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Most of these images were obtained by Mike Bessell, Michelle Buxton, Hwankyung Sung, Ralph Sutherland and Bob Watson at SSO using a 2Kx2K Site CCD behind a Nikon or Hasselblad lens or directly on the 1m telescope. A few images are from the Hubble Space Telescope. Some of the M42 images were obtained with the KPNO 1m and ESO NTT telescope. One image is a mosaic of IRAS images. ... Details of the CCD imaging program at MSSSO. ... antenna.jpg (53KB) . ... ngc6744.jpg (59KB) . ...

Description and Specifications (html) ( pdf ) . System Block Diagram (pdf) . ... GALFA Spectrometer Setup, Operations, Basics Manual (pdf) . GALFA Diagnostic Software Overview . ... Polyphase Filter Bank . ... Design of Quadrature Downconverter Board (pdf) . Design of Low-Pass Filters (pdf) . Design of 16-Channel DAC/Gain Control Board (pdf) . ... Design of Digital Decimating FIR Filter (pdf) . ... Quadrature downconverter (August 9, 2004) . Spectrometer board (September 1, 2004) . ...

... 2010 . ... The following images are mosaics obtained on 03 August 2010 at the National Solar Observatory/Dunn Solar Telescope with the Interferometric Bidimensional Spectrometer (IBIS). ... The final images are approximately 238 x 242 arcseconds, or 4 x 4 arcminutes, with a pixel scale of 0.0976 arcseconds per pixel. ... The images show a broad range of typical chromospheric structures, including sunspots, superpenumbra, plage, filaments, and quiet internetwork. ...

... Астронет | Картинка дня | ... планета Астронет | ... Астрономическая картинка дня . ... Около равноденствия магнитное поле Земли ориентировано так, что создаются благоприятные условия для взаимодействия с солнечным ветром, которое и вызывает прекрасное северное сияние. ... Полярные сияния и магнитосфера Юпитера . ... Слегка сжатое магнитное поле словно через воронку несет заряженные частицы к полюсам Юпитера, опуская их прямо в его атмосферу. ... Туманность Пузырь крупным планом . ...

... ATCA at dusk . ... The Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) outside of Narrabri, NSW, at dusk in October 2014. As shown here, the telescope is in a compact configuration with two antennas along the northern arm of the array. The antennas are shown in their stowed or rest position (pointing to the zenith), having just finished a round of observations and awaiting the next observer to take control of the telescope. | ... today * ATNF | ... ATCA | ...

To initiate orbital motion click on any of the icons in tool bar with red sign + or – , permitting also to speed or to slow planet motion by repeated clicking on them. ... Selecting Orbits item in menu bar and by subsequent choosing corresponding items in drop-down menu one can also fulfil the above actions. ... To enter new initial epoch or to change list of minor or major planets which are shown in the picture, select Orbits in menu bar and then select Input data in drop-down menu. ...

... Bad Astronomy . Misconceptions . ... I have a fun video on how to stand an egg on end on my blog at Discover Magazine . ... At the end of the show, one of the characters looks up the words "egg" and "equinox" on the web... and says it sent him to "thingsthatarewrong.com". ... Bad Astronomy : Only on the day of the Vernal (spring) Equinox, can you stand a raw egg on its end. Good astronomy : If you can stand a raw egg on end, it has nothing to do with the Equinox. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

Hothead her in the shadows where we stand watching lady, watching man reading the pictures as they roll we see the planet lose control hothead ! evolution nonstop evolution hothead ! evolution nonstop evolution ( hothead ) time , time will change the picture about time , time will change the picture how to change the points of view 'bout what is fake and what is true ...

XmTel uses the XPA interface for extensible connection to the operating system and scripting. ... Support for several commercial telescopes and controllers under Linux .. ... Software Bisque Paramount ME (requires RTS2 library) . ... In the current version of XmTel .. ... Offers command line and scripted operation using XPA . ... Version 7 includes the XPA server, telescope drivers, a client, utility software, and a standalone option that does not use XPA. ... Previous versions and support for INDI . ...

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