Note that different students may see different quiz forms.) ... Giant stars are rare because . a) they do not form as often as main sequence stars. b) giant stars are unstable. c) the giant stage is very short compared to the main sequence stage. d) elements heavier than helium are relatively rare. In a color-magnitude diagram of a star cluster, the blue end of the main sequence is useful for defining the age of the cluster because . ... 2) Some idea. 3) Good idea. ...

... Classes . ... Class List . ... casa . casa::ObjCompare< T > . Static Public Member Functions . compare two objects More... #include < Compare.h > . ... Compare two objects, and return. compare two objects . ... The templated class ObjCompare <T> really is only a place holder for the static function compare which compares two objects of type T. operator== . ... template<class T > . static int casa::ObjCompare < T >::compare . ... Compare two objects, and return. -1 if obj1 < obj2; . ...

filecmp . ... usr/local/Python-2.5/lib/python2.5/filecmp.py . Module Docs . Utilities for comparing files and directories. ... Functions: . ... x = dircmp (dir1, dir2) . ... filtered by hide and ignore. common: a list of names in both dir1 and dir2. left_only, right_only: names only in dir1, dir2. common_dirs: subdirectories in both dir1 and dir2. common_files: files in both dir1 and dir2. common_funny: names in both dir1 and dir2 where the type differs between . ... getattr__ (self, attr) . ...

Stellarium 0.12.3 . ... Classes . ... TuiNodeFloat Class Reference . Allows navigation but also editing of a float value. ... TuiNodeFloat (const QString &text, QObject *receiver, const char *method, float defValue, float min, float max, float inc, TuiNode *parent=NULL, TuiNode *prev=NULL) . Create a TuiNodeFloat node. ... virtual TuiNodeResponse љ . ... TuiNode (const QString &text, TuiNode *parent=NULL, TuiNode *prev=NULL) . ... virtual TuiNode *љ . ... the default value for the node . ...

... Obviously, to subclass GtkWidget , you will have to be familiar with the base class. ... typedef struct _GtkWidgetClass GtkWidgetClass; struct _GtkWidgetClass { GtkObjectClass parent_ class ; guint activate_signal; guint set_scroll_adjustments_signal; /* Basics */ void (* show) ( GtkWidget * widget ); void (* show_all) ( GtkWidget * widget ); void (* hide) ( GtkWidget * widget ); void (* hide_all) ( GtkWidget * widget ); void (* map) ( GtkWidget * widget ); void (* unmap) ( ...

Next: CONSTRICTOR Up: Plotting Previous: Adding plot variables Contents . A plot class is basically defined by the list of plot variables displayed in the x,y, and z axis selections of the plot selection widget. ... Furthermore, in the same widget procedure, the name of the new plot class needs to be added to each selection button if required. ... Finally, as far as the plot widgets are concerned, the new class needs to be added for each necessary index selection in ww_indexsel . ...

lsst.tcc љ 1.2.2-3-g89ecb63 . ... Files . ... python . tcc . base . wrapperTestCase.py . ... 7 љ from tcc.base import AxisStateValDict, RotTypeNameDict . ... 13 љ def setUp (self): . ... 55 љ def checkCmdFail (self, cmdVar, shouldFail=False): . ... 64 љ def checkTrackResult (self, cmdVar, axisCmdState, . ... tcc.base.wrapperTestCase.WrapperTestCase.checkTrackResult . ... Definition: wrapperTestCase.py:70 . ... Definition: wrapperTestCase.py:113 . ... Definition: wrapperTestCase.py:100 . ...

... We considered our current level of technology compared to that of an average alien civilization. Regardless of any modest value of L chosen?500 years, 5000 years, or longer?their level of technology is vastly advanced compared to ours. Thus, most science fiction gets it right by having advanced alien technology, but gets it wrong by not making them sufficiently advanced. ... What would alien civilizations at a distance of 100 or 1000 lightyears know of us (hypothetically)? ... Education . ...

