... Bad Astronomy . Misconceptions . ... What Color is Mars? ... Hoagland's Credentials . ... There have been all sorts of silliness happening from the usual groups, including claims that the Beagle II failed because the U.S. shot it down, aliens on Mars shot it down, aliens on Mars are known by NASA, NASA is covering up alien artifacts, NASA is causing bad weather on Earth, NASA is the devil, etc. Leading the way with this nonsense is none other than Richard C. Hoagland. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

... A star party is a gathering of amateur astronomers who set up their telescopes and observe the dynamic night sky. ... Star parties are best scheduled during first quarter and waxing gibbous Moon. During full moon, the moon is so bright it obscures a view of other celestial objects and even the Moon is best viewed when NOT full. ... We will consult local weather forecasters and make a decision by 2:00p on the day of the star party. ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

Text of these problems is available also in other languages : . ... What can one see in the Moon's sky more often - the Sun or the Earth? ... There are about of 250 millions of stars in the elliptical galaxy M32 (a satellite of Andromeda galaxy). ... The masses of Capella's components. ... You are proposed to estimate the masses of Capella's components, using our observational data. ... A galaxy's mass. ... Estimate the mass of FGC 1908 and compare it to the mass of our galaxy. ...

Database Development for Solar System Small Bodies' Orbital Evolution Based on Modern Mathematical Models and Methods . ... Research of the orbital evolution of 6163 asteroids belonging to Apollo, Amor, Aten groups and 197 short-period comets was performed for the time period from 1800 to 2206. 815 objects have been identified among asteroids approaching closely to inner planets, in particular 612 objects passing through the Earth's sphere of action. ...

Microsoft Developer Studio Generated NMAKE File, Based on winDumpExts.dsp !IF "$(CFG)" == "" CFG=Win32 Debug !MESSAGE No configuration specified. ... Win32 Release" "$(CFG)" != Win32 Debug" !MESSAGE Invalid configuration "$(CFG)" specified. MESSAGE You can specify a configuration when running NMAKE !MESSAGE by defining the macro CFG on the command line. ... ENDIF !IF "$(OS)" == "Windows_NT" NULL= !ELSE NULL=nul !ENDIF !IF "$(CFG)" == "Win32 Release" OUTDIR=.\ Release INTDIR=.\ ...

Posting Observations . ... You will need to subscribe to vsnet-acc (to allow you access to post your observations). ... VSNet has several different e-mail sigs, and sub sigs. ... These list are controlled by a software package called " Majordomo ", which allows you to subscribe and unsubscribe yourself from these list with an e-mail message (automated). ... Once you have subscribed to vsnet-acc (which will only send you a welcome message back and nothing else) you can post to the other list. ...

... Pre-university education . ... Samara region . ... University at a glance . ... A group of young scientists of Samara University under the guidance of the candidate of chemical sciences Yevgeniy Aleksandrov began to make the most extensive database in the world for the structure and physical properties of crystalline coordination polymers. ... The idea of making a database for coordination polymers already exists in the scientific community of the world. ... SAMARA STATE AEROSPACE UNIVERSITY . ...

SAI VO . ... SAI CAS . ... Access . ... We present the results of the development of Sternberg Astronomical Institute Catalog Access Services (SAI CAS) project - the first and the only project in Russia, which provides online access to the major astronomical catalogues and different services on top of them. ... SAI CAS is an open-source implementation of the general Catalogue access service (influenced by SDSS CAS CASjobs project), based on original algorithms and open-source software. ... SAI MSU | ...

The Database of Close Binary Systems . ... Team . ... This web-based interactive database is being developed and maintained by a team at the Sternberg Astronomical Institute of the Moscow State University . The project is an on-line extension of our catalogue on "Highly Evolved Close Binary Stars" (volumes I, II) published by Gordon and Breach in 1996. As of November 2009, the database (both the software and the content) is in its development/testing phase. Sternberg Astronomical Institute ...

Databases of Global Tropical Cyclogenesis 21 PART I Databases of Global Tropical Cyclogenesis In the Part I we give the description of up-to-date methods of data acquisition, systematization, classification, gathering and storage for global tropical disturbances. ... NHC publishes three annual summaries of tropical cyclone activity in its area of responsibility. ... A structure of geophysical data on each tropical disturbance should be in the second (independent) information unit of the database. ...

