... Bad Astronomy . Misconceptions . ... Bad Astronomy : "We're light years more advanced than our competition!" ... Even the closest astronomical object, the Moon, is 400,000 kilometers away! ... A beam of light will travel 9,500,000,000,000 kilometers in one year. This distance is defined as a light year ; the distance light travels in a year. ... This is another example of Bad Astronomy; like a light year, a parsec is a unit of distance, not time (to be specific, it equals 3.26 light years) . ...

... 08.04.2016 12 апреля состоится гала-концерт Студенческой весны СГАУ . ... Информация Новости В СГАУ прошел первый семинар, посвященный анализу рейтинга компании 'QS Intelligence Unit' . ... В СГАУ состоялся первый семинар, посвященный анализу рейтинга QS, составленный компанией QS Intelligence Unit (Лондон). ... С лекцией о системе мировых рейтингов выступил специалист компании QS Intelligence Unit Хиллол Наг. ... Следующий семинар в формате видеоконференции пройдет в СГАУ 6 мая. ... http://сгау.рф ...

Chair of solid state physics . ... Students and postgraduate students . ... Basics of the experimental techniques . ... Units of physical quantities, systems of units, standards. ... Description of the measuring systems by differential equations. Backward influence of the measuring system on the experimental object: matching. ... Structure of the measuring systems. ... Interface between the computer and the measuring system. ... High-frequency generators and measuring systems. ...

Data Flow System IR Camera Calibrating VISTA Data Astronomy Unit Queen Mary University of London Jim Emerson Simon Hodgkin, Peter Bunclark, Mike Irwin, Jim Lewis Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit , Institute of Astronomy , Cambridge The United Kingdom Astronomy Technology Centre on the site of the Royal Observatory Edinburgh VISTA Data Flow Transfer function (image in, DN out) of end-to-end system so that instrumental effects can be removed from the data. ... VISTA?? ...

... Telescopes . ... The spectrograph is installed in the Nasmyth focus of the BTA telescope, the equivalent focal length is 186 m (F/31). ... The preslit device unit is marked by number 3. ... Fig. ... slit unit of the MSS, 4.1 ? ... The spectrograph slit unit consists of a mirror that redirects the light beam from the Z axis and from the calibration path at an angle of 65њ to the axis of the telescope focus into the slit, the order separation filter, the block of the slit and the shutter (Item 4 in...

... ISC Kosmotras . Top Management Founder of ISC Kosmotras - Dr. Vladimir A. Andreev News . ... Mr. Vladimir Andreev, Director General of ISC Kosmotras , held a meeting with His Excellency Mr. Omar Saif Ghobash, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Arab Emirates to the Russian Federation on April 16, 2009. ... Both sides expressed mutual interest in the development of cooperation between ISC Kosmotras and UAE companies. ... E-mail: info@kosmotras.ru . ...

. December 10,1998 - Laminar flow units were integrated to the clean tent at IKI test area. November 15,1998 - Integration of the Clean tent at IKI test area is finished. September 25,1998 - the clean tent laminar flow units (fLeicester University, UK) are put at IKI test room. August 28,1998 - the clean tent supporting structure is assembled . August 6, 1998 - integration of the bottom level of the clean tent supporting structure . Last updated Nov. 16, 1998 by V.Arefiev, gita@hea.iki.rssi.ru .

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... The hexagonal (rhombohedral) form of aluminum oxide is variously called alpha-Al 2 O 3 , alumina (usually applied to the non-fully-dense polycrystalline ceramic), corundum (mineral name), ruby (red [chromium containing] corundum), or sapphire (blue corundum; also frequently used to denote the pure, synthetic crystal). ... The high mechenical and dielectric strength of aluminum oxide make it a desirable laser host material. ...

Sleeping cabin . Control station . Engines . Forward docking unit . Hatch . "Luch" satellite antenna . Rear docking unit . Rendezvouz antennas . Seats . Side berthig ports . Table . Toilet compartment . Treadmill .

University Satellites and . Space Science Education . ... THE UNITED NATIONS BASIC SPACE SCIENCE INITIATIVE Hans J. Haubold United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, Vienna International Centre, A-1400 Vienna, Austria (hans.haubold@unvienna.org) Pursuant to recommendations of the United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNISPACE III) and deliberations of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer ...

A computer controlled low light photometer for nightglow observations. Hardware units of portable photometer for low light measurements, especially night glow emission is described. ... Interface card contain three channels of 24 bit counter, 4 channels of 12 bit ADC and the buffer bus for the controlled motors of the altazimuthal fork mounting and filters wheel, the position encoders. ... Where N( ) is output signal photometer generated input light flux F( l ) . ... PMT # . 599 . ...

... ARTICLE: The Adventurous Search For The Astronomical Unit . ... Kepler himself had suggested to use the rare occasions of Venus transiting (crossing) the solar disk to measure our distance to the planet. ... Due to the orbital inclination of Venus against the ecliptic of 3.5°, a Venus transit is so rare that it happens only at intervals of 121.5 years, 8 years, 105.5 years, 8 years and so on. ... Crabtree witnessing the transit of Venus 1639 . ... Transits of Venus - The Quest for the Solar Parallax...

... Egypt, Arab Republic of . ... Libyan Arab People's Socialist Jamahiriya . ... Guinea, People's Rev. Republic . ... Benin, People's Republic of . ... Cape Verde Islands . ... Ascension Island . ... Seychelles Islands . ... Reunion Island . ... Mayotte Island . ... Faroe Islands . ... Albania, Socialist Republic of . ... Romania, Socialist Republic of . ... Falkland Islands . ... Christmas Island and Cocos Islands . ... Norfolk Island . ... Tonga Islands . ... Solomon Islands . ... 809 . ...