StarShine-3: . ... The satellites are covered by nearly 1000 small, front-surface aluminum mirrors that are machined by technology students in Utah and polished by tens of thousands of students all over the world. ... And this is only small story about it. ... We will be able to measure the angular position of that satellite by observing sunlight flashes from small mirrors mounted on the surface of the satellite, as it passes across the starry sky before sunrise and after sunset.. ... Starshine 3 . ...

... Jupiter, Saturn and their moons. ... Massive stars use up their fuel much faster - in some cases less than 100 million years. ... Based on how evolution took place on Earth, why is it unlikely that life would exist around massive stars? ... 3.0 Observing - clusters and galaxies Open clusters are formed when a large cloud of galactic gas (up to dozens of light years across) condenses to form dozens or hundreds of stars at once. ... To use the model stand nea the Earth post and look towards the sun. ...

... MASTER Net is 56 square degrees per 1 exposition . ... 06 Dec 2015: GRB 151205B: MASTER-NET early optical observations GCN18665 . ... 18 Nov 2015: GRB 151118A: MASTER-NET optical observations GCN18613 . ... 12 Nov 2015: GRB 151112A: MASTER-NET optical limit GCN18591 . ... 07 Nov 2015: GRB 151107A: MASTER-NET optical observations GCN18565 . ... 31 Oct 2015: Five OTs detected by Global Robotic MASTER Net ATel8232 . ... 02 Oct 2015: GRB 151001B: MASTER-NET early optical observations GCN18380 . ...

. Observational data . • . Geomagnetic variations in Yakutsk . • . Cosmic ray variations in Yakutsk and Tixie Bay . • . Riometer data for Tixie . • . Satellite monitoring of surface . • . Space weather forecast . • . Ionospheric Station Yakutsk .

... 000, 1­12 (2009) Printed 11 February 2010 A (MN L TEX style file v2.2) Analytical approximations of K -corrections in optical and near-infrared bands I1gor V. Chilingarian1 2 ,2,3 , Anne-Laure Melchior 1,4 and Ivan Yu. ... Received 2010 February 01; in original form 2009 August 14 ABSTRACT To compare photometric properties of galaxies at different redshifts, the fluxes need to be corrected for the changes of effective rest-frame wavelengths of filter bandpasses, called K -corrections. ... Table 1. ...

... About meteorites . ... Meteoritic data . Impact Crater Smerdyachee . ... Based on Smerdyachee's depth, near circularity, and its mounded wall, and analysis by N.A. Fillin of nearby Roshal, Russia, the Estonian scientists Yu.V. Krestlane and K.H. Mella proposed in 1987 that Smerdyachee Lake is a meteorite crater. ... In 2002, the Laboratory of Meteoritics of the Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences explored this mysterious lake. ...

832 767 8.7 2540 2.73E-05 6020 7.93E+01 5.35E-01 20.8 1.36E-02 2.04е-10 803 850 20.8 1640 4.00E-05 5960 1.06E+02 5.40E-01 27.0 1.28е-02 2.75е-10 763 924 27.0 1440 5.67E-05 5910 1.42E+02 5.54E-01 33.4 1.23е-02 3.75е-10 722 1003 33.4 1290 7.57E-05 5870 1.85E+02 5.67E ...

GCVS Variability Types and Distribution Statistics of Designated Variable Stars According to their Types of Variability ======================================================================== I. GCVS Variability Types. ... Amplitudes usually do not exceed 0.1 mag. ... RR Variables of the RR Lyrae type, which are radially-pulsating giant A-F stars having amplitudes from 0.2 to 2 mag in V. Cases of variable light-curve shapes as well as variable periods are known. ... RV Variables of the RV Tauri type. ...

... Field of research: Extragalactic astronomy. ... NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) Abstract Service . ... CADC Home Page . ... CCD Images of Galaxies . ... RUSSIAN LINKS . ... UA Astronomy Personal Home Page - Bill Keel . ... The Shape of the Rotation Curves of Edge-on Galaxies, by A.V.Zasov and A.V.Khoperskov, 2003. ... A Thickness of Stellar Discs, by A.V.Zasov, and D.V.Bizyaev, 2003 . Minimum Velocity Dispersion in Stable Stellar Disks, by A.V.Khoperskov, A.V.Zasov, and N.V.Tyurina, 2003 . ...

... For the past years I have been working on the problem of synthesis of light curves of close binary systems, consisting of a normal star and a compact object (point object with fixed X-ray luminosity). ... Possible existence of a bright spot on the disk's lateral surface is taken into account. ... The last of then will be published in Gordon and Breach Publishers ( Cherepashchuk A.M., Katysheva N.A., Khruzina T.S., Shugarov S.Yu. ... Cherepashchuk A.M., Katysheva N.A., Khruzina T.S., Shugarov S.Yu. ...

