... Uncovering the Chemistry of Earth-like Planets . ... An Earth-like planet, born from the same nebula as its host star, is composed primarily of silicate rocks and an iron-nickel metal core, and depleted in volatile content in a systematic manner. The more volatile (easier to vaporize or dissociate into gas form) an element is in an Earth-like planet, the more depleted the element is compared to its host star. ... Apr . ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

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 November 2009, the database (both the software and the content) is in its development/testing phase. Sternberg Astronomical Institute ...

... ASRAS Board Members . ... Site . ... ASRAS Board Positions . ... President - . ... The president has many responsibilities like running monthly meetings, running the monthly board meeting, representing ASRAS at local events like star parties, planetarium events, RMSC events, the monthly newsletter presidents message, etc .. ... The Vice Presidents position is mainly to assist the president and back them up if they cant make a major function like a general meeting or write the newsletter pres message...

... The caption to Color Figure 3 refers to the source 1928+734, which should be 1928+738. In the summary section on page 49 (Murphy et al.), the sentence "In that time, we have observed a variety of structural changes in the inner jet region near the region." should read "In that time, we have observed a variety of structural changes in the inner jet region near the core." In the references on page 175 (Fomalont et al.) and page 182 (Moellenbrock et al.) ...

... Научная панорама ? arxiv:1408.4987 Влияние социальных движений на политику в области космической ас . ... arxiv:1408.4987 Влияние социальных движений на политику в области космической астрономии (The Influence of Social Movements on Space Astronomy Policy) . ... Но ясно, что в стране, где у людей могут отбирать пенсии, лишать лекарств, препятствовать нормальному отдыху и т.д. и т.п., - а "народ безмолвствует", - все это не актуально. http://xray.sai.msu.ru/~polar/sci_rev/316.html#arxiv/1408.4987 . ...

... Space flight . Crew training . ... honing the skills of performing the tasks of operating the orbital (suborbital) spaceship in a normal autonomous flight and in case of occurrence of off-optimum situations; . ... preparing for conducting visual observations, photographing and video filming envisaged by the flight program; . ... preparing the astronaut's body to the effect of space flight factors, honing the skills of operating the spaceborne medical facilities, rendering self and mutual aid; . ...

... http://www.aras.am/JENAM-2007/index.htm . ... JENAM 2007 in Armenia, First Announcement available                            J E N A M - 2 0 0 7                         "Our non-stable Universe"                    20-25 August 2007, Yerevan, Armenia JENAM-2007 (Joint European and National Astronomy Meeting) will take place in Yerevan (Armenia) and will be the 15th Annual Meeting of the European Astronomical Society (EAS) and the 6th Annual Meeting of the Armenian Astronomical Society (ArAS). ...

... Free image alignment/stacking/processing Software . My lunar drawings . ... REAL TELESCOPES . ... Download Pocket-Aberrator . ... The Aberrator is freeware that generates star-testing images to show the effects of aberrations (distortions) influencing the quality of a telescopes performance. ... The idea to make a program like the Aberrator I got after studying many internet-sites on star-testing and often the effects of certain aberrations were only available as literal descriptions. ...

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