... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2003 December 10 . Cassini Approaches Saturn . Credit: Cassini Imaging Team , SSI , JPL , ESA , NASA . Explanation: Cassini, a robot spacecraft launched in 1997 by NASA , is close enough now to resolve many rings and moons of its destination planet: Saturn . ... Many features of Saturn's rings and cloud-tops now show considerable detail. ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. December 22, 1996 . 18 Miles From Deimos . Credit: The Viking Project , NASA . ... Potato shaped and barely 6 miles wide this asteroid-like body was visited by the Viking 2 orbiter in 1977. This image was made when the spacecraft approached to within 18 miles of Deimos' surface. ... About APOD > . ... NASA Technical Rep.: ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . The Cliffs of Comet Churyumov Gerasimenko . ... 22.12.2014 . ... They were discovered to be part of the dark nucleus of Comet ChuryumovGerasimenko (CG) by Rosetta , a robotic spacecraft launched by ESA which began orbiting the comet in early August. ... The Rosetta spacecraft is scheduled to continue to accompany the comet as it makes its closest approach to the Sun in 2015 August. ... August . ... 2013 2014 . ... NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers . ...

... Moon . ... What can astronomers tell us about the different colors on the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa? ... We can use the colors of Europa s surface to tell us about the chemical compounds that make up the surface and subsurface of the jovian moon. Even before the first spacecraft made a close visit to Europa, astronomers on Earth used telescopes to study the moon and were able to use a technique called spectroscopy to determine that Europa s surface is composed mostly of water ice. ...

... Armagh Planetarium . ... Universe . ... Space Flight . ... December . ... No Comments To get the latest on space and astronomy go to Carnival of Space. ... No Comments Carnival of Space, the regular and vital guide to space and astronomy blogs is hosted by a different site every week. ... Newer Entries . Hello, IтАЩm Colin, welcoming you to Astronotes, the PlanetariumтАЩs official blog. Here you will find the latest news and views from the fascinating worlds of astronomy and space exploration. ...

... International Year of Astronomy in Ireland . ... Christmas Moon", painting by Miruna Popescu, Armagh Observatory, featured as " Lunar photo of the Day " and " Astronomy Sketch of the Day " on 25 December 2009. ... To mark the 400th anniversary of GalileoтАЩs first use of the telescope to observe the sky, 2009 has been celebrated worldwide as the International Year of Astronomy. Moon over Armagh - link to Astronomy Sketch of the Day on 25 December 2009 . ... Monday, 11 May 2009 23:54 . ...

... Главная . ... Новости . ... Проекты . Любителям астрономии . Проект ISON . ... Подробнее . ... Категория: Новости проекта ISON . ... Метки: Космический мусор ,љ Астероиды ,љ Гамма-всплески ,љ Любителям астрономии ,љ Кометы љ . ... Метки: Космический мусор ,љ Астероиды ,љ Любителям астрономии љ . ... Новости обсерваторий проекта] - Обсерватория Кубанского государственного университета от Иванов А - 09.04.2016 11:08:49 . ... 1999-2013 Copyright "Астрономия и Телескопостроение" . ...

... It was designed to observe the solar wind approaching Earth, from a position near the Lagrangian point L1, and it is part of the International Solar-Terrestrial Physics (ISTP) Initiative . ... The original plan called for "Wind" to approach its final station over two years, undergoing two close encounters with the Moon to boost its speed. ... If however the object is moving , the encounter is not symmetric, and in the end the spacecraft may have gained or lost speed, depending on its trajectory. ...

... It was designed to observe the solar wind approaching Earth, from a position near the Lagrangian point L1, and it is part of the International Solar-Terrestrial Physics (ISTP) Initiative . ... The original plan called for "Wind" to approach its final station over two years, undergoing two close encounters with the Moon to boost its speed. ... If however the object is moving , the encounter is not symmetric, and in the end the spacecraft may have gained or lost speed, depending on its trajectory. ...

home publications > mercury . SEARCH ASP SITE: Match ALL words Match ANY word . ... ASP Conference Series . ... Steering by Different Stars? Astronomers and the Dark-Sky Movement . ... Photo courtesy of the International Dark-Sky Association. by Susan McGowan . ... According to Arthur Upgren, senior research scientist at Yale University and emeritus professor of astronomy at Wesleyan University, only 17% of ASP members were also members of the International Dark-Sky Association in 2001. ...

