Abstract . A self-consistent model for the dynamical and chemical evolution of dense interstellar clouds is examined. The model includes the basic atomic and molecular constituents of dense clouds and the reactions in which they are involved. ... The results of one-dimensional modeling of the early stages of collapse of protostellar clouds of different masses under the action of ultraviolet radiation are presented. Astrophysical applications of the results obtained are discussed. ...

... Sternberg Astronomical Institute , Moscow University . ... Present edition unites two parts of Catalogue of interacting galaxies by B.A.Vorontsov-Velyaminov: the first part (Part 1) containing 355 systems was published in 1959 [1] and the second one (Part 2) with 497 objects - in 1976 [2].Thus two published parts of Catalogue include 852 interacting systems. ... All new of them (1162 by number) were taken from the comments to the galaxies in Morphological catalogue by Vorontsov-Velyaminov et al.[ ...

... The Triplet Lenses are manufactured by LOMO PLC of St. Petersburg Russia, one of the world's largest and most advanced optical manufacturers. ... This day the official web site of St.Petersburg company, lomo.ru, became accessible. ... LOMO VOTING PAPERS PROCESSING COMPLEXES TESTED SUCCESSFULLY . On December 16, 2001 during elections to Legislative Assembly of Leningrad Region, Russia, pilot pieces of the new Voting Papers Processing Complex created at LOMO PLC were used for the first time. ...

The Calendar of Bloody A.tecs. Living in Central Mexico from the XII century to the being of the XVI century warlike A.tecs devoted much time to sciences including astronomy. For needs of agriculture A.tecs, using the knowledge received from the forecomers, developed the exact calendar system. 52 years of the moon-and-the sun cycle formed the basis of it (something like our conception of "a century"). ... A.tecs year was divided into 18 months with 20 days each. ... Mesopotamian astronomy. ...

Sternberg astronomical institute activities on site testing programs review Victor Kornilov comprehensive/characterization/of/astronomical/sites > kislovodsk/russia/2010/october/4-9 > Introduction This presentation responds on our activity in 5 last years only, inspite of that in SAI site testing researches have been started many years ago. ... More detailed discussion is devoted to MASS and DIMM measurements processing, some additional effects which were taken in account in last year. ...

... VaST is a software tool for finding variable objects on a series of astronomical images. ... VaST performs object detection and aperture photometry using SExtractor on each image, cross-matches lists of detected stars, performs magnitude calibration with respect to the first (reference) image and constructs a lightcurve for each object. ... VaST FITS image viewer ./pgfv . ... Part I" PZP, vol. ... K. V. Sokolovsky, S. A. Korotkiy; "New Variable Stars Discovered by the NMW Survey" PZP, vol. ...