IV International Astronomy Olympiad . ... Text of these problems is available also . ... To solve every problem you may use constants and well-known values you know by heart. ... The apparent diameter of the Moon, as seen from the Earth, is 31'. ... Can you observe a star with magnitude . ... Consider the stars as black bodies. ... Estimate the diameter of a black hole constructed using this patent from a ship with the mass of 5000 tn (1 tn = 1000 kg). ... What stars would you observe this nigth? ...

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. ...

... Therefore, the observatory supports educational events, occured in the SAO, including astronomical and astrophysical schools, lectures and excursions at the SAO's telescopes. ... Thursday 9-00 Breakfast 9-30 Opening of the School and Astronomical Olimpiad 10-15 Photo of particapants (near the SAO entrance) 10-30 Lecture about Specail Astrophysical observatory. Chentsov E.L. 13-30 Lunch 14-00 Excursion to historical places of Nizhnij Arkhyz 18-00 Dinner 19-00 Acquaintance evening. ...

RELATIVE SUNSPOT NUMBERS Description of Data from SGD Explanation of Data Reports: Relative Sunspot Numbers -- The relative sunspot number is an index of the activity of the entire visible disk of the Sun. ... The provisional daily Zurich relative sunspot numbers, Rz, were based upon observations made at Zurich and its two branch stations in Arosa and Locarno and communicated by M. Waldmeier of the Swiss Federal Observatory. ... This indicates the uncertainty above and below the predicted number. ...

Astronomy Department was found in Kyiv University in 1834 together with other twelve departments of the Faculty of Philosophy. ... At that time V.Struve was a World famous astronom, and helped V.Fedorov in creation of Kyiv University Astronomical Observatory. ... M.Khandrikov successfuly modernized the Observatory. ... Researches of the history of Kyiv Observatory say about an important contribution into development of orbits theory made by the famous Kyiv astronoms I.Illinsky and I.Putilin. ...

... 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 Developments: Infrared and Radio Telescopes . 2000+ Have a good idea what to loo for. ... Space-born telescope to work at “far infrared” (SIRTF) ? observe the dust emission from very young galaxies. 2005: Indian radio telescope GMRT ? may have sensitivity to observe the neutral hydrogen. 2000-2010: X-ray observatories available (AXAF, XMM) ? probe hot gas around groups of galaxies . 2000-2020: Computing power sufficient to perform “experiments” . Previous slide . ...

... SCIENCE AND BUSINESS . Such a trifle as a starry night sky of largest observatories turned out to be a small change coin in commercial bargains for exclusive communal services in Russia, and for a few elite flats in penthouses in Ukraine. SCIENCE AND BUREAUCRATISM . ... Till in Russian) . ... Clericalization of science and education (Till in Russian). ... Researcher of the Sternberg Astronomical Institute, The Moscow University. ... SAI home page . ... October, 2008) . ... November, 2007) . ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . ... Observing . ... Gravitational wave search provides insights into galaxy evolution and mergers . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Cosmic Adventures . ... Cosmic evolution in a computer . ... V irgo Consortium astrophysicists used a 25-terabyte databank to create a computer simulation showing cosmic structure's evolution. ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration . ... Karl G. Henize (Ph.D.) . NASA Astronaut (Deceased) . ... From 1974 to 1978 Dr. Henize chaired the NASA Facility Definition Team for STARLAB, a proposed 1-meter UV telescope for Spacelab. ... He was a member of the astronaut support crew for the Apollo 15 mission and for the Skylab 2, 3, and 4 missions. ... Dr. Henize was a mission specialist on the Spacelab-2 mission (STS 51-F) which launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on July 29, 1985. ...

To obtain more information about satellites observing the sky in x-rays and gamma rays, you can contact the archive of the Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics at Goddard Space Flight Center. ... Uhuru, the first small x-ray satellite. Small Astronomy Satellite 3, a follow-up mission. HEAO 1 , High Energy Astronomical Observatory 1. ... Other space missions observing x-rays and gamma-rays from the universe can be reached from the first site of the ones listed above . ...

To obtain more information about satellites observing the sky in x-rays and gamma rays, you can contact the archive of the Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics at Goddard Space Flight Center. Some documents in that archive can be linked directly from here: . General Information . ... Small Astronomy Satellite 3, a follow-up mission. HEAO 1 , High Energy Astronomical Observatory 1. ... Exploration" home page (index) Glossary . Official GSFC Home Page .. NASA WWW Home Page . ...

Fortran 90 properties already in CF77 . ... Only the old form (fix form) of the source code is available. ... LOGICAL Default KIND number = 8 INTEGER Default int7 int15 KIND number = 6 1 2 digits = 46 7 15 radix = 2 2 2 range = 13 2 4 huge = 70368744177663 127 32767 bit_size = 46 8 16 INTEGER int31 int46 int64 KIND number = 4 6 8 digits = 31 46 63 radix = 2 2 2 range = 9 13 18 huge = 2147483647 70368744177663 9223372036854775807 bit_size = 32 46 46 REAL half Default,single double KIND ...

... Club By-laws . ... Other Club Activities . ... Public Nights . ... Dr. James Green, NASA, Director Planetary Science will be our esteemed speaker on Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 7:30 PM in Peyton Hall on the Princeton University campus. ... Our astronomers setup telescopes for public use at Communiversity in Princeton, Super Science Saturday at the NJ State Museum in Trenton and at various public events around Mercer County. ... Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton, Inc., ...

... Prompt and Follow Up Observations of Gamma-Ray Bursts . ... Video weather at MASTER-Domodedovo . Video weather at MASTER-Kislovodsk . ... Survey data . GCN sites and links . ... GCN . ... Conus data . HETE data . ... Weather . ... Last SN . Last SN: full list . Comet Observation Home Page . Gaia Science Alerts Working Group . ... The Earth-Orbiting Space Junk Tracking Page . ... GCN Circulars . ... Internet observations . Hete pointing direction . ...

MAIN PAGE . ... LINKS . ... AAL Members Sites . ... Amateur Astronomy . ... Mars Missions . Observatories Telescopes . ... astronomylinks.com. - astronomy and space links, shortcuts, favorites and bookmarks . ... Mel Bartels' Homepage about Amateur Telescope Making and a lot of interesting links (thx to Hugues Laroche for the link!) ... STEREO (Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory) consists of two space-based observatories - one ahead of Earth in its orbit, the other trailing behind . ...

Statistics of sunspot activity . The sunspot indices . ... Visual indices of solar activity . ... n - number of spot groups . A - Waldmeier class of unipolar spot groups without penumbra . B - class of bipolar spot groups without penumbra . C - class of bipolar spot groups with one penumbra pole . D - class of small bipolar spot groups with two penumbra poles . E - class of middle bipolar spot groups with two penumbra poles . ... H - class of unipolar penumbrated spot groups . ...

... Precisely one month ago, on 11 July 2009, the last active area of the new solar cycle disappeared from the surface of the Sun. Over the 30 days following this, neither observers on Earth nor devices in space have been able to detect the emergence of any sunspots. ... Therefore, it seems that our star has once again returned to a state of deep solar "winter", following several sparks of activity in May-June 2009. ... To date, this period has lasted 30 days. ...

... 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 . ...

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