... Spacecraft that will search for planetary systems around 40 million stars and observe the largest explosions in the universe have been chosen as the next two missions in NASA's medium-class Explorer (MIDEX) program. ... The first mission, to be launched in 2003, is the Swift Gamma Ray Burst Explorer, a three-telescope space observatory for studying gamma ray bursts. ... During its three-year mission, Swift will also survey the sky for new black holes and other sources of cosmic gamma rays. ...

... There are preliminary series of photometric and radio spectral observations of the above-mentioned stars, archival data on the light curves of the stars, results of the search for OH and H 2 O maser emission in IRAS point sources that possess the IR parameters similar to Miras. ... The aim is a detailed study of the maser emission variability. ... In 1996-1997, astronomical observations of Mira Ceti-type stars (miras) were carried out in three spectral ranges: optical, infrared, and radio. ...

... Space flight . ... Space camp . Space Hotel . ... The "Hydrospace" program is a unique complex of engineering facilities and is intended for training cosmonauts for their operations in outer space. ... The Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory includes : . ... A mock-up of the "Orlan-M" EVA-suit; . ... Air- and water supply systems complex; . ... The air- and- water supply systems are intended for provision of EVA- suit, diving equipment and diving decompression chamber with air and water. ...

fluxes are measured in mJy . ... Source, Images & Lens . ... VLA (8.5-43 GHz), MERLIN, VLBI . ... availavle maps: VLBA (1.7 GHz and 5 GHz) . ... 1] "A gravitationally lensed quasar with an unusual radiomorphology", Winn et al., astro-ph/0107435 . ... 104(+-3) Total flux at 5 GHz: 1209 mJy . ... 4] "MERLIN/VLA imaging of the gravitational lens system B0218+357", Biggs et al., astro-ph/0011142 . ... 58 Total flux at 5 GHz: 997 mJy (see CASTLES) . ... Total flux at 5 GHz: 316 mJy; 1.4 GHz: 576 mJy . ...

... General astronomy . ... PHYSICAL CONSTANTS.. ... Nobel Laureates in Physics 1901-2002 . ... Lectures Astronomy-161 "Solar System" (Also it contains info about History of Astronomy) . ... The History of Science . ... College-Level Astronomy Courses - at American, Australian Universities and Colleges . ... Messier: . ... Science . ... Scientific American . ... JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS . ... Scientific Journals . ... American Physical Society Journals: Physical Review, Review of Modern Physics ...

1975 LUMAM v.18 7/11/2002 5:49 PM Page 1 LUMAM System Diagram DIGITAL CAMERA C-MOUNT CCD CAMERA 35MM CAMERA EKW-6.3LU EKW-10LU EKW-15LU EM-15LU CT4 EYEPIECES VA-T1LU EXCITATION FILTER EMISSION FILTER VA-V20LU VA-F20LU HB-45LU HT-45LU FILTER CUBE INSERTS WITH DICHROIC BEAM SPLITTER FILTER SLIDERS FOR REFLECTED LIGHT MERCURY ILLUMINATOR FOR HOUSING & ASSEMBLY LUMAM INFINITY-CORRECTED PLAN FLUORITE AND PLAN ACHROMAT OBJECTIVE SERIES C-BFLU MERCURY POWER SUPPLY C-PHDLU CONTRAST FILTERS FOR TRANSMITTED LIGHT

... Spherical aberration, coma, and astigmatism are also easily observed using the star test. ... Off-axis images are complex. ... Fig. ... Diffraction by a circular aperture as a function of defocus for no aberration Airy Disk 1 wave defocus Less than 1 wave defocus Fig. ... Diffraction by a circular aperture as a function of defocus for third-order spherical aberration Paraxial Focus Small distance inside paraxial focus Moderate distance from marginal focus Immediate neighborhood of marginal focus Fig...

The Texas survey of radio sources covering -35.5{deg} < {delta} < 71.5{deg} at 365MHz . ... We present the Texas Survey of discrete radio sources between -35.5deg and 71.5deg declination (B1950), which was carried out at 365MHz with the Texas Interferometer during 1974-1983. ... The Texas Survey . ... The sources in the simpler model. ... Right Ascension 1950 . ... field separator . ... Some sources came from Version 6 of the Texas Survey ('TS6' in strp field) or Version 7 ('TS7' in strp field) . ...

Central Bodies Masses of Selected Globular Clusters N.A.Shakht, A.A.Kiselev, Yu.N.Gnedin and E.A.Grosheva. The Main Astronomical (Pulkovo) Observatory RAS 47 Tuc ­NGC 104 RA 00 24 .1 Dec -72° 04 .9 Size = 30.9 mvis + 4. 0 m D from = 12,1 kpc, h m Cen - NGC 5139 NGC 6397 (Ara) RA 17 h40.m7 Dec -53o 40'.4 Size = 31',0 mvis + 5,3m D from =2.3 kpc RA 13h 26m .8 Dec -47° 28 6 Size = 36.3 m vis +3. 7 m D from =15.8 ±1.1 kpc, 12109 years, Age: 10109 years, (13.4 ± 0.8)109 years. ...

... В 1963 году в КрАО начались наблюдения малых планет. ... Проведены наблюдения 60 комет, для которых определено 1200 положений. Открыто две новые короткопериодические кометы: комета Смирновой-Черных в 1975г и комета Черных в 1977г. Из общего числа открытых новых малых планет более 1000 получили постоянные номера (на 6 сентября 1998г). Н.С. Черных - руководитель программы . ... Klet . ... Catalina Sky Survey (703). ... MPC - Minor Planet Center . MPEC - Minor Planet Electronic Circulars . ...

NEWS FEDERATION rus ENCYCLOPEDIA rus HISTORY rus MIR STATION RUSSIAN . ... Cosmonauts. ... Launches . ... Military Space . Launch Vehicles. ... Launch Sites . ... Space Biology And Medicine . ... Dismal Prospects For Christmas Launch Site . ... Two projects of R7-based vehicles, Soyuz/ST and Aurora, found themselves in a PR war in June. ... Yet What Happened At Baykonur? Deviations from construction project, bad weather and excess load resulted in destruction of the MIK-112 roof at Baykonur. ...

RADIOASTROPHYSICAL DEPARTMENT  INSTITUTE OF SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS RAS SB . ... Radioastrophysical Department , Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Science. ... Head of Laboratory dr. Gubin A.V. LABORATORY of INFORMATION SUPPLY and METHODOLOGY of RESEARCH . ... Head of Observatory Kitsanov S.V. SIBERIAN SOLAR RADIO TELESCOPE . Siberian solar radio telescope data at 5.7 GHz in I SOHO EIT 171 SOHO EIT 195 SOHO EIT 304 MDI Continuum MDI Magnetogram . ...

... Москва, ИКИ РАН, 14-17 ноября 2005 г. Сборник тезисов конференции . SIB-ESS-C: The SIBERIA-II Earth System Science Cluster . ... All available optical and radar satellites were used to produce 11 land surface products, like land cover, snow depth, wetland areas, disturbances. ... The Earth System Science Cluster is now being started as a living database and model tool to continue data acquisition, data storage and satellite product derivation from 2005 until 2010. ...

... 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....