... Astronomers have been surprised by the emergence on the Sun of one of the largest sunspot groups of modern times. ... A sunspot's area is measured in millionths of the area of the Sun's disc. ... The current sunspot group is one of the largest seen since 1947, rivalling a group seen in 2001. ... The vertical magnetic field lines, deep below the sunspot, inhibit the transfer of heat from the general body of the Sun to the central region of a spot, resulting in the lower temperature of the umbra. ...

This home page belongs to small group of scientists working at . Sternberg Astronomical Institute which is a part of Moscow State University . ... Электронная библиотека научно-технической и художественной литературы (доступна только из ГАИШ) . ... Local staff . Dr. Edward Kononovich (konon -at- sai.msu.ru), Associate Professor . ... Dr. Sergey Ayukov (asv -at- sai.msu.ru), Research Fellow, Webmaster of the group . ... Joint seminar of Solar Studies Structure Group and Solar Photometry Group . ...

... 88.0, THAT GIVES FOR 28 MONTH (2011, APRIL) DEVELOPMENT CURRENT 24 CYCLES OF SOLAR ACTIVITY THE SMOOTHED MONTHLY MEAN SUNSPOT NUMBER W*apr.= ... 137.3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Weekly Bulletin on Solar and Geomagnetic Activity Highlights on 31 - 06.11.2011, Forecast on 07 - 14.11.2011, Carrington Rotation 2016 (19,99.10.2011) SOLAR SUNSPOT ACTIVITY OF THE LAST PERIOD CHANGED FROM AVERAGE TO HIGH (3.11) AND BACK TO THE AVERAGE. ...

... For high spectral resolution observations the devices permanently located at the N2 focus of the BTA are used (Klochkova, 1995, Panchuk, 1995). However for a number of tasks to be performed, it is needed to rule out the influence of the second and third mirrors, i.e. to realize the high spectral resolution ( ) directly at the prime focus. ... Examine the principal parameters of the PF echelle spectrometer, which is equivalent in spectral resolution to the CCD-equipped MSS (Panchuk, 1995). ...

Canberra Times 07/09/2009 Page: 6 Times Region: Canberra Circulation: 34354 Type: Australian Capital City Daily Size: 348.32 sq.cms MTWTFS- Page 1 of 2 back Does the universe contain an infinite number of Kevin Rudds? The year 2009 is the interTo mark the occasion, the Astronomical Society of Australia recruited a small group of media-friendly astronomers to national year of astronomy. distance between the light and its point of origin. ... And besides, how could you possibly test such an idea?" ...

Альтернативный форум . Scientific.ru Все форумы . ... Александр Тимофеев - 31.05.2005 18:20 . ... x203a; x203a; x203a; в ответ на: Нам понятия для работы не нужны. ... Direct gravitational correlation - <====>; . ... Formula for pairs of conjugate gravitational correlations. We shall name "pairs of conjugate gravitational correlations" the . ... Gravitational correlations for groups of four planets. ... planets. ... Нам для работы нужны уравнения и цифры. (-) ing, 31.05.2005 14:53 . ...

... Minutes Group a (photocopy of the table with signatures and stamps) – one page. ... Theoretical round problems a – one page. ... Practical problem 7 ab – one page. ... Grid-lines for the practical problem 7 ab – one page. ... Picture to fill for problem 8 b – one page. ... Solutions of the practical round problems – not ready full (LOC jobs not done) – ?? pages. ... Observational round problems – one page. ... Dr. Michael G. Gavrilov, Founding Chairman of the International Astronomy Olympiad, . ...

... Behemoth black hole found in an unlikely place . ... black holes . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... Could large numbers of black holes account for much of the "dark matter" estimated to exist in our universe? ... NASA, ESA, M.J. Jee and H. Ford (Johns Hopkins University) No, because the universe never had the raw material to grow enough black holes to account for current estimates of dark matter. Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ...

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... This year SSAU provides 1429 state-funded places for admission in all kinds and directions of educational programs. ... In addition, SSAU Admission Committee notes the substantial increase in interest from the foreign applicants this year. The number of applications from foreign countries has already surpassed last year's totals - 76 applications. Based on the experience of admission campaigns of previous years, SSAU expects summer 2014 to enrol about 150 foreign students in the university. ...

