The Second U.S. Naval Observatory CCD Astrograph Catalog ( UCAC2 ) Table of Contents 1) Introduction 2) Summary of the Project a) Observations and Instrumentation b) Reductions of UCAC Observations c) Computation of Proper Motions 3) Properties of the Catalog and Important Notes For the User a) Sky Coverage b) Completeness c) Positions, Proper Motions and Error Calculations d) UCAC2 Magnitudes e) 2MASS Photometry f) Non-stellar ... All stars in the UCAC2 have proper motions. ...

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) . ...

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. ...

... ISC Kosmotras . ... Dnepr launch record 17 August 2011. ... Following the completion of the launch campaign at Baikonur Cosmodrome, in the course of which European Space Agency s CryoSat-2 satellite was successfully injected into the target orbit on 8 April 2010, ISC Kosmotras has commenced another two launch campaigns: at Yasny launch base and at Baikonur. ... As the launch day draws closer, ISC Kosmotras will keep on publishing information about the progress of the launch campaign at Baikonur. ...

... About StarCalc . News . ... StarCalc Home Page . Short description of changes, implemented in the StarCalc, . ... CHANGES OF PROGRAM CORE FUNCTIONS. CHANGES OF PROGRAM INTERFACE. CHANGES OF OBJECT INTERFACES. ... New "Output console". ... Information, which is generated by StarCalc, is added into the console - for example, ephemeris tables. ... In the StarCalc state file can be saved autorotation parameters, object selection, object locking mode, auto start and stop autorotation mode. ...

... The author attempts to approach the problem from the positions of systems analysis with account for the ideological grounds and history of space activities in Russia and abroad, comparing its current interpretation with the initial goals posed by leading theoreticians and practitioners who stood at the cradle of the space exploration era. ... The space systems recognized in Russia as priority projects are largely developed with violations of the systems approach principles. ...

... NOAA 11300's . ... The law latitude recurrent pore was observed in the Northern hemisphere since 20.08 to 30.08.05, with breaks. ... The short-time mid latitudes sunspot was observed in the Southern hemisphere on 24.08 and 25.08.05, near the central meridian. ... The bipolar group of the appreciable sizes was observed at the tenth parallel from 13 to 16.12.05, in the Western part of the Southern hemisphere. 14.12 the total area of the region has reached 150 m.s.h., and sunspots quantity - ten units....

... Local and Regional Coordinators, and OBSERVERS are needed for Friday night's spectacular Aldebaran Occultation and Graze Aldebaran is the brightest star, other than the Sun, that can be occulted by the Moon. ... Use your camcorder (or a borrowed camcorder) to record a strong local television station. ... Encourage other amateur astronomers, and other friends and relatives in the region of visibility to record the occultation with camcorders. ... This event is called an "occultation" by astronomers. ...

Please enter the lightcurve file name and period search parameters: . Lightcurve file: . ... Apply the Heliocentric correction and convert all dates to Terrestrial Time (TT)? ... Phase range for plots: -0.5 to 1.0 0.0 to 2.0 0.0 to 1.0 . ... Also, the Heliocentric correction cannot be applied to such lightcurves. ... Two period search methods are currently implemented. ... This period search service is also available at the mirror sites: Mirror 1 , Mirror 2 , Mirror 3 , Mirror 4 . ...