. Cosmology . Very Early Universe . Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropy . Dark Matter Models . Large Scale Structure . High Energy Astrophysics . Active Galactic Nuclei . Astrophysics of Compact Objects . Accretion Disks . Scientific Staff:

M87 Gas Disk and Optical Jet (STSci) . SEDS Messier Catalogue M87 Page (U. Arizona) . Black Hole and Jet in M87 (NASA/GSFC) . ... The large scale radio structure is shown in the 3CRR Atlas . Richard White's Virgo Cluster page has optical and X-ray images of the large-scale environment of M87 . ... HST Observes Distant Radio Galaxies (STScI) . HST Finds a Black Hole in NGC4261 (STScI) . HST finds a Bare Black Hole Pouring out Light in NGC6251 . ... Alan Bridle's Home Page . ...

... V838 Mon is a member of a new class of eruptive variables which appear as a peculiar novae having late K-M type spectra in their outburst. Before its outburst, it was a wide binary system of B3V type stars. ... The B3V companion was seen in the outburst in the UV spectrum taken with HST (Rauch et al., ... In the latest spectra, the light of B3V companion was predominating in the short-wave photometric bands. ... CCD blue frames of V838 Mon before the eclipse (left) and in the eclipse (right). ...

Nowadays at the Department the experimental and theoretical investigations, including astronomical and ionospheric observations, active experiments with space vehicles are taking place. ... Solar Corona physics and erruptive phenomenae. ... Stellar astronomy. ... The Department has organized and put into practice more then 50 expeditions for observation of Solar ecllipces, aurorae polaris, comets, meteor streams, controlled space experiments, and also for investigations of geophysical characteristics. ...

... The probability to see blazars with INTEGRAL instruments will increase with time as better limits will be achieved and the chance to have an observation during flaring episode will also correspondingly increase. Key words: INTEGRAL satellite, blazars. ... IBIS total exposure times for blazars, CP data, revolutions 1­250. ... Within the INTEGRAL observation, the S5 0716+714 was detected only by IBIS ISGRI at 4.5 sigma, in 30­ 60 keV band, for a count rate of 0.11 counts s-1 (exposure 280 ksec). ...

... This is usually defined as the direction pointing toward the center of the primary body. ... NODE: The place where the plane of one orbit crosses the plane of another. ... ORBITAL PLANE: The flat surface that would result if every point on the orbit of a body was connected to the center of its primary. ... PENUMBRA: The edge of the primary body's shadow. ... PERIOD : The time required for one body to orbit the primary body. ... PROBE: A vessel designed to pass and observe an astronomical object. ...

... We have used a coupled dynamical and chemical model to examine the chemical changes caused by the passage of a density wave propagating into the protostellar cloud. ... The chemical coupling between gas and dust causes locally increased number densities of active ra dicals, such as C, N, O, NH, and OH, and hydrogen saturated molecules CH 4 , NH 3 and H 2 O. We show that chemical evolution in the post-wave gas can account for the observed abundance of water and NH 3 observed in interstellar clouds. ...

... The problems of complexity in coagulation: specification 1. ... Numerical experiments Task 1: Activation threshold Final clot density VS activation : model reduction Factor V is activated 7 6 7 6 No factor V activation Fibrin 4 3 2 1 0 0.00 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.08 0.10 0.12 Fibrin 5 5 4 3 2 1 0 0.00 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.08 0.10 0.12 Activation Activation y= Ae ( Bx 1 ) y = Ax Final clot density VS activation : the experiment Fibrin clot density (a.u.) 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 ...

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." ...

. My astronomical research interests center on galaxy structure and evolution. Current topics include: . Polar-ring and interacting galaxies (see also new catalogue ) . Galaxy warps: statistics, properties and origin . Spiral galaxies at z~1: radial and vertical structure of stellar disks, statistics of interactions . Surface photometry and kinematics, dynamical modeling . Observational cosmology . Joomla Counter since Sep 1997

... Most Important Journals . Less Popular Astronomical Journals . Physics . Space, Selectial mechanics, .. Russian Journals . ... Astrophysics & Astronomy . ... Astronomical Journal . ... New Astronomy . ... Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific . ... STScI News . Space Telescope Insitute Newsletter . ... Journal of Astronomical Data . ... Journal of High-Energy Physics (mirror in CERN ) [astro, grav, hi-energy .. ... Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics . ...

