Prague, August 16, 2006 . ... The GCVS has no IAU financial support since 1994, so we are not discussing money. ... However, it must be finished, with a new modern version prepared for all 'old' GCVS stars, including those from Name-Lists, with current knowledge incorporated and improved classification system applied. ... Also, people like GCVS star names, use them, and want their discoveries to be named. We can ask other people, with better resources than in Russia, to continue. ...

... After hearing and discussing Rocket-Space Corporation Energy General Designer U.P.Semevov's report on the fulfilling the flight program of the orbital complex Mir and proposals on its further exploitation, the Council draws attention to: . ... According to the Russian Government Resolution No. 76 of January 21, 1999 a large amount of work to find and attract Russian and foreign investments to provide the further exploitation of the orbital station Mir was carried out. ...

Khrutskaya E, Berezhnoy A, Kalinin S. Title:Old photographic plates in the Gaia era: archive plates of Pulkovo observatory, its digitization, results of astrometric reduction, error analysis. ... The results of astrometric reductions for 1800 plates with asteroids, digitized by a flatbed scanner, and the results for the 223 plates with asteroids and Pluto, digitized by the Damian digitizer in the ROB, are shown. ...

sw@newmail.ru THE PROBE LAYER METHOD IN THE CALCULATIONS OF CONTRIBUTION AND RESPONSE FUNCTIONS S.G.Mozharovsky Ussuriysk Astrophysical Observatory of FEB RAS, Ussuriysk, Russia sw@newmail.ru The method of probe layer for the calculation of response and contribution functions is discussed. ... This allows us to turn from the response functions to the contribution functions calculated with help of the probe layer (CFPL). ... V- VMAX . ... Solar Phys., v.136, p.239-250. ... Solar Phys., v.35, p.11-29. ...

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... Facts of the Tunguska paradox . Hypotheses about the nature of the Tunguska explosion . Bibliography . ... Puzzles of the Tunguska event . Tunguska sketches . ... Review of studies of the Tunguska phenomenon . ... Vasilyev . ... Map and photos of the Tunguska site . Detailed maps of the epicenter of explosion . ... Photos . ... The expedition "Tunguska 2004" . ... The expedition "Tunguska 2001" . The expedition "Tunguska 2000" . ... The expedition "Tunguska 2002" . ...

... Samara region . ... Professor Andrea Vacca, from Purdue University s Maha Laboratory (Lafayette, USA) was visiting SSAU from June 2 to June 6. ... Andrea Vacca is the leading secretary of the Fluid Power Committee in the USA, a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and for SSAU he is a member of SSAU International Expert Council. ... Mr. Vacca appreciated the possibilities of our institution and Samara and offered to host the next international conference on fluid power in SSAU. ...

The revision of the MASS/DIMM star catalogue N. Shatsky, V. Kornilov March 16, 2008 Abstract The compilation of the (updated) version of the MASS (MASS/DIMM) device target catalogue is described. ... Then the list was cleaned according to following criteria: I. Remove stars too faint for a MASS device. ... Here the color equation of the Sternb erg device was taken: M AS S mag = V mag + 0.45 (B - V ); stars with M AS S mag > 3.2 were removed. ... This was made based on the GCVS4.2 catalogue data. ...