The direct detection of gravitational waves is one of those events long-expected by physicists that are nevertheless a significant occurrence which excites the world scientific community as if something unexpected has happened. ... Many rumors leaked ahead of the conference, and the fact that something (that is, a signal corresponding to gravitational waves) was discovered by LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) was discussed on the sidelines. ... arXiv:1602.03868 . ...

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. ...

... Postgraduate Yevheniia Borhun from the School of Physics and Technology awarded a European Physical Society prize . Yevheniia Borhun, a postgraduate student at the Department of Materials for Reactor Building and Physical Technologies (her academic supervisor is Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine M. O. Azarienkov), became a winner at the International conference-school in physics of plasma and controlled thermonuclear fusion Alushta-2012 that was held in September, 2012. ...

What is the VSM ? ... VRML = Virtual Reality Modeling Language. ... One of the best VRML viewers, if not the best, is Netscape Navigator with Live3D plugin. ... Warning: if you use any other viewer, spacecraft will probably look like parrots or clowns because each VRML viewer treats colors in its own unpredictable way. ... You can use these VRML models freely in any way you like, but: 1) let me know you use them; 2) if you add them to your Web page, a reference to the VSM must be there. ...

... Circumstellar disc of beta Pictoris: constraints on grain properties from polarization. To appear in the Astronomy & Astrophysics . abs , src , ps ] . ... Dust influx to Titan from Hyperion . ... abs ] . ... Characteristics of bulges and disks in interacting galaxies . ... Dust grains around Herbig Ae/Be stars: porous, cometary-like grains? ... To appear in the Astronomy & Astrophysics Supplement . ... Finally, Links may lead you to more options (e.g. via the LANL preprint system). ...

. Figure 3. Dark dimmings and bright post-eruption arcades in solar sources of the severest FDs over the solar cycle 23 in SOHO/EIT 195 е fixed-base difference images. The FD magnitude of the strongest disturbances and the dates and time of their registration are specified in the upper right corner of each panel. The dates and time of EIT images subjected to the subtraction are specified at the bottom of each panel.

. Please standby and you will be automatically connected to the new location of the unframed Supernova page. Or, click on the link above. If you have questions or problems, please email me at David Bishop dbishop@vhdl.org . Last modified: Mon Aug 27 12:40:15 EDT 2001

... Meade Instruments Corporation . Telescopes ћ Binoculars ћ Microscopes . ... Frequently Asked Questions: Telescopes and Astronomy . ... If I have questions after the purchase of my Meade telescope, whom should I contact? ... top . ... If I have questions after the purchase of my Meade telescope, who should I contact? ... Although thousands of nebulae and galaxies are directly visible through any Meade telescope, only long-exposure photos show the colors and full extent of these objects. top . ...

The most up-to-date information related to atmos 3.0 are collected here due to constantly increasing interest to MASS/DIMM processing software... atmos 3.0 is still beta , so the latest version is 2.97.5 (there is also 2.98.x branch which absorbs new features) . ... M' line: . ... free seeing and its relative error . ... dimm seeing and its relative error (if dimm data are present, zeros otherwise) . ... dimm turbulence power and its relative error (if dimm data are present, zeros otherwise) . ...

... LINKS . ... SPECIAL TOPIC . ... Moon Phase below . ... Special Topic . SPECIAL TOPICS HISTORY . ... September 2006 . ... April 2006 . Total Solar Eclipse 2006 . ... Apr/May 2001 . ... Feb/Mar 2001 . ... Jan 2001 . ... Sep/Oct 2000 . ... Jun/Jul 2000 . Comet Linear Special . ... Apr/May 2000 . ... Mar 2000 . ... Saturday, 9 Apr 2016 . Internet Time: @850 . ... SOME LINKS . ... AAL Special Topic Venus Transit . ... The AAL is not responsible for the content of external internet sites! ...

... Exposure Time Calculator (ETC) . ... Microstep (pattern) - a pattern of exposures at positions each shifted by a very small movement (<3 arcsec) from the reference position. ... A microstep pattern can be contained within each position of a jitter pattern. Jitter (pattern) - a pattern of exposures at positions each shifted by a small movement (<30 arcsec) from the reference position. ... Making a tile: Ysteps ; . ... Resulting Exposure time map for a filled tile of 6 pawprints (no jittering). ...

SAI VO . ... ConeSearch . ... Access . ... CrossMatch your data with CAS catalogs . How to access the SAI CAS services . Catalogs access ( wsdl ) . ... Third release of DENIS data (20 September 2005) . ... The Naval Observatory Merged Astrometric Dataset . The DR5 data release of SDSS . Data release 6 of Sloan Digital Sky Survey catalogs . ... The Second U.S. Naval Observatory CCD Astrograph Catalog (UCAC2) . Third U.S. Naval Observatory CCD Astrograph Catalog (UCAC3) . ...

... SUPER RATIO . ... On this page I will present the most important (on my opinion) idea on Intellegence Life in the Universe . ... On the problem of the Super Ratio in astrophysics" . ... As a matter of fact, this is the main problem of the modern natural science. ... Here I shall try to speak about the most important problem of the modern natural science, the problem which is undoubtedly, of more importance than discovery of Blacks Holes, creation of Grand Unification Theory or Artificial...

Statistics of sunspot activity . The sunspot indices . ... The solar regions . ... 2015 . ... September . ... September, 2015 . Visual indices of solar activity by author's observations . ... Average . ... 0.40 . ...

Olga V. Kochina . ... Russia, Moscow, 119017, . ... Modeling the synthesis of complex molecules in protostellar objects', Kochina O. V., Wiebe D. S., Vasyunin A. I., 2012, Physics of the Universe, Conference for young scientists, Ekaterinburg, Russia . Modeling of the formation of complex molecules in protostellar objects', Kochina O. V., Wiebe D. S., Kalenskii S.V., Vasyunin A. I.,2013 Astronomy Reports, Vol. 57(11), pp: 818 - 832 . ... Ultraviolet Universe - 2010", Saint-Petersburg, Russia. ...

... Satellite data ] . SMIS ] . The program controls the data acquisition according to the specified schedule of the sessions. ... The calibration of AVHRR instrument data is performed during acquisition . The program can be started in parallel with the satellite pass visualization, that allows the user to monitor a session and store data only relevant to specific regions in manual selection mode. ... Back to SMIS Home Page . ...

Computer Ephemeris. Reduction quantities for Dynamical time. Explanations. Each row contains for the date specified at 0 h of Time Dynamical Terrestrial: . interval from date to mean epoch T m expressed in julian years, . reduction quantities A+A', B+B', C, D, (all in seconds of arc), E (in 0.0001s), A' , B' (in 0.001). The same table, but for moments, expressed in Sidereal Dynamical Time is to be found on 'Reduction. Sidereal time.' page. ...

... Space flight . Crew training . ... honing the skills of performing the tasks of operating the orbital (suborbital) spaceship in a normal autonomous flight and in case of occurrence of off-optimum situations; . ... preparing for conducting visual observations, photographing and video filming envisaged by the flight program; . ... preparing the astronaut's body to the effect of space flight factors, honing the skills of operating the spaceborne medical facilities, rendering self and mutual aid; . ...

. Coordinates . Charged particles flux . Ultraviolet radiation . The periods of high geomagnetic activity in 2005. 10 MeV, the data from the NOAA series satellites) . January 20-26 . May 5-20 ( data is available ) . June 16-19 . July 13-21 ( data is available ) . July 26 - August 6 . August 22 - September 3 ( data is available ) . September 7-20 ( data is available ) . Charged particles flux measured by Coronas-F satellite

... Regional planning meeting for the Balkan and Black Sea | ... Proposals for a web site of the Regional Network - Information on regional and global activities - Proceedings of this Meeting - Space Weather Alerts for the public - Form for submitting research and observational proposals - Database of scientific data publicly available - Greece provides solar telescope data - Romania provides data on active regions studied with helioseismis holography - Armenia provides access to...