... This paper describes a remote astronomy experiment executed during the second phase of this program, which established a ground- and space-based network between Japan and several sites in the U.S. This network was used by students, scientists, and educators to provide real-time interaction and collaboration with an automated 14-inch telescope and associated data archive. ... The telescope is controlled via a commercial digital planetarium software product, TheSky . ...

We note, with deep sorrow, that Dr. Valentin Alexandrovich Lipovetsky, a senior astronomer and the leader of the Laboratory of Galaxy Studies of the Special Asrtrophysical Observatory, passed away at the age of 51 on September 22, 1996, after a several year battle with melanoma. Valentin Lipovetsky was an outstanding astronomer in many areas of extragalactic research and an internationally acknowledged leader in objective prism surveys and studies of AGN and star-forming galaxies. ...

The 2dF QSO Redshift Survey (2QZ) . ... Before jumping into all the finer details of teh survey, a brief non-astronomer's guide to redshift surveys is available. ... The primary scientific aims of the QSO survey are: (1) to obtain the primordial fluctuation power spectrum out to COBE scales, (2) to determine the rate of QSO clustering evolution in the non-linear and linear regimes and hence obtain new limits on the value of and the bias parameter, (3) to apply a powerful geometric method to measure . ...

... Project/Contact Person . SRON National Institute for Space Research , the Netherlands ( SRON ) . I ntegrated superconducting submm receivers and spectrometers . Contact: V. Koshelets . Chalmers University of Technology , . ... Design, fabrication and experimental studies of Cold Electron Bolometer ( CEB ). Contact: M. Tarasov . Dept. of Physics , Technical University of Denmark , Lyngby, Denmark . ... Activities | ... Collaboration | ... IRE RAS Research Activities | ...

... Future seminars . P a s t seminars . Seminar council . An attempt to Directly Image an Extrasolar Planet from a Sounding Rocket " . ... We are developing a sounding rocket experiment to obtain a direct image of an extrasolar giant planet. The Planet Imaging Concept Testbed Using a Rocket Experiment (PICTURE) is a collaboration between Boston University, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. ...

Peremennye Zvezdy", . ... 9, N 16 (2009) . ... Star Name: . USNO-A2.0 1350-06316386, USNO-B1.0 1416-0177942 . ... A new Algol-type variable star was discovered by me during observations of comet C/2006 OF2. ... The observations were conducted over 25 nights from January 22 to March 17, 2009 using the remotely controlled Maksutov-Newtonian telescope (D = 356 mm, F = 1330 mm) of the Tzec Maun Observatory (New Mexico, USA) equipped with an unfiltered SBIG ST-10XME CCD camera. ...

... The chances of the Earth being hit by a comet from beyond Pluto — А la Armageddon — are much lower than previously thought, according to new research by an ANU astronomer. ... I calculate that small comets, capable of destroying a city, only hit the Earth once every 40 million years or so,” Dr Francis said. ... But asteroids and short-period comets come past again and again, so if we’re clever enough we can find them all and predict which, if any, will hit the Earth,” said Dr Francis. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Posted on July 8, 2011 | 5 Comments In a dark July night sky you can hardly miss Vega, Altair, and Deneb, the three bright stars of the Summer Triangle ? ... Continue Reading.. ... No Comments St. PatrickтАЩs Academy in Dungannon is a school with both an Astronomy Society and its own observatory! ... No Comments Armagh Planetarium kicked off 2011 in style with some amazing astronomy-based events in association with the€а BBC. ...

Hallerstrasse 6 · CH-3012 Bern · Switzerland ISSI Call for Proposals 2015 for Johannes Geiss Fellowship The International Space Science Institute is an Institute of Advanced Studies located in Switzerland. ... Purpose ISSI has approved the introduction of the Johannes Geiss Fellowships (JGF). ... ISSI has a visitor programme, funds post-doctoral fellows, and encourages the participation of young scientists in the International Teams. ... Financial support requested from ISSI. ...

. This artist's rendering shows a newly discovered planet (far right) orbiting one star (right) of a binary star system. The discovery, made by a collaboration of international research teams and led by researchers at The Ohio State University, expands astronomers' notions of where to look for planets in our galaxy. The research was funded in part by NASA. Cheongho Han, Chungbuk National University, Republic of Korea