... The choice of which type of electricity is called "positive" and which "negative" was made around 1750 by Ben Franklin, early American scientist and man of many talents (the stamp on the left commemorates his role as first US postmaster--and colonial postmaster before that). ... Franklin knew of two types of electric charge, depending on the material one rubbed. ... Later, when electric batteries were discovered, scientists naturally assigned the direction of the flow of current to be from (+) to (-...

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Research Activities . Integrated superconducting submm receivers and spectrometers. Technology for fabrication of superconducting integrated circuits based on high quality submicron Nb and NbN tunnel junctions with high current density. Development, study and optimization of the superconducting phase locked Local Oscillator for integrated spectrometer. ... Development of the superconducting elements for operation at frequencies up to 1 THz. ... Activities | ...

The design of IAO-Diploma has academic (conservative) style. ... The first row consists of three cells. ... Second cell - logo of EAAS - Galaxy, negative image. ... The second row consists of one cell, two lines. ... Second line - words 'International Astronomy Olympiad'. ... There should be a text in English with the name of the awarded student, his or her team, explanation of awarding including the degree of Diploma and the Number of the International Astronomy Olympiad like: Adam Kohl . ...

... of the Sternberg Astronomical Institute, . ... 125-th seminar) . ... The secretary of the seminar - M.K.Abubekerov . 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, . ...

... Does the time it takes different methods to create all the elements coincide with the universeт??s accepted age? ... Illinois Urbana-Champaign) Different kinds of stars create elements at different rates, all of which are consistent with the age of the universe. Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... Registration is FREE and takes only a few seconds to complete. If you are already registered on Astronomy.com, please log in below. ...

... The task is designed to make a mask image (ie an image of boolean values) by applying a selection expression to the pixel values of an input image. ... Hence for example if one wished to mark as TRUE all pixels of the input which exceeded 7.3 in value, one would call immask with expression =`VAL 7.3'. ... All attributes (keywords), including WCS keywords, but excluding keywords related to any data subspace (DSS) in the input image, are copied to the output image. ...

STEP INTO THE BLUE - MEADE INSTRUMENTS PRODUCT GUIDE . ... Telescopes . ... Meade Series 5000 HD-60 4.5mm 6-Element Eyepiece (1.25") . ... Meade Series 5000 4.5mm HD-60 6-Element Eyepiece, #07730 (1.25"). The latest advancement in the Meade Series 5000 eyepiece series offers a large 60 apparent field of view and a flat field of view which is tack sharp right to the edge. ... Meade Series 5000 Pl ssl Eyepieces offer a very wide field-of-view, with pinpoint edge of field sharpness and contrast. ...

... 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. ...

... For given geographical longitude and time zone show the current data and time, Universal data and time, current local star time. ... Accept 10 different data formats (data&time, data with decimal day of month, data with decimal day of year, decimal year, some Julian dates), calculate from any formate to others, show day of week. Current data and time direct insertion function is exists. ... Calculate angular distance between two points at the sky by its equatorial coordinates. ...

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... Despite the wide spread use of the terms MTF, CTF, limiting resolution, minimum resolvable target, and contrast to describe CCD image system quality, the terms are often misused and their relations are little understood. ... The modulation transfer function (MTF) is a Fourier transform of the line spread function i.e. its equivalent as an integral sum of sine waves taken over the whole range of spatial frequencies. MTF by its Fourier nature can only be used to operate on sinusoidal frequencies. ...

... Space flight . ... The L-39 two-seat training jet plane is intended for flights in regular and complex meteorological conditions at day and night time, as well as for acrobatic flying. ... A cockpit canopy is pressure-tight with a single layer glazing, the back-folding parts can be thrown off under abnormal condition by pyrotechnical systems. ... Comparable on size and assigned tasks with the American F-16 and F/A-18 fighters, the MIG - 29 is presently in the service of 23 countries of the world. ...

... In 1965, in view of the fact that the country's leadership put S.P.Korolev in overall charge of the effort to land a man on the Moon and bring him safely back to Earth, Korolev decided to focus the work of his team on the manned space flight, while the work on the lunar robotic craft was turned over to Lavochkin Design Bureau headed at the time by G.N.Babakin. ... This flight was considered as an initial phase of preparation for a manned lunar landing mission. ...

... Telescopes . ... 2002: . A quartz echelle spectrograph with a large diameter of the collimated beam (NES) equipped with a CCD (2048x2048 elements) was designed, manufactured and put into operation in the Nasmyth focus of the 6-m telescope. ... We have developed and tested the model of a new-generation three-element broadband radiometric matrix system at the RATAN-600 extremely short wavelength of 1 cm, allowing a large replication to over 100 elements. ...

. 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.

... The axial support is provided by 78 air pistons. ... The transverse support is provided by 38 air pistons, supported by cantilevers from the mirror cell, that act on the mirror local center of gravity surface. ... The locations where the transverse mirror support forces should be applied to the mirror are listed in Table 1 and illustrated in Figure 1. ... Figure 1: CAD drawing showing the 2.5-m primary mirror and the locations of the transverse support posts (black) and axial pneumatic pistons (blue...

... SSAU History . SSAU roadmap . ... Engineers of SSAU laboratory of additive technologies started to carry out experiments in the field of 3D-printing of metal parts, components and assemblies. The research of Samara scientists will allow producing highly complex and non-standard elements of spatial forms required for design and creation of advanced aviation and space technology. ... SSAU Laboratory of Additive Technologies is established in 2011. ... e-mail: ssau@ssau.ru . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Space Flight . ... January . ... By admin January 3, 2011 Posted in: Armagh Planetarium . ... Hosted by Professor Brian Cox (science advisor to the movie тАЬ Sunshine тАЭ, but we wonтАЩt hold that against him) and comedian Dara O Briain (who trained as a physicist), BBC Stargazing Live will include live observing featuring epic images from observatories around the globe on 3 ? ... Tweets that mention BBC Stargazing Live at Armagh Planetarium | ...

... The following factors that affect the final accuracy of the reflecting surface in ground conditions were considered to be the most important: the accuracy of manufacturing of the central mirror and lobes , the accuracy of their installation on the spacer , the accu racy of systems of weight unloading (the weight unloading of lobes during their manufacturing and assembly of the reflector as a whole), the ... Stan dard deviations of lobe surfaces were 0.13­0.21 mm. ...