... On the Possibility of Ascending to Mars . ... Credit: Fred Espenak ( www.MrEclipse.com ) Explanation: On another October 19, in 1899, a 17 year-old Robert Goddard climbed a cherry tree on a beautiful autumn afternoon in Worcester, Massachusetts. Inspired by H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds and gazing out across a meadow, young Goddard imagined it would be wonderful to make a device that had the possibility of ascending to Mars. ... October . ... Publications with keywords: Robert Goddard - Mars . ...

... October 30, 1996 . Grand Design Spiral Galaxy NGC 2997 . Credit: Anglo-Australian Telescope photograph by David Malin . Copyright: Anglo-Australian Telescope Board . Explanation : NGC 2997 is a grand design spiral galaxy. ... NGC 2997 is thought to have a mass of about 100 billion times that of our Sun , but is probably less massive than our own Milky Way Galaxy . NGC 2997 is not seen face-on - it is thought tilted by about 45 degrees. ... About APOD | ...

... The Hershel Space Observatory - the golden age of space-based IR astronomy continues: Monday 19 October . ... Astronomy Ireland have designed and developed astronomy Evening Classes for the general public. Aimed at beginners, the classes are running in 10 locations nationwide. ... If you sign up now you will avail of the current special offer for International Year of Astronomy (IYA) and get 3 months membership FREE . ... International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node . ...

... Home Lectures Lecture Series 2015-2016 . ... Lecture Series 2014-2015 . ... Beyond New York City . ... The Amateur Astronomers Association is proud to present an astronomy lecture series from October through May each year for our members and the public. ... Amateur Astronomer Association is pleased to announce we will be offering select, limited reserved seating for current AAA members for the Friday, January 8, 2015 AAA Lecture entitled Robert Nemiroff ?2015 Astronomy Picture of the Day?. ...

... Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Cellular Neural Networks and their Applications, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany, October 14-16, 1992 , pp. ... A possibility of designing functional devices for various applications in terms of unified technology on the basis of CNNs is discussed on examples of an associative memory device, complex oscillations generator, devices for chaotic memory scanning and pattern recognition. ...

... WIP is an interactive package with a simple to use interface designed to produce high quality graphical output. WIP was developed as part of the Berkeley-Illinois-Maryland Association (BIMA) project and is available via anonymous ftp. ... Included in the WIP distribution is a complete manual which contains several sample figures with associated commands, a frequently asked questions section, and a descriptive listing of all available commands. ... Figure illustrates WIP's ability to handle images. ...

... Главная . ... Новости . ... Проекты . Любителям астрономии . Проект ISON . ... Подробнее . ... Категория: Новости проекта ISON . ... Метки: Космический мусор ,љ Астероиды ,љ Гамма-всплески ,љ Любителям астрономии ,љ Кометы љ . ... Метки: Космический мусор ,љ Астероиды ,љ Любителям астрономии љ . ... Новости обсерваторий проекта] - Обсерватория Кубанского государственного университета от Иванов А - 09.04.2016 11:08:49 . ... 1999-2013 Copyright "Астрономия и Телескопостроение" . ...

... The damage to NIFS has freed up the RSAA instrumentation team to concentrate on the timely delivery of the Gemini South Adaptic Optics Imager (GSAOI). ... GSAOI is the second instrument that ANU is building for Gemini. ... GSAOI Website: http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/gsaoi/ NIFS Website: http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/nifs/ RSAA Website: http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/ Australian Gemini Project Office Website: http://www.ausgo.unsw.edu.au/ Gemini Public Information Website: http://www.gemini.anu.edu.au/public/ . ...

... S.P. KOROLEV ROCKET AND SPACE CORPORATION ENERGIA . ... News . ... The rocket and space system Zenith-3SLB consisting of a launch vehicle (LV) Zenit-2SB with the upper stage Block DM-SLB has put the 3.2-ton telecommunications spacecraft Intelsat 18 into its target geotransfer orbit. ... The mission analysis was conducted by RSC Energia specialists within the Lead Operations Control Team working at the Mission Control Center for upper stages and unmanned spacecraft (RSC Energia at Korolev). ...