... Home Education Workshops at Adorama Astro Imaging Workshop: Planetary Astro Imaging with a DSLR ? December 7, 2014 . ... Astro Answers . ... Beyond New York City . ... Observing Resources for Amateur Astronomers - Part 1: Beginning Observers . ... A History of the First Forty Years of the Amateur Astronomers Association . ... Presented by€а Adorama€а For the Amateur Astronomers Association of New York . ... 2016 Amateur Astronomers Association of New York Designed by Press Customizr Powered by . ...

Weaving together Astronomy+Statistics+Computer Science+Engineering+Intrumentation, far beyond the growing borders . ... Archives . ... On the other hand, there is none in astronomy although astronomers have a long history of comprising a huge volume of catalogs and data archives. ... Nevertheless, I?ve noticed a few astronomers rigorously apply principle component analysis (PCA) in order to reduce the dimensionality of a data set. ... Chandra Blog . ... The e-Astronomer . ... SAMSI AstroStat Prog. ...

... Laboratory and theoretical modelling of the UV bump on the interstellar extinction curve is a very popular topic in dusty investigations. ... feature is illustrated by Fig. 10 where the profiles were calculated using the model of graphite spheres. Figure 10: Normalized extinction efficiencies for graphite spheres. ... The lower panel shows the summary extinction of two graphite spheres with radii and (from upper panel) taken in equal proportions. ...

Astroinformatics Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies Solving Regression Problems with Machine Learning lessons learned from learning machines no w op wi tim th m od ize GP el d U s December 12, 2013 Astroinformatics 2013 | Sydney 9-13 Dezember | ... 2013 December 12, 2013 Astroinformatics 2013 | ... 2014 December 12, 2013 Astroinformatics 2013 | ... Kai Lars Polsterer ... ... optimized for machine learning 12 / 13 thanks for a great week in Sydney December 12, 2013 Astroinformatics 2013 | ...

In early mid-infrared observations (c 1970) two prominent dust emission features were discovered. ... Soon after the discovery of the silicate features another feature at about 11.3 microns was discovered in the spectra of some carbon stars, not as wide or as strong as the silicate features but still thought to be due to a solid material. ... less common features: extreme carbon stars, the AlO/silicate complex, the "unidentified infrared" features, unusual silicate features . ...

... Bad Astronomy . Misconceptions . ... Bad Astronomy : The Moon only shows one face to us because it is not rotating. Better astronomy : The Moon only shows one face because it is rotating, once every time it revolves around the Earth. ... Place the Moon model on the table about 30 centimeters (one foot) away with the X facing the Earth model. ... You'll see that to keep the X facing the Earth model, you have to rotate the Moon model as it goes around the Earth model . ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

... Pre-university education . ... On March 16 a meeting with Raymond Murphy - the author of the world famous series of English grammar textbooks: English Grammar in Use and Essential Grammar in Use took place in Samara State Aerospace University within the framework of the conference Peculiarities of grammatical skills formation in various stages of English language teaching (Innovative Approaches to ELT). ... The textbook of Raymond Murphy is a practical guide to learning English as a foreign language...

The following is a list of the currently available preferences for a CIMA observing session with CIMA version 2.2: . ... This option allows You to select whether You want log-files or not when running in off-line mode. ... This option allows You to specify whether You want the CIMA observation status window to be opened automatically for You when Your CIMA session starts. ... Help-windows only stay open as long as middle mouse-button is pressed --- Default: No . ...

... S.P. KOROLEV ROCKET AND SPACE CORPORATION ENERGIA . ... OAO RSC "Energia" . ... Company's History . ... Flights Chronology . ... ISS Russian Segment . ... News . ... Russian manned transportation spacecraft Soyuz TMA-07M has docked with the International Space Station (ISS) after two days of autonomous flight in low Earth orbit. ... Contribution of RSC Energia to the Russian Rocket-Space Technology . ... RSC Energia: Progress MS-02 docked with the ISS.' ... 2015 JSC "S.P. Korolev RSC "Energia" . ...

. Next: General Concept of Up: How to use Previous: New Users . љ MIDAS is used at many different sites on a large variety of configurations. The main part of this manual does not refer to special configurations or hardware devices. Site specific implementations and details of the local installation can be found in Appendix . Rein Warmels . Mon Jan 22 12:06:29 MET 1996