OptInt PmWiki : Pm Wiki / Upgrading From Pm Wiki 1 . This page gives suggestions for upgrading an existing PmWiki 1.x installation to use PmWiki 2.0. In this page we assume that a site administrator already has a site running using PmWiki version 1.x or earlier in a somewhat standard configuration, and wants to upgrade to the 2.0 software. Important note: The normal PmWiki upgrade procedure (i.e., copy the new software over the existing one) won't work for moving from 1.x to 2.0. ...

Next: Special Cases: Supernova Explosion Up: Change of Binary Parameters: Previous: Mass change . The binary separation a changes differently depending on the mass exchange mode. ... If the mass transfer is conservative ( , i.e. const) and one may neglect the redistribution of the intrinsic angular momenta of the components, the total orbital momentum conservation law implies . ... the orbital separation always increases in such systems). ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... Observing . ... Sky this Month . ... An artificial comet holds secrets to Earths life . ... The Real Reality Show: Would aliens be anything like us? ... The Real Reality Show: All about the Drake Equation . ... The Real Reality Show . ... The Real Reality Show: How Did Life Start on Earth? ... Only registered members of Astronomy.com are allowed to comment on this article. ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ...

I. Installation . ... AMPLE package distributive (created with program InstallShield for Microsoft Visual C++) has been downloaded on FTP server of IAA RAS as archive Ample.zip. ... Note: If the window "file download" appears, select Open... switch button, then press OK button. ... The shortcut for AMPLE will be linked with this folder, and auxiliary files will be created here during AMPLE work. ... When running AMPLE all auxiliary and new configuration files are created in the WORK folder. ...

The database contains references to the papers, data files and links to the Internet resources related to measurements and calculations of the optical constants in the wavelength interval from X-rays to radio domain. ... References to some useful books and reviews on the subject (e.g. the classical handbooks edited by E.D.Palik) and links to Internet collections of optical constants and personal WWW pages with related software were also placed in the database. You have arrived at our welcome page. ...

... Previous: Literature and Catalogs in Electronic Form: Questions, Ideas and an Example: the IBVS . ... Astronomers can use the ADS to maintain their publication lists; a simple http link can bring a current bibliography at any time. ... For example the following links to Martha Hazen's bibliography. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/abs_connect?author=hazen,m. &aut_syn=YES&nr_to_return=all . ... To have a complete bibliography via ADS one needs but to add the missing articles into ADS. ...

... StelScriptMgr Class Reference . ... const QStringљ . ... Stops any running script. ... If the file is not found or cannot be opened for some reason, an Empty string will be returned. const QString StelScriptMgr::getDescription . ... If the file is not found or cannot be opened for some reason, an Empty string will be returned. const QString StelScriptMgr::getLicense . ... Get the rate at which the script is running as a multiple of the normal execution rate. void StelScriptMgr::pauseScript . ...

... The growth phase starts the substorm process. ... Furthermore, a thin current sheet (TCS, down to 0.1 Re) forms just tailward of the dipole-like field lines (6-15 Re). This can be important for the triggering of the substorm (onset of the expansion phase). ... Res. ... Kaufmann, R. L., Substorm currents: growth phase and onset, J. Geophys. ... Kirkwood, S., and L. Eliasson, Energetic particle precipitation in the substorm growth phase measured by EISCAT and Viking, J. Geophys. ...

Astronomy Discussion Forums . Forums: . ... Nothing Started Here . ... Post Message | ... Posted by Harvey on November 3, 2002 21:31:28 UTC . ... He loves bickering. So, he uses this forum to engage in bickering. ... You bicker instead of answering my content posts - quiet - November 5, 2002 - 01:02 UTC . ... www.astronomy.net . About Astronomy Net | ... Forum posts are Copyright their authors as specified in the heading above the post. "dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

JSC History . ... The Archive database can be searched only to the folder level. ... The Archive database is the hard copy History Office archival guide pages. ... Note: the number of pages in the search results depends on how many records containing the search criteria are returned combined with the number of records per page requested in the 'Max Page" box (default is 100). ... Reset - removes all check marks made to the select boxes (to the left of the Record Number) on the search results page. ...

