... 50 Weirdest Objects . ... Gravitational wave search provides insights into galaxy evolution and mergers . ... When a gravitational lens magnifies a background galaxy, why don't we see the object doing the lensing, as we would if looking through an optical lens? ... When the gravity of a foreground galaxy distorts and magnifies light from a background galaxy, the result is either a single Einstein ring or multiple images of the object. Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ...

... INTRODUCTION This data set contains fluxes and pitch angles (relative to measured magnetic field) of protons and electrons as measured in the lower half of the energy steps of the electrostatic analyzers, that is, at "<10 ev," 40 eV and 0.76 keV, 60 eV and 1.2 keV, and 100 eV and 1.8 keV. ... In the data files the values of the particle number flux is given in the data columns in units: particles per square cm per second per steradian per keV. ... FILES AND FORMAT DESCRIPTION 3.1. ...

... 237S (SIMBAD/NED BibCode) ================================================================================ Keywords: Sun: UV radiation - atmospheric effects - Sun: atmosphere - lines: identification Description: An ultraviolet atlas of the solar spectrum with a spectral resolution of 15mA in the region 1948-2000A is presented. ... The wavelength atlas with a list of about 550 lines has been synthesized from data at center of the Sun ({mu}=1) and at {mu}=0.89, smoothed out over an area of 30 arcsec. ...

... In the тАЬAstronomical YearbookтАЭ (AY) the ephemerides of the Sun, Moon, major planets and stars computed with the maximum precision in accordance with the resolutions approved by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) are published. ... N.I. Glebova, M.L. Sveshnikov; . ... the seasons values, coefficients of the Tchebyshov polynomials of the Moon ephemerides, the phases of the Moon, the planetary configurations, the data for the eclipses of the Sun and Moon (N.I.Glebova, M.V.Lukashova); . ...

... The 99 files presented here contain 21 cm HI emission contours around 98 Super Nova Remnants (SNR) in the - V coordinates. ... SNR's were selected mainly from the List of Green (2001) [4] and from some other papers with angular diameters more than 10' and morphological type in continuum emission - S (shell). Four files each contain two objects (these objects have near declinations). ... b) emission of structureless medium, . ... Astrophys. ... Gosachinskij I.V., Bull. ... Gosachinskij I.V., Astr. ...

Solar High Resolution Studies . ... Solar Group . ... High Resolution Studies . Small Scale Activity . ... High resolution observations at different heights in the solar atmosphere have emphasized that there is no such thing as a "quiet" Sun (e.g. Schrijver et al., ... This, and the temporal coincidence of other signatures, supports the idea that microflares are indeed just miniature flares, but that one needs a very high resolution in order to observe them (Cauzzi et al., 2003, in preparation) . ...

Armagh Planetarium Mars HiRISE Wallpapers . High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) is flying onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) mission. Mouse over the thumbnails for a larger view of the image. ... When the image has entirely loaded, right click on it and choose option 'Set as background' or 'Set as wallpaper' depending of your Windows version. ... Historical Images . ... Mars Wallpapers . 1024 x 768 px . 1600 x 1200 px . Image Info . ... 1600 x 1200 pix . ...

On the multifunctional orbital piloted complex Mir Russian Federation Government resolves: . To accept Russian Space Agency and Korolev Rocket- Space Corporation Energy's proposal to continue the exploitation of the multifunctional orbital piloted complex Mir (further - complex Mir) in 1999-2002. ... Russian Space Agency is to provide coordination and checking over carrying out the work determined by this Resolution. Russian Federation Government . ...

HIGH RESOLUTION IONOSPHERIC MASS SPECTROMETER P-11 . ... Onboard mass-spectrometric equipment for study of neutral and ionized components of Earth upper atmosphere. Mass-spectrometer P-11 is one of P-series modifications of the on board radio-frequency monopole spectrometers. ... The instruments of P-series have passed successful approbation in space experiments aboard geophysical rockets MP-12, launched for investigation of Earth upper atmosphere (Ref. ... Measured mass number range, AMU - 1.. ...

ATM Forum Message . Forums: . ... Post . ... Resolution . Forum List | ... Post Message | ... Posted by Rick Crockett on April 25, 2007 08:46:54 UTC . ... resolution - aschilli - April 30, 2007 - 00:08 UTC . Indoor resolution - rick_crockett - June 2, 2007 - 07:04 UTC . ... www.astronomy.net . About Astronomy Net | Advertise on Astronomy Net | ... Forum posts are Copyright their authors as specified in the heading above the post. "dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

... Resolution to be issued: . For reports, received before June 11: not later than 15 days after receiving . For reports, received on June 12-21: not later June 27 . For reports, received on June 22 - June 27: not later July 27 . For reports, received on June 28 - July 16: during the week July 26-30 . For reports, received on July 17-31: not later 4 weeks after receiving . ... Dr. Michael G. Gavrilov, Founding Chairman and Coordinator of the International Astronomy Olympiad (IAO) . ...

