... August 28, 1996 . NGC 5882: A Small Planetary Nebula . ... Pictured above is the planetary nebula NGC 5882, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope . Although planetary nebulae can appear similar to planets like Uranus and Neptune , they are actually gas clouds surrounding stars typically hundreds of light years away. Planetary nebula form when a typical star completes fusion in its core and ejects an outer envelope of gas - usually about 10 percent of the star's initial mass. ...

... Hoags Object: A Strange Ring Galaxy . ... Credit: R. Lucas ( STScI / AURA ), Hubble Heritage Team , NASA Explanation: Is this one galaxy or two? ... How Hoag's Object formed remains unknown, although similar objects have now been identified and collectively labeled as a form of ring galaxy . ... Hoag's Object spans about 100,000 light years and lies about 600 million light years away toward the constellation of the Snake ( Serpens ). ... The Double Ring Galaxies of Arp 147 from Hubble . ...

... These Frontier Fields will combine the power of HST with the natural gravitational telescopes of high-magnification clusters of galaxies. ... We are soliciting gravitational lensing maps for the last four Hubble Frontier Fields clusters (MACSJ0717.5+3745, MACSJ1149.5+2223, AbellS1063, and Abell 370) based upon the exceptionally deep HST FF imaging and other new ancillary data. ... For the full set of proposal instructions and requirements, see the FY16 Frontier Fields Lensing Map Call for Proposals....

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. August 30, 1998 . The Sun Erupts . Credit: Skylab , NASA . Explanation: The Sun is a seething ball of extremely hot gas. ... The Sun has survived for about 5 billion years, and will likely survive for another 5 billion. ... For example: Why is the Sun's corona so hot? What causes the Sun's unusual magnetic field? ... About APOD > . ...

... 13th European VLBI Network Symposium . and Users Meeting . on September 20-23, 2016. ... 13th European VLBI Network Symposium and Users Meeting on September 20-23, 2016. ... Year book "Ephemerides of Minor Planets for 2016" on-line . ...

... ArXiv] Special Issue from Annals of Applied Statistics? ... Category: arXiv , Cross-Cultural , Stat | ... Nflation: observable predictions from the random matrix mass spectrum by Kim and Liddle . ... Algorithms arXiv Astro Bad AstroStat Bayesian CHASC Cross-Cultural Data Processing Fitting Frequentist Galaxies gamma-ray High-Energy Imaging Jargon Job Languages MC MCMC Meta Methods Misc News Nuggets Objects Optical Physics Quotes Spectral Stars Stat Timing Uncertainty X-ray . ... SAMSI AstroStat Prog...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Last week's Snack talked about how black holes can affect the environment around them in such a way as to be very bright . ... It's a common misconception that black holes always have matter swirling into them. ... As this matter gets closer and closer to the black hole it piles up and a large, fairly flat disk forms. This is called the accretion disk , because matter from this disk accretes (that is, falls in) on the black hole. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

The 2016 Project ASTRO introductory workshop will take place September 16-17, 2016. ... Participating teachers and astronomers are required to attend. ... Home Phone: . ... work email . ... Please briefly describe your background and your experiences in astronomy (if different). Describe experiences you have working with schools or explaining astronomy to students and/or the public. ... What grade level(s) do you prefer to work with (check all that apply) . ... either work or home . ...

... Институт прикладной математики им. М.В.Келдыша . БАЛЛИСТИЧЕСКИЙ ЦЕНТР . О Центре . ... Баллистический Центр Института прикладной математики им. М.В.Келдыша РАН . Баллистический центр (БЦ) ИПМ им. М.В. Келдыша создан по предложению С.П. Королева и М.В. Келдыша в 1965 году. На него были возложены работы по баллистико-навигационному обеспечению (БНО) управления полетом пилотируемых кораблей и автоматических космических аппаратов научного и народно-хозяйственного назначения. ...

According to the # 7.1. of the Acting Statutes/Regulations on the International Astronomy Olympiad there should be an Authorized National Representative (Astronomical) Organization (ANRAO) in every participating state: A national astronomical society, a department (section) of the EAAS or IAU in the state, a leading observatory, an astronomical department of a leading university, a ministry of education or another appropriate competent institution. ...

