... In this activity, students will observe that the faintest stars which they can see in the sky are affected by many things: the adaptation of their eyes to the dark, the presence of clouds or haze, the time of year, and the presence of light pollution. General Information . ... After completing this activity, students should have a better understanding of the practical processes for dealing with the light pollution problem and with other environmental and societal issues. << previous page | ...

... Classes . ... TelescopeTCP Class Reference . This TelescopeClient class can controll a telescope by communicating to a server process ("telescope server") via the "Stellarium telescope control protocol" over TCP/IP. ... TelescopeTCP (const QString &name, const QString &params, Equinox eq=EquinoxJ2000) . ... getInfoString (const StelCore *core, const InfoStringGroup &flags) const . ... getEquinoxEquatorialPos (const StelCore *core) const . ... getJ2000GalacticPos (const StelCore *core) const . ...

... Read Mark BosloughУ?т??т??s blog on the Jupiter impact . ... Mineral analysis of lunar crater deposit prompts a second look at the impact cratering process . Researchers have discovered a rock body across the floor of Copernicus Crater that appears to bear the mineralogical signature of rocks that were present before the impact that made the crater. ... Not detectable in the crater image (inset), deposits are visible only in light at certain wavelengths. ...

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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) . ...

Apollo 15 . Return to Apollo 15 . ... S71-43203 (9 Aug. 1971) --- Astronauts David R. Scott, left foreground, and James B. Irwin, right foreground, join the Manned Spacecraft Center's (MSC) geologists in getting first looks at some of the first Apollo 15 samples to be opened in the Non-Sterile Nitrogen Processing Line (NNPL) in the MSC Lunar Receiving Laboratory. ... Partially obscured, near center of photo is Dr. William Phinney, and to his left is Dr. James W. Head. ...

Comment on the International Jubilee Symposium . ... The usefulness of the Internet as a method of holding international meetings without the expense of travel is also clear, but this new medium is not yet well established in this role. ... How can we move on with international cooperation in the World Wide Web era? I would like to suggest that NASA's Planetary Data System is a good model. ... At the same time, much might be done with older images, by scanning prints to create new digital files. ...

... RSAA Director, Professor Penny Sackett,commenтАж . ... Title: RSAA Director, Professor Penny Sackett,commenting on the fusion of art and science which produced this visualisation . ... RSAA Director, Professor Penny Sackett,commenting on the fusion of art and science which produced this visualisation One of the largest data sets ever assembled. ...

... Ciel Espace, le magazine qui vous guide toujours plus loin . ... Ciel Espace, nouvelle formule, c'est . des actualit†йs . ... des pages consacr†йes †а la publication de vos photos Mais c'est aussi une vraie communaut†й avec laquelle partager votre passion et nourrir votre curiosit†й. Accueil †А la une Trous noirs, comment naissent ces monstres . ... Page 12 . ... Trous noirs g†йants : Comment ils naissent au coeur des galaxies . ... Les trous noirs g†йants naissent-ils au sein des galaxies ? ...