Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... Credit: 1994 by Michael Okoniewski Explanation: Carl Sagan died last Friday at the age of 62. ... Among his many activities as a scientist, he contributed to the discovery that the atmosphere of Venus is prohibitively hot and dense, and found evidence that Saturn's moon Titan contains oceans stocked with the building blocks of life . ... December . ... 1995 1996 . ... NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers . ... U. Based on Astronomy Picture Of the Day . ...

... December 27, 1997 . Keck: The Largest Optical Telescopes . ... Explanation: In buildings eight stories tall rest mirrors ten meters across that are slowly allowing humanity to map the universe. Alone, each is the world's largest optical telescope : Keck . Together, the twin Keck telescopes have the resolving power of a single telescope 90-meter in diameter, able to discern sources just milliarcseconds apart. ... About APOD > . ...

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... Space Flight . ... August . June . ... July . ... Posted on August 20, 2014 | No Comments The good news first: a major aerospace contractor is researching how to build a reusable spaceplane that could dramatically cut the cost of accessing low Earth orbit. ... Continue Reading.. ... 133 Comments June 2014 saw excited reports that NASA was working on a faster than light warp drive starship. ... Posted on July 30, 2014 | ... Posted on June 26, 2014 | ...

home publications > mercury . SEARCH ASP SITE: Match ALL words Match ANY word . ... ASP Conference Series . ... Publications of the ASP (PASP) . ... Astronomy Beat . ... Building Bridges to Diversity in Physics and Astronomy . ... Here s a fact that you can use to test whether you re a glass-half-empty or glass-half-full kind of person: The number of minorities awarded the Ph.D. in astronomy and astrophysics nationally over the past twenty years averaged just four individuals per year. ...

... 2014 . GLORIA has succeeded in building up the first large scale robotic telescope network of free access, which will allow any user to provide scientific knowledge. The project, which was initiated in October 2011, makes use of thirteen telescopes: five in Spain, two in Chile, one in Argentina, two in the Czech Republic, one in South Africa and two in Russia. ... A total lunar eclipse will occur on April 15th, 2014, the first in two and half years. ... Last update: 10/11/2014 ...

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... From 1999-2007 I worked at the Univ. of Arizona as part of the MIPS Instrument Team participating in the full joys of helping build, operate, and use a space instrument. ... I received my PhD in 1997 from the Univ. of Toledo where I got my start in interstellar dust research working for Adolf Witt . My research focuses on interstellar dust in the Milky Way and other galaxies (both near and far). ... Basically, my motto at the top of the page says it all - if it has dust, I'll work on it. ...

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... Outreach . ... I'm a PhD student at the Australian National University's Mt Stromlo observatory and am part of the Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF) graduate program. I study the properties on nearby galaxies and investigate the evolution of the local universe. ... I run the RSAA Student Outreach Group which invites school children to participate in free astronomy outreach evenings. ... Copyright 2007 Emma Kirby. ... All Photos were taken by Emma Kirby unless otherwise stated. ...

... Comments, Opinions Publications Dnepr Program . ... During 1992-2003 timeframe, a team of Russian and Ukrainian companies together with the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) were involved in developing a commercial space launch system based on the technology of the SS-18 ICBMs being withdrawn from service. ... ISC Kosmotras was assigned the role of a team leader to build and commercially operate this SS-18 ICBM based space launch system and the entire program was given the name Dnepr . ... Dnepr LV ...

... SSAU History . ... Students from the University of Stuttgart will take part in the English-speaking summer school on engine building and will attend a course on the Theory and Design of Aircraft Engines during three weeks in Samara. ... The Aircraft Engines Design is a unique course for German undergraduate students. ... The course studied in the Samara University will be accepted into the program for German students, and each Bachelor will receive three European academic credit units for it. ...

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Statistics of sunspot activity . The sunspot indices . ... NGDC's observations . The solar regions . ... Average annual indices . ... August . ... August, 2013 . Visual indices of solar activity by National Geophysical Data Center . ... Average . ...

... RSDC . ... Press Releases (rus) || in Russian RSDC Quick Jump 9-year Galactic survey Catalog of sources 7-year Galactic Bulge Map Cleaning IBIS/ISGRI sky images IBIS/ISGRI Sensitivity vs. ... The INTEGRAL view of the Galaxy . ... May 2012: 9-year Galactic plane survey . ... They are ISGRI (higher plane detector of the IBIS telescope), JMX1 and JMX2 - two detectors of the JEM-X telescope. ... RSDC is actively participating in the all-sky survey carrying out with INTEGRAL observatory. ... 2016 IKI RAN...

... Construction of the Observatory's principal buildings began in 1789, using plans drawn up by Francis Johnston, one of Ireland's most celebrated architects, a native of Kilmore, County Armagh who in later years became known as `Ireland's Wren'. The main buildings, which are of considerable architectural merit, comprise in their original designation a residence for the Astronomer, a meridian room, a library and several telescope domes. ...

... Maintenance and Work Completed on M1: September 10, 1999 . Whiffles Installed on M2: September 10, 1999 . M1 Support System Maintenance: September 10, 1999 . M1 Temperature Sensor Work and Repair: September 10, 1999 . M1 Hex-cell Deterioration: September 14, 1999 . ... M1 Whiffle Mount and M1 Back, September 21, 1999 . ... Views of Secondary Mirror (Back): April 13, 2000 . ... Front Portals: June 8, 2001 . ... M2 and M3 Baffle Work: June 8, 2005 . ... M3 Work: November 7, 2007 . ...

... This Announcement contains detailed information on organizational items, scientific and cultural program of Odessa session GMIC-99. ... 8.00- 23.00 Registration of participants in the hall of Tour-complex "Odessa"(Arcadia region, GAGARIN plateau, 5). ... 8.00- 13.00 Registration of participants in the hall of Tour-complex "Odessa". 10.00-12.00 Program Committee session and press conference dedicated to GMIC-99 (Odessa Scientists' House). ... 9.00- 11.00 Plenary session. ... 13.00- 14.00 Lunch. ...