The Sun is our nearest star and the source of energy for life on Earth. ... For centuries astronomers wondered whether they were clouds floating in the Sun's atmosphere, but we now know that they really are huge regions of magnetic field, about as intense as the field at the poles of an iron magnet. ... Such abrupt events were named solar flares , and what made them especially interesting was that occasionally, after a prominent flare, a magnetic storm would erupt on Earth. ...

GALAXIES cenA .tiff 40 Bright Radio Galaxy M31.tiff Nikon Andromeda Galaxy (note HII regions in spiral arms) ngc6744.tiff 40 NGC 6744 a face-on spiral clouds_20d.tiff H'blad The Magellanic Clouds our nearest neighbours Lmc_7.tiff Nikon The Large Magellanic Clouds Lmc_zoom.tiff Nikon Detail of previous image smc_7.tiff Nikon The Small Magellanic Clouds smc-zoom.tiff Nikon Detail of previous image 30dor_40_BVR.tiff 40 The 30 Dor ... B [OIII] Halpha trifid.tiff 40" The Trifid Nebula. ...

... SB, Porb = 55.9212d. V0745 Cas| ... Component B of the double system observed brighter than in the Hipparcos Input Catalogue. ... The variability may be due to the fainter component. ... Type ELL: is also possible. pi Cas| ... Variability type and spectral type (F2/F3Ib/II) do not agree. ... Variability type and spectral type (F3/F5II) do not agree. ... Variability may be due to component B. VZ Pic| ... Variability may be due to component B. V1377 Ori| ... SB, Porb = 9.073d. V0421 Cep|105091| ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Last week's Snack talked about how black holes can affect the environment around them in such a way as to be very bright . ... It's a common misconception that black holes always have matter swirling into them. ... As this matter gets closer and closer to the black hole it piles up and a large, fairly flat disk forms. This is called the accretion disk , because matter from this disk accretes (that is, falls in) on the black hole. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

FF Aqr DW Period is significantly greater than typical value for DW type. According to Pojmanski [45] this star is DCEP-FU: variable. According to Sipahi et al. [263] it is one of the few binary systems which consists of the hot subdwarf and cool chromospherically active giant components. ... Belongs to long-period RS CVn systems, secondary is more massive and more larger (volume of the secondary is approximately 100 times larger than that of the primary component). ... So may be SA system? ...

The revision of the MASS/DIMM star catalogue N. Shatsky, V. Kornilov March 16, 2008 Abstract The compilation of the (updated) version of the MASS (MASS/DIMM) device target catalogue is described. ... Then the list was cleaned according to following criteria: I. Remove stars too faint for a MASS device. ... Here the color equation of the Sternb erg device was taken: M AS S mag = V mag + 0.45 (B - V ); stars with M AS S mag > 3.2 were removed. ... This was made based on the GCVS4.2 catalogue data. ...

... Hierarchy and stability 3. Stability criteria for triple systems 4. ... The results for selected systems with weak hierarchy (physical properties of components) System HD 40887 AB+CD HD 76644 AB+CD HD 217675 AB+CD HD 222326 A?+BC HD 284419 A+BC Spectral types K5V, M0V, K4V, ?? ... More accurate results for selected systems HD 217675/6 ( And) Quadruple system More accurate results for selected systems HD 217675/6 Pair B1B 2 More accurate results for selected systems HD 217675/6 (Zhuchkov et al. ...

KOLIBRY MS . The Kolibry satellite was developed as a base satellite as applied to the entire Program with respect to its characteristics: . ... Design of the MS body and transport container with launcher; . Content of service systems; . A permanent component of scientific equipment system; . ... In-flight control of its operation. ... Antenna system . ... The system of data acquisition and control; . ... Passive thermal control system; . ... Official WEB-site of S.P.Korolev RSC Energia . ...

... Wind Baffle Parameters . ... As part of this analysis, the volume, mass, center of gravity and mass moment of inertia of the telescope and optics support structure (OSS) were computed. ... The total moment of inertia of the circular floor panel, wind baffle and telescope in azimuth should be correct to 30% but is dependent on estimates of the mass of equipment supported below and above the circular floor panel. ... Table 8 : Masses and mass moments of inertia of the wind baffle components. ...

