Simulated Supergiant Star . ... Consider this "star in a box". Of course, the box is actually a computational box consisting of a three dimensional grid of points, and the star is a virtual one whose physical properties and internal dynamics are numerically simulated at the points on the grid. ... This picture is a movie frame from a recent numerical simulation of a supergiant star with properties intended to approximate the real star Betelgeuse . ... NASA Official: Jay Norris. ...

... Gravitational wave search provides insights into galaxy evolution and mergers . ... galaxies . ... Globular cluster NGC 2808, elliptical galaxy NGC 2986, and the Sextans Dwarf . ... Besides computer simulations, what evidence do astronomers have to support the popular hypothesis that elliptical galaxies form from merging spirals? ... When a small galaxy merges with a much more massive one, astronomers call the process a minor merger and the more massive galaxy is little affected. ...

... The following tables summarize basic properties of the two echelle gratings. ... At the center of each order, the dispersion is 3.0 km s-1 per diode, at the long-wavelength end of each order it is 2.9 km s-1 per diode, and at the short-wavelength end of each order it is 3.1 km s-1 per diode. ... The figure below shows the echelle blaze function (also known as the "Ripple Function") in the form of sensitivity relative to the peak of the blaze as the product of wavelength and order number. ...

... Stellar cinders . Born-again stars . ... Heavyweight Stars . ... What will happen inside the Sun and why? ... These are questions about "stellar evolution", the history of stars as they are transformed by nuclear processes deep inside. ... Most of what we know about stellar evolution comes from computer models of stars. ... We learn about the evolution of high-mass stars from HR diagrams of young galactic open clusters, and the evolution of low-mass metal-poor stars from old globular clusters. ...

... B.1 New functionality . ... B.3 Semantic changes from CSS1 . ... CSS2 builds on CSS1 and all valid CSS1 style sheets are valid CSS2 style sheets. The changes between the CSS1 specification (see [CSS1] ) and this specification fall into three groups: new functionality, updated descriptions of CSS1 functionality, and changes to CSS1. ... Several internationalization features, including list numbering styles , support for bidirectional text , and support for language-sensitive quotation marks . ...

http :// hea-www.harvard.edu / AstroStat /slog/ 2007 / change - point - problem / Weaving together Astronomy+Statistics+Computer Science+Engineering+Intrumentation, far beyond the growing borders Fri, 01 Jun 2012 18:47:52 +0000 hourly 1 http ://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 http :// hea-www.harvard.edu / AstroStat /slog/ 2007 / change - point - problem /comment-page-1/#comment-64 vlk Fri, 17 Aug 2007 22:09:06 +0000 ... Defining peaks sounds like point estimation from functional data analysis. ...

Next: Scattering properties Up: Polarization properties (transmitted radiation) Previous: Linear polarization: wavelength dependence . Traditionally, the main problem considered in connection with circular interstellar polarization is the meaning of the wavelength where changes the sign . ... This is also demonstrated by Fig. 19 (lower panel) which shows the wavelength dependence of the factors of linear and circular polarization for particles of magnetite as was done by Shapiro ([ 1975 ]). ...

... AstroGrid Registry . ... 2.Admin Home . ... 1.Submit new resource . ... 3.Get/Find New Registries . ... It is hosted by IVOA, read the admin/index.jsp about e-mailing the registry group the link to your Registry. ... Do the second main link on "/admin/index.jsp" "Register with other Registries" for registering your installed registry to a known full registry. ... Finally do the third main link on "/admin/index.jsp" to become a full registry by grabbing all the registry types of a full registry. ...

... You are here: start €Ё difx €Ё tip_and_tricks . ... Add svn properties to source files . Get IPP version 7 to play nice with mpifxcorr . ... This should never be called for DiFX data. ... The following template should be modified to reflect the path base = /home/swc/difx/intel/ipp/7.0.1.084/ia32 Name: ipp Description: Intel Performance Primitives Requires: Version: 7.0.1.084 Libs: -L${base}/lib/ia32 -L${base}/ipp/lib/ia32 -lipps -lippvm -lippcore -liomp5 Cflags: -I${base}/ipp/include . ...

