... Bad Astronomy . ... Mad Science . ... Keep Bad Astronomy close to your heart, and help make me filthy rich. ... Grade level: undergrad School: No school entered. ... Area of science: Astronomy . ... On this computer we have a clip of the space shuttle taking off. Right before the space shuttle engines light up, a cloud rises from the launch pad. I have heard two conflicting explanations: that the cloud is steam from water; or that the cloud is from liquid nitrogen. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

... After hearing and discussing Rocket-Space Corporation Energy General Designer U.P.Semevov's report on the fulfilling the flight program of the orbital complex Mir and proposals on its further exploitation, the Council draws attention to: . ... According to the Russian Government Resolution No. 76 of January 21, 1999 a large amount of work to find and attract Russian and foreign investments to provide the further exploitation of the orbital station Mir was carried out. ...

THE 75th NAME-LIST OF VARIABLE STARS. ... The 75th Name-List consists of two tables. ... the literature, taken from positional catalogues, including USNO A1.0/A2.0 and GSC, or determined by the authors); the range of variability (sometimes the column Min gives, in parentheses, the amplitude of light variation; the symbol ( means that the star , in minimum light, becomes fainter, than the magnitude indicated); and the system of magnitudes used ( P are photographic ...

... CBET now has an M31 novae page , M33 novae page , and an M81 novae page . ... Also, see W. Pietsch's M31 (apparent) optical nova catalogue , M33 novae catalog , and M81 novae catalog Please note that I do not keep track of galactic novae . Nova M81 2016-04a? (= PNV J09560598+6900401 ), ATEL 8904 discovered 2016/04/02.876 by Kamil Hornoch and H. Kucakova . ... Nova M31 2016-03a? (= PNV J00421695+4059098 ), CBAT TOCP discovered 2016/03/01.721 by unknown . ... other extragalactic Novae from 2016 . ...

Located at the Hidden Hollow Campground, near Mansfield, Ohio. and counting.. ... For those of you who dislike the outdoorsy camping thing, or if you want a little privacy there are several hotels within 7 miles of Hidden Hollow . Located at the intersection of I-71 and State Route 13 (about 10 minutes from Hidden Hollow ‘02) : . ... HERE IS A MAP: This map is of Central Ohio surrounding the I-71 exit to Hidden Hollow. ... Map of Hidden Hollow Camp Grounds . ... Hidden Hollow 2002 Forms . ...

... Representing Coordinate Systems (Frames) While Mappings represent the relationships between coordinate systems, the coordinate systems themselves are represented by objects called Frames. ... A Plot's base Frame corresponds with the native coordinates of the underlying graphics system. Plotting operations are specified, using AST Plot methods, in physical coordinates which correspond with the Plot's current Frame (typically this might be a celestial coordinate system). ...

... We guess it's almost impossible to create the site nowadays where all space relative philatelic materials (postage stamps, stationary, postal marks etc.) would be registered and presented. ... We tried to make such a step in April 2005, placing at the site first images of postage stamps with portraits of astronauts (cosmonauts, spacionauts, taikonauts:). ... All illustrative material (or simply speaking, all scans of stamps) are grouped in four sections: Countries , Years , Astronauts and Flights . ...

Russian version of HP . ... StarCalc is the fastest professional astronomy planetarium & star mapping program for Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP (StarCalc version for PocketPC computers you can found here ). ... Extensibility : This program is based on common "Plugin StarCalc interface to catalogs and object groups", which allows program to add new modules as Plugins. ... Welcome to the Pocket StarCalc Home Page: . ... Some bugfixes in eclipses" and line" plugins - see the new versions in downloads page. ...