SITE 2010 Comprehensive Characterization of Astronomical Sites Kislovodsk, Russia, 49 October 2010 Conference Summary Marc S. Sarazin*a a European Southern Observatory, Garching, Germany Abstract The main topics discussed during the Site 2010 conference are outlined and the outcome is described. Keywords: Astronomical Site testing, precipitable water vapor, atmospheric turbulence, cloudiness, seeing 1. ... Site surveys for National observatory projects in China, India, and Iran benefit from this. ...

... International Workshop Old photographic plates in the Gaia era: archive plates Pulkovo observatory, digitization, results of astrometric reduction, error analysis. ... The number of photographic plates with images of the Solar system bodies and observation periods. ... Additionally, for 832 stars (14-16 mag) the new proper motions were derived from combination the Pulkovo CCD-observations with the observations of these stars, which were found on 1800 digitized photographic plates (observation 50-ies...

... Cluster Launch of Dnepr LV 22 August 2013 KOMPSAT-5 Launch 21 November 2013. ... The launch of KOMPSAT-5 satellite was successfully performed by RS-20 rocket (Dnepr Launch Vehicle) from Yasny Launch Base, Orenburg region, Russia, on August 22, 2013 at 18:39:13 Moscow time 14:39:13 UTC). The launch was executed by the Russian Strategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Ministry of Defense with the support of the Russian and Ukrainian companies, which are part of the ISC Kosmotras industrial team. ...

... На снимках, полученных с помощью камеры High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) европейской межпланетной станции Mars Express, запечатлена долина Нанеди. Снимки демонстрируют область долины Нанеди, которая протянулась с юго-запада на северо-восток на 800 км и находится в Земле Ксанфа (Xanthe Terra) с координатами 6,0оN и 312оЕ к юго-западу от равнины Хриза (Chryse Planitia). ... На цветном снимке видно, что долина Нанеди имеет извилистую форму, на севере два ее ответвления сливаются. ... Статьи: . ...

Copyright ї 1994 by Maxim V. Tarasenko. ... The end of confrontation, associated with the Cold War, led to political feasibility and economic desirability of extended international cooperation in space. ... For example, during the first half of 1994 the Russian Space Agency got only 10 per cent of its annual request. ... Another aspect of an inter-FSU cooperation is what was supposed to be a joint use of results from space activity, both in terms of scientific research and space applications. ...

Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 18:15:45 +0200 (MEST) From: Alessandro Marconi <marconi@arcetri.astro.it> To: boch@sai.msu.ru Subject: Summer school on AGNs and VLTI Dear Colleague, here is the first announcement and call for applications for a VLTI summer school on "Active Galactic Nuclei at the highest angular resolution: theory and   observations". ... It is supported by 15 EU member states, including new member states, and thus integrates the entire European optical interferometry community. ...

... 85, No. 11, pp. 972­985. i The Stellar Population and Evolution of Galaxies of the NGC 80 Group O. K. Silchenko1 and V. L. Afanasiev 1 2 Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Universitetski i pr. ... The bulges of five of the seven galaxies appear to be old, with the average age of the bulge stars being 10­15 billion years. Signs of a relatively recent star-formation burst are observed in the small S0 galaxy IC 1548, whose average bulge age is 3 billion years and average core age is 1.5 billion years. ...