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NMW survey overview . Access image archive . ... The New Milky Way survey aims to detect bright (V<13.5) optical transients near the Galactic plane using an automated wide-field (8x6 deg.) system capable of surveying the whole Milky Way area visible from the observing site in one night. ... All images obtained during the transient search survey are available online (please use the image archive access form ). ... Images per field: . ... Images per night: . ... Milky Way imaging time: . ...

... The NATO "Science for Peace" Program , Project number SfP 973559 . ... Receiver devices based on superconducting Josephson junction dynamics provide easy and extremely sensitive way for measurements of contents of these molecules. ... Fast development of SQUIDs resulted in fabrication of number of devices for supersensitive physical experiments and production of sophisticated multichannel measurement systems used in medicine for magnetocardiography and neural investigations. ...

... Our scientific interest is an accuracy of asteroid CCD observations obtained by amateurs and professional astronomers all over in the World. ... These data help us to analyse an accuracy of real CCD positions in the MPC Database. ... Do you test your observations of the small Solar System bodies permanently before sending them to the International Minor Planets' Center? ... Do you know a real accuracy of your positional CCD-observations in comparison with the other observatories' one ? ...

... Sun images . Magnetic storms online . Sun flares . ... September : 2015 . ... X-ray emission of the Sun from 08.09.2015 to 09.09.2015 (GOES-15) . No solar flares of C, M and X-class were observed today . No solar flares of C, M and X-class were observed yesterday . Last updated: September 10, 2015 00:00 UT . ... 1953-2016 Laboratory of X-ray astronomy of the Sun, LPI RAS, Russia . ... 7(499)132-65-96, Fax: +7(499)132-65-97 . ...

... astro-ph . ... Whitespace-separated words are treated as AND ed. Show 10 50 100 articles per page in Full Compact mode . ... Quasar Variability in the Framework of Poissonian Models . ... It is shown that in this very general framework the well established anti-correlation between variability amplitude and wavelength can only be understood as an effect of an underlying spectral component which remains stable on long time-scales, and is redder than the variable component. ...

Mercury - is the nearest to the Sun. Ellusive planet. ... They had several names for this star: Set and Gor (ant. ... The same surface spot with many craters, some of which has the systems of light beams only dark spots, like the Moon seas were considerably less. ... Further was the period of intensive bombing Mercury by the remains of before planet’s swarm (planetozimalies), when the ponds were founded for example Colories (diameter - 1300km) as well as craters like Copernic crater in the Moon. ...

Elsevier Ed itorial System(tm) for JASR 2006 Manuscript Draft Manuscript Number: Title: Determination of K, Ar, Cl, S, Si and Al flare abundances from RESIK soft X-ray spectra Article Type: Contributed Paper Section/Category: E2.4 - Solar Magnetic Field and Activities Keywords: solar physics; X-ray flares ; spectroscopy; abundances Corresponding Author: Dr. J. Sylwester , Corresponding Author's Institution: Space Research Center First Author: J ... All flares were observed early Fig. ...

Shakht N.A., A.A.Afanas'eva, D.L. Gorshanov, E. V.Poliakow (Pulkovo Observatory, Russia): Title: Long-term photographic observations for selected objects of Pulkovo program: measurements and results. Abstract: The selected objects, observed at Pulkovo observatory during long time period have been of intense interest among astronomers, and now they are the most important aims for space investigations. ... Now we believe, that they also are interesting for observation during space mission Gaia. ...

ASTRONOMICHESKII TSIRKULYAR No.1573, 2010 April 12 1995 2009 . A Comparison of the Latitudinal Variations of the Methane Absorption Bands on Saturn's Disk at Equinoxes 1995 and 2009 Abstract. The observations of Saturn at last equinox 2009 have detected significant differences of the latitudinal variations of the methane absorption from observed at 1995 equinox . ... 1995 . 2008- 2009 , ­ . ... 4 ( 580-880 ) , (.1) , 2008-2009 . ... 2 , 4 725 1995 2009 . ... 1995 2009 15 , 1980 1995 . ...

... 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...

... This file table3 82 660 Observed wavelengths, laboratory values and identifications -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Byte-by-byte Description ... Format Units Label Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1- 3 I3 --- SpOrd Spectrum order 5- 12 F8.3 0.1nm SolLam Wavelength determination of all solar and telluric lines measurable on the ... Note (6): J: Junkes et al., ...

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Lunar and Planetary Science XXXIV (2003) 1757.pdf PETROLOGY AND OXYGEN ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS OF ANOMALOUS ACHONDRITE NWA 011. ... In an attempt to resolve this issue, we have investigated mineral chemistry and oxygen isotopic compositions on portions of NWA 011. ... Figure 1. ... The results confirm the unusual oxygen isotope compositions of NWA 011 observed previously [2]. suggesting that post-crystallization processes did not significantly alter the original composition of NWA 011. ...

... Высокого качества (19.5 MB) . Низкого качества (2.9 MB) MPEG . ... Низкого качества (2.9 MB) This movie shows dynamic rings, wisps and jets of matter and antimatter around the pulsar in the Crab Nebula as observed in X-ray light by Chandra (left, blue) and optical light by Hubble (right, red). ... To produce a movie of reasonable length the sequence was looped several times, as in looped weather satellite images. ... Авторские права: X-ray: NASA/CXC/ASU/J.Hester et al.; ...

Winer Observatory P.O. Box 797, Sonoita, Arizona 85637-0797, USA . ... 2/3-m Telescope . ... Site . ... Commanding . ... In a typical robotic observing scenario, each afternoon, a telescope control computer obtains a set of objects to observe from its home institution from a command or script file. ... The file is then transferred to the telescope control computer at the Winer Observatory in Sonoita. ... The Iowa control computer then begins processing the telrun.sls file. ... 2013 Winer Observatory. ...

Crater Gassendi . ... I made this drawing was made on the 26th of november 2001. If you compare this one with the previous drawing of Gassendi (below) the differences are clear. ... This drawing was made on the 28th of september 2001. After nearly a full month without observations I had a one hour gap between the thicker clouds. ... This drawing was made on the 29th of august 2001. ... This drawing was made on the 27th of august 2001. ... This drawing was made on the 25th of august 2001. ...

. Comment on J0226+3421 . A Compact Steep Spectrum (CSS) source observed with the European VLBI Network (EVN) (Dallacasa et al. (1995) and references therein). Recent redshift measurement by Willott et al. (1998). VLBApls home page . Last modified: 16 Oct 2000

Russian SHAREABLE DATA CENTER Institute of Solar-Terrestial Physics SB RAS . ... Investigations of the ionospheric response to strong magnetics storms which are usual for our latitudes, are of great interest. ... In the figure, we present ionospheric parameter dynamics during three perturbed days in July 2000. ...

... Full silvery Moon illuminates terrain. ... Begun a next moon eclipse, when Land barriers a Moon from the Sun and throws its shade on it. ... Drawing 1. ... Drawing 6 Drawing 6 shows a splendid photo of full moon eclipse 18-19 november 1975 during is packed phases doing Dennis de Chikko. ... Eclipse, which will occur 9 november 2003, is a repetition through сарос (cycle of repetitions of eclipses equal 6585 days or 18 years 11 days) full moon eclipse from 28 octobers 1985 with the maximum phase 1,07....