Prague, August 16, 2006 . ... The GCVS has no IAU financial support since 1994, so we are not discussing money. ... However, it must be finished, with a new modern version prepared for all “old” GCVS stars, including those from Name-Lists, with current knowledge incorporated and improved classification system applied. ... Also, people like GCVS star names, use them,   and want their discoveries to be named. We can ask other people, with better resources than in Russia, to continue. ...

Prague, August 16, 2006 . ... The GCVS has no IAU financial support since 1994, so we are not discussing money. ... However, it must be finished, with a new modern version prepared for all 'old' GCVS stars, including those from Name-Lists, with current knowledge incorporated and improved classification system applied. ... Also, people like GCVS star names, use them, and want their discoveries to be named. We can ask other people, with better resources than in Russia, to continue. ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... 23.06.2008 . ... Credit: STS-124 Shuttle Crew , NASA Explanation: The developing International Space Station (ISS) has changed its appearance again. ... Construction began on the ISS in 1998. ... June 2008 . ... 1997 1998 . ... Publications with keywords: ISS . ... The International Space Station Transits the Sun . ... A Supply Ship Docks with the International Space Station . APOD: 2008 April 1- New Space Station Robot Asks to be Called Dextre the Magnificent . ...

... Each IYA Discovery Guide includes: . ... The Night Sky Network is a nationwide coalition of amateur astronomy clubs bringing the science, technology, and inspiration of NASA's missions to the general public. ... The Night Sky Network's International Year of Astronomy (IYA) Discovery Guides are supported and sponsored by the NASA Forums and missions listed below: . Space Telescope Science Institute's Origins Education Forum . ... NASA Education Forum on the Structure and Evolution of the Universe . ...

... Highlights include: · · New National Members. ... 2008 The 21st International CODATA Conference in Kiev, Ukraine was attended by about 400 scientists from around the world, and focussed on the role that IT plays in cultivating and nurturing an open access environment to scientific data and information. See http://www.iucr.org/resources/data/meeting-reports/codata-2008 (which includes some highlights of the astronomy sessions) and http://www.codata.org/resources/newsletters/newsltr97A4.pdf . ...

... NASA Astronaut (FORMER) . ... As an MVL team member, he conducted neurovestibular research on astronauts on the Spacelab Life Sciences 2 shuttle mission (STS-58). ... Beginning in January 2012, Robinson served as Director of the NASA Johnson Space Center Virtual Reality Laboratory as well as Chief of Aviation Safety for the Astronaut Office. ... Dr. Stephen Robinson has flown on four space shuttle missions and has served as a backup crew member for the fourth crew of the International Space Station:...

... The main topics of the Conference were: 1. ... Asteroid-comet hazard (origin and dynamic evolution of objects approaching the Earth, observations, physical properties, cataloguing, data bases, estimation of collision probability with the Earth and other bodies). ... 5) In this connection the problem of concluding the international political agreement within the frames of UN about common active counteractions to the bodies on the orbits leading to collisions with the Earth is urgent. ...

Main Program Travel Where to go in Moscow Information . ... The 2014 year marks the 100th anniversary of Yakov Zeldovich . ... John Carlstrom (University of Chicago) . ... Lyman Page (Princeton University) . ... The conference will be held at the Space Research Institute (IKI) in Moscow, Russia, on June 16-20, 2014 . ... International Conference: Cosmology and High Energy Astrophysics (Zeldovich-90) 20-24 Dec 2004, Moscow, Russia . ... 2014 Space Research Institute, Moscow Русская версия ...

... A brief discussion of the potential and problems of the Astronomy Thesaurus and UDC classification system took place. ... The introduction to the thesaurus explains its use and construction in detail (Shobbrook & Shobbrook 1993a). ... Discussion ensued about the use or rather non-use of the thesaurus by the editors of the core astronomy journals. ... A sprinkling of hands was raised in answer to the question of who uses UDC and those people were invited to form a separate discussion group. ...

... The Armagh Observatory (see http://star.arm.ac.uk/) is a modern astronomical research institute, the oldest scientific institution in Northern Ireland. ... The Observatory Demesne, Grounds and Astropark, which are developed and maintained by Observatory staff, include scale models of the Solar System and the Universe, two sundials and two historic telescopes, as well as telescope domes and other outdoor exhibits (see http://star.arm.ac.uk/astropark/). ...

