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 . ...

... Spherical aberration, coma, and astigmatism are also easily observed using the star test. ... Off-axis images are complex. ... Fig. ... Diffraction by a circular aperture as a function of defocus for no aberration Airy Disk 1 wave defocus Less than 1 wave defocus Fig. ... Diffraction by a circular aperture as a function of defocus for third-order spherical aberration Paraxial Focus Small distance inside paraxial focus Moderate distance from marginal focus Immediate neighborhood of marginal focus Fig...

OBSERVATIONS OF COORBITAL SATELLITES OF SATURN Emel'yanov N., Varfolomeev M. Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow, e-mail : emelia@sai.msu.ru Institut de MИcanique CИleste et de Calcul des иphИmИrides, Paris, e-mail : emelia@imcce.fr Abstract. To improve the orbital parameters and masses of coorbital satellites of Saturn, Janus and Epimetheus, new observations of these satellites are necessary. ... IN: Saturn. ... New observations of Saturn's coorbital satellites" - Icarus. ...

Initial orbit determinations of NEO-2005 with Pulkovo AMP-method O.P. Bykov Central Astronomical Observatory of RAS, Russia, 196140, Saint-Petersburg, Pulkovskoye shosse 65/1 Abstract Pulkovo Apparent Motion Parameters Method (the AMP-method) was proposed by prof. A.A.Kiselev and developed by his colleagues for initial orbit determinations of Artificial Earth Satellites, Space Debris, Asteroids, and Comets on the base of very short observational arc. ... Table 4 Apparent Motion Parameters for 2005 EE. ...

... Солнечные затмения 2004-2024 . ... Short report about viewing of Venus Transit at 8 June 2004. ... The same situation was at Berdyansk at the June, 8, 2004, when Venus Transit occur. ... At the photo below, you can see how cloudy it was when the transit began. ... You can see it at the picture 1. ... I would like to thank Illya Pustovit, who kindly gave me a permission to use his digital camera for taking pictures of this Venus Transit and helped me a lot with working on gotten pictures. ...

... Our scientific interest is an accuracy of asteroid CCD observations obtained by amateurs and professional astronomers all over in the World. ... These data help us to analyse an accuracy of real CCD positions in the MPC Database. ... Do you test your observations of the small Solar System bodies permanently before sending them to the International Minor Planets' Center? ... Do you know a real accuracy of your positional CCD-observations in comparison with the other observatories' one ? ...

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. ...

... Окуляры . ... Опора для окуляра . Микрометрический винт движения площадки фотокамеры по горизонтали . ... Объектив просто не дотягивается до оптической оси окуляра. ... Расстояние от крепежного винта фотоаппарата до оптической оси окуляра (винт справа или слева от окуляра) 52мм. ... Например, расстояние от площадки до оси 24мм окуляра НПЗ UWA составляет 33мм, а расстояние от нижней части фотоаппарата Nikon CoolPix 4300 до оптической оси его объектива 23мм, т.е. для совпадения осей не хватает 10мм. ...

MATSYM - symbolic matrix processor . ... To use the program you will need a MAT file (liked CIR file: "User manual for CIRSYM program") of your system. ... In first string of MAT file enter any text you want to be the title of your system. ... Starting from string 2 (if is not comments - "*") enter the system element name, incident row and column and, optionally, its value. ... To generate a solution, run MATSYM.exe and enter "system_file_name.CIR" or click on the "ENTER" (in "MAT" case). ...

... Third International Symposium UNIVERSAT-2009: UNIVERSITY SATELLITES IN SPACE SCIENCES EDUCATION is canceled . ... With great regret we have to inform you that the Third International Symposium UNIVERSAT-2009: UNIVERSITY SATELLITES IN SPACE SCIENCES EDUCATION scheduled to take place 28 September, 2009 - 4 October, 2009 in Moscow, Russia, has been canceled by the Organizing Committee. ... On behalf of UNIVERSAT-2009 Organizing Committee, . ...

NEWS FEDERATION rus ENCYCLOPEDIA rus HISTORY rus MIR STATION RUSSIAN . This is on-line version of Russian magazine Novosti Kosmonavtiki. This electronic version covers Russian and International space news. Those who wish to obtain the full, translated copy of an article will be charged an additional price, which varies with the size of the article. If you'd like to subscribe to our journal and receive the full version (in Russian), please contact us at . ... 12 / 2002 [October, 2002] . ...

