THE RELATIVE MONTHLY MEAN SUNSPOT NUMBER ON FEBRUARY 2014 HAS MADE W feb.= 102.8, THAT GIVES FOR 61 MONTH (2013, JULY) DEVELOPMENT CURRENT 24 CYC- LES OF SOLAR ACTIVITY THE SMOOTHED MONTHLY MEAN SUNSPOT NUMBER W*june = 69.0 THE BEGINNING 24 CYCLES OF SOLAR ACTIVITY - I 2009 with W*=1.8 THE MOST PROBABLE TIME OF THE MAXIMUM OF THE CURRENT CYCLE- XI.2013 - I 2014 THE MOST PROBABLE HEIGHT OF THE MAXIMUM - Wmax = 68 - 75. ... 170.3 THE MONTHLY MEAN OF GEOMAGNETIC Ap-index ON 2014, FEBRUARY Ap feb.= ...

... Sun images . Magnetic storms online . Sun flares . Geomagnetic activity forecast . ... February : 2015 . ... No magnetic storm is expected . From 2 February 2015 to 28 February 2015 the following magnetic storms and disturbances are expected: . February 15, 2015 geomagnetic disturbances . ... February 02, 2015 geomagnetic storm of level G1 (minor) 2 February 2015 - 28 February 2015 . 01.02.2015 . ... Probability of a magnetic storm . ... Probability of a strong magnetic storm . ...

... S.P. KOROLEV ROCKET AND SPACE CORPORATION ENERGIA . ... OAO RSC "Energia" . ... Company's History . ... History . Brief History of Rocket and Space Technology . ... Project History . ISS Russian Segment . Steps of ISS Assembly . ... ISS 45/46 . ... The goal of this experiment is to determine the effect of microgravity on both the ability of adherent monocytes to migrate on a surface (Motion), as well as to interact with T-cells (Interact). ... 2015 JSC "S.P. Korolev RSC "Energia" . ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . An Unexpected Aurora over Norway . ... 4.05.2015 . ... Credit Copyright: Tommy Richardsen Explanation: Sometimes the sky lights up unexpectedly. A trip to northern Norway to photograph auroras was not going as well as hoped. It was now past midnight in Steinsvik , Troms , in northern Norway , and the date was 2014 February 8. ... When the sky suddenly exploded with spectacular aurora . ... Publications with keywords: aurora . ... Aurora over Clouds . ...

... EXPN DNO D A T E UT TIME FQ SOURCE CORR-Telescopes VT734 355-MO Dec 21 08:00-21:00 C TAU-A Pointing VT735 356-TU Dec 22 08:00-21:00 C TAU-A Pointing VT736 358-TH Dec 24 09:00-20:00 K ORIONKL Pointing VT737 359-FR Dec 25 09:00-20:00 K ORIONKL Pointing VT738 360-SA Dec 26 09:00-20:00 C 0528+134 Mitk-UD KA SH W018c 364-WE Dec 30 06:00-15:00 L 0552+398 Socr-VLBA W071n 6-WE Jan 06 10:00-17:00 L J0745+10 Mitk-AT HO MP UD SH KA W059e 7-TH ...

These observations are aimed at fully charactering FORS1 photometric system (UBVRI zero-points, color-terms and extinction coefficients) for the Tektronix 2048x2048 pixel CCD (24µm px) . To this aim, the two Landolt/Stetson photometric fields SA95 and SA101 will be observed on a number of epochs and at different airmasses during February and March 2007. ... SA101 . ... OBs for SA101 have to be observed during evenigh twilight (exceptions are expected for the second half of March) . ...

The Chi-Square Goodness of Fit Statistic . This statistic enables us to test whether observed frequencies are close to . those we would expect. ... Expected frequencies . ... For example, if we . have an honest die we would expect 1/6 of all cases to show any of . ... So, for example, if we roll a die 60 times we would expect : . ... If we actually roll a die 60 times we wouldn't expect each of the faces . ... times each face actually comes up is the observed frequency for that face. ...

Trail encounter . ... Expected meteor rates . ... The Leonids are the debris of Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle. ... The Earth's passage right through the centre of trails is associated with the most spectacular meteor displays (studies show that, as well as how close to the centre of the trail you are, the strength of the display also depends on how far along a trail's length you are). ... The encounter with the 1932 trail will lead to enhanced meteor activity: a nice outburst, but below storm level. ...

... The new emission line galaxies are listed in Table 2 containing the following information: . column 1: The object's IAU-type name with the prefix HS. ... This was not corrected in the figure shown in Appendix A. HS1214+3801 : This is seemingly a supergiant H II -region at the very rim of the nearby edge-on disc galaxy (SA(s)cd) NGC 4244 (V hel = 224 kms -1 and B T =10.88). ... To check this option one needs a detailed map of the NGC 4244 velocity field including HS 1214+3801. ...

