... Dr. Rodrigues, M1 group, Spain, has pointed out the confusion in identification of SN 1998ar in NGC 2916. ... I have measured the locations of point-like sources around NGC 2916 with DSS-1 image and 5 GSC stars. ... The magnitude of this star is estimated as 15.5 mag or so on DSS1 image. ... Star C seems to be dimmer than Star B, and comparing GSC 14.8 mag star and fainter neighbouring stars, its magnitude is about 1.5 mag dimmer than GSC 14.8 mag star; which tells that SN was about 16.3 mag. ...

... Jay Apt (Ph.D.) . NASA Astronaut (Former) . ... PUBLICATIONS: Dr. Apt shared his images and knowledge in the publication Earth in Orbit : NASA Astronauts Photograph the Earth , written in conjunction with NASA scientists Michael Helfert and Justin Wilkinson and published by the National Geographic Society. ... From 1976 to 1980 he was a staff member of the Center for Earth & Planetary Physics, Harvard University, supporting NASA s Pioneer Venus Mission by making temperature maps of Venus from Mt. ...

... ARTICLE: The Adventurous Search For The Astronomical Unit . ... Kepler himself had suggested to use the rare occasions of Venus transiting (crossing) the solar disk to measure our distance to the planet. ... Due to the orbital inclination of Venus against the ecliptic of 3.5°, a Venus transit is so rare that it happens only at intervals of 121.5 years, 8 years, 105.5 years, 8 years and so on. ... Crabtree witnessing the transit of Venus 1639 . ... Transits of Venus - The Quest for the Solar Parallax...

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... Мировой Центр Данных . ... Данные Крымской астрофизической обсерватории на ftp-сервере Национального центра геофизических данных США (Solar-Terrestrial Physics Division, National Geophysical Data Center, Boulder, USA). ... Мировой центр данных по солнечно-земной физике, Чилтон, Великобритания (World Data Centre for Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Chilton, UK). ... Мировой центр данных по солнечно-земной науке, Сидней, Австралия (World Data Centre for Solar-Terrestrial Science, Sydney, Australia). ...

... Structure of Data . ... Catalog . ... In SAI OCL Catalog, we introduce our work on investigation of the Milky Way system of open star clusters. The main goal of our study is a search for new clusters using huge surveys. 168 new clusters have been already discovered by us using J,H,Ks data from 2MASS point source catalog. ... For 141 new clusters, we found their physical parameters using J,H,Ks data from 2MASS catalog and, for a number of clusters, our UBVRI CCD observational magnitudes. ...

The new view on the population of Galactic open clusters A.E.Piskunov1, N.V.Kharchenko2, S.RЖser3, E.Schilbach3, R.-D.Scholz4 1 2 3 4 Institute of Astronomy, Moscow, Russia Main Astronomical ... Observatory, Kiev, Ukraine Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, Heidelberg, Germany Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam, Germany What are open clusters and what do they teach us Groups of Population I ... Cluster complexes: OCC-1 = Gould's Belt cluster complex? ...