home education > resources . ... Education from Mercury . ... Selected Topical Bibliographies . Astronomy Education Bibliography . ... Astronomical Pseudo-Science . ... Foothill College the Astronomical Society of the Pacific) . ... Sletteback, A. Jettner, F. "Proceedings of the Conference on Education in Astronomy, August 1969" in Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, vol. 2, p. 254 (1970). ... Accompanied, later in the same book, by a "Catalog of National Astronomy Education Projects".) ...

... The generation of simulated sources whose physical properties are well understood is useful in assessing the functionality of point source analysis software. Qpsim is an IRAF/PROS task which will generate events from sources of given intensity, shape, and position and either overlay them on a flat background in a new QPOE file or inject them into an existing QPOE file. ... The simulated data can be a useful tool in calibrating point source analysis software. ...

... This appartus will drop a mass from different heights. When the mass strikes the ground, some percentage of its original energy will be absorbed by the ground. ... The percentage of the energy which is absorbed by the surface on each "bounce" (EAS) . ... The impact velocity of the object will also be given at each bounce. ... Start= Drop the ball after Energy, Mass and EAS have been set; resume after step or pause has been selected . ... Reset = Reset experiment to intial values . ...

The nasa.gov site requires that JavaScripts be enabled in your browser. ... Contact NASA . ... The term "astronaut" derives from the Greek words meaning "space sailor," and refers to all who have been launched as crew members aboard NASA spacecraft bound for orbit and beyond. Since the inception of NASA's human space flight program, we have also maintained the term "astronaut" as the title for those selected to join the NASA corps of astronauts who make "space sailing" their career profession. ...

... qc_rawdisp.py . This tool can be called after moveProducts for selecting RAWDISP plots as reference plots. It works on a specified date: ABs can be selected interactively, the RAWDISP plots from the chosen ABs are then copied to $DFS_PRODUCT/RAWDSIP/REFERENCE/, renamed, and published on the web server at /observing/dfo/quality/<INSTRUMENT>/reports/RAWDISP/REFERENCE. ... RAWTYPE>, <DO_CLASS>, and <SETUP> are taken from the RAW_TYPE, RAWFILE, and RAW_MATCH_KEY sections of the relevant AB. ...

... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... Applications are invited for fixed-term Research Studentships at the Armagh Observatory, starting 2016 September/October. ... An application pack including examples of possible projects may be obtained from the this web-site or by writing to: The Administrator, Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, Northern Ireland (Tel: +44-(0)28-3752-2928; Fax: +44-(0)28-3752-7174; e-mail: hr arm.ac.uk). ...

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... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . ... Star Atlas . ... An artificial comet holds secrets to Earths life . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... The planet has extreme temperature swings and perhaps active lava flows. ... A digital supplement to Astronomy magazine. ... Join TravelQuest International with Astronomy and Discover magazines on one of three great tour options surrounding this celestial spectacle . ... Astronomy Magazine . ...

... Satellite data ] . ... The program provides possibility to browse the full session telemetry data, perform geographical referencing of the telemetry, select a fragment of arbitrary size (fragments of юVHHR , HIRS instruments data for a region of user’s interest, along with acqiusition time data per telemetry line), perform calibration of HIRS data. ... The fragmented data can be mapped to geographic coordinates using satellite orbit data. ...

... MAG _Base Ѓ +--- SELECT/CHANGE DATABASE Ѓ Selection of working database file Ѓ +--- LOOK 1 STATION Ѓ Display and correct data of one selected Ѓ station (remove spikes, fill gaps) +--- VIEW DATA Ѓ Display up to 10 plots of selected Ѓ stations and components +--- TYPE DATA Ѓ Type 1-minute data and other information Ѓ from ...

... Field size . Object name . ... Map size . ... Field size: the approximate size of the map in the Y direction. ... Galaxies: . ... Galaxies, which size exceeds some value depending on the field and map sizes, are displayed with their real positional angles and sizes by 25m isophote. ... In the "tools" fields there are links to the several famous AVO (Astrophysical Virtual Observatory) resources: NED and Simbad databases and DSS2 (Palomar Digitized Sky Survey) images of the corresponding sky area. ...

