... Bad Astronomy . ... News . ... In the following article, I used the wrong number to get the circumference of the Earth at the latitude of Cape Canaveral, which ironically is what I accuse Ms. vos Savant of as well! ... At the Equator, the Earth spins at 1000 miles per hour (the Earth is 24,000 miles around, and spins once every 24 hours). ... The math is a wee bit hairy, but not too bad, to calculate the circumference of the Earth at Cape Canaveral assuming the Earth is an ellipse with these numbers...

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• Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions
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• Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy: Bad TV

Next: Mission Operations Data Transfer . ... VLBI Tape Management . VLBI Tapes . ... When: As soon as the correlator is satisfied with the correlator output. back to top . ... What: Each correlator will maintain a data base including the status of all VLBI tapes under its control. ... The correlators will distribute tapes to mission elements based on the Observation Summary File produced by the RSOG ( Observation Summary File ) to ensure each element has enough tapes to support SVLBI observations. ...

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• Kurt Vladimir, ASC
• Abstract
• Quantum Astrophysics Department of ASC of LPI Vladimir G. Kurt, ASC

... Recent Topics . ... MAO main . ... Call for applications to the PhD program of the API/GRAPPA, Amsterdam . ... Тема: Call for applications to the PhD program of the API/GRAPPA, Amsterdam . ... We are now advertising the Call for Applications to the PhD Program of the Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy (API) and the Gravitation and Astroparticle Physics Amsterdam (GRAPPA) Centre, at the University of Amsterdam. ... Applications need to be submitted on or before December 11th, 2014. ...

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• Achievements - Page 4

... Liyong Liu (NAOC) . Site testing on seeing conditions of the astronomical observatories over China are briefly reviewed, including Xionglong station of NAOC, Gaomeigu station of Yunnan Observatory, Delingha station of Purple Mountain Observatory. ... PDF [3.0€аMB] October 8, 09:55 10:20 . ... In this paper, we will review the site survey activities in the past years, and present the site-testing results on the Oma site, including cloud cover, seeing, water vapor, transparency and sky brightness. ...

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... Tour Objects Tours can be created using objects from within the Autostar database or a user can enter in different objects (such as a newly discovered comet). ... Automatic Mode: As the user advances to each object, the title of the object appears on line 1 of the display while its descriptive text automatically starts scrolling across line 2. ... For example: STAR "Rigel" LANDMARK az alt "title" "description" Enter the azimuth (az) for the desired object in the following format xxxdxxmxxs. ...

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• Meade Instruments Corporation - Meade Binocular Limited Warranty
• Meade Instruments Corporation - Pictor Manual Parts 19 and 20
• Meade Instruments Corporation - Pictor Manual Part 13

Russian Space Science Internet (RSSI) is a successful result of RSSI Project. ... space oriented organizations; . ... RSSI offers for its members : . ... videoconferences via MBONE Internet protocol (there are 2 tunnels available now through the general IP network: one to NASA Internet, and another to Moscow State University); . ... It is designed so that all organizations connected to the RSSI gain access to the resources of Russian computer networks as well as world wide Internet. ... nic@rssi.ru ...

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... Exposure Time Calculator (ETC) . Survey processing . ... VISTA is a 4-m class wide field survey telescope for the southern hemisphere, equipped with a near infrared camera (1.65 degree diameter field of view at VISTA's nominal pixel size) containing 67 million pixels of mean size 0.34 arcsec and available broad band filters at Z,Y,J,H,K s and a narrow band filter at 1.18 micron. A wide field visible camera, if constructed, could also be used on VISTA. ... Tile . ... ESO VISTA Public Surveys . ...

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• VISTA ETC - Exposure Time Calculator

... Preregistration price: Adults - $40.00 Family rate $60.00 (spouse and children living with you) Children (15 years and younger not attending with family) - $20.00. ... Club____________________________________________________________________________ Number of Adults attending: ___________ Number of Children attending: ___________Number of Meal packages: __________ Total Amount enclosed: $ _________________________________________________ Make Checks out to : Richland Astronomical Society. ...

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• http://www.wro.org/ras/hh02/Hidden_Hollow-02_Registration_blank.doc
• http://www.wro.org/ras/hh02/Hidden_Hollow-02_Registration_blank.pdf
• http://www.wro.org/textfiles/ARTIST.TXT

To the Deputy Head of the Administration of Russian Federation President Mr. A.V.Ogarev . ... First the international space station (ISS) Alpha, which is under construction now, will compare to the OS Mir on the amount of information only in 5-7 years. ... Thirdly, the participation of Russian Federation in the international space projects, including work on the international space station (ISS) Alpha, is to be aimed first of all at the providing of Russian interests. ...

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• RSC Energy Conclusion about the possibility of continuing the exploitation of
• Carrying out of the experiments on the orbital station MIR

Please enter the lightcurve file name and period search parameters: . Lightcurve file: . ... Apply the Heliocentric correction and convert all dates to Terrestrial Time (TT)? ... Also, the Heliocentric correction cannot be applied to such lightcurves. ... This period search service is also available at the mirror sites: Mirror 1 , Mirror 2 , Mirror 3 , Mirror 4 . You may download the latest source code distribution and install the period search service at your own web server. ...

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• The NMW survey homepage

... Spacecraft that will search for planetary systems around 40 million stars and observe the largest explosions in the universe have been chosen as the next two missions in NASA's medium-class Explorer (MIDEX) program. ... The first mission, to be launched in 2003, is the Swift Gamma Ray Burst Explorer, a three-telescope space observatory for studying gamma ray bursts. ... During its three-year mission, Swift will also survey the sky for new black holes and other sources of cosmic gamma rays. ...

