... Bad Astronomy . ... On Thursday, February 15th 2001 (and replayed on March 19), the Fox TV network aired a program called ``Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon?'', hosted by X-Files actor Mitch Pileggi. ... Dust around the lander . ... However, it appeals to our common sense: when the sky is black here on Earth, we see stars. ... Bad: The program claims that when the top half of the lander took off from the Moon to bring the astronauts back into orbit, there was no flame from the rocket. ...

... Space research, space communication including TV and radio communication with using satellite systems, Earth and ecological monitoring, the use of satellite, navigation and topogeodesic systems, manned missions, material production in space and lots of other operations could be related to space activity. ... A special 5-year program was developed involving regular Shuttle missions with join crews. ... БИК 2-3 system and "Symbol D" system telemetry data are used to control the Station; . ...

... Found in NGC 3982 at R.A. = 11h56m25s.76, Decl. = +55o07'40".1 ( AstroArts finder chart ) ( Stefano Pesci detailed drawing ) ( AAVSO finder chart ) . ... On this page you will find a list of images of Supernova 1998aq in NGC 3982 in chronological order. ... Perpignan Observatory SN 1998aq page . ... ISN light curve . ... A light curve and "eyeball analysis of the bright supernova in NGC 3982 (SN 1998aq) discovered by Mark Armstrong, Assistant Co-ordinator of the UK Nova/Supernova patrol is presented...

RADIOASTROPHYSICAL DEPARTMENT • INSTITUTE OF SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS RAS SB . Radio telescope 's beam General information Main characteristics of the Radio telescope Observing programs General view of the antenna array Main research areas Principle of generation of radio images Receiving systems Main characteristics of the base receiving-recording complex Calibrations Data archive and databases Publication SSRT - Radio telescope's beam . ...

... Head of the seminar: Prof. B.V. Somov, . ... The seminar considers the questions related to generation of magnetic fields in astrophysical plasmas, effect of the magnetic reconnection and particle acceleration in strong magnetic fields, the origin and propagation of cosmic rays, the flares and other non-stationary phenomena in the solar atmosphere and solar wind, Sun Earth connections and physical processes in the heliosphere. ... On the Topological Models and Topological Trigger of the Solar Flares...

Image analysis of the VLBI experiment INTAS99.4 . PI: I. Molotov (GAO, Russia) . Analyst: A. Pushkarev (GAO, Russia; CrAO, Ukraine) . ... Frequency: 1.66 GHz . ... Antennas and their characteristics at 1.66 GHz . ... Bear Lakes (Russia) . ... Svetloe (Russia) . ... Pushchino (Russia) . ... CALIBRATION . Amplitude Calibration . Phase Calibration . ... 0420-014 . ... Quasar . ... 0420-014.gif . ... 0420+022 . ... 0420+022.gif . ... 0552+398 . ... 1308+326 . ... 1345+125 . ... 1803+784 . ...

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. ...

... Because you are a newly created organization, we are not now making a final determination of your foundation status under section 509(a) of the Code. However, we have determined that you can reason-ably be expectqd, to- be a pubricly supported organization described sectiongn in )WCl), t futCl lr[1o U-10 Accordingly, you will be treated as a publicly supported organization, and not as a private foundation, during an advance ruling period. ...

... 19, 2009, 00:55:51.850 UT 800 600 400 200 ­ 1000 ­ 800 ­ 600 ­ 400 Apr. ... 19, 2009, 01:55:25.100 UT 800 600 400 200 ­ 1000 ­ 800 ­ 600 ­ 400 Apr. ... We determined the plasma temperature in the isothermal approxima- 804 June 18, 2009 , 01:38:56. 600 UT 800 600 400 200 0 400 600 800 10001200 June 18, 2009 , 02:38:56. 600 UT 800 600 400 200 KIRICHENKO, BOGACHEV June 18, 2009 , 01:53:56. 600 UT 800 600 400 200 0 400 600 800 10001200 June 18, ...

... Iowa Robotic Telescope | ... Talon is based on OCAAS, a software suite developed by software engineer Elwood Downey ( Clear Sky Institute ) for use at the University of Iowa ?s first remote facility (the ATF, or Automated Telescope Facility). ... XObservatory : Telescope Control Interface . ... This program calls upon and coordinates much of the interrelated portions of the Talon architecture, and forms the primary control panel for the telescope, dome, and peripheral systems when used locally. ...