The Astronomical Society of Australia has been asked by STANDARDS AUSTRALIA to compile a list of "designated" optical observatories that are valuable resources for (i) research, (ii) education and (iii) community use. The ASA is the final arbiter of whether any particular observatory is so designated. ... Upon receipt of your application form, your observatory will be entered on a list of "Pending Designated Observatories" on the ASA Home Page. ... It will be emailed for you. ... Email . ...

... Up: Data Analysis Applications . ... The general-purpose data reduction package FIGARO is now available to be run from the IRAF CL, and more Starlink applications will follow in due course. ... A system has been developed to enable packages written for the Starlink Software Environment to be run from the IRAF CL so that an IRAF user can mix and match application tasks from the two environments as required to process data, all under the control of the IRAF CL. ...

GTK+ / Gnome Application Development . ... Use the Gnome autoconf macros, or the gnome-config script, to reliably locate the Gnome libraries and header files. ... Include the standard INSTALL file describing how to compile and install the package; change the standard file to reflect anything specific to your application. ... Install a .desktop file so your application will appear on the Gnome desktop's menus. Install help files along with topic.dat files so the Gnome help browser can locate them. ...

Up: The ESO Red Sky Previous: Stars and Galaxies . ... It may have been like walking on a stage in daytime. ... Tucholke, H.-J, Schuecker, P. 1992, PASP 104, 704; Tucholke, H.-J., Hiesgen, M. 1991, IAU Symp. 148, in The Magellanic Clouds , eds. R. Haynes, D. Milne, Kluwer, Dordrecht, p. 491. Winkelkoetter, H., Diploma Thesis Muenster 1992 . ... Ritzmann, B.-M., Diploma Thesis Muenster 1992 . ... Meijer, J., Diploma Thesis Muenster 1991; Nolze, W., Diploma Thesis Muenster 1993 . ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . ... Observing . ... Magazine . ... space flight . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... Space: women neednт??t apply? ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ... Astronomy Magazine . ...

XMM-Newton Science Analysis System Page: 1 om at eld August 16, 2005 Abstract Creates a tracking shifted at eld and applies it to an OM OSW image. ... The tracking shifted at eld is created by extracting a window from the OM In Orbit Flat eld. This window is made slightly bigger than the OM OSW Image to accomodate the tracking shifts of pixels within the In Orbit Flat eld. ... The at elded OM OSW Image is also output for use in subsequent pipeline tasks. ... Intermediate OM In Orbit Flat eld le. ...

ATNF Home . About ATNF . ... About ATNF overview . ... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder . Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory . ... Parkes radio telescope . Australia Telescope Compact Array . ... Applying for observing time . ... If you have colleagues in other divisions within CSIRO who might have applications for the chequerboard array, please forward them this invitation, or let me know and I will contact them directly. ...

... Bojan Nikolic web pages (r. 329) . ... python <name of some script> . ... The reason for such design is that the scripts are designed for interactive use within Python. What you are supposed to do is to start python interpreter, load up the script using the execfile command, e.g., . ... and then continue in Python to use the commands defined by the script, maybe for example calling a analyse() function. ... Explanation of my Python scripts and how to use them . Design for use within Python . ...

Chapter 11. Specifying OpenGL Environment Variable Settings . ... Several antialiasing methods are available and you can select between them by setting the __GL_FSAA_MODE environment variable appropriately. ... To see the available values for __GL_FSAA_MODE along with their descriptions, run: nvidia-settings --query=fsaa --verbose . The __GL_FSAA_MODE environment variable uses the same integer values that are used to configure FSAA through nvidia-settings and the NV-CONTROL X extension. ...

The Face on Mars . ... The Raw Images . Table 1: List of Viking Orbiter Images of the "Face on Mars" . ... Processing the Face Images . Table 2: Dimensions of Mercator Projected Images of "The Face on Mars" . Map Projected Images . ... Processing the "Face on Mars" Images . ... This page will provide interested persons with both the raw Viking images, transformed to GIF format, and a brief tutorial (with examples) of image processing techniques applied to create "better looking" images. ...