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Pavel Parenago and His Name in Science
AbstractThe short biography of one of the founders of stellar astronomy as a science, Pavel Petrovich Parenago, is presented. Considered the question...
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General catalogue of variable stars: Version GCVS 5.1
Work aimed at compiling detailed catalogs of variable stars in the Galaxy, which has been carried out continuously by Moscow variable-star...
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Stellar Kinematics and the Dynamical Evolution of the Disc
Stars form within clusters and associations, which gradually dissipate through gravitational interactions, dispersing the component stars throughout...
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Orientation parameters of the Cepheid system in the Galaxy
Based on the distribution of long-period Cepheids, we have redetermined the orientation parameters of their principal plane in the Galaxy. Based on...
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A dynamical study of the wide hierarchic triple star ADS 10288
We have performed the first dynamical study of the relative motions of the components of the wide hierarchic triple star system ADS 10288 (GL 649.1 =...
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Catalogue of Minor Planet Names and Discovery Circumstances
Discovered 1801 Jan. 1 by G. Piazzi at Palermo. (* MC 3, 604) Named after the Roman goddess of corn and harvests, daughter of Rhea {see planet (577)}...
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Ideas Become Bizarre
After World War II, the Soviet Union found itself with many problems. Most pressing was the need to rebuild the economy and to develop new weapons....
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A dynamical study of 12 wide visual binaries
We have carried out the first dynamical studies of the relative motions of the components of 12 wide binaries: ADS 497, ADS 2427 (GL 130.1), ADS...
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OB stars in the Tycho-2 and 2MASS catalogues
The Tycho-2 proper motions and five-band Tycho-2 and 2MASS photometry for approximately 2.5 million common stars have been used to select OB stars...
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Chronology
This table covers all kinds of high-rate phenomena, such as percussion, blast, shock waves, explosions, implosions and impact as well as milestones...
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Astrophysics in 2006
The fastest pulsar and the slowest nova; the oldest galaxies and the youngest stars; the weirdest life forms and the commonest dwarfs; the highest...
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Historical Background
It is a common perception that astronomy is one of the oldest occupations in the history of mankind. While this is probably true, ancient views...
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Computerised Very-Long-Term Monitoring of Variables and the Sonneberg Plate Archive
This paper uses the term “very-long-term monitoring” for monitoring longer than 100 years. There are objects with characteristics which can only be...
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Observations and theory of cataclysmic variables: On progress and problems in understanding dwarf novae and nova-like stars
After brief historical and theoretical introductions to the field, observed properties of dwarf novae and non-magnetic nova-like stars are reviewed....
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1938–1948; World War II: Interruption and Recovery
On September 1, 1939, the gloomy misgivings worded by President Eddington at the conclusion of the 1938 Assembly became cruel reality. On that day,...