... 2002 December 8 . The International Space Station Expands Yet Again . Credit: STS-113 Shuttle Crew , NASA . Explanation: The developing International Space Station (ISS) has changed its appearance yet again. Earlier this month the Space Shuttle Endeavor visited the ISS and installed the fourth of eleven pieces that will compose the Integrated Truss Structure . ... Construction began on the ISS in 1998 and the core structure should be in place before 2005. ... About APOD | ...

... Commander of the ISS . ... Cosmonaut Training Center, Russia . ... From September 1989 to December 1992 he passed training for mission to the Mir Station as a member of the test cosmonaut group. In January - June 1993 he passed training under EC-14 program on the Mir Station as a commander of the backup (third) crew. From July 1993 to January 1994 he passed training for mission on the Soyuz-TM transport vehicle and Mir Orbital Complex under EC-15 program as the backup crew commander. ...

... 2000 December 20 . Sgr A*: Fast Stars Near the Galactic Center . ... Explanation: Why are these stars moving so fast? Shown above is a time-lapse movie in infrared light detailing how stars in the central light-year of our Galaxy have moved over the past eight years. ... If these fast stars are held to the Galactic Center by gravity, then the central object exerting this gravity must be both compact and massive. ... About APOD | ...

. " The Arecibo Observatory is sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations . expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation."

... Armagh Planetarium . ... Universe . ... Posted on January 29, 2014 | ... Continue Reading.. ... No Comments Teachers from across Northern Ireland have come together to learn how to build and launch their own rockets. ItтАЩs all part of an initiative deriving from a new тАШSpace Science [ ] . ... Hello, IтАЩm Colin, welcoming you to Astronotes, the PlanetariumтАЩs official blog. Here you will find the latest news and views from the fascinating worlds of astronomy and space exploration. ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... A Space Station Meets its Destiny . ... The Witch Head Nebula . ... This suggestively shaped reflection nebula is associated with the bright star Rigel in the constellation Orion. ... The false-color picture shows the bright infrared emission from dust and molecular gas in part of the Orion star forming region surrounding the Horsehead Nebula. ... This color "picture" of globular star cluster M55 may not look like any star cluster you've ever seen. ...

. Album : asv-album :: Travels to distant places and countries :: 2004/06 Leiden, Hague, Amsterdam (Netherlands) :: 01/06/04 Moscow-Leiden. Flight, trip to Leiden, first walk . Up . << Prev . In the Leiden railway station, near ticket office. Exit to the center of the city . Next >> . Created with the tool album a MarginalHack written by David Ljung on Tue Jun 23 14:47:53 2015 .

... PUL VLBI Analysis Center . ... Pulkovo EOP and Reference Systems Analysis Center (PERSAC) is located at the Pulkovo Observatory . ... Processing of VLBI , GPS, and optical observations aimed at analysis of the Earth rotation, station displacement, and celestial reference system. ... Celestial Pole Offset (CPO) and Free Core Nutation (FCN) . Four daily updated CPO and FCN series (models) are provided. ... File fcn1.dat contains the ZM1 FCN model with variable amplitude and phase. ...

... Posts tagged ?Penn State? ... via David van Dyk, information about 3 events in astrostatistics hosted by Penn State?s Center for Astrostatistics: . Summer School in Statistics for Astronomers VII (June 6-10, 2011) . ... June 7-12, 2010 . ... Tags: 2010 , AstroStat , June 2010 , Penn State , summer school . ... Tags: 2009 , Announcement , AstroStat , June , Penn State , summer school . ... Tags: astrostatistics , Babu , Cast , Feigelson , Penn State , R , statistics department , summer school . ...

. My astronomical research interests center on galaxy structure and evolution. Current topics include: . Polar-ring and interacting galaxies (see also new catalogue ) . Galaxy warps: statistics, properties and origin . Spiral galaxies at z~1: radial and vertical structure of stellar disks, statistics of interactions . Surface photometry and kinematics, dynamical modeling . Observational cosmology . Joomla Counter since Sep 1997

Neutron Monitors ] [ Solar Neutrons ] [ Muon Telescopes ] [ Base Potchefstroom University ] [ Magnetometers ] [ GPS systems ] [ Ionosphere ] [ Related Data ] [ Space Weather ] . ... All Cosmic Ray Stations + InterPlanetary Data: WorldNet . Alma-AtaB (Mt.Tien Shan) DataBase of Kazakhstan Spectrograph Alma-AtaB (Mt.Tien Shan) new . ... Nagoya Muon Telescope and DATA or mail . ... Belgrade Muon Telescopes and DATA or ">mail . ... Real-Time database for Cosmic Ray Anisotropy (DB10) . ...

... In spite of the good potential possibilities, some of the station "Dnepr" design characteristics did not allow us to apply the usual special IS radar measurement methods. ... Thus for IS signal measurements at the "Dnepr" station, we have developed special methods for recording and processing IS signals in order to determine plasma ionospheric parameters. ... Equations (4-5) from the basis for data post processing to obtain ionosphere parameters. ...

... Outreach . ... COSMOS is a four-week residential program for talented high school students. Astronomy cluster students learn through inquiry-based activities about galaxy evolution and formation, variable stars, and other topics using observations they take with the 40" telescope at Lick Observatory. I participated for two years as an instructor of the Maui Akamai Short Course, which is part of the education and outreach program of the Center for Adaptive Optics . ... Assistant Astronomer . ...

... Dept. for Astrometry & Space Geodynamics . ... Dept. for Physics of Stars&Galaxies . Dept. for Space Plasma Physics . ... Laser station . ... 2016,MNRAS, 2016MNRAS.tmp.. ... 2016,MNRAS, Vol.455 ,is.1,p.357-369. ... 2016,MNRAS, Vol.456 ,is.1,p.181-191. ... WASP- 22, WASP-41, WASP- 42 and WASP- 55. ... 2016,MNRAS, Vol.456 ,Is.1,p.990-1002. ... GNSS stations System.NET network , which send their observations to IGS and EPN through the Operational center of MAO NAS of Ukraine . ...

... Home Observing UACNJ-Jenny Jump State Park . ... Clear Sky Chart . ... Beyond New York City . ... Observing Resources for Amateur Astronomers - Part 1: Beginning Observers . ... A History of the First Forty Years of the Amateur Astronomers Association . ... Amateur Astronomers Medal . ... UACNJ has an excellent facility in Jenny Jump State Park in northwestern New Jersey that is available to the member clubs. ... 2016 Amateur Astronomers Association of New York Designed by Press Customizr Powered by...

... Our tours this year include: Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center at Star City, Bauman Moscow State Technical University Orevo Laboratory, Russian Mission Control Center (TsUP), Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, Lavochkin Scientific and Industrial Association, Energomash Scientific and Industrial Association, Scientific and Industrial Association "Zvezda", Khrunichev State Research & Production Space Center, Monino Air Force Museum. Bauman Moscow State Technical University . Moscow) . ...

This page provides explanatory text for the dials shown on the Rice Current Solar Wind Conditions and Current Solar Wind Conditions (Dials Only) webpage. These dials use the last good received set of measurements from the Real Time Solar Wind package on the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) spacecraft. ... Measured) This quantity is the number of solar wind protons per unit volume as measured by the ACE Solar Wind Electron Proton Alpha Monitor (SWEPAM) . ... It is measured by ACE/SWEPAM. ...