... To be read in conjunction with Section 4.11 of the WFPC2 Instrument Handbook , -Version 4.0. ... 1 The second study found evidence that CTE loss for faint stars has increased with time (Whitmore, 1998). The primary observational consequence of CTE loss is that a point source at the top of the chip appears to be fainter than if observed at the bottom of the chip, due to the loss of electrons as the star is read out down the chip (see Figure 1 ). ... Last updated: 06/16/98 10:38:00 . ...

... The Raw Images . Table 1: List of Viking Orbiter Images of the "Face on Mars" . ... Processing the Face Images . ... In July, 1976, Viking Orbiter 1 was acquiring images of the Cydonia region of Mars as part of the search for potential landing sites for Viking Lander 2. ... Using the height field, it is also possible to view the "Face" from different look directions, by mapping the Viking Orbiter image directly on the the topography and then placing the "viewer" at different locations. ... Mars . ...

The Face on Mars . ... The Raw Images . Table 1: List of Viking Orbiter Images of the "Face on Mars" . ... Processing the Face Images . Table 2: Dimensions of Mercator Projected Images of "The Face on Mars" . Map Projected Images . ... Processing the "Face on Mars" Images . ... This page will provide interested persons with both the raw Viking images, transformed to GIF format, and a brief tutorial (with examples) of image processing techniques applied to create "better looking" images. ...

This is a copy of a Press Release from E.S.O. The most recent ESO observations of bright Comet Hyakutake have shown rapid changes in the innermost coma, within a few hundred kilometres from the cometary nucleus. This result has only become possible because of the unusual combination of a bright comet being near the Earth, together with the excellent imaging quality of the ESO 3.5-metre New Technology Telescope (NTT). ... Go to the ESO Homepage for Comet Hyakutake . ESO/La Silla | ...

... The Great Nebula in Carina . ... Eta Carinae , the most energetic star in the nebula, was one of the brightest stars in the sky in the 1830s, but then faded dramatically. Eta Carinae is the brightest star near the image center, just left of the Keyhole Nebula . While Eta Carinae itself maybe on the verge of a supernova explosion, X-ray images indicate that much of the Great Carina Nebula has been a veritable supernova factory . Tomorrow's picture: open space . ...

An Ancient Universe: How Astronomers Know the Vast Scale of Cosmic Time . THE CHANGING UNIVERSE: EVOLUTION HAPPENS! . b) Changes in Stars . One of the great discoveries of modern science is that stars (like people) live only a measurable life-time and then die. Although the lives of the stars are enormously longer than the span of a human life, we can learn about the life story of the stars by studying them at many different stages in their life cycle, from birth to death. ...

... Radio Catalog . The corrections in NVSS fluxes leading to the corrected Version 1.1 also result in changes to some of the figures and tables in Kimball Ivezi? ... The results are qualitatively the same. ... The new versions of the figures, along with the original versions (in high resolution), are available here . ... These figures, along with Table 4, continue to motivate t = 0.35 as the optimal separator between "simple" and "complex" sources). ... Complex Sources . ... t NVSS . ... galaxy . ...

Next: Special Cases: Supernova Explosion Up: Change of Binary Parameters: Previous: Mass change . The binary separation a changes differently depending on the mass exchange mode. ... If the mass transfer is conservative ( , i.e. const) and one may neglect the redistribution of the intrinsic angular momenta of the components, the total orbital momentum conservation law implies . ... the orbital separation always increases in such systems). ...

... Display of FITS image extensions and binary tables . SAOtng now can display FITS image extensions, FITS binary tables and raw event files. See Loading an Image for more information. ... Display of compressed FITS and WWW FITS files . SAOtng now can display compressed FITS files by automatically decompressing them on the fly. ... SAOtng now will search for image files in directories specified by the IMAGE_PATH environment variable. ... See the SAOtng XPA List for more information. ...

Next: Historical Background Up: R Coronae Borealis Stars Previous: R Coronae Borealis Stars . R Coronae Borealis stars, or RCB stars, are an important class of VARIABLE STAR . ... RCB stars, remarkably, do both. RCB stars are best known because of their irregular `fades'. ... The fades are caused by enormous clouds of dust which cover a large part of the star's surface. ... As well as irregular fades, the light output from RCBs goes up and down by a few per cent every 40 days or so. ...

