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... Seminar archive . ... Seminar archive 2011 3 June . ... Tristram K. D. A torus of molecular gas and dust is one of the key components of unified schemes of active galactic nuclei (AGN): it provides the material for accretion onto the supermassive black hole and is held responsible for the orientation-dependent obscuration of the central engine. I will present the results and current status of infrared interferometry of these dust distributions in AGN in the infrared. ... All seminars: . ...

... The Science Operation Department is composed of Astronomers, Telescope Instruments Operators(TIOs) and Data Handling Administrators(DHAs). ... Astronomers have proposed several methods to quantitatively measure the amount of turbulence above the telescope, which the most common ones is Differential Image Motion Monitor (DIMM). In optical testing, the Hartmann test is the common method to test the quality of optical components. ... Hartmann mask consists of 48 lenses. ...

... Director of the RAS ISR . RAS Academician . ... Astrophysics module Kvant of the orbital complex Mir launched in 1987 contains the largest on the station complex of the scientific equipment named the orbital observatory Roentgen. Observatory Roentgen consists of 4 X-ray telescopes, jointly exceeding the range of energies from 2 to 800 keV. ... Among the most significant results that were received in the observatory Roentgen are: . ... measurement of the periods of 9 X-ray pulsars; . ...

fluxes are measured in mJy . ... Source, Images & Lens . ... VLA (8.5-43 GHz), MERLIN, VLBI . ... availavle maps: VLBA (1.7 GHz and 5 GHz) . ... 1] "A gravitationally lensed quasar with an unusual radiomorphology", Winn et al., astro-ph/0107435 . ... 104(+-3) Total flux at 5 GHz: 1209 mJy . ... 4] "MERLIN/VLA imaging of the gravitational lens system B0218+357", Biggs et al., astro-ph/0011142 . ... 58 Total flux at 5 GHz: 997 mJy (see CASTLES) . ... Total flux at 5 GHz: 316 mJy; 1.4 GHz: 576 mJy . ...

... Printed in the U.S.A. LENTICULAR GALAXY IC 719 : CURRENT BUILDING OF THE COUNTERROTATING LARGE-SCALE STELLAR DISK Sternberg Astronomical Institute, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia; katkov.ivan@gmail.com, olga@sai ... In this gas-rich S0 galaxy, its large-scale gaseous disk counterrotates the global stellar disk. Moreover, in the IC 719 disk, we have detected a secondary stellar component corotating the ionized gas. ... Figure 7. ...

... Научная панорама ? arxiv:0705.0605 TYC 1031 012262 1: Первая галактическая затменная двойная с цефе . ... arxiv:0705.0605 TYC 1031 012262 1: Первая галактическая затменная двойная с цефеидой типа II (TYC 1031 01262 1: The First Known Galactic Eclipsing Binary with a Type II Cepheid Component) . ... Переменность звезды TYC 1031 01262 1 обнаружили несколько лет назад независимо в обзоре ASAS-3 и по архивных данным в ГАИШ. ... http://xray.sai.msu.ru/~polar/sci_rev/157.html#arxiv/0705.0605 . ...

... 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 ...

... Exposure Time Calculator (ETC) . Survey processing . ... VISTA is a 4-m class wide field survey telescope for the southern hemisphere, equipped with a near infrared camera (1.65 degree diameter field of view at VISTA's nominal pixel size) containing 67 million pixels of mean size 0.34 arcsec and available broad band filters at Z,Y,J,H,K s and a narrow band filter at 1.18 micron. A wide field visible camera, if constructed, could also be used on VISTA. ... Tile . ... ESO VISTA Public Surveys . ...

... Выложена полная версия каталога 2MASS в формате SIMFOV и версия программы, поддерживающая этот каталог. ... Звезды в поле зрения изображаются фигурами (кружки, крестики, квадраты), размер которых пропорционален блеску, а цвет определяется спектральным классом, если в каталоге спектр указан. Для каталога TYC_2 звезды изображаются цветом лишь при наличии файла TYC_2.ADD, в котором содержится информация о величинах BT и VT. ... Вывод информации о звездах в текущем поле зрения в файл SIMFOV.OUT . ...

... We have two new members this month DENNIS MAHER from Waltham VANESSA THOMAS from Framingham - Dan Winchell - Clubhouse Saturday Schedule Mar ch 4 March 11 March 18 March 25 April 1 Mike Hill Steve Clougherty Closed for Work Party John Panaswich Bill Toomey Gary Jacobson Rich Nugent Glen Meurer Joseph Rothchild 2 CLEANING PROCEDURES for OPTICAL COMPONENTS V.3 Feb. ... March 1st (cloud date March 2nd) ­ Greenhalge School, 149 Ennell Street, Lowell. 150 students and parents expected. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Moon . ... The first successful rover to land on the Moon was in fact the Soviet Unionт??s robotic Lunokhod 1 . ... Likewise, every part of the Lunar Roving Vehicle had to be able to withstand the extreme temperature variations experienced on the surface of the Moon, ranging to 150 degrees below freezing. ... How did they get the lunar rover on the moon? ... You might enjoy our article NASAт??s Lunar Module: Everything You Need to Know (link) . ...

