Determination of short-term proper motions of fast stars with Pulkovo Normal Astrograph. ... Khovritchev Laboratory of Astrometry and Stellar Astronomy of the Pulkovo Observatory, RAS, Saint-Petersburg Observations Normal Astrograph (D/F=33 cm/3.5m), CCD camera: S2C, FOV = 18x16 arcmin, Pixel size 900x900 mas Determination of the new proper motions of 413 LSPM stars 1 epoch : CCD-surveys and catalogs -- M2000, CMC14, 2MASS, SDSS DR7 2 epoch : CCD-observations with the ...

According to the # 7.1. of the Acting Statutes/Regulations on the International Astronomy Olympiad there should be an Authorized National Representative (Astronomical) Organization (ANRAO) in every participating state: A national astronomical society, a department (section) of the EAAS or IAU in the state, a leading observatory, an astronomical department of a leading university, a ministry of education or another appropriate competent institution. ...

... Space flight . ... Simulators . ... Space camp . Space Hotel . ... Virtual reality-based stand for ISS crew training is used for cosmonauts pre-training preparation at different stages of training for the space flight. ... At present cosmonauts and astronauts can work both with the SM and FGB images independently and having them in mated state. ... Info: Industry news On-line Data Company ATLAS news Events We in press Contact . Copyright 2000-2016 ATLAS Aerospace . ...

... 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 . ...

Russian SHAREABLE DATA CENTER Institute of Solar-Terrestial Physics SB RAS . ... The algorithm and appropriate program for decametric radiosignal propagation conditions prediction for paths from 500 to 9000 km have been developed at ISTP SB on the basis of normal wave method (AltyntsevaB.I,Iliyin N.V., Kurkin V.I. and others //Decameters channel simulation on the base of normal wave method . ... Solar activity indices are chosen automatically from the prediction date from the database . ...

... But the Moon has another influence on the Earth that cause changes noticeable only over longer periods of time. ... This wouldn't matter if the Moon orbit was aligned with the Earth's equator. ... The Earth's spin resists this change. The tug-of-war between spin and Moon causes the Earth's axis to precess , or wobble. ... The spring equinox occurs when the path of the Sun on the sky crosses the Earth's equatorial plane moving north. ... What are the reasons for the Earth's seasons? ...

... 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. ...

Ground Support of RadioAstron . Control and Tracking Stations . RadioAstron satellite control (command transmission, telemetry, orbit measurements) will be conducted from Evpatoria and Bear Lake control stations. ... Coarse orbit measurements will be carried out from control stations. Each measurement takes ten minutes. ... Orbit measurements at tracking stations give only radial component of spacecraft velocity but the measurements are going continuously during observing sessions. ...

LIPSKIY-RODIONOVA' LUNAR ANTIPODES AS PRECURSORS OF A REGULAR WAVE PLANETOLOGY G.G.Kochemasov IGEM of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia kochem@igem.ru / Fax: (009)(095)230 21 79 The first observations of the lunar far side allowed to compare it with the near side and draw very important conclusions in the very beginning of planetary studies based on spacecrafts. ... Celestial bodies are dichotomic. ... The concept of celestial bodies includes Sun (a star) as one of them. ...

. It's easy to overwrite (clobber) existing files when you are redirecting output to a file. To prevent this from happening you need to set the noclobber shell variable by adding a line to your shell start-up file . Depending on which shell you are using this is: . C shell . set noclobber . TC shell . set noclobber . Korn shell . set -o noclobber . BASH . set noclobber .

Armagh Planetarium Mars HiRISE Wallpapers . High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) is flying onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) mission. Mouse over the thumbnails for a larger view of the image. ... When the image has entirely loaded, right click on it and choose option 'Set as background' or 'Set as wallpaper' depending of your Windows version. ... Historical Images . ... Mars Wallpapers . 1024 x 768 px . 1600 x 1200 px . Image Info . ... 1600 x 1200 pix . ...

