... The axial support is provided by 78 air pistons. ... The transverse support is provided by 38 air pistons, supported by cantilevers from the mirror cell, that act on the mirror local center of gravity surface. ... The locations where the transverse mirror support forces should be applied to the mirror are listed in Table 1 and illustrated in Figure 1. ... Figure 1: CAD drawing showing the 2.5-m primary mirror and the locations of the transverse support posts (black) and axial pneumatic pistons (blue...

... In particular we searched for giant flares from nearby galaxies (~2--4 Mpc) M82, M83, NGC 253, and NGC 4945 in the BATSE data. No candidates alike giant SGR flares were found. ... Nevertheless, we do not see any significant excess of short GRBs from the Virgo galaxy cluster and from galaxies Arp 299 and NGC 3256 with extremely high star formation rate. ... With this constraint the fraction of possible extragalactic SGR hyperflares among BATSE short GRBs should not exceed few percents. ...

... arXiv.org . astro-ph . ... 1] oai:arXiv.org:1012.5438 [ pdf ] - 1386111 . ... Lemmon, Tyler J. ; Mondragon, Antonio R. Comments: 20 pages, 3 figures. Focus of paper is model with relativistic mass in the gravitational potential. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:0906.1221 . Submitted: 2010-12-24 , last modified: 2016-04-07 . ... Latitudinal Distribution of the Photospheric Magnetic Fields of Different Magnitudes . ... Submitted: 2015-04-09 , last modified: 2016-04-07 . ...

... By understanding how life formed on Earth, astrobiologists hope to find clues on how to find life elsewhere. ... As these stars die, they spew organic molecules out into the interstellar medium where new stars form. The formation of a new star may include a planetary system with Earth-like planets that in turn will contain organic molecules right from the start. ... This new discipline has tremendous potential for revolutionizing science education. ... We need to "hook" students. ...

... SSAU History . SSAU roadmap . ... Equipment testing began on January 4. ... The magnetometer Shtil-M No. 2 is equipped with six sensors that measure the magnetic field in different compartments of the device, fix electrical discharges and the impact of the space environment on the equipment functionality. ... The magnetometer Shtil-M No. 2 is the third unit of the series, which was created in SSAU Institute of Space Device Engineering led by Professor Nicholay Syomkin. ... e-mail: ssau@ssau.ru . ...

... Unlike the previous digital-only Messages, Arecibo-1974 and Evpatoria-1999, the TAM has complex, three-section structure with different forms of information. Section 1 represents coherent sounding radio signal with slow Doppler wavelength tuning to imitate transmission from Sun's center. ... Section 2 is an analog information and represents musical melodies, performed on the Theremin. ... There were seven musical compositions in the 1st Theremin Concert for Aliens. ...

... 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. ...

... Bad Astronomy . Misconceptions . ... Bad Astronomy : "That's as remote as the dark side of the Moon!" ... As the tired, hackneyed refrains went on, one in particular caught my ear: " Fly me away to the bright side of the moon, and meet me on the other side." ... As the Moon orbits the Earth, different parts of it get illuminated by the Sun. ... Bad Addendum : At the end of the album "Dark Side of the Moon" by Pink Floyd, there is a voiceover that actually says "There is no dark side of the moon. ...

... The library in this directory is used by some other programs. ... Compile indiserver, inditel, indiutil, and xmtel (not xmtel1). ... If you do not use /dev/ttyS0 for serial connections, modify "TELSERIAL" in the protocol.h file of your choice to point to the port you will use. Alternatively, to use the control panel without INDI, compile only xmtel1 (not xmtel) and copy it to /usr/local/bin. ... Files in the observatory directory should be writable by any user who will be operating the telescope. ...

RADIOASTROPHYSICAL DEPARTMENT • INSTITUTE OF SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS RAS SB . Support of activities at the Radio telescope General information Main characteristics of the Radio telescope Observing programs General view of the antenna array Main research areas Principle of generation of radio images Radio telescope 's beam Receiving systems Main characteristics of the base receiving-recording complex Calibrations Data archive and databases Publication of ... 9.4 GHz band. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Space Flight . ... According to recent government figures, the UK space industry contributes бе9bn to the economy each year and supports tens of thousands of jobs.б  Working closelyб  with Invest Northern Ireland, Aerospace, Defence and Security Industries NI, CCEA has developed a new Level 2 Space Science Technology qualification to give learners aged 14-16 the necessary skills and expertise needed in Northern IrelandБЂ™s growing space industry. ...

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? ...

... Цвет: мандариновый . Бюстгальтер Cristal от SANS COMPLEXE. На косточках. ... Цвет: серый . ... Материал верха: искусственная кожа . ... Материал подошвы: искусственный материал . ... Сланцы North Face. ... Материал: искусственная кожа. ... Цвет: белый . ... Материал: текстиль, пластик. ... Цвет: Коричневый . ... За счет уникального кроя, деталям разной длины подходит женщинам с любым типом фигуры. ... Длина кабеля: 3 м; . Цвет: черный ; . ... Материал: медь ; . ...

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Russian SHAREABLE DATA CENTER Institute of Solar-Terrestial Physics SB RAS . ... Here we present the ionospheric parameters variations for quiet conditions. ...

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The possibility of recovery of the vertical distribution of the magnetic field in umbrae by line width differences S.G. Mozharovsky Ussuriysk Astrophysical Observatory of FEB RAS, Ussuriysk, Russia sw@newmail.ru Abstract. This article studies the possibility of recovery of the vertical distribution of the magnetic field in the photospheric layers of sunspot umbra by the Difference of the Line profile Absolute Widths of neutral zirconium ? ... 2) Line profiles for cold models have extended wings. ...

... The VSM: Lunokhod-2 25-year anniversary . Luna-21 with Lunokhod-2 landed on Moon 16 January 1973. ... All photos here except full Moon and Mare Serenitatis were made by author in NPO Lavochkina museum. ... which is very similar to Lunokhod-2, except its cameras. Luna-21 landed 15 Jan at 23:35 GMT inside 55-km Le Monnier crater on the eastern edge of Mare Serenitatis. ... Frame - Mare Serenitatis . ... Any wheel could be permanently disconnected from its motor if the motor gets stuck. ...

... IAU planet classification Observing with a Telescope Large Scale Structure The observables: Local Group (size 1 Mpc) Virgo cluster (size 2+ Mpc) Virgo supercluster (size ~33 Mpc) Voids (size ~ 10-150 Mpc), Walls and sheets, aka filaments (size ~ 50-80+ Mpc) 1 parsec The nearest star is 1.2 parsecs away (Proxima Centuri). ... Virgo supercluster Voids, Sheets Filaments The Virgo Cluster is a cluster of galaxies at a distance of about 18.0 Mpc away in the constellation Virgo. ...

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