This photograph shows the Large Magellanic Cloud, a neighbouring galaxy to the Milky Way. ... By studying how their light changes and other properties of these systems, astronomers can measure the distances to eclipsing binaries accurately. A long series of observations of these objects has now led to the most accurate determination so far of the distance to the Large Magellanic Cloud тАФ a crucial step in the determination of distances across the universe. ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... Consider this "star in a box". Of course, the box is actually a computational box consisting of a three dimensional grid of points, and the star is a virtual one whose physical properties and internal dynamics are numerically simulated at the points on the grid. ... This picture is a movie frame from a recent numerical simulation of a supergiant star with properties intended to approximate the real star Betelgeuse . ... U. Based on Astronomy Picture Of the Day . ...

Pixels , slits and facets for the NGST NIRSpec: Appendix ST-ECF Instrument Science Report NGST 2002-01a Pixels , slits and facets for a MEMS-type spectrograph for NGST Appendix : Extension to different PSF and detector properties Santiago Arribas, Peter Jakobsen, Robert Fosbury Wolfram Freudling --1-- ST-ECF Instrument Science Report NGST 2002-01a Pixels , slits , and ... This PSF meets the two requirements established by Bely et al. for the OTA optical quality. ...

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. ...

... Spectra obtained with the 6-m telescope of SAO RAS are used along with archival data from Spitzer and several ground-based telescopes to infer a strength of PAH emission, age, properties of the UV radiation field, and metallicity of studied HII complexes. Physical properties (age, radiation field parameters, metallicity) are related to the F 8 /F 24 ratio used as a proxy for the PAH abundance in order to reveal factors that may influence the PAH evolution in HII complexes. ... Projects | ...

... EVE : · : -2-1- Kourou ­ · ­ () · 170 kg entry mass ­ High Balloon (ESA) · 170 kg entry mass ­ Optionally: Low balloon (Japan) · 35 kg entry mass Geometric configuration Insertion orbit : 250/66000 km Period = 1 day Inclination : 90° Periapsis node : ~ - 30° Sequence : · · · · · · · · Arrival Vinf = 3 km/s Entry probe 1 separation T0 ­ 7 days Entry probe 2 separation T0 ­ 5 days Orbiter acceleration DV = 50 m/s Probe ... 2005: - 2006-2015 2015 EVE - · EVE ­ ­ , ­ ( · - ...

JSC History . ... NASA History . ... White Sands Space Harbor . ... Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) Level II Documentation . From 1976 to 2011, NASA has operated and managed the White Sands Space Harbor (WSSH) for astronaut training operations and as an alternate landing facility for the Space Shuttle Program (SSP). ... White Sands Space Harbor HAER Level II documentation (complete - 20.6 MB) . White Sands Space Harbor HAER Level II documentation (individul sections) . ...

Interstellar matter. Galaxies 77 Properties of the interstellar gas clouds I.V. Gosachinskij St.Petersburg branch of Special Astrophysical observatory, St.Petersburg, Russia The characteristics of interstellar gas clouds play the main role in any theories of star formation. ... So the neutral atomic clouds may be named as "grand parents" of stars and their properties play genetic role for whole chain of matter transformations in the galaxies. ... Ta r : T a : V : l b l b Fig. ...

... Solar Physics,- 1991, - v. 135. Лубышев Б.И. , Смольков Г.Я. Результаты совместных наблюдений на ССРТ и РАТАН-600. ... Баландин А.Л., Кузнецова С.М., Обухов А.Г., Смольков Г.Я. Синтез радиоизображений Солнца при наблюдениях с ножевой диаграммой направленности. ... The Dynamics of Active region in microwave emission Proceedings of Symposium in Nobeyama Radioheliograph (26-28 Nov. ... The inversion of sign of the circular polarization of active region microwave emission t 5.2 cm wavelength. ...

... We suggest simple method of the selection of distant galaxies based on their radio properties. ... RC0015+0503a , RC0015+0503b , RC0015+0501 , RC0034+0513 , RC0038+0449 , RC0042+0504 . ... RC0105+0501 , RC0110+0500 , RC0117+0503 , RC0126+0502 , RC0133+0459 , RC0135+0450 , RC0137+0539 , RC0143+0505 , RC0152+0453 , RC0154+0459 , RC0159+0448 . ... RC0209+0501b , RC0213+0516 , RC0226+0512 , RC0250+0512 . ... RC0302+0456 , RC0308+0454 , RC0311+0507 , RC0318+0456 , RC0355+0449 . ...

