... Gondoin et al. paper submitted to SPIE 2000 (in PostScript) . ... In-flight calibration of the XMM-Newton Reflection Grating Spectrometers . ... Calibration of the first XMM Flight Mirror Module: I. - Image Quality . ... CCDs in X-ray Astronomy . ... X-ray performance of a qualification model of an XMM mirror module, pp.390-401 (Philippe Gondoin et al) . ... Reflection grating arrays for the Reflection Grating Spectrometer on board XMM, pp.450-462 (Steven M Kahn et al) . ... 1995) . ... Gondoin Ph.,...

M obile A stronomical Sy stem of TE lescope- R obots MASTER-II Kislovodsk Lomonosov Moscow State University, Sternberg Astronomical Institute , Moscow Union "Optic" , Kislovodsk Solar Station Latitude = 43 o љ44'.767љN; Longitude = 42 o љ31'.417љE; Altitude = 2067љm MASTERљIIљ(8љsquareљdegress) + MASTERљVWF(VeryљWideљFieldљCameras (FOV=800 square degrees, Timeљresolutionљupљtoљ150љms, with unfiltered m_lim=14m on 5 sec. exposure, and ~10.5m with 0.15 sec) . ... 11h 38m 38.0s , -09d 59m 59s) . ...

... MASTER Net is 56 square degrees per 1 exposition . ... 06 Dec 2015: GRB 151205B: MASTER-NET early optical observations GCN18665 . ... 18 Nov 2015: GRB 151118A: MASTER-NET optical observations GCN18613 . ... 12 Nov 2015: GRB 151112A: MASTER-NET optical limit GCN18591 . ... 07 Nov 2015: GRB 151107A: MASTER-NET optical observations GCN18565 . ... 31 Oct 2015: Five OTs detected by Global Robotic MASTER Net ATel8232 . ... 02 Oct 2015: GRB 151001B: MASTER-NET early optical observations GCN18380 . ...

... 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. ...

... Posts tagged ?AstroStat? ... Statistical Challenges in Modern Astronomy V (including summer school & tutorials) . ... Category: Astro , News , Stat | ... Continue reading ?AstroStat Summer School [Announcement]? Tags: 2010 , AstroStat , June 2010 , Penn State , summer school . ... Tags: 2009 , Announcement , AstroStat , August , Heidelberg , IMPRS , IMPRS-HD , inference , Max Planck , summer school . ... Tags: 2009 , Announcement , AstroStat , June , Penn State , summer school . ... CAS 2010 . ...

21.10 news 887 MH 19/10/04 2:15 pm Page 887 news Russians fear privatization of state labs Bryon MacWilliams, Moscow Senior officials in Moscow are attempting to reassure Russian scientists about details of a planned reform, under which many hundreds of the country's state research institutes could lose their government funding. ... We agree that Russian science does need reform," says Boris Stern, a particle physicist at the academy's Institute for Nuclear Research in Moscow. ...

... January . February . March . April . ... November . December . ... April ((April Fools)) . ... April (Star Party Reports) . ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

The program "Moon" . ... Moon - 2" has falled and was broken in the Sea of Rains in September, 1959, and in October "Moon - 3" has left into circular orbit around of moon and has transmitted first-ever photos of its back side. ... In January, 1966. the USSR has achieved tremendous success automatic vehicle " Moon - 9 " has made soft landing to a surface of moon. its chambers have transmitted to the Earth of a panorama of a lunar landscape in a landing area, appearing as plain filled with a lava. ...

The small solids. Asteroids or the small planetes . ... The comets. ... Ceneca the Young.Procuring about the nature.63 y. The comet is a celestial body of a great size, but a rare one... transparent. Sometimes there seen a core and the medium forms a kind of a tail, beard or dishevelled looks. ... The core is an ice body - conglomeration of frosted gas and dust. ... The comet state is variable: ones have the con tails, others the dust tails, and the third have both. ... Meteors and meteorites. ...

