... Archives . ... I began to study statistics with the notion that statistics is the study of information (retrieval) and a part of information is uncertainty which is taken for granted in our random world. ... The statistician?s task is to articulate the scientist?s uncertainties in the language of probability, and then to compute with the numbers found : cited from The Philosophy of Statistics by Dennis V. Lindley (2000). ... where clients can be replaced with astronomers. ... Comment ( RSS ) | ...

This home page belongs to small group of scientists working at . Sternberg Astronomical Institute which is a part of Moscow State University . ... Электронная библиотека научно-технической и художественной литературы (доступна только из ГАИШ) . ... Local staff . Dr. Edward Kononovich (konon -at- sai.msu.ru), Associate Professor . ... Dr. Sergey Ayukov (asv -at- sai.msu.ru), Research Fellow, Webmaster of the group . ... Joint seminar of Solar Studies Structure Group and Solar Photometry Group . ...

... A recent study found that a type Ia supernova's original star could be anywhere from 0.9 to 1.4 times our Sun's mass. Astronomers use these blasts' brightnesses to estimate distances, so are those measurements now incorrect? ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... If you are already registered on Astronomy.com, please log in below. ...

Solar High Resolution Studies . ... Solar Group . ... High quality observations obtained in recent years have highlighted the fact that the solar atmosphere is extremely dynamic, and wholly permeated and shaped by magnetic fields at very small spatial scales. ... The Solar Group in Arcetri is initiating a project to study some of the topics and techniques that will be brought to the forefront of solar physics as this new physical regime is explored. ... Small Scale Activity . ...

... A detailed study of two consecutive bright points observed simultaneously with CDS, EIT and MDI is presented. The analysis of the evolution of the photospheric magnetic features and their coronal counterpart shows that there is a linear dependence between the EIT Fe XII 195? flux and the total magnetic flux of the photospheric bipolarity. ... In a follow-up study, we used wide slit (90arcsec240arcsec) movies of four EIT coronal bright points (BPs) obtained with CDS. ...

... Liyong Liu (NAOC) . Site testing on seeing conditions of the astronomical observatories over China are briefly reviewed, including Xionglong station of NAOC, Gaomeigu station of Yunnan Observatory, Delingha station of Purple Mountain Observatory. ... PDF [3.0€аMB] October 8, 09:55 10:20 . ... In this paper, we will review the site survey activities in the past years, and present the site-testing results on the Oma site, including cloud cover, seeing, water vapor, transparency and sky brightness. ...

Astronomy Articles . Articles | ... Moon | ... Astronomy Terms - To Help You Study The Universe - by Scott Gray, October 2006 . ... Find The Perfect Gift For Your Favorite Astronomy Nut - by Scott Gray, October 2006 . ... Astronomy Binoculars - The Skies The Limit - by Scott Gray, September 2006 . ... Magnification (Power) and Using Eyepieces - by Telescopes.com, September 2005 . ... Finding Himalia, the fifth brightest moon of Jupiter - by Rick Scott, October 2003 . ... This article explains. ...

... NGC 3293: A Bright Young Star Cluster . ... Credit Copyright: ESO /G. Beccari Explanation: Hot blue stars shine brightly in this beautiful, recently formed galactic or "open" star cluster. Open cluster NGC 3293 is located in the constellation Carina , lies at a distance of about 8000 light years , and has a particularly high abundance of these young bright stars. ... If true, star formation in this open cluster took at least 15 million years. ... Bright from the Heart Nebula . ...

... By means of deep optical images obtained at the Special Astrophysical Observatory 6-m telescope it was discovered that some Seyfert galaxies that were earlier considered to be non-interacting objects displayed signatures of elongated tidal envelopes belonging to satellite debris. ... Our results suggest that statistic studies based on popular imaging surveys (for example SDSS) can lead to an underestimation of the fraction of minor mergers among galaxies with active nuclei (AGN). ...

... Conference on Planetary studies devoted to 75-th anniversary of V.I. Moroz . ... 16 October, Conference hall . ... From Venera to Venus Express : the legacy from V.I. Moroz . ... First results of Venus Express . ... Electrical discharges in Venus' atmosphere. ... From Venus to Mars - aspects of the scientific and technical Russian-German cooperation in planetary Interferometry . ... V.I. Moroz and Sternberg Astronomical Institute . ... V.I. Moroz and the Icy Satellites of the Outer Planets . ...

... Consequently, it is inappropriate to expand and in ordinary spherical harmonics. The proper expansion expresses both and simultaneously in terms of a particular order of generalized spherical harmonics. ... Generalized spherical harmonics start at , and for each , . ... Generalized spherical harmonics obey a sum rule analogous to a familiar one for ordinary spherical harmonics, but it includes an explicit phase factor which depends on the orientation of the two lines of sight. ...