A&A 467, 991­1001 (2007) DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20066758 c ESO 2007 Astronomy & Astrophysics Metallicity and age gradients in round elliptical galaxies M. Baes1 , O. K. Sil'chenko2,3 ,A.V. Moiseev4 , and E. A. Manakova2 1 2 3 4 Sterrenkundig Observatorium, Universiteit Gent, Krijgslaan 281 S9, 9000 Gent, Belgium Sternberg Astronomical Institute, University av. ... We probe the stellar population age and metallicity distributions in nearby elliptical galaxies over the largest extension to date. ...

Determination of short-term proper motions of fast stars with Pulkovo Normal Astrograph. ... Khovritchev Laboratory of Astrometry and Stellar Astronomy of the Pulkovo Observatory, RAS, Saint-Petersburg Observations Normal Astrograph (D/F=33 cm/3.5m), CCD camera: S2C, FOV = 18x16 arcmin, Pixel size 900x900 mas Determination of the new proper motions of 413 LSPM stars 1 epoch : CCD-surveys and catalogs -- M2000, CMC14, 2MASS, SDSS DR7 2 epoch : CCD-observations with the ...

... Space Contents 1-2 YEAR 3-4 MONTH 5-6 DAY 7-8 BLANK 9-12 N (THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE aa DAILY VALUE ) 13-15 BLANK 16-19 S (THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE aa DAILY VALUE ) 20-22 BLANK 23-26 M1 (HALF DAILY VALUE OF aa INDICES FOR THE GREENWICH DAY ) 27-29 BLANK 30-33 M2 (SECOND HALF DAILY VALUE OF aa INDICES FOR GREENWICH DAY ) 34-36 BLANK 37-38 CC_OR_K (QUIET DAYS CLASSIFICATION) 39-41 MONTHLY MEAN DATA: Loacated after the last day of the month. ...

The Integrated Information Display System for the Soyuz-TMA and the Integrated Console of Manual Control Loop for the Russian Segment of the International Space Station Yurii Tiapchenko, deputy Chief Designer and head of the Division of Onboard Information Display Systems (1993-2002) at the Specialized Experimental Design Bureau of Spacecraft Technology and Chief Designer at the NTC "Alpha-M". ... The tasks of the spaceship IDS are provided by the Simvol and KL-110 display systems. ...

The 2dF QSO Redshift Survey (2QZ) . ... Before jumping into all the finer details of teh survey, a brief non-astronomer's guide to redshift surveys is available. ... The primary scientific aims of the QSO survey are: (1) to obtain the primordial fluctuation power spectrum out to COBE scales, (2) to determine the rate of QSO clustering evolution in the non-linear and linear regimes and hence obtain new limits on the value of and the bias parameter, (3) to apply a powerful geometric method to measure . ...

Journal of the Amateur Astronomers Association of New York January 2010 Volume 58 Number 1, ISSN 0146-7662 EYEPIECE farther away from us than the Moon. ... As the year begins, the solar system's largest planet lies in the southwestern evening sky among the dim stars of Capricornus, setting four hours after the Sun. ... January 27 Mars closest to Earth. ... The planet-like object is at least 29 times as far from its star as the Earth is from the Sun, or about the distance between the Sun and Neptune. ...

... Received 2007 August 31; in original form 2007 June 21 ABSTRACT A spinar is a quasi-equilibrium collapsing ob ject whose equilibrium is maintained by the balance of centrifugal and gravitational forces and whose evolution is determined by its magnetic field. ... SPINAR SCENARIO OF MAGNETO-ROTATIONAL COLLAPSE. ... Let m be the ratio of the magnetic energy of the core to its gravitational energy: Spinar Paradigm and Gamma Ray Bursts Central Engine 3 exceeds the momentum corresponding to escape...

... Satellite data ] . SMIS ] . The program calculates the satellite orbit using ephemeris data in either predict-telegrams (APT predict, TBUS data) or 2-line NORAD format (TLE data). It determines the start and finish times of acquisition session and stores the data for antenna control during the receipt onto the hard disk. The program creates session schedules, supports selection of specific regions for observation and automatic filtration of satellite passes over the selected regions. ...

Download Izmccd (~2.7 MB). The program Izmccd is intended for precision astrometric processing of a CCD frames. This program allows to determine an equatorial coordinates of minor planets, comets, satellites of major planets, visually double stars and other objects. Also you have an opportunity of identification of known minor planets and a detection of moving objects. ... Using of program. ... Solution of problems at identification of star field. Designation of objects on image. ...