... Galileo Images of Io . ... Galileo Finds Giant Iron Core in Jupiter's Moon Io . ... The temperature on Io's surface is about -143њ C (-230њ F); however, a large hot spot associated with a volcanic feature measured about 17њ C (60њ F). ... Io's rotation . ... This pair of Hubble images of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io shows the surprising emergence of a 320-kilometer (200-mile) diameter, large yellowish-white feature near the center of the moon's disk (photo on the right). ... Volcanic Plumes . ...

... Exposure Time Calculator (ETC) . Survey processing . ... VISTA is a 4-m class wide field survey telescope for the southern hemisphere, equipped with a near infrared camera (1.65 degree diameter field of view at VISTA's nominal pixel size) containing 67 million pixels of mean size 0.34 arcsec and available broad band filters at Z,Y,J,H,K s and a narrow band filter at 1.18 micron. A wide field visible camera, if constructed, could also be used on VISTA. ... Tile . ... ESO VISTA Public Surveys . ...

ATTENDANCE of the CONFERENCE . ... Programming Committee . ... Registration and PLDS3 Address . ... Last updates, 24 Nov 2001: . ... It is expected that participants will arrive October 14, 2001. Conference Registration Desk in the Hotel "Druzhba" will be open between 17.00 and 22.00 on October 14 and during the conference. ... The registration fee will be accepted in cash in Chernogolovka during the registration of the participants. ... All foreign visitors in Russia must have a valid passport. ...

Organization of the Data Processing in the Interball Project. ... Interball Data Archive contains data produced during Interball mission: raw data, data files produced by express-analysys and preprocessing systems, orbit and attitude data files, key physical parameters, Magion-4,5 subsatellites data files and other types of data. Express-analysys data is available for Interball participants within 1 day after telemetry session, level 1 processed data - within 2 weeks. ... Attitude data files . ...

Next: Reduction procedure Up: Extinction and transformation Previous: Strategy . Standard stars can be included in the extinction solution, if one is careful. The problem is that there are usually appreciable ``conformity errors'' due to mismatch between the instrumental and the standard passbands [ 16 ]. ... Thus, it is wrong to assume that the transformation between the instrumental system and the standard system is exact, even if there were no measurement error in either system [ 1 ]. ...

... 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. ...

... 23 September 2004 - Telescope First Light! ... 30 July 2004 . ... NIC-FPS is an instrument combining the capabilities of a near-infrared imaging camera with a cryogenic Fabry-Perot etalon currently under development at the Center for Space Astrophysics and Space Astronomy , University of Colorado with support from Rice University , Ball Aerospace and the Astrophysical Research Consortium. It is scheduled to begin operations on the ARC 3.5m telescope at Apache Point Observatory in 2004. ...

Astronomy Discussion Forums . ... I Expected More Sense Than That. ... Post Message | ... Posted by Richard D. Stafford, Ph.D. on November 8, 2002 04:14:05 UTC . ... You are missing the point - harvey1 - November 8, 2002 - 13:10 UTC . I hope Stafford doesn't mind my intruding his forum - mrsouza - November 8, 2002 - 14:55 UTC . ... www.astronomy.net . ... Forum posts are Copyright their authors as specified in the heading above the post. "dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

General Information . ... Local Information . ... The city represents great cultural value because in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Kislovodsk as a fashionable spa attracted many musicians, artists, and members of the Russian aristocracy. ... Double room with full pension (breakfast, lunch, dinner) - 2620 rubles per person per night. solnechniy . ... Citizens of most countries need visa to enter the Russian Federation. ... Victor Kornilov, Sternberg Astronomical Institute (chair) . ...

... Available at http://www.hike.te.chiba-u.ac.jp/ikeda/CIE/publ/abst/15-2-86.html . ... Available at http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS1-961217.html. ... HTML 4.0 Specification", D. Raggett, A. Le Hors, I. Jacobs, 8 July 1997. ... Available at ftp://ftp.internic.net/rfc/rfc1700.txt. ... Available at ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1808.txt . ... Available at ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc2070.txt . ... Available at ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc2119.txt . ... Available at ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc2318.txt . ...

Publications in Russian . V. Gorshkov. ... View text . V. Gorshkov, M. Vorotkov. ... Gorshkov V.L., Miller N.O., Vorotkov M.V. Manifestation of solar and geodynamic activity in the dynamics of the Earth's rotation. ... Gorshkov V., Shcherbakova N. On recent geodynamics of the Eastern Baltic Sea region. ... Chandler Wobble in Variations of the Pulkovo Latitude for 170 Years. Solar System Research, 2011, Vol. ... Early Latitude Observations at the Pulkovo Observatory. ...

