... 2004 December 30 . M81 and M82: GALEX Full Field . Credit: GALEX Team , Caltech , NASA . Explanation: Intriguing galaxy pair M81 and M82 shine in this full-field view from the orbiting GALEX observatory. GALEX - the Galaxy Evolution Explorer - scans the cosmos in ultraviolet light , a view that follows star formation and galaxy evolution through the Universe . ... About APOD | ... NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers . NASA Official: Jay Norris. ...

Download Izmccd (~2.7 MB). Solution of problems at identification of star field. ... 2) Scale is not correct. ... In this case algorithm of identification will revise all values of scale from twice smaller up to twice greater. ... There should be more than value of the field "Number of stars in frame". ... The star field is considered identified if number of the identified stars more or equally to this value. It is necessary to set value from 4 up to value of field "Number of stars in frame". ...

On optical characteristics of non-spherical scatterers . ... Usually one assumes that the radiation from a very distant source is incident on a scatterer and then this radiation can be represented by a plane wave . ... Amplitude matrix . ... The elements of the amplitude matrix on the directions of propagation of the incident and scattered radiations, the size, morphology and chemical composition of the scatterer as well as its orientation in the laboratory system. ... Scattering matrix . ...

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... They have buttons to get a help window and close the window in the bottom left corner and often some other buttons in a similar style in the bottom right corner. ... Each CIMA-style window has a set of buttons in the lower left corner. ... Accept : Apply the options selected and then close the window . ... Current : Restore all options The 'Accept' and 'Apply' buttons both apply the selected options; the only difference being that 'Accept' will close the window while 'Apply' will leave it open. ...

... Even with today's advances in networking, file system capacities and CD technology it is often necessary to transport and store scientific data sets on magnetic tape. The FITS data format standard contains guidelines on how to write FITS files to magnetic tape but does not address the problem of indexing or organizing tape files. ... 8--16 GB per 4mm tape). ... This paper presents a convention for writing self-describing magnetic tapes that contain FITS formatted data files. ...

... Spectral regions highlighted by green bars have been used to detemine the тЯиB z тЯй value from H Balmer lines, and the magenta bars highlight the spectral regions used to estimate the magnetic field from metal lines. ... The FORS1 instrument of the ESO Very Large Telescope was used to obtain low resolution circular polarized spectra of nearly a thousand of different stars, with the aim of measuring their mean longitudinal magnetic fields. ...

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Turning the Camera Skyward . A reconfigured camera can take wide-field exposures of astronomical objects (constellations, the Milky Way, zodiacal light, moving artificial satellites, meteor showers, variable stars, etc.) to reveal much fainter objects and structures than seen by naked eye. ... This picture reveals objects more than 2.5 times fainter than can be seen by the naked eye, including not only stars but also the Orion nebula (M42), where new stars are being born. ...