Polyarnoe siyanie nad Edmontonom
4.11.2003 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Na proshloi nedele, kogda chasticy, vybroshennye neskol'kimi moshnymi vspyshkami na Solnce, dostigli Zemli, krasivye polyarnye siyaniya mozhno bylo nablyudat' kak na severnyh, tak i na yuzhnyh shirotah. Mnogie soobshali o neobychno krasnyh polyarnyh siyaniyah, hotya byli vidny i vse ostal'nye cveta spektra. Elektroseti i sputniki byli podgotovleny k kosmicheskomu shtormu, i krupnyh avarii udalos' izbezhat'.

Skonchalsya Petr Grigor'evich Kulikovskii
4.11.2003 16:21 | GAISh, Moskva

Segodnya na 94-m godu zhizni skonchalsya stareishii sotrudnik GAISh, rabotavshii v nashem institute s 1938 g., vospitavshii neskol'ko pokolenii astronomov, sozdavshii mnozhestvo knig, uchebnikov i znamenityi "Spravochnik lyubitelya astronomii". Rabotat' i uchit'sya ryadom s Petrom Grigor'evichem, chelovekom vysochaishei kul'tury i udivitel'nogo obayaniya bylo dlya nas bol'shim schast'em.