... ARTICLE: The Adventurous Search For The Astronomical Unit . ... Kepler himself had suggested to use the rare occasions of Venus transiting (crossing) the solar disk to measure our distance to the planet. ... Due to the orbital inclination of Venus against the ecliptic of 3.5°, a Venus transit is so rare that it happens only at intervals of 121.5 years, 8 years, 105.5 years, 8 years and so on. ... Crabtree witnessing the transit of Venus 1639 . ... Transits of Venus - The Quest for the Solar Parallax...

... According to the estimations of the RSC Energia it will take at least 10 years and 500-600 million $ (cost of adjustment, preparation, equipment's launching and accompaniment of carrying out of the experiments is included) to build up a similar experimental complex. ... It was carried out successfully. ... Radiation researches on the station Mir, carrying out by Moscow State University, gave rise to the construction of the dynamic picture of radiation zones' changes during the sun activity cycle. ...

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Электронная библиотека астронома-любителя. ... библиотека . архив RSN . ... Ru.Space.News: . Апрель 1998 . ... This is only one of over 20 galaxy lenses now known. ... This, and other new results from the LASCO (Large Angle Spectrometric Coronagraph) instrument on board the European Space Agency/NASA spacecraft SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory), will be presented at the UK National Astronomy Meeting at the University of St Andrews by Dr Mark Lyons from the University of Birmingham. ...

... Астрономы, работающие по проекту поиска сигналов внеземных цивилизаций SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence), считают, что в ближайшие 25 лет им все-таки удастся найти признаки разумной жизни во Вселенной. ... Пока исследовано около 500 из 1000 намеченных звезд, но никаких разумных сигналов из их окрестностей не зафиксировано. ... Этот телескоп должен войти в строй в 2005 году, он должен ускорить процедуру поиска сигналов от звезд как минимум в 100 раз. ... другие статьи >>> . ...

Space Development: Theory and Practice 2006 . The 9th Annual International Workshop Space Development: Theory and Practice (SDTP) was held under the aegis of the Federal Space Agency in Korolev, Moscow Region, from July 2 till 10. ... The Opening Ceremony took place in Federal Space Agency where the alternate of Agency Head Vitaliy Davydov made a 7presentation devoted to the current status of Russian Space Development Program. ...

... Ассоциация была создана в 2002 году астрономами-любителями: . ... Астрономией интересуюсь с 1997 года: визуальные наблюдения планет Солнечной системы и их спутников, затмений, история астрономии.) ... Обновление от 1 августа 2008: видео затмения . ... 25 сентября 2005: В результате компьютерного моделирования Михаил Маслов (Новосибирск) делает прогноз метеорной активности для метеорных потоков Драконид и Леонид 2005 года: . ... Гелиос рекомендует: Дом из сэндвич панелей . ...