... Spectrum-RG is joint project of Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and German Space Agency (DLR) of X-ray astrophysical observatory. Its main aim is to make all-sky survey in the X-ray (0.5-11 keV) band in order to find all massive clusters of galaxies in the Universe, millions of active galactic nuclei, including obscured ones and hundreds of thousands of Galactic X-ray sources. ... eRosita (Germany) X-ray grazing-incident mirror telescope, consisting of 432 mirrors combined in 7 modules. ...

Maidanak Laboratory is a part of Sternberg Astronomical Institute of Moscow State University. ... Observations are conducted with 1.5 meter RC telescope AZT-22 of Maidanak Observatory (Uzbekistan). rus . ... maidanak lab home page . ... at Sternberg Astronomical Institute . ... 2000). ... Because of technical reasons, we had to use three different CCD cameras in our observations, Pictor-416 camera in 1995, Pictor-416 and TI 800 x 800 cameras in 1997 and 1998, and ST-7 camera in 1999 and 2000. ...

Winer Observatory P.O. Box 797, Sonoita, Arizona 85637-0797, USA . ... Outreach . Projects . ... Science . ... Participating in Project ASTRO, a national program to assist teachers in grades 4 through 12 in teaching astronomy . ... June, 1990: National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Friday Science Lunch Talks: "Engineering Big Science Projects" . ... May 4, 2007: National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Friday Science Lunch Talks: "The Ohio State University KELT Telescope -- Early Results" . ...

... LMC Project Outline . NGC 1818 Initial Results . ... The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is uniquely suitable for the study of massive star clusters at all stages of evolution. By combining HST observations of these clusters with N-body models we hope to understand the origin and evolution of rich star clusters in our own Galaxy, in the LMC, and beyond. ... We aim to combine our HST observations with N-body models to understand the formation and evolution of globular clusters. ...

... All new data frames from the VLT are transfered to the data reduction pipeline which classifies new frames and selects the corresponding standard reduction tasks (Reduction Recipes) for each frame. ... As part of the Pipeline subsystem of the VLT Data Flow System (DFS) the Reduction Block Scheduler processes the incoming Reduction Blocks (RBs). ... The RBS has the task of scheduling the RB for execution in the framework of the given Data Reduction System (DRS). ... Separation of RBS and DRS, . ...

Russian Version ( KOI-8 , Win ) . Institute of Astronomy of the RAS . ... Self-consistent simulation of chemical and dynamical evolution of protostellar clouds . Chemical evolution of galaxies . ... Soon after my birth I was moved (I was not able to move on my own in those times, you know) in Novouljanovsk, small town to the south of Uljanovsk. ... Since that time my life and work is bound to the Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences. ... Back to the INASAN home page . ...

The galaxy cluster called MOO J1142+1527 can be seen here as it existed when light left it 8.5 billion years ago. The red galaxies at the center of the image make up the heart of the galaxy cluster. ... In addition to galaxies, clusters also contain a reservoir of hot gas with temperatures in the tens of millions of degrees. CARMA was used to detect this gas and to determine the mass of this cluster. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Gemini/CARMA ...

Optical Observatories . ... National Optical Astronomy Observatories . ... Adam Mickiewicz University - Astronomical Observatory . ... Astronomical Institute and National Observatory of Athens . ... Jagiellonian University Astronomical Observatory - Scientific research here comprises radio and extragalactic astronomy, solar radio emission, active galactic nuclei, interstellar matter, galaxies, cosmology, variable stars and comets. ... National Radio Astronomy Observatory Home Page . ...

... The observed isotropy on the sky and non-uniform spatial distribution of gamma-ray bursts   (GRB) revealed by the BATSE   device onboard the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory (e.g. Meegan et al. , 1992)[ 138 ] lend support to the idea of a cosmological origin of GRB (Prilutski and Usov, 1975;[ 165 ] Usov and Chibisov, 1975)[ 199 ] for which the best candidates could be merging binary NS+NS   or NS+BH   at high redshifts (z 1 -2), (Blinnikov et al. ... Calculation of Binary Neutron Star Coalescence Rates...

Getting Rid of The Theory of Evolution . ... Two months earlier, the Kansas School Board of Education voted to remove all references to evolution from its new science curriculum. ... In astronomy we cannot talk about evolution in general without being more specific?stellar evolution, galaxy evolution, planetary evolution. ... The National Academy of Sciences published a document for teaching evolution in science classes. ... High School Students Take a Shower . ... Education . ...

International Workshop NAROO-GAIA "A new reduction of old observations in the Gaia era", Paris Observatory, June 20-22, 2012 Registration of participants of Workshop NAROO-GAIA Before the first meeting OPENING OF THE WORKSHOP The natural planetary satellites are observed since centuries in order to understand their dynamics and their evolution. ... Science results, reports, data mining. ... L. Beauvalet: Strong need of a new reduction of Pluto's old observations W.Thuillot: very important. ...

RADIOASTROPHYSICAL DEPARTMENT • INSTITUTE OF SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS RAS SB . Support of activities at the Radio telescope General information Main characteristics of the Radio telescope Observing programs General view of the antenna array Main research areas Principle of generation of radio images Radio telescope 's beam Receiving systems Main characteristics of the base receiving-recording complex Calibrations Data archive and databases Publication of ... 9.4 GHz band. ...

Lisnyky observatory of A&SPD is located in the village of Lisnyky in Kyiv region. AZT-8 (right) Diameter 0.7 m, Newton, Cassegren. ... Spiral jets of comet Hale-Bopp have been observing on the 3-rd of April, 1997 with 70-cm reflector and image intensifier, time of exposure: 1 second, field of vision: 1.5 minute of arc. This color image was obtained with Fuji color film (Super Plus 400) in focal plane of the 70-cm reflector (F = 27 m) at Lisniki Observatory by A.M.Evtushevsky. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Milky Way . Stars . ... This dramatic image depicts Omega Centauri, one of 200 or so globular clusters orbiting our Milky Way galaxy. ... Swarms of tightly packed stars, numbering in the thousands to low millions, globular clusters are cosmic fossils, relics of the early times of our galaxy. Omega Centauri may actually be the core of a smaller galaxy ripped apart and assimilated by our own Milky Way in the distant past. ...

The new view on the population of Galactic open clusters A.E.Piskunov1, N.V.Kharchenko2, S.RЖser3, E.Schilbach3, R.-D.Scholz4 1 2 3 4 Institute of Astronomy, Moscow, Russia Main Astronomical ... Observatory, Kiev, Ukraine Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, Heidelberg, Germany Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam, Germany What are open clusters and what do they teach us Groups of Population I ... Cluster complexes: OCC-1 = Gould's Belt cluster complex? ...

SAI VO . ... SAI CAS . ... Web Services . Catalog Access Services . ... Astronomical Thesaurus . ... RVO . ... This site is about the Virtual Observatory project in the Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University ( SAI MSU ). We provide a public access to the growing set of astronomical services developed by the SAI RVO development team in accordance with the Virtual Observatory standards. ... At present SAI CAS provides ConeSearch, CrossMatch services and supports user uploaded data. ...

. of Lomonosov Moscow State University, . Russia . GCVS Research Group . Catalogues of Variable Stars . Future Prospects of Variable-Star Catalogues . B.V. Kukarkin Centenary Conference: Variable Stars, the Galactic Halo and Galaxy formation (VS-Halo) . What's new . Recent publications . Digitization of Moscow Plate Archive . The "Peremennye Zvezdy" (Variable Stars) journal . Send questions and comments to Olga Durlevich .