... Luminous blue variable (LBV) stars are the most massive stars with 40-120 solar masses, which are passing the short stage of evolution losing their hydrogen envelopes before exploding as Supernovae. These are extremely rare objects, only about a dozen of the most massive LBVs are known in the Galaxy. ... In the spectral observations of stars with infrared circular nebulae, found in the Spitzer survey (24 microns), a new LBV star in the Galaxy was discovered. It was named MN112. ...

... Pre-university education . ... Facilities and equipment . ... SSAU History . SSAU roadmap . ... Contacts . ... The scientists of Samara State Aerospace University have completed dynamic tests of the first Russian university nanosatellite SamSat-218D created by SSAU students. ... It has already passed the whole set of tests and transferred to the Rocket and Space Centre Progress . ... The whole test cycle of the nanosatellite SamSat-218D (Module Contact-Nanosatellite") will be completed in July. ...

. Click thumbnail for a full-size photo . Iset, Ekaterinburg, . Russia . Vltava, Prague, . Czech Republic . Chicago-river, . Chicago, USA . Chusovaja, . Urals, Russia . Moscow-river, . Russia . Volga, Russia . Bug, between Poland . and Belorussia . Neva, . StPeterburg, Russia . Danube, Budapest, . Hungary . Rhein, Speyer, . Germany . Seine, Paris, . France . Ruza, Ruza, . Russia . Luzha, Maloyaroslavets, . Russia . Oka, Kaluga, . Russia .

MAIN PAGE . ... Nova Cygni August 1975! ... 1975/76: Comet West! ... Dr. Richard West (4th from left) & AAL members visiting SES Betzdorf on occasion of our club's 25th anniversary - October 1996 . Comet West Information . ... It was the brightest comet visible from Earth since Comet West in 1976. ... 1997: Comet Hale-Bopp! ... Thus Comet Hale-Bopp never got closer to Earth than Earth gets to the Sun. ... Comet Hale-Bopp JPL Page . ... 1999: Total solar eclipse over Luxembourg! ...

The infrared satellite IRAS. The main task of the IRAS telescope was the search of a longwave infrared radiation, composing the maps of the sky in the infrared range. IRAS telescope helped to discover new galaxies, to study the properties of the dust particles in our galaxy, which opens the character of a star hiding somewhere in the sky. ... For 6 months of observation it discovered 6 new asteroids, allowed to find out the nature of the dust zones between Mars and Jupiter orbits. ...

... We have compiled the Catalogue of extragalactic supernovae using the GCVS card catalogue. ... Doubtful (?), or rejected (-) SN 8 A1 --- RemFlag [*] The '*' indicates a remark in sn_rem.dat 10- 19 A10 --- Gal Parent galaxy designation 21- 22 I2 h RAh Right Ascension 1950 of Parent galaxy 23- 24 I2 min RAm Right Ascension 1950 (minutes) 25- 28 F4.1 s RAs Right Ascension 1950 (seconds) 29 A1 --- DE- Declination 1950 (sign) 30- 31 I2 deg DEd Declination 1950 of Parent ...

Астрономическая картинка дня . Официальное зеркало Astronomy picture of the day на сервере NASA ?? ... 13 января 2002 . ... Гипатия Александрийская . Пояснение: Шестнадцать столетий назад Гипатия была одним из самых передовых ученых в области математики и астрономии. ... Гиппатии приписывается высказывание: "Сохраняй за собой право думать, даже неправильно ? это лучше, чем не думать совсем". ... Robert Nemiroff ( MTU ) и Jerry Bonnell ( USRA ) . ... А. Сергеев , оформление, 1999, 2000. ...

. This color image was obtained with Fuji color film (Super Plus 400) in focal plane of the 70-cm reflector (F = 27 m) at Lisniki Observatory by A.M.Evtushevsky. Data and time of observation: April 27, 1997, 21:25 LT. Comet-Earth distance: 1.7 a.u. Time of exposure: 10 min. Field of view : 3 minutes of arc. Distance between shells, in average: 15 000 km. Diameter of bright coma in the picture center: of about 5 000 km. Last updated: January, 2005.

... Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite ? название автоматической межпланетной станции НАСА, запущенной 18 июня 2009 года в 21:32:33 UTC вместе с Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter к Луне. ... космический телескоп Хаббл и европейский спутник 'Odin'. ... 1М (космический аппарат) . ... 2МВ (космический аппарат) . 3МВ (космический аппарат) . ... AGILE (космический аппарат) . ... Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite . ... Прогресс М-01М . ... Союз (космический корабль) . ...

... Precisely one month ago, on 11 July 2009, the last active area of the new solar cycle disappeared from the surface of the Sun. Over the 30 days following this, neither observers on Earth nor devices in space have been able to detect the emergence of any sunspots. ... Therefore, it seems that our star has once again returned to a state of deep solar "winter", following several sparks of activity in May-June 2009. ... To date, this period has lasted 30 days. ...

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. ...