... The described algorithm is suitable for measurements of complex images of stars. ... a) the zero-based number of stars in the complex (multicentric) image, . b) set of preliminary coordinates - x i , y i , for all stars, index i is number of a star, . ... i - index of a star in the complex image; . ... These parameters are calculated by a nonlinear method of a least squares.The main output parameters of this algorithm are x i , y i ; where the index i is number of a star in the multicentric image. ...

... Therefore, the observatory supports educational events, occured in the SAO, including astronomical and astrophysical schools, lectures and excursions at the SAO's telescopes. ... Thursday 9-00 Breakfast 9-30 Opening of the School and Astronomical Olimpiad 10-15 Photo of particapants (near the SAO entrance) 10-30 Lecture about Specail Astrophysical observatory. Chentsov E.L. 13-30 Lunch 14-00 Excursion to historical places of Nizhnij Arkhyz 18-00 Dinner 19-00 Acquaintance evening. ...

... They are an indicator of accuracy of the CCD positional observations for a given observatory. ... Planetary and Space Science 56 (2008) 1847 ­1850 Table 4 The best results of CCD asteroid observations from MPC database for some professional observatories MPC Observatory Code Professionals 673 Telescope 000 :07 0.07 0.08 0.06 000 :06 0.06 0.04 0.05 Year Total asteroids Total positions s a 1849 sd Type USA, table Mountain, D ј 0:61 m, FL ј 9:0 m, FOV ј 22 б ...

Dr. Phil Plait , aka "The Bad Astronomer" . ... Invited Talks and Testimonials . ... Dr. Plait has given talks about Bad (and good!) ... Dr. Plait can also give talks on almost any topic in astronomy given a few weeks notice (for example, for a talk at a science museum he created a talk about current astronomical satellites and the work they are doing to further scientific knowledge -- this talk is updated as new observatories are launched), and will be happy to talk to you about your needs . ...

Электронная библиотека астронома-любителя. ... библиотека . архив RSN . ... Ru.Space.News: . Октябрь 1998 . ... 5, 1998 Greenbelt, MD 20771 Newsroom Phone: 301-286-8955 NOTE TO EDITORS/NEWS DIRECTORS: 98-158 HISTORIC JOHN GLENN FLIGHT TO FEATURE MARYLAND AND GODDARD SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS When Mercury astronaut and Ohio Senator John Glenn returns to space October 29, a fascinating array of science experiments from the Goddard Space Flight Center and Maryland students will fly with him. ...

The Youth Space Center ( YSC ) was established in Bauman Moscow State Technical University (BMSTU) in 1989 to provide primary aerospace education for young people, stimulate youth creative research thinking, promote space science and technology achievements and develop cooperation with other youth organizations in the international aerospace community. ... BMSTU students can participate in such YSC activities as annual international workshop for space enthusiasts and Practical Cosmonautics course. ...

... Everyone interested in the philosophy of consciousness and identity also should read this book. ... I sent a couple rather naive letters to Prof. Chalmers (copies of which I enclose) more than two years ago, and he kindly responded by suggesting that I read the papers listed on his Web site, some of which I have read in my sparse spare time. ... There is no doubt that computers will one day be intellectually superior to today's humans, and will, eventually, pass the Turing Test. ...

НОВОСТИ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ ЭНЦИКЛОПЕДИЯ ИСТОРИЯ СТАНЦИЯ МИР ENGLISH . ... Мои публикации . ... Realization of the scale project, called to revive interest of Russians to a problem of space exploration, have started in Saint-Petersburg. ... The project utilizes reconstructed buildings of TzNII RTK and the adjacent territory of a public garden: it's made by the 'city inside the city' principle and includes many transport, trade, hotel, museum, business and entertainment structures. ... А.Железняков , 1997-2002. ...

The Star called the Sun. The Sun as the star . ... The visible star value . ... Spectrum class . ... 149 597 870 km . ... The Solar energy sourse is the core transformation of the Sun, where temperature is 15 000 000 K. The energy from inside is carried by irradiation and then in the external layer with 0,2 Ra of thikness - by convection. ... The Earth, situating far from the Sun (149 mil km), receives about 2.1017 W of the Solar beam energy (see item "The Solar constant" ). ...

