... I normally begin by asking the class what they think would be different if the Moon didn't exist, or if the Sun were closer to Earth, or if a star exploded nearby. ... The winds would be much stronger. ... In using what-if questions in the classroom, it is worth bearing in mind that students extrapolating the effects of new scenarios will encounter two different situations: direct changes to the new version of Earth and indirect changes resulting from the direct changes. ...

... Telescopes . ... Series 6000 APO Refractors . ... The StarNavigator 90 with AutoStar is a 90mm aperture, 800mm fl, f/8.8, refracting telescope that includes a DS2000 Generation II mount with #497 Autostar computerized keypad with over 30,000 object library database and automatic tracking and GOTO. The Meade 90mm StarNavigator Telescope also comes with 25mm and 9mm MA eyepieces and a Red-Dot Viewfinder, providing you with everything you'll need to have a successful night of universe watching. ...

. Prague, August 16, 2006 . Present classification : Suggested: . E, EA, EB, EW, EP E, EA, EC - contact (merging EB and EW), EP PN, WD, WR Remove from the classification, indicate through the spectral type or Remarks RS If such a star has eclipses, give notation like EA+RS, RS+EA . AR, D, DM, DS, DW, K, Remove from the classification; KE, KW, SD as a rule, these types in the GCVS are based on indirect evidence . ECLIPSING VARIABLES . (the description of the class should not mention close binarity)

... A language centre has helped move a group of Russian academics a step closer to realising their ambition of studying for a prestigious research degree in the UK. The scholars from Samara State Aerospace University lacked the English language skills needed to study at Glynd?r University for a PhD, one of the highest academic qualifications. ... This has seen Glynd?r University Professor Richard Day, Professor of Composites, visit Russia to deliver guest lectures to students at Samara. ...

A Simple Way to Estimate the Soft X-ray Class of Far-Side . Solar Flares Observed with STEREO/EUVI . ... Figure 1. The STEREO/EUVI 195 °A B-streaks typical of C-, M-, and X-class flares. Table 1: A list of flares registered both with GOES and STEREO/EUVI . ... Impulsive GOES M-class flares and their thin, single, long B-streaks. ... STEREO/EUVI B-streak and the peak of the SXR flux measured by GOES. ... A list of major far-side flares detected from B-streaks in STEREO/EUVI 195 °A images. ...

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 . ...

... Sun images . Magnetic storms online . Sun flares . ... Active areas . September : 2005 . ... X-ray emission of the Sun from 08.09.2005 to 09.09.2005 (GOES-) . Today, 15 solar flares were observed: . Active region . ... Flare of class M1.0 . 808 . ... Yesterday, 8 solar flares were observed: . ... Last updated: September 10, 2005 00:00 UT . ... 1953-2016 Laboratory of X-ray astronomy of the Sun, LPI RAS, Russia . ...

... Education . ... 2013: . Russian translation of the monograph "Tools of Radio Astronomy" by T.Wilson, K.Rohlfs and S.Huttemeister . The Russian translation of the monograph "Tools of Radio Astronomy" by T.Wilson, K.Rohlfs and S.Huttemeister was published (FIZMATLIT, 2012). ... Monograph "Tools of Radio Astronomy" by T.Wilson, K.Rohlfs and S.Huttemeister, translated from English under the editorship of S.A.Trushkin (with the participation of O.V.Verkhodanov), 5th edition - M. FIZMATLIT, 2012. ...

The 2dF QSO Redshift Survey (2QZ) . ... Before jumping into all the finer details of teh survey, a brief non-astronomer's guide to redshift surveys is available. ... The primary scientific aims of the QSO survey are: (1) to obtain the primordial fluctuation power spectrum out to COBE scales, (2) to determine the rate of QSO clustering evolution in the non-linear and linear regimes and hence obtain new limits on the value of and the bias parameter, (3) to apply a powerful geometric method to measure . ...

... 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 . ...

