... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . ... Star Atlas . ... An artificial comet holds secrets to Earths life . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... The planet has extreme temperature swings and perhaps active lava flows. ... A digital supplement to Astronomy magazine. ... Join TravelQuest International with Astronomy and Discover magazines on one of three great tour options surrounding this celestial spectacle . ... Astronomy Magazine . ...

... These Frontier Fields will combine the power of HST with the natural gravitational telescopes of high-magnification clusters of galaxies. ... We are soliciting gravitational lensing maps for the last four Hubble Frontier Fields clusters (MACSJ0717.5+3745, MACSJ1149.5+2223, AbellS1063, and Abell 370) based upon the exceptionally deep HST FF imaging and other new ancillary data. ... For the full set of proposal instructions and requirements, see the FY16 Frontier Fields Lensing Map Call for Proposals....

To change to using another printer for the current login session: PRINTER=ps2 . ... To change to using another editor for the current login session and inform (export) this value to other programs which use it: EDITOR=vi export EDITOR . This changes the user's default editor to vi and exports this value to other programs - such as electronic mail - which make use of it. To change to using another pager for viewing files the user adds the following lines to their .profile file. ...

... PmWiki . ... PmWiki FAQ . ... Go to new wiki . ... admins (advanced) This page describes an internal function in PmWiki 's engine called FmtPageName() . ... Returns $fmt , with $variable and internationalisation substitutions performed, under the assumption that the current page is pagename . ... The function FmtPageName() applies internationalization-substitutions and $Variable-substitions to the string $fmt under the assumption that the current page is $pagename. ... Set a global variable. ...

OptInt PmWiki : Pm Wiki / Fmt Page Name . ... This page describes an internal function in PmWiki's engine called FmtPageName(). ... Returns $fmt , with $variable and internationalisation substitutions performed, under the assumption that the current page is pagename . ... Replace any sequences of the form $XyzFmt with value of any corresponding global variable. ... Typically this is used to handle things like $Name and $Group etc that are specific to the name of the current page. ...

Подписка на рассылку обзоров astro-ph на Subscribe.Ru . ... Предыдущий выпуск (N335) . ... Обсудить на форуме Scientific.RU . ... Подписка на рассылку обзоров на Subscribe.Ru . Обзоры препринтов astro-ph . ... Собственно обзоры препринтов. ... Ранее обзоры также были на Астронете и на Scientific.Ru . ... АНКи доступны на Астронете , а с 2006 по 2008 г. также на сайте Элементы.Ру . ... Ранее они также размещались на сайте Астронет и в архиве моих обозрений (кодировка KOI8) на сайте Scientific.Ru . ...

... Filters and SPIcam's Filter Wheel . Mounting filters in SPIcam's Filter Wheel . Updating the filters.txt file . ... note which filters are in which slot, so you can update the filter file (next) Updating the filters.txt file . ... edit the [filters#.txt] file that corresponds to the wheel which you changed. (e.g. filters3.txt for wheel #3) . ... if this filter wheel was installed in SPIcam, replace the [filters.txt] file with the contents of the file you just updated: . ...

Novermber 2008 - WORK IN PROGRESS We are currently using the (just announced end-of-life) Netrestore software to install our systems. ... We automount our NFS-based home directories. ... On the Mac end, edit /etc/autofs.conf, and add ",resvport" to the AUTOMOUNTD_MNTOPTS. ... This is more of a problem, because Finder is a busybody, sticking it's nose in business it shouldn't. Simply symlinking to an autmounted directory failed abysmally. ... Here's our current list of files we change, and why: . ...

Change directory to where you want to install the OT system. ... You may want to set the variable OT_CACHE_PATH to something more specific than the default, like $HOME/eso/ot-cache . ... See below for the Installation Instruction. ... Make sure the OT environment variable is correctly set. ... If a full Allegro Common Lisp system is installed on your host, and the LISP environment variable is correctly set, retrieve the corresponding Short Term Scheduler V.1.4.1 binary distribution kit for: . ...

This page shows which observing modes are available with which correlator and gives a brief description of the observing modes.. available; . ... WAPP . ... ALFA . ... Calibration mode that scans 4 times across the calibrator, forming a spider shape. ... Calibration mode that scans twice across the calibrator, forming a cross shape. ... This is the standard spectral-line single-pixel observing mode. ... A Calibration mode used by the Galactic ALFA surveys to calibration the G-ALFA HI Spectrometer. ...

