Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955). A. Einstein - one of the outstanding thinkers of all the times. ... Einstein's "tool" was not an astronomic tube but theoretical mentality. ... He had written an article "To the electrodynamics of the moving solids", which may be considered as an introduction to the special theory of gravitation (STG), which revolved all ideas about the space and the time. ... In 1916 Einstein published "The Basic General theory of relativity". ...

... 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!! ...

... Asteroid . ... In case you didn't hear about it, which you probably didn't: On Jan. 7, an asteroid 1,000 feet across -- nearly three times the current diameter of Marlon Brando -- barely missed the Earth, which is most likely your planet of residence. ... What if this asteroid had hit the Earth? ... As it happens, the American Astronomical Society was holding a conference in Washington AT THE VERY SAME TIME as the asteroid nearly hit the Earth. ...

... At present, SDSS (ugriz), UKIRT WFCAM (YJHK), ; Johnson-Cousins (UBVRcIc), and 2MASS (J2H2Ks2) ; are supported ; redshift - redfshift of a galaxy ( floating point) ; colour_name - colour identification (string) ; colour_value - value of colour in magnitudes ( floating point) ; should be in the AB mags for ugrizYJHK ; and in Vega mags for Johnson-Cousins/2MASS colours ; ; RETURN VALUE: K-correction in the specified filter for given redshift ; and ...

The direct detection of gravitational waves is one of those events long-expected by physicists that are nevertheless a significant occurrence which excites the world scientific community as if something unexpected has happened. ... Many rumors leaked ahead of the conference, and the fact that something (that is, a signal corresponding to gravitational waves) was discovered by LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) was discussed on the sidelines. ... arXiv:1602.03868 . ...

This module provides information on server activity and performance. ... Compatibility: Available in Apache 1.1 and later. ... ExtendedStatus To enable status reports only for browsers from the foo.com domain add this code to your httpd.conf configuration file <Location /server-status> SetHandler server-status Order Deny,Allow Deny from all Allow from .foo.com </Location> . ... A machine-readable version of the status file is available by accessing the page http://your.server.name/server-status?auto . ...

Russian SHAREABLE DATA CENTER Institute of Solar-Terrestial Physics SB RAS . ... Here we present the ionospheric parameters variations for quiet conditions. ...

... MASTER Net is 56 square degrees per 1 exposition . ... 06 Dec 2015: GRB 151205B: MASTER-NET early optical observations GCN18665 . ... 18 Nov 2015: GRB 151118A: MASTER-NET optical observations GCN18613 . ... 12 Nov 2015: GRB 151112A: MASTER-NET optical limit GCN18591 . ... 07 Nov 2015: GRB 151107A: MASTER-NET optical observations GCN18565 . ... 31 Oct 2015: Five OTs detected by Global Robotic MASTER Net ATel8232 . ... 02 Oct 2015: GRB 151001B: MASTER-NET early optical observations GCN18380 . ...

The revision of the MASS/DIMM star catalogue N. Shatsky, V. Kornilov March 16, 2008 Abstract The compilation of the (updated) version of the MASS (MASS/DIMM) device target catalogue is described. ... Then the list was cleaned according to following criteria: I. Remove stars too faint for a MASS device. ... Here the color equation of the Sternb erg device was taken: M AS S mag = V mag + 0.45 (B - V ); stars with M AS S mag > 3.2 were removed. ... This was made based on the GCVS4.2 catalogue data. ...

What is the VSM ? ... VRML = Virtual Reality Modeling Language. ... One of the best VRML viewers, if not the best, is Netscape Navigator with Live3D plugin. ... Warning: if you use any other viewer, spacecraft will probably look like parrots or clowns because each VRML viewer treats colors in its own unpredictable way. ... You can use these VRML models freely in any way you like, but: 1) let me know you use them; 2) if you add them to your Web page, a reference to the VSM must be there. ...

SETI . ... 1.1 4 в 109 [1] Homo (4 - 5) в 106 [2]. ... Homo sapiens - , . ... Homo. 7. ­ (2 - 1, 5) в 106 [21]. ... Homo erecrus. 9. ­ 0, 4 в 106 [23]. Homo - - Homo erectus. ... 1981 [30]. . ... R (T ) (Star Formation Rate, SFR). ... B (M , ) LC ( ), , , 39 Number of civilizations Self-consistent origin of life 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 00 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 Post transition civilizations Uniform single-planets origin of life 16 18 20 22 Time, Gyr . ... Lexington Bo oks, 2003. ... 2001. ...