... Timeline . ... 16b. Carrington, 1859 . ... While engaged in the forenoon of Thursday, September 1, in taking my customary observation of the forms and positions of the solar spots, an appearance was witnessed which I believe to be exceedingly rare. ... In this lapse of 5 minutes, the two patches of light traversed a space of about 35,000 miles. Click here for a text of Carrington's full article , including illustration.. ... Timeline Expanded timeline Glossary . ...

... Dr. Rodrigues, M1 group, Spain, has pointed out the confusion in identification of SN 1998ar in NGC 2916. ... I have measured the locations of point-like sources around NGC 2916 with DSS-1 image and 5 GSC stars. ... The magnitude of this star is estimated as 15.5 mag or so on DSS1 image. ... Star C seems to be dimmer than Star B, and comparing GSC 14.8 mag star and fainter neighbouring stars, its magnitude is about 1.5 mag dimmer than GSC 14.8 mag star; which tells that SN was about 16.3 mag. ...

. Moscow Astronomical Plate Archives: Contents, Digitization, Current and Possible Applications. Light Curves of New Variable Stars Discovered on Scans of Moscow Collection Plates, Field 66 Oph (MDV). MDV catalog - CDS access. Moscow plate collection (Sternberg Astronomical Institute), S.Yu. Shugarov's interactive page. Send questions and comments to N. Samus and S. Antipin .

... ARTICLE: The Adventurous Search For The Astronomical Unit . ... Kepler himself had suggested to use the rare occasions of Venus transiting (crossing) the solar disk to measure our distance to the planet. ... Due to the orbital inclination of Venus against the ecliptic of 3.5°, a Venus transit is so rare that it happens only at intervals of 121.5 years, 8 years, 105.5 years, 8 years and so on. ... Crabtree witnessing the transit of Venus 1639 . ... Transits of Venus - The Quest for the Solar Parallax...

... Meade Instruments Corporation . ... Refracting telescopes (Meade Models NG-60, NGC-60, DS-2070AT, ETX-70AT, LXD55-AR5, LX55-AR6 ) and mirror-lens telescopes ( ETX-90AT, 105AT, 125AT, LXD55-SC8, 8LX90, LX200 GPS Series ) are generally more versatile in a wide array of land and astronomical applications. ... The intermediate-level observer, or the non-casual telescope user who wishes to purchase one telescope for a lifetime, should consider a Meade Model LXD55 series, 8LX90, or LX200GPS. ... Meade 4M ...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration . ... Loren W. Acton (Ph.D.) . Payload Specialist . ... ORGANIZATIONS: American Astronomical Society, International Astronomical Union, Sigma Chi, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and Tau Beta Pi. ... In 1985, he was a payload specialist on STS-51F/ Spacelab-2. At mission conclusion, Dr. Acton had traveled over 2.8 million miles in 126 Earth orbits, logging over 190 hours in space. ...

ASTRONOMICAL RESEARCH: FROM NEAR-EARTH SPACE TO GALAXY» (190th anniversary of Nikolaev Astronomical Observatory) Compiled Astrometrical Catalogue 196600 Reference Stars for CCD-observations of 240 Extragalactic Radio Sources V.Ryl'kov, N.Narizhnaya, A.Dement'eva Pulkovo Observatory of RuAS G.Pinigin, N.Maigurova NII Nikolaev Observatory of UAS 196600 CCD- 240 ., ... ERS ( FK3-FK6) 23.09.11 2 *** (ERS) ( 18-22 mag), . ... 11 , , CCD- ERS, ICRF. 10 c. UCAC3 . ... 23.09.11 16 196600 CCD- 240 . ...

... title=' fashion наручные мужские часы Pierre Lannier 243F033. Коллекция Elegance Basic - Pierre Lannier' border='0' align='left' width='120' style='margin-right: 20px;' hspace='7' vspace='5'/> Кварцевые часы. ... Коллекция: Barete . ... Светильник LSF-7700-01 легко выступит в качестве объекта современного искусства в интерьерах поп-арт, хай-тек или кантри. ... Мужские наручные швейцарские часы в коллекции Timewalker Montblanc - Montblanc - Montblanc . ...

... Книги на астрономическую тему . ... Российская астрономическая сеть . ... Астрономическая картинка дня (русское зеркало APOD) . Anglo-Australian Observatory Astronomical Images . ... ESO Photo Gallery . GIF Farm (Bill Keel) . ... JPL NASA Archive . NOAO Image Gallery . ... Cook, Mike . Fera, Bob and Janice . ...

... 18 июня 2000 . ... Млечный Путь в окрестностях Южного Креста . Благодарности: Greg Bock , Southern Astronomical Society . Пояснение: Поразительная небесная заплата в центре этой фотографии была бы у вас над головой, если бы вы стояли на Южном Полюсе Земли. ... четыре звезды, которые отмечают границы знаменитого Южного Креста . ... оранжевая Гамма Южного Креста . ... темная туманность Угольный Мешок , а у правого края яркая туманность Киля . ... А. Сергеев , оформление, 1999, 2000. ...

... During all period of our investigations Dr. N.Sumzina from the Institute of Applied Astronomy of RAS had prepared the Numbered Minor Planet positions from MPC Database for our processing with kind permission of the Director of Minor Planet Center Prof. Braian Marsden. ... Our extensive processing of the MPC data allows us to conclude that CCD observations of the Numbered and Unnumbered Minor Planets have the errors, sometimes very crude. ...

... License agreement. All copyrights to Izmccd are exclusively owned by the author- Igor Izmailov. ... THE AUTHOR WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR DATA LOSS, DAMAGES, LOSS OF PROFITS OR ANY OTHER KIND OF LOSS WHILE USING OR MISUSING THIS SOFTWARE. You may not use, copy, emulate, clone, rent, lease, sell, modify, decompile, disassemble, otherwise reverse engineer, or transfer the licensed program, or any subset of the licensed program, except as  provided for in this agreement.  ... Igor Izmailov. ...

... It is found that the correlation coefficients between these two parameters calculated separately inside and outside the sunspot formation zone ±30 have cyclic variation and occur in anti-phase. This suggests different mechanisms of formation of the corona in the fields of small, medium, and large scales. ... The relationship between the coronal green line brightness (CGLB) and the magnetic field strength (MFS) has been investigated by constructing the corresponding synoptic maps for the 1977-2001. ...

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. ...