitudes (the first for mean equinox of date and the second for mean epoch of year; seconds ), radius-vector (astron. units), precession in ...

Large networks may have thousands of systems connected to them. A domain name addressing scheme is used to specify system addresses in a way that humans can understand. The top level domain for the UK is uk . ... If the organisation has a large number of systems, then the organisational domain might also contain sub-domains, each of which contains a number of systems. ... The mail address for any system can be given as a series of domains, each of which is separated by a dot (full stop). ...

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... Dnepr launch record 17 August 2011. Cluster Launch of Dnepr LV 22 August 2013 KOMPSAT-5 Launch 21 November 2013. Dnepr Cluster Mission 2013 19 June 2014. ... Mission profile SHM configuration Reliability Dnepr LV Performance Launch Sites . ... The launch vehicle is steam ejected from its Transport and Launch Canister (TLC) by means of hot gases of black powder gas generator. ... Activation of black powder gas generator . ... Separation of black powder gas generator . ... Dnepr LV Performance . ...

... This glossary is not meant to be an exhaustive list of techno-definitions. ... Is there a term you don't see here? ... Do you know how to pronounce the CONSTELLATIONS , STARS , or the PLANETS and their MOONS ? ... First Law - the orbit of each planet is an ellipse with the sun at a focus . ... LIGHT BUCKET: A common slang term for a large apertures . ... LIGHT POLLUTION: The illumination of the night sky caused by artificial light sources on the ground (streetlights, billboards, etc.) ...

NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER ORAL HISTORY PROJECT BIOGRAPHICAL DATA SHEET NAME: Dorothy B. Lee O RAL H ISTORY: 10 November 1999 EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: BA in Mathematics, Randolph-Macon Women's College, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1948 PRE-NASA CAREER: NACA Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, Hampton, Virginia Mathematician (1948-1953) Senior Mathematician (1953-1956) Aerotechnologist, Heat Transfer (1956-1958) NASA CAREER: NASA Charles B. Rumsey, Dorothy B. Lee, and Ronald Kolenkiewicz. ...

... Classes . ... gTimeSpan Class Reference . ... gTimeSpan (const gTimeSpan &timeSpanSrc) . ... Operation: getDays() This method returns the integer days number stored in the gTimeSpan object. ... Operation: getHours() This method returns the integer hours number stored in the gTimeSpan object. ... Operation: getMinutes() This method returns the integer Minutes number stored in the gTimeSpan object. ... Operation: getSeconds() This method returns the integer seconds number stored in the gTimeSpan...