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A bright supernova, 1998S, has been found on March 3 by Chinese astronomers at Beijing Observatory. 1998S is located in NGC 3877 an UMa galaxy at R.A. = 11h46m06s, Decl. = +47o29'.0. ... Recent magnitude estimates show the star at around magn 12. ... It covers a field of 35'x35' and shows stars down to magnitude 15 and is mainly based on the GSC and USNO catalogues. ... Below follows a list of field and sequence stars located within ~20' from SN 1998S in NGC 3877: . ... TI (b-r)=+0.5 . ...

Once students get the hang of it, they can find and measure the brightness of Delta Cephei in a few minutes. ... of Delta Cephei . ... Oct. ... The following table lists the measurements of Delta Cephei made by one amateur astronomer in autumn 1990. ... 4.0 . ... This activity is a simplified version of one that appeared in Hands-On Astrophysics, a series of activities prepared by the American Association of Variable Star Observers with support from the National Science Foundation. << previous page | ...

A problem, that can arise when moving from Fortran 77 to Fortran 90, is dependent on a usual deviation from the standard, and has to do especially with user programs. ... With many Fortran 77 implementations we wrote PROGRAM TEST REAL X WRITE(*,10) 10 FORMAT('Give X = ',$) READ(*,*) X WRITE(*,*) X END In Fortran 90 we use "non-advancing I/O" instead. ... In some old Fortran dialects the statement TYPE was used to write on a typewriter terminal and PRINT was used to write on the line printer. ...

... CEPHEID VARIABLE STARS: A Cepheid variable or Cepheid is a member of a particular class of very luminous, massive variable stars with pulsation periods of 1-70 days. ... The relationship is calibrated using data collected from Cepheids whose distances are determined by other means. ... Browse through the 68 CCD fits images he sent you, using ds9 and locate the Cepheid variable. ... Image credits: ESA - "http://sci.esa.int/science-e-media/img/20/cepheid-variables.jpg" . ...