... Meteors and Meteorites . ... By admin August 2, 2011 Posted in: August . 13 August 2009: A perseid flashes through the sky (Image credit: Andreas M†ґller via wikimedia.org) . ... Not all meteors are sporadic events, the regular meteor showers occur when the Earth bulldozes through a great swarm of meteoroids drifting in orbit round the Sun. ... They are at their best in the pre-dawn hours, as the face of the Earth turning towards the Sun catches more meteors as the Earth moves through space. ...

Trail encounter . ... Expected meteor rates . ... The Leonids are the debris of Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle. ... The Earth's passage right through the centre of trails is associated with the most spectacular meteor displays (studies show that, as well as how close to the centre of the trail you are, the strength of the display also depends on how far along a trail's length you are). ... The encounter with the 1932 trail will lead to enhanced meteor activity: a nice outburst, but below storm level. ...

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... A 2001 Leonids Meteor Shower Fireball . Yesterday . ... AURA , NSF Explanation: The 2001 Leonids Meteor Shower gave quite a show to many parts of the world yesterday during the early morning hours. ... This rate made the 2001 Leonids the most active meteor shower in over three decades . ... Publications with keywords: Leonids 2001 - bolid - Leonids - meteor shower . Publications with words: Leonids 2001 - bolid - Leonids - meteor shower . ... 1998 Leonid Fireball . ... A Sirius Leonid Meteor . ...

... 2001 November 19 . A 2001 Leonids Meteor Shower Fireball . Credit: The CONCAM Project , Michigan Tech , Gemini Obs. ... Explanation: The 2001 Leonids Meteor Shower gave quite a show to many parts of the world yesterday during the early morning hours. Many sleepy observers venturing into their own backyards were treated to several bright meteors per minute streaking across the sky. This rate made the 2001 Leonids the most active meteor shower in over three decades . ... About APOD | ...

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... How to display images in IRAF using the display task. ... The most general IRAF task for displaying image data is the display task, the best choice for a first look at HST imaging data. ... Display the image with the IRAF display task, using the syntax appropriate for the file format (Chapter 2 explains how to specify GEIS groups and FITS extensions): tv> display fname.c0h [2] 1 (GEIS group 2) . ... If you want to display an image with high dynamic range, you may prefer to use logarithmic scaling. ...

... This past spring, as Comet Hyakutake decorated our evening skies, I received a telephone call from an upset parent. We bought our daughter a telescope to see the comet," she said, "and we can't see anything!" The exasperated mother said they found binocular and naked-eye views to be better than those through the telescope. ... They may be bright overall, but all that light is coming from a big area of space. ... OK, you say, I found Comet Hale-Bopp this evening. ... Does the comet have a tail? ...

CIMA is more than just the observing tool - in fact, the observing tool is just a part of a bigger package called the CIMA software package. ... There is also a another package called the CIMA WAPP software which contains the WAPP software, the special Tcl/Tk interpreter used by CIMA and support libraries. ... All CIMA software components recognize the following general options that are part of the CIMA version selection system: . ... The select_cima script can be used to set up a default version. ...

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... Observing . ... Solar Observing . ... April 3 (SUN) - Solar Observing, Central Park , Manhattan . ... APRIL'S SKY . ... Lecture Series at the American Museum of Natural History The Amateur Astronomers Association is proud to present an astronomy lecture series from October through May each year for our members and the .. ... The€аAmateur Astronomers Association of New York€аwas organized in 1927 to promote the study of Astronomy, emphasizing its cultural and inspirational value. ...

... Science . ... Data Handling and Products > Data Reduction FAQ > My MR+GG475 data show strong absorption features below 6000A. Where do they come from and how can I correct them? ... Observing with ESO Telescopes . ... Science Data Products Forum . ... The absorption comes from impurities in the GG475 filters and the first and third quadrant are most strongly affected (see plot - the black curve shows the spectrum of a featureless star observed in Q1, the green shows the same star observed in Q3). ...

... Now the program knows which stars have been observed, and can show you a two-color diagram of the available standards. It displays a plot of the two nearest color indices for each band. ... In principle, these plots should employ the instrumental rather than the standard colors of the standard stars. Unfortunately, the choice of a gradient estimator must be made before extinction-corrected instrumental colors are available, so the standard colors must stand in for the instrumental ones. ...

... Class . ... public class ProgressBar . ... This is the progress bar that is displayed in the lower right hand corner of the ImageJ window. ... void . ... Updates the progress bar, where percent should run from 0 to 1. void . ... Updates the progress bar, where percent should run from 0 to 1. public void show (double percent, boolean showInBatchMode) . ... showInBatchMode - Whether the progress bar should be shown in batch mode. public void show (int currentIndex, int finalIndex) . ...

Information about items in the TUI menu. Connect : connect to the hub. ... Permissions : show permissions for each program. ... Python : open a window that allows you to execute Python commands, including open and run files of Python code. Users : show users. Preferences : open a preferences editor. ... Save Window Positions: save the position and size of each window and whether it is open or closed (if closed, save the position and size from when it was last open). ...

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Home About Meade Product Information Dealer Locator Customer Support Investor Relations Dealer Support Employment Opportunities Site Map . Meade Instruments Corporation . ... Meade Pictor XT-Series CCD Autoguider/Imagers . ... The status bar provides tool tips for each menu item, communication status information, the current x and y coordinates of the mouse on the active image, and the temperature of the CCD chip. (left to right): . ... File Save: Saves the current active image. ... about meade | ...

... We have developed a suite of analysis tools and an on-line database for both the primary ChaMPlane X-ray data (source catalogs) as well as the optical counterpart data. ... The ChaMPlane VO provides access to our deep Mosaic optical (V,R,I,Halpha) images, catalogs of their optical photometry, Chandra images with exposure-map correction, X-ray source data and details of X-ray sources with identified optical counterparts. ... Chandra sources are displayed (right) in a smoothed Chandra X-ray . ...

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