Vil'ev Mihail Anatol'evich
17.02.2009 16:57 | "Astronomy"

Russkii astronom. Okonchil Petrogradskii un-t v 1915 i byl ostavlen na kafedre astronomii dlya podgotovki k professorskomu zvaniyu. Chital v un-te lekcii po hronologii, matematicheskoi teorii kalendarya i istorii astronomii. Prinimal uchastie v ekspediciyah dlya nablyudenii solnechnyh zatmenii (1912, 1914).

Vil'dt Rupert
17.02.2009 16:54 | "Astronomy"

Astronom. R. v Myunhene. V 1927 okonchil Berlinskii un-t. V 1928-1934 rabotal v Bonnskoi n Gettingenskoi observatoriyah. S 1935 zhil v SShA. V 1935-1936 rabotal v observatorii Maunt-Vilson, v 1936-1942 - v In-te perspektivnyh issledovanii v Prinstone, v 1942-1946 - v un-te sht. Virginiya, v 1946-1973 - v 'el'skom un-te (s 1957 - professor astrofiziki).

Vashakidze Mihail Aleksandrovich
17.02.2009 16:54 | "Astronomy"

Sovetskii astronom. R. v s. Didi-Dzhikanshi (nyne GSSR). V 1932 okonchil Tbilisskii un-t. S 1936 rabotal v Abastumanskoi astrofizicheskoi observatorii. Prepodaval astronomiyu v Tbilisskom un-te (s 1954 - professor). Osnovnye nauchnye raboty posvyasheny izucheniyu zvezd, mezhzvezdnoi sredy i galaktik fotometricheskimi i polyarimetricheskimi metodami.

Vanini Dzhulio Chezare
17.02.2009 16:20 | "Astronomy"

Ital'yanskii filosof-materialist, storonnik ucheniya N. Kopernika. R. v Taurizano (bliz Neapolya). Okonchil Paduanskii un-t. Zhizn' Vanini vo mnogom napominaet zhizn' ego sovremennika Dzh. Bruno. Mnogo let skitalsya po gorodam Evropy, vystupaya s lekciyami, v kotoryh propagandiroval geliocentricheskoe uchenie Kopernika, zashishal idei Bruno.

Neobychnoe krasnoe siyanie nad Minnesotoi
17.02.2009 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Chto eto siyaet v nebe? Kogda samolet zahodil na posadku rannim vecherom v 2002 godu v Minneapolise, shtat Minnesota, SShA, srazu posle spuska nizhe urovnya oblakov passazhir Tailer Blessing uvidel i sfotografiroval "ogromnye izognutye svetyashiesya plasty, protyanuvshiesya ot oblaka do zemli".