... Circumstellar disc of beta Pictoris: constraints on grain properties from polarization. To appear in the Astronomy & Astrophysics . abs , src , ps ] . ... Dust influx to Titan from Hyperion . ... abs ] . ... Characteristics of bulges and disks in interacting galaxies . ... Dust grains around Herbig Ae/Be stars: porous, cometary-like grains? ... To appear in the Astronomy & Astrophysics Supplement . ... Finally, Links may lead you to more options (e.g. via the LANL preprint system). ...

SAI 175 anniversary . ... Moscow University . Search for in SAI Moscow University Search for in Russian astronomical resources . ... SAI Astronomical Databases . ... Browse SAI Software archive(ftp.sai.msu.su) . ASTRONET.RU - Russian Astronomical Network (available in translit also) . ... SAI Supernovae Research Group . ... Department of the Galaxy and Variable Stars (in Russian) . Sternberg Astronomical Institute Seminars . ... All-Russian Astronomical Olympiad (in Russian) . ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Last week's Snack talked about how black holes can affect the environment around them in such a way as to be very bright . ... It's a common misconception that black holes always have matter swirling into them. ... As this matter gets closer and closer to the black hole it piles up and a large, fairly flat disk forms. This is called the accretion disk , because matter from this disk accretes (that is, falls in) on the black hole. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

Browse the articles below for new ideas for your classroom. Mercury September/October 2005: Astronomy Education and Public Outreach: Steps and Missteps Toward an Emerging Profession (pdf) . Focus on Education articles as they appeared in Mercury: . ... March/April 2000: . ... Education Newswire articles as they appeared in Mercury, by issue. ... January/February 2000 . November/December 1999 . ... March/April 1999 . ... November/December 1998 . ... November/December 1997 . ...

... Low-Latitude Atmosphere-Ionosphere Effects Initiated by Strong Earthquakes Preparation Process . ... Ionospheric and atmospheric anomalies registered around the time of strong earthquakes in low-latitude regions are reported now regularly. ... Segregation of low-latitude regions for special consideration is connected with the important role of ionospheric equatorial anomaly in the seismoionospheric coupling and specific character of low-latitude earthquake initiated effects. ...

Communications For Your Astronomy Event . Articles | ... Some manufacturers have received approval to market radios that are certified for use in both the Family Radio Service (FRS) and the General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS). ... FRS radios have a maximum power of Ѕ watt (500 milliwatt) effective radiated power and integral (non-detachable) antennas. ... FRS and GMRS Channel 1 . ... The FRS/GMRS radios I have transmit more than 1/2 watt when on channels 1-7 and 15-22. ... www.astronomy.net . ...

... People . Posts tagged ?positional citation effect? ... The full article is found from [arXiv/astro-ph:0712.1037] . According to J. P. Dietrich , the positional citation effect (PCE) is significant so that preprints appeared at the top of daily lists tend to be more cited than other preprints. ... ArXiv] The Importance of Being First: Position Dependent Citation Rates on arXiv:astro-ph? Tags: astro-ph , citation , positional citation effect . ... 5 Comments . ... Entries RSS . ...

... The GALFA Continuum Transit Survey group ( GALFACTS ; PI: A. R. Taylor) has conducted several test observations and will begin an all-sky full-Stokes continuum survey later this year with the new P-ALFA spectrometer. ... Sample Perseus images of GALFA H I 21cm-line and full-Stokes continuum emission are shown below along with maps of molecular (CO) gas, thermal dust, and ionized gas optical emission for comparison. ... The GALFA H I emission appears to envelop the molecular cloud gas traced by CO. ...

Peremennye Zvezdy ( Variable Stars ) 35 , No. 3, 2015 . ... GCVS names are announced for 13 galactic variable stars of rare types (mostly Novae) discovered in 2013-2015. ... 2013). ... Till the end of 2013, announcements of permanent GCVS names in BAT publications continued (Kazarovets 2013, Nakano et al. 2013a, 2013c, 2014, Nishiyama et al. 2014a, Samus 2013c), with names announced for 7 stars. ... GCVS name . ... Kazarovets, E.V., Samus, N.N., 2013, Peremennye Zvezdy/Variable Stars , 33 , No. ...

