... Pre-application form . Excel file with explanations how to fill; please, save the table in format not later Excel-1997-2003.) ... Rules and Regulations for a participant of the Olympiad that have to be translated into native languages of participants (if using Word, please, save the translation in format not later Word-1997-2003), attention for additions during last years ( blue and red text ): . ... Dr. Michael G. Gavrilov, Founding Chairman of the International Astronomy Olympiad, . ...

... As part of International Year of Astronomy 2009, the Irish Astronomical Association is pleased to announce a major public competition, with substantial prizes, for all ages, and in various categories, so that anyone can enter. ... Entries can be made in any one, or more than one, of the following subject areas and categories: . ... Senior: 16 years of age and above. ... Eligibility: this competition is open to anyone resident in the island of Ireland during the period 1 January to 31 October 2009. ...

Arecibo is joining 16 other telescopes around the world to form a 'global telescope' to celebrate the start of the International Year of Astronomy. The observations, coordinated from the Netherlands, will follow three quasars for a 24-hour period. Arecibo will join the observations on January 15 between 11 am and 1:15 pm and between 5 and 8 pm (Puerto Rican time). ... Information on activities in Puerto Rico during the International Year of Astronomy can be found at Astronomy2009pr.org . ...

... TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION . ... Following a 188-day flight program the Expedition 9 crew of the International Space Station (ISS-9) consisting of the commander Gennady Padalka, Russian cosmonaut, and the flight engineer Michael Fincke, U.S. astronaut, returned to Earth in Soyuz TMA-4 descent vehicle. ... The Russian Soyuz TMA-4 manned transport spacecraft docked to the International Space Station (ISS) Orbital Complex. ... The Soyuz-FG - Soyuz TMA-4 system was erected on the launcher. ...

... Satellites of the planets are assigned a provisional designation (indicating year of discovery) by the Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams ( CBAT ) upon satisfactory demonstration of the existence of a new object. ... In the past, Comets were first given a provisional designation, consisting of the year and a lowercase letter indicating the order of discovery in the year (e.g., 1994a was the first comet discovered or recovered in 1994, 1994b the second, etc.) ... Names .. ...

... Satellites of the planets are assigned a provisional designation (indicating year of discovery) by the Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams ( CBAT ) upon satisfactory demonstration of the existence of a new object. ... In the past, Comets were first given a provisional designation, consisting of the year and a lowercase letter indicating the order of discovery in the year (e.g., 1994a was the first comet discovered or recovered in 1994, 1994b the second, etc.) ... Names .. ...

... Team . ... V.V.Sokolov "The gamma-ray bursts, core-collapse supernovae and global star forming rate at large redshifts" . ... I.V.Sokolov, A.S.Moskvitin, Eda Sonbas, O.V.Verkhodanov, O.P.Zhelenkova "A galaxy cluster in the GRB 021004 field" . ... The monitoring of GRB afterglows and the study of their host galaxies with the SAO RAS 6-m telescope from 1997". ... A.S.Moskvitin, T.A.Fatkhullin, V.V.Sokolov and V.N.Komarova, "Spectral and photometric monitoring of CCSNe at SAO RAS" . ...

... Credit Copyright: Julian Wessel Explanation: From low Earth orbit to the outer Solar System, this remarkable video frame composite follows the International Space Station's transit of Saturn. ... That put the camera about 1,140 kilometers away from the space station during the transit and 1,600,000,000 kilometers away from Saturn . ... Of course, you could also try to capture the International Space Station as it transits Jupiter . January . ... Publications with keywords: ISS - Saturn - transit . ...

... Moscow Centre for Continuous Mathematical Education . ... Moscow, August 26-31, 2012 . ... Registration . ... To participate please fill in the following registration form and return it to our contact addresses by the deadline May 1, 2012. REGISTRATION FORM . ... Name (as in the passport) . ... Birth date . ... If you need a RUSSIAN VISA, please, indicate this in the registration form and send us the scanned copy of your passport (including the page with photo) before May 1, 2012 by e-mail. ...

