So what is "Code Blue" and what does it mean? It's no great secret that several years ago we had the mirror re-coated on the 31" Blue Beast at Warren Rupp Observatory, and within a few short weeks, portions of the coating began to fail. ... These are the fellows that showed up at the Observatory on February 20th to help with the gargantuan and nail-biting task of getting mirror out of the telescope safely, out of the cell safely, into the box safely, and put into the truck safely. ...

... A nasty dispute between the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO) and the space-science community was narrowly averted early this year when SDI officials backed down on a planned launch of a satellite with a Russian-built nuclear reactor on board. ... Early Soviet space reactors orbited for two to three months, and two Soviet Topaz 1 experiments, one for six and one 12 months, created radiation belts that disrupted the operation of scientific satellites. ...

... По данным последних научных исследований астрономы тоже обладают определенным чувством юмора. ... Говорит командир экипажа МКС. ... Десять тысяч китайцев заработали грыжу, растягивая рогатку. ... После Нового Года беседуют трое Новых Русских. ... Второй говорит: "А я своему десять ящиков петард подарил. ... Семь гномов говорят: "Мы изучаем далекие звезды, белые и коричневые карлики". ... А я, говорит Кощей Бессмертный, занялся самым вечным - Вселенной. ... Кто говорит? ... Цитаты о природе Вселенной...

NMW survey overview . Access image archive . ... The New Milky Way survey aims to detect bright (V<13.5) optical transients near the Galactic plane using an automated wide-field (8x6 deg.) system capable of surveying the whole Milky Way area visible from the observing site in one night. ... All images obtained during the transient search survey are available online (please use the image archive access form ). ... Images per field: . ... Images per night: . ... Milky Way imaging time: . ...