... Primary Mirror after being stripped and recoated in 3-layer protected silver (NiCr-Ag-NiCr) on 12 September 2009. image: CIMG7901.jpg . ... Primary Mirror held by (yellow) handling tool being lifted off transport container (note the tennis balls it rested on), to be put on wash cart during unpacking at VISTA on 29 March 2008. image: P1060207.jpg (taken 29/03/08) . ... VISTA Mirror Blank: Shape of 4m primary mirror blank being tested at Schott Glas in Germany. image: M1_shape_checking-300dpi.jpg . ...

... Circumstellar disc of beta Pictoris: constraints on grain properties from polarization. To appear in the Astronomy & Astrophysics . abs , src , ps ] . ... Dust influx to Titan from Hyperion . ... abs ] . ... Characteristics of bulges and disks in interacting galaxies . ... Dust grains around Herbig Ae/Be stars: porous, cometary-like grains? ... To appear in the Astronomy & Astrophysics Supplement . ... Finally, Links may lead you to more options (e.g. via the LANL preprint system). ...

... Space flight . ... On-line Data . ... a - defines the size of the orbit . ... i - defines the orientation of the orbit with respect to the Earth's equator . defines where the low point, perigee, of the orbit is with respect to the Earth's surface . ... defines where the satellite is within the orbit with respect to perigee . Info / On-line data: General description Position J-Track J-Track 3D Explanation . Info: Industry news On-line Data Company ATLAS news Events We in press Contact . ...

... A nasty dispute between the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO) and the space-science community was narrowly averted early this year when SDI officials backed down on a planned launch of a satellite with a Russian-built nuclear reactor on board. ... Early Soviet space reactors orbited for two to three months, and two Soviet Topaz 1 experiments, one for six and one 12 months, created radiation belts that disrupted the operation of scientific satellites. ...

News archieve . ... The YSC congratulates you with New Year! ... The representatives of the YSC made a presentation there and video presentation as a workshop report as well. ... We suggest you taking part in our annual summer students workshop "Space development: theory and practice." ... 26 July, 2006, Wednesday . ... The 9th International Students Workshop "Space development: theory and practice" was carryed out by Youth Space Center (BMSTU) with the support of the Russian Federal Space Agency. ...

... Telescopes . ... The International Conference "Dark Ages and White Nights (Spectroscopy of the CMB)" (June 20-24, 2016) . ... The International Conference "Stars: from collapse to collapse" (October 3-7, 2016) . The traditional annual competition conference of scientific and scientific-engineering papers of the Observatory staff members . ... A session of the Dissertation Council (October 16, 2015) . ... International scientific conference "Large Optical Telescopes" (October, 10-13, 2011) . ...

Multi-Wavelength investigations of the Sun and modern problems of solar activity . SAO RAS . ... Section "Physics of solar plasma" under the Council "Sun – Earth" . ... Bogod V.M., Dr.Sci (SPb Branch of SAO RAS) deputy chairman . ... SAO RAS) - chairman . Bogod V.M. (SPb Branch of SAO RAS) - deputy chairman . Mingaliev M.G. (SAO RAS) - deputy chairman . Kostjuk I.P. (SAO RAS) scientific secretary . ... Vitkovskij V.V. (SAO RAS) . Kaltman T.I. (SPb Branch of SAO RAS) . ... RAS | ...

... B.V. Somov . head of the department . ... room 80 . ... senior research felow . ... research felow . ... research fellow . ... Our department performes the following most perspective studies: . Special analytical and numerical experimental investigations of the solar plasma involved in the magnetic reconnection process at the Sun. ... Head of the seminar: Prof. B.V. Somov. ... 27 September 2013 The Solar Physics Department was visited by journalists of the leading Russian TV channel "Vesti-1". ...

... Phys., 45, 409-419 10.02.2010 , . PLHR: o 50 / 60 / 100 / 120 o MLR: o 50 / 60 / 100 / 120 o o , - PorojДrvi 17/11/1993 Total power -5 dB 1,8 -15 1,7 -25 1,6 14.09 14.11 Time(UT) -35 14.13 Frequency (kHz) 4,2 4,1 4,0 07.30 -30 -40 07.45 Time(UT) 07.00 10.02.2010 Frequency (kHz) PorojДrvi 25/01/1993 Total power 4,3 -20 dB , . ... 10.02.2010 , . ... f1 < < fn < fn+ 1 20 ms 128 Frequency (kHz) 1,8 1,8 Frequency (kHz) 4 dB 0 -20 1,7 1,7 1,6 0 10.02.2010 30 Time(sec) 60 1,6 -40 0 0,3 Time(sec) 0,6 , . ...

... Now, with all that liquidity coming into the economy, it's a good time to mention ­ AAAP dues are due! ... Or give your payment to club Secretary Ron Mittelstaedt during next Tuesday's meeting. Your club counts on these funds for future operations, from observatory maintenance to Star Quest. ... The new grease problem. ... Plantation Astronomy Club: Leesburg, Florida, Sep 10, 2007 Ernie Rossi is a well known and well liked Amateur Astronomer from New Jersey and good friend to several AAAP members. ...