... Therefore, the observatory supports educational events, occured in the SAO, including astronomical and astrophysical schools, lectures and excursions at the SAO's telescopes. ... Thursday 9-00 Breakfast 9-30 Opening of the School and Astronomical Olimpiad 10-15 Photo of particapants (near the SAO entrance) 10-30 Lecture about Specail Astrophysical observatory. Chentsov E.L. 13-30 Lunch 14-00 Excursion to historical places of Nizhnij Arkhyz 18-00 Dinner 19-00 Acquaintance evening. ...

STEP INTO THE BLUE - MEADE INSTRUMENTS PRODUCT GUIDE . ... Superb optical performance coupled with time proven computerized pointing and tracking has made the LX200 ACF series a best-seller in the high-performance telescope class. ... Meade's revolutionary LS LightSwitchтДв series of telescopes use advanced technologies to do what no other consumer telescopes have done before: take all the hassle out of using a telescope. ... Weather Stations . ... Series: Professional Weather Stations . ...

... SRC "Planeta" is executing operative control and guidance management of ground system for receiving and processing satellite data that includes three regional centers: European Center (SRC "Planeta", Moscow, with branch offices in Obninsk and Dolgoprudny), Siberian Center (regional department in Novosibirsk) €а& Far-Eastern Center (regional department in Khabarovsk). ... Catalogues of received and processed satellite data are available on€а SRC "Planeta" web-sites: . SRC "Planeta" . ...

Prof. Roberto Maiolino Qualifications 1992: MS in Physics, University of Florence 1996: PhD in Astronomy, University of Florence Main Academic Career 1992 - 1993: Fellowship at the Institute for Solid State Electronics (Roma, Italy) 1994 - 1995: Scholar at the Steward Observatory - University of Arizona (Tucson, USA) 1995 - 1997: Postdoc at the Max- Planck Institut fЭr Extraterrestrische Physik (Garching, Germany) 1997 ... 2010, MNRAS, 425, L66; Cicone, Maiolino et al. ...

... Catalog . Publications . ... Koposov, S., Glushkova, E., Zolotukhin, I. 2008: Automated search for Galactic star clusters in large multiband surveys. ... BibTeX entry ] . ... Glushkova, E.V., Zabolotskikh, M.V., Koposov, S.E., Spiridonova, O.I, Vlasyuk, V.V., Rastorguev, A. S. 2010: Photometry of the poorly studied galactic open star clusters King 13, King 18, King 19, King 20, NGC 136, and NGC 7245 , Astronomy Letters, 36, 75 . ...

... Новости астрономии и космонавтики (Модераторы: Karen , recarrion , LeMay ) ? аварии и катастрофы в космосе . ... 20 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT SPACE DISASTERS . ... Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, died when he crashed his MIG-15 . ... space. ... NASA, however, has lost two of its original four- shuttle fleet, with 14 . ... Что-то понамешано: гибель Гагарина и Серегина, а также история с Нелюбовым как-то мало относятся непосредственно к авариям и катастрофам в космосе. ...

Statistics of sunspot activity . The sunspot indices . ... NGDC's observations . The solar regions . ... Average annual indices . ... October . ... October, 2013 . Visual indices of solar activity by National Geophysical Data Center . ... Average . ...

... Capability of space means for the solution of problems of military character . ... Classification and functions of space systems of military purpose(assignment) . ... Ground complex of maintenance of launch and control of space vehicles . ... Capability of space systems of optical reconnaissance . ... Complexes topographical and earthresource shooting on base of "Zenit" space vehicle . ... Space vehicle for optical-electronic reconnaissance . ... System with space vehicle on low-altitude orbits . ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Hey, it's either this or one of those really irritating PayPal donation buttons here. ... I make it a habit to check the Heavens Above Satellite Visibility page every Monday to see if there are any interesting satellites that will be passing overhead that week. ... Funny; one of the reasons I started the Bad Astronomy pages is that most people don't realize that astronomy is real , you can go out for yourself and see a lot of it. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

Russian SHAREABLE DATA CENTER Institute of Solar-Terrestial Physics SB RAS . ... November 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 . December 6, 7, 8 and 9 March 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28 . ... December 3, 4 and 5 February 13, 14 and 15 . ... December 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 . Incoherent Scatter Radar ionospheric parameters measurements are carried out on coordinated days determined by the International Geophysical Calendar. ...