... The unlocked gate at the entrance to the observatoryтАЩs gravel driveway should remain closed to prevent the public from driving back to the observatory. ... This means that if there are still members of the public present at the observatory who do not wish to leave by 11:30 PM they will be locked in the park until a keyholder leaves and secures the gate(s) behind him/her. ... Roll the roof back using the hand crank near the computer room. ... Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton, Inc., ...

AN ORIGIN FOR THE SOUTH POLE-AITKEN BASIN THORIUM. ... Moscow University. ... Introduction: The lunar South Pole-Aitken (SPA) impact basin is one of the largest and oldest impact basins and has thus been heavily degraded by postbasin-formation primary impacts and their ejecta [1]. ... The SPA basin thorium map: The using data Lunar Prospector [4] the thorium distribution map demonstrated a hemisphere of the Moon which contains the SPA basin structure and its environs was constructed. ...

... По данным последних научных исследований астрономы тоже обладают определенным чувством юмора. ... Говорит командир экипажа МКС. ... Десять тысяч китайцев заработали грыжу, растягивая рогатку. ... После Нового Года беседуют трое Новых Русских. ... Второй говорит: "А я своему десять ящиков петард подарил. ... Семь гномов говорят: "Мы изучаем далекие звезды, белые и коричневые карлики". ... А я, говорит Кощей Бессмертный, занялся самым вечным - Вселенной. ... Кто говорит? ... Цитаты о природе Вселенной...

... The author attempts to approach the problem from the positions of systems analysis with account for the ideological grounds and history of space activities in Russia and abroad, comparing its current interpretation with the initial goals posed by leading theoreticians and practitioners who stood at the cradle of the space exploration era. ... The space systems recognized in Russia as priority projects are largely developed with violations of the systems approach principles. ...

... Declined commitment to national space programs and drastic cuts in ICBM demand create a strong economy-driven trend to proliferate missile and space-related technologies to new markets. ... to establish a regime to provide space launch services to potential proliferators as an incentive against development of rocket launch capabilities of their own. ... Under such a condition new space powers definitely would not give up the development of independent space launch capabilities. ...

Russian version of HP . ... StarCalc is the fastest professional astronomy planetarium & star mapping program for Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP (StarCalc version for PocketPC computers you can found here ). ... Extensibility : This program is based on common "Plugin StarCalc interface to catalogs and object groups", which allows program to add new modules as Plugins. ... Welcome to the Pocket StarCalc Home Page: . ... Some bugfixes in eclipses" and line" plugins - see the new versions in downloads page. ...

... You must have the frames with a dark current and flat field for preliminary processing of the images. ... The flat field is necessary for the account of the variations in the sensitivity of pixels. ... 1) Open the frame with a flat field by . ... In the dialogue choose a frame with a dark current. There will be a subtraction of the dark frame from the flat field. ... 3) Apply the flat field by . Note  If several files are open, a dark current and flat field will apply for all. ...

... Communication du prйsident Barbicane . Effet de la communication Barbicane . ... Le roman de la lune . Ce qu'il n'est pas possible d'ignorer et ce qu'il n'est plus permis de croire dans les Йtats-Unis . ... La question des poudres . ... Une dйpкche tйlйgraphique . ... Comment un Franзais arrange une affaire . Le nouveau citoyen des Йtats-Unis . ... Le tйlescope des montagnes Rocheuses . ...