XMM­Newton CCF Release Note XMM­CCF­REL­119 OM PSF Bing Chen June 13, 2002 1 CCF components Name of CCF VALDATE List of Blocks changed CAL VERSION XSCS flag OM PSF1DRB 0006 2000­01­01T00:00:00 PSF­U No PSF­B No PSF­V No PSF­UVW1 No PSF­UVM2 No PSF­UVW2 No 2 Changes This CCF file provides new measurement of OM PSF. ... 1 XMM­Newton CCF Release XMM­CCF­REL­119 Page: 2 Figure 1: Growth curves as a function of radius for V and UVW1 filters. ... Therefore, this new PSF is field position independent. ...

OptInt PmWiki : Pm Wiki / Changes From Pm Wiki 1 . This page is intended to describe features of PmWiki 1.0 that have been changed or eliminated in PmWiki 2.0. ... ThisGroup:SideBar&action=edit Edit menu]] . ... action=post no longer exists -- posting a new page is now performed by using ?action=edit with the post control set to a true value. ... PmWiki's ReadPage() function no longer supplies default text for non-existent pages -- this is now decided by whatever functions need the page. ...

... B.1 New functionality . ... B.3 Semantic changes from CSS1 . ... CSS2 builds on CSS1 and all valid CSS1 style sheets are valid CSS2 style sheets. The changes between the CSS1 specification (see [CSS1] ) and this specification fall into three groups: new functionality, updated descriptions of CSS1 functionality, and changes to CSS1. ... Several internationalization features, including list numbering styles , support for bidirectional text , and support for language-sensitive quotation marks . ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . ... Observing . ... Magazine . ... 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 . ... The different types of supernovae . ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ... Astronomy Magazine . ...

You will need to understand how to set file access permissions numerically before reading this section. Every time you create a file or a directory, its access permissions are set to a predetermined value. ... The values in the mask are subtracted from these values to give a default value for access permissions for the files and directories created by you. For example: 777 (system value for directories) -077 (value of the umask) --- 700 (default access permission of rwx------) . ...

... The Sun Changes . ... This recent picture was taken in a very specific red color called Hydrogen-Alpha . Dark spots that might appear on the image are usually sunspots , dark magnetic depressions that are slightly cooler than the rest of the Sun's surface. ... Over the next few years the average number of sunspots and plages will increase until "Solar Maximum" occurs in 2001. ... Публикации с ключевыми словами: Sun - sunspot - Солнечная активность - Солнечные пятна - Флоккул . ... Дыра в Солнце . ...

... 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. ...

Estimations of the change of the Sun s mass and the gravitation constant based on high-accuracy observations of planets and spacecraft . ... More than 635 000 positional observations of planets and spacecraft of different types have been used for estimating possible changes of the gravitation constant, the solar mass, and semi-major axes of planets. ... gravitation constant, positional observation, Sun's mass. ...

... Astronomical Observatory, Shevchenko Park, Odessa, 65014, . ... The XVI -th G. Gamow's Odessa Astronomical Summer Соnference-School, 14-20 August, 2016, Odessa, Ukraine . ... The XV -th G. Gamow's Odessa Astronomical Summer Соnference-School, 16-23 August, 2015, Odessa, Ukraine . ... The XIV -th G. Gamow's Odessa Astronomical Summer Соnference-School, 17-23 August, 2014, Odessa, Ukraine . ... The XIII -th G. Gamow's Odessa Astronomical Summer Соnference-School, 19-25 August, 2013, Odessa, Ukraine . ...

Next: Reducing the observations Up: PEPSYS general photometry Previous: Influencing the plan . ... If the telescope and instrumentation are unfamiliar to you, you may have trouble keeping to the schedule for the first night or two, so try to work with a previous observer on the equipment for a night or two of training before your observing run. If you fall behind, try to keep as many low-altitude observations of extinction stars as you can, and drop some circumzenithal ones if necessary. ...