Dr. Phil Plait , aka "The Bad Astronomer" . ... Bad Astronomy site . ... His numerous appearances on radio, television, podcasts, and live in front of audiences have made him a celebrity in science circles, and put him in demand as an expert on astronomical matters. ... His website, Bad Astronomy , is a virtual encyclopedia of astronomical errors, and his blog is one of the most popular science blogs on the web, with thousands of fans eagerly reading it every day. ... Phil seemed tireless!" ...

... At present, SDSS (ugriz), UKIRT WFCAM (YJHK), ; Johnson-Cousins (UBVRcIc), and 2MASS (J2H2Ks2) ; are supported ; redshift - redfshift of a galaxy ( floating point) ; colour_name - colour identification (string) ; colour_value - value of colour in magnitudes ( floating point) ; should be in the AB mags for ugrizYJHK ; and in Vega mags for Johnson-Cousins/2MASS colours ; ; RETURN VALUE: K-correction in the specified filter for given redshift ; and ...

MODERN APPROACHES TO CALCULATION OF THE PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS FOR ENERGY STORAGE A. Kabanov Samara State University The modern technologies demands to compact and effective rechargeable systems of energy storage. ... In this work we investigated the activation energies of one promising compound ­ Li2CoPO4F using combination of two methods ­ ab-initio and geometrical calculations. ... The nudged elastic band (NEB) method is adopted to find the kinetic energy barrier along diffusion pathways. ...

... Tte tables of ionosphere and plasmasphere parameters are contained in a file param.tbl. ... Latitude Longitude Numbers of tables for (degree) (degree) Month Wm=10 Wm=100 Wm= 150 80 30 March 1 - 3 397-399 793-795 80 150 March 4 - 6 400-402 796-798 80 270 March 7 - 9 403-405 799-801 60 30 March 10 - 12 406-408 802-804 60 150 March 13 - 15 409-411 805-807 60 270 March 16 - 18 412-414 808-810 40 30 March 19 - 21 415-417 811-813 40 150 March 22 - 24 418-420 814-816 40 270 ...

Обзоры hep-ph: тематический рубрикатор . Партонные плотности . ... Authors: Y. S. Kim . Comments: LaTex 11 pages, 1 figure, presented at the Wigner Centennial Conference held in Pecs, Hungary (July 2002) . ... Даны несколько определений партонных плотностей, которые можно встретить в литературе и которые, с точки зрения автора, неверны. hep-ph/0207107 . ... Comments: 14 pages, 6 figures, LaTeX, elsart class . ... Comments: 41 pages, 5 figures . ... Comments: latex 13 pages, 3 eps figures . ...

... The International Conference "Mode Conversion, Coherent Structures and Turbulence" will be held in the Space Research Institute of RAS during the period from 23 up to 25 November 2009. ... The international conference MSS-09 is organized by Space Research Institute with participation of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Dynasty Foundation, the Russian foundation of fundamental researches, the European Geosciences Union, the Education and the Scientific Council on Nonlinear Dynamics of RAS. ...

... Postgraduate Yevheniia Borhun from the School of Physics and Technology awarded a European Physical Society prize . Yevheniia Borhun, a postgraduate student at the Department of Materials for Reactor Building and Physical Technologies (her academic supervisor is Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine M. O. Azarienkov), became a winner at the International conference-school in physics of plasma and controlled thermonuclear fusion Alushta-2012 that was held in September, 2012. ...

... Keck spectropolarimetry, giving spectral coverage from Ly- to beyond CIII], and HST imaging of a sample of powerful radio galaxies with has been obtained. ... This is a short progress report on a rather extensive programme we are carrying out to study the structure and composition of high redshift radio galaxies (HzRG) -- and, by implication, the host galaxies of radio quasars -- using observations in the optical, IR and mm bands. ... An example of the NICMOS and WFPC 2 imaging is shown in Figure 2 ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Solar System . ... Space Flight . ... This is a recent (November 2011) NASA diagram summing up the past, present and future (plus a might have been) of US rocketry. €аThe rockets are arranged from left to right in order of size. ... It is towards the larger end we find the most familiar vehicles in the shapes of the Shuttle (NASA?s recently retired Space Transportation System ) and Saturn 5 (still the most capable US launch vehicle to actually fly). ...

... Funny Educational Toys Wooden Cage Unlocked Puzzle Doll Present . ... Type: Intelligence toys . ... Material: Wood, Metal . ... Features: Educational . Puzzle Style: Tangram/Jigsaw Board . ... Puzzles & Intelligent . ... Package Contents: 1 x Toy . ...

