... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . Asteroid 2010 SO16 and the Earth follow similar orbits around . the Sun. ... out a horseshoe shape in space, taking 175 years to go from . ... Asteroid 2010 SO16 takes 175 years to make the trip from one end of the horseshoe to the other. ... Currently, three other horseshoe companions of the Earth are known to exist but, unlike 2010 SO16, these linger for a few thousand years at most before moving on to different orbits. ...

... Steven L. Smith . NASA International Space Station Program Liaison to the European Space Agency . ... SPECIAL HONORS: NASA Distinguished Service Medals (two), NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, NASA Space Flight Medal, NASA Exceptional Service Medal, IBM Outstanding Technical Achievement Award and IBM Outstanding Community Service Award. ... NASA EXPERIENCE: Smith is a veteran of four space flights covering 16 million miles and seven space walks totaling 49 hours and 25 minutes. ... DECEMBER 2013 ...

Альтернативный форум . Scientific.ru Все форумы . ... Time (@) - 13.04.2007 09:15 . Re: Anisotropy in the Hubble constant as observed in the HST Extragalactic Distance Scale Key Project results . x203a; x203a; x203a; в ответ на: Anisotropy in the Hubble constant as observed in the HST Extragalactic Distance Scale Key Project results Котофеич . ... Re: Anisotropy in the Hubble constant as observed in the HST Extragalactic Distance Scale Key Project results Котофеич, 13.04.2007 13:37 . ...

... 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 . ... ISS 45/46 . ... Assessment of efficiency in using telemedical technologies for getting information from ISS RS crews for medical support of human space flights and information support of life science flight studies. ... 2015 JSC "S.P. Korolev RSC "Energia" . ...

... CI Cam (XTE J0421+560) is an X-ray transient and a binary system the optical companion, which shows the B[e] phenomenon. ... The centroid velocities of the following emission lines were measured: FeII (5 lines), [N II] 5754.59A (NIST Database), H_alpha, H_beta, HeI (5 lines), and [O III] 5006.843A. FeII and [N II] lines that form in the cool equatorial disk wind of B[e] star have stable sharp-edge profiles. ... All the FeII lines and the [N II] line in our spectra show a linear shift with time. ...

... SciSim release covered by this note . ... Data-Analysis-with-SAS in a simple and standardised way, and should allow calibration experts to re-assess the reliability of the different elements of XMM-Newton simulations. ... Also, a release of all calibration files to be used in the reduction, through the SAS, of SciSim generated data, is coordinated with this release. ... Furthermore, two SAS tasks (odffix and epicproc) had to be updated to make possible a proper SAS data reduction of simulated data. ...

... Measuring the Distances to Supernovae . Professor Robert Kirshner . Thursday, Oct 11, 2012 at 8:00 PM . This month our speaker will be Professor Bob Kirshner of Harvard University who will speak to us about measuring the distances to supernovae which was the key to the discovery of the accelerating universe that won the 2011 Nobel Prize. ... Oct . ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

... Visible Distribution of Galaxies. ... Features of Elliptical, Lens-Shaped, Spiral and Irregular Galaxies. Galaxies with Bar. ... Distribution of Surface Brightness of Surface and Spiral Galaxies. ... Color Characteristics of Galaxies. ... Methods of Galaxies' Mass Determination. ... Hidden Mass of Spiral Galaxies. ... Features of Dark Matter Distribution in E and SO Galaxies. ... The Whole Number of Galaxies and Their Density by the Results of Observation on the 'Hubble' Space Telescope. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Armagh Planetarium . ... Stars . ... Space Flight . ... Earth Satellites . ... Portrait of M8: This is the region of the nebula nicknamed the the т??Southern Cliffт?? and beyond it we can see the darkness of interstellar space interrupted by stars. Image credit: Julia I. Arias and Rodolfo H. BarbУЕ Departamento de FУ-sica, Universidad de La Serena (Chile), and ICATE-CONICET (Argentina)) . ... Astronotes . ... Subscribe to Astronotes . ...

Superconducting Integrated Submm Spectrometer for Laboratory Applications Specification: · Input frequency range : 200 ­ 700 GHz (covered by four exchangeable sensor modules each one covering range of about 100-150 GHz ); · Output frequency (IF) range : 1-2 GHz · Receiver noise temperature: below 500 K (direct ... The SIR chip is a superconducting integrated circuit comprising a quantum-noise-limited SIS mixer and a tunable Josephson local oscillator (LO). ...