... During all period of our investigations Dr. N.Sumzina from the Institute of Applied Astronomy of RAS had prepared the Numbered Minor Planet positions from MPC Database for our processing with kind permission of the Director of Minor Planet Center Prof. Braian Marsden. ... Our extensive processing of the MPC data allows us to conclude that CCD observations of the Numbered and Unnumbered Minor Planets have the errors, sometimes very crude. ...

... The mean metallicity-age relationship derived from the complete restored sample with allowance made for the radial metallicity gradient. ... The solid line is the straight regression for the complete restored sample; the dashed line is that for the initial sample of F stars from the solar surrounding of 80 pc (without regarding of the radial metallicity gradient and the weight cocfficients). discussion in the text | next figure | previous figure . ...

... EUV Observations of the Solar Corona with Superhigh Spatial Resolution in the ARCA Project S. V. Kuzina, S. A. Bogacheva, A. A. Pertsova, S. V. Shestova, A. A. Revaa, b, and A. S. Ulyanova, b a Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991 Russia b Moscow Physicotechnical Institute, Moscow, 115409 Russia e mail: kuzin@lebedev.ru Abstract--Observing the Sun's hot corona with sub second spatial resolution is important in solving a num ber of basic solar physics problems. ...

Russian Space Science Internet (RSSI) is a successful result of RSSI Project. ... space oriented organizations; . ... RSSI offers for its members : . ... videoconferences via MBONE Internet protocol (there are 2 tunnels available now through the general IP network: one to NASA Internet, and another to Moscow State University); . ... It is designed so that all organizations connected to the RSSI gain access to the resources of Russian computer networks as well as world wide Internet. ... nic@rssi.ru ...

Statistics of sunspot activity . The sunspot indices . ... Visual indices of solar activity . ... n - number of spot groups . A - Waldmeier class of unipolar spot groups without penumbra . B - class of bipolar spot groups without penumbra . C - class of bipolar spot groups with one penumbra pole . D - class of small bipolar spot groups with two penumbra poles . E - class of middle bipolar spot groups with two penumbra poles . ... H - class of unipolar penumbrated spot groups . ...

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Multipurpose Aerospace System (MAKS) . ... Up to date the main components of the orbital stage construction have been worked up, external fuel tank mock-up has been made, significant work has been already done on the propulsion system MAKS consists of the subsonic carrier aircraft and an orbital stage with an external fuel tank mounted on it As the first stage the An-225 MRIA aircraft originally intended for the BURAN transportation is used. ... CREATION AIRFRAME OF THE BURAN ORBITAL SPACESHIP . ...

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... Научная панорама ? arxiv:0709.2048 Cherenkov Telescope Array . ... arxiv:0709.2048 Cherenkov Telescope Array: следующее поколение наземных гамма-обсерваторий (Cherenkov Telescope Array: The next-generation ground-based gamma-ray observatory) . ... Прочитать про это можно в статье, а можно на сайте проекта <A HREF=" http://www.mpi-hd.mpg.de/hfm/CTA/ ">CTA</A> (Cherenkov Telescope Array). http://xray.sai.msu.ru/~polar/sci_rev/168.html#arxiv/0709.2048 . ...

NMW survey overview . Access image archive . ... The New Milky Way survey aims to detect bright (V<13.5) optical transients near the Galactic plane using an automated wide-field (8x6 deg.) system capable of surveying the whole Milky Way area visible from the observing site in one night. ... All images obtained during the transient search survey are available online (please use the image archive access form ). ... Images per field: . ... Images per night: . ... Milky Way imaging time: . ...

The Second U.S. Naval Observatory CCD Astrograph Catalog ( UCAC2 ) Table of Contents 1) Introduction 2) Summary of the Project a) Observations and Instrumentation b) Reductions of UCAC Observations c) Computation of Proper Motions 3) Properties of the Catalog and Important Notes For the User a) Sky Coverage b) Completeness c) Positions, Proper Motions and Error Calculations d) UCAC2 Magnitudes e) 2MASS Photometry f) Non-stellar ... All stars in the UCAC2 have proper motions. ...