... 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. ...

ATM Forum Message . Forums: . ... Do I Have A Dirty Polished Mirror? ... Posted by Scott Pelger on August 4, 2006 19:30:27 UTC . ... Polished mirror - bobmay - August 6, 2006 - 23:34 UTC . dirty mirorr - spelger - August 7, 2006 - 19:28 UTC . ... do i have a dirty polished mirror? - rick_crockett - October 21, 2006 - 06:05 UTC . ... www.astronomy.net . ... Forum posts are Copyright their authors as specified in the heading above the post. "dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

SAOtng supports multiple frame buffers, so that more than one image can be loaded simultaneously. ... Users of the old SAOimage program are used to having the frame size adjust itself as each new image is loaded. ... To specify autoconfigure of frame #1, use the -autoconfig switch or the SAOTNG_AUTOCONFIG environment variable. ... When a frame size is specified manually, auto-configuration is turned off so that new images also use the specified frame size. ... Disable/Enable Autoconfig of Frame #1 . ...

The File System . ... Files are identified to the system using a unique identifier called the file specification , which can include disk and directory names as well as node names for accessing files across the network. On VMS systems, file names are usually thought of as having three parts *1 : the filename , the file type , and the version number . ... The full file specification, with node name, device, directory, file name, file type, and version being specified is shown in Figure 3.1 . ...

... This is done by taking in all input files the extension whose name is specified by the maintable parameter (called 'merged extension' in what follows) and merging the columns into a single output extension of the same name. ... Its contents is taken from the CCDID keyword (and QUADRANT for EPIC PN). ... To propagate other column specific keywords, they must be specified manually via the extensionchecks , mainattributes , maxattributes and minattributes parameters (see above). ...

Chapter 11. Specifying OpenGL Environment Variable Settings . ... Several antialiasing methods are available and you can select between them by setting the __GL_FSAA_MODE environment variable appropriately. ... To see the available values for __GL_FSAA_MODE along with their descriptions, run: nvidia-settings --query=fsaa --verbose . The __GL_FSAA_MODE environment variable uses the same integer values that are used to configure FSAA through nvidia-settings and the NV-CONTROL X extension. ...

Mercury magazine is now digital only, with all of the same articles and features that appeared in the print version. The magazine will be formatted to download and include space for advertising. Our readers are directly involved in the mainstream of astronomy research and education. ... 86% are involved in astronomy education at some level . ... 1/4 page . ... Additional work includes resizing of ad material, reformatting or correcting electronic files and correction of advertiser errors. ...

... public class WindowManager . ... This class consists of static methods used to manage ImageJ's windows. ... static void . ... Adds the specified window to the Window menu. static boolean . ... Returns a reference to the active image or null if there isn't one. static ImageWindow . ... Makes the image contained in the specified window the active image. static void . ... Returns the first image that has the specified title or null if it is not found. public static void addWindow (java.awt.Frame win) ....

M1 image More About M1 Nice Color Picture . ... M16 image More About M16 HST image . ... M31 image More About M31 Nice Color Picture . ... M42 image ; M43 image More About M42/43 Nice Color CCD Picture . M51 image More About M51 Color Image of M51 M51 Supernova . M57 image More About M57 Nice Color CCD Picture Very Deep M57 Image . ... M81 image More About M81 M81 Supernova Ultraviolet Image of M81 More about Ultraviolet Imaging . M82 image More About M82 M82 False Color M82 True Color . ...

... Adding a status bar is simple enough. ... First, you can use either GtkStatusbar or GnomeAppBar as a statusbar. ... The constructor lets you configure the capabilities of GnomeAppBar : it can have a progress bar (or not), have a status text area (or not), and be interactive (or not). ... Status texts are stored in a stack; when the bar is refreshed, the top item of the stack is displayed. ... GtkStatusbar has no default text or "transient" text, as in GnomeAppBar ; it only has a message stack. ...

