... ATNF Home . ... About ATNF overview . ... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory . ... Parkes radio telescope . ... Parkes | ... Cosmic engine for senior students . ... The Sun . The Sun is vital for life on Earth. ... The Sun is a typical star, emitting electromagnetic radiation and particles that influence the Earth . ... In the meantime you can view material on the Sun and its influence on Earth written for the first version of the new syllabus here . ...

Here user should specify the origin of coordinate system (observer's position). In case of rectangular coordinates it can be center of any major planet or the Sun or any minor planet. ... For spherical coordinates the origin of coordinate system can coincide only with the center of the Earth or with any point on the Earth surface. ... a)by code of observatory in the list of observatories maintained by Minor Planet Center (see IX. Observatories ). b)by introducing name of observatory. ...

... Uncovering the Chemistry of Earth-like Planets . ... An Earth-like planet, born from the same nebula as its host star, is composed primarily of silicate rocks and an iron-nickel metal core, and depleted in volatile content in a systematic manner. The more volatile (easier to vaporize or dissociate into gas form) an element is in an Earth-like planet, the more depleted the element is compared to its host star. ... Apr . ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

... ARTICLE: The Adventurous Search For The Astronomical Unit . ... Kepler himself had suggested to use the rare occasions of Venus transiting (crossing) the solar disk to measure our distance to the planet. ... Due to the orbital inclination of Venus against the ecliptic of 3.5°, a Venus transit is so rare that it happens only at intervals of 121.5 years, 8 years, 105.5 years, 8 years and so on. ... Crabtree witnessing the transit of Venus 1639 . ... Transits of Venus - The Quest for the Solar Parallax...

... Series 4000 filters thread into the barrels of virtually all 1.25" eyepiece brands. Meade Series 4000 filters are a large 26mm in clear aperture and are manufactured from the purest crown optical glass, dyed-in-the-mass ( not "color coated"); there are no finer filters available for telescopic applications. ... For visual applications Series 4000 filters thread into the barrels of all Meade 1.25" eyepieces, and into the barrels of virtually all other 1.25" eyepiece brands as well. ... Meade 4M | ...

... Pre-university education . ... Samara region . ... A small spacecraft Aist-2D , developed by the scientists of Samara State Aerospace University (SSAU) and the experts of the Rocket and Space Centre Progress will see from outer space what is hidden under the thick top of trees and below the Earth's surface. The radar equipment was installed on Aist-2D , which was delivered to the space launcher complex Vostochniy on January 22. ... Tomography of the Earth's ionosphere will also be carried out. ...

The following activities are included in the Universe at Your Fingertips guide. ... Clicking on each activity will take you to a "reviews" page where you can post a review, or read reviews posted by others who have used the activity. ... Activity Online . ... MOON AND PHASES . ... Observing Phases and Features . ... Modeling Moon Phases . ... SUN AND SEASONS . ... Observing the Sun Safely . ... Observing Where the Sun Sets . ... Making Pictures of Motion . ... Morning Star and Evening Star . ...

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... S.P. KOROLEV ROCKET AND SPACE CORPORATION ENERGIA . ... OAO RSC "Energia" . ... News . Science news . ... August 7, 2015 "Rosetta" found a "solar shield" in the tail of Churyumov-Gerasimenko comet . ... August 7, 2015 Astronomers saw how lithium was born during new stellar flares . ... June 1, 2015 Astronomers found "vampire" planet in Andromeda constellation . June 1, 2015 Russian astronomers found "nano" black holes in distant galaxies . ... 2015 JSC "S.P. Korolev RSC "Energia" . ...

OBSERVATIONS OF COORBITAL SATELLITES OF SATURN Emel'yanov N., Varfolomeev M. Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow, e-mail : emelia@sai.msu.ru Institut de MИcanique CИleste et de Calcul des иphИmИrides, Paris, e-mail : emelia@imcce.fr Abstract. To improve the orbital parameters and masses of coorbital satellites of Saturn, Janus and Epimetheus, new observations of these satellites are necessary. ... IN: Saturn. ... New observations of Saturn's coorbital satellites" - Icarus. ...

