Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... Credit: Herman Serrano Explanation: The first APOD appeared eleven years ago today, on 1995 June 16. Although garnering only 14 page views on that day, we are proud to estimate that APOD has now served over 400 million space-related images over the last eleven years. ... APOD Is Ten Years Old Today . APOD is Two Years Old Today . APOD Turns Eight . APOD is One Year Old Today . APOD is Six Years Old Today . APOD is Five Years Old Today ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2013 June 16 . APOD Turns Eighteen . ... Explanation: The first APOD appeared eighteen years ago today, on 1995 June 16. Although garnering only 14 pageviews on that day, we are proud to estimate that APOD has now served over one billion space-related images over the past eighteen years. ... How many APOD images can you identify? ...

... June 9, 1999 . NGC 4414: A Telling Spiral . ... the Hubble Heritage Team ( AURA / STScI / NASA ) . Explanation: How far away is this galaxy? ... Spiral galaxy NGC 4414 contains many Cepheid variable stars that oscillate in a way that allows astronomers to estimate their distance. ... NGC 4414 shows many classic spiral galaxy features, including thick dust lanes , a central region rich in old red stars, and winding spiral arms glowing with young blue stars. ... About APOD > . ...

home publications > mercury . SEARCH ASP SITE: Match ALL words Match ANY word . ... ASP Conference Series . Monograph Publications . IAU Publications . ... Publications of the ASP (PASP) . ... Mercury Magazine . ... Order Mercury Issues . ... The Universe in the Classroom . ... Astronomy Beat . ... Mercury Magazine Contents . ... May/June 2000 . ... Following a New Path Along the Search for Life in the Solar System, Thomas E. Colonna and Desencia E. Thomas . ... Life in the Universe . ...

... Bad Astronomy . Misconceptions . ... Site Info . ... This page is basically a list of links to websites that either support or refute the claim that NASA never sent men to the Moon. I have my own detailed rebuttal of the Fox television program ``Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land On The Moon?'' in my Bad TV section . ... I plan on having a thorough debunking of this on this site eventually. ... Below are listed pages by both the conspiracy theorists and the debunkers. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

... Questions: . ... Find some information on the design and potential of the Advanced Gas Turbine. ... Find some information on the frequency and amount of oil spills which occur in the world's oceans in a given year. ... We don't care how many you get correct. However, of the questions there, explain which one had an answer that most surprised you and how should that answer affect our future policies? ... Find some information about the history of Dam failures in the US and Canada since 1900. ...

... Observing . ... Solar Observing . ... April 3 (SUN) - Solar Observing, Central Park , Manhattan . ... APRIL'S SKY . ... Lecture Series at the American Museum of Natural History The Amateur Astronomers Association is proud to present an astronomy lecture series from October through May each year for our members and the .. ... The€аAmateur Astronomers Association of New York€аwas organized in 1927 to promote the study of Astronomy, emphasizing its cultural and inspirational value. ...

... If ephver 2 is in the parameter file then the tempo1 emulation mode is automatically used. Ephver 5 has been introduced and will be included in all tempo2 ephemeris files . Many other changes and bug-fixes to correspond with the tempo2 publications More small changes prior to acceptance of the first tempo2 paper for publication More small changes prior to submitting the first tempo2 paper for publication. ... Numerous changes mainly for the coding. ... Tropospheric delay modelling . ...

... Science Users Information Future Facilities and Development E-ELT jump to navigation jump to content . ... Observing with ESO Telescopes . ... In December 2012 ESO Council fully approved the E-ELT Programme ( more , more , even more , still more ). ... In December 2014 ESO Council approved the construction of the E-ELT in two phases, and authorised spending on Phase 1 . ... 15 Jan 2012] Announcement of the E-ELT Workshop "Shaping E-ELT Science and Instrumentation" , 25 February 01 March 2013 . ...

Useful Links: STScI Home Page . ... Science Instruments HST Data Archive E/PO Proposals STScI Documents Grant Provisions Instrument Handbooks: (Updated Handbooks for Cycle 10 will become available in Summer 2000.) ... The Call for Proposals describes the policies and procedures for submitting a Phase I proposal for HST Observing or Archival Research. ... STScI Newsletter Articles about the HST Proposal Selection Process . ... Internet Links in the Call for Proposals . ... Cycle 10 Announcement Page . ...

