... But the discovery of possible signs of life on Mars is an opportunity to merge the two. ... were shown on my color TV [see "Life on Mars...and in Science," p. 24]. ... For that matter, what is life? This is a terrific opportunity to integrate biology into the astronomy curriculum, to show students or let them discover for themselves what constitutes life on Earth. ... By studying the characteristics of life on Earth, students can make more informed judgments about the possibility of life on Mars. ...

Home About Meade Product Information Dealer Locator Customer Support Investor Relations Dealer Support Employment Opportunities Site Map . Meade Instruments Corporation . Telescopes ћ Binoculars ћ Microscopes . Magellan Telescope Computer System Instruction Manual . Magellan II . ... Mode . ... Telescope Port . ... Telescope Mode . ... Coordinate Mode . ... Timer Mode . ... Index of Instruction Manuals . ... Copyright 2006 Meade Instruments Corporation, All Rights Reserved. ...

... Exploring the physics of Type Ia supernovae through spectral analysis . ... Their progenitor scenario as well as the details of the explosion mechanism remain a mystery. ... It produces a supernova spectrum for a given luminosity, photospheric velocity, time since explosion and several elemental abundances. Tweaking these parameters to produce a spectrum that fits an observed spectrum is a complex, as of yet, manual task. ... The search space is large and complex. ...

... COMPUTER SIMULATION OF RADIOWAVE MULTIPLE SCATTERING EFFECTS IN IONOSPHERE USING MONTE-CARLO METHOD . ... Distribution of reflected radiation on the ground is computed. ... Such influence can be remarkable if the scattering is multiple, i.e. the optical thickness for the scattering process is considerably greater than a unit. ... Radiation energy transfer in the slab is modeled by distribution of some particles carring small portions of radiation energy. ... The isotropic plasma approximation is...

... In laboratory the design and a manufacturing techniques mirror aspherical optics are developed ("fokon", ellipsoid, aspherical mirror).Such optical elements are made of widespread aluminium alloys on the standard equipment without use diamond turning. ... Using: optical blocks of not image optical devices for transitions, collimation, focus (concentration) radiations in a wide spectral range from UV to IR. Focusing and collimation of light; . ... circle aperture/ring aperture; . ... Back Forward . ...

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... The project assumes creation of an international space observatory - the interferometer "Earth - Space - Space" in order to perform of astronomical investigations in millimeter, submillimeter and infrared regions with extremely high sensitivity (to a few nanoJanskies units of flux density in continuum spectrum) and extremely high angular resolution (to a parts of microsecond of arc or, possibly, nanosecond). ... radio-interferometric channels of the system "Space - Space", region 0.2 - 3 mm; . ...

... The described algorithm is suitable for measurements of complex images of stars. ... a) the zero-based number of stars in the complex (multicentric) image, . b) set of preliminary coordinates - x i , y i , for all stars, index i is number of a star, . ... i - index of a star in the complex image; . ... These parameters are calculated by a nonlinear method of a least squares.The main output parameters of this algorithm are x i , y i ; where the index i is number of a star in the multicentric image. ...

... Schools . ... Dean?s Office . Departments . ... School of Physics . ... Low-Temperature Physics Department . ... Web site: http://www-physics.univer.kharkov.ua/ua/chairs/k_phlt.html . ... Activity of the Chair of Low-Temperature Рhysics was supported by grants of SCST of Ukraine, Ministry of Education and Science, Soros Foundation, Department of Science and Education of NATO. ... The chair and PSRL of low-temperature physics take part in the solution of the main problem of physics of solid ? ...

... Space flight . ... Zero Gravity . ... Characteristics of a Complex Flight: . ... Characteristics of the Reduced Gravity (Lunar Gravitation): . ... Characteristics of the Reduced Gravity (Martian Gravitation): . ... Services / Zero Gravity: General description Technical description Flight parameters Photo gallery Price . ...

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Computers become more and more popular nowadays. That means that the amount of people who are able to work with computer programmes and play computer games has increased. In many cases computer games are the only thing that a person is accustomed to. ... As a result of this epidemic "homo playing" may put on the isoreality helmet which makes a person, crazy about games, forget about food, slumber and all other components of real life: "homo playing" becomes isolated from community. ...

... New technique measures mass of exoplanets . ... Now, scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a new technique for determining the mass of exoplanets using only their transmission spectra dips in light as a planet passes in front of its star. ... To determine the mass of an exoplanet using transmission spectroscopy, de Wit relied on the effect that a planet s mass has on its atmosphere, as transmission spectra give information on a planet s atmospheric properties. ...

... Heracles Triplane and Aerospace Systems . The key characteristics of two-stage aerospace systems are determined according to speed and carrying capacity of the aircraft-carrier used . ... So the SPIRAL system hypersonic carrier was expected to launch the second stage by weight 63 tons at a speed corresponding to 6M; whereas launching weight of the MAKS system orbital stage with the use of the An-225 MRIYA heavy subsonic aircraft reaches 275 tons, and the HERACLES aircraft - 450 tons. ...

Winer Observatory P.O. Box 797, Sonoita, Arizona 85637-0797, USA . ... 2/3-m Telescope . ... Site . ... Commanding . ... In a typical robotic observing scenario, each afternoon, a telescope control computer obtains a set of objects to observe from its home institution from a command or script file. ... The file is then transferred to the telescope control computer at the Winer Observatory in Sonoita. ... The Iowa control computer then begins processing the telrun.sls file. ... 2013 Winer Observatory. ...

... A new version of a polarization analyzer ensuring parallel measurements of six polarization components of spectral lines is considered. ... A new version of the polarization analyzer, which ensures simultaneous measurements of six polarization components of a spectral line, is considered. ... One of the widespread schemes for magnetic fields measurements includes an tunable optical filter, an adjustable polarization analyzer, and a two-dimensional CCD array placed in the solar image plane [1, 2]. ...

... VaST is a software tool for finding variable objects on a series of astronomical images. ... VaST performs object detection and aperture photometry using SExtractor on each image, cross-matches lists of detected stars, performs magnitude calibration with respect to the first (reference) image and constructs a lightcurve for each object. ... VaST FITS image viewer ./pgfv . ... Part I" PZP, vol. ... K. V. Sokolovsky, S. A. Korotkiy; "New Variable Stars Discovered by the NMW Survey" PZP, vol. ...