STEP INTO THE BLUE - MEADE INSTRUMENTS PRODUCT GUIDE . ... The LX850 combines innovative concepts like StarlockтДв fulltime automatic guiding and high-precision pointing, f/8 ACF OTAs with internal Crayford-style two-speed focuser and a portable precision German equatorial mount. ... Superb optical performance coupled with time proven computerized pointing and tracking has made the LX200 ACF series a best-seller in the high-performance telescope class. ... 12" LX200-ACF f/10 OTA w/UHTC . ...

Astronomy Discussion Forums . ... You Are Still Missing The Point! ... Post Message | ... Hi Harv, . ... You refer to my point #7, "***It is possible to refer to that portion of true "Ultimate Reality" on which any individuals beliefs are based via a set of unknown numbers.***" with a question as to the meaning of the word "possible". ... www.astronomy.net . ... Forum posts are Copyright their authors as specified in the heading above the post. "dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

... Contents - Using Compatible Compilers - Accessing C Code From Within C++ Source - Accessing C++ Code From Within C Source - Mixing IOstream and C Standard I/O - Working with Pointers to Functions - Working with C++ Exceptions - Linking the Program Using Compatible Compilers The first requirement for mixing code is that the C and C++ compilers you are using must be compatible. ... Using Sun compilers, you can therefore use Standard I/O functions freely in both C and C++ code in the same program. ...

EMERGENCY ENCLOSURE CLOSING . ... In general, emergency systems/procedures have been put in place for electrical power failure and/or for enclosure controller/ motor drive failure. ... In the event the emergency generator fails to start or generate power, use procedure 3.0 for motor drive/controller failure except, you will need to plug the 2 winches into the portable Kubota generator which is stored in the garage. ... AT EACH WINCH, PULL BACK THE HUB DRIVE TO RELEASE THE CABLE DRUM. ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Bad Astro Store . ... Fun Stuff . ... It's the same with black holes. A black hole is an object with so much mass squeezed into so tight a space that the escape velocity-- the velocity you would need to be able to get away from the black hole-- is higher than the speed of light. ... Anyway, the material in this disk orbits the black hole just like planets around the Sun: the closer in you get, the faster you orbit. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems VII ASP Conference Series, Vol. ... Querying by Example Astronomical Archives F. Pasian and R. Smareglia Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, 34131 Trieste, Italy Email: pasian@ts.astro.it Abstract. ... The basic user query would simply be the submission of an input image, either 1­D or 2­D; the system should allow retrieval of archived images similar to an input one on the basis of some ``resemblance parameter''. ... the QUBE User Interface. ...

... The bright supernova (hereafter SN) in the galaxy NGC 4527 was first sighted by S. Knight (USA) on April 13.17UT at magnitude ~14.0v. The report of the sighting was subsequently forwarded by phone to the AAVSO. ... SN 1991T. The galaxy NGC 4527 is an Sb(s)II type galaxy with an apparent Blue magnitude of 11.32 (Shapley-Ames, 1981). ... An analysis of this event utilizing visual observations by amateurs, plus a light curve is presented.. ... THE LIGHT CURVE: . ... ISN SN 1991T web page . ...

Truebloodb,g, K. Zelayab Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43221 USA; bNational Optical Astronomy Observatory, 950 North Cherry Street, Tucson AZ 85719 USA; cCerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, Casilla 603, La Serena ... USA ABSTRACT We describe the design, construction and measured performance of the Kitt Peak Ohio State Multi-Object Spectrograph ( KOSMOS ) for the 4-m Mayall ... Optical layout for KOSMOS and COSMOS. ...

... разработка теории и методов расчета лучевых дифференциалов первого, второго и третьего порядков в градиентных оптических системах; . ... разработка методов расчета геометрических аберраций второго и третьего порядка осесимметричных оптических систем, содержащих асферические поверхности и градиентные среды типа "псевдоаксикон"; . ... получены формулы для расчета смещения изображения и геометрических аберраций второго порядка в градиентных оптических системах с малыми нарушениями осевой симметрии; . ...