... Astronomers have taken lots of beautiful images of galaxies in the Universe, but we don t have a single photo of our own galaxy, the Milky Way. ... But astronomers still have a good idea about what the Milky Way looks like: a spiral shape with a centre that is slightly stretched out. We only see the Milky Way s shape as a thin strip across the night sky, rather than as a spiral, because we are living within it and looking at it sideways. ...

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Project 183B. Final Report (in ukr). Project 183B. Publications (in ukr). Project 207. Final Report (in ukr). ... www.ukr.net . ... Dictionaries from Rambler.ru . Dictionaries from Meta.ua . Online Dictionary: a US site . The William Strunk, Jr. guide to Stylish English . Ukrainian and/or semi-ukrainian:) Papers . www.pravda.com.ua in Ukrainian and in English . ... BBC ukrainian . ...

12feb07 Measuring the SEFD around 1100 Mhz . ... bandpass filter low frequency falloff around 1130 Mhz . ... A 500 Mhz bandpass centered on 1100 Mhz (via the spectrum analyzer) showed a 6 db difference between 1100 Mhz and the noise floor at 1000 Mhz. ... The interim correlator was used with 25 Mhz bands centered at: 1040, 1060, 1080, and 1100 Mhz. ... 1040 Mhz cfr trking src(.gif) There is probably not very much sky signal getting into this band so it looks better than it should. ...

... Folklore Mythology . ... Zini's Activities - Some fun lessons on shapes and sizes with pages to print out for teachers to photocopy. Shapes Around the World - An Internet collaborative for teachers and students regarding the shapes of the world, simple and complex. ... Math Shapes Game - A fun game for younger students to learn to differentiate between size and shape. ... Grandfather Tang's Story - A page describing a great book about folklore and shapes. ... Guess My Shape | ...

... 29a. Satellite looking up . 29c. Satellites probing around . ... The US Air Force furthermore sponsors polar satellites of the DMSP series, scanning the cloud cover of the polar region and also studying ions and electrons of the magnetosphere. ... The Canadian satellite Alouette in 1962 bounced radio signals off the top of the ionosphere, and UARS (Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite) has studied the Earth atmosphere. ... Next Satellite Class: #29c Those observing local conditions . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Armagh Planetarium . Colin Johnston . ... Our Galaxy . ... Other Galaxies . ... I took some quick images of the Moon just by putting an Ipod Touch to the eyepiece of the telescope. ... Image credit: Colin Johnston/Armagh Planetarium) . ... Image credit: Colin Johnston & Julie Thompson/Armagh Planetarium) . ... I am looking forward to sharing the sky with our visitors when our monthly Open Nights return in October (date to be confirmed). ...

... WFPC2 , HST , NASA Explanation: Unusual appendages around bright stars are commonplace, but never seem to be mentioned. ... First, a telescope brings starlight falling over a large area to a small area . ... Above , astronomers are more interested in the half-circled point near the image center, than the cool-looking diffraction spikes from the bright star at the bottom. ... NASA Official: Jay Norris. ... Publications with keywords: stars - diffraction spikes - astrophotography . ...

... November 19, 1997 . Diffraction Spikes: When Stars Look Like Crosses . ... Light scatters away from the original destination point ending up elsewhere and appearing as " diffraction spikes ." These annoying spikes steal precious light from the central image and hide light from fainter, more interesting stars. Above, astronomers are more interested in the half-circled point near the image center, than the cool-looking diffraction spikes from the bright star at the bottom. ... About APOD > . ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bad Astronomy : The Moon appears larger on the horizon than overhead because you are comparing it to foreground objects. Good astronomy : The Moon does appear larger on the horizon, but it is because of the way we perceive the sky. ... The most common misconception is that it is because you are unconsciously comparing the Moon to foreground objects like trees and houses, or even the horizon itself, and that makes the Moon look bigger than when it is all alone in the sky. ...