... You will connect to the server ( telescope ) computer with a command such as the one described below: ssh -L 7624 :localhost: 7624 user@remoteserver On a high speed local area network if you also want to transport X you may connect with ssh -Y -L 7624 :localhost: 7624 user@remoteserver Configure SSH without passwords =============================== On the computer you are connecting from ... Server Port =========== The XmCCD camera controller runs as an INDI device. ...

... Oleg V. Verkhodanov . ... The last few years have changed our view on the evolution of galaxies: the most distant galaxies (i.e. systems having stellar population) have been found at redshift z=6.68 (Chen H.-W., Lanzetta, K. M., Pascarelle, S. 1999, Nature, 398 , 586) and radio galaxy at z=5.19 (van Breugel W., De Breuck C., Stanford S. A., Stern D., Rottgering H., Miley G. 1999. astro-ph/9904272 ). ... Redshifts and age of stellar systems of distant radio galaxies from multicolour photometry data. ...

... Some equations, identities or formulas contain small quantities , and these can be made much simpler and easier to use by sacrificing a little accuracy. ... When we derive squares, 3rd powers, 4th powers etc. of numbers larger than 1 , the results are always bigger , while for numbers smaller than 1 , the results are always smaller . ... power . ... number . ... The above also holds for negative numbers, if one understands "bigger" and "smaller" to refer to the absolute value (the value without sign...

There is an obligation of team leaders to translate these rules and regulations to native language of participants in advance. Starting since 2004 this translation has to be done in written form as an obligatory part of application to the International Astronomy Olympiad.) ... Don't write the conditions of problem in rough copy or clean copy. ... All additional information for participants to be done in both official languages of the Olympiad: in Russian and in English. ... Rough copy. ...

Seasonal Streaks Point to Recent Flowing Water on Mars . ... Credit Copyright: NASA , JPL , U. Arizona Explanation: What creates these changing streaks on Mars? ... After much study , including a recent chemical analyses , a leading hypothesis has emerged that these streaks are likely created by new occurrences of liquid salty water that evaporates as it flows. ... An exciting inference is that if these briny flows are not too salty, they may be able to support microbial life on Mars even today. ...

... The first domestic liquid-propellant rocket engine with afterburning of generated gas in a combustion chamber allowed to achieve a specific impulse of up to 340 kgf s/kg in vacuum when using main components. ... Fuel components: . ... fuel . ... The engine has a more heat-intensive combustion chamber, therefore, RG-1 is used as fuel. When launching heavy-lift spacecraft, synthine can be used in the capacity of fuel without re-designing the engine. ... Official WEB-site of S.P.Korolev RSC Energia . ...

... Exposure Time Calculator (ETC) . Survey processing . ... VISTA is a 4-m class wide field survey telescope for the southern hemisphere, equipped with a near infrared camera (1.65 degree diameter field of view at VISTA's nominal pixel size) containing 67 million pixels of mean size 0.34 arcsec and available broad band filters at Z,Y,J,H,K s and a narrow band filter at 1.18 micron. A wide field visible camera, if constructed, could also be used on VISTA. ... Tile . ... ESO VISTA Public Surveys . ...

... News . ... Research areas . ... English News . ... In the spring of this year the scientists of Samara State Aerospace University (SSAU) will proceed to integrated exploration environment in the near-Earth space and its impact on the engineered materials of spacecraft. ... This spring it will be launched into space by the first carrier rocket from the new Russian space launcher complex Vostochniy. ... The equipment set is designed and manufactured in SSAU Institute of Space Device Engineering (ISDE)...

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... Changed format option parsing routine in bp-p-options. added opt_reverseauthor to bp-refer, and added options parsing. 0.1.1 perl5/ad425.ref->ad425.bib in 25.3 seconds perl5/timetest.pl 2.31s total, 1.03, 1.01, 3.52 Added p-output.pl. ... No noticible change in running time, which means the debugging statements aren't slowing us down enough to worry about dropping them. 0.0.11 perl5/ad425.ref->ad425.bib in 22.7 seconds perl5/timetest.pl 1.98 total, 1.02, 1.01, 3.39 Added format registration. ...