... Bad Astronomy . Misconceptions . ... Bad Astronomy : The Moon only shows one face to us because it is not rotating. Better astronomy : The Moon only shows one face because it is rotating, once every time it revolves around the Earth. ... Place the Moon model on the table about 30 centimeters (one foot) away with the X facing the Earth model. ... You'll see that to keep the X facing the Earth model, you have to rotate the Moon model as it goes around the Earth model . ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

... Expected NICMOS Performance after HST Servicing Mission 3 . NICMOS Cooling System Design . ... NASA is developing the NICMOS Cooling System (NCS) to provide operation of NICMOS beyond the exhaustion of its stored solid nitrogen cryogen. ... The NCS combines an external radiator identical in design to the ACS/STIS Aft Shroud Cooling System (ASCS) planned for SM3, a Creare, Inc. reverse-Brayton cycle turbine cooler, and an EVA installed neon loop to the NICMOS dewar's cooling coil. ...

... 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. ...

If you can see this, it means that the installation of the Russian Apache web server software on this system was successful. ... This page is here because the site administrator has changed the configuration of this web server. ... The Apache Software Foundation, which wrote the web server software this site administrator is using, has nothing to do with maintaining this site and cannot help resolve configuration issues. ... You are free to use the image below on an Apache-powered web server. ...

... The Galactic low-mass X-ray binary GS 2023+338 was discovered during the burst on May 22, 1989 with the Japanise satellite Ginga (aka Galaxy). The flux reached 17 crabs (this unit of flux measurement is an bright X-ray source, Crab Nebula) at 10-35 keV. ... No other radio telescope worldwide carried out multi-frequency measurements. ... Upon 14 days the radio flux fell below the detection level at the RATAN-600 in relation to the decrease of the X-ray flux. ...

... Phys. (U.S.S.R. ) 42, 1416-1418 (May, 1962) A series of size effects , which are determined by the relationships between the size of electron orbits and the size of a metallic sample, can be observed when a sample having a long fre e path is placed in a constant magnetic field. ... When the field is increased the radius of the electron orbit decreases, and the numbe r of return s of the electron throug h the skin layer durin g the fre e path time increases. ... The sample had a thickness of 0.54 mm ...

RADIOASTROPHYSICAL DEPARTMENT • INSTITUTE OF SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS RAS SB . Radio telescope 's beam 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 Receiving systems Main characteristics of the base receiving-recording complex Calibrations Data archive and databases Publication SSRT - Radio telescope's beam . ...

... Classified as a persistent source, on 2004 it showed a quiescent-like state. ... We present the long term temporal behaviour of 1E 1740.7­2942 observed by INTEGRAL and RXTE in 2004 and 2005, as well as preliminary results on possible spectral transitions. ... 1E 1740.7­2942 RXTE/PCA ligh curve based on short pointings in the energy range 6­12 keV. given. ... Our 2005 simultaneous INTEGRAL and RXTE observations were performed in high flux levels; as expected 1E 1740.7­2942 was in its Low/Hard state. ...

... Research objects and scientific purposes . Space scientific program includes development and launch of two supersmall spacecrafts "Universitetskiy" and "Kompas-2" intended for monitoring of radiation conditions near the Earth. ... All the studies conducted in the near-Earth space are characterised by strong radiation fields. ... The circular polar orbits, which cover all the near-Earth space, are the most favorable for comprehensive studies of the radiation conditions near the Earth. ...

This section of AMPLE provides a means for identification of minor planets. ... Due to special organization of the package, AMPLE permits the identification to be reliable fulfilled THROUGHOUT the TITLE YEAR. ... In such cases the result of identification depends on where the nearest opposition of inspected planet is situated, within basic interval lasted from November of preceding year to February of subsequent one or without it. ...

