A joule expended continuously for one second is a watt, which means a liter of water, converted to energy could power a 1 watt light bulb for 9 • 1016 seconds, or 2.5 • 1013 hours. ... What would happen if you turned all those light bulbs on for two and a half hours? ... One joule is equal to about four food calories. ... Minding Your Joules . ... Energy is given in joules and not many kids know what a joule is. ... one estimate gives the energy yield of the Big Bang as 10 68 joules . ...

Courses recommended for Astronomy and Astrophysics Honours in 2007 . ... Important Dates: . 1st semester 2007: 19 February - 1 June . ... This can be either all five courses offered by RSAA (see below) or equivalent honours courses from Geology, Physics or Math. ... Venue: Duffield Lecture Theater or Woolley Seminar Room, RSAA . ... Starting date: 1st semester 2007 . ... For all details (starting date, venue, assessment etc.) see the webpage of GEOL3022 or contact Prof Richard Arculus . ...

. Cosmology . Very Early Universe . Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropy . Dark Matter Models . Large Scale Structure . High Energy Astrophysics . Active Galactic Nuclei . Astrophysics of Compact Objects . Accretion Disks . Scientific Staff:

... А.М. Белобородов (Колумбийский университет, США) . ... Рабочий язык конференции - русский. ... Е.М.Чуразов, д.ф .- м.н . А.А. Вихлинин, проф. д.ф .- м.н . М.Р.Гильфанов, д.ф .- м.н . М.Н.Павлинский, д.ф .- м.н . М.Г.Ревнивцев, д.ф .- м.н . С.Ю.Сазонов. д.ф .- м.н . М.Н.Павлинский (председатель), к.ф .- м.н . А.В.Мещеряков (зам. председателя), Н.Л.Александрович, к.ф .- м.н . В.А.Арефьев, к.ф .- м.н . Р.А.Буренин, П.Болдин, Н.П.Васильева, к.ф .- м.н . А.А.Воеводкин, В.Воробьев, А.Е.Елкин, ...

... CfA Home . HCO Home . SAO Home . ... Welcome to CfA . CfA History . ... Laboratory Astrophysics . Extreme Astrophysics . ... 617) 495-7210 . ... 617) 495-7044 . ... 617) 495-7265 . ... HEA Research . ... HEA Home Page . CFA/HEA Home Page . ... High Energy Astrophysics Division (HEAD) . Chandra X-ray Center . ... Chandra Cluster Cosmology Project . Chandra Multiwavelength Project (ChaMP) . ... Chandra-Planck Clusters Project . ... CfA Virtual Observatory Project . ...

... The department was founded in late sixties by Prof. D.Ya.Martynov, who for many years was also the director of Sternberg Astronomical Institute. At present time, the head of the department is Prof. A.M.Cherepashchuk, a pupil of D.Ya.Martynov and his successor as the director of SAI. Since Prof. Martynov, the scientific activity of the department was primarily related to binary stars. ... The department consists of 15 members most of which have Ph.D. in Astrophysics. ...

... Stellar Evolution . Nucleosynthesis in Stars . The Evolution of Star Clusters . JAVA Physics Lab . Alternative Energies Class . Steve Kevan's Physics 251 Class . ... Talk on Solid State Physics of CCD detectors . Talk on Cosmological Issues . ... Digital Spectra of Stars . NETexperts E-mail List . The Electronic Universe Project e-mail: nuts@moo.uoregon.edu ...

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... ATNF Home . ... About ATNF overview . ... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Parkes radio telescope . Australia Telescope Compact Array . ... CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, operates a number of world-class radio astronomy observatories that are collectively known as the Australia Telescope National Facility or ATNF. ... CSIRO also manages the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory, where the Square Kilometre Array telescope infrastructure in Australia is to be centred. ...

... Friends of Arcetri . ... Today, state-of-the-art spectroscopes designed and built in the Arcetri Observatory allow to carry on forefront astrophysical research with the most powerful telescopes in the world. The exhibition The origins of Astrophysics in Florence is one of the five sections of the national exhibition Starlight -Italian astronomers in the nineteenth century: pioneers of astrophysics, hosted by the Observatories of Arcetri, Naples, Padua, Palermo and Rome. ... Public : . ...

