On optical characteristics of non-spherical scatterers . ... Usually one assumes that the radiation from a very distant source is incident on a scatterer and then this radiation can be represented by a plane wave . ... Amplitude matrix . ... The elements of the amplitude matrix on the directions of propagation of the incident and scattered radiations, the size, morphology and chemical composition of the scatterer as well as its orientation in the laboratory system. ... Scattering matrix . ...

... A Flag for Mars . ... A Flag for Your Planet Activity . ... This Mars flag was a red, green, and blue tricolor. ... Red stands for the current desert, green for a 2nd step planet with vegetation and blue for the fully terraformed blue planet Mars. ... The tricolor flag design is similar to the flags of many nations, including the following flags that have two of the three colors of the red, green, and blue tricolor Mars flag: . ... red . ... The official proportions of the U.S. flag are 10 x 19. ...

... Michael E. Lopez-Alegria (Captain, USN, RET.) ... After his second mission, he led the International Space Station (ISS) Operations branch of the Astronaut Office. ... In October 2014 Lopez-Alegria became an independent consultant; he is based in Washington, D.C. SPACE FLIGHT EXPERIENCE: Mission Specialist (MS)-2, STS-73 Columbia (October 20 to November 5, 1995). ... The primary mission objective was delivery of the Expedition 6 crew to the ISS and the return of the Expedition 5 crew to Earth. ...

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Eyepieces Forum Message . ... Post . ... Re The Computer For Dob . ... Post Message | ... Yes, it is possible to put the optical tube on an equatorial mount, but I'm betting you won't. Buying a scope made for its mount will probably appeal to you more, especially because a photography-worthy mount can cost more than the optics it carries! ... www.astronomy.net . ... Forum posts are Copyright their authors as specified in the heading above the post. "dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Stars . ... Space Flight . ... Some 13.7 billion years ago, a mere millionth of a second after the Big Bang, the first hydrogen and helium nuclei condensed out of a hot, dense soup of quarks and gluons. ... In the very last few kilometres some of the light was scattered by a myriad of water droplets (containing hydrogen nuclei which had existed almost since the Big Bang) slowly descending through the air following a rainshower. ...

... 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. ...

... We address a question if globular clusters (GC) in a protogalaxy could for some time evolve chemically as isolated systems, enriching themselves with heavy elements produced in first supernova events that follow initial star formation. We determine both the critical mass of a protoglobular cluster that is needed to retain the ejecta of the very first supernova, and the critical energy (i.e., number of supernovae) that is needed to expel the residual gas from a cluster of a given mass. ...

... The variability of the spectrum of the optical component of the IR-source IRAS01005+7910 was discovered for the first time in the BTA spectra [1]. ... The spectral features include absorptions that form in near-photospheric layers, narrow envelope emissions, and emission-absorption profiles that form in photosphere-to-envelope transition layers (the wind). ... Discovery of spectral variation in the optical counterpart of IRAS01005+7910. ... Dashed line - envelope curve of all the SiII 5979 profiles ...