... Bad Astronomy . ... Mad Science . ... Keep Bad Astronomy close to your heart, and help make me filthy rich. ... Area of science: Astronomy . ... To state the scenario simply: If you were in a space suit in outer space and you were to remove your glove or your helmet, what would happen to your flesh and what might it feel like. ... Space doesn't feel like anything, because there is nothing to feel! ... However, the Sun is hot, and radiates that heat in the form of light. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

... If not, you'll have to prepare some things to run GIPSY. Obviously first you will have to find a computer on which you are allowed to log onto. On this computer you should have at least several tens of megabytes of disk space for your data files and log files (a typical 512 by 512 pixel image will occupy ~ 1 MB of disk space). ... This command will run a shell script, which eventually starts tHermes , GIPSY's interactive user interface. ... GIPSY is then ready to accept user commands. ...

Dust around Herbig Ae/Be Stars: Porous, Cometary-like Grains? ... This brings up the question, which we try to answer here, of how the grain porosity affects the observational manifestations of the dust shells of HAeBe stars: the excess infrared emission, anomalous extinction in the ultraviolet, and the peculiar behaviour of colour indices and linear polarization during deep brightness minima observed for about 25% of HAeBe stars (UX Ori, WW Vul, etc). ...

STEP INTO THE BLUE - MEADE INSTRUMENTS PRODUCT GUIDE . ... Telescopes . LX850 Series . ... Superb optical performance coupled with time proven computerized pointing and tracking has made the LX200 ACF series a best-seller in the high-performance telescope class. ... Meade's revolutionary LS LightSwitchтДв series of telescopes use advanced technologies to do what no other consumer telescopes have done before: take all the hassle out of using a telescope. ... Weather Stations . ... Remote Sensors . ...

... at the ISSP RAS. ... MSU student Kostretsova N.B. successfully defended her thesis entitled "Investigation of Thermal and Chemial Expansivity of Ceria-Based Solid Solutions". ... V.A. Kolotygin successfully defended his PhD thesis "Perovskite-Like Oxide and Composite Anode Materials for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: Functional Properties and Electrochemical Behavior in Contact with Gallate- and Silicate-Based Solid Electrolytes" and was awarded PhD degree in the area of Materials Science and Engineering ....

Prague, August 16, 2006 . ... The GCVS has no IAU financial support since 1994, so we are not discussing money. ... However, it must be finished, with a new modern version prepared for all 'old' GCVS stars, including those from Name-Lists, with current knowledge incorporated and improved classification system applied. ... Also, people like GCVS star names, use them, and want their discoveries to be named. We can ask other people, with better resources than in Russia, to continue. ...

... 1994: . Deep CCD images of the bright gamma-ray bursts GRB790418 and GRB790613 localization regions were obtained for the first time. In both cases, a faint blue star-like object (V = 24.5 m , BV m ) was detected within the region of localization of gamma-ray bursts. ... Based on sixty daily instantaneous spectra of the object SS433, obtained on the RATAN-600 in April-May 1994, we traced its variability in four very powerful flares at five frequencies. ... Archive . ...

... Uncovering the Chemistry of Earth-like Planets . ... An Earth-like planet, born from the same nebula as its host star, is composed primarily of silicate rocks and an iron-nickel metal core, and depleted in volatile content in a systematic manner. The more volatile (easier to vaporize or dissociate into gas form) an element is in an Earth-like planet, the more depleted the element is compared to its host star. ... Apr . ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

Электронная библиотека астронома-любителя. ... архив RSN . ... Ru.Space.News: . Март 1998 . ... Дата: 03 марта 1998 (1998-03-03) От: Alexander Bondugin Тема: Detailed Images From Europa Point To Slush Below Surface Привет всем! ... Recently transmitted from the Galileo spacecraft, the images provide three key pieces of evidence supporting the idea that water may lurk beneath Europa's surface. ... Europa's blindingly bright ice surface makes it one of the brightest objects in our solar system. ...

. Other Relevant Plots . A putative but unlikely wide separation gravitational lens . | Front page | . | << - Work currently underway | Radio follow-up - >> | . Robert J. Smith, ">rsmith@mso.anu.edu.au Last modified: Fri Sep 24 11:39:02 EST 1999 .

