... Spacecraft that will search for planetary systems around 40 million stars and observe the largest explosions in the universe have been chosen as the next two missions in NASA's medium-class Explorer (MIDEX) program. ... The first mission, to be launched in 2003, is the Swift Gamma Ray Burst Explorer, a three-telescope space observatory for studying gamma ray bursts. ... During its three-year mission, Swift will also survey the sky for new black holes and other sources of cosmic gamma rays. ...

Calcium/Sodium in the Milky Way . ... We map out calcium II sodium I absorption - corresponding to Fraunhofer H, K D lines - induced by both the interstellar medium and the circumgalactic medium of the Milky Way. ... We show that the abundance of sodium with respect to neutral hydrogen stays roughly constant in different environments, while that of calcium decreases with column density. ... Here we show the maps of calcium and sodium in the Milky Way based on the obtained data. ... Projects | ...

Surveys in Geophysics (2005) 26: 95­133 DOI 10.1007/s10712-005-1874-4 с Springer 2005 MAGNETOSHEATH INTERACTION WITH THE HIGH LATITUDE MAGNETOPAUSE S. SAVIN1, A. SKALSKY1, L. ZELENYI1, L. AVANOV1, N. BORODKOVA1, S. KLIMOV1, V. LUTSENKO1, E. PANOV1, S. ROMANOV1, V. SMIRNOV1, YU. YERMOLAEV1, P. SONG2, E. AMATA3, G. CONSOLINI3, T. A. FRITZ4, J. BUECHNER5, B. NIKUTOWSKI5, J. BLECKI6, C. FARRUGIA7, N. MAYNARD8, J. PICKETT9, J. A. SAUVAUD10, J. L. RAUCH11, J. G. TROTIGNON11, Y. KHOTYAINTSEV12 and K. STASIEWICZ12

... Meantime catalogue represents data collected by MSU-E & MCU-SK devices from spacecrafts "Resurs" , "Okean-O" and "Meteor-3M". ... Select in particular fields on the main page of catalogue ' Search MSU-E ' or ' Search MSU-SK ' for immidiate search using selected criteria, then provide coordinate data, time as well as quality and percentage of clauds and submit your request. ... For browsing archived data refer to ' Data ordering ' item on the main page. ...

... We thank the Swift team for their rapid scheduling of this observation. ... 2455705.20851 V 14.15 0.03 2455707.83079 V 14.10 0.03 2455710.84028 V 13.53 0.02 2455713.64631 V 13.66 0.02 2455714.65479 V 14.11 0.03 2455714.71823 V 14.12 0.02 2455714.78596 V 14.20 0.02 2455717.39593 V 14.37 0.03 2455726.62861 V 14.83 0.04 2455727.16343 V 14.57 0.04 2455730.50586 V 14.57 0.03 2455730.57329 V 14.56 0.03 2455730.70360 V 14.66 0.04 2455738.32865 V 14.00 0.02 2455742.86146 V 14.21 ...

PROJECT ARTIST Title : Astronomy-Related Teacher In-Service Training Type : Award NSF Org : ESI Latest Amendment Date : August 14, 1992 File : a9154832 Award Number: 9154832 Award Instr.: ... It is designed to : (a) provide education in astronomy and basic scientific principles for teachers and (b) provide teachers with the means to communicate these concepts in an inquiry fashion to students. ... The cost sharing of the project will be at least twelve percent of the project. ...

... Телескопы . ... Настраивает полярную ось согласно статье Полярная настройка монтировки телескопа с помощью искателя полюса , для визуальных наблюдений достаточно просто увидеть Полярную звезду в искатель. ... Нажимаем ENTER . ... Нам нужно настроить телескоп минимум по трем звездам. ... После установки звезды в перекрестия искателя нажимаем ENTER и нам предлагают подвести звезду в центр поля зрения телескопа. ... Калибровке по трем опорным звездам достаточна для наблюдений и мы нажимаем кнопку UNDO ...

M obile A stronomical Sy stem of TE lescope- R obots MASTER-II Kislovodsk Lomonosov Moscow State University, Sternberg Astronomical Institute , Moscow Union "Optic" , Kislovodsk Solar Station Latitude = 43 o љ44'.767љN; Longitude = 42 o љ31'.417љE; Altitude = 2067љm MASTERљIIљ(8љsquareљdegress) + MASTERљVWF(VeryљWideљFieldљCameras (FOV=800 square degrees, Timeљresolutionљupљtoљ150љms, with unfiltered m_lim=14m on 5 sec. exposure, and ~10.5m with 0.15 sec) . ... 11h 38m 38.0s , -09d 59m 59s) . ...