Voshod Evropy
7.05.2007 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Chto by Vy hoteli uvidet', proletaya mimo Yupitera po puti k Plutonu? Sotrudniki NASA nedavno zadumalis' nad etim voprosom. V otvet na nego odin entuziast kosmicheskih issledovanii predlozhil poluchit' unikal'noe izobrazhenie voshoda sputnika. Pokazannaya...

Yashnov Petr Ivanovich
5.01.2007 3:53 | "Astronomy"

Sovetskii astronom. R. v Nizhnem Novgorode (nyne Gor'kii). V 1895-1902 uchilsya v Moskovskom tehnicheskom uchilishe po special'nosti «tehnologiya pitatel'nyh veshestv (pivovarenie)». Zatem rabotal prepodavatelem matematiki v srednih uchebnyh zavedeniyah Moskvy. Astronomiei zainteresovalsya v yunye gody. V 1904 pri podderzhke V. K. Ceraskogo stal assistentom Moskovskoi observatorii, gde rabotal do 1909.

Spitcer Laiman
5.01.2007 3:50 | "Astronomy"

Amerikanskii astronom i fizik, chlen Nacional'noi AN SShA (1952). R. v Tolido (sht. Ogaio). V 1935 okonchil 'el'skii un-t, prodolzhal obrazovanie v Kembridzhskom (Angliya) i Prinstonskom un-tah. V 1938-1939 rabotal v Garvardskom un-te, v 1939-1942 prepodaval astronomiyu i fiziku v 'el'skom un-te.

Tekeri Endryu Deivid
5.01.2007 3:51 | "Astronomy"

Yuzhnoafrikanskii astronom. V 1932 okonchil Kembridzhskii un-t (Angliya). V 1932-1948 rabotal v Observatorii solnechnoi fiziki v Kembridzhe, v 1934-1936 stazhirovalsya v observatorii Maunt-Vilson (SShA). V 1948-1974 rabotal v Redkliffskoi observatorii v Pretorii (s 1950- direktor), s 1974 - professor astronomii Keiptaunskogo un-ta. Nauchnye raboty posvyasheny spektroskopii Solnca i zvezd.

Cinger Nikolai Yakovlevich
5.01.2007 3:52 | "Astronomy"

Russkii astronom i geodezist, chl.-kor. Peterburgskoi AN (1900). R. v Moskve. Okonchil v 1863 Artilleriiskuyu akademiyu, v 1870 - Akademiyu General'nogo shtaba. V 1872-1883 rabotal v Pulkovskoi observatorii, s 1884 - professor Akademii General'nogo shtaba.

Eikin Robert Grant
5.01.2007 3:53 | "Astronomy"

Amerikanskii astronom, chlen Nacional'noi AN SShA (1918). R. v Dzheksone (sht. Kaliforniya). V 1887 okonchil Uil'yams-kolledzh (Uil'yamstaun, sht. Massachusets). Posle neskol'kih let prepodavaniya matematiki i astronomii s 1895 rabotal v Likskoi observatorii (v 1930-1935 - direktor, s 1935 - pochetnyi direktor). Osnovnye nauchnye raboty posvyasheny izucheniyu dvoinyh zvezd.

Frank-kameneckii David Al'bertovich
5.01.2007 3:51 | "Astronomy"

Sovetskii fizik i astrofizik. R. v Vil'nyuse. Okonchil Tomskii tehnologicheskii in-t. Prepodaval v Irkutskom un-te. V 1935-1956 rabotal v In-te himicheskoi fiziki AN SSSR, s 1956 - v In-te atomnoi energii im. I. V. Kurchatova. Byl professorom Moskovskogo fiziko-tehnicheskogo in-ta, vozglavlyal v etom in-te organizovannuyu im kafedru fiziki plazmy.

Malen'kaya galaktika NGC 4449
3.05.2007 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Chasto kazhetsya, chto vsya slava dostaetsya velichestvennym spiral'nym galaktikam. Ih nedavno sformirovavshiesya yarkie golubye zvezdnye skopleniya, raspolozhennye vdol' krasivyh, simmetrichnyh spiral'nyh rukavov obyazatel'no privlekut vashe vnimanie. No i v malen'kih nepravil'nyh galaktikah, takih kak NGC 4449, tozhe obrazuyutsya zvezdy.

Fabricius Vasilii Ivanovich
5.01.2007 3:51 | "Astronomy"

Russkii astronom. Okonchil Gel'singforsskii un-t. V 1869-1871 - assistent Gel'singforsskoi observatorii, v 1871-1873 - mladshii nablyudatel' observatorii v Bonne, v 1874-1876 rabotal vychislitelem v Pulkovskoi observatorii. V 1876-1894 - astronom-nablyudatel' observatorii Kievskogo un-ta. Provel obshirnye nablyudeniya okolopolyusnyh zvezd, sostavil katalog ih polozhenii. Vyvel formulu dlya tochnogo vychisleniya koordinat blizkih k polyusu zvezd (formula Fabriciusa).

Holden Edvard Singlton
5.01.2007 3:52 | "Astronomy"

Amerikanskii astronom, chlen Nacional'noi AN SShA (1885). R. v Sent-Luise (sht. Missuri). V 1866 okonchil Vashingtonskii un-t, zatem uchilsya v voennoi akademii Vest-Point. V 1871-1873 prepodaval v etoi akademii, v 1873-1881 - assistent S. N'yukoma v Morskoi observatorii, v 1881-1885 -direktor Uoshbernskoi observatorii Viskonsinskogo un-ta, v 1885-1888 - prezident Kaliforniiskogo un-ta.