... Sky Telescope editor Robert Naeye presents a whirlwind and colorfully illustrated trip through this amazing scientific story. ... Bob is editor in chief of Sky Telescope magazine and SkyandTelescope.com , and a proud member of the American Astronomical Society, the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, the Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, and the Astronomical Society of Harrisburg, which is based near his hometown of Hershey, Pennsylvania. ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc....

... Children's Wishes I saw a boy walking down . the dark street alone . ... what a child like him could've done. ... What he wishes for his life . ... Is what a boy wishes tonight . ... Cause it's a boy is wish . ... It's a boy is wish . ... What did I do How do I get home? ... Cause I'm all alone . Could you tell me what is home . I wish somebody could explain me that . Could you tell me what is mom . ... And tell me what is life . ... Tell me if home is there under the bridge . ...

... B elfast City Council, 9 June 2008 : BelfastÁ€™s new Lord Mayor, Councillor Naomi Long, will be inviting the people of the city to literally Á€˜Look UpÁ€™ at the stars later this month. The Belfast City Carnival will help celebrate the International Year of Astronomy, when one of the highlights of the cityÁ€™s cultural calendar takes to the streets on Saturday 27 June. ... Direct link to the press release from Belfast City Council . International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node . ...

We present an initial look at the far-infrared-radio correlation within the star-forming disks of four nearby, nearly face-on galaxies (NGC 2403, NGC 3031, NGC 5194, and NGC 6946). ... The best-fit smoothing kernels for the two less active star-forming galaxies (NGC 2403 and NGC 3031) have much larger scale lengths than those of the more active star-forming galaxies (NGC 5194 and NGC 6946). ...

The next story is a Greek myth about the Big Dipper. ... Star Story . ... He sent them both up into the sky, Callisto to become the constellation of Ursa Major, the Great Bear, which we call the big dipper. ... Arcturus (son of Callisto and Zeus) . ... give students a map of the big dipper and have them determine the following: what the formation of stars represents to them personally; how the group of stars might represent a bear; and why the group of stars is also known as the big dipper . ...

Thursday, April 2, 2015 Tech o con Discussion Attending: Alaina, Mark, Bill, Joe, John Wilson, Fritz, Suzanne, Conor, Alysha - STA sent the test report of our detector. ... Overall, Joe is happy with the results. ... We will do our own full-well and linearity tests, up to 65,000 counts. Can we ask them to test up to 65,000 counts? ... Open the dewar, take everything out, remove old chip, insert new chip. ... All done in the clean room. ... Joe will ask Connie and Jim. ...

ñïèñîê ïðîåêòîâ . ïðåäñòàâëåíèå ïðîåêòà . ... The USA . ... Halloween - is a nice holiday, for children. People put pumpkins on the windowsills. ... The children play different games we'll show you one of them. ... Christmas . ... People in the USA and Canada decorate their homes with Christmas trees , wreaths and ornaments. ... A Christmas tree is one of the main symbols of Christmas in most homes . ... St .Valentine's Day . There are several legends about St .Valentine's Day . ...

What's New in Views of the Solar System . ... Mars Icosahedraon Added . ... Rotation Earth Movie . Europa Rotation Movie . ... Color Rotation Tethys Movie . Rotation Tethys Movie . ... Rotating Mars Movie . ... Animation: Io Rotation Movie . ... Rotating Moon Animation . ... Animation of Janus, The Rotating Moon of Saturn . ... Two excellent animations of Mars' moons Phobos and Deimos were added on 9/3/97. ... A high-resolution mosaic image of Phobos , a moon of Mars, was added on 7/8/97. ...

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... A rough estimation is that in the United States there is one planetarium per 100,000 population, ranging in size from the Hayden Planetarium's 20-meter dome seating 430 people, to three-meter inflatable portable domes where children sit on the floor. ... Together dblo associates make a huge impact in the architecture, interior design and development arena in London. ... With the holidays around the corner what better way to spoil your family than with your very own private home cinema. ...