... Bad Astronomy . ... I think I will break from my usual format of Bad Astronomy/ Good Astronomy by saying that the way we define seasons currently is not strictly bad, but I feel (in my opinion!) that it could be better. The definition of when the seasons begin is at the moment of solstice or equinox; that is, winter (in the north) starts on December 22 nd and summer starts on June 22 nd . ... Now imagine breaking up the Sun's 46 degree up-and-down yearly swing into 1 day intervals. ...

Super Rocket Targets . NPO MOLNIYA has been designing rockets-targets for over 30 years using the great experience in crea-ting anti-aircraft guided rockets (AGR) for C-25M. On the basis of B-300 anti-aircraft rockets which expired their service life, there were designed, tested and put into the serial production the following types of the rocket - ... The analogue of this system successfully passed the state tests with the ZVEZDA-4 rocket-target. ...

... VaST is a software tool for finding variable objects on a series of astronomical images. ... VaST performs object detection and aperture photometry using SExtractor on each image, cross-matches lists of detected stars, performs magnitude calibration with respect to the first (reference) image and constructs a lightcurve for each object. ... VaST FITS image viewer ./pgfv . ... Part I" PZP, vol. ... K. V. Sokolovsky, S. A. Korotkiy; "New Variable Stars Discovered by the NMW Survey" PZP, vol. ...

... The distributions of orbits eccenttricities and of angular momenta for the halo stars and the old disk population are considered. The distributions have gaps separating the halo from the disk and dividing the halo population into three groups. ... Рассмотрены распределения звезд гало и старого населения диска по величине эксцентриситета орбит и угового момента. Распределения имеют провалы, отделяющие гало от диска и делящие населения гало на три группы. ...

... Basic Linux . ... PCMCIA . Sound . ... CLEVO 8750 running X Window . ... BIOS: Phoenix (256Kb Flash ROM, PnP 1.0a, APM 1.2, LBA) LCD: TFT 13.3" 1024x768 . ... PCMCIA: GL9382; 2x Type II or 1x Type III PC Card slots (with ZV support) . ... Battery: Ni-Mh or Li-Ion . ... Nor X Window neither PCMCIA worked. ... For CLEVO 8750, I found at least two RRs at which X Window works: 62Hz and 70Hz. ... To enable the mouse when working on console use GPM with "-dev/psaux -t ps2" options. ...

... The AAAP had a busy booth at this year's Super Science Weekend, hosted by the New Jersey State Museum in Trenton. ... AAAP astronomers received a steady stream of curious "customers" who looked at our nearest star, and were wowed by photos, magazines and other astronomy information on the table. ... To get you in the contemplative mood, I've added one of Bill Murray's first astro images produced at his new home observatory. ... The next new moon Friday is June 6th which is too soon to plan. ...

... Сегодня: 10 апреля 2016 г. По сообщению информационного агентства "Синьхуа", китайская компания Beijing Space Satellite Application Company недавно подписала соглашение с фермером Люо Денгкиангом (Luo Dengqiang) о поставке последним семян лотоса для отправки их на околоземную орбиту. По условиям этого соглашения, Люо в течение ближайших пяти лет предоставит для космических экспериментов 3000 семян. ... Китайский фермер заплатит за проведение космических экспериментов с семенами лотоса . ...

... ISC Kosmotras . ... Dnepr launch record 17 August 2011. ... Having been launched at 11:15 Moscow time from Baikonur Cosmodrome, the Dnepr LV (a converted SS-18 ICBM) successfully injected 5 RapidEye spacecraft into orbit. ... Dr. Vladimir A. Andreev, Director General of ISC Kosmotras, speaking on behalf of the Company, extended his congratulations on the successful launch to the launch customers, namely British SSTL, Canadian MDA and German RapidEye AG. ... Dnepr LV Performance . ... Launch Sites . ...

Determination of short-term proper motions of fast stars with Pulkovo Normal Astrograph. ... Khovritchev Laboratory of Astrometry and Stellar Astronomy of the Pulkovo Observatory, RAS, Saint-Petersburg Observations Normal Astrograph (D/F=33 cm/3.5m), CCD camera: S2C, FOV = 18x16 arcmin, Pixel size 900x900 mas Determination of the new proper motions of 413 LSPM stars 1 epoch : CCD-surveys and catalogs -- M2000, CMC14, 2MASS, SDSS DR7 2 epoch : CCD-observations with the ...

Here you can find contact points of administration in organizations affiliated RSSI. ... Astro Space Centre , Lebedev Physical Institute RAS, Moscow. ... Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre, Star City, Moscow Region. ... Institute for Geo-Electromagnetic Research RAS, Moscow Region, Troitsk. ... Institute for Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radioware Propagation RAS, Moscow Region, Troitsk. ... Keldysh Institute for Applied Mathematics RAS, Moscow, Miusskaya st. Alexander Strelkov . ...

... Роман Евгеньевич Ильинский email : ilinsky_r@mail.ru . ... Ильинский Р. Е., Ровенская Т. С. Дифференциалы луча в оптической системе // Вестник МГТУ. ... 1998.- ... Roman Ilinsky , Gradient-index meniscus lens free of spherical aberration, Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics, volume2, number 5, pages 449-451, year 2000 . ... Ильинский Р. Е. Определение реальных габаритов пучков в градиентных оптических системах // Прикладная оптика -2000: Тез. докл. ... 2000.- ... ROMAN ILINSKY . ...