... Therefore, the menu location # "Blur/Blur" specifies an item name of "Blur" in a submenu entitled # "Blur". ... It is convention to only use the `alt' and `shift' key modifiers for # plug-ins. ... The main application will not use the ` alt ' # or ` shift ' key modifiers. plug-in blur Blur / Blur Alt Key B Alt +B plug-in gauss Blur /Gaussian Blur Shift Alt Key B Shft+ Alt +B plug-in gauss_rle Blur /Gaussian Blur RLE plug-in gauss_recurse Blur /Gaussian ...

To construct frequency distribution (histogram) of minor planets according to value of some element/ parameter/ function user should first select Elements item in menu bar and then Histogram in drop-down menu. ... User has possibility to save histogram or to print it using standard means. To save the file select File item in menu bar and then Save As... in drop-down menu. ... To print histogram select File item in menu bar and then take advantage of options Print Preview , Print Setup , Print . ...

... When FUNPLOT is started, an X-window appears with a number of input fields, push-down buttons, scroll-down menus, and a plotting area. A default function is provided which can be helpful for users who want to explore the program's possibilities. One of the most important input fields, labeled "f(x)=" allows the user to specify the function to be explored. ... In numerical input fields all GIPSY's number input facilities can be used, e.g. the upper limit of a gauge can be specified as "2*PI". ...

... SGML . The text/html content type . In this section, we begin the specification of HTML 4.0, starting with the contract between authors, documents, users, and user agents. ... These recommendations are not normative and conformance with this specification does not depend on their realization. ... An HTML document is an SGML document that meets the constraints of this specification. ... A user is a person who interacts with a user agent to view, hear, or otherwise use a rendered HTML document. ...

... Thus the FTE described below must be added to the AOF FTE budget. ... Activity Scientist overview of changes (R7M) Observing preparation tool ( section 15.1) Instrument Control Panel ( section 15.2) Modification of AOF / Hawk-I acquisition template ( section 15.3) Site quality monitoring and display ( section 15.5) Exposure Time Calculator ( section 15.6) Modification Observing Tool (OT3) ( section 15.8) TOTAL FTE effort 1 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 2.5 ...

User catalogs allow you enter positions for your objects into a file, to save time during an observing run. ... Before diving into the details, here is an example: # default coordinate system and object # (these are the standard defaults, so if you like them you can omit this line) CSys=FK5; Date =2000; RotType= Object ; RotAng=0 # some random objects # Name Pos1 (e.g. RA) Pos2 (e.g. Dec) Options in keyword-value format NGC6543 rot 90 ... Object Data . Defaults . Catalog Options . ...

OptInt PmWiki : Pm Wiki / Wiki Style Examples . Wiki styles | ... PmWiki uses WikiStyles for styling text with color and other attributes. PmWiki 2.0 introduced the ability to control the styling further and to even place styles on blocks. ... In addition, an author can define a style "shortcut" by using the define= property. For example, to define a style of %red% , one can use: . define=mystyle color=red% Here is some %mystyle% red text created using a style shortcut. ...

The HyperNews Linux KHG Discussion Pages . Forum: The Linux Kernel Hackers' Guide . ... I am adding code into the IP layer to randomly drop packets. ... 1) I want to be able to include a header file called random.h (usr/src/linux/include/net). ... 2) I would eventually like to get a random number generated based on seeding it from the current system time. ... Is there a way around not being able to include standard lib files in the kernel ( ie time.h, stdlib.h etc)? ...

... Dark Belt Reappearing on Jupiter . ... 29.11.2010 . ... North), USC Philippines Explanation: Why are planet-circling clouds disappearing and reappearing on Jupiter? ... Pictured above two weeks ago, far infrared images -- depicted in false-color red -- show a powerful storm system active above the returning dark belt. ... November 2010 . ... 2009 2010 . ... Publications with keywords: Jupiter - clouds - storm - infrared . Publications with words: Jupiter - clouds - storm - infrared . ...

Note added 3 June 2003 to . ... Furthermore, (iii) its orbital plane gave the satellite at apogee a velocity tangential to the ecliptic, helping it stay in the plasma sheet, rather than cut across it. ... Figure #1 Point A in this drawing is perigee (just above Kourou), B is apogee , the solid line perpendicular to the Earth axis is a cut through the equatorial plane, and its continuation parallel to the ecliptic represents a cut through the plasma sheet (not to scale). ...