... This glossary is not meant to be an exhaustive list of techno-definitions. ... Is there a term you don't see here? ... Do you know how to pronounce the CONSTELLATIONS , STARS , or the PLANETS and their MOONS ? ... First Law - the orbit of each planet is an ellipse with the sun at a focus . ... LIGHT BUCKET: A common slang term for a large apertures . ... LIGHT POLLUTION: The illumination of the night sky caused by artificial light sources on the ground (streetlights, billboards, etc.) ...

... Club By-laws . ... Other Club Activities . ... Public Nights . ... Dr. James Green, NASA, Director Planetary Science will be our esteemed speaker on Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 7:30 PM in Peyton Hall on the Princeton University campus. ... Our astronomers setup telescopes for public use at Communiversity in Princeton, Super Science Saturday at the NJ State Museum in Trenton and at various public events around Mercer County. ... Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton, Inc., ...

... Since GCVS IV, there was no new GCVS edition. ... Main reasons for the automatic-survey new variables remaining outside the GCVS for a long time:  different level of detail of the classification systems, no perfect software for automatic classification available;  individual approach to each star that was always used in the GCVS cannot be applied any longer, but the experience of automatically- updated catalogs evidences for the number of errors ...

... The OC "Mir" orbit parametres before the final burns . ... Orbit period (in min) . ... Mean orbit altitude (km) . ... solar F 10.7 flux . ... F 10.7 <= 100 - low level; 100 < F 10.7 < 150 - medium level; F 10.7 >= 150 - high level . Orbit 86328(15) - the first burn bulding the descent orbit  D V 1 =9.3 m/s. After burn altitude H min = 188.2 km, H max = 219.2 km. Orbit 86329(16) - the descent orbit second impulse D V 2 =10.4 m/s. After burn altitude H min = 158.9 km, H max = 218.5 km. ...

... Our Galaxy . ... Stars . ... Image credit: ESO, Acknowledgement: VST/Omegacam Local Group Survey) . First observed in 1909, the WLM galaxy is part of the Local Group, about 10 million light years (3.1 Mpc) across, this is the set of more than 35 galaxies which includes our own Milky Way. ... I compared this little galaxy to a living fossil because looking at it gives us an insight into a past era in the UniverseтАЩs history. ... Distances and metallicities for 17 Local Group galaxies? . ...

The nasa.gov site requires that JavaScripts be enabled in your browser. ... Contact NASA . ... The term "astronaut" derives from the Greek words meaning "space sailor," and refers to all who have been launched as crew members aboard NASA spacecraft bound for orbit and beyond. Since the inception of NASA's human space flight program, we have also maintained the term "astronaut" as the title for those selected to join the NASA corps of astronauts who make "space sailing" their career profession. ...

Moscow Astronomical Plate Archives: . Contents, Digitization, Current and Possible Applications . ... We describe the astronomical plate archives in Moscow and Zvenigorod and the existing digitization projects. ... 2 The Plate Archive of the Sternberg Institute . The contents of the most important Moscow astronomical plate archive, that of the Sternberg Astronomical Institute, was briefly presented in Shugarov et al. [1] in 1999. ... THE MOSCOW PLATE COLLECTION (STERNBERG INSTITUTE) . ...

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... 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. ...

The paper presents the 'Neptune-ME' information display system (IDS) as a spaceman console (SC) of the descent module of the 'Soyuz -TMA' piloted transport spaceship, and the integrated console (IC) of manual control loop for module equipment in the Russian segment of the 'Alpha' international space station. ... to control spaceship systems; . ... An integrated control console (ICC) which is hardware and software compatible with a IBM PC, is suggested as a basic console for the manual control loop. ...

The Integrated Information Display System for the Soyuz-TMA and the Integrated Console of Manual Control Loop for the Russian Segment of the International Space Station Yurii Tiapchenko, deputy Chief Designer and head of the Division of Onboard Information Display Systems (1993-2002) at the Specialized Experimental Design Bureau of Spacecraft Technology and Chief Designer at the NTC "Alpha-M". ... The tasks of the spaceship IDS are provided by the Simvol and KL-110 display systems. ...

... supernova images . Supernova Search and . ... How to report a supernova discovery . ... General Supernova information When you are looking for information on the latest Supernovae, the first place to look (Besides the Bright Supernovae page ) is the Recent IAU Circulars page, Recent CBET Circulars and IAU 's List of Recent Supernovae and List of All Supernovae , as well as the Headlines page web page. ... Arcturus Observatory SN images . ... Joseph Brimacombe's supernova images New 2009/12/17 . ...

... Heracles Triplane and Aerospace Systems . The key characteristics of two-stage aerospace systems are determined according to speed and carrying capacity of the aircraft-carrier used . ... So the SPIRAL system hypersonic carrier was expected to launch the second stage by weight 63 tons at a speed corresponding to 6M; whereas launching weight of the MAKS system orbital stage with the use of the An-225 MRIYA heavy subsonic aircraft reaches 275 tons, and the HERACLES aircraft - 450 tons. ...

FAQ по телескопам . ... A1: ( Телескопы для любителей астpономии , Л.Л.Сикоpук) Телескоп диаметpом 50 мм позволит увидеть кpатеpы на Луне, пятна на Солнце, пояса на диске Юпитеpа и четыpе его кpупных спутника, фазы Венеpы, наличие колец Сатуpна, компоненты двойных звезд с pасстоянием между ними 2,5 секунды дуги (2,5 ; pазpешающая сила ), слабые звезды до 10-й звездной величины (10m; пpоницающая ... Диаметp объектива 100мм, фокусное pасстояние 1000мм, увеличение 30-350кpат. ...

... A star party is a gathering of amateur astronomers who set up their telescopes and observe the dynamic night sky. ... Star parties are best scheduled during first quarter and waxing gibbous Moon. During full moon, the moon is so bright it obscures a view of other celestial objects and even the Moon is best viewed when NOT full. ... We will consult local weather forecasters and make a decision by 2:00p on the day of the star party. ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

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