... Flipping the image . ... Thus, if you use -flip y on the command line and then load an image from IRAF, the image is not flipped by SAOtng. However, if the frame has already been flipped (either explicitly using a menu or by loading an image externally), subsequent display of images from IRAF images will be flipped in that frame. ... Release 1.5 supported a very kludgey way of displaying multiple images in the same frame, by allowing you to select a frame quadrant in which to load an image. ...

... Sun images . Magnetic storms online . Sun flares . ... June : 2010 . ... X-ray emission of the Sun from 08.06.2010 to 09.06.2010 (GOES-O) . No solar flares of C, M and X-class were observed today . No solar flares of C, M and X-class were observed yesterday . Last updated: June 10, 2010 00:00 UT . ... 1953-2016 Laboratory of X-ray astronomy of the Sun, LPI RAS, Russia . ... 7(499)132-65-96, Fax: +7(499)132-65-97 . ...

... The NAIC requests that any publication based on results from Arecibo Observatory contain the following acknowledgement: . ... NAIC budget permitting, for U.S.-based scientists able to show conditions of demonstrable hardship , NAIC can contribute towards publication costs for papers reporting original observations made with the Arecibo telescope. ... List of publications (PDF) . ... July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2009 . ... July 1, 1994 - June 30, 1995 . July 1, 1993 - June 30, 1994 . ...

... Moon . ... This year marks four centuries since sunspots were first observed telescopically by Galileo Galilei (actually astronomers Johannes and David Fabricius beat him to the post by a few months but their discovery is usually overlooked). ... 18 March: Mercury will gain its first artificial satellite today when NASA?s MESSENGER spacecraft arrives in orbit around the planet after a journey of almost seven years. ... 5 May 1961: Fifty years ago today Alan Shepard became the first American in space...

... А.М. Белобородов (Колумбийский университет, США) . ... Рабочий язык конференции - русский. ... Е.М.Чуразов, д.ф .- м.н . А.А. Вихлинин, проф. д.ф .- м.н . М.Р.Гильфанов, д.ф .- м.н . М.Н.Павлинский, д.ф .- м.н . М.Г.Ревнивцев, д.ф .- м.н . С.Ю.Сазонов. д.ф .- м.н . М.Н.Павлинский (председатель), к.ф .- м.н . А.В.Мещеряков (зам. председателя), Н.Л.Александрович, к.ф .- м.н . В.А.Арефьев, к.ф .- м.н . Р.А.Буренин, П.Болдин, Н.П.Васильева, к.ф .- м.н . А.А.Воеводкин, В.Воробьев, А.Е.Елкин, ...

BLOWING IN THE WIND (Bob Dylan) How many roads must a man walk down Before they call him a man How many seas must a white dove sail Before she sleeps in the sand How many times must the cannonballs fly Before they are forever banned The answer , my friend , is blowing in the wind The answer is blowing in the wind How many years must a mountain ...

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... ISC Kosmotras . ... Cluster Launch of Dnepr LV 22 August 2013 KOMPSAT-5 Launch 21 November 2013. ... Being the 8th commercial launch for Dnepr, this is also its first 'return to flight' mission since the failure encountered on July 27, 2006 during liftoff from Baikonur. In parallel with the successful completion of its first launch campaign in 2007, ISC Kosmotras continues preparations for the next two Dnepr launch missions scheduled to fly from Baikonur and Yasny launch bases. ... Dnepr Program . ...

... Механизмы излучения космических объектов: классика и современность . ... Studies of radiation mechanisms and processes of spectra formation in astrophysical objects are among the fundamental tasks of modern astrophysics. ... On this occasion the Saint-Petersburg State University organizes an international conference Radiation mechanisms of astrophysical objects: classics today , which will be held in St. Petersburg from September, 21 to September, 25, 2015. ... radiative transfer theory, . ...

... The conference will be also partially hosted by the Steklov Mathematical Institute, Gubkin 8, 119991, Moscow . The nearest metro stations are: Akademicheskaya (orange line) from which there is a 15-minute walk or Leninsky Prospekt (orange line) and Universitet (red line) from which one may take a tram No. 3 or 39 to the stop ?ulica Gubkina?. ... The location of the conference room at the building of the Steklov Institute will be announced later. ... Location of the Steklov Mathematical Institute . ...