Next: The Present Situation in Up: No Title Previous: Case A: . Why it is possible that the Oppenheimer-Volkoff limit exceeds ? ... The lifetime of HSP (``hot'' spinar) is completely determined by the cooling time which is of the order of s according to different calculations. ... It seems very attractive to identify this cooling time with the mean characteristic gamma-ray burst duration s! . ... Finally, for the high Oppenheimer-Volkoff limit for the cool non-rotating object, when . ...

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. ...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration . ... James H. Newman (Ph.D.) . NASA ASTRONAUT (FORMER) . ... Recipient of the American Astronautical Society Flight Achievement Award (1994, 1999) for his work as a member of the STS-51 and STS-88 crews. ... That same year he came to work at NASA s Johnson Space Center, where his duties included responsibility for conducting flight crew and flight control team training for all mission phases in the areas of Orbiter propulsion, guidance, and control. ...

VIEW OUT OF THE WINDOW FROM SALINAS, . CALIFORNIA, USA . ... The temperature is about 62 degrees. At this moment, there is no threat of rain, but it's expected tomorrow. Almost any day of the year here in Salinas, California USA could be considered a day to do some gardening, as long as the rain doesn't force us in, and it usually doesn't. We are 20 miles away from the Pacific Ocean. As I write this, there is a famous golf tournament going on. ... Salinas, CA USA . ...

The Russian Parliament will soon consider a bill that would restructure the Russian space program, 35 years after the launch оf Sputnik. ... But the legislation's most striking and controversial feature is a provision that would ban testing and deployment оf space weapons ? including anti-satellite weapons and space-based missile interceptors. ... A draft bill was written by a group of experts within the Moscow Space Club, several of whom now work on space issues with the Russian Parliament. ...

ATTENDANCE of the CONFERENCE . ... Programming Committee . ... Registration and PLDS3 Address . ... Last updates, 24 Nov 2001: . ... It is expected that participants will arrive October 14, 2001. Conference Registration Desk in the Hotel "Druzhba" will be open between 17.00 and 22.00 on October 14 and during the conference. ... The registration fee will be accepted in cash in Chernogolovka during the registration of the participants. ... All foreign visitors in Russia must have a valid passport. ...

... Development of multielement HTS Josephson structures for high-sensitivity analog amplifiers of GHz band frequencies; . ... Novel laboratory technology of formation of thin-film Josephson structures made from high-temperature superconductors on substrates to be used at microwave high-frequencies and temperatures T=77 K. 2. ... New results will be applied for development of novel superconducting devices for precision low noise signal processing at microwave and mm wave frequencies. ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... On Thursday, February 15th 2001 (and replayed on March 19), the Fox TV network aired a program called ``Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon?'', hosted by X-Files actor Mitch Pileggi. ... Dust around the lander . ... However, it appeals to our common sense: when the sky is black here on Earth, we see stars. ... Bad: The program claims that when the top half of the lander took off from the Moon to bring the astronauts back into orbit, there was no flame from the rocket. ...

... Meade Instruments Corporation . ... Autostar Computer Controllers . 497 Autostar . ... One of the most important advances in telescope control in the past 25 years, the Meade #497 Autostar Computer Controller turns the ETX into an automatic celestial object locating system. ... The #497 Autostar Computer Controller plugs into the control panel of ETX-90EC, ETX-105EC, and ETX-125EC telescopes and enables automatic location of more than 30,000 celestial objects. ... about meade | ... Meade 4M | ...

... The unlocked gate at the entrance to the observatoryтАЩs gravel driveway should remain closed to prevent the public from driving back to the observatory. ... This means that if there are still members of the public present at the observatory who do not wish to leave by 11:30 PM they will be locked in the park until a keyholder leaves and secures the gate(s) behind him/her. ... Roll the roof back using the hand crank near the computer room. ... Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton, Inc., ...

. Computer Ephemeris. Lunar phases. Explanations. This page contains the table with 12 rows (one row per month) and 5 columns, labelled with 'New' for new Moon, 'First' for first quarter, 'Full' for full Moon and 'Last' for the last quarter. Each cell in the table contains three numbers: day, (month is possibly to read as first word in the same row), hours and minutes of the phenomenon. Hours and minutes are subdivided by column symbol (':').

