... Sternberg Astronomical Institute , Moscow University . ... Present edition unites two parts of Catalogue of interacting galaxies by B.A.Vorontsov-Velyaminov: the first part (Part 1) containing 355 systems was published in 1959 [1] and the second one (Part 2) with 497 objects - in 1976 [2].Thus two published parts of Catalogue include 852 interacting systems. ... All new of them (1162 by number) were taken from the comments to the galaxies in Morphological catalogue by Vorontsov-Velyaminov et al.[ ...

... galaxies: bulges galaxies: clusters: general galaxies: clusters: individual: . ... star formation statistics stellar content structure Cosmology ( cosmology :) cosmic background radiation ( cosmology :) cosmological parameters cosmology : miscellaneous cosmology : observations cosmology : theory ( cosmology :) dark ages, reionization, first stars ( cosmology :) dark energy ( cosmology :) dark matter ( cosmology :) diffuse radiation ( cosmology :) distance scale ( cosmology :) early Universe (...

... NAIC Director . ... The Arecibo planetary radar is a unique facility whose achievements are well-known to planetary scientists and the public. ... The NSF Astronomy Senior Review report includes only a single, brief, reference to the Arecibo planetary radar. ... Therefore, the SR recommendation that the funding for NAIC be decreased to $8M, together with the SR recommendation that the NAIC astronomy program focus on survey programs, is a recommendation to terminate the Arecibo planetary radar...

... To derive the motion of a penny dropped inside an airliner moving at 600 miles/hr (about 1000 km/hr)--should we calculate it with respect to the interior of the airliner, or with respect to the ground? ... And if a similar penny is let go inside an orbiting spaceship--should its motion be calculated relative to the interior of the spaceship, or relative to the Earth outside? ... Each such choice is known as a frame of reference . Some possible frames are -- the interior of the airliner, . ...

slitless -- Extract a spectrum from a direct/GRISM image pair slitless image grism output PARAMETERS . ... A two dimensional direct image to be used to select an object. grism . A two dimensional GRISM image containing slitless spectra of objects present in the direct image. output . ... Toggle whether or not a background estimate is subtracted from the extracted object spectrum. mingood = INDEF . Pixels of the grism image with values smaller than this are ignored. maxgood = INDEF . ...

... How does the New Horizons mission team intend to target additional objects in the Kuiper Belt, and how will the craft approach them after the Pluto system encounter? ... RELATED TOPICS: NEW HORIZONS . While there is an incredible dispersion of orbits for objects in the Kuiper Belt, only an extremely small fraction of those bodies are potential targets for the New Horizons spacecraft. ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ...

The NTP Version 3 daemon currently supports several different radio, satellite and modem reference clocks plus a special pseudo-clock used for backup or when no other clock source is available. Detailed descriptions of individual device drivers and options can be found in the Reference Clock Drivers page. Additional information can be found in the pages referenced there, including the Debugging Hints for Reference Clock Drivers and How To Write a Reference Clock Driver pages. ...

New reduction of minor planets photographic plates obtained with Pulkovo Normal Astrograph A.A. Berezhnoy Pulkovo Observatory of RAS, Saint-Petersburg, Russia Minor Planet observations at Pulkovo Periodical observations of 14 bright asteroids named Selected Minor Planets (SMP) were performed at Pulkovo since 1948 within the international framework started by works of B.V. Numerov and D. Brouwer. ... 108 133 113 74 124 67 97 88 14 84 64 5 20 19 Epochs (YYYY.MM) 1200 Mean values of total obs. ...

... Release Notes . New Features in Version 1.3 . Upgrading to Version 1.3 . Apache License . ... Run-time Configuration Directives . ... Server and Supporting Programs . ... The Apache API . Platform Specific Notes . ... Using the Apache HTTP Server . ... CGI: Dynamic Content with CGI . Configuration Files . Content negotiation . ... Server Side Includes . Server-Wide Configuration . ... Other Notes . Maintained by the Apache HTTP Server Documentation Project . ...

Cosmodrome Baikonur at 17 hours: 22 minutes: 04 seconds Moscow Time witnessed launch of space transport cargo vehicle "Progress M-MRM2". Launch objective is to further deploy the Russian Segment of the International Space Station (ISS RS). ... The station onboard systems operate in normal modes by telemetry data and reports of the crew of the ISS 21/22 Main Expedition. ... Different cargoes (850 kg) to serve the needs to the ISS crew are delivered into orbit in the space vehicle compartments. ...