There are two main versions of UNIX in use today: System V and BSD . ... From a user's perspective they are very similar and you are unlikely to have difficulty unless you use more than one type of system. In this case you might notice differences in the structure of the file system or in how certain commands behave. ... Although UNIXhelp is now based on a System V variant of UNIX, you should see only minor differences in the example input and output if your system is a BSD one. ...

... Украшение для стен и предметов интерьера Decoretto "Герберы в горшках" - это удивительно простой и быстрый способ оживить интерьер помещения. ... Decoretto".. Подгузники Active Вaby Джайнт 3 midi 4-9 кг, 96 шт. Памперс Pampers - огромная упаковка незаменимого аксессуара для младенцев. Подгузники Active Вaby позволят активным малышам ползать, спать и играть в сухости и комфорте. ...

. Автор продолжает серию статей об обработке фотографических изображений, полученных лунным космическим аппаратом Clementine. Сообщается о методике, алгоритмах обработки и создании каталога объектов, которые имеют руиноподобные формы. Более подробно см. разделы 1.2. и 2.3 данного Бюллетеня.

In 1995 Ukraine started operation of Vernadsky antarctic research station . The station was transfered by Great Britain, former Faraday station. ... Vernadsky is the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) former Faraday station that has been transferred free to Ukraine for Ukrainian Antarctic Center (UAC) at 7 February 1996. ... Vernadsky (Faraday) is the oldest operational station in the Antarctic Peninsula area. ... Vernadsky is the first Ukrainian Antarctic station. ...

Synthesis and Transmission of Cosmic Call 2003 . Interstellar Radio Message . Foreword: On July 6, 2003, an international science team, led by Dr. Alexander Zaitsev of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Richard Braastad of Team Encounter, LLC, broadcast scientific and personal messages in “Cosmic Call 2003” to five, sun-like stars. ... In conclusion, we would like to express our sincere gratitude to everyone who helped to create and send the Cosmic Call 2003 interstellar radio message. ...

... Source File: mod_cern_meta.c . Module Identifier: cern_meta_module . Compatibility: Available in Apache 1.1 and later. ... There are many ways to manage meta information, this one was chosen because there is already a large number of CERN users who can exploit this module. ... Context: directory . ... Compatibility: MetaFiles is only available in Apache 1.3 and later. ... Context: (Apache 1.3) directory . ... Specifies the name of the directory in which Apache can find meta information files. ...

In addition to the monitor configuration, ACES also has a helmet-mounted display system that creates a digital view of reality. ... Recently, in the high deserts of Arizona, ACES' versatility proved useful in supporting the ongoing testing of NASA's prototype planetary rover, also known as the Science Crew Operations and Utility Testbed (SCOUT). ... NASA/John Frassanito and Associates The launch system that will get the crew off the ground builds on powerful, reliable shuttle propulsion elements. ...

July 19, 1998 . ... An example of the EUV large-scale chain revealed by the modified TRACE EUV images. The TRACE EUV (171 A) image of July 19, 1998 with a number of complicated chains and threads. In particular, an "8"-like structure appear to be present at the central area of the disc restricted by points 1-2-3-4. Some fragments of this structure consist of the two parallel threads. ... Back to the page of the TRACE chains . Back to the parent page . Last update: 9 August 1998 . ...

Molniya Triplant Aircraft . ... Unlike the MOLNIYA-100 triplane roughly similar to it in dimensions the MOLNIYA-300 though is supplied with no piston, but turbojet engines. ... Like the MOLNIYA- 100 this jet aircraft can use airdromes with the artificial coating, as well as the ground ones. Molniya-300 aircraft Main Characteristics . ... Maximum payload, kg . ... Take-off mass, kg . ... with maximum payload . ... with maximum fuel load . ... Maximum . ... Landing . ... Company Details . ...

J E N A M - 2000 Moscow . ... We are pleased to confirm that the JENAM-2000 meeting will take place in Moscow, Russia, in May 29 - June 3, 2000. ... Registration form . ... You can submit it through the Web-page (highly desirable) URL: http//www.inasan.rssi.ru/INASAN/JENAM . ... Please, visit JENAM-2000 Web-pages http://www.inasan.rssi.ru/INASAN/JENAM , http://www.sai.msu.su/jenam , http://www.aip.fr/eas/meetings.htm for news and additional details about JENAM and associated events planning. ...