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Subj: Non-detection of Fragment B We are observing at Palomar with the 200-inch Hale telescope, using a 7.9 micron imaging spectrometer in imaging mode and a 256x256 InSb at 2.35 microns. ... Subj: Negative observations of B impact from ESO La Silla Continuing observations with TIMMI at 9um on the 3.5m telescope and IRAC 2B at 2.2um on the 2.2m at ESO La Silla show that nothing was seen over the predicted impact site B up to 3:35UT, 17 July. ... The impact site has also been monitored at 2.20 microns. ...

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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? ...

... Our scientific interest is an accuracy of asteroid CCD observations obtained by amateurs and professional astronomers all over in the World. ... These data help us to analyse an accuracy of real CCD positions in the MPC Database. ... Do you test your observations of the small Solar System bodies permanently before sending them to the International Minor Planets' Center? ... Do you know a real accuracy of your positional CCD-observations in comparison with the other observatories' one ? ...

... Jay Apt (Ph.D.) . NASA Astronaut (Former) . ... PUBLICATIONS: Dr. Apt shared his images and knowledge in the publication Earth in Orbit : NASA Astronauts Photograph the Earth , written in conjunction with NASA scientists Michael Helfert and Justin Wilkinson and published by the National Geographic Society. ... From 1976 to 1980 he was a staff member of the Center for Earth & Planetary Physics, Harvard University, supporting NASA s Pioneer Venus Mission by making temperature maps of Venus from Mt. ...

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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. ...

Welcome to Siberia! This is a small part of our "Astronomy from Siberia" web-site. ... This pages were created especially for our foreinger partners and mostly as a part of our participation in the " International School Observatory " project. ... I'm Sergey Guryanov (Mr.) - an astronomy and physics teacher from the small Siberian town Zelenogorsk (it means something as a Green mountains town). ... Welcome to our "Yuri's Night" world space party: ( 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 ) . ...

... 16-mm/2.8 Fish-eye . ... I set up my Edixa Prismaflex TTL on a tripod outside the dome at Zeiss 50" and opened the camera for several hours. The 2.6 m Shain reflector is visible at center. The time exposure of about 5 hours duration showing circumpolar stars. The dome can be seen to blur slightly due to their motion during the exposure. Back to Astronomical Images Home Page . ...

... 13, Moscow 119992, Russian Federation, e-mail: busarev@sai.msu.ru; 2 Research Institute Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, p/o Nauchnyi, Crimea 334413, Ukraine, e-mail: prok@crao.crimea.ua Summary: We propose a combined method of astronomical investigations of small or distant planets incorporating registration of a set of integral spectra of an object and their frequency analysis. ... An application of the method is shown on example of asteroid 21 Lutetia. ... 6] Busarev V. V. (2002), Solar Sys. ...

Next: State of the problem Up: Old neutron star distribution Previous: Abstract . Recent results from BATSE device onboard GRO observatory have shown full isotropy of gamma-ray bursts locations upon the sky and their unhomogeneous space density ) (Meegan et al. 1992), where is the angle between the source and the galactic center, b is the galactic latitude and signifies averaging upon the whole sample. ...

... Structure of Data . ... Catalog . ... The SAI OCL Catalog site provides several VO-enabled modes of operation: . VO-enabled catalog data analysis from a browser . ... Endpoint URL is http://ocl.sai.msu.ru/catalog/conesearch/ . ... VO-enabled catalog analysis from a browser . Presently, this recipe works with Firefox (Windows, MacOS, Linux), Internet Explorer (Windows) and Opera (Windows) browsers with Java plugin 1.6 installed. ... Main TOPCAT window with SAI OCL catalog loaded will appear. ...

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 . ...

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 ...

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... In this paper we present the results of detailed B, V, R, I, and H study of the isolated nearby blue compact dwarf (BCD) galaxy NGC6789. Judging from the literature the observed galaxy has not been resolved into stars up to now. ... The distance of the galaxy, estimated from the tip of the red giant branch (TRGB) is 2.1 Mpc which places NGC6789 close to the Local Group. ... Key words: nearby galaxies: dwarf galaxies (NGC 6789): distance moduli: star content . ... Distance. ...

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