... Documentation for the Python objects defined by the project is divided into separate pages for each package, module, and class. The API documentation also includes two pages containing information about the project as a whole: a trees page, and an index page. ... A description of the package. ... A summary of the classes defined by the package. ... The module contents frame contains a list of every submodule, class, type, exception, function, and variable defined by a module or package. ...

I/146 Positions and Proper Motions (Roeser+ 1988) ================================================================================ Catalogue of Positions and Proper Motions Roeser S., Bastian U. =1988A .. ... 449R ================================================================================ ADC_Keywords: Positional data; Proper motions Description: PPM North gives J2000 positions and proper motions of 181,731 stars north of -2.5 degrees declination. ... The mean epoch is near 1931. ...

... Diatomics studied so far by ExoMol include BeH, MgH, CaH, SiO, KCl and NaCl. ... 1 3 1 5 4 2 3000 3000 3000 9000 3000 3000 K K K K K K 26,000 6700 3900 1.8 million 7.2 million 4.7 million Comparison with Astronomical Spectra NaCl and KCl Comparison of synthesised SiO spectra with M dwarf HD225212 spectra from Lebzelter et al. ... Astronomical Application Ohnaka (2013) employed the SiO line lists in his analysis of VISIR spectra of K-M giants. ... Adapted from Figures 1 and 8 of Ohnaka (2013). ...

... Equinox of object coordinates BJ = 18.87 / bJ magnitude UMBJ = -0.69 / u - bJ colour BJMR = 0.22 / bJ - r colour NOBS = 1 / Number of 2dF observations available IS_ BEST = 'TRUE ' / TRUE if this file contains the best 2dF observa DATEBEST= '24/09/00' / Date of best 2dF observation (DD/MM/YY) ID_ BEST = 'QSO ' / ID from best 2dF observation QUALBEST= 11 / Data quality flag from best 2dF observation Z_ ...

This section of AMPLE provides a means for identification of minor planets. ... Due to special organization of the package, AMPLE permits the identification to be reliable fulfilled THROUGHOUT the TITLE YEAR. ... In such cases the result of identification depends on where the nearest opposition of inspected planet is situated, within basic interval lasted from November of preceding year to February of subsequent one or without it. ...

... Meade Instruments Corporation . Telescopes ћ Binoculars ћ Microscopes . Microscope Instruction Manual . Meade Model 9460 . ... The Meade Model 9460 Microscope is a precision instrument enabling startling views of the microcosmic world with its all-metal construction, fine glass optical elements, and precision adjustments. ... Your Meade Model 9460 Microscope requires some minor assembly of the Eyepiece and Objective Lenses. ... Meade Microscopes Models 9200, 9400, 9460, and 9600 . ...

The AstroGuide . ... AstroGuide | ... AstroGuide Listing . ... See many more Astronomy Listings by: Category or Alphabet . This project was established in mid-1998 to help coordinate, and provide a focal point for, the study of those comets and asteroids that can approach the Earth's orbit. ... Web Site . ... Unless otherwise specified, web site content Copyright 1994-2016 John Huggins All Rights Reserved . dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . are trademarks of John Huggins ...

This section contains information of how user agents should treat control characters and other special characters. ... There are 256 character positions in the Latin-1 encoding. ... It consists of the space character, 186 characters that form a subset of the graphic characters in ISO 6937/2 (1983), and four additional characters that are intended for inclusion in ISO 6937/2. ... Certain characters are taken to have special meaning within the context of an HTML document. ...

... Space flight . ... Simulators . ... Space camp . Space Hotel . ... Virtual reality-based stand for ISS crew training is used for cosmonauts pre-training preparation at different stages of training for the space flight. ... At present cosmonauts and astronauts can work both with the SM and FGB images independently and having them in mated state. ... Info: Industry news On-line Data Company ATLAS news Events We in press Contact . Copyright 2000-2016 ATLAS Aerospace . ...

Databases (NSDC) of the Natural Planetary Satellites. ... NSDC: Database of astrometric observations of Natural Planetary Satellites . ... They are thoroughly looking for observations in different sources, creating their owndatabases which are then mostly inaccessible to other researchers. ... In the file "content" with explications, the reference is given to the data source as well as the bibliographic reference. ... Data sources. ... Why a specific bibliographic database for Natural satellites? ...