... The RAS Meteorite Collection: State on the 1 st of June, 1999 . ... About the laboratory . ... Chondrite . ... Fall 15 April 1857. One mass of about 3 kg . ... Turkmenia, Chardgou region . ... One mass of 71.6 g . ... One mass of 1912 g . ... One mass of 841.6 g . ... Fall 13 September 1937. 15 masses totaling more than 210 kg . ... One mass of 1540 g . ... One mass of 11.335 kg . ... One mass of 2904 g. 2853 g . ... One mass of 115 g . ... One mass of 2788 g . ... One mass of 135 kg . ...

... However, the comparison of masses deduced from the continuum SIMBA 1.2 mm emission and virial masses (understood to trace the entire potential of the clouds) in a sample of giant molecular clouds in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) by previous studies found a discrepancy between these two quantities that requires explanation. ... Methods: New observations of the southwest region of the SMC were obtained with the LABOCA camera on the APEX telescope. ...

... 640W A survey of ultracompact (UC) Hii regions has been carried out by searching for 6.669-GHz methanol maser emission from a sample of 535 IRAS-selected candidates. A total of 201 candidates exhibit methanol emission. These sources have been used, in conjunction with previously identified UC Hii regions, to provide a base for further studies of such regions. ... Methanol maser and/or radio continuum emission is found in 364 cases towards IRAS-selected regions. ...

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... A2326 Date Received: 2007-Jun-01 13:40:59 Technical Page Proposal Type: General Category: Sub-Category: Observation Category: Total Time Requested: Minimum Useful Time: Prop osal Title: ABSTRACT: Regular Astronomy Spectroscopy Galactic 18 Hours 1 hour An Arecibo Survey for H2CO Masers toward Non-Massive Star Forming Regions At present, formaldehyde (H2 CO) 6 cm masers have been detected only toward 7 regions in the Galaxy; in all cases the masers have been found toward massive star forming regions. ...

... The relationship of the mass and the observed galactocentric distance R -- (a), and that of the mass and the total dissipation velocity n taken from Gnedin, Ostriker (1997) -- (b). The dotted line in diagram (a) shows the "cone of survival" according to the paper by Surdin and Arkhipova (1998) . ... The solid line is a regression stright line for the main sequence of clusters, and the dotted line parallel to it separates the sequence of clusters of anomalously small mass shown by open triangles. ...

Variations of total ozone content and lower ozone stratosphere temperature in Antarctic Region during winter-spring period A.V. Grytsai National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv Astronomy and Space Physics Department assen@univ.kiev.ua Data, used in the work work Total ozone: Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) measurements during 1979 - 2005 and Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) ones for 2006, for http://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/ftpdata.html. ... A long-term TOC decrease is significant. ...

... Earth During a Total Eclipse of the Sun . ... What does the Earth look like during a total solar eclipse? It appears dark in the region where people see the eclipse, because that's where the shadow of the Moon falls. ... Do you see it? ... The Clouds of Orion the Hunter . ... Would you go to the end of the world to see a total eclipse of the Sun? ... In 2003, the Sun, the Moon, Antarctica, and two photographers all lined up in Antarctica during an unusual total solar eclipse. ...

... The total pressure P in a non-degenerate, ionized region of a not-too-luminous star can be considered as that of a simple perfect gas alone (i.e. radiation pressure can be ignored). ... Similarly, the energy density per unit mass is U = 3 k T /µmH . Using the 1st Law of Thermodynamics, 2 show that in this region of the star, the adiabatic exponents 1 , 2 and 3 are all equal to 5 , 3 where the exponents are defined as 1 = ( d ln P )ad , d ln ad d ln T 2 - 1 =( ) 2 d ln P and 3 - 1 = ( d ln T )ad . ...

... 2004 April 14 . Massive Star Forming Region DR21 in Infrared . ... Explanation: Deep in the normally hidden recesses of giant molecular cloud DR21, a stellar nursery has been found creating some of the most massive stars yet recorded. The orbiting Spitzer Space Telescope 's Infrared Array Camera opened the window into the cloud last year in mid- infrared light. The cloud is opaque to visible light because of dense interstellar dust . ... About APOD | ...

