... He made observations of a supernova (literally: nova= "new star") in 1572 (we now know that a supernova is an exploding star, not a new star). ... Brahe's meticulous observations showed that the supernova did not change positions with respect to the other stars (no parallax). ... This was early evidence against the immutable nature of the heavens, although Brahe did not interpret the absence of parallax for stars correctly, as we discuss below. Brahe made careful observations of a comet in 1577. ...

... Field of interest: data analysis and interpretation of X-ray observations of BHC and NS systems, astrophysics of compact objects and related phenomena: X-ray , optical and radio observations , shocks and stellar winds, emission mechanism, the spectral and timing analysis of the X-ray emission from microquasars ( signature of accreting BH), atoll- and Z-sources ( signature of accreting NS), modeling of INTEGRAL images % . ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... Credit: E. L. Wright ( UCLA ), COBE , DIRBE , NASA Explanation: Three major sources contribute to the far- infrared sky : our Solar System , our Galaxy, and our Universe . The above recently released image , in representative colors, is the highest resolution projection yet created of the entire far-infrared sky (60 - 240 microns) created from years of observations by the now-defunct robot spacecraft COBE . ... Publications with keywords: infrared . ...

... Contacts: Evgeny A. Loupian, Dr. Sci., e-mail: evgeny@smis.iki.rssi.ru Sergey A. Bartalev, Dr. Sci., e-mail: bartalev@smis.iki.rssi.ru Web interface for burnt area mapping using Landsat data Stellar Tracker In 2013 IKI RAN together with the NPK "Electrooptics" completed the phase of the five-year research on studying the ways to build a stellar inertial navigation system (SINS) for aviation applications. ... Fig. 1 shows the SINS layout created on the basis of the astronomical camera. ... Fig.1. ...

An analysis of celestial p ole offset observations in the free core nutation frequency band Z. Malkin, N. Miller Central (Pulkovo) Astronomical Observatory RAS, St. Petersburg 196140, Russia Abstract. In this study, three empirical Free Core Nutation (FCN) models developed to the present time, MHB2000, Malkin's and Lambert's ones, are compared on the basis of representation of variations of the FCN amplitude and phase predicted by these models. ... McCarthy D.D. (2005). The free core nutation. ...

Proceedings of Turbulent Shear Flows XI , 1997. NASA Technical Paper # 3555 , 1997. Proceedings of European Turbulence Conference VI , 1996. ESPRI Research Report # 104, 117-143 (1996) . ... Proceedings of Turbulent Shear Flows X , 1995. ASME Paper 95-GT-437 , 1995. ... Invited AIAA Paper 94-2281 presented at the 1994 AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference, Colorado Springs, CO. AIAA Paper 94-2323, presented at the 1994 AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference, Colorado Springs, CO. ...

... It was found that the Sun lies 9?2 pc above the plane of hte Galactic disk in the direction of North Galactic pole and that F0-F9 stars contribute 0.0035 M /pc 3 to the density of the Galactic disk. ... We used this method to determine the scale height of the subsystem of F stars of the Galactic disk, Z 0 =160?10 pc. ... It is suggested that scale height of the metal-poor stars subsystem is due to the infall of the metall-poor intergalactic gas onto the disk. ...

... Ce projet est une contribution l' tude des syst mes complexes, domaine mergent est vaste par nature inter-disciplinaire. Nous proposons de travailler sur une partie restreinte et cibl e sur les contributions que l'informatique th orique moderne peut apporter ce domaine. ... Les r sultats que nous attendons de ce projet sont avant tout de nature intellectuelle: nous souhaitons comprendre finement les syst mes complexes dans notre discipline, pour pouvoir ensuite collaborer avec d'autres. ...

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To main of Laboratory . The research work and design of optical and optical-electronic devices are carries out by laboratory staff: . ... Lens: . ... In the layout 1 prism systems perform functions of dispersive element, corrector of aberrations, optical reducer. ... Spectral range 200 - 400 nm; . ... Back Forward . ... The main corrector's function are compensation of field aberrations of the main spherical mirror of a telescope (diameter of 600 mm, f'=1200 mm) and increase aperture ratio. ...

