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... What's New? Bad Astronomy . ... News . ... Bad Astro Store . ... The Nine Planets . ... Keep Bad Astronomy close to your heart, and help make me filthy rich. ... When two objects in the sky are as close as they can get, we say they have reached appulse . ... Venus and Jupiter are the third and fourth brightest objects in the sky, and this was a particularly close appulse; they got within a quarter of a degree of each other. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ... THE BIRDCAGE: ARCHIVE OF OTHER BAD NEWS ITEMS . ...

... 18apr06 power supply fault contactor not closing. 20apr06: Solution: problem was the digital i/o board. POWER1 signal not arriving. ... At 49880 the master contactor is open so there is no power to the power supplies. ... The problem turned out to be the digital i/o board that drove the POWER1 signal to the master contactor relay. ... The master contactor relay is now being driven through the power supply fault contactor relay and then the little star POWER2 relay. ...

... You can boot Linux either from a floppy or from the hard disk. ... When booting Linux from a floppy disk, the boot sector contains code that just reads the first few hundred blocks (depending on the actual kernel size, of course) to a predetermined place in memory. On a Linux boot floppy, there is no filesystem, the kernel is just stored in consecutive sectors, since this simplifies the boot process. ... For example, when I boot, I it looks like this: љ љ љ љ LILO boot: Loading linux. ...

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SAI 175 anniversary . ... Moscow University . Search for in SAI Moscow University Search for in Russian astronomical resources . ... SAI Astronomical Databases . ... Browse SAI Software archive(ftp.sai.msu.su) . ASTRONET.RU - Russian Astronomical Network (available in translit also) . ... SAI Supernovae Research Group . ... Department of the Galaxy and Variable Stars (in Russian) . Sternberg Astronomical Institute Seminars . ... All-Russian Astronomical Olympiad (in Russian) . ...

... The Australian National University] [Department of Physics] [Paul Francis] [Main Roleplay Page] . These exercises are my attempt to adapt the technique of Problem Based Learning to the context of introductory astronomy and astrophysics classes. ... As students grapple with the puzzle, they are forced to learn the subject matter of the course. ... This exercise is designed for 1st year University students with a reasonable high-school background in Maths and Physics. ...

... Detailed_Input handle is the file handle of a previously opened DAF file. ... Particulars Because the DAF subsystem must keep track of what files are open at any given time, it is important that DAF files be closed only with dafcls_c , to prevent the remaining DAF routines from failing, sometimes mysteriously. ... Files None. ... Version -CSPICE Version 1.0.1, 28-JAN-2004 (NJB) Header update: the exceptions section now lists the case of attempting to close a non-DAF file using this routine. ...

... Class . ... SUMMARY: NESTED | ... java.lang.Object java.awt.Component java.awt.Container java.awt.Window java.awt.Dialog ij.gui.WaitForUserDialog . ... public class WaitForUserDialog . ... Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.awt.Dialog . ... Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.awt.Window . ... Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.awt.Container . ... Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.awt.Component . ... protected java.awt.Button . ...

2.5m Preflight Check . ... Preparations for Science: . ... If not already done, set Az and Alt brakes. Check that nothing is around/on the telescope which would interfere with altitude or rotator motion. Make sure nothing is in the path of the rotating racks, or on/around Az drive disk. ... Re-apply Alt brake when done. ... Make an Alt move. Combine motion test with drive surface checking/cleaning to allow access to entire surface.* ... Set Alt brake. ... Set Az brake. ... Axial A 1.9315 . ...

M31 versus M33 . ... Credit Copyright: Malcolm Park ( North York Astronomical Association ) Explanation: Separated by about 14 degrees (28 Full Moons ) in planet Earth's sky, spiral galaxies M31 at left, and M33 are both large members of the Local Group , along with our own Milky Way galaxy. ... But M31, the Andromeda Galaxy , is really 2.5 million light-years distant and M33, the Triangulum Galaxy , is also about 3 million light years away. ... NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers . ...