... Bad Astronomy . ... Keep Bad Astronomy close to your heart, and help make me filthy rich. ... The length of the shadow depends on the height of an object (like a mountain or a human) and how high up the Sun is. ... We can calculate the length of the shadow if we know the Sun's angle above the horizon and the object's height. ... The Earth spins 360 degrees in 24 hours, which means it spins 1 degree in 4 minutes; that in turn means the Sun moves 1 degree every 4 minutes in the sky. ...

This module provides for mapping different parts of the host filesystem in the document tree, and for URL redirection. ... The directives contained in this module allow for manipulation and control of URLs as requests arrive at the server. ... The ScriptAlias directive has the additional effect of marking the target directory as containing only CGI scripts. The Redirect directives are used to instruct clients to make a new request with a different URL. ... Syntax: Alias URL-path file-path | ...

... now - return the registration form . May 10 - deadline for conference registration and accommodation form . ... July 1 - final information to participants . ... RETURN] . ... Please send the abstracts to LOC. E-mail address: astro@te.net.ua . ... All participants are requested to fill in the enclosed Registration Form and send it to us before May 10, 1999 (via electronic mail to astro@te.net.ua ) . ... Please complete and return this form (even if you sent the pre-registration form) . ...

... IRAF Multiple Extensions FITS (MEF) Files Interface Nelson Zarate National Optical Astronomy Observatories Tucson, AZ 85719 (zarate@noao.edu) Abstract. ... If there are no values to match then `extver' should be INDEFL. 3.2. mef rdhdr gn (mef,group) Read extension number `group'. ... The header should have been read by now. mefo The output file MEF pointer returned by mef open. 4.2. mef copy extn (mefi, mefo, group) Copy a FITS extension given by its number `group' into an output file. ...

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... This applet generates an observing list based on an observer's location and time. ... To use this program, enter in your location, and the local times at which you wish to begin and end observing. The date you enter should correspond to the calendar day at the time at which you begin observing. For example, if you wish to observe from 9:37 PM October 23, 2007 until 3:21 AM October 24, 2007, you would enter 21:37 for the starting time, 03:21 for the finish time, and 10/23/2007 for the date. ...

... NASA Astronaut . ... NASA EXPERIENCE: Selected by NASA in April 1996, Dr. Pettit reported to the Johnson Space Center in August 1996. ... He lived aboard the International Space Station for 5-1/2 months during Expedition 6, was a member of the STS-126 crew, and again lived aboard the station for 6-1/2 months as part of the Expedition 30/31 crew. ... Expedition 30/31 (December 21, 2011 to July 1, 2012) launched to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz TMA-03M craft from Kazakhstan. ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... SUN MOON MERCURY VENUS MARS, JUPITER SATURN . ... Mars . ... The Magazine . ... Observing . ... Gravitational wave search provides insights into galaxy evolution and mergers . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Mars returns to glory . ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter...

... ISC Kosmotras . ... Cluster Launch of Dnepr LV 22 August 2013 KOMPSAT-5 Launch 21 November 2013. ... Being the 8th commercial launch for Dnepr, this is also its first 'return to flight' mission since the failure encountered on July 27, 2006 during liftoff from Baikonur. In parallel with the successful completion of its first launch campaign in 2007, ISC Kosmotras continues preparations for the next two Dnepr launch missions scheduled to fly from Baikonur and Yasny launch bases. ... Dnepr Program . ...

... It was done. ... Agenda of the RadioAstron teleconference August 25, 2010 Corrections to the Agenda 1 2 3 N. Kardashev N. Kardashev N. Babakin Project status Present status of tests of science payload in LA Brief review of Pushchino TS verifications with Venus Express: current status and outlook Current status and activities related to TS in South Africa and in New Zealand Action items L.Gurvits S.Likhachev S.Gulyaev M.Popov 4 5 Chairman: N.Kardashev List of ...

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. ...

Gaussian Multiplicative Chaos and Applications R и M I R H O D E S , U N I V E R S I T и PA R I S - DAU P H I N E Motivations in turbulence In fluid dynamics, turbulence is a flow regime in which the velocity field presents unsteady vortices on many scales. ... Such flows arise when the source of kinetic energy making the fluid move is much greater than viscosity forces of the fluid. ... 2) In 1941, Kolmogorov suggested a statistical approach of the local dissipation of energy, called the K41 theory. ...

This is the new output format generator. ... It works as such: The user will ask for format "output:html" with option "style=booklist". ... This is an output format. b) The "output" module's broken out format is the canon format. So the fromcanon and explode routines do nothing but return what they are given. c) The style module will return a single string. ... It takes as input a record in canon format. ... The charset used is canon. 4. bp-output.pl A new format module. ... bp-output.pl | ...

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Crews of the Space Station "Mir" . ... First main crew on the Station Mir. ... Soyuz TM-2" . ... Second main crew on the Station Mir. ... Third main crew on the Station Mir. ... Fifth main crew on the Station Mir. ... Sixth main crew on the Station Mir. ... Tenth main crew on the Station Mir (175 days). ... Twelfth main crew on the Station Mir. ... Thirteenth main crew on the Station Mir (179 days). ... Copyrigth ї The People's Charity Foundation for the Preservation of the Space Station "Mir", 1999 . ...

SAI VO . ... Web Services . Catalog Access Services . ... SAI Web Services . ... This service aims to automatically match stars in FITS image provided with catalogue and add the correct WCS keywords to its FITS header. ... Service Web Interface . ... The service is available here To use it, you has to provide the image as a Base64-encoded string, along with the rough information on image field of view size and center (the latter may be deduced from FITS header keywords like 'RA' and 'DEC'). ...

About Zones of Resonant Returns of Asteroid Apophis . ... Asteroid Apophis is one of extremely dangerous NEOs. ... Using analytical and numerical tools, we investigate the loss of precision after the Earth approach in 2029 and the possible approach in 2036. ... Possible trajectories of collisions with the Earth have been found analytically and numerically in this chaotic region. To construct these trajectories we used quasi-random intermediate motions, made up from resonant collision orbits. ...

... Submitted by Bruce Berger on 02/18/2007 18:54:00 . ... My wife I were headed home just after sunset when this scene grabbed our attention. I snapped a couple of shots but the exposures were blurred. I rushed home and returned with a tripod a few minutes later and snapped a few shots. ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

... Get Object Information Returns: <string># Returns a string containing the current target object's name and object type. ... Returns: Nothing. ... LX200GPS AutoStar ­ Performs no function Select deep sky Library where D specifices 0 - Objects CNGC / NGC in Autostar LX200GPS 1 - Objects IC 2 ­ UGC 3 ­ Caldwell (Autostar LX200GPS ) 4 ­ Arp (LX200 GPS) 5 ­ Abell (LX200 GPS) Returns : 1 Catalog available 0 Catalog Not found LX200GPS AutoStar ­ Performs no function always ...

Weekly Bulletin on Solar and Geomagnetic Activity Highlights on 14 - 20.05.2012, Forecast on 21 - 28.05.2012, Carrington Rotations 2123 2124 (28,19.04; 25,42.05.2012) SUNSPOT ACTIVITY ON LAST WEEK WAS AT HIGH LEVEL ON MAY 14 AFTER WHEN 13.05 ON THE SOLAR VISIBLE DISK THERE WERE AT ONCE 4 SUNSPOT GROUPS, BUT ALREADY FROM 15.01 EVERYTHING RETURNED TO THE AVERAGE LEVEL. ... NEXT WEEK THE LEVEL OF SUNSPOT ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BE AVERAGE. ... FLARES to tm te c/p local. ...