First Term . Practical Astrophysics . General Astronomy . ... Second Term . General Astrophysics . Methods of Astrophysics . ... Stellar Astronomy . Extragalactic Astronomy . Physics and Chemistry of Comets . ... Practice in Astrophysics . Bachelar's Term Paper . ... Theoretical Astrophysics . Additional Parts of Theoretical Astrophysics . ... Solar Physics . ... Calculation Methods in Astrophysics . ... Space Experiment . Physics of Heliosphere . ...

09/1986: Visiting Astronomer, Sofia, Rogzen Observatory, Bulgaria . ... 04/1996: Visiting Astronomer, N.Copernicus Astronomical Center Poland . 02/1998: Visiting Astronomer, N.Copernicus Astronomical Center, Poland . 09/1998: Visiting Astronomer, N.Copernicus Astronomical Center, Poland, Paris-Meudon Observatory, France . 05/1999: Visiting Astronomer, Beijing Astronomical Observatory, China . 10/2000: Visiting Astronomer, Beijing Astronomical Observatory, China . ...

To obtain more information about satellites observing the sky in x-rays and gamma rays, you can contact the archive of the Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics at Goddard Space Flight Center. Some documents in that archive can be linked directly from here: . General Information . ... Small Astronomy Satellite 3, a follow-up mission. HEAO 1 , High Energy Astronomical Observatory 1. ... Exploration" home page (index) Glossary . Official GSFC Home Page .. NASA WWW Home Page . ...

To obtain more information about satellites observing the sky in x-rays and gamma rays, you can contact the archive of the Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics at Goddard Space Flight Center. ... Uhuru, the first small x-ray satellite. Small Astronomy Satellite 3, a follow-up mission. HEAO 1 , High Energy Astronomical Observatory 1. ... Other space missions observing x-rays and gamma-rays from the universe can be reached from the first site of the ones listed above . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Armagh Planetarium . ... Space Flight . ... Science Fiction . ... Armagh Planetarium is pleased to announce тАШMaths тАУ It Is Rocket ScienceтАЩ, a Summer Course for all primary school teachers. By signing up to the course Armagh Planetarium Primary Teachers can gain key insights into using Space to develop numeracy skills. ... The European Space Education Office (ESERO) Ireland , is offering places for teachers on a 5 day professional development. ...

Teaching courses . for student of the Department of Astrophysics and Stellar Astronomy . ... Geophysics and physics of the planets (Kurt, Panteleev) . ... Close Binary Stars . ... Solar Physics . ... This is introductory course for students of the third year of education which are familiar with elementary astronomy and general physics. ... The one-year course includes theory of radiation transfer, theory of internal stellar structure with account of binary systems with compact comapnions. ...

... Robert L. Stewart (Brigadier General, USA, Ret.) ... SPECIAL HONORS: Awarded Army Distinguished Service Medal , Defense Superior Service Medal , 2 Legion of Merit, 4 Distinguished Flying Crossed, a Bronze Star, a Meritorious Service Medal , 33 Air Medals, the Army Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and V Device, 2 Purple Hearts, the National Defense Service Medal , the Armed Forces Expeditionary Recipient of NASA Space Flight Medal (1984 & 1985). ...

... Next: Electronic Submission of Up: Network Information Systems Previous: An Information System . ... NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics, Greenbelt MD 20771 . ... Several tools have been developed at the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, including a Remote Proposal Submission (RPS) system for NASA satellite missions. ... It is an automated service, designed to support several missions. ...

International School "Frontiers in Numerical Gravitational Astrophysics" . Erice ( Italy ), june 27-july 5, 2008 . ... you and/or your students may be interested in the Course "Frontiers in . Numerical Gravitational Astrophysics" that will be held in Erice (Italy) . ... Univ. of Roma, La Sapienza , Italy . ... Univ. of Texas, Austin, USA . ... FRONTIERS IN NUMERICAL GRAVITATIONAL ASTROPHYSICS| . 2nd Course of the International School on | ... Joshua Barnes (Univ. of Hawaii, USA) . ...