... 2008 December 2 . International Space Station: Find the Astronaut . Credit: STS-126 Shuttle Crew , NASA . Explanation: Where's the astronaut? Somewhere in this impressive array of International Space Station (ISS) hardware, astronaut Steve Bowen can be found upgrading and cleaning key parts of Earth's most prominent orbital outpost. ... The next space shuttle flight is scheduled for 2009 February, when Discovery will deliver elements to further expand the ISS . ... About APOD | ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. December 22, 1996 . 18 Miles From Deimos . Credit: The Viking Project , NASA . ... Potato shaped and barely 6 miles wide this asteroid-like body was visited by the Viking 2 orbiter in 1977. This image was made when the spacecraft approached to within 18 miles of Deimos' surface. ... About APOD > . ... NASA Technical Rep.: ...

Dear Colleagues, As you know, JENAM-2007 will take place in Yerevan, Armenia. ... JENAM-2007 will consist of 6 Plenary sessions (invited reviews on hot topics of modern astrophysics, 8 EAS Symposia, and 7 Special Sessions (SPS). ... The opening and closing sessions, EAS symposia and special sessions will be organized in the conference halls and auditoria of the Yerevan State University (YSU). ... The proceedings of the JENAM-2007 will be published in the EAS proceedings series in 2008. ...

... E.V. Kazarovets, N.N . Samus , O.V. Durlevich, S.V. Antipin, M.S. Frolov, N.N . Kireeva, E.N. Pastukhova Institute of Astronomy of Russian Academy of Sciences and Sternberg State Astronomical Institute of ... the Moscow State University ================================================================================ The 74th Special Name-list of Variable Stars , A.V. Kazarovets, N.N . Samus , O.V. Durlevich, S.V. Antipin, M.S.,Frolov, ... 3323 Samus, N.N., IBVS, 1997, No. ...

Supernova 1999gs in NGC 4725 . This is a prediscovery image of 1999gs in NGC 4725 taken by Marco Migliardi on December 23.21 1999, during the CROSS Program with the Col DrusciХ 20" "Helmut Ullrich" telescope. This image was taken 5 days before the "discovery" image of 1999gs which was taken by LOSS this image shows a significantly brighter SN than the discovery image shows. ... Back to Bright Supernovae . Back to Bright Supernovae - 1999 . ...

... Отмеченная наградами АстроТоп-а . ... 1) К участию в конкурсе допускаются все российские сайты на тему астрономии и космонавтики, и все русскоязычные сайты за пределами России. ... II) Сайт года . ... Победитель: Астронет - http://www.astronet.ru/ : подано голосов экспертов - 109 (всего - 129) . ... 3-е место разделили: Астрономия и Телескопостроение - http://www.astronomer.ru/ и Лента новостей космонавтики от Железнякова - http://www.cosmoworld.ru/spaceencyclopedia/hotnews/ : подано по 37 голосов; ...

... The distance scales of the objects are matched both by comparing the first derivatives of the angular velocity determined separately from radial velocities and proper motions and by the statistical-parallax method. ... Good agreement between the inferred 0 and our calculations based on space velocities suggests that the Lindblad relation holds throughout the entire sample volume. ... Brandt and Blitz (1993) published the distances and radial velocities for a total of 206 H II-regions. ... Astron. ...