... 2016 February 25 . Highest, Tallest, and Closest to the Stars . ... Explanation: Fans of planet Earth probably recognize its highest mountain, the Himalayan Mount Everest , on the left in this 3-panel skyscape of The World at Night. Shrouded in cloud Everest's peak is at 8,848 meters (29,029 feet) elevation above sea level. ... The highest equatorial mountain, the Chimborazo volcano's peak elevation is 6,268 meters above sea level. ... About APOD | ...

... Highest, Tallest, and Closest to the Stars . ... Shrouded in cloud Everest's peak is at 8,848 meters (29,029 feet) elevation above sea level. ... Still, measured from its base starting below the ocean's surface, Mauna Kea is over 10,000 meters tall, making it Earth's tallest mountain from base to summit. ... The highest equatorial mountain, the Chimborazo volcano's peak elevation is 6,268 meters above sea level. ... That makes Chimborazo's summit the place on Earth's surface closest to the stars . ...

... ESO is building what will be the World's largest optical telescope array, The Very Large Telescope (VLT). The VLT Project organisation is responsible for the design and construction of the Unit Telescopes, including enclosures, optics, adapter-rotators and coating unit. ... Unit Telescopes Overview - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ... Secondary mirror (M2 Unit) - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ... Coating Unit - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ...

. Pulkovo Observatory of Russian Academy of Sciences is situated . near Saint-Petersburg. It was founded in 1839. 196140, Saint-Petersburg, Pulkovskoye chaussee 65/1 . English version . Russian version . This page has been accessed times since May 1, 1999.

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Mathilde . ... On June 27, 1997 the Near-Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft flew flew past asteroid 253 Mathilde. ... On June 27, 1997 NEAR made a spectatular 25 minute flyby of Mathilde which resulted in more than 500 images of a dark, crater-battered little world that dates to the beginning of the solar system. ... This first image of asteroid 253 Mathilde, returned by the NEAR spacecraft just before 10:00 AM EDT on June 27, 1997, was taken from a distance of 1800 kilometers (1120 miles). ...

. Album : Фотоальбом Сергея Аюкова :: Travels to distant places and countries :: 1996/05 Greece, Chalkidiki :: Boat trip to Mount Athos. Peninsula governed by monks. Up . << Prev . We're getting closer; Mt. Athos is at the background. It is about 2000 meters high. Wind is cold (that's why I look so sick :-). Next >> . Photo album generated by album tool from David Madison's Marginal Hacks on Wed Jun 5 20:38:30 2013 .

... Дни открытых дверей к юбилею САО РАН (12-14 апреля 2016 г.) . Международная конференция "Dark Ages and White Nights (Spectroscopy of the CMB)" (20-24 июня 2016 г.) . ... Международная конференция MULTI-SPIN GALAXIES - 2016 (26-30 сентября 2016 г.) . Международная астрономическая конференция "Физика звезд: от коллапса до коллапса" (3-7 октября 2016 г.) Архив . ... Подробнее.. ... 10.02.16 . ... БТА в реальном времени . ... Цейсс-1000 в реальном времени . ... Последнее обновление: 22/03/2016 ...

As the Universe expands, gravity pulls on the Universe, and slows the expansion down over time. As we look to great distances, we are looking back in time. If we can measure how fast the Universe is expanding in the past, and compare it to how fast it is expanding now, we can see the total gravitational effect of all matter in the Universe. Here we plot the distance between two galaxies as a function of time. ... Universes with lots of material . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Comets and Asteroids . ... Space Flight . ... Earth Satellites . ... By admin February 19, 2011 Posted in: Comets and Asteroids . ... Since it was launched in 1999, the Stardust spacecraft has travelled about 5.7 billion km (3.5 billion miles) on its odyssey from Earth to comet Wild 2, back to Earth then on to comet Tempel 1. ... Here you will find the latest news and views from the fascinating worlds of astronomy and space exploration. ...

... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . On Friday 15th February the recently discovered Apollo-class near-Earth asteroid 2012 DA14 will make a close pass by the Earth. The asteroid will come within about 34,000 km (21,000 miles) of the centre of our planet at 7.26 p.m. That is, within the ring of geostationary communication satellites which orbit at some 35,800 km above the surface of the Earth. ... Last Revised: 2013 February 11th . ...

... S.P. KOROLEV ROCKET AND SPACE CORPORATION ENERGIA . ... OAO RSC "Energia" . ... Company's History . ... History . Brief History of Rocket and Space Technology . ... Flights Chronology . ... ISS Russian Segment . ... Experiments and Researches (2000-2013) . Rocket Space Complexes . Sea Launch . ... Launches Chronology . ... Land Launch . ... Demo Launch . ... Contribution of RSC Energia to the Russian Rocket-Space Technology . ... RSC Energia: Progress MS-02 docked with the ISS.' ...

. Latest image of the far side of the Sun based on high resolution STEREO data, taken February 2, 2011, when there was still a small gap between the STEREO ahead-and-behind data. This gap will start to close February 6, 2011, when the spacecraft achieve 180ТА degree separation, and will completely close over the next several days. NASA

... Bad Astronomy . ... On Thursday, February 15th 2001 (and replayed on March 19), the Fox TV network aired a program called ``Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon?'', hosted by X-Files actor Mitch Pileggi. ... Dust around the lander . ... However, it appeals to our common sense: when the sky is black here on Earth, we see stars. ... Bad: The program claims that when the top half of the lander took off from the Moon to bring the astronauts back into orbit, there was no flame from the rocket. ...

... 7 095 921-1060 . ... 5-10 min from M. "Kuznestkii most", 25 min by subway to M.Kaluzhskaya, close to the center, 5 min walk to the Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre, 10 min walk to Red Square. ... 15 min walk from M.Yugo-Zapadnaya, 20-25 min by minibus or bus to IKI, far away from the center. ... 15 min walk to M.Leninskii prospekt, 12 min by subway to M.Kaluzhskaya, far from center, 15-20 min by subway from M.Oktyabrskaya to M.Kaluzhskaya. www . ... High Energy Astrophysics Department at IKI , 2004. ...

To see a Russian version of this page, click here . ... Graduated from Moscow State University (MSU), Faculty of Physics in 1976. Ph.D. degree - 1988, MSU. Main field of scientific activities: photometric investigations of various stars, close binary stellar systems and other astronomical objects, including research with use of fast photoelectric photometry with a high time resolution till 1 millisecond. ... New portable photometer . ... Send your mail to: tem@sai.msu.ru ...

8th of February 2015 . International Year of Light 2015 . High resolution radio emission from RCW 49 . ... Benaglia et al. (2013) analyse Molonglo 843 MHz and ATCA 5.5 / 9 GHz radio continuum data. They find two radio shells closely matching the Spitzer infrared emission, showing pillars, filaments and a bright bridge. The image shows the ATCA 9 GHz radio continuum emission in red , the Spitzer 3.6 micron emission in blue and the Spitzer 8 micron emission in green . ... today * ATNF | ...

... Institute for Solid State Physics has a solid tradition of preparing students for advanced degrees and successful careers. The high quality of scientific researches performed in the ISSP is mostly due to thorough and industrious training of scientific personnel. The departments of the Moscow Institute for Physics and Technology , Faculty of Physics of M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University and Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys work closely with our Institute. ... e-mail: univer issp.ac.ru . ...