Russian SHAREABLE DATA CENTER Institute of Solar-Terrestial Physics SB RAS . ... Chirp ionosonde main technical characteristics . ... Linear frequency modulated continuous signals sounding method is relatively simple and has wide application in various special-purpose systems. ... Chirp signals which are applying for ionosphere channel diagnostics usually have10KHz/s -- 1MHz/s. We must point out that under modulation speed increasing there is an increase in noise suppression and resolution power. ...

GERSHTEIN-ZELDOVICH BOUND AND COSMOLOGICAL RESTRICTIONS ON NEUTRINO MASS A.D. Dolgov 20-24 December, 2004 COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPHYSICS AT HIGH ENERGIES (dedicated to 90th anniversary of Ya. ... Astronomy is sensitive now to m (a few)в0.1 eV. based on combined data on LSS and CMBR. ... Right-handed neutrinos - result in stronger bound. ... 10 Massive neutrinos and CMBR Angular spectrum of CMBR does not feel directly presence of light neutrinos - they are practically relativistic at recombination. ...

Blackholes2 Forum Message . Forums: . ... The River Model Of Black Holes . ... Some time ago on this forum I presented the opinion that space must be flowing into black holes at the speed of light at the event horizon for light to be trapped inside of the horizon. ... the river of space falls into the black hole at the Newtonian escape velocity, hitting the speed of light at the horizon." ... The river model of black holes . ... Inside charged black holes I. Baryons . ... www.astronomy.net . ...

... Meade Instruments Corporation . ... Choosing the Right Microscope . ... On most microscopes the specimen glass remains fixed while the microscope's objective lens and eyepiece move as a unit up or down to focus the image. ... Eyepieces of varying powers work with objective lenses of varying powers to yield a range of microscope magnifications. ... Magnification: The effective magnification of a microscope is determined by multiplying the eyepiece power by the objective lens power . ... about meade |...

... Structure of Data . ... Catalog . ... Catalog: 206 clusters 32 clusters: known before 12 clusters: parameters from BVRI photometry @ SAO 1-m 0 clusters: parameters from UBVRI photometry @ Maidanak 1.5-m 26 clusters: parameters from 2MASS 168 clusters: new (2MASS) 142 clusters: parameters from 2MASS 26 clusters: embedded 0 clusters: parameters from BVRI photometry @ SAO 1-m 3 clusters: parameters from UBVI photometry @ ARIES 1.04-m 0 clusters: parameters from UBVRI photometry @ Maidanak 1.5-m . ...

... Development of Ideas of Structure and Evolution of Stars. Integral Features of Stars, Which Determine Their Structure, Direction and Rate of Evolutuion. ... Connection between Potential and Thermal Energy of Star. ... Structure of a Main Sequence Star. Features of Massive Stars Evolution on the Main Sequence. Internal Structure of the Sun. ... White Dwarfs, Their Features. ... Evolution from the Main Sequence of Massive Stars. ... Evolution of Small Mass Stars till White Dwarfs Sequence. ...

The Texas survey of radio sources covering -35.5{deg} < {delta} < 71.5{deg} at 365MHz . ... We present the Texas Survey of discrete radio sources between -35.5deg and 71.5deg declination (B1950), which was carried out at 365MHz with the Texas Interferometer during 1974-1983. ... The Texas Survey . ... The sources in the simpler model. ... Right Ascension 1950 . ... field separator . ... Some sources came from Version 6 of the Texas Survey ('TS6' in strp field) or Version 7 ('TS7' in strp field) . ...

... Ciel Espace, le magazine qui vous guide toujours plus loin . ... Ciel Espace, nouvelle formule, c'est . ... des pages consacr†йes †а la publication de vos photos Mais c'est aussi une vraie communaut†й avec laquelle partager votre passion et nourrir votre curiosit†й. Accueil DтАЩ†йtranges structures rocheuses sur Mars . ... Pour en savoir plus sur les explorations men†йes par Opportunity, †йcoutez le podcast Opportunity, †зa roule sur Mars , avec Fran†зois Forget, surle site cieletespaceradio.fr . ...

Instrument . ... Scanning TV-sensor with on-board data recording system for global coverage mode . ... recording, direct transmission . ... IR-radiometer for global coverage and direct data transmission modes . ... The scientific instrument package onboard the Meteor-3 spacecraft provides for regular instant acquisition of images of cloudiness and Earth surface in visible and infra-red bands, data on air temperature and humidity, sea surface temperature and clouds temperature. ...

... We publish 16 Doppler imaging temperature maps for the years 1994-2002 of the active RS CVn star II Peg. ... Through Doppler imaging we want to study the spot evolution of the star and in particular compare this with previous results showing a cyclic spot behaviour and persistent active longitudes. ... The derived temperature maps are quite similar to the ones obtained earlier with a different methods, the main differences occurring in the spot latitudes and relative strength of the spot structures....