... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. May 13, 1996 . Hubble's Constant and The Expanding Universe (I) . ... Explanation: Our Universe is expanding. ... The value of Hubble's constant was recently the subject of a popular public debate titled "The Scale of the Universe 1996: The Value of Hubble's Constant" . Tomorrow's picture: Hubble's Constant and The Expanding Universe (II) . ...

... THE SIMPLEST MODEL. ... 13, Moscow 119992, Russia E-mail: san@sai.msu.ru Abstract: The analysis of the simplest model shows that an asteroid ­ rubble pile evolves, depending on the parameter V2d (where V is the average velocity of fragments and d is the average distance between fragments), either as a conglomerate of "independent mutually gravitating clusters" (when V2d < fm, where f is the gravitational constant and m is the average mass of a fragment) or as a "receding cluster" (when V2d > fm). ...

... Subject and Problems of Stellar Astronomy. ... Plane of Galaxy, Methods of Its Location Determination. ... Stars Distances. ... Other Methods of Stars Distances Determination. ... Tangential Velocities, Their Determination by Self-Motions. ... Determination of Solar Apex and Spatial Velocity by Radial and Spatial Velocities of Stars. ... Features of Orientation and Parameters of Peculiar Stellar Velocities Ellipsoid. ... General and Selective Light Absorption in Galaxy. ... Darc Clouds in Galaxy. ...

. Illustration of the gravitational lensing measurement of the cosmic expansion speed. The accelerated expansion increases the distance to the quasar, giving rise to higher chance of having a massive galaxy close to the light path to produce gravitational lensing. Credit: Kavli IPMU

Next: Rapidly Rotating Stars Up: Discussion Previous: Relations . ... They attributed this to a mechanism which regulated stellar angular momentum through the accretion disk. ... While some of this may be due to sampling effects, the data seem to indicate that after a star loses its disk, either it continues its slow rotation for a period of time and then a rapid increase in rotation rate commences or spin up does not necessarily follow the loss of the disk. ...

... Cross-shaped galaxy ZGC 2315+03 (Fig.1) has been described by Zwicky (1971) as ``post-eruptive or the result of the crossing of a compact galaxy through an edge-on spiral'' . This object was included in the Polar-Ring Catalog (C-71) by Whitmore et al. (1990) as a possible candidate for Polar-Ring Galaxies (PRG). ... One of them is galaxy 'disk' and the other is 'polar-ring'. ... The facts against the polar-ring nature of ZGC 2315+03 can be summarized as follows: . ...

... This method has no equal as of its versatility and short observation times. ... First observations were made on RATAN-600 with a unique MARS-3 16-channel (32 inputs) Matrix Radiometric System that has no analogue in Russian radio astronomy. ... Centre for Analysis of Multiwave Observations Created on RATAN-600. An on-line processing centre for analysis of multiwave radio observations of the Sun on RATAN-600 was created in the St.Petersburg Branch of SAO RAS, see http://www.spbf.sao.ru/prognoz/ . ...

Giant Jupiter. Jupiter . ... Jupiter has no solid surface that is why speaking about its dimensious point the radius of the upper border line of the clouds, where the presseru is about 10 KPa; radius of Jupiter on the equator is 71400 km. ... The Jupiter satellites. ... Nowadays 16 satellites of the Jupiter are known: Adrastea, Mitis, Amaltea , Phina,then 4 Galilei satellites: Io , Europe , Hanimed , Callisto , Leda, Aimalia, Zicitea, Elara, Ananke, Carme, Pasipe and Sinope. ... Jupiter's ring. ...

Structure Formation : Bright side of the Universe Anatoly Klypin New Mexico State University Also: Stefan Gottloeber (Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam) Gustavo Yepes (UAM, Madrid) Cosmological ... -body+hydro simulations Codes: SPH + TREE AMR + shock capturing hydro Physical processes: Compton cooling/heating on CMB Radiative gas cooling Star formation with simple approximations Metal enrichment Energy/momentum feedback from young stars and SN Galaxies too concentrated. ...

... and on-board accelerometer . ... All these peculiarities of high-orbit SVLBI can be used to increase the sensitivity (longer possible integration time for a given UV-point) and the accuracy of measurements of position of radio sources. ... In this Memo we consider the advanced methods of ground radio telescopes and tracking stations (TS) operation, on-board H-maser frequency standard (SHM - already planned for the mission) and high-accuracy on-board accelerometer applications to solve this objective...

In the regular experiments carried out with the RAS radio telescopes at Pushchino during 1999-2002, the study of the radial dependence of scattering of compact natural radio sources was extended to remote regions of the solar plasma environment. ... The stream in the transalfvenic region displays the same typical radial structure as observed in the transonic region, i.e., the existence of a "precursor" - a narrow band of reduced scattering preceding a wide region of enhanced scattering. ...