... David P. Stern Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Physics NASA . ... Alfv?n's Theory and Electric Fields . ... The debate between proponents of a static corona, Parker's solar wind theory, and an alternative "solar breeze" theory of Chamberlai n [1960, 1961; Dessler 1967] was only settled by observations from space. ... Rapidly spreading plasma clouds produced by solar flares, like those envisioned by Chapman and Ferraro, are sometimes superposed on the solar wind flow. ...

... Published by the Bureau of Astronomical Communications . ... TITLE OF THE ARTICLE IN RUSSIAN . ... This text contains Instructions for our Authors; at the same time, it shows the general layout of a contribution to the Astronomicheskii Tsirkulyar as it will appear published in the electronic form or printed on paper. ... The text of your article starts here. We accept articles in all branches of astronomy. ... 1543-1548, Information for Authors), text taped and figures drawn on paper. ...

... The TRACE images may be used without restrictions in publications of any kind. ... These two images, taken on 18 November 2000 at 15:54UT and 16:11UT, respectively, show such an event: the red circle in the image to the left shows a region where many loops are cooling, with bright loop tops (the intensity scales with the square root of the image to reduce the dynamic range). ... See also a collection of images related to the Sun, other cool stars, and solar-terrestrial effects . ... Images | ...

2.5m Telescope Training List . Prepared by French Leger . ... The following is a list of users who have received training on technician's procedures for the 2.5m telescope. If your name does not appear on this list and you received training, please contact Mark Klaene /APO Safety Officer or French Leger /2.5-m Telescope Engineer. The list is in alphabetical order by user name, including mail address to user, institution, contact phone number(s), and date placed on list. ... apo.nmsu.edu . ...

... Yuri A.Ossipyan . 1931-2008 . Academician Yuri A.Ossipyan is an outstanding scientist and organizer of national science who made an inestimable contribution to condensed matter physics, physics of strength and plasticity of solids. Academician Yu.A.Ossipyan is a cofounder of the Institute of Solid State Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences. ... The establishment the Institute of Solid State Physics revealed Yu.A.Ossipyan's outstanding scientific and managerial talents. ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... Sky this Month . ... Star Atlas . ... stars . ... The Sky This Week: April 1 - 10 . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... Why do some stars appear to flash a variety of different colors when you look at them through a telescope? ... So, Earthт??s atmosphere will bend some colors from especially bright stars more so than others, which makes the source look like itт??s flashing colors. Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ...

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... About meteorites . ... Meteorite Dronino . ... New iron meteorite shower found! Meteorite Encyclopedia . ... About laboratory . ... Dronino iron meteorite . ... Mr. Gus'kov felt that further efforts by Milanovsky were likely to be unsuccessful, so he searched further and found our Meteorites Laboratory. The Laboratory's analysis showed that the Dronino Iron has a meteorite origin. ... Dronino is the 111th meteorite and only the third iron-meteorite shower found in Russia in the last 250 years. ...

... The 2P1/2 ?2P3/2 laser transition in atomic iodine and the problem of search for signals from extraterrestrial intelligence. Alexander Zaitsev . Detection Probability of Terrestrial Radio Signals by a Hostile Super-civilization. ... Proposing a METI Institute . ... Scaling law of the biological evolution and the hypothesis of the self-consistent Galaxy origin of life . ... Alexander Zaitsev and Richard Braastad . METI Art . Alexander Zaitsev, Charles M. Chafer and Richard Braastad . ...

... The "Oh-my-God" particle . In today's The Conversation article "Shooting the moon: the search for ultra high energy neutrinos" CSIRO Fellow Ron Ekers and Helen Sim describes not only the "Oh-my-God" particle, a particle from space - probably the nucleus of an iron atom with the energy of a well-bowled cricket ball, but also neutrinos and using the Moon as a neutrino detector. ... For more information, read The Conversation article and references therein. ... today * ATNF | ...

... Primordial theory review : Dick Bond . Defects and the CMB review : Andy Albrecht . ... Gravitational wave contribution to CMB anisotropies : V.B. Lukash and E.V. Mikheeva . C_l from cosmic strings : Lloyd Knox . Some aspects of CMB anisotropies induced from topological defects : Mairi Sakellariadou . ... CMB anisotropies from scaling sources : Ruth Durrer . ... SZ observations I : Sarah Church . ... Holes in the microwave sky? ... Detecting cosmic strings in the CMB : James Robinson . ...