Dr. Phil Plait 1515 Griffin Way Rohnert Park CA 94928 Dear Phil: I wanted to send a very special thank you for the wonderful presentation you gave on November 25, 2003, for our staff here at Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore. Your topic on the Moon Hoax phenomenon was most appropriate: we get lots of questions from the general public about the veracity of the Moon Landings and requests to have Hubble look at the Moon! ... We don't often get such a huge crowd for our Noon Talks!! ...

... LINKS . ... Founded in 1971 by a group of enthusiasts and star aficionados, our association is now counting more than 130 members.As a national association we attract hobby astronomers from the whole country to our regular night-sky observations and to the meetings in our club at Dudelange. ... Club News . ... by topic : PDF File Download (360KB) . by title : PDF File Download (640KB) . ... Article about AAL in "Le Quotidien" newspaper of Juli 21 2005 - PDF File Download (132KB) . ... SOME LINKS . ...

... Undaunted, and hopeful that our club's observatory at Washington Crossing State Park, Titusville, NJ enjoyed better conditions, I set off. A few minutes later I arrived at the park and met my fellow AAAP club members Brian Van Liew and Bill Murray already there and set up awaiting the sunrise. ... Mark Jaworsky Simpson Observatory (609) 737-2575 From the Editor As you see in the Masthead, a new club officer has been installed (Secretary, Mark Jaworsky) and we have started a new year of AAAP. ...

Электронная библиотека астронома-любителя. ... библиотека . архив RSN . ... Ru.Space.News: . Апрель 1998 . ... The downlink telemetry rate is presently 40 bps except during the Probe Checkout #2 data playback over specially requested 70m passes. Spacecraft Activity Summary: Orbiter: On Friday , 04/03, the third of seven sequenced data playbacks occurred for Huygens Probe Checkout #2. ... On Saturday, 04/04, the fourth data playback occurred for Probe Checkout #2. ...

... ---------- FileName Lrecl Records Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- catalog .dat 269 36020 Revised NLTT Catalogue and 1st Supplement Description of catalog columns (see Paper II for details): -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary Information 1) NLTT number (drawn consecutively from 1 to 58,845) 2) binary component 3) RA ( 2000 ), epoch 2000 ( ...

... ISC Kosmotras . ... Comments, Opinions Publications Dnepr Program . Dnepr launch record 17 August 2011. ... The success of PICARD launch re enforces our high level of appreciation of the quality of the DNEPR launcher and of the professionalism and efficiency of ISC Kosmotras. ... The distinguishing feature of the THEOS launch by a converted SS-18 ICBM (Dnepr LV) is that it was the first ISC Kosmotras mission from the Yasny launch site that headed southward to its Sun-synchronous target orbit. ...

... EMU . ... США . ... Пристыковка к МКС модуля "Destiny" . ... Установка стыковочного модуля PMA-2 на модуль "Destiny" . ... Орлан-М ?23 . ... Россия . ... Обеспечение переноса ШК "Quest" на СТУ модуля "Unity". ... Установка на ШК Quest трех газовых баллонов. ... ШО Quest МКС . ... Установка блока EAS с запасом аммиака и укладок PEC на внешней поверхности МКС. ... СО1 ?Пирс? МКС . ... Перенос с ГА РМА-1 и монтаж на СО1 "Пирс" грузовой стрелы ГСтМ-2, установка антенны РЛС WA-3. ... ШО "Пирс" МКС . ...

The 2dF QSO Redshift Survey (2QZ) . ... Before jumping into all the finer details of teh survey, a brief non-astronomer's guide to redshift surveys is available. ... The primary scientific aims of the QSO survey are: (1) to obtain the primordial fluctuation power spectrum out to COBE scales, (2) to determine the rate of QSO clustering evolution in the non-linear and linear regimes and hence obtain new limits on the value of and the bias parameter, (3) to apply a powerful geometric method to measure . ...

. CDS: - Catalogues and files available at CDS . HEASARC - HEASARC Browse: Main Interface . SIMBAD - SIMBAD Quaery Form . WEBDA - Description . Variable Stars - Variable Stars in Globular Clusters . Page is modefied 27.04.2006 . E-Mail: marsakov@ip.rsu.ru

. To see a Russian version of this page click here . (Senior Researcher. Graduated from Moscow State University (MSU) in 1982, Ph.D. 1986, MSU) . A member of EAS and IAU. Fields of interest: hot massive stars, close binary systems: optical photometric and spectral observations, X-ray observations; ill-posed problems, X-ray astrophysics. My publications (ADS link) . Linux on CLEVO 8750 (old stuff) . Phones/addresses of my university mates graduated in 1982. E-mail: igor@sai.msu.ru .

