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 . ...

... Space activity at the beginning of XXI-st Century view from inside G.M.Chernyavskiy STC for Earth Space monitoring of FSUE , Russia 1. The systemic approach in astronautics Everyone who has linked his life with astronautics and those who are interested in the future of the inhabitancy medium and its expansion up to cosmic scales, are troubled about the current state and development of space activity in the World and in the Native Land of the first artificial Earth satellite (AES). ...

... Printed in the U.S.A. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/691/2/1222 AUTOMATED LASCO CME CATALOG FOR SOLAR CYCLE 23: ARE CMEs SCALE INVARIANT? ... CME RATE DURING CYCLE 23 Figure 2 shows the daily CACTus CME rate for cycle 23 in red, with the International Sunspot Number (e.g., Vanlommel et al. 2004) superimposed in gray as solar cycle reference. ... The CACTus CME speeds Figure 12. ... A comparison of a sample of common events shows that on average the CDAW CME width is wider than the CACTus CME width. ...

. Moscow Astronomical Plate Archives: Contents, Digitization, Current and Possible Applications. Light Curves of New Variable Stars Discovered on Scans of Moscow Collection Plates, Field 66 Oph (MDV). MDV catalog - CDS access. Moscow plate collection (Sternberg Astronomical Institute), S.Yu. Shugarov's interactive page. Send questions and comments to N. Samus and S. Antipin .

... The authors compare different standpoints on historical process of ethnoses emerging and developing on the area of Ancient Russ and Great Steep: a) the concept of M.Adgi ("panturkism"), Turks ethnos was prevailing on the area; b) the concept of G.V. Nosovskiy and A.T. Fomenko ("paslavyaism"), the Slav ethnos was prevailing on the area; the concept of L.Gumilyev ("passionarnost" theory), the ethnoses were living together without dominating one over the other. ...

... The aerospaceplane project dated 29 June 1966 provided for the development of a 115-t orbital system consisting of three winged VTOL reusable aircraft: the 52-t HLA reusable hypersonic air-breathing launch aircraft, designated '50-50'; the RB expendable two stage rocket booster; and the OS manned orbital aerospaceplane, designated '50'. ... ORBITAL AEROSPACEPLANE DIMENSIONS . ... Instead, he came out with an initiative to start up the Buran programme in the USSR as a response to the US Shuttle. ...

Main . ... About meteorites . ... Kutais . Meteorite descriptions . ... Main menu . ... About laboratory . ... One stone weighing 23 g . ... At eight in the morning, L. Kornienko, a resident of Kutais, was preparing to head home after working the night shift. ... Obraztsov supposed that the stone was a meteorite, showed it to senior students and gave it to the astronomy teacher, A. Ivanova:.Knowing the importance of such finds, the teacher reported about the stone to the Meteorite Committee. ...