... http://www.aras.am/JENAM-2007/index.htm . ... JENAM 2007 in Armenia, First Announcement available                            J E N A M - 2 0 0 7                         "Our non-stable Universe"                    20-25 August 2007, Yerevan, Armenia JENAM-2007 (Joint European and National Astronomy Meeting) will take place in Yerevan (Armenia) and will be the 15th Annual Meeting of the European Astronomical Society (EAS) and the 6th Annual Meeting of the Armenian Astronomical Society (ArAS). ...

. Эмблема полета специалистов-океанологов от ВМС США.

2 June 2006 2007-2009 Work Plan v1 2007-2009 WORK PLAN: TOWARD CONVERGENCE DRAFT 1 for Technical Review COVER NOTE The following is the first version for a three-year plan for GEO, 2007 to 2009. ... Page 1 of 38 2 June 2006 2007-2009 Work Plan v1 ACRONYMS ADM AMDAR AMMA APAN AVHRR CBD CEOS CERN DAPHNE DEM EC EPA EPIDEMIO FAPAR FDSN GEANT GEO GEOSS GIS GMES GOFC-GOLD GOS GPM GSN IGCO IGDDS InSAR INSPIRE IPY ITU MODIS NASA NGO NIEHS SAR SBA SPOT -VGT SST THORPEX UN UNFCCC COP ... Task No. ...

... The accuracy of the RESIK measurements allows photospheric and coronal abundance sets, important for the free­bound continuum, to be discriminated. ... The FB emission depends on the set of abundances used in the calculations, a coronal set (Feldman 1992; Fludra & Schmelz 1999) giving rise to greater emission than a photospheric set (Grevesse et al. ... Right panel: continuum fluxes compared for coronal (Feldman 1992) and photospheric (Grevesse et al. 2007) abundances for Te = 15 MK. ...

... Meteorite Boguslavka fall , October 18, 1916. ... By fear of such awful stories we will learn to do good and to keep God's commandments and then we will be blessed" - lamented the scribe as he entered a meteorite fall in Great Novgorod into the Tale of Years. ... The greatest among them were meteorite falls in Great Ustyug (1290), Great Novgorod (1421) and near the village of New Ergy (1662). ... The third and fourth seals show the cloud of stones covering Great Ustyug rocks falling onto the town. ...

... The Utilization of Spatial Enhancement of Landsat Images in the Delineation of Structural Elements, Red Sea Hills, NE - Sudan . ... In contrast to spectral image enhancements, spatial filters emphasize or de-emphasize image data of various spatial frequencies. ... Wherein, most of the structural elements in the area are clear and esily descernible. Subtle enhancements on the structural lineaments in the area enabled the author to produce a structural map of the area under investigation. ...

... Марс Обсервер - автоматическая межпланетная станция, которая согласно одноименной программы НАСА, должна была производить наблюдение за Марсом с орбиты искусственного спутника планеты. ... Национальное Космическое Сообщество Франции, . ... Такая реакция могла вызвать разрыв трубопроводов с выбросом из них гелия и монометилгидразина, что заставило космический аппарат вращаться и могло нанести критические повреждения электрическим цепям. ... Mars Observer . ... Марс-96 . ... Союз (космический корабль)...

... 32, No. 8, pp. 592­603. i Central Regions of the Early-Type Galaxies in the NGC 3169 Group O. K. Sil'chenko1* and V. L. Afanasiev 1 2 Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Universitetskii pr. ... The mean age of the stellar populations in the centers of all three galaxies has been found to be approximately the same, 1 Gyr. ... In contrast, in NGC 3166, there is a metallicity gradient, but the stellar age remains approximately constant up to a distance of 8 from the center. ...

Maxim Tarasenko , a leading Russian space history scholar and a member of Space Policy?s editorial board, who contributed greatly to the elucidation of the Russian space programme in the journal and elsewhere, died in 1999. In order to commemorate his pioneering work in space policy, Elsevier Science has decided to hold an annual competition, open to all law school students and graduate students of space policy, to find the best essay. ...