... Принадлежности для телескопов MEADE . ... Окуляры и линзы Барлоу эконом-класса . ... Окуляр Meade 5000 Plossl 5.5mm (1.25") . ... Симметричные (Plossl) окуляры серии 5000 - прорыв в области оптического дизайна в сочетании с обычным качеством исполнения от Meade. ... Окуляр парфокален (то есть не требует перефокусировки при смене увеличения) не только с другими окулярами серии 5000, но и большинством других 1.25" окуляров от Meade и многих других производителей. ... Окуляры PENTAX . ... Pentax.ru . ...

... 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 ...

... Advises . Contact Advises . As an advise for amateurs we would like to underline: if it's possible, try to observe 3 asteroid positions per night and do not neglect to observe the Numbered Minor Planets in your telescope field of view as a "by product" of your observational programs. ... We think such estimations ought to be produced every morning after CCD observations of the moving celestial objects by observer himself. ...

MATHEMATICAL MODELING: . ... This model is developed on the base of the probabilistic description of the collisional aeronomical processes and is realized on a computer as the numerical system (stochastic model). ... Shematovich, V.I., Bisikalo , D.V.             Nonequilibrium processes in the planetary and cometary atmospheres. ... In Russian) . ... Piarnpuu , A. A.; and Shematovich, V. I.       Construction of structural stochastic models of collision processes in rarefied gas media (abstract) . ...

... for Cosmic Ray Observation is situated in Irkutsk (Russia). ... Real-time (preliminary) cosmic ray data in Irkutsk . ... Online Cosmic Ray and Atmospheric Pressure Data Base . ... Real-time data Uncorrected for pressure (Resolution 1 hour - 1 year) -- since 05.2001 . Real-time data Corrected for pressure (Resolution 1 min - 1 year) --- since 09.2001 . Resolution 1 hour - 1 year) --- since 06.2001 . Final data Corrected for pressure (Resolution 1 hour - 1 year) --- From 01.1975 To 07.2004 . ...

THE 75th NAME-LIST OF VARIABLE STARS. ... The 75th Name-List consists of two tables. ... the literature, taken from positional catalogues, including USNO A1.0/A2.0 and GSC, or determined by the authors); the range of variability (sometimes the column Min gives, in parentheses, the amplitude of light variation; the symbol ( means that the star , in minimum light, becomes fainter, than the magnitude indicated); and the system of magnitudes used ( P are photographic ...

... A Proposal for an International Atlas of Lunar Exploration Philip J. Stooke Department of Geography University of Western Ontario London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5C2 Introduction. ... I propose the creation of an International Atlas of Lunar Exploration to tell this story in cartographic form. ... Many new products would be based primarily on spacecraft images rather than drawn maps, which will also reduce costs and help illustrate the primary data products of the principal lunar missions. ...

Crater Gassendi . ... I made this drawing was made on the 26th of november 2001. If you compare this one with the previous drawing of Gassendi (below) the differences are clear. ... This drawing was made on the 28th of september 2001. After nearly a full month without observations I had a one hour gap between the thicker clouds. ... This drawing was made on the 29th of august 2001. ... This drawing was made on the 27th of august 2001. ... This drawing was made on the 25th of august 2001. ...

Статистика посещений . ... Охваченный период: с 4 апреля 2004 г. по 30 апреля 2004 г. (включительно) . ... sch444/MUSEUM/stat-2.htm . ... sch444/index.htm . ... sch444/MUSEUM/index.htm . ... Экзаменационные билеты по литературе для 11 класса . venda/ekzam/lit11.htm . ... venda/ekzam/ekzam.htm . ... venda/ekzam/lit9.htm . ... sch444/MUSEUM . ... venda/ekzam/geom9.htm . ... venda/ekzam/biol9.htm . ... sch444/MUSEUM/1_17_1.htm . ... venda/index.htm . ... venda/ekzam/ . ... sch444/MUSEUM/MUSEUM.css . ...

... 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. ...