... Astronomy news . ... Saturnian Moon Shows Evidence Of Ammonia . Data collected during two close flybys of Saturn's moon Enceladus by NASA's Cassini spacecraft add more fuel to the fire about the Saturnian ice world containing sub-surface liquid water. ... In space, the presence of ammonia provides strong evidence for the existence of at least some liquid water. How could ammonia equate to liquid water inside an ice-covered moon in one of the chillier neighborhoods of our solar system? ...

Catalogue of eclipsing variables (CEV) is the world's principal database of eclipsing binary systems with available classification. CEV contains identifications, classifications, photometry, periods, eclipses data, spectral types, references and notes for 7179 systems. Format of the current CEV . CEV main table (~1.0MB) . ... List of systems, erroneously classified as eclipsing binaries in GCVS (they are not included in the CEV main table) Download all files as a single archive (~0.6MB) . ...

System of astrometric databases of Pulkovo observatory. 26-inch refractor . Pulkovo system of astrometric databases consists of three databases, which contain results of processing photographic and CCD observations, obtained with the 26-inch refractor and the Normal astrograph of Pulkovo observatory. Pulkovo photographic catalogs: Pul-2, Pul-3 (Pul-3 SE), Pul ERS . Results of photographic and CCD observations of Solar system objects . ... Normal Astrograph ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Keep Bad Astronomy close to your heart, and help make me filthy rich. ... Brains on Vacation Archive . ... I'm always amazed at the dumb advertising cosmetic products will use to convince you their stuff is better than someone else's. I remember years ago one skin lotion had a big sticker on it said that it contained uric acid. ... Case in point: Neaclear , makers of "liquid oxygen skin care products". ... Clorox liquid contains oxygen. ... 2008 Phil...

VII/26D Uppsala General Catalogue of Galaxies (UGC) (Nilson 1973) ================================================================================ Uppsala General Catalogue of Galaxies (UGC) Nilson P. =1973ugcg.book.. ... The order of the records is strictly by UGC number; i.e., the Addenda records follow their main catalogue counterparts in the file. ... Major axis of the galaxy as measured on the POSS blue print. ... References: Nilson, P. 1973, Uppsala General Catalogue of Galaxies, Uppsala Astron. ...

New GCVS Versions for Three Southern Constellations Peremennye Zvezdy (Variable Stars) 27, No. ... We are currently working on a version of the General Catalogue of Variable Stars (GCVS) revised taking into account the new data accumulated since the 4th GCVS edition. ... It will contain all stars of the 4th GCVS edition plus a complete catalogue of the stars added to the GCVS in the Name Lists of Variable Stars Nos. ...

Molniya Triplane Aircraft . ... This two engine aircraft is intended for transportation up to 30 tons of cargo in containers or on pallets or self-propelled machinery. In an overload variant its carrying capacity can reach 50 tons. There is a cargo-passengers modification of the MOLNIYA-400 designed for simultaneous transportation of 250 passengers with hand luggage on different decks and cargo in containers. ... Overload take-off mass, t . ... Payload with overload take-off mass, t . ...

... For the past years I have been working on the problem of synthesis of light curves of close binary systems, consisting of a normal star and a compact object (point object with fixed X-ray luminosity). ... Possible existence of a bright spot on the disk's lateral surface is taken into account. ... The last of then will be published in Gordon and Breach Publishers ( Cherepashchuk A.M., Katysheva N.A., Khruzina T.S., Shugarov S.Yu. ... Cherepashchuk A.M., Katysheva N.A., Khruzina T.S., Shugarov S.Yu. ...

Please enter the lightcurve file name and period search parameters: . Lightcurve file: . ... Apply the Heliocentric correction and convert all dates to Terrestrial Time (TT)? ... Phase range for plots: -0.5 to 1.0 0.0 to 2.0 0.0 to 1.0 . ... Also, the Heliocentric correction cannot be applied to such lightcurves. ... Two period search methods are currently implemented. ... This period search service is also available at the mirror sites: Mirror 1 , Mirror 2 , Mirror 3 , Mirror 4 . ...