Buran Father' died in Moscow . ... In mid-60s he was appointed head of the Mikoyan' Spiral program that would lead to the Soviet two-stage horizontal take-off and landing space vehicle as early as in early 1970s. In 1976, Lozino-Lozinsky led new Molniya Science and Production Association (NPO Molniya) that was founded to build winged space plane as part of the Buran space transportation system that would be Soviet answer to the Space Shuttle challenge. ... E-mail: buran@buran.ru ...

... Satellite data ] . ... The SCANOR system provides receiving and processing of the Earth-surface pictures made in visible and infra-red bands and transferred by satellites of the NOAA polar orbiter series (in the HRPT mode). ... The SCANOR system includes the desktop receiving device connected to an IBM AT 386 type computer, and the parabolic antenna with the guiding mechanism. The SCANOR system possesses the state-of-art software providing registration and processing of the received data. ...

... Image Quality of the VLT . Total Optical Control . First light for the ESO VLT unit telescope 1 occurred during the workshop. ... The image shown (Figure 1 ) here was obtained with the VLT on May 16, 1998, in red light (R band), i.e. while the mirror was still uncoated. ... In this diagram (FIgure 2), the measured image quality of the VLT UT1 astronomical images is plotted versus the ``seeing", as measured by the Seeing Monitor, a small telescope also located on top of the Paranal Mountain. ...

... Хруцкая Е.В, Де- Купер Ж-П, Калинин С.И, Бережной А.А, Де-Декер Ж. The Results of New Reduction of Pulkovo Photographic Plates with Selected Asteroids and Pluto Using the Damian Digitizer. Презентация доклада pdf ( 493 Kb ) . ... Презентация доклада pdf ( 1666 Kb ) . ... Рыльков В.П, Нарижная Н.В, Пинигин Г.И, Майгурова Н.В. Compiled Astrometrical Catalogue of 196600 Reference Stars for CCD-observations of 240 Extragalactic Radio Sources Презентация доклада pdf ( 853 Kb ) . ...

Общий форум . Scientific.ru Все форумы . ... Alexei - 22.11.2003 06:21 . ... Антон А. Ермоленко . ... Антон А. Ермоленко, 22.11.2003 07:09 . ... Вопрос астрофизикам. ... Valery, 21.11.2003 09:24 . ... Вопрос геофизику (К. Крылову) Антон А. Ермоленко, 21.11.2003 02:10 . ... Огромное спасибо за ответ Антон А. Ермоленко, 21.11.2003 03:09 . ... Vladimiru и Антон А. Ермоленко Alexei, 21.11.2003 06:32 . ... Спасибо Антон А. Ермоленко, 21.11.2003 08:34 . Re: Спасибо Alexei, 21.11.2003 10:02 .. ...

... Основная цель миссии - астероид Эрос. ... Параметры орбиты Эроса позволяют запустить к нему исследовательский аппарат, используя ракету-носитель среднего класса. ... Так как орбита Эроса наклонена к плоскости эклиптики на 10.8њ и космический аппарат запускался ракетой среднего класса, NEAR не имел достаточно энергии, чтобы непосредственно отправиться к Эросу. ... Специалисты разработали другую схему подлета к цели. 3 января 1999 года аппарат был переведен на орбиту совпадающую с орбитой Эроса. ...

... 9) Oknyanskij V.L. 1994, "Optical-radio time delays in Q0957+561", Odessa Astronomical Publ., ... 11) Oknyanskij V.L. 1994, "Connection between X-ray and optical variability in NGC4151", in Proceedings of Int. Conf. ... 1994. 12) Oknyanskij V.L. 1994, "Connection between X-ray and optical variability in NGC4151", Astrophys. and Space Science, 222, p.157. ... 14) Oknyanskij V.L., van Groningen E., 1997, "Optical spectral variability of NGC4151 in 1990", Astronomical and Astrophys. ...

Scale-heights of the Galactic disk subsytems with different ages and metallicities . V.Marsakov & Yu. ... It is based on the fact, that all stars cross the disk plane several times during their Galactic orbital period. ... We have used our representative sample of nearby disk F2-G2 stars Marsakov & Shevelev (1995) in which fundamental stellar parameters was determined on the basis of published date on uvby-photometry, proper motion and radial velocities. ... Marsakov V.A., Shevelev Yu.G. Bull. ...

NMW survey overview . Access image archive . ... The New Milky Way survey aims to detect bright (V<13.5) optical transients near the Galactic plane using an automated wide-field (8x6 deg.) system capable of surveying the whole Milky Way area visible from the observing site in one night. ... All images obtained during the transient search survey are available online (please use the image archive access form ). ... Images per field: . ... Images per night: . ... Milky Way imaging time: . ...

... 03.32 AM - the first impulse is performed using the Progress M1-5 eight thrusters to construct the pre-descent orbit. ... maximal distance from earth surface - 219 km . minimal distance from earth surface - 188 km . ... 05.00.24 AM - the second impulse is performed using the Progress M1-5 eight thrusters to construct the pre- descent orbit. ... 08.08 AM - the final third breaking impulse is performed using a combination of the Progress M1-5 main engine and eight thrusters to deorbit Mir OC. ...