Calcium/Sodium in the Milky Way . ... We map out calcium II sodium I absorption - corresponding to Fraunhofer H, K D lines - induced by both the interstellar medium and the circumgalactic medium of the Milky Way. ... We show that the abundance of sodium with respect to neutral hydrogen stays roughly constant in different environments, while that of calcium decreases with column density. ... Here we show the maps of calcium and sodium in the Milky Way based on the obtained data. ... Projects | ...

Lessons learned from the Thirty Meter Telescope site testing Tony Travouillon Sebastian Els, Angel Otarola, Reed Riddle, Matthias Schoeck, Warren Skidmore TMT.XXX.PRE.05.0XX.DRF01 1 Introduction TMT and its Site testing. Important choice before going on site. ... Considerations during analysis of the data. TMT.XXX.PRE.05.0XX.DRF01 2 Some Background about the TMT Site Testing TMT is a 30m, segmented, RitcheyChretien telescope design. ... ASCA Cloud Cover Analysis So how do we do it in practice? ...

Next: GOCG Pre-Observation Products . Previous: RadioAstron Mission Element Overview . ... Observation Summary File (OSF) . GRT (Ground Radio Telescope) Schedule Files . ... How: The long-term schedulers will produce two files: GSTS-file (General Space Telescope Schedule) to be used by GOCG and LTS-file for all mission elements. ... What: The RSOG will produce schedule files for all GRTs participating in a particular observation, in the format required by each GRT. ...

... Our tours this year include: Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center at Star City, Bauman Moscow State Technical University Orevo Laboratory, Russian Mission Control Center (TsUP), Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, Lavochkin Scientific and Industrial Association, Energomash Scientific and Industrial Association, Scientific and Industrial Association "Zvezda", Khrunichev State Research & Production Space Center, Monino Air Force Museum. Bauman Moscow State Technical University . Moscow) . ...

... English . ... Problems to solve . ... Two stars have the same apparent magnitude and are of the same spectral type. ... A quasar is observed and it is found that a line whose rest wavelenght is 3000 A o is observed at 15000 A o . ... There are two photos of the Moon taken by the same camera mounted on the same telescope (the telescope is placed on the Earth). ... Problem 1 to solve . ... Lines in the spectra of NGC 6543 and its central star: . ... of the International Astronomy Olympiad, . ...

9th European and 5-th Euro-Asian Astronomical Society Meeting . 29 May - 3 June 2000, Moscow, Russia . EUROPEAN ASTRONOMY AT THE TURN OF THE MILLENIUM . The 9th Meeting of the European Astronomical Society (EAS) will be held in Moscow, Russia, jointly with the 5th Conference of the Euro-Asian Astronomical Society (EAAS). ... Invited reviews of outstanding problems of modern astronomy are expected to be given at plenary sessions. ... December 20, 1999: Pre-registration form deadline . ...

... The sample of the Local Volume galaxies (distance smaller than 10 Mpc) gives a unique opportunity to study the properties of galaxies including the weakest objects: the absolute magnitude M B -10 and the virial mass M vir 10 9 M x263C;. ... Luminosity function of the Local Volume galaxies. ... The luminosity functions for galaxies are presented: red dashed line - from the 2dFGRS survey (Norberg et al. 2002); blue dash-dotted line - from the SDSS survey (Blanton et al. ...

... The versatile and efficient INVERTOSCOPE? combines the highest optical performance with unsurpassed mechanical quality, and is backed by LOMO's unique lifetime warranty, the most comprehensive in the industry. ... A 15X focusing eyepiece with two interchangeable reticles (a 10mm/100div scale and a 10mm x 10mm/400sq grid) for convenient measuring and counting. ... A set of stage inserts and extension plates to accommodate a variety of sample vessels such as Petri dishes, flasks, microtest plates, etc...

Authors: V.A. Marsakov , Yu.G. Shevelev , . Journal: 1988, Astron Zh. ... Absolute magnitudes, metallicities, effective temperatures, surface gravities, distances, and tangential velocities are calculated for 5498 F stars with homogeneous data on uvby photometry and proper motion, and placed within 80 pc from the Sun. Components of space velocities, eccentricities of galactic orbits, perigalactic and apogalactic distances, and maximal remotness from galactic plane are presented for 1787 stars. ...

... Space flight . ...