Main Organizers Invited speakers Program Abstract template Travel information Tribute to I.F. Schegolev . Please, format the abstract of your contribution using the following template. Abstracts prepared in LaTeX are preferable: a source file (.tex) is only required. Abstracts in MSWord (.rft, .doc) are also acceptable. ... Abstracts should not contain graphics or tables . ...

To appear in "Fourth Workshop on Robotic Autonomous Observatories (2015)"RevMexAA(SC) METEOR OBSERVATIONS WITH MINI-MEGATORTORA WIDE-FIELD MONITORING SYSTEM S. Karpov, 1, 3 N. Orekhova2 G. Beskin, 1, 3 A. Biryukov3,4 S. Bondar,2 E. Ivanov,2 E. Katkova,2 A. Perkov, and V. Sasyuk3 RESUMEN 2 Favor de prop orcionar un resumen en espanol. ... The faintest detected meteors has the peak brightness about 10 mag, while the ma jority - from 4 to 8 mag. ... 2010; Karpov et al. 2013; Beskin et al. ...

... A radio galaxy is a galaxy that emits an unusually big amount of energy at radio wavelengths. ... Inside of each galaxy with an active nucleus (radio galaxies are among them) there must be a system of a "central machine" responsible for the colossal amount of the emitted energy from radio to gamma ranges. ... Sometimes a radio source in an active galaxy may flare again if the needed conditions appear (a new portion of matter would fall into the furnace of the "central machine"). ...

... Old World First Asteroid Radar Echo. ... It testifies that 4179 Toutatis is a double object like asteroid 4769 Castalia. ... Interference of Radar Echo from the Binary Asteroid 4179 Toutatis. ... An analysis of the 6-cm radar data revealed quasi-harmonic oscillation of the echo’s “central” Doppler frequency with a period of about 14 sec and a deviation of about (0.7*B) Hz, where B is the echo bandwidth, which for 4179 Toutatis was equal to 2.1 Hz and 1.9 Hz for 1992 Dec 8 and 9, respectively. ...

... of the Sternberg Astronomical Institute, . ... 121-th seminar) . ... The secretary of the seminar - M.E.Prokhorov . Access free (code 4687) . ... Lipunov V.M. (SAI) . ... Beskin V.S. (LPI) . co-chairman . ... Postnov K.A. (SAI) . ... In recent years, a strong need has appeared in exchanging ideas and information between diverse astronomical centers, such as Sternberg Astronomical Institute (SAI MSU), Lebedev Physical Institute (LPI theoretical dept.) ... Sternberg Astronomical Institute, . ...

ASTROPHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY AFTER GAMOW - THEORY AND OBSERVATIONS . Gamov Memorial International Conference dedicated to 100-th anniversary of George Gamow . ... All contributions should be sent to Prof. S. Silich, e-mail: silich@inaoep.mx using the Macros ( pdf , ps , tex ), the session where your contribution was made. ... The length for the contributions will be:   . ... plenary talks – 12 pages . memorial talks – 6 pages . oral contributions – 4 pages . ... posters – 3 pages . ...

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... The bright supernova (hereafter SN) in the galaxy NGC 4527 was first sighted by S. Knight (USA) on April 13.17UT at magnitude ~14.0v. The report of the sighting was subsequently forwarded by phone to the AAVSO. ... SN 1991T. The galaxy NGC 4527 is an Sb(s)II type galaxy with an apparent Blue magnitude of 11.32 (Shapley-Ames, 1981). ... An analysis of this event utilizing visual observations by amateurs, plus a light curve is presented.. ... THE LIGHT CURVE: . ... ISN SN 1991T web page . ...

RELATIVE SUNSPOT NUMBERS Description of Data from SGD Explanation of Data Reports: Relative Sunspot Numbers -- The relative sunspot number is an index of the activity of the entire visible disk of the Sun. ... The provisional daily Zurich relative sunspot numbers, Rz, were based upon observations made at Zurich and its two branch stations in Arosa and Locarno and communicated by M. Waldmeier of the Swiss Federal Observatory. ... This indicates the uncertainty above and below the predicted number. ...