... not more than 2 participants in the younger group. not more than 1 participant in the senior group. prizewinners (I-st or II-nd prize) of the previous IAO not older than the age limit who did not used such a possibility before. exactly 2 team leaders (specialists in astronomy or astronomy education). ... For the countries, starting their activity in the International Astronomy Olympiad and for the students participating the first time in IAO the age limits for the groups for IAO-2005 are defined as:...

... 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. ...

... This page will contain a form to pass parameter values for a on-line working code producing figures illustrating the dependence of optical properties of different scatterers on their parameters. Specify the parameters and press start calculation button to produce a figure. ... Independent variable: x v a/b alpha Re(m)? another? ... Number of curves: 1 2 3 . ... Curve #1: . Particle shape: sphere spheroid another? TE/TM mode: TE TM . Other parameters: x= Re(m)= Im(m)= a/b= alpha= . ...

Prague, August 16, 2006 . I am going to suggest the IAU Division V and Commission 27 a draft of a new GCVS classification scheme. ... It will also be available, after the GA, at the GCVS web site ( http://www.sai.msu.ru/groups/cluster/gcvs/ ) . We will start applying the scheme in the nearest future but are ready to take into account the future C27 suggestions, probably to be finally approved during the next GA of the IAU. ...

... Last year, the 1999 Leonids Meteor Shower came to a tremendous crescendo. Observers in Europe observed a sharp peak in the number of meteors visible around 0210 UTC during the early morning hours of November 18. ... Like a fleet of futuristic starcruisers, NASA's highly successful series of High Energy Astrophysical Observatory (HEAO) spacecraft appear poised over planet Earth. ... Long Leonid . ... Fire on Earth . ... Sometimes, regions of planet Earth can be seen lit up with fire. ... November . ...

. Full screen versions . Number - magnitude counts . Number - redshift counts . | Front page | . | << - Redshift wedge | Completeness estimates - >> | . Robert J. Smith, ">rsmith@mso.anu.edu.au Last modified: Fri Sep 24 11:39:02 EST 1999 .

Statistics of sunspot activity . The sunspot indices . ... Visual indices of solar activity . ... n - number of spot groups . A - Waldmeier class of unipolar spot groups without penumbra . B - class of bipolar spot groups without penumbra . C - class of bipolar spot groups with one penumbra pole . D - class of small bipolar spot groups with two penumbra poles . E - class of middle bipolar spot groups with two penumbra poles . ... H - class of unipolar penumbrated spot groups . ...

Astro Space Center RadioAstron Newsletter Number 17 October 26, 2012 ====================== The process to select projects for the open RadioAstron observing time within the AO-1 period (July 2013 - June 2014) has started From the middle of 2013 RadioAstron will move to the open sky phase of its science operations. Any scientist in the world can apply for the RadioAstron observing time. ... An initial Letter of Intent (LoI) should have been directed to the Mission by 17 October 2012. ...

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. ...

Stellarium 0.12.3 . ... StelCircleArcRenderer Class Reference . Provides functions to draw circle arcs using StelRenderer . ... drawGreatCircleArc (const Vec3d &start, const Vec3d &stop, const SphericalCap *clippingCap=NULL, void(*viewportEdgeIntersectCallback)(const Vec3d &screenPos, const Vec3d &direction, void *userData)=NULL, void *userData=NULL) . ... Create a circle arc renderer to draw multiple circle arcs . ... void(*)(const Vec3d &screenPos, const Vec3d &direction, void *userData)љ . ...

... Кофточка с длинными рукавами от марки детской одежды Kidsworld предлагается в двойной упаковке. ... Материал: 57% хлопок, 38% полиэстер, 5% эластан, красный меланжевый 60% хлопок, 35% полиэстер, 5% эластан, мятный меланжевый 93% хлопок, 5% эластан, 2% вискоза, серый меланжевый 85% хлопок, 10% вискоза, 5% эластан. color: красный/меланжевый/черный . ... Оригами - искусство складывания различных фигурок из листков бумаги, которые по-японски так и называются - оригами. ... Цвет: черный . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Monthly Sky Notes . ... Image credit: Julie Thompson / Armagh Planetarium) . ... These seven entrants and their class have won a free trip to the Planetarium.€а All entries are on display in our Exhibition Area.€а A number have been included in a special Christmas trailer running before all shows in our Digital Theatre throughout December so why not check out the works by the countryтАЩs budding new artists this Christmas break at Armagh Planetarium? ...

... The metallicity distribution of disk F stars in different age ranges: the left column for the sample of stars within 80 pc around the Sun; the right column for the restored complete sample at the solar galactocentric distance with allowance made for the radial metallicity gradient. The numbers indicate the age ranges expressed in billions of years. ... next figure . ...

... The described algorithm is suitable for measurements of complex images of stars. ... a) the zero-based number of stars in the complex (multicentric) image, . b) set of preliminary coordinates - x i , y i , for all stars, index i is number of a star, . ... i - index of a star in the complex image; . ... These parameters are calculated by a nonlinear method of a least squares.The main output parameters of this algorithm are x i , y i ; where the index i is number of a star in the multicentric image. ...

... ASRAS HOME . Radio Astronomy . ... About ASRAS . ... Our Observing Site . ... 2015 Mees Tour Guides . ... We're offering Regular Tours (a presentation on astronomy geared to a general audience, followed by a tour of the observatory and (hopefully!) observing of several objects, which may include the Moon, planets, nebulae, star clusters and perhaps galaxies), and Kids' Tours (a more interactive presentation specially aimed at youngsters plus the observatory tour and observing) as in prior years. ...

The ultimate load . ... During next several days project “Send your name to Mars” ( http://spacekids.hq.nasa.gov/2003 ) will stop taking names. The last day will be on November 15, 2002. ... Step 1 . ... Write your name, mark time and click the button “add my name”. ... Please write down time and certificate number exacting it can be in its last days. ... Calculate the difference between End and Start time (in minutes), and the difference between your last and first Certificate’s Number. ...

... 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. ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... News . ... In the following article, I used the wrong number to get the circumference of the Earth at the latitude of Cape Canaveral, which ironically is what I accuse Ms. vos Savant of as well! ... At the Equator, the Earth spins at 1000 miles per hour (the Earth is 24,000 miles around, and spins once every 24 hours). ... The math is a wee bit hairy, but not too bad, to calculate the circumference of the Earth at Cape Canaveral assuming the Earth is an ellipse with these numbers...

PROJECT ARTIST Title : Astronomy-Related Teacher In-Service Training Type : Award NSF Org : ESI Latest Amendment Date : August 14, 1992 File : a9154832 Award Number: 9154832 Award Instr.: ... It is designed to : (a) provide education in astronomy and basic scientific principles for teachers and (b) provide teachers with the means to communicate these concepts in an inquiry fashion to students. ... The cost sharing of the project will be at least twelve percent of the project. ...

. Computer Ephemeris. Lunar eclipse numerical map. Explanations. First portion of the page contains coordinates of sub-lunar points during the eclipse. Every point is represented with two numbers: geodetic longitude and geodetic latitude, both in degrees. Second portion of the page contains coordinates of the points at terminator line for the moments of contacts. There are 360 points on the lines, tens of them per line. The starting angle is indicated in the leftmost column.