History of an outer space exploration . ... The first space rockets . ... In space where there is no air, the engine which is not using air, i.e. the rocket installation is necessary for a flight vehicle. ... The Tsiolkovsky has understood, that firm kinds of fuel are not suit for space flights and has offered to use rocket engines on liquid fuel. ... Tsiolkovsky made a great contribution to the theory of rocket flight. ... From a satellite of the Earth before lunar landing . ...

... Dept. for Physics of Stars&Galaxies . ... Using a database view Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), containing almost a million spectra created 15,000 sample galaxies with active star formation, which is used for various studies and physical state of evolution of galaxies. ... Star clusters of the Galaxy . The project MWSC (Milky Way Star Clusters) directory using 2MASS, which includes nearly 500 million vision to the limit Ks = 15.3, analyzed more than 4,000 cluster-like objects in the galaxy. ...

This document explains values, tables and other matters on solar physics computing pages. ... is040423.ete : SAHA-S tables, interpolation values: T, rho, X. Z is fixed at 0.02. See reference above. opal2005.etf : OPAL EOS, interpolation values: T, rho, X, Z. Downloaded from OPAL site , marked there as "2005", seems to be unpublished. opal2001.etf : OPAL EOS, interpolation values: T, rho, X, Z. Rogers F.J., Nayfonov A. Astrophys. ... The following values can be calculated: . ... dimensionless . ...

... In spite of the good potential possibilities, some of the station "Dnepr" design characteristics did not allow us to apply the usual special IS radar measurement methods. ... Thus for IS signal measurements at the "Dnepr" station, we have developed special methods for recording and processing IS signals in order to determine plasma ionospheric parameters. ... Equations (4-5) from the basis for data post processing to obtain ionosphere parameters. ...

. Authors: A.A. Suchkov , V.A. Marakov . Journal: Pis'ma Astron. Zh., 1976, v.2, p.38-385. Metallisity function of globular clusters in the Galaxy is constructed. It is found to have three "humps". This leads to a conclusion that there were three metal enrichment outbursts during the period of globular cluster formation. The constraints on the nature of metal sourses and on the early evolution of Galaxy are considered.

In Memory of Vsevolod Gantmakher . ... Having received his Ph.D. in 1964, V. Gantmakher continued work at the Institute of Solid State Physics (ISSP) of the USSR Academy of Sciences, which had been founded a year before. For the next three years, he worked on his D.Sc. thesis at IPP. ... For many years, as an outstanding personality and highest scientific authority, V.Gantmakher made a remarkable contribution to creating a friendly atmosphere and a creative approach to the research work at ISSP. ...

... Image Quality of the VLT . Total Optical Control . First light for the ESO VLT unit telescope 1 occurred during the workshop. ... The image shown (Figure 1 ) here was obtained with the VLT on May 16, 1998, in red light (R band), i.e. while the mirror was still uncoated. ... In this diagram (FIgure 2), the measured image quality of the VLT UT1 astronomical images is plotted versus the ``seeing", as measured by the Seeing Monitor, a small telescope also located on top of the Paranal Mountain. ...

The Earth. ... The middle raiding of the Earth is 6371,032 km, the pole 6356,777 km equatorial - 6378,160 km. The Earth surface area is 510,2 mln km^2, 70,8% of which is the World ocean. ... According to the modern cosmogonical views the Earth was formed 4,6 - 4,7 billions years ago from the protoplanet cloud captured by the Sun. ... The Earth is conditionally divided into 3 parts: a bark a cloak and a core (in the centre). The external layer - the bark is 35 km thick. ... Above the Earth. ...

... Spectroscopy of white dwarf atmospheres has revealed metal pollution indicative of active accretion of rocky material (Gansicke et al. 2012), though the source of the debris - perhaps a disk of asteroids or tidally disrupted planets - is unknown. ... In addition, since typical white dwarfs are roughly Earth-sized, the transit of an Earth-sized planet can cause changes in brightness on the order of several tens of percent for durations on the order of one minute (Agol 2011). ...