The direct detection of gravitational waves is one of those events long-expected by physicists that are nevertheless a significant occurrence which excites the world scientific community as if something unexpected has happened. ... Many rumors leaked ahead of the conference, and the fact that something (that is, a signal corresponding to gravitational waves) was discovered by LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) was discussed on the sidelines. ... arXiv:1602.03868 . ...

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... BDR FAX: (303) 497-6513 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SELECTED GEOMAGNETIC AND SOLAR ACTIVITY INDICES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WORLDWIDE INDICES -------------------------------------------------------------- The subscript p means planetary and designates a global magnetic activity in- dex ... 13-14 I2 Kp or PLANETARY 3-HOUR RANGE INDEX for 0000 - 0300 UT. ...

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. ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Bad Astro Store . ... Slacker Astronomy . ... Keep Bad Astronomy close to your heart, and help make me filthy rich. ... Life Under the Moon . ... Seeing Jupiter's Moons . ... Time Zones and the Spherical Earth . A Companion to the Earth? ... December 19, 1999) . ... Big Moon, Little Moon . ... How Big is the Moon? ... 14, 2000) . ... 2008 Phil Plait. ... Subscribe to the Bad Astronomy Newsletter! Talk about Bad Astronomy on the BA Bulletin Board! ...

... Space flight . ... Zero Gravity . ... Characteristics of a Complex Flight: . ... Characteristics of the Reduced Gravity (Lunar Gravitation): . ... Characteristics of the Reduced Gravity (Martian Gravitation): . ... Services / Zero Gravity: General description Technical description Flight parameters Photo gallery Price . ...

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) . ...

... t1 ­ ; t2 ­ ; t3 rsnd (t1 ) ­ t1 (snd ­ sender ­ ); 6 ­ (sc ­ spacecraft ­ ); rrcv (t3 ) ­ (rcv ­ receiver ­ ). rsc (t2 ) (2), : 1 t1 = rsc (t2 ) - rsnd (t1 ) + D1 , c 1 t2 = rsc (t2 ) - rrcv (t3 ) + D2 , c (3) t2 = t1 + t1, t3 = t2 + t2 = t1 + t1 + t2 , D1 = D2 = 2S rsc (t2 ) + rsnd (t1 ) + rsc (t2 ) - rsnd (t1 ) ln , rsc (t2 ) + rsnd (t1 ) - rsc (t2 ) - rsnd (t1 ) c2 2S rsc (t2 ) + rrcv (t3 ) + rsc (t2 ) - rrcv (t3 ) ln . ... rrcv ( t3 ) rsnd ( t1 ) , , IAU2000 [7]. , , , [8]. 3. 3.1. . ...

... Parameter Spec Measurement Technique: Wavelength = 355nm (Visual confirmation) Energy = 30 uJ, 160-180 mJ (4025 pulses), 40 uJ (micropulse) Pulse Duration = 10 ms (Measured at 10 ms on an oscilloscope) Micropulse Width = 70ps IR, = 50 ps UV (Autocorrelator to measure IR pulse waveform Temporal Profile - flat envelope) Measured at 10 ms on an oscilloscope. ... Burn Paper measurement) Repetition Rate = 10 Hz/402.5 MHz Oscilloscope Shot to Shot Stability = 3% RMS for pulse envelope. ...

... Basic Space Sciences in HighSchool and Cooperation in Space Education Pro jects 9 4 UNIVERSAT-2006 SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME June 26, 2006, Monday 10:0013:00 Registration 13:0015:00 Lunch 15:0016:30 Opening Ceremony and Invited Reports INVITED REPORTS (30 min) 15:2015:50 Haubold, H.J., The United Nations Basic Space Science Initiative 15:5016:20 Krasotkin S.A., Panasyuk M.I., Radchenko V.V., Space research scientic and educational ... Chalova E.R., Aerospace images in school education 4. ...

... Julian Date Flux Densities (mJy) Julian Date Flux Densities (mJy) 2440000:0 A1 A2 B C 2440000:0 A1 A2 B C 8930.9968 153.8 134.6 59.8 22.6 9021.6846 154.0 137.0 59.0 22.9 8939.7717 163.7 146.0 66.1 22.9 9024.6766 151.4 134.6 58.4 22.1 8940.8936 153.2 135.8 59.2 22.6 9030.5334 156.7 139.1 59.0 22.4 8944.7380 161.7 142.2 63.7 23.1 9032.6650 151.8 136.5 57.7 22.6 8951.8637 148.4 131.3 58.3 21.7 9036.7067 155.1 137.1 58.8 ...

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... About meteorites . ... Meteorite Shirokovsky . ... The meteorite fell on the frozen Shirokovsky reservoir situated on the Kosva River near the village of Shirokovsky and the cities of Ugle-Uralsk and Kizel. ... Two slices were transferred to the Vernadsky Institute for study and research. ... M.A. Nazarov, Vernadsky Inst. ... Furthermore, the Shirokovsky samples do not contain typical accessory phases of stony-iron meteorites, and the accessory phases are completely atypical for all meteorites. ...

... Synchronous Evolution of Galaxies in Groups: NGC 524 Group O. K. Sil'chenko and V. L. Afanasiev 245 ISSN 1990-3413, Astrophysical Bulletin, 2012, Vol. ... Four of the five galaxies revealed synchronized bursts of star formation in the nuclei 1­2 Gyr ago. The only galaxy, in which the ages of stellar population in the nucleus and in the bulge coincide (i.e. the nuclear burst of star formation did not take place) is NGC 502, the farthest from the center of the group of all the galaxies studied. ...

... The TESIS is a set of solar imaging instruments developed by the Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Science, and launched aboard the Russian spacecraft CORONAS-PHOTON on January 30, 2009. The main goal of the TESIS is to provide complex observations of solar active phenomena from the transition region to the inner and outer solar corona with high spatial, spectral and temporal resolution in the EUV and Soft X-ray spectral bands. ... Solar activity hits a new low . ...

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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... Structure of Data . ... Catalog . ... In SAI OCL Catalog, we introduce our work on investigation of the Milky Way system of open star clusters. The main goal of our study is a search for new clusters using huge surveys. 168 new clusters have been already discovered by us using J,H,Ks data from 2MASS point source catalog. ... For 141 new clusters, we found their physical parameters using J,H,Ks data from 2MASS catalog and, for a number of clusters, our UBVRI CCD observational magnitudes. ...

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. ...

... Научная панорама ? arxiv:1408.4987 Влияние социальных движений на политику в области космической ас . ... arxiv:1408.4987 Влияние социальных движений на политику в области космической астрономии (The Influence of Social Movements on Space Astronomy Policy) . ... Но ясно, что в стране, где у людей могут отбирать пенсии, лишать лекарств, препятствовать нормальному отдыху и т.д. и т.п., - а "народ безмолвствует", - все это не актуально. http://xray.sai.msu.ru/~polar/sci_rev/316.html#arxiv/1408.4987 . ...