... We report on our ongoing project ``Infrared Study of HII Regions Associated with Small Clouds.' ... These IR data, combined with optical imaging (which will be obtained from the IAC-80 telescope), IRAS survey maps, and existing CO observations of the associated clouds, will allow us to undertake a detailed investigation of the gas-to-dust mass ratio, initial mass function and the star-formation efficiency in these complexes. ... CHECKPSF: check the PSF (Point Spread Function) model, . ...

... We assume that an instantaneous starburst occured in the region of the Galactic center, with half of the stars (in number) being formed in binaries. The total mass of the stars formed during the starburst was taken to be , as indicated by the Tamblyn & Rieke (1993) analysis. ... In fact, the number of stars in IRS 16 estimated by Tamblyn & Rieke (1993) is uncertain within a factor of 2, but this is actually of no importance as long as we only use relative numbers of different X-ray source species. ...

... Total solar eclipse 2008 live from Novosibirsk On August 1, 2008, a total solar eclipse was being visible in Russia. ... The solar eclipse in Novosibirsk started at 9h41m UT and finished at 11h45m UT. ... Special Astrophysical Observatory of RAS eclipse expedition team made 3 channels live Web-cast of the eclipse from Novosibirsk in collaboration with . ... Total phase . ... It's preferably to install on computer VLC media player free program for Web-cast live receiving. ...

... We researched the regions with latitude higher than 60° for both hemispheres of the Moon. 944 craters and 1119 craters with diameters larger than 10 km was considered for North and South polar regions respectively. ... The total number of craters with a wholly shadowed floor is 44 for the North polar region and 43 for the South polar region. 111 and 122 craters have a floor permanently shadowed less than 10% at the North and South poles consequently. ... PERMANENTLY SHADOWED AREAS. ...

... 8, ``Celestial Mechanics'', 2002 Formation and migration of trans -- Neptunian objects S. I. Ipatov 1;2 1 Institute of Applied Mathematics, Moscow, Russia 2 NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, USA We support the Eneev's idea [1] that the largest (with diameter d?100 km) trans ­ Neptunian objects ( TNOs ) moving now in not very eccentric orbits ... The total amount of water delivered to the Earth during the formation of the giant planets was about the mass of water in the Earth's oceans. ...

The SOHO spacecraft currently supplies daily images of the solar corona at 1.1-3, 2-6 and 4-30 solar radii. Are ground-based solar corona observations during total solar eclipses have becoming obsolete nowadays? A quick view of SOHO data shows that it is not perfect in some respects. ... On March 9, 1997 an expedition has been organized by the Russian Academy of Sciences to the Baikal region in Siberia for observation of the total solar eclipse. ... Fig. ... Lens: F = 1m, D = 170 mm . ...

... Australia?s 2002 Total Eclipse of the Sun . ... A total eclipse of the Sun is arguably the most awesome sight in all of nature. Day is suddenly replaced with an eerie twilight and the Sun?s brilliant disk is blocked by the dark Moon. ... This incredible spectacle is visible once every year or two when the Moon?s small dark umbral shadow races across our planet?s surface. The ensuing path of totality is typically about 150 kilometers wide but can stretch halfway around the globe. ...

Next: Low-Mass Star Formation Up: M.D. Smith Previous: M.D. Smith Contents . Massive stars are of elevated importance in our Universe for several reasons. ... During their lives, they influence the nurseries in which new stars might form. ... He and Michael Smith investigated the consequences of massive star formation in one such region of our Galaxy. They uncovered that massive stars are forming in the Rosette Molecular Complex at a rate way beyond previous expectations. ...

. True Color Image Gallery: Galactic SNR | Magellanic Cloud SNR . Images show regions used to extract spectra . Regions with red strikes are excluded . Background was subtracted from a region around or close to the SNR. Back to SNR J0046.6-7307 Index . Chandra Supernova Remnant Catalog . Main Page | Galactic SNR | Magellanic Cloud SNR . True Color Image Gallery: Galactic SNR | Magellanic Cloud SNR .

... Models of central engines (1) Potential of disk accretion onto stellar mass black holes: disk binding energy: thin disk life time: - accreted mass - disk outer radius - gravitational radius - Shakura­Sunyaev parameter Ultra-dense Hyper-Eddington neutrino cooled disks !! ... 1989); Neutron star + Neutron star Neutron star + Black hole White dwarf + Black hole Black hole + compact disk Burst duration: 0.1s ­ 1.0s Released binding energy: (1.2) Collapsars­ origin of long duration GRBs? ...