... Телескопостроение, оптика (Модераторы: I.A.R. , Ivan7enych ) ? Интервью с Thomas M. Back . ... CN: Who does the lens figuring for your TMB scopes? Why did you choose them? ... Their master opticians do the final hand figuring, that is so important for sharp and high contrast images. ... They make their own glass, curve generate, polish, figure, multicoated all glass surfaces, and finally make a custom temperature compensated cell, that has been a proven performer over the last 9 years. ...

... Imaging GRIN Rod Lens (HAG's) | Relay Rod Lens (LAG's) | ... The Refractive Index Distributions (RID) in GRIN lens preforms are made by multi-stage optimized ion-exchange diffusion between silicate mineral glasses and salt melts. ... In the LAG lenses - L ow A perture GRIN the nature of the changing of refractive index in glass via ion-exchange lies mainly in molecular volume increase. ... LAG lenses are specially treated to create the dark anti-flick surface coating (Fig.2). ...

... Molecular beam epitaxy . Surface analysis . ... Molecular beam epitaxy and fundamental studies of semiconductor heterostructures (with quantum wells, quantum dots and superlattices) based on: . narrow gap III-V compounds for optoelectronic and electronic applications; . wide gap II-VI compounds, as well as ZnO, for visible range and UV optoelectronics and basic studies in the field of spintronics; . ...

... Table 1 lists all RV data for KELT-3 , and Figure 2 shows 20 TA B L E 1 RV O B S E RVAT I O N S O F K E LT- 3 BJD RV RV errora Source (TDB) (m s-1 ) (m s-1 ) 2455983.672916 -319 25 TRES 2455990.777987 -66 14 TRES 2456000.473809 -31 27 FIES 2456001.465355 103 20 FIES 2456002.514673 -259 20 FIES 2456003.552533 90 16 FIES 2456004.432251 0 16 FIES 2456018.656206 -324 14 TRES 2456019.709404 4 19 TRES 2456020.710562b -125 18 ... Both observations were able to resolve KELT-3 from...

Sp ecific features of differential motions in the DIMM V. Kornilov, B. Safonov May 28, 2010 1 Intro duction Differential image motion monitor DIMM widely used in studies of optical turbulence, is destined to measure the integrated effect of the Earth's atmosphere on the image quality. ... In the work of Martin, they are obtained by gradual spatial filtering 1 of the power spectrum of phase perturbations in the assumption of Kolmogorov's model of the optical turbulence (OT). ...

... Listen to the winds of Titan at: http ://www.planetary.org/sounds/huygens_sounds.html Cassini swept within 730 miles of the Europa-like surface of icy Enceledus, providing ... Hope Paterson Newark Jersey City Plainfield Elizabeth Brunswick Princeton Trenton Camden Atlantic City StarQuest '05 June 3 - 5 2005 Events February 7 ­ 12 Winter Star Party Florida Keys, Florida http ://www.scas.org/ April 8 - 10 Delmarva Star Party Tuckahoe State Park, Maryland ...

... 5 Commerce Way Auburn, NY 13210 www.volpiusa.com Contents 1 2 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Historical Overview Fundamentals of Light Propagation in Light Guides Total Internal Reflection Numerical Aperture of a Light Guide Guided Light Outside the Core Medium Phase Shift of Total Reflection 3 Light Guides - Modes 3.1 Mode Equation 3.2 Mode Number of a Light Guide 4 Light Intensity Distribution in a Light ... Such a light guide is referred to as a coherent fiber bundle or image bundle. ...

ABSTRACTS 10-th International Gamow Summer School "Astronomy and beyond: Astrophysics, Cosmology and Gravitation, Cosmomicrophysics, Radio-astronomy and Astrobiology" (Ukraine, Odessa, Chernomorka, 23-28 August, 2010) MEMORIAL SESSION SERGEY ALEKSANDROVICH SNEGOV (1910-1994) ­ OUSTANDING PHYSICIST, COSMOLOGIST, ASTRONOMER AND WRITER ­ VISIONARY TO A 100-ANNIVERSARY FROM BIRTHDAY Pahomov A.G. PFUM, Moscow It is possible to judge a condition of an astronomical science on literary works of time. ...

... Exposure Time Calculator (ETC) . Survey processing . ... VISTA is a 4-m class wide field survey telescope for the southern hemisphere, equipped with a near infrared camera (1.65 degree diameter field of view at VISTA's nominal pixel size) containing 67 million pixels of mean size 0.34 arcsec and available broad band filters at Z,Y,J,H,K s and a narrow band filter at 1.18 micron. A wide field visible camera, if constructed, could also be used on VISTA. ... Tile . ... ESO VISTA Public Surveys . ...