... The Helix Nebula from Blanco and Hubble . ... The shapes of planetary nebula like the Helix are important because they likely hold clues to how stars like the Sun end their lives. ... As the Moon rose and the Sun set on October 8, a lunar eclipse was in progress seen from Chongqing, China. ... From the early hours of October 8, over the Santa Cruz Mountains near Los Gatos, California, the totally eclipsed Moon shows a range of color across this well-exposed telescopic view of the lunar eclipse. ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2014 October 15 . Mysterious Changing feature on Titan . Image Credit: Cassini Radar Mapper , Cornell , JPL , ESA , NASA . Explanation: What is that changing object in a cold hydrocarbon sea of Titan? ... Subsequent observations in 2014 found the object remained -- but had changed! ... About APOD | ... A service of: ASD at NASA / GSFC . ...

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Last modified: 15 April 2001 . ... Please send any comments or changes to: efomalon@nrao.edu (Ed Fomalont) pge@ vsop .isas.ac.jp (Phil Edwards) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- FRQ codes are L ( 1.6 GHz ), C ( 5.0 GHz ), K (22 GHz ) and B ( 1.6 / 5.0 GHz ) N = OH line observations S2 W418a J1819+38 C Socr 107 Tu:Apr-17 06:00 - 16:00 VLBA W420a J0319+41 C Socr 233 Tu:Aug-21 05:05 - 19:00 VLBA W069b5 J1642+39 C ...

... SCIENCE AND BUSINESS . Such a trifle as a starry night sky of largest observatories turned out to be a small change coin in commercial bargains for exclusive communal services in Russia, and for a few elite flats in penthouses in Ukraine. SCIENCE AND BUREAUCRATISM . ... Till in Russian) . ... Clericalization of science and education (Till in Russian). ... Researcher of the Sternberg Astronomical Institute, The Moscow University. ... SAI home page . ... October, 2008) . ... November, 2007) . ...

... ISC Kosmotras . Top Management Founder of ISC Kosmotras - Dr. Vladimir A. Andreev News . ... Dnepr launch record 17 August 2011. Cluster Launch of Dnepr LV 22 August 2013 KOMPSAT-5 Launch 21 November 2013. Dnepr Cluster Mission 2013 19 June 2014. ... According to the decision of ISC Kosmotras Board of Directors, Dr. Vladimir A. Andreev, Director General of ISC Kosmotras, has been appointed to a newly established position of ISC Kosmotras President. ... E-mail: info@kosmotras.ru . ...

... Трамвай 8 отменяется . ... Трамвай 13 следует по маршруту Детский санаторий - ст.м."Преображенская площадь" - ст.м."Семеновская" (на участке ст.м."Преображенская площадь" - Сокольническая заст. отменяется) . ... Трамвай 46 следует по маршруту ст.м."Улица Подбельского" - ст.м."Авиамоторная - ш. Энтузиастов - 3-я Владимирская ул. Троллейбус 16 заменяется автобусом с номером Тб16 с маршрутом и остановками, совпадающими с имевшимися у отменяемого троллейбуса . ...

XMM-Newton CCF Release Note XMM- CCF -REL-200 Update of EPIC MOS gain Martin Stuhlinger, Darren Baskill, Stephane Rives, Jenny Carter October 21, 2005 1 CCF components Name of CCF VALDATE EVALDATE List of Blocks CAL XSCS (start of val. period) (end of validity period) changed VERS. ag EMOS1 ADUCONV 0028 2005-07-24T00:54:36 2005-10-19T19:03:55 OFFSET GAIN NO EMOS2 ADUCONV 0028 2005-07-24T00:54:36 2005-10-19T19:03:55 OFFSET GAIN NO 2 Changes A ... CCD1, CCD4 and CCD5 were a ected. ...

Next: J.E. Chambers, Research Astronomer Up: Research Previous: Research Contents . ... Solar Variability and Climate . Other Activities . ... Applied to data of flares on Gliese866 he was able to estimate the area of hydrogen emitting flare regions as 1-13% of the stellar surface. ... As partners in the project, Armagh Observatory has been asked to contribute to the selection process in exchange for priority access to the data which will eventually flow from the satellite. ...

The turret floor sits on a set of rollers bolted to the feed tower. The rolling surface sits between the bottom of the floor and the rollers. ... The plot shows the roll of the turret floor during a turret spin (.ps) ( .pdf) from 26 to 340 degrees and back (roll is in the direction of rotation). ... If there were 6 sections of rolling surface you might expect this spacing to be 60 degrees (or some beat of the 60 degree spacing and the spacing of the fixed rollers). ...