The efficiency of interaction of radiation with a particle and hence its optical properties depend on the particle chemical composition, size, shape, structure, etc. ... Particle size expressed in units of the wavelength of incident radiation, together with chemical composition, most strongly affects the optical properties of a scatterer. ... There are many methods to solve the light-scattering problem for a homogeneous spheroid (our survey of the light-scattering methods see here ). ...

Клуб Скептиков] [Конференция] . 60. whocares : re: Скептицизм и пофигические практики . ... Юрий Тихонравов Скептицизм и псхофизические практики Skeptik re: Скептицизм и псхофизические практики 23-Июл (21:04) Юрий Тихонравов re: Скептицизм и псхофизические практики 24-Июл (09:19) Skeptik re: Скептицизм и псхофизические практики 24-Июл (18:15) Юрий Тихонравов re: Скептицизм и псхофизические практики 24-Июл (18:35) Сократ re: Скептицизм и псхофизические ...

The stars. The Stars - are the shining (plasma) spheres like the Sun. ... The star’s masses M are from 0,04 to 60 л ¤ , luminary (L) from 0,5 to hundreds thousand L ¤ (see later). ... On the definite step of the stars evolution the stars come through the period of nonstationarity (see "nonstationary stars" ). Depending on mass the stars become at the end of evolution the white dwarfs or the neutron stars or the black holes . ... The supernew stars. ... The nebula Loop of the Swan . ...

Scale-heights of the Galactic disk subsytems with different ages and metallicities . V.Marsakov & Yu. ... It is based on the fact, that all stars cross the disk plane several times during their Galactic orbital period. ... We have used our representative sample of nearby disk F2-G2 stars Marsakov & Shevelev (1995) in which fundamental stellar parameters was determined on the basis of published date on uvby-photometry, proper motion and radial velocities. ... Marsakov V.A., Shevelev Yu.G. Bull. ...

... The mount is also adjustable so you can orient the axis of rotation to make it parallel with the Earth's axis of rotation (see the section on Polar Alignment). ... Locate the opening in the equatorial mount on the DEC axis. ... To mount the telescope tube: 1. ... ADJUSTING THE MOUNT FOR POLAR ALIGNMENT In order for the clock drive to track accurately, the telescope's axis of rotation must be parallel to the Earth's axis of rotation, a process known as polar alignment. ... R.A. & DEC axis ! ...

DISCLAIMER: The larger the aperture, the more light a telescope will gather and the fainter the object you can see. Here is a range of magnitudes you might expect to see. Given excellent sky conditions and good optics, a well trained eye can sometimes add up to 0.8 magnitude to these values. Limiting Magnitude depends on much more than the instruments aperture. ... One formula is for aperture in inches the other is for aperture in millimeters. ... Aperture (inches) . ... 15.2 . ...

... part 1 | ... Part 3 . The new circuit of global tectonics of the planets and their satellites . ... The "too hot" substance (magma) is formed of combination of different sort of atoms of chemical elements, spontaneously arising in the entrails of the pre-Earth cosmogenic vortex (and equal in entrails of other celestial object of spherical form). ... The water dropped out from the last it gradually was condensed and formed the widths of uniform Global ocean. ...

Birthday in Portugal . Einen lustigen Geburtstag gab es voriges Jahr mit Ruderern: Vor der Fahrt haben wir "Happy Birthday" und "Zum Geburtstag viel Glueck" (nach derselben englischen Melodie) gesungen, Beifall geklatscht . ... Ruderer-Geburtstag. ... For example, a sixteen year old would prefer to have a party with friends. ... Birthday Traditions in South Africa . Birthdays in South Africa is almost the same. ... Wen a child is ten, we prepare our homes and our costumes. ... Home page | ...

. MASTER II robotic telescope at Kislovodsk . MASTER LC depend on time from GRB trigger. Blue points are the image limits. ~21.