In Memory of Vsevolod Gantmakher . ... Having received his Ph.D. in 1964, V. Gantmakher continued work at the Institute of Solid State Physics (ISSP) of the USSR Academy of Sciences, which had been founded a year before. For the next three years, he worked on his D.Sc. thesis at IPP. ... For many years, as an outstanding personality and highest scientific authority, V.Gantmakher made a remarkable contribution to creating a friendly atmosphere and a creative approach to the research work at ISSP. ...

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. ...

Abstract -- Calculations are performed for the circular polarization of maser radiation from a turbulent, Keplerian disk that is intended to represent the sub-parsec disk at the nucleus of the galaxy NGC4258. ... This turbulence, along with the Keplerian velocity gradients and the blending of the three hyperfine components to form the 6 16 --5 32 masing transition of water, are key ingredients in determining the appearance of the polarized spectra that are calculated. ...

... Magnetic storms online . ... Geomagnetic activity forecast . ... August : 2015 . ... No magnetic storm is expected . From 2 August 2015 to 28 August 2015 the following magnetic storms and disturbances are expected: . August 10, 2015 geomagnetic storm of level G1 (minor) . August 28, 2015 geomagnetic disturbances . ... August 06, 2015 geomagnetic disturbances 2 August 2015 - 28 August 2015 . 01.08.2015 . ... Probability of a magnetic storm . ... Probability of a strong magnetic storm . ...

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... In accordance with assignment she was sent to Nikolaev branch of the Pulkovo observatory. At the Nikolaev Observatory Eugene Khrutskaya worked with the meridian circle, she made a lot for automatization of observational process, and in 1973 she created the catalog of right ascensions obtained for more than 6000 stars, and she defended her thesis. ... From 2004 to the present, Evgenia Khrutskaya was Head of the Laboratory of astrometry and stellar astronomy. ... Pulkovo observatory . ...

... What's New? Bad Astronomy . ... News . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Keep Bad Astronomy close to your heart, and help make me filthy rich. ... The Birdcage: Archive of Bad News Items . ... The email is going around again. You know which one: "Mars will look as big as the Moon!" it says. ... This is the same email that was sent around in 2003 . In fact, it's the same email that was sent around again in 2005 ! ... Whoever sent the email around this time didn't change any of the numbers. ...

Isaak Newton (1642 - 1727). ... During 1665 - 1667 Newton made his three main discoveries: the method of fluxings and quadratures (differential and integral calculus, explanation of the light nature and the law of gravitation). ... In 1668 Newton built the first reflecting telescope. The big lens telescope gave indistinct image with painted edges. ... The scientist considered this problem indisolved and suggested a mean against chromatic aberration: a mirror must be used instead of objective lens. ...

... The next AAA lectur e will be held Friday, November 4 at 6:15 p.m. in the Kaufma nn Auditorium of the Amer ica n Museum of Natural History. ... This bright, relatively nearby double star is one of the rare cases in which the effects of stellar evolution can be seen on the timescale of a human life. ... His current research concerns the behavior and spectroscopic monitoring of bright stars. ... The planet's distance from its stars is nearly three-quarters of the distance bet ween the Earth and the...

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. ...

... SUPER RATIO . ... On this page I will present the most important (on my opinion) idea on Intellegence Life in the Universe . ... On the problem of the Super Ratio in astrophysics" . ... As a matter of fact, this is the main problem of the modern natural science. ... Here I shall try to speak about the most important problem of the modern natural science, the problem which is undoubtedly, of more importance than discovery of Blacks Holes, creation of Grand Unification Theory or Artificial...

The creation of the database of images of old analogue magnetograms of Geophysical Observatory "Paratunka", Kamchatka, Russia, 1967-2006 VarSITI / SCOSTEP Project Final Report ­ 2014 1. INTRODUCTION Magnet ic field variat ions show the processes in the Sun-Earth system. ... These data are contained in analogue magnetograms obtained at the observatories during the last century. ... The usual so lut ion of these problems is to obtain the graphic images of magnetograms. ...