... The Multiple Extension FITS (MEF) file interface is an IRAF library providing facilities for general file operations upon FITS multi-extension files. ... The Multiple Extensions FITS (MEF) interface consists of a number of routines to mainly read a FITS Primary Data Unit or an Extension Unit and manipulate the data at a file level. ... Read the FITS header of a MEF file that matches the EXTNAME or EXTVER keyword values or if not specified, read the extension number `group'. ... The header filename. ...

home education > activities . ... Astronomy . ... In this collaborative group activity, teams of students use the internet to find moon myths in a number of cultures and then try to discern the astronomy behind each myth. There is a section on researching moon missions that just seems tacked on to curry favor with NASA. [e,m] . ... A field test version with good activities and background information about the Saturn system and the Cassini mission, which is scheduled to enter Saturn orbit in 2004. ...

... 8, ``Celestial Mechanics'', 2002 Using positional observations of minor planets for improving the orientation of star catalogue Yu. ... But expe­ rience shows that this kind of observations can be used succesfully for improving orientation parameters of star catalogues with respect to dynamical reference system. ... Observations of 90 selected minor planets were used in general solution for their orbital elements, orientation parameters and some parameters of phase re­ duction. ...

... The numbers of three types of compact binaries containing accreting NSs and BHs, which are most interesting from the point of view of their observational appearances, have been calculated as a function of time: i) X-ray transient source containing a NS in an eccentric orbit around a main sequence Be-star (the observed prototype: A0535+26), ii) BH The evolution of the selected types of X-ray binaries during the first 10 million years after the starburst onset is presented in Fig. ...

... ASRAS HOME . Radio Astronomy . ... About ASRAS . ... Our Observing Site . ... 2015 Mees Tour Guides . ... We're offering Regular Tours (a presentation on astronomy geared to a general audience, followed by a tour of the observatory and (hopefully!) observing of several objects, which may include the Moon, planets, nebulae, star clusters and perhaps galaxies), and Kids' Tours (a more interactive presentation specially aimed at youngsters plus the observatory tour and observing) as in prior years. ...

Winer Observatory P.O. Box 797, Sonoita, Arizona 85637-0797, USA . ... 2/3-m Telescope . ... Science . ... Winer . ... Contact Us . ... The Ohio State University uses the KELT telescope to survey the sky photometrically for extrasolar planets. ... Ohio State also uses a 20-inch Meade telescope called DEMONEX telescope to verify exoplanet candidates identified by surveys such as KELT. ... For more information, visit www.tenagraobservatories.com or to see the invidual discovery images, click here . ...

Astronomy Discussion Forums . Forums: . ... How Do You Feel About Numbers? ... Post Message | ... Posted by Richard D. Stafford, Ph.D. on September 15, 2002 16:22:25 UTC . ... Wait - harvey1 - September 15, 2002 - 22:20 UTC . I don't follow you! - doctordick - September 16, 2002 - 14:59 UTC . ... www.astronomy.net . About Astronomy Net | ... Forum posts are Copyright their authors as specified in the heading above the post. "dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

... 2011) Astrometric results of the observations of mutual occultations and eclipses of the Galilean satellites of Jupiter in 2009 made in the observatories of Russia. ... Hour of the astrometric data (UTC) 7. ... X coordinate in arcseconds (topocentric for mutual occultation or heliocentric for mutual eclipse) 10. Y coordinate in arcseconds (topocentric for mutual occultation or heliocentric for mutual eclipse) 11. sigma of X in arcseconds 12. sigma of Y in arcseconds 13. ...

NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER ORAL HISTORY PROJECT BIOGRAPHICAL DATA SHEET NAME: Dorothy B. Lee O RAL H ISTORY: 10 November 1999 EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: BA in Mathematics, Randolph-Macon Women's College, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1948 PRE-NASA CAREER: NACA Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, Hampton, Virginia Mathematician (1948-1953) Senior Mathematician (1953-1956) Aerotechnologist, Heat Transfer (1956-1958) NASA CAREER: NASA Charles B. Rumsey, Dorothy B. Lee, and Ronald Kolenkiewicz. ...

Scale-heights of the Galactic disk subsytems with different ages and metallicities . V.Marsakov & Yu. ... It is based on the fact, that all stars cross the disk plane several times during their Galactic orbital period. ... We have used our representative sample of nearby disk F2-G2 stars Marsakov & Shevelev (1995) in which fundamental stellar parameters was determined on the basis of published date on uvby-photometry, proper motion and radial velocities. ... Marsakov V.A., Shevelev Yu.G. Bull. ...