... The Entry widget allows text to be typed and displayed in a single line text box. ... GtkWidget *gtk_entry_new( void ); . ... The following code is an example of using an Entry widget . #include stdio.h #include stdlib.h #include gtk/gtk.h void enter_callback( GtkWidget * widget , GtkWidget * entry ) { const gchar * entry _ text ; entry _ text = gtk_ entry _get_ text (GTK_ ENTRY ( entry )); printf( Entry contents: %s\n , entry _ text ); } void entry _toggle_editable( ...

SPACE WEATHER . The response of our space environment to the constantly changing Sun is known as space weather. ... Some of the most dramatic space weather effects occur in association with eruptions of material from the solar atmosphere into interplanetary space. ... Space weather disturbances are generally caused by solar storms. ... the Sun. ... Every object in the solar system experiences the equivalent of Earth's space weather, although its detailed characteristics differ from place to place. ...

... With enough velocity, a spacecraft can break loose from the Earth's gravity and enter an orbit around the Sun, like that of a planet. If it then orbits the Sun with the same period as the Earth--one year--it may keep a fixed position relative to Earth. ... If the distance is just right--about 4 times the distance to the Moon or 1/100 the distance to the Sun--the spacecraft, too, will need just one year to go around the Sun, and will keep its position between the Sun and the Earth. ...

... There are number of features that can be set by the user in the Sparkle Dialog box. ... The Sparkle plug-in computes the luminosity (level of whiteness) of each pixel in the image (the user can see this when the progress window labeled Generating luminosity array... is displayed). ... The threshold value is currently a slider/text field pair which have a precision of .0001. ... Like the Threshold value, the Flare Intensity has both a slider and a text input field for specifying its value. ...

The "ring of fire" seen by satellite cameras around the polar caps (picture below) is probably created by electrons leaking from the tail's plasma sheet, whose magnetic field lines form a somewhat imperfect trap. ... One possible explanation involves the close association between auroral arcs and electric currents which flow along field lines between the ionosphere and distant space ( Birkeland currents ). ... That produces an extra resistance to the flow of current. ...

. Latest HI Rez Visible Satellite Image . IR Enhanced Image of the PNW . (not always available - sorry) . 500 MB surface and the water vapor distribution: . Surface Pressures: . Extreme precipitation in 1995 and 1996 . Temperatures: Jan-Feb , Mar-Apr , May-Jun , July-August , Sept-Oct, Nov-Dec . Precipitation: Jan-Feb , Mar-Apr , May-Jun, July-Aug , Sept-Oct, Nov-Dec . Annual Precipitation Trends . The Electronic Universe Project e-mail: nuts@moo.uoregon.edu

Astronomy Picture of the Day . The Weather on Mars . ... 24.03.1997 . ... Credit: D. Crisp & WFPC2 Team ( JPL / Caltech ), HST , NASA Explanation: Would Mars be a nice place to visit? ... In preparation for the scheduled Mars Pathfinder landing on July 4 th , 1997, the Earth-Orbiting Hubble Space Telescope recently took the above high resolution photograph . ... March . ... July . ... March 1997 . ... 1997 1998 . ... NASA Official: Jay Norris. ... U. Based on Astronomy Picture Of the Day ...

Next: Modes of Operation Up: CCD Scientific Performance Previous: Field of View . Thermal excitation of charge carriers from the valence to the conduction band creates a dark current signal which may vary with position in the array, and also has temporal shot noise variation. ... In a device devoid of localized defects which give rise to individual dark current spikes , most dark current arises from electrons generated at interface states at the surface. ...

... Apache HTTP Server Version 2.4 . ... While many distributions make Apache httpd available as operating system supported packages, it can sometimes be desirable to install and use the canonical version of Apache httpd on these systems, replacing the natively provided versions of the packages. ... This document explains how to build, install, configure and run Apache httpd 2.4 under Unix systems supporting the RPM packaging format. ... Configuring the Default Instance of Apache httpd . ...

Bright Supernova - Archives On these pages you will find references to Supernovae which have faded into oblivion. ... Finally, in 1999, when I took over the International Supernova Network's Latest Supernovae page I retitled the main page "Latest Supernovae", BUT, it's the "Latest Supernovae" page of the "Bright Supernovae" pages which are also sub-pages of ISN. ... Brightest supernova in 2005 . ... Brightest supernova in 2002 . ... Brightest supernova in 2000 . ... Brightest supernova in 1999 . ...