... 337, 275­292 (2002) The correlation of line strength with luminosity and redshift from composite quasi-stellar object spectra S. M. Croom,1 K. Rhook,1 E. A. Corbett,1 B. J. Boyle,1 H. Netzer,2 N. S. Loaring,3 L ... We measure highly significant Baldwin effects for most broad emission lines (C IV 1549, C III] 1909, Mg II 2798, H ,H ) and show that they are predominantly caused by correlations with luminosity, not redshift. ... The correlations of log W with log(1 + z ) for each line. ...

... Printed in U.S.A. THE MOTIONS OF THE HARD X-RAY SOURCES IN SOLAR FLARES : IMAGES AND STATISTICS Sergey A. Bogachev and Boris V. Somov Astronomical Institute, Moscow State University, Universitetskij Prospekt ... the basis of the Yohkoh Hard X-Ray Telescope ( HXT ) data, we present a statistical study of different types of the hard X-ray ( HXR ) source motions during solar flares ... Type I motion of HXR sources in flares. them, the HXR sources systematically moved during flare. ...

... ДВОЙНЫЕ И КРАТНЫЕ ЗВЕЗДЫ . ... На сегодняшний день одним из самых полных сборников является Вашингтонский каталог визуально-двойных звезд (обозначаются порядковым номером с приставкой WDS - Washington Double Star - см. ниже). ... WDS - Вашингтонский катлог визуальных двойных звезд (англ.) - ок. ... CCDM - Catalogue of Components of Double and Multiple Stars - Каталог компонентов двойных и кратных звезд - пожалуй самое исчерпывающее на сегодняшний день издание по теме (но и очень большое) . ...

... 2005 . ... Сегодня: 10 апреля 2016 г. Немецкий робот-манипулятор ROKVISS (Robotic Components Verification on ISS - проверка робототехнических компонентов на МКС) стартует к МКС 24 декабря в 1:00 по московскому времени с космодрома Байконур. Манипулятор отправится в космос на беспилотном транспортном корабле "Прогресс М-51" для проведения первого проверочного испытания. ... Схема ROKVISS . ... Новый робот-манипулятор отправят к МКС в конце декабря . ...

... Родилась 25 июня 1954 года в городе Вичита (Wichita), штат Канзас. ... В 1983 году заочно окончила Командно-штабной колледж ВВС (Air Command and Staff College). ... В 1995 году окончила Авиационный военный колледж (Air War College) на базе ВВС Максуэлл (Maxwell AFB) в Алабаме. ... С января 1982 по апрель 1983 года руководила Отделом регистрации данных (Data Recorder Division) в Отделе специальных проектов ВВС (Air Force Special Projects) на базе ВВС Лос-Анжелес (Los Angeles AFB). ...

... Comments, Opinions Publications Dnepr Program . Dnepr launch record 17 August 2011. Cluster Launch of Dnepr LV 22 August 2013 KOMPSAT-5 Launch 21 November 2013. Dnepr Cluster Mission 2013 19 June 2014. Dnepr Cluster Mission 2014 6 November 2014. Dnepr Launch of ASNARO and 4 piggyback microsatellites 26 March 2015 KOMPSAT-3A Launch Dnepr LV . Mission profile SHM configuration Reliability Dnepr LV Performance Launch Sites . Baikonur Cosmodrome Yasny launch base Downloads . ...

This page is devoted to information on Supernova 1998T in NGC 3690 . Information on the original web pages for many of these images can be found on the Supernova links web page. ... According to http://www.cv.nrao.edu/~jhibbard/a299/a299.html and http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/postdocs/vacca/images/arp299buv.html it follows that Arp 299 (aka Mrk 171) is made up of IC 694 (UGC 646471) on the east and NGC 3690 (H-247-1) (UGC 646472) on the west. ... Other images of 1998T . Ayabe image . ...

... the historical dates of the Ukrainian space industry; . ... EXPOSITIONS OF UKRAINIAN SPACE INDUSTRY ENTERPRISES AND PARTNERS ON THE SUBJECT OF . ... Ukrainian Space Industry Investment Potential Exposition: . Investment opportunities in Ukrainian space industry; . ... Investment projects with participation of Ukrainian space industry enterprises; . ... Ukrainian space industry enterprises' securities; . ... Expositions of the Ukrainian Space Industry Leading Enterprises and Partners . ...