Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... 1.01.2001 . ... During millennium two , humanity continually redefined its concept of "Universe": first as spheres centered on the Earth , in mid-millennium as the Solar System , a few centuries ago as the Galaxy , and within the last century as the matter emanating from the Big Bang . ... 2001 2002 . ... NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers . ... Publications with keywords: universe - millennium . Publications with words: universe - millennium . ...

Following IDL routines are intended for plotting KP data in IDL. Same routines were used to make GIF plots of KP available on WWW. ... Usage example: IDL routine to plot "itc" files with the CORALL (ion moments) data: itcview, 'itc52411.dat' or itcview, 'KP/INTERBALL/itc52411.dat' where 'itc52411.dat' - input file. This should be original ASCII file from KP archive with original filename. ... Routines plot data on a screen and ask for the confirmation to make a PS file. ... itcview.pro . ...

God Science Forum Message . ... The Destropic Principle . ... Abstract: The “Destropic Principle” is an argument that establishes that every universe is equiprobable, and the possibility of life is not a more special feature than any other. This opposes to the “anthropic principle” when it is used to argue that there is a necessity for a divinity, or multiple universes, in order to explain the configuration of our universe, particularly, the capability of harboring life. ... www.astronomy.net . ...

There are six possible ways of object description: . a) by number(s) . ... d) by list . e) by orbital elements . ... They should be introduced as year, month, day with tenth (e.g. 20021104.1). d) Computations are performed for all objects listed in the file whose path and name should be introduced into assigned data field. ... On pressing Edit file button user has a possibility to look through the list of object elements or their coordinates and velocities to add or to change it. ...

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... The overall globular cluster population is divided by gap in the metallicity function at [Fe/H]=-1.0 into two discrete groups with well-defined maxima at [Fe/H]=-1.60?0.03 dex, and -0.60?0.04 dex. ... Clusters with extremely blue horizontal branches occupy a spherical volume of radius ~ 9 kpc, have high rotational velocities ( V rot =77?33 km/s), have substantial and equal negative radial and vertical metallicity gradients, and are, on average, the oldest group (the old-halo subsystem). ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... I think I will break from my usual format of Bad Astronomy/ Good Astronomy by saying that the way we define seasons currently is not strictly bad, but I feel (in my opinion!) that it could be better. The definition of when the seasons begin is at the moment of solstice or equinox; that is, winter (in the north) starts on December 22 nd and summer starts on June 22 nd . ... Now imagine breaking up the Sun's 46 degree up-and-down yearly swing into 1 day intervals. ...

... Configuration The dictionary accepts one obligatory parameter - RULES, which has to be set to the file describing parsing rules and output recipes. ... Each non-empty line is either a comment (when started with '#' symbol), or a conversion rule, and in the latter case has to contain whitespace-separated pattern and output recipe. Currently, pattern has to match the _integer_ (one, two or more) number of input tokens; they will be replaced with a single one. ...

... Activity 3: Measuring the Position of the Sun in the Sky . Purpose: To give students the opportunity to measure the position of the Sun in the sky using simple tools and methods. ... Alternatively, you may have students devise their own methods of relative measurement and apply them to measuring the position of the Sun in the sky. ... Rangi is the sky, and when the Sun is near Rangi's head it is summer in New Zealand. ... Read the Maori story to students. ... back to Teachers' Newsletter Main Page ...

Please enter the lightcurve file name and period search parameters: . Lightcurve file: . ... Apply the Heliocentric correction and convert all dates to Terrestrial Time (TT)? ... Also, the Heliocentric correction cannot be applied to such lightcurves. ... This period search service is also available at the mirror sites: Mirror 1 , Mirror 2 , Mirror 3 , Mirror 4 . You may download the latest source code distribution and install the period search service at your own web server. ...

... All circuit parameters have been presented in a symbolic form. ... To use the program you will need a CIR file (PSpise, DesignLab file) of your circuit. CIR file examples have been enclosured: bpasside.cir, test1.cir, test2.cir, test3.cir, test4.cir, laksamp.cir, bridge.cir, uA741acf.cir, quartz.cir. ... Ideal operational amplifier (nullor) * Nname n1 n2 n3 n4 * * In the ideal op amp data, (n1,n2) represent output nodes, * (n3,n4) represent input nodes (noninverting, inverting). ...

... The variability of the spectrum of the optical component of the IR-source IRAS01005+7910 was discovered for the first time in the BTA spectra [1]. ... The spectral features include absorptions that form in near-photospheric layers, narrow envelope emissions, and emission-absorption profiles that form in photosphere-to-envelope transition layers (the wind). ... Discovery of spectral variation in the optical counterpart of IRAS01005+7910. ... Dashed line - envelope curve of all the SiII 5979 profiles ...

... Structure of Data . ... Catalog . ... In SAI OCL Catalog, we introduce our work on investigation of the Milky Way system of open star clusters. The main goal of our study is a search for new clusters using huge surveys. 168 new clusters have been already discovered by us using J,H,Ks data from 2MASS point source catalog. ... For 141 new clusters, we found their physical parameters using J,H,Ks data from 2MASS catalog and, for a number of clusters, our UBVRI CCD observational magnitudes. ...

... VaST is a software tool for finding variable objects on a series of astronomical images. ... VaST performs object detection and aperture photometry using SExtractor on each image, cross-matches lists of detected stars, performs magnitude calibration with respect to the first (reference) image and constructs a lightcurve for each object. ... VaST FITS image viewer ./pgfv . ... Part I" PZP, vol. ... K. V. Sokolovsky, S. A. Korotkiy; "New Variable Stars Discovered by the NMW Survey" PZP, vol. ...