... A nasty dispute between the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO) and the space-science community was narrowly averted early this year when SDI officials backed down on a planned launch of a satellite with a Russian-built nuclear reactor on board. ... Early Soviet space reactors orbited for two to three months, and two Soviet Topaz 1 experiments, one for six and one 12 months, created radiation belts that disrupted the operation of scientific satellites. ...

European Astronomical Society(EAS): NEWS Dear Colleagues, Please find enclosed some information of interest. ... We would also like to remind you that the time is appropriate to renew your membership for 2006 (see our Web page for procedures). ... And do'nt forget that, in between messages, the latest news can always be found on our Web page: http://www.iap.fr/eas/index.html With kind regards, Michel Dennefeld ************************************************************ Content 1. ...

... There are two main tasks in the package, XCSAO and EMSAO. XCSAO cross­correlates the Fourier transform of an object's spectrum against the transforms of a set of template spectra with known spectral shifts to obtain a velocity and error. EMSAO finds emission lines in a spectrum and computes the observed centers, getting individual shifts and errors for each line as well as a single velocity combining all of the lines. ... It combines spectra, shifting them to a common redshift. ...

To see a Russian version of this page, click here . ... Bochkarev Nikolai Gennadievich . astrophysics researcher: . born: Moscow, May 19, 1947; . ... Jr. researcher Sternberg Astronomical Inst., ... Soviet (Russian) Working Group on Interstellar Matter, Moscow , 1979-; . ... Madison, 1991. ... ALocal Interstellar Matter, 1990, . Basic Physics of the Interstellar Matter, 1992; co-author: . ... Physics of Interstellar Matter, 1979; . ... All-Union Astronom. Geodesical Soc., ... Astronom. ...

ASTRONOMY IN UKRAINE - 2000 AND BEYOND . ... Kyiv, Ukraine, 5-8 June 2000 . ... The primary objective of the conference is to consider the integration of astronomical research in Ukraine into the international astronomy. ... VLBI for Astronomy and Geodynamics Convenors: Kees van't Klooster (The Netherlands), Leonid M. Litvinenko (Ukraine), Chopo Ma (USA). ... Planetary Astronomy Convenors: Teodor Kostiuk (USA), Robert Nelson (USA), Yuri Shkuratov (Ukraine). ... The "general" registration fee: 100 USD. ...

... Head of the seminar: Prof. B.V. Somov, . ... The seminar considers the questions related to generation of magnetic fields in astrophysical plasmas, effect of the magnetic reconnection and particle acceleration in strong magnetic fields, the origin and propagation of cosmic rays, the flares and other non-stationary phenomena in the solar atmosphere and solar wind, Sun Earth connections and physical processes in the heliosphere. ... On the Topological Models and Topological Trigger of the Solar Flares...

Russian SHAREABLE DATA CENTER Institute of Solar-Terrestial Physics SB RAS . ... Although their determination is based on the scattering process model, independent check-ups by rocket experiments have shown their correctness in experimental applications. ... Ionospheric data analysis, especially during strong disturbances, cannot be without some other kinds of diagnostic tools. ... The lack of data has always been a challange in this case. ...

... Planet Peril in Prague: What Happened To Pluto . Dr. Owen Gingerich, Harvard University . ... This month’s meeting will feature Dr. Owen Gingerich, Professor Emeritus of Astronomy and of the History of Science, at Harvard University and a senior astronomer emeritus at the Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. This past summer, Professor Gingerich chaired the International Astronomical Union’s planet definition committee. ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

... Future seminars . P a s t seminars . ... Hints of the fourth planet in the ? ... This star is currently believed to host 3 giant planets having orbital periods about 4.6 days, 240 days и 1280 days [1]. ... Therefore, this seasonic periodicity is caused, most probably, by systematic errors. ... Taking into account the requirement of the dynamical stability of the system allows us to mark a few regions in the parameter space, where the orbit of the putative fourth planet (e) can be located. ...

... 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 . ...

... Contact A Problem of an estimation of accuracy of the asteroid CCD observations . The Minor Planet Center supported by the Interntional Astronomical Union is the main office for keeping observational data of the small Solar System bodies and their investigations. ... At Pulkovo Observatory we are estimating an accuracy of the CCD asteroid observations obtained by amateurs and professional astronomers all over the World using the MPC database. ...

List of Participants Akim Efraim akim@kiam1.rssi.ru Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics, Russia Andreyanov Vladimir andre@ asc .rssi.ru ASC , Russia Baan Willem baan@astron.nl ASTRON, The Netherlands, The Netherlands Bajkova Anisa bajkova@gao.spb.ru Central Astronomical Observatory RAS , Russia Bartel Norbert bartel@yorku.ca York University, Canada Bebenin Roman ASC , Russia Beskin Vasily LPI, Russia rbeben@ ...

... Asteroid . ... In case you didn't hear about it, which you probably didn't: On Jan. 7, an asteroid 1,000 feet across -- nearly three times the current diameter of Marlon Brando -- barely missed the Earth, which is most likely your planet of residence. ... What if this asteroid had hit the Earth? ... As it happens, the American Astronomical Society was holding a conference in Washington AT THE VERY SAME TIME as the asteroid nearly hit the Earth. ...

JSC scientists have their names in the stars By Cathy Watson and Kendra Ceule M arilyn Lindstrom is #5281, David McKay is #6111 and Mike Zolensky is #6030. ... Several past and present Johnson Space Center employees have been among those people honored with asteroid names, including the following: Don Bogard: asteroid name `Bogard,' #4794 Bogard, Chief Scientist for Research on Astromaterials for the Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) office, has worked at JSC since 1968. ...

... supernova images . Supernova Search and . ... How to report a supernova discovery . ... General Supernova information When you are looking for information on the latest Supernovae, the first place to look (Besides the Bright Supernovae page ) is the Recent IAU Circulars page, Recent CBET Circulars and IAU 's List of Recent Supernovae and List of All Supernovae , as well as the Headlines page web page. ... Arcturus Observatory SN images . ... Joseph Brimacombe's supernova images New 2009/12/17 . ...

... The circumnuclear GASEOUS disks are often decoupled from the circumnuclear stellar disks and are even stronger inclined to the outer disk planes; in fact, we have found a considerable `population' of inner polar rings. Inner gas polar rings are found as in spiral galaxies with the massive outer gas disks co-planar to the main symmetry planes (e.g. NGC 2841, Sil'chenko et al. 1997, and NGC 7217, Sil'chenko & Afanasiev 2000) as well in many lenticular galaxies (Fig. ...

... Twenty-Six Year Monitoring of Water Masers IAU Symposium 242, Alice Springs 1 Contents of the work A sample of H2O maser emission sources has been observed since 1980. ... Rudnitskij et al. ... Twenty-Six Year Monitoring of Water Masers IAU Symposium 242, Alice Springs 4 Maser in a protoplanetary disc (S255) Flux density, Jy S255: H2O line profile 5 February 2002 Radial velocity, LSR, km/s Rudnitskij et al. ... Twenty-Six Year Monitoring of Water Masers IAU Symposium 242, Alice Springs 12 ...

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