... Director, continued on page 3) Simpson Observatory (609) 737-2575 How to Observe in the Winter without Freezing to Death. It's that time of year again. Sparkling, clear winter nights, the return of the Orion Nebula, the Crab Nebula and all the star clusters of the winter Milky Way to entice amateur astronomers from the warmth of their homes to stargaze. ... There's only one problem with observing at this time of year, IT'S COLD! ... 1) It's Colder at Night than in the Daytime. ...

... Astrometric Observations of the Second, Third, and Fourth Satellites of Uranus I. S. Izmailova, S. A. Korotkiib, M. V. Ereshkob, and A. V. Stepurab a Pulkovo Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pulkovskoe shosse 65­1, St. Petersburg, 196140 Russia b Ka-Dar Observatory, 1-i Neopalimovskii per., ... ASTROMETRIC OBSERVATIONS 43 To determine the center coordinates and other parameters of a satellite or a star image, we solved a redundant system with the nonlinear least-squares method. ...

Winer Observatory P.O. Box 797, Sonoita, Arizona 85637-0797, USA . ... Site . Weather . Roof Status . ... Average Max. ... 0.0 . ... In 2004, the roof was operated manually, while in 2005 through 2007, it was operated automatically by computer, but was not closed by weather sensors. ... The "Closed" column includes those nights outside the Monsoon season when the Observatory was closed due to weather (the usual cause), equipment failures, or vacation by the Winer staff in 2004 through 2006. ...

1,2 - Modifyted Richter-Slefogt Camera (355mm, 200 mm) The system was designed by V.Yu.Terebizh in 2001 (terebizh@crao.crimea.ua), and then has been made by Gennadiy Borisov . ... Very Wide Field Camera near Kislovodsk: MASTER WFC-Kislovodsk . Up to 1200 square degrees up to 13 m. Very Wide Field Camera near Moscow (40 x 60 square degree) (CCD 1392 x 1040 pix, Sony). ... This system can discover and measure satellites and space refuse parameters to within 0.1 ang.sec. precision. ...

... A nasty dispute between the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO) and the space-science community was narrowly averted early this year when SDI officials backed down on a planned launch of a satellite with a Russian-built nuclear reactor on board. ... Early Soviet space reactors orbited for two to three months, and two Soviet Topaz 1 experiments, one for six and one 12 months, created radiation belts that disrupted the operation of scientific satellites. ...

... 13, Moscow, 119992 Russia 2 Special Astrophysical Observatory, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhnii Arkhyz, Karachai-Cherkessian Republic, 369167 Russia Received May 18, 2009 Abstract--Using the method of two-dimensional spectroscopy, we have investigated the kinematics and distribution of the gas and stars at the center of the early-type spiral galaxy NGC 7177 with a mediumscale bar as well as the change in the mean age of the stellar population along the radius. ...

Statistics of sunspot activity . ... The solar regions . ... The description of the solar regions . ... The growing bipolar group had appeared at the tenth parallel of the Southern hemisphere 30.04.04, to the West from the central meridian. ... The high latitude bipolar formation was observed in the Southern hemisphere since 3.05 to 9.05.04, in the Eastern part of the Sun disc. ... The small bipolar region was observed at mid latitudes of the Southern hemisphere since 30.10 to 7.11.04. ...

... Full silvery Moon illuminates terrain. ... Begun a next moon eclipse, when Land barriers a Moon from the Sun and throws its shade on it. ... Drawing 1. ... Drawing 6 Drawing 6 shows a splendid photo of full moon eclipse 18-19 november 1975 during is packed phases doing Dennis de Chikko. ... Eclipse, which will occur 9 november 2003, is a repetition through сарос (cycle of repetitions of eclipses equal 6585 days or 18 years 11 days) full moon eclipse from 28 octobers 1985 with the maximum phase 1,07....