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• ПРИЛОЖЕНИЕ ј2 к Выпуску N2(16), март-апрель 1998
• АСТРОКУРЬЕР, ВЕСЕННИЙ ВЫПУСК 20 марта 2000 г.
• Выпуск N1(7), январь 1997

... Sternberg Astronomical Institute , Moscow University . ... Present edition unites two parts of Catalogue of interacting galaxies by B.A.Vorontsov-Velyaminov: the first part (Part 1) containing 355 systems was published in 1959 [1] and the second one (Part 2) with 497 objects - in 1976 [2].Thus two published parts of Catalogue include 852 interacting systems. ... All new of them (1162 by number) were taken from the comments to the galaxies in Morphological catalogue by Vorontsov-Velyaminov et al.[ ...

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• Absolute proper motions of open clusters

... VaST is a software tool for finding variable objects on a series of astronomical images. ... VaST performs object detection and aperture photometry using SExtractor on each image, cross-matches lists of detected stars, performs magnitude calibration with respect to the first (reference) image and constructs a lightcurve for each object. ... VaST FITS image viewer ./pgfv . ... Part I" PZP, vol. ... K. V. Sokolovsky, S. A. Korotkiy; "New Variable Stars Discovered by the NMW Survey" PZP, vol. ...

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... The VSOP Survey Continuum Source List . The radio sample for the VSOP continuum survey was defined to include all extragalactic radio sources with: . a total flux density at 5 GHz, S>=1.0 Jy . ... The sample also included all sources in the sky with a 5 GHz flux density S>5 Jy, regardless of spectral index and galactic latitude. ... The source would then be included in the VSOP sample (three of the sources were found with a flux density above 1 Jy and added to the sample). ...

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• February 2002 APT Meeting
• Radio Astronomy Group / ISAS, JAXA

... The TESIS is a set of solar imaging instruments developed by the Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Science, and launched aboard the Russian spacecraft CORONAS-PHOTON on January 30, 2009. The main goal of the TESIS is to provide complex observations of solar active phenomena from the transition region to the inner and outer solar corona with high spatial, spectral and temporal resolution in the EUV and Soft X-ray spectral bands. ... Solar activity hits a new low . ...

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• This year's largest group of sunspots passes across the solar disk
• Sunspots and active regions January 01, 2015
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Statistics of sunspot activity . The sunspot indices . ... Visual indices of solar activity . ... n - number of spot groups . A - Waldmeier class of unipolar spot groups without penumbra . B - class of bipolar spot groups without penumbra . C - class of bipolar spot groups with one penumbra pole . D - class of small bipolar spot groups with two penumbra poles . E - class of middle bipolar spot groups with two penumbra poles . ... H - class of unipolar penumbrated spot groups . ...

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... Department Number . ... Astro Space Center . ... Telephone Number . 7(095) 333 3366 . FAX Number . 7(095) 333 2378 . ... stern@lukash.asc.rssi.ru . ...

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• Malinovsky Alexandre Mikhailovich, Astro Space Center (ASC)
• Komberg Boris Valentinivich, Astro Space Center (ASC)
• Burdyuzha Vladimir Vladimirovich, Astro Space Center (ASC)

... 1.7 GSC 084 Pulkovo Obs., 0.33 15 x 15' 1.0" 7 34 0.179 0.307 Normal Asgr. 3.0 UCAC 118 Slovakia, 0.57 14 x 10' 1.7" 3 12 0.090 0.145 Modra 3.3 USNO 127 Germany, 0.19 30 x 20' 2.4" 3 15 0.151 0.087 Bornheim 0.8 GSC 168 34 200 0.282 0.315 291 USA,Kitt Peak, 1.8 390 x 30' 1.0" 1 5 0.143 0.144 Spacewatch II 4.7 USNO 300 Japan, 0.5 78 x 78' 2.3" 7 36 0.420 0.447 Bisei Center 1.3 ACT 461 Hungary, JATE 0.60 28 x 19' 1.1" 6 22 0.124 0.153 Asteroid Surv. ... Polynesia 1.0 UCAC F85 Tiki Obs., ...

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• Accuracy of World positional CCD observations of the numbered minor planets

The ultimate load . ... During next several days project “Send your name to Mars” ( http://spacekids.hq.nasa.gov/2003 ) will stop taking names. The last day will be on November 15, 2002. ... Step 1 . ... Write your name, mark time and click the button “add my name”. ... Please write down time and certificate number exacting it can be in its last days. ... Calculate the difference between End and Start time (in minutes), and the difference between your last and first Certificate’s Number. ...

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• navigate
• Cairo

THE PARAMETERS INVOLVED IN HAPKE'S MODEL FOR ESTIMATION OF THE COMPOSITION OF THE EJECTA LUNAR TERRAINS. ... In the previous papers we were estimated the surface roughness of the ejecta lunar terrains by means comparison of the local phase function and the average integrated lunar indicatrix. ... The Hapke's theoretical model of the lunar surface reflection. ... For THE PARAMETERS INVOLVED IN HAPKE'S MODEL: S.G. Pugacheva, V.V. Shevchenko a low-albedo lunar surface parameter Bo = 1. ...

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• http://selena.sai.msu.ru/Symposium/peter.doc
• http://selena.sai.msu.ru/Symposium/peter.pdf
• http://selena.sai.msu.ru/Pug/Publications/m44_70_pugacheva.pdf