... 8, ``Celestial Mechanics'', 2002 Precession and free core nutation of neutron stars A. Gusev, I. Kitiashvili Kazan University, Russia In 1992 Wolszczan and Frail discovered a planetary system around the pulsar PSR 1257+12 [1]. ... Third case: the most likely possibility is the free precession of the pulsar with a rigid 81 neutron star. ... It is known that rotation of the terrestrial planets having rigid mantle and elliptical liquid core is characterized by Free Core Nutation (FCN). ...

... Spherical aberration, coma, and astigmatism are also easily observed using the star test. ... Off-axis images are complex. ... Fig. ... Diffraction by a circular aperture as a function of defocus for no aberration Airy Disk 1 wave defocus Less than 1 wave defocus Fig. ... Diffraction by a circular aperture as a function of defocus for third-order spherical aberration Paraxial Focus Small distance inside paraxial focus Moderate distance from marginal focus Immediate neighborhood of marginal focus Fig...

... This glossary is not meant to be an exhaustive list of techno-definitions. ... Is there a term you don't see here? ... Do you know how to pronounce the CONSTELLATIONS , STARS , or the PLANETS and their MOONS ? ... First Law - the orbit of each planet is an ellipse with the sun at a focus . ... LIGHT BUCKET: A common slang term for a large apertures . ... LIGHT POLLUTION: The illumination of the night sky caused by artificial light sources on the ground (streetlights, billboards, etc.) ...

... Under certain conditions, like those in the nucleus of a QSO, all atoms can be made to emit light at particular wavelengths. ... If that source is approaching the observer, the wave is squashed up onto itself making the wavelength shorter. ... This is redshift. ... You can see how the section of the QSO spectrum which we observe changes with redshift. ... We then see how far we had to slide the observed spectrum along the scale to make it match and that is the objects redshift. ... The 2QZ team . ...

The Calendar of Bloody A.tecs. Living in Central Mexico from the XII century to the being of the XVI century warlike A.tecs devoted much time to sciences including astronomy. For needs of agriculture A.tecs, using the knowledge received from the forecomers, developed the exact calendar system. 52 years of the moon-and-the sun cycle formed the basis of it (something like our conception of "a century"). ... A.tecs year was divided into 18 months with 20 days each. ... Mesopotamian astronomy. ...

... In particular, members of the project regularly organize events dedicated to various interesting astronomical phenomena and events - solar and lunar eclipses, transit of Venus, etc. On November 3rd a team of astronomers will venture deep into Turkana National Park, Kenya and attempt to broadcast the magic of a total solar eclipse to the world. ... Solar eclipse . A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, and the Moon fully or partially blocks the Sun from our view. ...

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http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1996/22/text/ Probing the mysterious heart of the Crab Nebula, the tattered remains of a stellar cataclysm witnessed more than 900 years ago, astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have found that the Crab is even more dynamic than previously understood, based on a cosmic "movie" assembled from a series of Hubble observations. ... Because of this flickering, the neutron star is also called a "pulsar." ...

... We compare our results with the GRANAT X-ray observations of the Galactic center (Churazov et al. ... It is instructive to compare our results for the Galactic center starburst with what might be expected for a continuous star formation, with the average rate characteristic for the whole Galaxy. For this continuous star formation model, we would expect to observe in the region of around the Galactic center about 10% of the total number of X-ray sources in the Galaxy. ...

... 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...

Computers become more and more popular nowadays. That means that the amount of people who are able to work with computer programmes and play computer games has increased. In many cases computer games are the only thing that a person is accustomed to. ... As a result of this epidemic "homo playing" may put on the isoreality helmet which makes a person, crazy about games, forget about food, slumber and all other components of real life: "homo playing" becomes isolated from community. ...

... A comparison of the computed and experimental relations F max ( H), as well as comparison of drift scans of point sources across different horizontal cross-sections of the BP with the corresponding computed cross-sections were made. ... The drift scans of the point source 3С84 (H=87 o ) at the wavelength 7.6 cm across the horizontal cross-sections of the BP (black lines) and the computed horizontal cross-sections of the BP corresponding to them (red lines). ...

Общая Астрономическая Конференция > Товары для астрономов > Полезное для астрономии > Книга Planetary Nebulae by S. J. Hynes . ... Просмотр полной версии : Книга Planetary Nebulae by S. J. Hynes . Olegus . 04.09.2011, 13:27 . ... Planetary Nebulae: A Practical Guide and Handbook for Amateur Astronomers : Includes 253 Finder Charts and a catalog of 1340 Objects . ...

... S.P. KOROLEV ROCKET AND SPACE CORPORATION ENERGIA . ... News . ... After that a delegation of representatives of S.P.Korolev RSC Energia, of the town of science Korolev and of the family of S.P. Korolev laid flowers to memorial plaques and monuments to the Chief Designer both on the corporate premises and in the town of Korolev, as well as in Moscow to the monument to S.P. Korolev on the premises of the Central Museum of Space Flight and to the Kremlin wall at the Sergei Korolev's burial place. ...

... SUPER RATIO . ... On this page I will present the most important (on my opinion) idea on Intellegence Life in the Universe . ... On the problem of the Super Ratio in astrophysics" . ... As a matter of fact, this is the main problem of the modern natural science. ... Here I shall try to speak about the most important problem of the modern natural science, the problem which is undoubtedly, of more importance than discovery of Blacks Holes, creation of Grand Unification Theory or Artificial...

. NASA Johnson Space Center Oral History Project . Photos provided by Sharon McDougle . Explanation of the symbolism of the motif created in honor of . Dr. Mae C. Jemison becoming the first woman of color to journey into space. Select image for higher resolution .

Bill Boroski, Terry Sager, Chuck Wilson, Angie Prosapio, and Steve Bastian worked their tails off to accomplish the alignment work needed for the next dark run. ... Terry and Chuck set lines for sighting from the windscreen, across the mirror cell. ... Bill and Angie zero out the telescope position. Chuck and Terry begin taking measurements. And more measurements.. ... Staying the extra day and putting in the extra effort made for a successful trip. ...

To see a Russian version of this page, click here . ... Bochkarev Nikolai Gennadievich . astrophysics researcher: . born: Moscow, May 19, 1947; . ... Jr. researcher Sternberg Astronomical Inst., ... Soviet (Russian) Working Group on Interstellar Matter, Moscow , 1979-; . ... Madison, 1991. ... ALocal Interstellar Matter, 1990, . Basic Physics of the Interstellar Matter, 1992; co-author: . ... Physics of Interstellar Matter, 1979; . ... All-Union Astronom. Geodesical Soc., ... Astronom. ...

... SSAU History . SSAU roadmap . ... Student clubs . ... On June 27 SSAU student Vladislav Kozlov has become the winner in a medley relay of 4x100 meters at the European Games in Baku within the Russian team in swimming. ... Vladislav Kozlov, the first year student of SSAU Institute of Electronics and Instrumentation, at the last stage of freestyle swim managed to bring victory to his team ahead of the English and Polish sportsmen. ... e-mail: ssau@ssau.ru . http://www.ssau.ru . ...

. Предисловие. Введение. Глава 1. НЕМНОГО ТЕОРИИ. 1. Свет, оптические детали и характеристики систем. 2. Конические сечения. Поверхности вращения. 3. Как работает телескоп? . 4. Простейший телескоп. 5. Аберрации. 6. Ахроматические линзы. 7. Идеальный объектив и тонкая структура изображения. 8. Разрешающая сила телескопа. 9. Предельные увеличения телескопа. 10. Эффективность телескопа. 11. Типы телескопов.