... 2000 February 14 . An Unexpected Asteroid Valentine . Credit: NEAR Project , JHU APL , NASA . ... Friday, to the surprise of many, the NEAR mission on approach to asteroid 433 EROS photographed what appears to be a heart-shaped depression . After NEAR reaches the asteroid today, NASA plans a series of maneuvers to make the robot spacecraft the first ever to orbit an asteroid. ... About APOD | ... NASA Technical Rep.: ... A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC . ...

... Minutes Group a (photocopy of the table with signatures and stamps) – one page. ... Theoretical round problems a – one page. ... Practical problem 7 ab – one page. ... Grid-lines for the practical problem 7 ab – one page. ... Picture to fill for problem 8 b – one page. ... Solutions of the practical round problems – not ready full (LOC jobs not done) – ?? pages. ... Observational round problems – one page. ... Dr. Michael G. Gavrilov, Founding Chairman of the International Astronomy Olympiad, . ...

Blackholes2 Forum Message . ... Post . ... Shifts Are As Would Be Expected. ... Post Message | ... Red and blue shifts can be caused by velocities also. ... The expectd result would be a red or blue shift proportional to the aparent distance an object is from the observer. ... www.astronomy.net . About Astronomy Net | Advertise on Astronomy Net | ... Forum posts are Copyright their authors as specified in the heading above the post. "dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

Plans are under way to create a new way of performing non-interactive observations which will be called auto-observing . ... Non-interactive observing with CIMA has for a long time been available with the use of CIMA command files. Contrary to normal command file observing which requires a command file with a set of commands to be executed sequentially, auto-observing will use a list of sources and a list of instructions on how to observe each of the sources. ...

SPACETELESCOPESCIENCEINSTITUTE SPACETELESCOPESCIENCEINSTITUTE Summary of FOC Activities for the period 12 November­9 December 1992 FOC Status . ... The following proposals were run successfully: 2838 Polarization Calibration 4153 UV Throughput 4233 F/96 Point Spread Function 4235 F/96 Absolute Sensitivity 3428 F/96 High Voltage Turn­on FOC Report December 1992 SPACETELESCOPESCIENCEINSTITUTE Summary of FOC Activities for the period 12 November­9 December 1992 Operations . ... FOC Report December 1992 ...

The Russian Parliament will soon consider a bill that would restructure the Russian space program, 35 years after the launch оf Sputnik. ... But the legislation's most striking and controversial feature is a provision that would ban testing and deployment оf space weapons ? including anti-satellite weapons and space-based missile interceptors. ... A draft bill was written by a group of experts within the Moscow Space Club, several of whom now work on space issues with the Russian Parliament. ...

Astro Space Center RadioAstron Newsletter Number 17 October 26, 2012 ====================== The process to select projects for the open RadioAstron observing time within the AO-1 period (July 2013 - June 2014) has started From the middle of 2013 RadioAstron will move to the open sky phase of its science operations. Any scientist in the world can apply for the RadioAstron observing time. ... An initial Letter of Intent (LoI) should have been directed to the Mission by 17 October 2012. ...

... APT Activities and Science Results 3. ... APT Secretary Philip Edwards (ISAS) reviewed the aims of the APT (http://www.vsop.isas.ac.jp/apt/DefinitionAndAims.html). ... The Australia Telescope Compact Array, and Ceduna, Hartebeesthoek, Kashima, Mopra, Parkes, and Shanghai telescopes of the Asia-Pacific Telescope participated in these observations. ... In the absence of Tetsuo Sasao, Philip Edwards briefly described results of the APT 22 GHz observations conducted from October 1st to 5th, 1997. ...

... In his initial paper on braids E. Artin gave a presentation of an arbitrary braid group with two generators, say $\sigma_1$ and $\sigma$, and the following relations: . begin{cases} \sigma_1 \sigma^i \sigma_1 \sigma^{-i} = \sigma^i \sigma_1 \sigma^{-i} \sigma_1 \ \ \text{for} \ \ 2 \leq i\leq {n / 2}, \\ \sigma^n = (\sigma \sigma_1)^{n-1}. \end{cases} . ... sigma = \sigma_1 \sigma_{2} \dots \sigma_{n-1}, . sigma_{i+1} =\sigma^i \sigma_1 \sigma^{-i}, \quad i =1, \dots {n-2}. ...

... Actual stars are expected to be more complicated than these simulations. ... The spot may be entirely visible most of the time (one would observe a prolonged flux minimum low), and then part of it may disappear over the horizon briefly and then return (slow rise and then fall back to constant level). ... With the set of observations taken here, I have information available from several comparison stars and color information. ... The period found must be consistent with the data from any given night....

Geomagnetic disturbances can be monitored by ground-based magnetic observatories recording the three magnetic field components. The global Kp index is obtained as the mean value of the disturbance levels in the two horizontal field components, observed at 13 selected, subauroral stations . ... Geomagnetic activity is the occurrence of K variations. ... But K still remains a local index, describing disturbances in the vicinity of each observatory. ...