... Report on Cosmic Call 1999 . ... Cosmic Call Sessions . ... This Report outlines methodology, hard- and software, which were developed to transmit first public Interstellar messages from Evpatoria Deep Space Center (EDSC), and describes four Cosmic Call Sessions, which were fulfilled in EDSC on May 24 and June 30 - July 1, 1999. ... Each Cosmic Call consists of two parts. ... Dutil Message, . ... The software for gathering all messages and creating the Cosmic Call stream, was written on C language. ...

THE IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION MODELLING IN THE SPACE EXPERIMENT WITH WIDE-FIELD GAMMA-RAY TELESCOPE WITH THE USE OF INTEGRAL SKY MAPS. , Russian Academy of Science, Profsoyznaya st. 84/32, Moscow 117810, Russia, E-mail: grif@dec1.npi.msu.su ABSTRACT The INTEGRAL sky maps were used for the simulations of the image reconstruction in the space experiment with a wide field (~2 sr) coding mask telescope elaborated for the all-sky monitoring in gamma-rays (0.05-1.0 MeV) ... Fig. ...

... 2005 October 5 . Annular Solar Eclipse at High Resolution . ... The event was not a total eclipse of the Sun for any Earth-bound sky enthusiast but rather, at best, an annular eclipse , where the Moon blocked most of the Sun. ... Those who witnessed the solar eclipse from a narrow path through Portugal , Spain and Africa , however, were lucky enough to see the coveted Ring of Fire , a dark Moon completely surrounded by the brilliant light of the distant Sun. ... About APOD | ...

To see a Russian version of this page, click here . ... Graduated from Moscow State University (MSU), Faculty of Physics in 1976. Ph.D. degree - 1988, MSU. Main field of scientific activities: photometric investigations of various stars, close binary stellar systems and other astronomical objects, including research with use of fast photoelectric photometry with a high time resolution till 1 millisecond. ... New portable photometer . ... Send your mail to: tem@sai.msu.ru ...

. NASA Johnson Space Center Oral History Project . Photos provided by Sharon McDougle . McDougle at KSC at pad 195 ft level, Atlantis is in the background. Select image for higher resolution .

... I. Сведения из коммутативной алгебры. ... Нетеровы кольца, спектр кольца, носитель модуля. ... Локализация: определение, спектр локализации кольца, точность функтора локализации, локальность свойства точности последовательности, локализация Hom'ов. ... Определение и оценки в коротких ТП. ... ВЕ] D. Buchsbaum, D. Eisenbud. ... J. Algebra 1973, v.25 N.2, p. 259-268. ... Algebra structures for finite free resolutions, and some structure theorems for ideals of codimension 3. ... Finite free resolutions....

There is some interest concerning whether or not the Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter Camera (MOC) will observe the "Face on Mars" and other features in the Cydonia region on Mars. ... For those not familiar with the topic, several Viking images show features on the surface of Mars that, in the eyes of some people, resemble "faces," "pyramids," and other such "artifacts." ... But nothing can be done about the orbit spacing or the pointing control or the width of the MOC field of view. ... Mars Face . ...

Dr. Phil Plait , aka "The Bad Astronomer" . ... Images . ... Bad Astronomy site . The following are high-resolution images suitable for promos, newspapers, brochures, and the like. Clicking on the thumbnail image will bring up the high resolution image. High resolution (1.3 Mb) . Medium resolution (550 kb) . ... Dr. Plait giving a TV interview at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center about the transit of Venus in 2004. ... Dr. Plait posing with a model of the Apollo 11 landing site. ...

... public class TiffDecoder . ... static int . ... Field Detail public static final int NEW_SUBFILE_TYPE . ... public static final int IMAGE_WIDTH . ... public static final int IMAGE_LENGTH . ... public static final int BITS_PER_SAMPLE . ... public static final int COMPRESSION . ... public static final int PHOTO_INTERP . ... public static final int IMAGE_DESCRIPTION . ... public static final int STRIP_OFFSETS . ... public static final int ORIENTATION . ... public static final int SAMPLES_PER_PIXEL . ...