... Bad Astronomy . ... On Thursday, February 15th 2001 (and replayed on March 19), the Fox TV network aired a program called ``Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon?'', hosted by X-Files actor Mitch Pileggi. ... Dust around the lander . ... However, it appeals to our common sense: when the sky is black here on Earth, we see stars. ... Bad: The program claims that when the top half of the lander took off from the Moon to bring the astronauts back into orbit, there was no flame from the rocket. ...

Pendant que les conventions de ce duel Р?taient discutР?es entre le prР?sident et le capitaine, duel terrible et sauvage, dans lequel chaque adversaire devient chasseur d'homme, Michel Ardan se reposait des fatigues du triomphe. Se reposer n'est Р?videmment pas une expression juste, car les lits amР?ricains peuvent rivaliser pour la duretР? avec des tables de marbre ou de granit. ... Et maintenant que l'affaire est arrangР?e, mes amis, permettez-moi de vous traiter Рњ la franРћaise. ...

I/146 Positions and Proper Motions (Roeser+ 1988) ================================================================================ Catalogue of Positions and Proper Motions Roeser S., Bastian U. =1988A .. ... 449R ================================================================================ ADC_Keywords: Positional data; Proper motions Description: PPM North gives J2000 positions and proper motions of 181,731 stars north of -2.5 degrees declination. ... The mean epoch is near 1931. ...

Symbolic circuit-matrix processor and evaluator . ... This software is reliable over the range of benchmark circuit complexity (both *.CIR and *.MAT file). ... SYMBOL is a symbolic-algebra package which in contrast to REDUCE, MACSYMA, MAPLE, MATHEMATICA, MathLAB, MathCAD and other known multi-purpose systems is especially intended for analysis of any lumped, linear, time-invariant circuit. ... pure ASCII text . ... CIRSYM - SYMbolic CIRcuit processor used to format ASCII text file *.out for CALCSYM. ...

... For reliable estimation of the accuracy of asteroid CCD observations we usually consider from ten or more various NUMBERED MINOR PLANETS (NMPs) observed during several nigths per month (more then 50 positions). ... They can be considered as an indicator of accuracy of the CCD positional observations with given MPC code. ... For any NUMBERED minor planet the (O-C) values must be zero if the errors of observations and the errors of its theory are absent. ...

Электронная библиотека астронома-любителя. ... архив RSN . ... Ru.Space.News: . Август 1998 . ... Дата: 24 августа 1998 (1998-08-24) От: Klim Arbuzov Тема: новости * Area: RU.SPACE (RU.SPACE) * From: Igor Katkov, 2:463/201.36 (Пн Авг 24 1998 02:09) * Subj: новости Вчеpа pоссийские космонавты с боpта комплекса "Миp" дали интеpвью пользователям сети Internet Вчеpа вечеpом pоссийские космонавты, совеpшающие полет на боpту оpбитального комплекса "Миp", дали интеpвью пользователям сети Internet. ...

Molniya Triplant Aircraft . ... Unlike the MOLNIYA-100 triplane roughly similar to it in dimensions the MOLNIYA-300 though is supplied with no piston, but turbojet engines. ... Like the MOLNIYA- 100 this jet aircraft can use airdromes with the artificial coating, as well as the ground ones. Molniya-300 aircraft Main Characteristics . ... Maximum payload, kg . ... Take-off mass, kg . ... with maximum payload . ... with maximum fuel load . ... Maximum . ... Landing . ... Company Details . ...

... Using the CFBDSIR wide field survey for brown dwarfs, we identified CFBDSIRJ214947.2-040308.9, a late T dwarf with atypically red J-Ks colour. ... SN 2009ip in NGC 7259 Electronic Telegram No. ... 7.09, [19.0; 2009 Aug. ... Accepted for publication in MNRAS Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) The jet opening angle theta_jet and the bulk Lorentz factor Gamma_0 are crucial parameters for the computation of the energetics of Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs). ...

RADIOASTROPHYSICAL DEPARTMENT • INSTITUTE OF SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS RAS SB . Radio telescope 's beam General information Main characteristics of the Radio telescope Observing programs General view of the antenna array Main research areas Principle of generation of radio images Receiving systems Main characteristics of the base receiving-recording complex Calibrations Data archive and databases Publication SSRT - Radio telescope's beam . ...

Please enter the lightcurve file name and period search parameters: . Lightcurve file: . ... Apply the Heliocentric correction and convert all dates to Terrestrial Time (TT)? ... Also, the Heliocentric correction cannot be applied to such lightcurves. ... This period search service is also available at the mirror sites: Mirror 1 , Mirror 2 , Mirror 3 , Mirror 4 . You may download the latest source code distribution and install the period search service at your own web server. ...

2 June 2006 2007-2009 Work Plan v1 2007-2009 WORK PLAN: TOWARD CONVERGENCE DRAFT 1 for Technical Review COVER NOTE The following is the first version for a three-year plan for GEO, 2007 to 2009. ... Page 1 of 38 2 June 2006 2007-2009 Work Plan v1 ACRONYMS ADM AMDAR AMMA APAN AVHRR CBD CEOS CERN DAPHNE DEM EC EPA EPIDEMIO FAPAR FDSN GEANT GEO GEOSS GIS GMES GOFC-GOLD GOS GPM GSN IGCO IGDDS InSAR INSPIRE IPY ITU MODIS NASA NGO NIEHS SAR SBA SPOT -VGT SST THORPEX UN UNFCCC COP ... Task No. ...

SUPERVISOR program User Guide SV version 0.24 Kornilov V., Shatsky N., Voziakova O. March 22, 2004 1 Contents 1 Basic principles 2 Comp onent programs 3 Writing the scenaria 4 Editing the SV configuration file 5 Starting the system A Command list for the communication of the system Sup ervisor A.1 Commands acknowledgment . ... Initialization should b e done b efore scenario starts execution of measurements ­ i.e. b efore sending any commands implying the non-parked status of comp onents. ...

... The author attempts to approach the problem from the positions of systems analysis with account for the ideological grounds and history of space activities in Russia and abroad, comparing its current interpretation with the initial goals posed by leading theoreticians and practitioners who stood at the cradle of the space exploration era. ... The space systems recognized in Russia as priority projects are largely developed with violations of the systems approach principles. ...

... A.Tsivilev (Pushchino Radio Astronomy Observatory) "Investigation of Orion A nebula by radio recombination lines". ... T.D.Dorokhova (Astronomical observatory of Odessa national university) «Researches of rapidly oscillating Ap stars». ... N.V.Grabko (Odessa State Ecological University), M.I.Ryabov (Odessa Observatory of IRA NANU) "Space Weather and us: influence of change of a condition of solar and geophysical activity on reaction of various systems of an organism of the person". ...

... 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. ...