Dr. Phil Plait , aka "The Bad Astronomer" . ... Invited Talks and Testimonials . ... Dr. Plait has given talks about Bad (and good!) ... Dr. Plait can also give talks on almost any topic in astronomy given a few weeks notice (for example, for a talk at a science museum he created a talk about current astronomical satellites and the work they are doing to further scientific knowledge -- this talk is updated as new observatories are launched), and will be happy to talk to you about your needs . ...

... ASRAS HOME . Radio Astronomy . ... About ASRAS . ... Our Observing Site . ... 2015 Mees Tour Guides . ... We're offering Regular Tours (a presentation on astronomy geared to a general audience, followed by a tour of the observatory and (hopefully!) observing of several objects, which may include the Moon, planets, nebulae, star clusters and perhaps galaxies), and Kids' Tours (a more interactive presentation specially aimed at youngsters plus the observatory tour and observing) as in prior years. ...

... 25 июля 2000 . ... Почему звезды мерцают . ... Как можно видеть невооруженным глазом , звезды находятся так далеко, что видны нам, как бесконечно малые точки. Однако земная атмосфера неоднородна и различные части воздуха делают различные изображения единичной точечноподобной звезды. Так как атмосфера всегда меняется и перемещается , то число и положение изображений также всегда изменяется и в результате звезда кажется мерцающей . ... А. Сергеев , оформление, 1999, 2000. ...

... Родилась в 1965? году. ... В 1996 году прошла подготовку в Школе летчиков-испытателей ВВС США (USAF Test Pilot School) на авиабазе Эдвардс (Edwards AFB) в Калифорнии. ... Капитан ВВС (в 1996 году). ... В мае 1997 года Комиссией по отбору астронавтов ВВС США (Air Force Astronaut Nomination Board) был включен в направленный НАСА список 125 полуфиналистов для включения в число кандидатов 17-го набора астронавтов, однако на обследование и собеседование в Космический центр им.Джонсона не вызывался. ...

... Head of the seminar: Prof. B.V. Somov, . ... The seminar considers the questions related to generation of magnetic fields in astrophysical plasmas, effect of the magnetic reconnection and particle acceleration in strong magnetic fields, the origin and propagation of cosmic rays, the flares and other non-stationary phenomena in the solar atmosphere and solar wind, Sun Earth connections and physical processes in the heliosphere. ... On the Topological Models and Topological Trigger of the Solar Flares...

... Director of the RAS ISR . RAS Academician . ... Astrophysics module Kvant of the orbital complex Mir launched in 1987 contains the largest on the station complex of the scientific equipment named the orbital observatory Roentgen. Observatory Roentgen consists of 4 X-ray telescopes, jointly exceeding the range of energies from 2 to 800 keV. ... Among the most significant results that were received in the observatory Roentgen are: . ... measurement of the periods of 9 X-ray pulsars; . ...

... 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. ...

Main . ... About meteorites . ... Museum . Meteorite WWW resources . Meteorite web resources . ... Cosmic Institutes and Scientific Teams . ... Main menu . ... About laboratory . ... Museum of extraterrestial material . Meteorite collection . ... Meteorite encyclopedia . ... Planetary Geoscience Group (Brown University) . Space Research Institute (Moscow) . Moscow State University (Geological Department) . ... Sternberg Astronomical Institute (Moscow University) . ...

... 18941904; Bespalov P.A. Effective saturation of absorption in a plasma magnetospheric maser. In book: Nonlinear Space Plasma Physics, R.Z. Sagdeev -Editor-in-Chief, American Institute of Physics, 1993, p.339-346]. Magnetospheric plasma maser [Bespalov P.A, Trakhtengerts V.Yu., ... In a magnetospheric plasma maser (MPM) the relatively dense magnetised plasma and the conjugate ends of a magnetic trap form a quasioptical resonator for electromagnetic waves. ...

The 2dF QSO Redshift Survey (2QZ) . ... Before jumping into all the finer details of teh survey, a brief non-astronomer's guide to redshift surveys is available. ... The primary scientific aims of the QSO survey are: (1) to obtain the primordial fluctuation power spectrum out to COBE scales, (2) to determine the rate of QSO clustering evolution in the non-linear and linear regimes and hence obtain new limits on the value of and the bias parameter, (3) to apply a powerful geometric method to measure . ...

Welcome to Siberia! This is a small part of our "Astronomy from Siberia" web-site. ... This pages were created especially for our foreinger partners and mostly as a part of our participation in the " International School Observatory " project. ... I'm Sergey Guryanov (Mr.) - an astronomy and physics teacher from the small Siberian town Zelenogorsk (it means something as a Green mountains town). ... Welcome to our "Yuri's Night" world space party: ( 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 ) . ...

M obile A stronomical Sy stem of TE lescope- R obots MASTER-II Kislovodsk Lomonosov Moscow State University, Sternberg Astronomical Institute , Moscow Union "Optic" , Kislovodsk Solar Station Latitude = 43 o љ44'.767љN; Longitude = 42 o љ31'.417љE; Altitude = 2067љm MASTERљIIљ(8љsquareљdegress) + MASTERљVWF(VeryљWideљFieldљCameras (FOV=800 square degrees, Timeљresolutionљupљtoљ150љms, with unfiltered m_lim=14m on 5 sec. exposure, and ~10.5m with 0.15 sec) . ... 11h 38m 38.0s , -09d 59m 59s) . ...

... Более того, представитель компании Applied Space Resources (ASR), говорит о сроке в пять лет, по прошествии которого будет совершен первый полет к спутнику Земли. ... Для первого полета требуется около 1,5 миллиарда долларов. Лунный Договор, предложенный ООН в 1979 году, должен был ограничить область действия частных компаний. ... По словам экспертов, стоимость транспортировки вещества в космосе является заоблачной, варьируясь в пределах от 2000 до 3000 долларов за каждые 300 грамм груза. ...

... 1980 . ... A three-stage version of China's CSS-X4 intercontinental ballistic missile is being developed for various space applications. ... The rocket - to be known as "Long March 3"- has four gimbal-mounted engines in the first stage developing a com?bined thrust of some 280 tonnes. ... Four small gimbal-mounted motors provide thrust-vector control. ... The third stage, which employs LO 2 /LH 2 propellants, has four gimbal-mounted thrust chambers. ... CHINESE ASTRONAUTS. ...

... GRIN lenses for telecommunication optics applications ? GTC (gradient telecom) lenses. ... GTC lenses are used in different fiber-optic devices: collimators, couplers, isolators and WDM etc . ... 2.Diameter . GTC lenses diameters are 1.0 mm, 1.8 mm, 3.0 mm and 4.0mm. ... 1.0 mm -3.0 mm diam GTC lenses are supplied in 0.22P, 0.23P, 0.25P, 0.27P and 0.29P length. 4.0 mm diam GTC lenses are supplied in 0.11P length. ... GTC . ... 3 scratches with 5mkm max width and 200mkm max length are allowed . ...