Euro-Asian Astronomical Society . ... International Astronomy Olympiad . The First (Experimental) International Astronomy Olympiad was carried out by Euro-Asian Astronomical Society and took place at the Special Astrophysical Observatory of Russian Academy of Sciences (SAO RAS) in North Caucasus on November 1-8, 1996. ... Why is it sometimes better to use a small telescope in orbit around the Earth than it is to use a large telescope on a mountain top? ... Grades 11-12 . ... Russia) . ...

... Astrophysics Group . ... Surveys and Catalogues . GMRT . GMRT Lockman Hole . ... GMRT Spitzer FLS . GMRT ELAIS-N1 . ... Two surveys of the Lockman Hole made with the GMRT at 610 MHz have been published: . ... We present observations of a central portion of the Lockman Hole, taken at 610 MHz with the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT). ... FITS Image . ASCII catalogue . ... We present observations of the Lockman Hole, taken at 610 MHz with the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT). ...

... Members . ... The ATM's of Boston was founded in 1934 by a group of persons interested in assisting others in the art of optical polishing the craft of telescope making, and to learn together about the science of astronomy and the use of astronomical instruments. ... Mr. Jones introduced the club to Dr. Harlow Shapley at Harvard College Observatory. ... Regular shop activities resumed with the help of these "professional amateurs" and the club grew to 180 members. ... Club Newsletters . ...

... Concerning those theories, Tycho believed that all planets revolved around the Sun, but the Sun circled Earth. ... That was when he published his first two laws of planetary motion: . ... Kepler's 3rd Law . ... Earth . ... Not only were Kepler's laws confirmed and explained by later scientists, but they apply to any orbital system of two bodies--even artificial satellites in orbit around the Earth. ... By Kepler's formula . ... More will be said about Kepler's first two laws in the next two sections...

... Russian . The Astronomical Circular (Astronomicheskii Tsirkulyar) is published online by the Eurasian Astronomical Society and Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow State University. ... All papers are refereed. All published papers are indexed in the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System . ... See this directory for sample files (template for a paper in English and in Russian , style file , sample figure and sample PDF file for a paper in English and in Russian ). ...

... Description . Catalog . ... In the Catalog, we publish equatorial (ЮБ 2000 , ЮД 2000 ) and galactic (l,b) coordinates of cluster centers derived as the position of overdensity in 2MASS catalog (Koposov et al. ... Distances, color-excesses and ages are the mean-square values calculated using all available evaluations from different color-magnitude diagrams. ... There are individual pages for every cluster where all available plots and parameters are published. ... 2002). ...

... Астрономические каталоги . ... Астрономический Интернет . ... на учебный Автоматизированный Астрономический Комплекс Новосибирского Государственного Университета. ... Автоматизированный Астрономический Комплекс оснащен телескопом-рефлектором системы Ньютона с параболическим главным зеркалом диаметром 315 мм. и солнечным телескопом-рефрактором с объективом диаметром 100 мм. ... Расположен астрономический комплекс на лабораторном корпусе НГУ в Академгородке, 30 км к югу от г. Новосибирска. наверх . ...

The AstroGuide . ... AstroGuide | ... AstroGuide Listing . ... See many more Astronomy Listings by: Category or Alphabet . The Los Angeles Astronomical Society, now in its 85th year, is the oldest association of amateur astronomers in the Los Angeles area. ... Listed Since July 15, 1998 . ... 2800 East Observatory Road . Los Angeles, CA 90027 . ... http://www.laas.org/ . ... www.astronomy.net . About Astronomy Net | ... dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

SITE 2010 Comprehensive Characterization of Astronomical Sites Kislovodsk, Russia, 49 October 2010 Conference Summary Marc S. Sarazin*a a European Southern Observatory, Garching, Germany Abstract The main topics discussed during the Site 2010 conference are outlined and the outcome is described. Keywords: Astronomical Site testing, precipitable water vapor, atmospheric turbulence, cloudiness, seeing 1. ... Site surveys for National observatory projects in China, India, and Iran benefit from this. ...

Ticho Brague (1546 - 1601). Ticho Brague was the greatest astronomer-observer, an outstanding scientist and a designer of astronomic tools. He founded the first European astronomic centre, where the great amount of the work was carried out during 20 years. ... The astronomical observations of Ticho Brague seemed a pastime for his contemporaries, appeared to be a basis of the modern law of gravitation. ...