... Project page . ... Project workpage . Turbulence in the Multiphase Interstellar Medium . Project I | ... Project highlight | ... Towards simulating turbulence with adaptive meshes . ... A. Kritsuk, P. Padoan, M. Norman . ... A. Kritsuk M. Norman . ... A. Kritsuk, M. Norman, P. Padoan . astro-ph/0411626 | ... P. Padoan, A. Kritsuk, M. Norman, A. Nordlund . ... Introducing Enzo, an AMR Cosmology Application . B. O'Shea, G. Bryan, J. Bordner, M. Norman, T. Abel, R. Harkness, A. Kritsuk . ...

... The space VLBI mission RadioAstron, led by the Astro Space Center (ASC) of Lebedev Physical Institute, . ... execution of a balanced scientific program for the Mission. The scientific program of the RadioAstron will consist of three major parts: the Early Science Program (ESP), . Key Science Program (KSP), and General Observing Time (GOT) projects. ... The KSP . ... a long-lasting scientific impact of the Mission. ... The RadioAstron Announcement of Opportunity - 1 and Final Notes ; . ...

... Most Important Journals . Less Popular Astronomical Journals . Physics . Space, Selectial mechanics, .. Russian Journals . ... Astrophysics & Astronomy . ... Astronomical Journal . ... New Astronomy . ... Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific . ... STScI News . Space Telescope Insitute Newsletter . ... Journal of Astronomical Data . ... Journal of High-Energy Physics (mirror in CERN ) [astro, grav, hi-energy .. ... Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics . ...

... Science ( 2000 )) Background estimates have varied from 107 n/ cm2 /year to 1011 n/ cm2 /year - 2.3 x 109 n/ cm2 /year (Maruyama-Berkeley2000) Expected tolerance for CCDs in the range of 109-10 Increase tolerance to neutrons can be achieved through ... bunch compression clock signal optimization This study investigated flushing techniques on spare VXD3 CCD @SLAC ~ 2 в 109 n/ cm2 ,Troom, Pu(Be), 4 MeV @SLAC Annealing study 100° C for 35 days @Reactor (I) ~ 2 в 109 n/ ...

... Ciel Espace, le magazine qui vous guide toujours plus loin . ... les plus belles images de l'Univers d†йcrypt†йes pour vous . ... des pages consacr†йes †а la publication de vos photos Mais c'est aussi une vraie communaut†й avec laquelle partager votre passion et nourrir votre curiosit†й. Accueil La temp†кte se d†йcha†оne sur Saturne . ... Pour savoir †а quelles heures regarder, consultez les †йph†йm†йrides de Marc Delcroix , l'un des premiers amateurs †а avoir photographi†й la temp†кte. ...

Proposal Identification No.: R2002 Date Received: 2004­Sep­28 18:09:48 Technical Page Proposal Type: Urgent General Category: Planetary Radar Sub­Category: Radar Observation Category: Solar System Total Time Requested: 6 Hours Proposal Title: Radar Observations of Comet C/2004 S1 (VAN NESS) ABSTRACT: A recently discovered (2004 September 26) comet C/2004 S1 (VAN NESS) will be observable at Arecibo 2004 October 10­20. ... We request time in the currently empty slots before those observations. ...

XMM­Newton CCF Release Note XMM­ CCF ­REL­20 OM Detector Response R. Much October 3, 2000 1 CCF components Name of CCF VALDATE List of Blocks changed CAL VERSION XSCS flag OM LARGESCALESENS 0002 2000­01­01T00:00:00 FILTER ­U No FILTER ­B No FILTER ­V No FILTER ­UVW1 No FILTER ­UVM2 No FILTER ­UVW2 No FILTER ­WHITE No FILTER ­MAGNI No FILTER ­GRISM1 No ... 1 XMM­Newton CCF Release XMM­CCF­REL­20 Page: 2 The file om darkframe describes the dark count rate of the detector. ...

... Michael Collins (BGEN, USAF, Ret.) NASA Astronaut (former) . ... SPECIAL HONORS: Presented the Presidential Medal for Freedom in 1969 and recipient of the NASA Exceptional Service Medal, the Air Force Command Pilot Astronaut Wings, and the Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross. ... He served as backup pilot for the Gemini VII mission. ... Collins served as command module pilot on Apollo 11, July 16-24, 1969--the first lunar landing mission. ... This is the only version available from NASA. ...

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