... The function is accessible, if the file with the image is open, and Ю identification of a star field is made. ... a) Load a first image by the command " Open ", and others by the command " Open +". b) Make an identification of the field. c) Open the menu " File ", select " Next " or press . ... It is necessary tree or more images. a) Load the first image by the command " Open" , and others by the command " Open + ". b) Open the menu " Marking ", select "Detect moving objects" or press - . ...

slitless -- Extract a spectrum from a direct/GRISM image pair slitless image grism output PARAMETERS . ... A two dimensional direct image to be used to select an object. grism . A two dimensional GRISM image containing slitless spectra of objects present in the direct image. output . ... Toggle whether or not a background estimate is subtracted from the extracted object spectrum. mingood = INDEF . Pixels of the grism image with values smaller than this are ignored. maxgood = INDEF . ...

The original files with the data were in different formats. ... Such files were named "standard data files" and linked to the database. They can be easily transformed to any desirable format by a code. Here we present two simple computer programs of this kind. ... When running the code, you can specify columns in the output file: wavelength, energy (eV) or wavenumber (cm -1 ) as the first column, and complex refractive index or dielectric function as the second and third columns. ...

... SESDA Program Manager . ... Received Bachelors in Science degrees in Physics and in Mathematics from the University of Texas at Austin, and Masters in Science and Doctorate in Physics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. ... In 2000 joined Science Systems and Applications, Inc. as Deputy Program Manager for the Space and Earth Sciences Data Analysis contract, leading over 330 professionals providing space and Earth sciences, engineering and IT services to GSFC. ... 73 , 514, 1994. ...

When Apache starts, it connects to some port and address on the local machine and waits for incoming requests. By default, it listens to all addresses on the machine, and to the port as specified by the Port directive in the server configuration. ... There are two directives used to restrict or specify which addresses and ports Apache listens to. ... Listen can be used to make a single Apache server listen to more than one address and/or port. ... Syntax: Listen [ port | IP-address:port ] . ...

MAKING THE PROFILES . First of all you are expected to load a FITS file ("FILE"-"LOAD"). ... By pressing the middle button you copy the profile from the first profile window to the second one. ... An example: first integral can correspond to the profile of active region and second integral can correspond to the profile of quiet chromospheric region. ... The second profile (which is subtracted from the first one) you extract after clicking on "SUBTRACT"-"MARK QUIET PROFILE" and marking the region. ...

Stellarium 0.12.3 . ... Classes . ... StelObjectMgr Class Reference . ... voidљ . selectedObjectChanged ( StelModule::StelModuleSelectAction action) . ... findAndSelect (const StelCore *core, const Vec3d &pos, StelModule::StelModuleSelectAction action= StelModule::ReplaceSelection ) . ... Find and select an object from its translated name. ... findAndSelect (const QString &name, StelModule::StelModuleSelectAction action= StelModule::ReplaceSelection ) . ... getWasSelected (void) const . ...

... Telescopes ћ Binoculars ћ Microscopes . How to Select the Right Binocular . Meade Sports Optics Support . ... Most commonly, binoculars utilize either porro prisms or roof prism s for this purpose. ... Example: The Meade 8x42mm Waterproof roof prism binocular has a field of view 367 ft. wide for an object 1000 yards distant from the observer, yielding a field of view specification of 367 ft. at 1000 yds. ... Example: Meade 8x21mm Folding Roof Prism. ... Meade Binoculars Instruction Manual . ...

SAI VO . ... SAI CAS . ... Web Services . Catalog Access Services . ... SAI VO Wiki . ... Program Access . SAI CAS Wiki . SAI Web Services . WCSFix . ... Upload your FITS image - and get it back with reliable WCS header imprinted! Select your image . ... Specify the approximate center and size of the image . ... Center: Radius: degrees arcmin arcsec . ... Select catalogue to match with . Catalogue: usnob1 usnoa2 tycho2 . ... SAI MSU | ...