The Astrophysical Research Consortium Small Aperture Telescope (ARCSAT) is a 0.5-m (or 20") Classical Cassegrain telescope, formerly known as the SDSS Photometric Telescope (PT). ... Chief Telescope Engineer : Bill Ketzeback (bketzeba/apo.nmsu.edu) . Remote Operations Upgrade Project Manager : Joe Huehnerhoff (jwhueh/apo.nmsu.edu) . ... SurveyCam PI : Dmitry Bizyaev (dmbiz/apo.nmsu.edu) . FlareCam PI : Joe Huehnerhoff ( jwhueh/apo.nmsu.edu ) . ...

Every body is held together by two forces, its self-gravitation and its internal strength due to molecular bonding. ... A few of these cases have been obviously attributable to the tidal forces of Jupiter (Comet Brooks 2 and Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9) or the Sun (the Kreutz comet family), while other splittings have to be attributed to less obvious causes. ... They always approach the Sun to within 3 million kilometers (1.9 million miles) or less, and some have actually hit the Sun. ...

... Spiral galaxy M33 is a mid-sized member of our Local Group of Galaxies. ... Announcing Comet Machholz . ... Debris Disks Surround Distant Suns . ... But inset are actual images of such disks around two nearby stars - AU Microscopii (top left; edge-on) and HD107146 (right: face-on) - as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope. Jupiter and the Moon s Shadowed Horizon . ... What was that star? In the Center of the Heart Nebula . ... What powers the Heart Nebula? ... Filaments Across the Sun . ...

... Last updated 10 October 2014 . ... Dr. Alasdair Dougal Mackey . ... Australian National University . ... 2004 - Ph.D., Institute of Astronomy and Trinity College, University of Cambridge . ... 2003-2006 - PPARC Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge . ... 2005 - Lecturer for Globular clusters and globular cluster systems (8 lectures), a course for first and second year Ph.D. б б б б б б б б б б б б б  students, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge . ...

... Roger Brissenden . ... All Science Groups . ... 2011 Member, SOFIA Operations Optimization Review Team . 2011 Member, NSF Committee of Visitors (COV) for the Division of Astronomical Sciences . ... 2008 Member, North American ALMA Science Center Manager search committee . ... 2007 Member, Science Working Group, NASA Ares 5 Heavy Lift Capability Assessment . ... 2006-2008 Member, SOFIA Science Management and Operations Review Board . ... 2002-2003 Member, CfA Computation Committee Review Team . ...

NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER ORAL HISTORY PROJECT BIOGRAPHICAL DATA SHEET NAME: Gerald Paul Carr O RAL H ISTORY: 25 October 2000 EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles ... Houston, TX: Johnson Space Center/NASA, 1988. ... Houston, TX: Johnson Space Center/NASA, 1990. ... RAPHICAL NASA Biographical Data Sheet (February 1977), Gerald P. Carr Key Personnel File (Inactive), Awards Office, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX. ...

The accommodation fees for the IX APAO : . ... Team fee: 390.- Euro/team . ... Euro/person . ... The fee covers the board, lodging, transportation, excursions, sport, ceremonial, and general organization expenses since 12:00 of official Day of arrival till 12:00 of official Day of departure . ... Euro/person/day . ... The fees are to be paid cash the first day of accommodation. ... Dr. Michael G. Gavrilov, Founding Chairman and Coordinator of the Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad (APAO) . ...

Large sunspots were occasionally seen far in the past without any instruments, when the sun was dimmed by thick haze, but not much was remembered of those observations. ... Sunspot Cycle (1850 - 1975) . One who was greatly influenced by Schwabe's discovery was an English gentleman of independent means, Richard Christopher Carrington , who devoted himself to the study of sunspots. ... Carrington had seen a flare, of the rare variety that is visible in white light (only about 50 are known). ...

M1 image More About M1 Nice Color Picture . ... M16 image More About M16 HST image . ... M31 image More About M31 Nice Color Picture . ... M42 image ; M43 image More About M42/43 Nice Color CCD Picture . M51 image More About M51 Color Image of M51 M51 Supernova . M57 image More About M57 Nice Color CCD Picture Very Deep M57 Image . ... M81 image More About M81 M81 Supernova Ultraviolet Image of M81 More about Ultraviolet Imaging . M82 image More About M82 M82 False Color M82 True Color . ...

... The process of proposing for Hubble Space Telescope observing time has been revised, to make it simpler for proposers. We describe the simple, flexible, and robust prototype system created to handle proposal submission. ... Proposing for Hubble Space Telescope ( HST ) observing time proceeds in two phases: the scientific merits of the proposal are considered in Phase I; only accepted proposals enter Phase II, where the observations are described in complete detail. ...

