Ural State University. The Chair of Astronomy and Geodesy . Institute of Applied Physics. ... Kharkov University . Engelgerdt Astronomical observatory . Astronomy department of Kazanj State University . Astronomy at Saint-Petersburg University . Voronezh State University . ... Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics RAS Siberian Division . ... Chelyabinsk State University . ... St. Petersburg State Technical University . Yaroslavl State University . SAO RAS . ...

... In addition, IZMIRAN comprises the St.Petersburg branch and magnetic ionospheric observatory in Kaliningrad. The history of IZMIRAN is largely that of investigating magnetic storms and sub-storms on the Earth surface, in circum-terrestrial and interplanetary space, initially by means of a network of ground stations of the Soviet Union (1930s - 1940s) and the nonmagnetic skunner "Zarja", then through the extensive use of magnetic measurements on artificial Earth satellites and automatic stations. ...

... Born: September 14, 1961, Moscow, Russia . ... Phone: (7-495) 951-7993 . ... Astronomical data bases, catalogues, large data sets, virtual observatories, scientific data mining. Binary stars, fundamental stellar parameters, history of star formation, stellar evolution. Galaxy structure, classification of stars, interstellar extinction, calibration of astrophysical quantities. ... Binary stars and the IMF . ... International Astronomical Union since 1994 . ... Binary star database . ...

... Director of the RAS ISR . RAS Academician . ... Astrophysics module Kvant of the orbital complex Mir launched in 1987 contains the largest on the station complex of the scientific equipment named the orbital observatory Roentgen. Observatory Roentgen consists of 4 X-ray telescopes, jointly exceeding the range of energies from 2 to 800 keV. ... Among the most significant results that were received in the observatory Roentgen are: . ... measurement of the periods of 9 X-ray pulsars; . ...

Dr. Phil Plait , aka "The Bad Astronomer" . ... Invited Talks and Testimonials . ... Dr. Plait has given talks about Bad (and good!) ... Dr. Plait can also give talks on almost any topic in astronomy given a few weeks notice (for example, for a talk at a science museum he created a talk about current astronomical satellites and the work they are doing to further scientific knowledge -- this talk is updated as new observatories are launched), and will be happy to talk to you about your needs . ...

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 ...

... ionospheric plasma . Physics of galaxies and stars . Space plasma physics . Radio physics research of irregular media . Theory of wave propagation at irregular plasma . New methods of the ionospheric plasma probing . Ionospheric radio propagation . ... Physics of spiral galaxies . Star formation in galaxies . Self-ordering of the matter in galaxies . ... Kinematics and chemical composition of Galaxy . ... Satellite methods of the ionosphere research . ...

... Bauman Moscow State Technical University Edu . Branch of Shemyakin' 'Ovchinnikov Institution of Bioorganic Chemistry PU . Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics Novosibirsk . ... Favorsky Irkutsk Institute of Chemistry of SB RAS Irkutsk . ... General Physics Institute RAS . Geological Institute RAS . ... The Physics Department of Moscow State University . The Department of Chemistry, Moscow State University . ... List of Universities/Academies/Institutes and Search for graduated people . ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... Sky this Month . ... solar system . ... The Sky This Week: April 1 - 10 . ... Solar eclipse travelogue: Sulawesi delivers a spectacular eclipse . Sky this Week . ... Observe the Solar System . ... Sky Events . Get to Know the Night Sky . Tour the Deep Sky . Sky Guide . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... Tour the Solar System . ... Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Gottingen, Germany . ...

... Flight Engineer of the ISS . ... NASA Astronaut, USA . ... HONOURS: NASA Medals for Space Mission (1997, 2000) . ... The main mission objective was to dock and work onboard the Russian Space Station Mir. ... The main mission objective was to deliver cargoes onboard the International Space Station and prepare it for the arrival of the first permanent crew. ... The mission duration was 11 days 19 hr 11 min 1 s. Presently he is training for a space mission within ISS-7 prime crew as a flight engineer. ...

... After the 2nd World War, the Executive Committee of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) made two groups in Moscow responsible for catalogues of variable stars. ... Presently, the variable-star catalogue groups still exist within the Sternberg Astronomical Institute and the Institute of Astronomy of Russian Academy of Sciences . ... Elena Kazarovets (variable stars in open clusters, Peremennye Zvezdy journal, GCVS) . ... Nataliya N. Kireeva (variable stars, globular clusters, GCVS) . ...

... Telescopes and Observatories . ... Have you ever heard of the European Southern Observatory ? ... When I first heard about the ESO, I thought it was similar to our very own Armagh Observatory and based in one place. ... It boasts a 3.5-metre тАЬNew Technology Telescope тАЭ which was the first telescope in the world to have a computer-controlled main mirror, a technology which was developed at the ESO and now applied to most of the world?s current large telescopes . ... Image credit: ESO) . ...