... This applet generates an observing list based on an observer's location and time. ... To use this program, enter in your location, and the local times at which you wish to begin and end observing. The date you enter should correspond to the calendar day at the time at which you begin observing. For example, if you wish to observe from 9:37 PM October 23, 2007 until 3:21 AM October 24, 2007, you would enter 21:37 for the starting time, 03:21 for the finish time, and 10/23/2007 for the date. ...

... 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 . ...

... Spacecraft that couldn't leave Earth orbit are not shown) . ... Mars 1 . Orbiter . ... Communication was lost . ... Lander . ... Lander crashed . ... Successful soft landing . ... 21 Jul 73 . 10 Feb 74 . Missed Mars but returned photos . ... Successful orbiter . ... 5 Aug 73 . 12 Mar 74 . Communication lost just before landing . ... Missed Mars . ... Mars-3 lander . Mars-3 rover . ... Mars-1 (partially visible) atop Block-L Mars-3 . ...

... Ground rules and representative assumptions for lunar base studies: 1. ... Cost summary of a Lunar Laboratory with a 10 year development phase and a 30 year operational life-cycle - (million 1999 $ at 0.2 million $ per man- year ) : Development test of lunar facilities-10 year : 9,340 Dev. test of space transportation system -10year: 18,923 Subtotal development test - 10 year : 28,263 Sustained engineering STS - 30 year : 4,146 Production of ...

ЕКА приступило ко второй стадии создания миссии Mars Sample Return . ... Европейское космическое агентство объявило о начале второй стадии проектирования аппарата для отбора образцов марсианского марсианского грунта и их доставки на Землю - Mars Sample Return (MSR). В миссию MSR вовлечены ученые со всего мира, она является основной в программе ЕКА "Аврора", направленной на изучение Солнечной системы. ... Затем, капсула отделится от основного аппарата, совершит посадку и отберет пробу. ...

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... We found that 10 metal-poor globular clusters are greately distinguished for anomalously small masses on the "destruction rate-mass" plain. As it turned out, these poor clusters, situated 15 kpc farther from the Galactic centre, are somewhat younger than the bulk of the metal-poor globulars, and have anomalously red horizontal branches. ... At the same time, deficiency of distant massive clusters is noticeable with increasing distance from the galactic centre. ...

News archieve . ... The YSC congratulates you with New Year! ... The representatives of the YSC made a presentation there and video presentation as a workshop report as well. ... We suggest you taking part in our annual summer students workshop "Space development: theory and practice." ... 26 July, 2006, Wednesday . ... The 9th International Students Workshop "Space development: theory and practice" was carryed out by Youth Space Center (BMSTU) with the support of the Russian Federal Space Agency. ...

... Всякий, кто наблюдал планеты в телескоп, знает, что на поверх- ности Сатурна, то есть на верхней границе его облачного покрова, за- метно мало деталей и контраст их с окружающим фоном невелик. Этим Сатурн отличается от Юпитера, где присутствует множество контрастных деталей в виде темных и светлых полос, волн, узелков, свидетельству- ющих о значительной активности его атмосферы. ... Таким образом, снимки облачности де- монстрируют своеобразие атмосферы Сатурна, которая даже активнее юпитерианской. ...