Next: Ejectors in Massive Binary Previous: Artificial Galaxy: Full Matrix . The first version of the Scenario Machine was aimed especially at the simulation of massive binary star evolution. ... First, there is a large class of intermediate mass binaries (say, consisting initially of 8 + 5 solar masses) that can also produce NS and thus lead to the formation of a bright X-ray source. ... Next: Ejectors in Massive Binary Previous: Artificial Galaxy: Full Matrix Mike E. Prokhorov . ...

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... 2000 June 8 . Active Regions, CMEs, and X-Class Flares . ... Explanation: Space Weather forcasters are predicting major storm conditions over the next few days as the active Sun has produced at least three strong flares and a large coronal mass ejection (CME) since Tuesday, June 6th . ... X-ray hot plasma suspended in looping magnetic fields arcs above this region, cataloged as AR9026. AR9026 appears as a large group of sunspots in visible light images. ... About APOD | ...

... R2245 Date Received: 2006-May-31 12:37:28 Technical Page Proposal Type: General Category: Observation Category: Total Time Requested: Minimum Useful Time: Prop osal Title: ABSTRACT: Regular Planetary Radar Solar System 66 Hours 2 hr Continuation of a Long-Term Radar Survey of Main-Belt M and E class Asteroids We propose to observe five M-class asteroids (77 Frigga, 337 Devosa, 441 Bathilde, 504 Cora, and 758 Mancunia) and one E-class ob ject (44 Nysa) that have never been observed with radar. ...

... This class converts an ImagePlus object to a different type. ... Converts a 3-slice (hue, saturation, brightness) 8-bit stack to RGB. void . ... Converts this ImagePlus to RGB. public void convertToRGBStack () . Converts an RGB image to an RGB (red, green and blue) stack. public void convertToHSB () . Converts an RGB image to a HSB (hue, saturation and brightness) stack. public void convertRGBStackToRGB () . Converts a 2 or 3 slice 8-bit stack to RGB. public void convertHSBToRGB () . ...

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... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... Open symbols refer to data available in the literature. ... The best-fit lines correspond to the exponential-linear relation discussed in Sect. ... We present a new extensive analysis of the old problem of finding a satisfactory calibra- tion of the relation between the geometric albedo and some measurable polarization properties of the asteroids. To achieve our goals, we use all polarimetric data at our disposal. ...

... Sunday , October 6, 2013 Standard quasar-like AGN Standard AGN have: · · · · · Luminous accretion disk (with X-ray corona) Bright line emission (ionised by disk) Dusty obscuring torus (emits in IR/sub-mm) Orientation-dependent observed properties Sometimes, extended radio jets Sunday , October 6, 2013 Another class of AGN Other AGN , exemplified by weak radio ... Sunday, October 6, 2013 Summary · · · · · · Not all AGN follow the "standard" accretion disk picture. ...

... A theory suggests that a certain sub-class of gamma-ray bursts all have the same absolute magnitude. ... The author claims that this absolute magnitude is so different from that in the previous sample that this must belong to a new sub-class of gamma-ray bursts. ... To do this, there needs to be some feature in their spectra which correlates with their absolute magnitude. ... Consider a telescope which is continually monitoring a star, looking for transits due to planets orbiting this star. ...

... XMM-Newton SOC Home Page Conferences & Meetings . ... Data Analysis SAS News What is SAS? How to use SAS SAS Workshops SAS Version Changes Download and Install SAS Science Simulator (SciSim) . ... EPIC cameras optical loading . ... The PI is invited to cross-check the expected X-ray flux from the target source (and from any other potentially bright source in the target field of view), or to provide the SOC with her/his own estimate, if not originally specified in the proposal. ...

... CORBA Client/server architecture needs tools to manage communication between the different components. ... A CORBA class is defined by its interface, specifying in the Interface Data Language (IDL), the methods, their parameters and return values to be used on the client side and to be implemented on the server side. ... 214 Wenger and Frisґ ee IDL file (CORBA class description) IDL compilation Client code STUB code SKELETON code CORBA class implementation Server Client server code Figure 1. ...