Surface-layer turbulence measurements with lunar scintillometer Idea of the method Hardware & software Campaigns & results New horizons Andrei Tokovinin NOAO/CTIO Kislovodsk Oct. 2010 1 Turbulence measurement from scintillation of extended sources Moon's angular diameter =0.5 deg Correlated scintillation for b > z z=10m b=0.1m z=100m b=1m z=10km b=100m BI(b) = W(b,z) Cn2(z)dz Weighting functions zW(z) for b=0...0.4m and d=1cm 2 Kislovodsk Oct. ... 2010 12 Paranal: October 14, 2008 Kislovodsk Oct. ...

Molniya Triplane Aircraft . Molniya-1000 (Heracles) . ... It is intended for carrying large-sized cargo up to 450 tons or passenger modules with capacity up to 1200 persons at the external suspension. It can be used as an aircraft-carrier for aerospace systems. The HERACLES aircraft can be used on non-class as well as the first class airdromes with improved (if necessary) taxi ways. The use of low pressure pneumatics enables the aircraft operation from prepared ground airfields. ...

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. ...