Электронная библиотека астронома-любителя. ... библиотека . архив RSN . ... Ru.Space.News: . Февраль 1998 . ... USA SPACEWARN 12918 COSPAR/WWAS USSPACECOM NUMBER SPACECRAFT INTERNATIONAL ID (CATALOG NUMBER) LAUNCH DATE,UT GLOBAL STAR U-1 1998-008A 25162 14 FEBRUARY 1998 GLOBAL STAR U-2 1998-008B 25163 14 FEBRUARY 1998 GLOBAL STAR L-1 1998-008C 25164 14 FEBRUARY 1998 GLOBAL STAR L-2 1998-008D 25165 14 FEBRUARY 1998 DR. JIM THIEMAN for DR.JOSEPH H. KING, DIRECTOR, WDC-A-R . ... 19, 1998. ...

October 14, 2006 ---------------- Version 3.1 ----------- As of this version, XmTel is considered stable for routine use. and it is useful for the control of telescopes for both amateur and professional uses. ... XmTel does not yet include the suite of pointing corrections that are already in the menu system (but disabled). ... With the offset correction a well-aligned small telescope will point to arc minute accuracy and well enough to put an object in a CCD camera field of view. ...

... October 8, 15:00 15:40 . ... PDF [7.2б MB] October 8, 15:40 16:10 . ... The sky brightness, atmospheric extinction, cloud coverage and auroral appearance are obtained from these images. ... Aurorae are identified by comparing the observed sky brightness to the sky brightness expected from this model. ... The identification of few potential sites for future's larger facility require several instruments, measuring various site characterizing parameters. ...

The direct detection of gravitational waves is one of those events long-expected by physicists that are nevertheless a significant occurrence which excites the world scientific community as if something unexpected has happened. ... Many rumors leaked ahead of the conference, and the fact that something (that is, a signal corresponding to gravitational waves) was discovered by LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) was discussed on the sidelines. ... arXiv:1602.03868 . ...

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... The unlocked gate at the entrance to the observatoryтАЩs gravel driveway should remain closed to prevent the public from driving back to the observatory. ... This means that if there are still members of the public present at the observatory who do not wish to leave by 11:30 PM they will be locked in the park until a keyholder leaves and secures the gate(s) behind him/her. ... Roll the roof back using the hand crank near the computer room. ... Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton, Inc., ...

... Last updated 10 October 2014 . ... Dr. Alasdair Dougal Mackey . ... Australian National University . ... 2004 - Ph.D., Institute of Astronomy and Trinity College, University of Cambridge . ... 2003-2006 - PPARC Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge . ... 2005 - Lecturer for Globular clusters and globular cluster systems (8 lectures), a course for first and second year Ph.D. б б б б б б б б б б б б б  students, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge . ...

... Integrated superconducting submm receivers and spectrometers. ... Development, study and optimization of the superconducting phase locked Local Oscillator for integrated spectrometer. ... Superconducting Integrated Submm Spectrometer for Laboratory Applications. ... Development, study and optimization of the superconducting phase locked Local Oscillator . ... The objective is to develop and study a superconducting Local Oscillator (LO) for an integrated submm spectrometer . ...

... Speckle polarimeter (previosly known as Multimode Fast Camera MFC) is an instrument which will implement several observational methods of astronomy in visible (BVRI bands): speckle interferometry, polarimetry, speckle polarimetry (including polaroastrometry), and fast photometry. The speckle polarimeter will be installed in one of auxiliary Nasmyth ports of 2.5 m telescope of Sternberg Astronomical Institute. Speckle interferometry. ... Tests of speckle polarimeter at 2.5 m telescope. ...

... Ciel Espace, le magazine qui vous guide toujours plus loin . ... des actualit–їs . ... Accueil Ce week-end, 2 grands festivals astro ! ... D–Rs ce samedi 28 septembre, et jusqu'au 6 octobre 2013, le Festival des deux infinis convie le grand public –Љ d–їcouvrir l'Univers –Љ travers un cycle de conf–їrences , une rencontre-colloque sur les sciences collaboratives en astronomie, ainsi que des promenades astronomiques dans la capitale , et m–Tme une soir–їe d'observation depuis le parc Montsouris ! ...