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 . ...
General Information . ... Local Information . ... The city represents great cultural value because in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Kislovodsk as a fashionable spa attracted many musicians, artists, and members of the Russian aristocracy. ... Double room with full pension (breakfast, lunch, dinner) - 2620 rubles per person per night. solnechniy . ... Citizens of most countries need visa to enter the Russian Federation. ... Victor Kornilov, Sternberg Astronomical Institute (chair) . ...
University Satellites and . Space Science Education . ... Satellite telemetry and remote sensing techniques in ecological and zoological education . ... Worldwide the spatial orientation, habitat selection, and behaviour of many animal species is already being investigated with the Argos Satellite System. ... Department of Vertebrate Zoology of Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) conducts research with a variety of animals that needs satellite tracking. ...
... R P is the perigalactic radius and R a , the apogalactic radius. Z max is the maximum deviation of the star from the Galactic plane. THe dotted curve shows the position of the Galactic plane. The hatched horizontal band shows schematically the band in Z , where the probability of that location of the star was calculated. The vertical band shows the width of the column in which we reconstruct the star distribution in Z . ... next figure | previous figure . ...
... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Mad Science . ... Keep Bad Astronomy close to your heart, and help make me filthy rich. ... Sun coming thru clouds forms beams of light (in dust in air?) ... Why does it look like that when the rays are supposed to be parallel and the sun 93M miles away? ... The rays really do appear to diverge: they are close together near the Sun, then spread out overhead. ... The rays as a set are parallel, but each ray is a little bit fan-shaped. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...
Guest Editorial , July 2006 . Past ? Present ? Future . ... SETI, the quest for reasonable signals from Space, is aimed at the Past. ... From here on Earth, we can say with good reason that conducting both searches (SETI) and transmission (METI) of reasonable signals, we appear poised just halfway between the Past and the Future: namely, in the Present! ... This editorial was submitted in response to Their Past, Our Future , by SETI League executive director emeritus H. Paul Shuch. ...
Please enter the lightcurve file name and period search parameters: . Lightcurve file: . ... Apply the Heliocentric correction and convert all dates to Terrestrial Time (TT)? ... Phase range for plots: -0.5 to 1.0 0.0 to 2.0 0.0 to 1.0 . ... Also, the Heliocentric correction cannot be applied to such lightcurves. ... Two period search methods are currently implemented. ... This period search service is also available at the mirror sites: Mirror 1 , Mirror 2 , Mirror 3 , Mirror 4 . ...
... arXiv.org . ... The Gaia-ESO Survey: Extracting diffuse interstellar bands from cool star spectra, DIB-based interstellar medium line-of-sight structures at the kpc scale . ... We study how diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs) measured toward distance-distributed target stars can be used to locate dense interstellar (IS) clouds in the Galaxy and probe a line-of-sight (LOS) kinematical structure, a potential useful tool when gaseous absorption lines are saturated or not available in the spectral range. ...
... VaST is a software tool for finding variable objects on a series of astronomical images. ... VaST performs object detection and aperture photometry using SExtractor on each image, cross-matches lists of detected stars, performs magnitude calibration with respect to the first (reference) image and constructs a lightcurve for each object. ... VaST FITS image viewer ./pgfv . ... Part I" PZP, vol. ... K. V. Sokolovsky, S. A. Korotkiy; "New Variable Stars Discovered by the NMW Survey" PZP, vol. ...
... ISC Kosmotras . ... Comments, Opinions Publications Dnepr Program . Dnepr launch record 17 August 2011. ... The success of PICARD launch re enforces our high level of appreciation of the quality of the DNEPR launcher and of the professionalism and efficiency of ISC Kosmotras. ... The distinguishing feature of the THEOS launch by a converted SS-18 ICBM (Dnepr LV) is that it was the first ISC Kosmotras mission from the Yasny launch site that headed southward to its Sun-synchronous target orbit. ...
Электронная библиотека астронома-любителя. ... библиотека . архив RSN . ... Ru.Space.News: . Март 1998 . ... Дата: 27 марта 1998 (1998-03-27) От: Alexander Bondugin Тема: Don Yeomans To Lead US Science Team On Asteroid Lander Mission Привет всем! ... Дата: 27 марта 1998 (1998-03-27) От: Alexander Bondugin Тема: Mars Global Surveyor To Attempt Imaging of 'Face' On Mars, Viking Pa Subject: Mars Global Surveyor To Attempt Imaging of 'Face' On Mars, Viking Pa Привет всем! ...
VIEW OUT OF THE WINDOW FROM SALINAS, . CALIFORNIA, USA . ... The temperature is about 62 degrees. At this moment, there is no threat of rain, but it's expected tomorrow. Almost any day of the year here in Salinas, California USA could be considered a day to do some gardening, as long as the rain doesn't force us in, and it usually doesn't. We are 20 miles away from the Pacific Ocean. As I write this, there is a famous golf tournament going on. ... Salinas, CA USA . ...
PROJECT ARTIST Title : Astronomy-Related Teacher In-Service Training Type : Award NSF Org : ESI Latest Amendment Date : August 14, 1992 File : a9154832 Award Number: 9154832 Award Instr.: ... It is designed to : (a) provide education in astronomy and basic scientific principles for teachers and (b) provide teachers with the means to communicate these concepts in an inquiry fashion to students. ... The cost sharing of the project will be at least twelve percent of the project. ...
... Reports on progress and error are always recorded in the log file of the program. ... UT date of the measurement finish in YYYY-MM-DD format UT time of the measurement finish in hh:mm:ss format Average flux in A aperture Average flux in B aperture Average flux in C aperture Average flux in D aperture Normalized variance of flux in A aperture Normalized variance of flux in B aperture Normalized variance of flux in C aperture Normalized variance of flux in D ...
Truebloodb,g, K. Zelayab Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43221 USA; bNational Optical Astronomy Observatory, 950 North Cherry Street, Tucson AZ 85719 USA; cCerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, Casilla 603, La Serena ... USA ABSTRACT We describe the design, construction and measured performance of the Kitt Peak Ohio State Multi-Object Spectrograph ( KOSMOS ) for the 4-m Mayall ... Optical layout for KOSMOS and COSMOS. ...
A STUDY OF THE FRAGMENT DISPERSAL AND TRAJECTORY OF THE SAYH AL UHAYMIR 001 METEORITE SHOWER. ... We obtained hundreds of GPS find locations, analyzed the fragment distribution, and developed a model of the meteorite's trajectory. ... More than 2670 samples weighing more than 450 kg have been collected. ... Increasing fragment mass along track indicated a flight direction of 233o. The fragments' mass distribution was used to model the meteorite trajectory. ...
Determination of short-term proper motions of fast stars with Pulkovo Normal Astrograph. ... Khovritchev Laboratory of Astrometry and Stellar Astronomy of the Pulkovo Observatory, RAS, Saint-Petersburg Observations Normal Astrograph (D/F=33 cm/3.5m), CCD camera: S2C, FOV = 18x16 arcmin, Pixel size 900x900 mas Determination of the new proper motions of 413 LSPM stars 1 epoch : CCD-surveys and catalogs -- M2000, CMC14, 2MASS, SDSS DR7 2 epoch : CCD-observations with the ...