... October 2, 1999 . Phi Persei: Double Star . ... Based on recent results , this artist's vision of the double star Phi Persei , 720 light years away, shows a bright, rapidly rotating massive star surrounded by a disk of gas. A small companion star orbits 100 million miles away. ... Ten million years ago the small companion was actually the most massive star in the system and because of its greater mass evolved into a giant star more quickly. ... About APOD > . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Solar System . ... Space Flight . ... Posted on February 24, 2012 | 7 Comments Sir Frederick William Herschel is one of the most well-known and highly regarded historical astronomers but many may not know or realise there was more to his genius than his [ ] . Continue Reading.. ... 3 Comments What exciting space events has 2012 in store for us? ... 2 Comments Dwarf planet Haumea is one of the most bizarre small bodies of the outer Solar System. ...

Supernova 2009js in NGC 918 . This page is devoted to information on Supernova 2009js in NGC 918 . Basic information on this SN, including the last reported brightness, on this Supernova can be found on the main page . Information on the original web pages for many of these images can be found on the updates and links web pages. Discovered independently by Lick Observatory Supernova Search (USA) and Koichi Itagaki (Japan). ... 2009/10/11.44 . 17.2 . ... Joseph Brimacombe . ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Mad Science . ... Site Info . ... Public Talks . ... Keep Bad Astronomy close to your heart, and help make me filthy rich. ... Who is this guy who calls himself "The Bad Astronomer?" ... First, yes, I am a real live astronomer (when people ask me what astronomers do, I tell them "They astronom !" ... These are emitted by powerful objects like black holes, exploding stars, and super-dense neutrons stars. ... Finally, am I really a bad astronomer? ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

... SITe Selected to Provide CCDs for $20 Million Telescope. Sloan Digital Sky Survey Program to Provide Map of Universe on CD-ROM . ... October 30, 1995- Scientific Imaging Technologies, Inc. ... Known formally as the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Program, this telescope will be used to complete the first survey of the Northern Hemisphere since the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey in the late 1930's. "The CCD technology SITe has developed delivers a tremendous boost to space research. ...

... Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr. ... NASA Astronaut (Deceased) . ... SPECIAL HONORS: The Air Force Legion of Merit, The Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross, The Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross Cluster, The NASA Exceptional Service Medal, The NASA Distinguished Service Medal, USAF Command Astronaut Wings, The Collier Trophy , The Harmon Trophy , The Scottish Rite 33, The York Rite Knight of the Purple Cross, The DeMolay Legion of Honor, The John F. Kennedy Trophy , The Ivan E....

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. ...

LOFAR in Australia ­ A Brief Engineering Perspective By Dr Peter J Hall, CSIRO SKA Program Leader 11 October, 2002 Background LOFAR (LOw Frequency ARray) is a proposed radio telescope designed to operate in the approximate frequency range 30 - 200 MHz. ... In both cases, the instruments would be built and operated by intern ational consortia; Australia is a founder member of the 11 -member SKA consortium and may join the USA and Europe in the LOFAR endeavour. ...

Rockets were invented by the Chinese, a spin-off from their invention of gunpowder--some time around the year 1000, perhaps earlier. ... Another was a young American, Robert Hutchins Goddard (1882-1945). ... A rocket is essentially a heat engine, a device for converting the energy of heat (obtained from the chemical energy of the fuel) into mechanical energy--here the kinetic energy mv 2 /2 of its exhaust jet. ... On March 16, 1926, Goddard flight-tested his first liquid-fuel rocket. ...

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A Brief History of the Discovery of Cosmic Gamma-Ray Bursts - draft april 17, 1995 - J.Bonnell In October of 1963 the US Air Force launched the first in a series of satellites inspired by a recently signed nuclear test ban treaty. ... The event appeared to be a cosmic gamma-ray burst but at the time the constellation of satellites did not have sufficient timing resolution at the trigger to make a good determination of direction to the burst source. ...