... 2001 March 1 . Maximum Sun . ... Explanation: Astronomers recently witnessed an astounding, large scale solar event as the Sun's north and south magnetic poles changed places! ... Plagues of sun spots , flaring active regions , and huge prominences are also hard-to-miss signs that the solar maximum is here. ... Enormous, intensely bright active regions also mottle the solar surface in this image, recorded in the light of energetic Helium atoms by SOHO's Extreme ultraviolet Imaging Telescope. ...

... R. E. Jackson . ... H.-M. Adorf . ... D. C. Wells . ... AstroWeb is a World Wide Web (WWW) interface to a collection of Internet accessible resources aimed at the astronomical community. ... The goal of AstroWeb is to be the most complete, up to date, and useful listing of Internet accessible astronomical resources available anywhere. ... Jackson, Wells, and Adorf noticed that they and others had created largely overlapping lists of Astronomical resources. ...

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... While there is practically no detector noise present at energies above , X-ray data below are considerably contaminated by noise events, which become more and more dominant towards the lowest transmitted energies (Fig. ... Investigations of 40 hours of in-orbit calibration data with the filter wheel closed, taken over a period of more than two years, showed that the noise properties vary with position and energy, but are fairly stable in time for most areas on the detector. ...

Slithead identification (which slithead is installed?) will be sensed and reported by the on-board spectrograph computer. ... Observer's software to handle spectrographic observations will be written by JHU and installed on the Fermilab supplied observatory workstation. ... UW will be responsible for the slithead latch-down control. ... Database computer at APO: The observer's software will query the observatory database for information on the currently installed fiber cartridge. ...

... SCIENCE AND BUSINESS . Such a trifle as a starry night sky of largest observatories turned out to be a small change coin in commercial bargains for exclusive communal services in Russia, and for a few elite flats in penthouses in Ukraine. SCIENCE AND BUREAUCRATISM . ... Till in Russian) . ... Clericalization of science and education (Till in Russian). ... Researcher of the Sternberg Astronomical Institute, The Moscow University. ... SAI home page . ... October, 2008) . ... November, 2007) . ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... I think I will break from my usual format of Bad Astronomy/ Good Astronomy by saying that the way we define seasons currently is not strictly bad, but I feel (in my opinion!) that it could be better. The definition of when the seasons begin is at the moment of solstice or equinox; that is, winter (in the north) starts on December 22 nd and summer starts on June 22 nd . ... Now imagine breaking up the Sun's 46 degree up-and-down yearly swing into 1 day intervals. ...

... This chapter documents all the JavaScript objects, along with their methods and properties. ... Full entries for each object appear in alphabetical order; properties and functions not associated with any object appear in Chapter 2, "Top-Level Properties and Functions." ... Tables included in the description of each object summarize the object's methods and properties. Full entries for an object's methods and properties appear in alphabetical order after the object's entry. ...

An Ancient Universe: How Astronomers Know the Vast Scale of Cosmic Time . THE ANCIENT UNIVERSE . c) The Age of Light from the Most Distant Galaxies: The "Time Machine" Effect . ... Thus we are actually seeing these galaxies not as they are today, but as they were billions of years ago. ... The Universe: An Overview | ... The Ancient Universe - The Age of the Expanding Universe - The Age of the Oldest Stars - The Age of Light From Distant Galaxies - The Age of the Chemical Elements | ...

... Science . ... Science Users Information Paranal Science Operations Visitor Information jump to navigation jump to content . Paranal Facilities . ... Offered Instruments . ... Paranal News . ... Paranal Telescopes Overview . Telescopes and Instruments . ... Overview . ... Manuals . ... Instrument Operation Team . ... Paranal Science Operations . ... Please submit one report per observing run or telescope/instrument combination. ... About ESO in general: . ... Telescope/Instrument Manuals: . ...

The Face on Mars . ... The Raw Images . Table 1: List of Viking Orbiter Images of the "Face on Mars" . ... Processing the Face Images . Table 2: Dimensions of Mercator Projected Images of "The Face on Mars" . Map Projected Images . ... Processing the "Face on Mars" Images . ... This page will provide interested persons with both the raw Viking images, transformed to GIF format, and a brief tutorial (with examples) of image processing techniques applied to create "better looking" images. ...