RADIOASTROPHYSICAL DEPARTMENT • INSTITUTE OF SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS RAS SB . ... SSRT - Receiving systems . The SSRT has two independent receiving systems for recording solar observational data, and several ancillary receivers for checking, setting up and adjusting the instrument. The base receiving systen is a multichannel filter receiver for a simultaneous recording in 180 channels with the 500 kHz band each, adjusted at steps of about 600 kHz. ... Channel's band . ...

... Exposure Time Calculator (ETC) . Survey processing . ... VISTA is a 4-m class wide field survey telescope for the southern hemisphere, equipped with a near infrared camera (1.65 degree diameter field of view at VISTA's nominal pixel size) containing 67 million pixels of mean size 0.34 arcsec and available broad band filters at Z,Y,J,H,K s and a narrow band filter at 1.18 micron. A wide field visible camera, if constructed, could also be used on VISTA. ... Tile . ... ESO VISTA Public Surveys . ...

Supernova 1987A in LMC . One day in 1987, an astronomer by the name of Ian Shelton was making observations of the Tarantula Nebula in Large Magellanic cloud at Las Campanas Observatory, and he noticed something strange on his image. ... SN 1987A got as bright as 2.7, the only other recent SN even to come close was 1885A in M31 which got up to mag 6. ... Mag 4.5 . ... IAUC 4318 2/25/87 Type II? ... IAUC 7354 2/1/00 New structure in the inner ring . ... IAUC 7360 2/7/00 HST observation of new spot . ...

... Abstract: The database we announce contains references to the papers, data files and links to the Internet resources related to measurements and calculations of the optical constants of the materials of astronomical interest: different silicates, ices, oxides, sulfides, carbides, carbonaceous species from amorphous carbon to graphite and diamonds, etc. ... The main topics of the database are the optical constants of materials involved in astronomical calculations. ...

. Yu.A.Shokin . Accurate positions of variable stars in the western part of the Large Magellanic Cloud bar . (published in IBVS and SAI Proceedings ) . B.S.Vozdvijenski, N.P.Gorbatko, V.A.Yeliseev, G.V.Romanova . The results of the observations of the selected minor planets in Sternberg State Astronomical institute . (published in SAI Proceedings ) .

... Time calculated from Fermi GBM Trigger Time = 14:12:08.67 ( Connaughton, GCN 9230 ). 1% coincident with our start zero image time. 3x3 degrees around Swift XRT position . ... SUBJECT: GRB 090424 : MASTER-Net prompt optical limit DATE: 09/04/25 20:29:42 GMT FROM: Vladimir Lipunov at Moscow State U/Krylov Obs E. Gorbovskoy, V. Lipunov, V.Kornilov, A.Belinski ... Our observations results: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fermi GRB Trigg.* ...

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... Behemoth black hole found in an unlikely place . ... NASA's Chandra observatory images gas flowing toward black hole . ... Using the Chandra image, the flow of hot gas toward the supermassive black hole in the center of this galaxy has been imaged. ... The flow of hot gas toward a black hole has been clearly imaged for the first time in X-rays. ... As gas flows toward a black hole, it becomes squeezed, making it hotter and brighter, a signature now confirmed by the X-ray observations. ...

ASTRONOMY IN UKRAINE - 2000 AND BEYOND . ... Kyiv, Ukraine, 5-8 June 2000 . ... The primary objective of the conference is to consider the integration of astronomical research in Ukraine into the international astronomy. ... VLBI for Astronomy and Geodynamics Convenors: Kees van't Klooster (The Netherlands), Leonid M. Litvinenko (Ukraine), Chopo Ma (USA). ... Planetary Astronomy Convenors: Teodor Kostiuk (USA), Robert Nelson (USA), Yuri Shkuratov (Ukraine). ... The "general" registration fee: 100 USD. ...

European Astronomical Society(EAS): NEWS Dear Colleagues, Please find enclosed some information of interest. ... We would also like to remind you that the time is appropriate to renew your membership for 2006 (see our Web page for procedures). ... And do'nt forget that, in between messages, the latest news can always be found on our Web page: http://www.iap.fr/eas/index.html With kind regards, Michel Dennefeld ************************************************************ Content 1. ...