... Recent Topics . ... Forum . MAO main . ... Information on IAU Commissions and New Members . ... Тема: Information on IAU Commissions and New Members . Dear IAU Member, . ... please see: . ... Members, please see: . ... The newly accepted IAU Members were recently invited to consider the . ... both the previous IAU members and the new Members, 2,517 individuals . ... Board Categories MAO main - Info - MAO - news - Flame Technical - Technical Support(Forum)(Техподдержка(Форум)) . ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. March 14, 1997 . Comet Hale-Bopp's Developing Tails . ... Explanation : Comet Hale-Bopp is living up to its expectations. ... Comet Hale-Bopp's closest approach to the Sun occurs in about two weeks, and although it will not get much closer to the Sun than does our Earth, Comet Hale-Bopp is likely to tell even more spectacular tails then. ...

... In particular, members of the project regularly organize events dedicated to various interesting astronomical phenomena and events - solar and lunar eclipses, transit of Venus, etc. On November 3rd a team of astronomers will venture deep into Turkana National Park, Kenya and attempt to broadcast the magic of a total solar eclipse to the world. ... Solar eclipse . A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, and the Moon fully or partially blocks the Sun from our view. ...

448-8598 vic@apink.com Assistant Director: John Miller (609) 252-1223 jmiller@princetonastronomy.org Volume 35 From the Director June 2006 Number 6 AAAP Meeting June 13 (8:00 at the NJ State Planetarium) At the June 13 meeting we'll continue our adventures through the cosmos with a stop at the New Jersey State Planetarium, where AAAP member and planetarium operator Bill Murray will conduct the tour featuring the multi-media show "Hubble Vision". ... AAAP Board Meeting June 1 (7:30 PM). ...

... Future seminars . P a s t seminars . ... Deep Impact: Excaving Comet Tempel 1 " . ... On 4 July 2005 Deep Impact collided with comet Tempel 1, excaving a crater. Deep Impact consisted of two fully functional spacecraft: an impacting spacecraft weighting 364 kg and a flyby spacecraft for observing the impact and relaying data from the impactor. ... The impact was also observed by over 80 ground-based observatories and by several spacecraft (Rosetta, Hubble Space Telescope, Chandra, Spitzer). ...

... Space flight . Crew training . ... honing the skills of performing the tasks of operating the orbital (suborbital) spaceship in a normal autonomous flight and in case of occurrence of off-optimum situations; . ... preparing for conducting visual observations, photographing and video filming envisaged by the flight program; . ... preparing the astronaut's body to the effect of space flight factors, honing the skills of operating the spaceborne medical facilities, rendering self and mutual aid; . ...

... В разделе По форуму . ... На форуме начался конкурс - Астрофотография месяца: АПРЕЛЬ! ... Форум . ... Дополнительные форумы ? Горизонты науки о Вселенной (Модераторы: Дмитрий Вибе , AlAn ) . Обсуждаем проблемы современной астрономии, астрофизики и смежных наук. ... Тема / Автор . Ответов / Просмотров . Последний ответ . ... Автор Дмитрий Вибе . 16 Ответов . 418 Просмотров . ... Автор Сергей Попов ? ... 5 102 Просмотров . ... О разделе Горизонты науки о Вселенной. ... Автор Ах . ...

... Pre-university education . ... Samara region . SSAU History . SSAU roadmap . ... The meeting elected the chairman of SSAU Supervisory Board - Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin. Samara Region Governor Nikolay Merkushkin was elected Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the University. ... In accordance with the legislation the Supervisory Board is one of the governing bodies of the autonomous university. SSAU Supervisory Board includes: . ... SAMARA STATE AEROSPACE UNIVERSITY . ...

... Конференц?я "Р?внодення 2016". ... Киевский клуб любителей астрономии "Астрополис" > . ... Hand Made (Модераторы: Diskus , Hornet ) . ... 09 Апрель 2016, 22:31:49 . ... Астрономия . ... Жизнь клуба . ... Астрономия в Украине . ... Любители и профессионалы. ... Бердянское общество любителей астрономии "ОРИОН" . ... Одесское общество любителей астрономии ?АСТРОДЕС? Портал белорусских любителей астрономии - BelAstro.Net . ... 09 Март 2015, 23:14:18 . ... 31 Март 2016, 11:06:52 . ...

Statistics of sunspot activity . The sunspot indices . ... Visual indices of solar activity . ... n - number of spot groups . A - Waldmeier class of unipolar spot groups without penumbra . B - class of bipolar spot groups without penumbra . C - class of bipolar spot groups with one penumbra pole . D - class of small bipolar spot groups with two penumbra poles . E - class of middle bipolar spot groups with two penumbra poles . ... H - class of unipolar penumbrated spot groups . ...