. The sharply-defined crater just above the center of this Cassini image shows layers of alternating bright and dark material. Cassini was 8,314 miles (13,377 kilometers) from Phoebe when this image was taken. NASA / JPL / CICLOPS

Contents] [Previous] [Next] [Alphabetical Tag List] [Index] . This section discusses the tags that let you specify positions for HTML content. LAYER . ILAYER . ... Use the LAYER tag to specify an absolute position for a block of content, and use the ILAYER tag to specify a relative position. ... HEIGHT=" height " . ... OnFocus=" JScode " . ... HEIGHT="height" specifies the height of the layer's clipping region and serves as the reference for setting the relative height of children layers. ...

Target Acquisition Reference Information . Figure 7.1 on page 88 shows mean predicted count rates as a function of (B - V) 0 color for the four acquisition mirrors. Also shown are the fits to the predicted count rates for different amounts of reddening. ... You can estimate target acquisition count rates using the plots instead of Table 7.1 on page 92 : . ... Read from the Figures (depending on the mirror used) the predicted count rate. ...

... But when a bright comet passed in front of a bright star cluster last month, binoculars and cameras were able to show off their marked differences in dramatic fashion. Elliptical Galaxy M87 . ... Usually it is the Earth's Moon that eclipses the Sun. Last week, for the first time in over 100 years, the planet Venus took a turn. ... Enjoying the 2004 Transit of Venus from Stuttgart, Germany, astronomer Stefan Seip recorded this fascinating, detailed image of the Sun. ... Venus at the Edge . ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Last week's Snack talked about how black holes can affect the environment around them in such a way as to be very bright . ... It's a common misconception that black holes always have matter swirling into them. ... As this matter gets closer and closer to the black hole it piles up and a large, fairly flat disk forms. This is called the accretion disk , because matter from this disk accretes (that is, falls in) on the black hole. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

... This 10 min exposure shows star trails clearlтАж . Sidebar Left . ... Title: This 10 min exposure shows star trails clearly defining the south celestial pole just left of centre. Description: The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds are on the left and the Milky Way from Crux through Centaurus are on the right. ... This 10 min exposure shows star trails clearly defining the south celestial pole just left of centre. ...

... File view and tree view . ... Show (expand) directory tree starting from that point (the sign appears near directory name). ... Alternative way is to click on a [+] sign which appears near directory names throughout the archive (it will bring the tree into view from that directory). ... E.g., searching for "nftp" will find "nftp103.zip", "nftp/readme" and so on. ... nftp*" will find all files (NOT directories) which have the characters "nftp" in their names, including "nftp103.zip" and "about.nftp";...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Space Flight . ... Earth Satellites . ... Leonid meteors seen from 13 km altitude aboard an aircraft during the 1999 Leonids Multi-Instrument Aircraft Campaign (Leonid-MAC). Comet Tempel-Tuttle provides the cometary debris for the Leonid meteor shower. ... Every 17-19 November Earth crosses Tempel-TuttleтАЩs orbit and the Leonids become visible. With clear, dark skies observers may see 10 to 15 Leonid meteors every hour on those mornings. ...

... In some of the shots the Sun creeps into view - particularaly during the sunset sequence. ... The dust halo takes up a lot of rendering time so it is usually deactivated - it would be nice to have it enabled during the final descent and impact but the number of light sources required would make this unfeasably slow. ... There are two orbiting cameras in different planes - one to show the earth and the other to show the sun being eclipsed by the asteroid. ... Last sunset for the asteroid . ...

... The awsome spectacle of a brilliant comet, with its long ghostly tail streaming behind it, is a rare event. ... Only one other comet, Comet Halley, was seen so far from the Sun, giving scientists an opportunity to watch it as it slowly warmed up and sprouted a tail. ... Comets are the Rip Van Winkles of the solar system -- mini-worlds that have changed little during their 4.5-billion-year nap far from the Sun. ... Observing Comets . ... Once, comets inhabited the entire solar system. ...