. Currently . Junior Scientist . Field of research interest . Software developing, database developing. Position . Laboratory assistant of Space Research Institute . Department Number . 902 (Space Monitoring Information Support) . Postal Address . Space Research Institute . Russian Academy of Sciences . Profsoyuznaya St. 84/32 . Moscow, RUSSIA . Postal Code . 117810 . Telephone Number . +7(095) 333-53-13 . E-mail . andry@iki.rssi.ru .

... Natalya V. Raguzova and Sergei B. Popov . ... We present a compilative catalogue of Be/X-ray binaries and candidates in the Galaxy and in the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds. This catalogue contains 160 sources and provides information on names and spectral types of optical components, distances, on spin characteristics of neutron stars, and on orbital and X-ray properties of binary systems. ... Be/X-Ray Binaries and candidates in the Galaxy . Galactic sources: comments to the Table 1 . ...

... Spacecraft that will search for planetary systems around 40 million stars and observe the largest explosions in the universe have been chosen as the next two missions in NASA's medium-class Explorer (MIDEX) program. ... The first mission, to be launched in 2003, is the Swift Gamma Ray Burst Explorer, a three-telescope space observatory for studying gamma ray bursts. ... During its three-year mission, Swift will also survey the sky for new black holes and other sources of cosmic gamma rays. ...

Работа выполняется при поддержке гранта РФФИ N 12-02-00675-а . и Программы Президиума РАН N22 . This work is supported by RFBR grant, project N 12-02-00675-а . ... АСТРОМЕТРИЧЕСКИЕ БАЗЫ ДАННЫХ . ... THE ASTROMETRIC DATABASES . OF THE PULKOVO OBSERVATORY . ... Исполнители проекта: Е.А. Рощина (руководитель), И.С.Измайлов, М.Ю.Ховричев, Нарижная Н.В., Дементьева А.А., Шахт Н.А.,Кияева О.В., Романенко Л.Г., Калиниченко О.А., Васильева Т.А. Администратор сайта: М.А. Рощин. ...

The Database of Close Binary Systems . ... Team . ... This web-based interactive database is being developed and maintained by a team at the Sternberg Astronomical Institute of the Moscow State University . The project is an on-line extension of our catalogue on "Highly Evolved Close Binary Stars" (volumes I, II) published by Gordon and Breach in 1996. As of September 2009, the database (both the software and the content) is in its development/testing phase. ...

Russian Space Science Internet (RSSI) is a successful result of RSSI Project. ... space oriented organizations; . ... RSSI offers for its members : . ... videoconferences via MBONE Internet protocol (there are 2 tunnels available now through the general IP network: one to NASA Internet, and another to Moscow State University); . ... It is designed so that all organizations connected to the RSSI gain access to the resources of Russian computer networks as well as world wide Internet. ... nic@rssi.ru ...

Disastrous earthquakes happen 100 to 200 times a year. ... There is a chance that the data of ionospheric plasma observations hold an answer to the latter question. Satellites and ground-based facilities may detect earthquake precursors in the ionosphere a few hours or days before the main shock. ... ULF "Hz"-oscillations have been recorded several hours before the main shock in a narrow magnetic field tube (40...100 km along the satellite trajectory) conjugated with epicenter of the earthquake. ...

... Латвия, 2009 год Диаметр 2,1 см. ... U8S Smart Bluetooth 3.0 Watch Outdoor Sports Smartwatch . Bluetooth version: Bluetooth 3.0 . Bluetooth calling: Dialing,Phone call reminder,Phonebook,Call log sync . ... People: Unisex watch . ... Compatability: Android 3.0 and above system . ... Smart Watches . ... Package Contents: 1 x U8S Watch, 1 x Charging Cable, 1 x English Manual . ...

AUTOMATED CREATION OF THE LUNAR HYPSOMETRIC MAP: TECHNIQUES OF COMPILING. ... And the second one is the database, obtained from the raster images of the Lunar Subpolar regions (higher than latitude ±60°) where brightness of each pixel depends on its height [1]. ... Due to these reasons it was necessary to develop the special 10-stage methodology of data processing and map compiling. ... The height data were obtained and the lunar hypsometric map was created according to the 10-stage methodology. ...

... S.P. KOROLEV ROCKET AND SPACE CORPORATION ENERGIA . ... OAO RSC "Energia" . ... Development of Organizational Structure . Company's History . ... History . Brief History of Rocket and Space Technology . Rocket Systems . Flights Chronology . ... ISS Russian Segment . ... Sea Launch . ... of the Energia-Buran Space System . ... Among problems solved while developing the Energia-Buran Reusable Space System were: . ... Contribution of RSC Energia to the Russian Rocket-Space Technology . ...