FADS-III at ADASS'97 . Invitation to join the preliminary Email discussion. FADS stands for `The Future of Astronomical Data-analysis Software'. ... In an open debate the participants try to figure out what the future of our trade will look like, and whether there is anything we can and/or should do about it. ... As organisers of FADS-III, we hereby invite you to participate in the traditional preliminary email discussion, prior to the actual session at the upcoming ADASS'97 conference. ...

... 5 L Y NDON B. JOHNSON SP ACE CENTER HOUST O N, TEXAS MA Y 2003 NASA JSC 2003e27681 President George H. W. Bush shakes hands with David Ramon, son of STS-107 Payload Specialist Ilan Ramon, at the Houston Astros' home opener on April 1. ... By Bob Gaffney, JSC Emergency Preparedness Manager Johnson Space Center is part of a coastal community, and that means that employees need to be prepared for a major hurricane. ... B. NASA JSC 2003e30932 A. NASA JSC 2003e30931 Background photo: NASA JSC 2003e30917...

... Denney, K.D., Peterson, B.M., Pogge, R.W., Adair, A., Atlee, D.W., Au-Yong, K., Bentz, M.C., Bird, J.C., Brokofsky, D.J., Chisholm, E., Comins, M.L., Dietrich, M., Doroshenko, V.T., Eastman, J.D., Efimov, Y.S., Ewald, S., Ferbey, S., Gaskell, C.M., Hedrick, C.H., Jackson, K., Klimanov, S.A., Klimek, E.S., Kruse, A.K., LadИroute, A., Lamb, J.B., Leighly, K., Minezaki, T., Nazarov, S.V., O n k e n , C . ... Peterson, B.M. 2006, The Astrophysical Journal, 647, 901. ... Peterson, B.M. 2002, 572, 746. ...

... Estimates of Fried's parameter, as well as the seeing timescale, can be obtained from data taken in the t0 modes. ... SAOImage ds9 is installed on the laptop, and can be used to view the images that have just been recorded. ... While that's booting, plug the CCD power supply into the mains, connect the camera head to the USB box, connect the USB box to the dimmwit and then finally plug the USB box into the power supply. ... Now you are ready to start the CCD control software (called finder). ...

The Official Publication of the Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton Director John Miller (609) 252-1223 jmiller@princetonastronomy.org Assistant Director John Church (609) 799-0723 j.church@mindspring.com Treasurer Program Chairman Michael Mitrano Ludy D'Angelo 609-737-6518 (609) 882-9336 michael. mitrano @worldnet.att.net ldangelo106@comcast.net Secretary Editors Larry Kane Bryan Hubbard and Ira Polans (609) 273-1456 (732) 469-7698 ... New member John Giles wants to be a trainee. ...

Journal of the Amateur Astrono mers Association of New York December 2010 Volume 58 Number 12, ISSN 0146-7662 EYEPIECE out. ... Tony brought a printed star chart, which enabled him to star hop with a 10" reflector to the star field. ... In the early 20th century, with the r ealization that "spiral nebulas" are exter nal galaxies and are themselves Milky Ways, the universe all of a sudden beca me incomprehensively infinite. ... December sky; Moon December December 4.9. ... Moon lies near Venus. ...

MILT will be the first major telescope to utilize a very lightweight monolithic cast honeycomb Pyrex primary mirror. ... It is based on 395 rms image diameters measured from plates taken with the Solar Telescope (76 cm aperture) over a one year period. ... The consensus among ARC astronomers is that the best rms seeing disk should be sampled by no fewer than 5 detector pixels (one dimension) when the telescope is in its minimum optics 'clean' configuration (no reducing camera). ...