... Berezhnoi A.A., Klumov B.A., Shevchenko V.V., Fortov V.E. Collision of a comet with Jupiter: Determination of fragment penetration depths from the molecular spectra, JETP Letters, V. 63, No. 6, p. 405-410, 1996 . ... Berezhnoi A.A., Klumov B.A., Shevchenko V.V., Fortov V.E. Shock chemistry in Jovian atmosphere following SL9 impacts, International Conference on the SL9-Jupiter Collision, I-2, July 3-5, 1996, Meudon, France . ... Berezhnoi A.A., Klumov B.A. Lunar ice: Can its origin be determined? ...

... SAO RAS . ... In 2016, a leading center of the Russian ground-based observational astronomy, Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences, is celebrating its 50th anniversary. The Observatory organizes an international conference "Multi-spin galaxies 2016", as a part of the festivities. ... Afanasiev Victor (SAO RAS, Russia) . ... Mapelli Michela (INAF - Padova, Italy) . Moiseev Alexei (SAO RAS, Russia) - chair . ... Karachentsev Igor (SAO RAS, Russia) . ... Russia), . ...

... Events INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROBLEMS AND PROSPECT OF THE PROPULSION ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT . ... INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROBLEMS AND PROSPECT OF THE PROPULSION ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT . ... Development prospects and use of engines for aviation, space - rocket systems, motor transport mechanical engineering and stationary power supply installations . ... Propulsion engineering, power engineering and space vehicle ecology problems . ...

... Needs for precise timing There exists a broad spectrum of needs for precise timing, extending from the most demanding requirements of satellite navigation systems for a continuous atomic time scale accurate at the level of nanoseconds, through the increasing number of precise time- stamping or dating systems working at the level of milliseconds, to the far end of this spectrum where space geodesy, space navigation and astronomy require the orientation of the Earth at the level of microseconds. ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... US state, Canadian province, or country . ... The Magazine . ... Observing . ... Magazine . ... Gravitational wave search provides insights into galaxy evolution and mergers . ... space flight . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... international space station . ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ... Astronomy Magazine . ...

... Michael E. Lopez-Alegria (Captain, USN, RET.) ... After his second mission, he led the International Space Station (ISS) Operations branch of the Astronaut Office. ... In October 2014 Lopez-Alegria became an independent consultant; he is based in Washington, D.C. SPACE FLIGHT EXPERIENCE: Mission Specialist (MS)-2, STS-73 Columbia (October 20 to November 5, 1995). ... The primary mission objective was delivery of the Expedition 6 crew to the ISS and the return of the Expedition 5 crew to Earth. ...

... MAO main . ... Submit a paper to the International Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Hazard Mitigation . ... Тема: Submit a paper to the International Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Hazard Mitigation (IREHM) . ... A new journal entitled as: . International Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Hazard Mitigation . ... Greeting from the International Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Hazard Mitigation (IREHM), which is a peer-reviewed journal. ... MAO NASU . ...

Next: Distributed Information Search and Retrieval . ... Previous: Library & Information Services: an Astronomer's Wishlist . ... Some problems of end-users interaction with librarians are discussed to enhance efficiency of utilization and sharing of the astronomical information. ... Generalizing one's personal experience in astronomical investigations may happen to be very useful from the viewpoint of the methodology of employing and reproducing of the astronomical information. ...

... The 2008 SAO Clay Postdoctoral Fellowship Program and the 2008 CfA . Postdoctoral Fellowship Program are now accepting applications online. ... Christine . Christine Crowley, Coordinator . Fellowship Program . ... Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 60 Garden Street, MS 67 Cambridge, MA  02138 . ...

. 2.31. This is Vishnu that guards the Tata Institute . The destination of his arms is the following: The arm number 1 is for blessing; The arm number 2 keeps a wheel weapon that designates the authority above the world; The arm number 3 keeps a conch (a sea shell); The arm number 4 gives a Prasad (the gifts).

... Science User Portal . ... ESO, the European Southern Observatory . ... Travel and Contacts . Travel to ESO Headquarters . ... ESO . ... Survey Telescopes . ... Star Clusters . ... ESOcast . ... Stars@ESO . ... ESO Science Newsletter . ... ESO 3.6-metre telescope . ... TRAnsiting Planets and PlanetesImals Small Telescope . ... Now members of the public have a unique opportunity to go behind the scenes and follow astronomers on a planet hunt as it happens. ... ESOcast 80: Follow a Live Planet Hunt . ...