... STEPS OF ISS ASSEMBLY . ... ISS-1 . ... MINI-RESEACH MODULE POISK . ... Station element . ... Feb 26, 2001 . ... US Space Shuttle Discovery STS-102 (ISS deployment program, mission 5A.1) was launched on March 8, 2001 and docked with the ISS on March 10, 2001. ... On April 28 , 2001 , the Russian transport manned spacecraft Soyuz TM-32 was launched by the Soyuz-Y launch vehicle from the Baikonur cosmodrome (the ISS assembly program, mission 2S); the spacecraft docked to the station on April 30. ...

... International workshop “The Europa Lander: science goals and experiments” is organized by the Space Research Institute (IKI) of Russian Academy of Sciences, on February 9-13, 2009, in Moscow, Russia. The workshop will last 5 days including the days of arrival/departure and some sightseeing events, and focus on the scientific goals and technical aspects of the project, key issues of Europa science with the special emphasis on astrobiology and requirements to scientific instruments. ...

... The material in "From Stargazers to Starships" meets several important requirements of the national standards. Pages cited below are from National Science Education Standards National Academy Press, Washington 1995. ... For example: the sections on astronomy not only describe calendars and sundials (including their construction), but also the astronomy of the ancient Greeks, including two different ways in which ancient Greeks estimated the distance to the Moon. ...

As an obligatory preparing for the application to participate in the IAO a short report of National Olympiad of the current year with a set of all problems used on the Olympiad has to be presented by the applicating team. ... The final minutes (protocols written in Latin or Cyrillic in form of tables) of the Olympiad (evaluating of solutions of the students participated in the last stage of the Olympiad) should be included as well. ... Historical data of the National Astronomy Olympiad: . ...

... Science User Portal . ... ESO, the European Southern Observatory . ... Travel and Contacts . Travel to ESO Headquarters . ... ESO . ... VLT/Paranal . ... Survey Telescopes . ... ESO Science Newsletter . ... VLT Unit Telescopes Names . ... ESO 3.6-metre telescope . ... MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope . ... 3D models . ... Frans SnikтАЩs design for a model of the VLT even extends to the mammoth dome structure that protects the giant telescope. The model dome faithfully replicates the VLTтАЩs dome. ...

... 21 May of 2001 we commemorate the 80th Anniversary of Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov. The foundation of CosmoParticle Physics, with which the progress in our fundamental knowledge is related, stands among the most important results of his scientific activity. ... The 5th International Conference on CosmoParticle Physics (Cosmion-2001) dedicated to 80th Anniversary of Andrei D. Sakharov is to be held in Moscow and St.Peterburg during May 21-30, 2001. ...

Supernova 2008ha in UGC 12682 . This page is devoted to information on Supernova 2008ha in UGC 12682 . 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. ... This is a pecular type Ia supernova. ... The story of SN 2008ha from Roger Moore. ... Wikipedia article . ... 2008/11/07.17 . ... Pepe Manteca . ...

... The molecular lines group at Arecibo Observatory consists of Chris Salter, Tapasi Ghosh and Robert Minchin. ... The molecular line group at Arecibo Observatory started in 2006 with a proposal to carry out a spectral census of the star-burst galaxy Arp 220 . ... However, the most interesting discovery came from the observations of the polar ring galaxy, NGC 660. ... Molecular Lines in NGC 660 Arias de Saavedra Benitez et al., ... A cm-Wavelength Search for Pre-Biotic Molecules in Starburst Galaxies. ...

Nowadays at the Department the experimental and theoretical investigations, including astronomical and ionospheric observations, active experiments with space vehicles are taking place. ... Solar Corona physics and erruptive phenomenae. ... Stellar astronomy. ... The Department has organized and put into practice more then 50 expeditions for observation of Solar ecllipces, aurorae polaris, comets, meteor streams, controlled space experiments, and also for investigations of geophysical characteristics. ...

... Posts tagged ?conference? ... Statistical Challenges in Modern Astronomy V (including summer school & tutorials) . ... Tags: Announcement , astroinformatics , AstroStat , conference . ... Contributed papers for the SCMA V conference are welcome . ... Pre-conference tutorials : Instruction in four areas of astrostatistical interest presented during the weekend between the Summer School and SCMA V conference. ... Tags: 2011 , Announcement , conference , June , June 2011 , Penn State , SCMA , SCMA V . ...