... The Science Operation Department is composed of Astronomers, Telescope Instruments Operators(TIOs) and Data Handling Administrators(DHAs). ... Astronomers have proposed several methods to quantitatively measure the amount of turbulence above the telescope, which the most common ones is Differential Image Motion Monitor (DIMM). In optical testing, the Hartmann test is the common method to test the quality of optical components. ... Hartmann mask consists of 48 lenses. ...

... The first domestic liquid-propellant rocket engine with afterburning of generated gas in a combustion chamber allowed to achieve a specific impulse of up to 340 kgf s/kg in vacuum when using main components. ... Fuel components: . ... fuel . ... The engine has a more heat-intensive combustion chamber, therefore, RG-1 is used as fuel. When launching heavy-lift spacecraft, synthine can be used in the capacity of fuel without re-designing the engine. ... Official WEB-site of S.P.Korolev RSC Energia . ...

Space-VLBI with RadioAstron : new correlator capabilities at MPIfR PoS(EVN 2014 )119 G. Bruni1 , J. M. Anderson1,2 , W. Alef1 , A. Lobanov1,3 , J. A. Zensus1 1 2 Max-Planck-Institut fЭr Radioastronomie, Auf dem ... Potsdam, Germany 3 Institut fЭr Experimentalphysik, UniversitДt Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany E-mail: bruni@ mpifr -bonn.mpg.de DiFX is a correlator for VLBI ... This enables the RadioAstron data to be converted into a format supported by DiFX. ...

... ADC_Keywords: Galaxy catalogs ; Nonstellar objects Description: NGC 2000.0 is a modern compilation of the New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars (NGC), the Index Catalogue (IC), and the Second Index Catalogue compiled by J. L. E. Dreyer (1888, 1895, 1908). ... The order of the new catalog is strictly by right ascension, the NGC and IC objects being merged into one machine-readable file. ... The book also contains a table of right ascensions for NGC and IC objects. ...

... 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...

В магнитосфере Земли обнаружены микровихри . 17 августа 2005 г . В 2000 г. Европейское космическое агентство отправило на околоземную орбиту квартет одинаковых спутников Cluster (все они имеют танцевальные названия - Salsa, Samba, Tango и Rumba). ... Тогда четверка спутников располагалась на орбите по углам воображаемого правильного тетраэдра, все стороны которого имели длину 100 км. ... Предыдущий документ - Следующий документ . ... Планета Земля . ...

... Eileen Marie Collins (Colonel, USAF, RET.) ... SPECIAL HONORS: Defense Superior Service Medal, Distinguished Flying Cross, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Air Force Meritorious Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster, Air Force Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for service in Grenada (Operation Urgent Fury, October 1983), French Legion of Honor, NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, NASA Space Flight Medals, Free Spirit Award, and the National Space...

The program "Pioneer" . Pioneer - 10", the first space vehicle started in March, 1972 to the Jove, has reached . ... This photo of the Jove was received December, 1, 1973 when space probe " pioneer - 10 " has come nearer to a planet on distance 2,5 million km. ... This photo was received by "Pioneer - 11" December, 6, 1974 from distance 1,1 million km from a planet. ... The picture is received in December, 12, 1974 when "Pioneer - 11" was on distance of 1207 thousand kms from the Jove. ...

... Master . Master net Homepage . ... Ten years ago it was realized that robotic observatories boost the capabilities of astronomical observations of non-stationary and short-lived phenomena in the Universe. ... The first Russian robot-telescope MASTER was developed in 2002 and installed nearby Moscow. ... OAO MO "Optica" has mastered the production of such systems. The workshop is devoted to the results achieved by MASTER-net, that recently stretch over the globe from Blagoveshensk to Argentina. ...

To see a Russian version of this page, click here . ... Bochkarev Nikolai Gennadievich . astrophysics researcher: . born: Moscow, May 19, 1947; . ... Jr. researcher Sternberg Astronomical Inst., ... Soviet (Russian) Working Group on Interstellar Matter, Moscow , 1979-; . ... Madison, 1991. ... ALocal Interstellar Matter, 1990, . Basic Physics of the Interstellar Matter, 1992; co-author: . ... Physics of Interstellar Matter, 1979; . ... All-Union Astronom. Geodesical Soc., ... Astronom. ...

... Maxim was one of the leading analysts of Russia space activities, those who set the basis for the open independent analysis of then-Soviet space program. q In the early 1990s the small blue paperback book became a real breakthrough. In the time being, almost everything is allowed; in that time, even the title of the book - The Military . ... I believe that to open Maxim's files and archives for the experts and Russian space program enthusiasts would be a best thing we can do in memoriam. ...

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... VaST is a software tool for finding variable objects on a series of astronomical images. ... VaST performs object detection and aperture photometry using SExtractor on each image, cross-matches lists of detected stars, performs magnitude calibration with respect to the first (reference) image and constructs a lightcurve for each object. ... VaST FITS image viewer ./pgfv . ... Part I" PZP, vol. ... K. V. Sokolovsky, S. A. Korotkiy; "New Variable Stars Discovered by the NMW Survey" PZP, vol. ...