... 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...

... Printed in U.S.A. THE MOTIONS OF THE HARD X-RAY SOURCES IN SOLAR FLARES : IMAGES AND STATISTICS Sergey A. Bogachev and Boris V. Somov Astronomical Institute, Moscow State University, Universitetskij Prospekt ... the basis of the Yohkoh Hard X-Ray Telescope ( HXT ) data, we present a statistical study of different types of the hard X-ray ( HXR ) source motions during solar flares ... Type I motion of HXR sources in flares. them, the HXR sources systematically moved during flare. ...

Crater Gassendi . ... I made this drawing was made on the 26th of november 2001. If you compare this one with the previous drawing of Gassendi (below) the differences are clear. ... This drawing was made on the 28th of september 2001. After nearly a full month without observations I had a one hour gap between the thicker clouds. ... This drawing was made on the 29th of august 2001. ... This drawing was made on the 27th of august 2001. ... This drawing was made on the 25th of august 2001. ...

... Marking of frame. Press   on the toolbar; and click necessary stars to mark stars for the measurement. ... If you want to remove a marked star, press ; and click this star. The buttons / serve for decrease/increase of the aperture for last marked star. If it is necessary to measure a visual double (multiple) star; by others to words, if the images of stars interact, mark for measurements all components of the star; press the button  and click all components of the star. ...

Truebloodb,g, K. Zelayab Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43221 USA; bNational Optical Astronomy Observatory, 950 North Cherry Street, Tucson AZ 85719 USA; cCerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, Casilla 603, La Serena ... USA ABSTRACT We describe the design, construction and measured performance of the Kitt Peak Ohio State Multi-Object Spectrograph ( KOSMOS ) for the 4-m Mayall ... Optical layout for KOSMOS and COSMOS. ...

... Our tours this year include: Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center at Star City, Bauman Moscow State Technical University Orevo Laboratory, Russian Mission Control Center (TsUP), Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, Lavochkin Scientific and Industrial Association, Energomash Scientific and Industrial Association, Scientific and Industrial Association "Zvezda", Khrunichev State Research & Production Space Center, Monino Air Force Museum. Bauman Moscow State Technical University . Moscow) . ...