... GCN 8471 | ... TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 8516 SUBJECT: GRB 081102: MASTER refind and final results DATE: 08/11/11 15:50:10 GMT FROM: Vladimir Lipunov at Moscow State U/Krylov Obs E. Gorbovskoy, V. Lipunov, V.Kornilov, A.Belinski, N.Shatskiy, N.Tyurina, D.Kuvshinov, P.Balanutsa Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow State University A. Tlatov, A.Parkhomenko Kislovodsk Solar Station of the Pulkovo Observatory V.Krushinski, I.Zalognikh Ural State GCN Circ 8470, Lipunov et al., ...

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Next: Design and Status of Up: No Title Previous: Limits on the Star . Design and Status of the NICMOS Cryocooler . ... Extending the NICMOS Lifetime . ... Expected NICMOS Performance after HST Servicing Mission 3 . NICMOS Cooling System Design . ... Creare Cryocooler . Power Conversion Electronics . Electronics Support Module . Aft-Shroud Cooling System . ... 2048 x 2048 HgCdTe Arrays for Astronomy at Visible and Infrared Wavelengths . ... Hybridization of 2048 x 2048 Arrays . ...

To print commands and their arguments as they are executed: cat example #!/bin/sh TEST1=result1 TEST2=result2 if [ $TEST1 = "result2" ] then echo $TEST1 fi if [ $TEST1 = "result1" ] then echo $TEST1 fi if [ $test3 = "whosit" ] then echo fail here cos it's wrong fi . This is a script called example which has an error in it; the variable $test3 is not set so the 3rd and last test [ command will fail. Running the script produces: example result1 [: argument expected . ...

... Heracles Triplane and Aerospace Systems . The key characteristics of two-stage aerospace systems are determined according to speed and carrying capacity of the aircraft-carrier used . ... So the SPIRAL system hypersonic carrier was expected to launch the second stage by weight 63 tons at a speed corresponding to 6M; whereas launching weight of the MAKS system orbital stage with the use of the An-225 MRIYA heavy subsonic aircraft reaches 275 tons, and the HERACLES aircraft - 450 tons. ...

MAJOR MAGNETIC STORMS 1932-1997 ACCORDING TO THE Ap* CRITERIA To view a plot of the number of magnetic storms v.s. sunspots, go to ftp://ftp.ngdc.noaa.gov/STP/GEOMAGNETIC_DATA/APSTAR/magstorm.gif A simpler global index of magnetic activity (other than Kp or Km) is produced in France from the K indices of two nearly antipodal magnetic observatories in England and Australia. ... An AA* index has been derived that is the counterpart of Ap* but is available for the longer span of years. ...

Электронная библиотека астронома-любителя. ... архив RSN . ... Ru.Space.News: . Апрель 1998 . ... Дата: 28 апреля 1998 (1998-04-28) От: Alexander Bondugin Тема: Cassini Update - April 26, 1998 Привет всем! ... The web site also contains some audio files, including a recording of the Mode-S beacon which plays for 20 seconds. ... During the period 1998-Mar-21 to 1998-Apr-15, excellent signals have once again been received from the 145.826 MHz beacon. ... The 435.025 MHz beacon is normally off. ...

Russian SHAREABLE DATA CENTER Institute of Solar-Terrestial Physics SB RAS . ... Chirp ionosonde main technical characteristics . ... Linear frequency modulated continuous signals sounding method is relatively simple and has wide application in various special-purpose systems. ... Chirp signals which are applying for ionosphere channel diagnostics usually have10KHz/s -- 1MHz/s. We must point out that under modulation speed increasing there is an increase in noise suppression and resolution power. ...

PROJECT ARTIST Title : Astronomy-Related Teacher In-Service Training Type : Award NSF Org : ESI Latest Amendment Date : August 14, 1992 File : a9154832 Award Number: 9154832 Award Instr.: ... It is designed to : (a) provide education in astronomy and basic scientific principles for teachers and (b) provide teachers with the means to communicate these concepts in an inquiry fashion to students. ... The cost sharing of the project will be at least twelve percent of the project. ...