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... Search . ... Astrophysics Group . Research . ... Research and Instrumentation . ... While this seems an extraordinary endeavour, in light of what we have learnt about Solar System planets, only a handful of key ingredients are required to start characterising an exoplanet. ... The NGTS project is a partnership between the University of Cambridge, Queen?s University Belfast, University of Warwick, University of Leicester, Observatoire de Geneve, DLR (Berlin) and Universidad Catolica de Chile. ...

... Р?С?С?С?Р?Р?Р?Р?РеС?Р?С?Р?РеР? ... Launched on February 17, 1996, the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) mission is to be the first of NASA's Discovery missions, a series of small-scale spacecraft designed to proceed from development to flight in under three years for a cost of less than $150 million. ... The ultimate goal of the mission is to rendezvous with and achieve orbit around the near Earth asteroid 433 Eros in February, 1999, and study the asteroid for approximately one year. ...

... Планетная система с тремя сверхземлями (4.2, 6.9 и 9.2 массы Земли) (The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets. ... A planetary system with 3 Super-Earths (4.2, 6.9, 9.2 Earth masses)) . ... arxiv:0806.0657 Спектроскопическое подтверждение экстремально сильной вспышки звездообразования на красном смещении 4.547 (Spectroscopic Confirmation Of An Extreme Starburst At Redshift 4.547) . ... обзор arxiv:0806.0695 Перспективы изучения АЯГ на ALMA (Prospects for AGN studies with ALMA) . ...

... 3 ­ Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow, :jeanna@sai.msu.ru The graphic method of the analysis of an arrangement of linear structural elements on geographical and geological maps of continents (A.V.Dolitsky, [1]) has allowed to find out global stress fields of the past and among them one which directions (the main normal and maximal tangents) describe more than 80 % of all linear elements of a relief. ... The found poles share program way on density of an arrangement on 3-4 groups. ...

... The First (Experimental) International Astronomy Olympiad . The following olympic problems were proposed for the participants on the theoretical part: Grades 8-10 . ... Why is it sometimes better to use a small telescope in orbit around the Earth than it is to use a large telescope on a mountain top? ... What will an observer looking to the Moon through the telescope see? ... Paper with a drown circle and table of maximal elongations of Mercury and Venus had been done for participants. ...

... Space Res., 12, 265, 1992 planetary magnetic dipole: Mizutani, H., et al., ... Astrobiology, 7, 167, 2007 CME induced H+ ion pick-up loss at 0.05 AU for ` Hot Jupiters ' HD209458 b Mass loss ~1011 g/s even for weak CMEs Mmax strong magn. protection in reality Exoplanet magnetospheres - importance of magnetodisk Relatively large amount of observed Hot Jupiters (27%): survival of close-in giants indicates their efficient protection against of extreme plasma and radiation conditions ...

Электронная библиотека астронома-любителя. ... библиотека . архив RSN . ... Ru.Space.News: . Февраль 1998 . ... Дата: 10 февраля 1998 (1998-02-10) От: Alexander Bondugin Тема: NASA Says Lunar Ice Rumors Wrong Привет всем! ... Дата: 10 февраля 1998 (1998-02-10) От: Alexander Bondugin Тема: Lectures at JPL on Near-Earth Asteroids Привет всем! ... Дата: 10 февраля 1998 (1998-02-10) От: Alexander Bondugin Тема: Images Of Mars '98 Landing Zone Reveal Strange New Terrain Привет всем! ...

History of an outer space exploration . ... The first space rockets . ... In space where there is no air, the engine which is not using air, i.e. the rocket installation is necessary for a flight vehicle. ... The Tsiolkovsky has understood, that firm kinds of fuel are not suit for space flights and has offered to use rocket engines on liquid fuel. ... Tsiolkovsky made a great contribution to the theory of rocket flight. ... From a satellite of the Earth before lunar landing . ...

... PUBLIC LECTURE - APRIL 12, 2016 . New Discoveries in the Outer Solar System: Ceres, Pluto and Planet X . ... Dr. Green will talk about "New Discoveries in the Outer Solar System: Ceres, Pluto, and Planet X". ... Beginning in 1992 planetary astronomers began to find Pluto like objects beyond the orbit of Neptune showing us that Pluto was a member of an entirely new family of objects we now call the Kuiper Belt. ... Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton, Inc., ...