Pulsar - the neutrone star. ... Its physical properties are greatly changed. ... Naturally after the discovery of pulsar connection with the remains of the supernew star outbursts it was supposed that the pulsars and the neutron stars are the same objects. ... In the external layer of a neutron star, where the substance dense is not so great to break the cores; they may from the hard chip structure, which at the pulsar rotation decreasing is broken the starquake. ...

... Part 00 PDF Introduction and Overview . ... Part 02 PDF Stars Phenomenology . Part 03 PDF Stellar Structure . Part 04 PDF Stellar Evolution . ... Part 06 PDF Basic Properties of Galaxies . Part 07 PDF Chemical Evolution . Part 08 PDF Stellar Dynamics . Part 09 PDF Spiral Galaxies . Part 10 PDF Elliptical Galaxies . Part 11 PDF Dwarf Galaxies . Part 12 PDF Active Galaxies . Part 13 PDF Large Scale Structure . ... Part 16 PDF Galaxy Evolution . ...

Properties of the Solar Eruptive Event of 19 October 2001, 09:40 UT . ... 1) IZMIRAN, Troitsk, Moscow Region, 142190 . ... Basing on IZMIRAN and NIRFI radio observations, we analyze an event which is characterized by sufficiently intense emission in the cm- and dm-ranges under almost total lack of metric bursts. This peculiarity appears to be caused by very slow speed (V~240 km/s) of a coronal mass ejection (CME) recorded in this event with SOHO/LASCO. ... Coronal Mass Ejections . ...

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Russian SHAREABLE DATA CENTER Institute of Solar-Terrestial Physics SB RAS . ... Although their determination is based on the scattering process model, independent check-ups by rocket experiments have shown their correctness in experimental applications. ... Ionospheric data analysis, especially during strong disturbances, cannot be without some other kinds of diagnostic tools. ... The lack of data has always been a challange in this case. ...

... All the galaxies are divided into 4 groups depending on the environment type; every subsample contains more than 10 galaxies. ... An effect of environments is seen both for the nuclei and for the bulges: if we consider the clusters (Virgo and Ursa Ma jor) and group centers as dense environments and the field and group periphery as sparse environments, then in the dense environments the stellar populations of S0s are in average older by 4­5 Gyr than in the sparse ones. ...

... We show the analysis of low-hard and intermediate states of sources XTE J1550-564, H 1743-322, GX 339-4, XTE J1859-226, XTE J1650-500 and GRS 1915+105. ... Directly applying the scaling technique we also obtain that a ratio of the BH masses in XTE J1859-226 and in XTE J1550-564 is , and the corresponding ratio for XTE J1650-500 and XTE J1550-564 is . These values of scaling factors r implies that BH masses are ; solar masses in XTE J1859-226 and XTE J1650-500 respectively. ...

The main task of the multimedia lectures "Life of the Earth in the Solar Atmosphere" is to introduce wide range of users to the basic physical characteristics of the Earth, the near-Earth space and the Sun, which mainly forms the properties of the mentioned objects and is responsible for their variations (so-called "space weather"). ... Middle atmosphere of the Earth. ... Radiowaves' passing and spreading in the Earth atmosphere. ... Space radiation passing through the Earth atmosphere. ...

Plasma models and main parameters. ... Magnetic diffusion. ... Double- adiabatic invariants for a plasma in strong magnetic field. One- fluid MHD. ... Frozen-in properties of magnetic field in plasma. ... Force- free magnetic field configurations. ... Dispersion of plasma waves in linear theory. ... Waves in non- magnetic plasma. ... Electromagnetic waves in plasma. ... Dispersion relation for waves in cold magnetized plasma. ... High- frequency electromagnetic waves in cold magnetized plasma. ...

An atom is the smallest "piece" of an element that still has the properties of that element. For example, an atom of gold is the smallest piece of gold that still acts like gold ? ... When many atoms come together, atoms tend to form molecules. A molecule is a combination of two or more atoms bonded together. For example, a molecule of water (designated by the symbol H 2 O) consists of two hydrogen atoms and an oxygen atom which are in a "relationship" ? ...