Optical observations of comet P/Tempel 1 Heike Rauer, JЖrg Knollenberg, Michael Weiler DLR, Institut fЭr Planetenforschung Berlin-Adlershof Observations of comet P/Tempel 1 at optical wavelengths Before and after impact : monitoring · Gas production rates -,,classical optical long- slit spectroscopy: CN, C3, C2, NH2 - variation along heliocentric distance : difference before ­ after? - compare with measurements of parent species at radio, IR · ...

... Астрософт (Модератор: tlgleonid ) > . Celestia или как там ее . ... Right drag: orbit the selected object . ... Ctrl + Left drag: adjust distance to selection . Shift + Left drag: change field of view (e.g. => telescopic view) . Wheel (middle button) click: toggle field of view between 45 degrees . ... Chase selected object (orientation is based on selection's velocity) . T : Track selected object (keep selected object centered in view) . ... Ctrl+P : Mark selected object . ...

M. ( / DIAS, Ireland), A. (ISDC, Switzerland) 1 - Key Question Only 3 binary systems regularly observed in TeV: PSR B1259-63 (young pulsar +Be star, P=3.4 y) LSI +61 303 (comp. source + Be star, P=26.42 d) LS 5039 (comp. source + O star, P=3.9 d) Origin of the high-energy emission? ... 2006; Neronov &Chernyakova 2007 4 3.4 years orbital period. e~0.87 Correlated variability with a sharp rise ( "two bumps structure" ) is seen in radio, X-ray (and TeV?) bands. ...

Альтернативный форум . Scientific.ru Все форумы . ... Time (@) - 13.04.2007 09:15 . Re: Anisotropy in the Hubble constant as observed in the HST Extragalactic Distance Scale Key Project results . x203a; x203a; x203a; в ответ на: Anisotropy in the Hubble constant as observed in the HST Extragalactic Distance Scale Key Project results Котофеич . ... Re: Anisotropy in the Hubble constant as observed in the HST Extragalactic Distance Scale Key Project results Котофеич, 13.04.2007 13:37 . ...

... Measuring the Distances to Supernovae . Professor Robert Kirshner . Thursday, Oct 11, 2012 at 8:00 PM . This month our speaker will be Professor Bob Kirshner of Harvard University who will speak to us about measuring the distances to supernovae which was the key to the discovery of the accelerating universe that won the 2011 Nobel Prize. ... Oct . ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

Weekly Bulletin on Solar and Geomagnetic Activity Highlights on 17 - 23.02.2014, Forecast on 24.02 - 02.02.2014 , Carrington Rotation 2147 (11,73.02.2014) SUNSPOT-FORMING ACTIVITY REMINDER AT MEDIUM AND HIGH LEVELS, GRA- DUALLY INCREASING TOWARDS THE END OF PERIOD. ... NEXT WEEK IS EXPECTED THE HIGH AND THE MODERATE LEVELS OF SUNSPOT- FORMING ACTIVITY. ... FLARE ACTIVITY WAS AT THE MODERATE LEVEL 20 AND 23.02, AND THE LOW LEVEL IN OTHER DAYS. ... G - geoeffectivity in last solar rotation; A - active. ...

... The discovery of this radiopulsar is potentially important not only for confirming the theory of evolution of NS, but also for understanding processes occurring in stellar winds   from normal stars. After all, a radiopulsar orbiting in the semi-transparent stellar wind of a normal star is a sort of probe scanning an inhomogeneous plasma by pulsed radiation (Lipunov and Prokhorov, 1984)[ 110 ]. ... 1) absorption of radio waves (light curve); . ... This object is a radiopulsar orbiting a Be-star. ...

... Solar System . ... Pioneering Solar Sail: Artist?s impression of Nanosail-D after deployment above Earth?s atmosphere (image credit: NASA) . ... This is the basic idea behind solar sails, however the practical application of this theory hasnтАЩt always run a smooth course. ... Cosmos 1 was to be the first solar sail spacecraft, which would rely exclusively on solar pressure to control the crafts orbit. ... The solar sail had confirmed acceleration due to solar radiation by 9 July 2010. ...

... What's New? Bad Astronomy . ... News . ... In a nutshell, the answer is that you would fall down the hole, accelerating (that is moving faster and faster) all the way to the center of the Earth. ... Although gravity would get weaker as you approach the center [of the Earth], your motion would keep you accelerating [the emphasis is mine]. ... Although gravity would get weaker as you approach the center, your motion would keep accelerating. which is correct! ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...