Meade ETX, A Telescope For The Masses. Articles | ... Currently, I have a favorite recommendation that I give to these telescope hungry, eager to learn types - the Meade Instrument Company's ETX-90EC. Specifically, the recommendation is the ETX-90EC with three options that, in my usage experience, are essential: the Autostar(tm) #497 computer control paddle, the #825 right-angle viewfinder scope, and the # 883 Deluxe Field Tripod. ... www.astronomy.net . About Astronomy Net | ...

... Crescent Nebula . ... Above the Crescent are the Lynd's Bright Nebulae LBN 215, to the right is the filamentary LBN 208 and below is LBN 193. Hubble Palette, 5 nm Narrowband filters, S-II (Red Channel): H-alpha (Green Channel): O-III (Blue Channel) - 30: 55: 40 minutes, 5 minute subframe, binned 1x1, Total= 125 minutes, Takahashi Epsilon-180, SBIG STL-6303E CCD camera, ATMoB Clubhouse, Westford, MA, 13 August 2010. ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

Russian . ... text in Russian) . ... The Behaviour of the Bz Component of the Magnetic Field in Coronal Mass Ejections . ... Cooperation of IZMIRAN and Sternberg Astronomical Institute in the Study of the Sublimational Component of the Solar Coronal Radiation . ... Solar Wind and Magnetic Storms in the 24th Solar Activity Cycle . ... text in English) . ... The Solar Corona in the Light of TRACE Observations . ... Expeditions of Irkutsk Astronomers to Total Solar Eclipses in 1981--2012 . ...

home resources > books . SEARCH ASP SITE: Match ALL words Match ANY word . ... Buy The Black Hole at the Center of our Galaxy at Amazon.com! Reviewed by Terrell Kent Holmes . In 1974 astronomers discovered a bright radio source at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, in the direction of the constellation Sagittarius. It was an unknown quantity then, but astronomers now know that the object is a supermassive black hole causing a maelstrom of activity at the galactic center. ...

... 8, ``Celestial Mechanics'', 2002 Regularity and chaos for planetary orbits in binaries D. Benest Observatoire de Nice, Nice, France 1. ... Previous papers showed that stable planetary orbits, around either the lightest or the heaviest component of several nearby binary systems, exist up to distances from their primary of the order of more than half the binary's periastron sep­ aration. ... Chaos: bounded or sticky? It is now well­known that planetary dynamics may include some proportion of chaos. ...

. To see a Russian version of this page click here . (Senior Researcher. Graduated from Moscow State University (MSU) in 1982, Ph.D. 1986, MSU) . A member of EAS and IAU. Fields of interest: hot massive stars, close binary systems: optical photometric and spectral observations, X-ray observations; ill-posed problems, X-ray astrophysics. My publications (ADS link) . Linux on CLEVO 8750 (old stuff) . Phones/addresses of my university mates graduated in 1982. E-mail: igor@sai.msu.ru .

... 1b. Pole Star . ... Two bright constellations occupy opposite sides of the pole star--the Big Dipper and Cassiopeia . ... The Big Dipper consists of 7 bright stars, forming a dipper, a small pot with a long handle. ... It shows the 7 stars of the Big Dipper and Polaris, the north star. ... Ursa Minor , the "Small Bear" or "Little Dipper" is a constellation somewhat resembling the Big Dipper, and Polaris is the last star in its tail. ... Questions from Users: About the stars of the Big Dipper . ...

... Marking of frame. Press   on the toolbar; and click necessary stars to mark stars for the measurement. ... If you want to remove a marked star, press ; and click this star. The buttons / serve for decrease/increase of the aperture for last marked star. If it is necessary to measure a visual double (multiple) star; by others to words, if the images of stars interact, mark for measurements all components of the star; press the button  and click all components of the star. ...

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Twilight observations with MASS/DIMM B. Safonov Sternberg Astronomical Institute Moscow State University Comprehensive Characterization of Astronomical Sites, 2010 B. Safonov (Moscow State University) Twilight observations with MASS/DIMM SITE 2010 1 / 17 Why observe in twilight with MASS/DIMM? ... ASM includes 3 devices sensitive to background: guider, DIMM and MASS. B. Safonov (Moscow State University) Twilight observations with MASS/DIMM SITE 2010 2 / 17 Background in guider. ...

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