... Files . ... casa . ... Defines . ... this file contains all the compiler specific defines . ... FILE_OFFSET_BITS . AIPS++ project compiler. #define . ... define _FILE_OFFSET_BITS . AIPS++ project compiler. Alternate project compiler Alternate project compiler Automatically configure for known LITTLE ENDIAN systems If needed, define the LFS variables (needed in code using cfitsio). ... Definition at line 213 of file aipsenv.h . ... Generated on Fri Sep 3 2010 13:07:39 for casacore by 1.7.1 ...

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Ganymede . ... Ganymede Statistics . ... Hubble Finds Ozone on Jupiter's Moon Ganymede . ... Like Callisto , Ganymede is most likely composed of a rocky core with a water/ice mantle and a crust of rock and ice. ... Ganymede's mantle is most likely composed of ice and silicates, and its crust is probably a thick layer of water ice. ... Ganymede's surface is rich in water ice and Voyager and Galileo images show features which are evidence of geological and tectonic disruption of the surface in the past. ...

... Meta Index / Home Page / Description . ... This can be set by the user via the parameter device . The default value of device is /XS (Xserver), but alternative outputs (depending on what drivers have been installed with PGPLOT) can be used, for example /XW for x-windows, /GIF, /JPEG, /PS for Postscript, and /CPS for Colour Postscript. ... Either a colour-coded image or a contour map image can be produced, depending on the value of imagestyle . ... Note that 0 is not a valid colour map index. ...

Ganymede . ... Ganymede Statistics . ... Hubble Finds Ozone on Jupiter's Moon Ganymede . ... Like Callisto , Ganymede is most likely composed of a rocky core with a water/ice mantle and a crust of rock and ice. ... Ganymede's mantle is most likely composed of ice and silicates, and its crust is probably a thick layer of water ice. ... Ganymede's surface is rich in water ice and Voyager and Galileo images show features which are evidence of geological and tectonic disruption of the surface in the past. ...

... Archives . ... Statistically speaking, ?false sources? are generally in the domain of Type II Type I errors, defined by the probability of detecting a signal where there is none. ... More than 2.3% of the sources are flagged as spurious. ... Type II error is claiming no signal when there is signal (failing to reject the null hypothesis when the alternative is true). Type I error is rejecting the null hypothesis when the null is true, i.e. detecting signal under no signal. ... Chandra Blog . ...

... August 9, 1996 . The Perseid Meteor Shower . ... Explanation: From a radiant point in the constellation of Perseus, Comet Swift-Tuttle presents -- The Perseid Meteor Shower -- coming to your night sky this weekend! ... Dramatically illustrated in this composite video image made using MOVIE , meteors from the 1994 Perseids streak across the sky framed by the three bright stars of the asterism known as the "Summer Triangle" . ... What's the best way to enjoy a meteor shower? ... About APOD | ...

... Observatory . ... Science . ... Science Users Information > Data Handling and Products > Data Reduction FAQ > My data shows an extended, bright feature - what can this be? ... Observing Facilities . ... Observing with ESO Telescopes . ... Science Data Products Forum . ... ESO Data . ... You might also want to check http://www.eso.org/sci/observing/PublicSurveys/useful_links/OmegaCAM_images.html where we provide a collection of example OmegaCAM images, illustrating some special data features. ...

... During the jump, the power level of the rfi goes down. (more info). p1693 took 327 pulsar search data during the main cable 8-4 repair. The data from 20feb14 (after midnite) showed (what appeared to be ) total power dropouts: . ... The first 2 gbyte file of each scan was processed (129 secs/file). There are 7 files starting at: . ... Page 2-4. total power vs time for files 100 -> 700. the dropouts became weaker, and then returned in file 500. ... dropouts were seen in the total power. ...

... Routines for accessing I/O ports are in /usr/include/asm/io.h (or linux/include/asm-i386/io.h in the kernel source distribution). ... Before you access any ports, you must give your program permission to do so. This is done by calling the ioperm() function (declared in unistd.h , and defined in the kernel) somewhere near the start of your program (before any I/O port accesses). ... For example, ioperm(0x300, 5, 1) would give access to ports 0x300 through 0x304 (a total of 5 ports). ...