Copyright ї 1994 by Maxim V. Tarasenko. ... The end of confrontation, associated with the Cold War, led to political feasibility and economic desirability of extended international cooperation in space. ... For example, during the first half of 1994 the Russian Space Agency got only 10 per cent of its annual request. ... Another aspect of an inter-FSU cooperation is what was supposed to be a joint use of results from space activity, both in terms of scientific research and space applications. ...

MNRAS Advance Access published January 27, 2014 MNRAS (2014) doi:10.1093/mnras/stt2365 Decoupled gas kinematics in isolated S0 galaxies Ivan Yu. ... Seven of 12 galaxies have revealed the presence of extended ionized-gas discs whose rotation is mostly decoupled from the stellar kinematics. ... Isolated galaxies are such galaxies. ... Similarly, we have found the shock-like excitation of the emission-line gas in the inclined gaseous disc of S0 galaxy NGC 7743 (Katkov, Moiseev & Sil'chenko 2011). ...

... Exposure Time Calculator (ETC) . ... ESO - Public Surveys . ... the recommended values to use for DIT, . ... Detector on-chip integration (DIT): seconds. to your chosen value - a separate page gives recommended values to use for DIT - for modes 1 and 2 below you may wish to start with the maximum recommended values as these will minimize the effect of read noise (a total object exposure of Y secs with DIT=X secs will produce Y/X lots of read noise) and give you a lower limit on the time needed. ...

ABSTRACTS 10-th International Gamow Summer School "Astronomy and beyond: Astrophysics, Cosmology and Gravitation, Cosmomicrophysics, Radio-astronomy and Astrobiology" (Ukraine, Odessa, Chernomorka, 23-28 August, 2010) MEMORIAL SESSION SERGEY ALEKSANDROVICH SNEGOV (1910-1994) ­ OUSTANDING PHYSICIST, COSMOLOGIST, ASTRONOMER AND WRITER ­ VISIONARY TO A 100-ANNIVERSARY FROM BIRTHDAY Pahomov A.G. PFUM, Moscow It is possible to judge a condition of an astronomical science on literary works of time. ...

... Discussion of Declination Drive Design . ... It is held in my personal stock of parts to replace a drive that might go out of service for some reason on one of the two LX200 telescopes that I am responsible for keeping in good repair.  ... The photocells detect light from a pair of small lights through the encoder mask and encoder wheel encased in the gear box housing. ... In one case of declination drive runaway, the cause was breaking of one of the leads to one of the photocells.  ... All fixed!! ...

SITE 2010 Comprehensive Characterization of Astronomical Sites Kislovodsk, Russia, 49 October 2010 Conference Summary Marc S. Sarazin*a a European Southern Observatory, Garching, Germany Abstract The main topics discussed during the Site 2010 conference are outlined and the outcome is described. Keywords: Astronomical Site testing, precipitable water vapor, atmospheric turbulence, cloudiness, seeing 1. ... Site surveys for National observatory projects in China, India, and Iran benefit from this. ...

The Youth Space Center of Bauman Moscow State Technical University conducts the workshop for space enthusiasts (only students) every year to provide participants with an opportunity to discuss the results of the year passed in space focusing on Russian and International programs, see and touch the real space hardware and meet people working on the front edge of space science and technology. ... You will go to Mission Control Center and see how the International Space Station is controlled. ...

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