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... Modern problems of physics and dynamics of the solar system". Kyiv, October, 4-10, 2000. 2001. ... 2000. ... Криводубський В.Н., Крячко ?. ... Evtushevsky O.V., Milinevsky G.P., Kravchenko V.O., Gritsai Z.I "The high-speed initial expansion of the barium atoms and ions in the CRRES Caribbean releases" // В?сник Ки?вського ун-ту. ... Tugay A. "Galaxy distances data unification from RFGC and Mark-3 catalogues" // 8th Open Young Scientist' Conference on Astronomy and Space Physics. ...

... We discuss our experiences in building a Java interface to the SkyView virtual observatory. We describe the reasons we choose Java, the problems we encountered, and how we feel this language may be used in the future for Web and stand-alone applications. ... There is also a batch interface, where users who have installed some minimal software (a pair of Perl scripts) on their machines may make a request for a SkyView image from the command line of their local computer. ... blinking of images, . ...

... Astronomy 101 . ... X-ray concept inspired from a roll of ScotchТ? tape . ... Principal nvestigator Maxim Markevitch is using R funding to pursue the feasibility of fashioning a low-cost X-ray mirror from plastic tape and tightly rolling it like the sticky adhesive ubiquitous in most homes and offices. ... The inspiration behind NASA scientist Maxim Markevitch's quest to build a highly specialized X-ray mirror using a never-before-tried technique comes from an unusual source: a roll of ScotchТ? tape...

Many entry fields permit sexagesimal entry (h:m:s.s or :':"). ... Sexagesimal entry is flexible in that you can specify one to three fields, as you desire. ... Position entry widgets assume that a single field is decimal hours or degrees (h.h or . ... You may specify one to three fields: . ... Note: sexagesimal offsets and durations are entered in the same fashion, but a single field is decimal arc-seconds or seconds ('.' or s.s) and two fields are (arc) minutes and seconds (':"." or m:s.s). ...

... STScI-PRC99-19 HUBBLE FINDS VARIABLE STARS IN DISTANT SPIRAL GALAXY A NASA Hubble Space Telescope (HST) view of the magnificent spiral galaxy NGC 4603, the most distant galaxy in which a special class of pulsating stars called Cepheid variables have been found. It is associated with the Centaurus cluster, one of the most massive assemblages of galaxies in the nearby universe. ... Researchers found 36-50 Cepheids and used their observed properties to securely determine the distance to NGC 4603. ...

An Ancient Universe: How Astronomers Know the Vast Scale of Cosmic Time . ... Astronomers can also determine the speed a galaxy is moving by breaking up its light into its component colors, rainbow-fashion. ... This pattern is now called "the expanding universe", since the entire universe of galaxies seems to be moving away. ... The Ancient Universe - The Age of the Expanding Universe - The Age of the Oldest Stars - The Age of Light From Distant Galaxies - The Age of the Chemical Elements | ...