... Space flight . ... Space Hotel . ... Small orbital stations (SOS) are intended for the arrangement of flexible manned programs on commercial basis with the possibility of using the traditional Russian manned , cargo spacecrafts, their modifications and new modules oriented for the minimum costs and terms of orbital objects development . оThe principle of SOS building is as follows: it is developed not as a separate self-sufficient project of an ... It means a possibility of: . ...

Software Forum Message . ... Astronomy Software Discussion | ... Detailed Moon Map For HandMap And Handheld PCs (Palm Or Pocket) . ... Detailed Moon Map for HandMap . The first vectorised Moon Map for Pocket PC and Palm devices. ... Palm site: http://www.handmap.net/Palm/Moon-Map.htm . ... Pocket PC site: http://www.handmap.net/WinCE/Moon-Map-W.htm . ... Forum posts are Copyright their authors as specified in the heading above the post. "dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

... Subscriber Extras . ... Ask Astro . Web Extras . ... Behemoth black hole found in an unlikely place . ... black holes . ... Globular cluster NGC 2808, elliptical galaxy NGC 2986, and the Sextans Dwarf . ... Ask Astro web extra: Will all white dwarfs, regardless of the class of star that produced them, eventually become black dwarfs? ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... Receive full access to our Ask Astro answers . BONUS web extras not included in the magazine . ...

MATHEMATICAL MODELING: . ... This model is developed on the base of the probabilistic description of the collisional aeronomical processes and is realized on a computer as the numerical system (stochastic model). ... Shematovich, V.I., Bisikalo , D.V.             Nonequilibrium processes in the planetary and cometary atmospheres. ... In Russian) . ... Piarnpuu , A. A.; and Shematovich, V. I.       Construction of structural stochastic models of collision processes in rarefied gas media (abstract) . ...

ATMoB "Galaxy Observing Award " Guidelines Purpose: To promote observing among the membership of the Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston through participation in the Galaxy Observing Awards program. ... Examples of elliptical galaxies: M49, M59, M60, M87, NGC 4125. Limiting Magnitude Assessment: Spirals: A spiral galaxy consists of a flattened disk, with stars forming a (usually two-armed) spiral structure, and a central concentration of stars known as the bulge. ...

IACETH Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science Road traffic emissions in ff Switzerland: Results from the Results Gubrist tunnel Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science (IACETH), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ZЭrich (ETHZ) UniversitДtstrasse 16 CH-8092 ZЭrich, Switzerland email: Johannes.Staehelin@env.ethz.ch Johannes Staehelin 1. ... Road traffic emission models and Road emission tunnel measurements 3. ... Measurements of the Gubrist tunnel Measurements of 5. ...

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... RSC Energia after S.P. Korolev, . ... S.P.Korolev RSC Energia hosted training sessions under the crew-training program for Expedition Eighteen to the International Space Station (ISS-18), which were directed by Corporation specialists. ... Lonchakov and M. Barratt familiarized themselves with a set of tools needed to perform maintenance and repair work on-board ISS, on-board TORU training simulator, and ham radio equipment available on-board ISS RS. Official WEB-site of S.P.Korolev RSC Energia . ...

... Radiation mechanisms of astrophysical objects: classics today . ... The meeting will be held in the Conference Hall of the historical building of the Saint-Petersburg State University . It is located in the very center of the Saint-Petersburg city close to the most sights, including the Hermitage, the Peter and Paul fortress being the cradle of the city, and the famous Neva-embankment. ... Detailed information on the possible ways to reach the conference venue is given here . ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... On Thursday, February 15th 2001 (and replayed on March 19), the Fox TV network aired a program called ``Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon?'', hosted by X-Files actor Mitch Pileggi. ... Dust around the lander . ... However, it appeals to our common sense: when the sky is black here on Earth, we see stars. ... Bad: The program claims that when the top half of the lander took off from the Moon to bring the astronauts back into orbit, there was no flame from the rocket. ...