Moscow Astronomical Plate Archives: . Contents, Digitization, Current and Possible Applications . ... We describe the astronomical plate archives in Moscow and Zvenigorod and the existing digitization projects. ... 2 The Plate Archive of the Sternberg Institute . The contents of the most important Moscow astronomical plate archive, that of the Sternberg Astronomical Institute, was briefly presented in Shugarov et al. [1] in 1999. ... THE MOSCOW PLATE COLLECTION (STERNBERG INSTITUTE) . ...

... The mount is also adjustable so you can orient the axis of rotation to make it parallel with the Earth's axis of rotation (see the section on Polar Alignment). ... Locate the opening in the equatorial mount on the DEC axis. ... To mount the telescope tube: 1. ... ADJUSTING THE MOUNT FOR POLAR ALIGNMENT In order for the clock drive to track accurately, the telescope's axis of rotation must be parallel to the Earth's axis of rotation, a process known as polar alignment. ... R.A. & DEC axis ! ...

... SATELLITE: An object that revolves around a planet. ... SIDEREAL DAY: The length of a planet's rotation period relative to the stars. SOLAR SYSTEM: The sun and all the objects that are held in its gravitational field and move around it. ... SUPERIOR CONJUNCTION: The position of a planet when it is on the opposite side of the Sun from Earth (thus making in invisible). ... TRANSIT: The movement of an object between the Earth and the Sun and showing on the surface of the sun as a black dot. ...

Астрономические новости NASA на русском языке. Новости космоса. ... Профессиональная астрономия . ... В период с 11 по 14 мая 2007 года под Харьковом на базе отдыха Элат будет проведен шестой Украинский астрономический Форум. ... Впервые УкрАстроФорум был проведен в 2002 году в Харькове. Став доброй традицией, теперь Форум ежегодно собирает любителей астрономии со всей Украины для совместной работы, обмена опытом, решения насущных проблем, да и просто для общения в кругу единомышленников. ...

... 4 .D.Dolgov (INFN, Ferrara, Italy) STOCHASTIC BACKGROUND GRAVITATIONAL WAVES FORM PRIMORDIAL BLACK HOLES OF G.Tsarevsky (PRAO ASC LPI) PROJECT "RADIOASTRON" AND THE FUTURE OF SPACE RADIOASTRONOMY V.N.Melnikov (VNIIMS, Moscow) SCALAR FIELDS AND MULTIDIMENSIONAL MODELS IN GRAVITY AND COSMOLOGY Wednesday, 24.08.2011 Cosmology, Gravitation and High Energy Physics Conference hall "Sovinyon" 09.00 ? ... 8 Section 2. Astrophysics University Recreation Centre "Chernomorka" (2 ) Tuesday, 23.08.2011 14.30 ? ...

... Р?С?С?С?Р?Р?Р?Р?РеС?Р?С?Р?РеР? ... Launched on February 17, 1996, the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) mission is to be the first of NASA's Discovery missions, a series of small-scale spacecraft designed to proceed from development to flight in under three years for a cost of less than $150 million. ... The ultimate goal of the mission is to rendezvous with and achieve orbit around the near Earth asteroid 433 Eros in February, 1999, and study the asteroid for approximately one year. ...