... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2000 May 17 . The Far Infrared Sky . Credit: E. L. Wright ( UCLA ), COBE , DIRBE , NASA . ... The above recently released image , in representative colors, is the highest resolution projection yet created of the entire far-infrared sky (60 - 240 microns) created from years of observations by the now-defunct robot spacecraft COBE . ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... Credit: E. L. Wright ( UCLA ), COBE , DIRBE , NASA Explanation: Three major sources contribute to the far- infrared sky : our Solar System , our Galaxy, and our Universe . The above recently released image , in representative colors, is the highest resolution projection yet created of the entire far-infrared sky (60 - 240 microns) created from years of observations by the now-defunct robot spacecraft COBE . ... Publications with keywords: infrared . ...

... This paper describes the main algorithms used by the Einstein Level One processing to create the exposure masks and the background maps for Einstein IPC images, and how these algorithms were recreated in the IRAF environment. Our goal was to recreate the algorithms used by the Level One Processing to create exposure masks and background maps for Einstein Image Proportional Counter (IPC) data (cf. sections 2.5 and 2.7 of Harnden et al. ...

... April 9, 1999 . WR 104: Pinwheel Star . ... Explanation: Like a cosmic lawn sprinkler, dust streaming from a rotating star system creates a pinwheel pattern in this false color infrared image . Astronomers discovered the surprising star dust scenario using a sophisticated interferometer and the 10 meter Keck I telescope to observe the bright Wolf-Rayet star WR 104. ... The problem is, their starlight would also be so intense that any dust flakes should be destroyed! ... About APOD > . ...

... Pre-university education . ... Samara region . SSAU History . SSAU roadmap . ... Scientists of Samara State Aerospace University (SSAU) develop a unique 3D-printer for chocolate confectionery printing. 3D-printer for chocolate printing is being created in SSAU Centre for Robotic Complexes and Mechatronic Systems. ... Know-how of the scientists of Samara State Aerospace University in that they were developed unparalleled chocolate delivery and cooling systems in 3D-printer. ...

The database contains references to the papers, data files and links to the Internet resources related to measurements and calculations of the optical constants in the wavelength interval from X-rays to radio domain. ... References to some useful books and reviews on the subject (e.g. the classical handbooks edited by E.D.Palik) and links to Internet collections of optical constants and personal WWW pages with related software were also placed in the database. You have arrived at our welcome page. ...

... If requested ( runbackground =Y), the task creates a background lightcurve, as well as a background spectrum for the imaging modes (FF, eFF, LW, SW) using background masks. ... The background masks are created by task badpixfind using threshold parameters, appropriate for the detection of real X-ray sources. ... As the GTIs strongly depend on the intended science this screening is not performed and only background masks, the lightcurve, and a GTI file are created by epchain . ...

... Filesystems are created, i.e., initialized, with the mkfs љ command. ... Search for bad blocks and initialize the bad block list accordingly. -l filename . ... badblocks /dev/fd0H1440 1440 > bad-blocks . ... 1 block group . 8192 blocks per group, 8192 fragments per group . ... Then bad blocks were searched with badblocks љ , with the output redirected to a file, bad-blocks . Finally, the filesystem was created, with the bad block list initialized by whatever badblocks љ found. ...

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. ...

... Table files like the ones created in the section on imcnts can be displayed, printed and manipulated using the tasks contained in the stsdas.ttools package. ... sp> tables # Load the relevant package ta> tprint rp90_cnt prpar=yes # .tab extension assumed # the hidden parameter prpar is set to display the header # as well as the data ta> tprint rp90_cnt # Displays only the data info ta> tprint rp90_cnt prdata- prpar+ # Displays only the header info ta> tprint rp90_cnt prparam=yes | ...

... to be completed: . ... to update the community on the status of the mission and the science goals . ... to form collaborations and begin the intial work for writing a key project proposal for both the pre-impact science (the comet is visible Nov 2004 through impact) and the encounter science . Background information . find Karen's letter of invitation here . find some local information here . ... Please consult the local-information . ... tel. +49 89 3200 6229 fax. ...

In Memory of Vsevolod Gantmakher . ... Having received his Ph.D. in 1964, V. Gantmakher continued work at the Institute of Solid State Physics (ISSP) of the USSR Academy of Sciences, which had been founded a year before. For the next three years, he worked on his D.Sc. thesis at IPP. ... For many years, as an outstanding personality and highest scientific authority, V.Gantmakher made a remarkable contribution to creating a friendly atmosphere and a creative approach to the research work at ISSP. ...

... Range Widgets . ... Scale widgets are used to allow the user to visually select and manipulate a value within a specific range. ... The following functions create vertical and horizontal scale widgets, respectively: GtkWidget *gtk_vscale_new( GtkAdjustment *adjustment ); GtkWidget *gtk_vscale_new_with_range( gdouble min, gdouble max, gdouble step ); GtkWidget *gtk_hscale_new( GtkAdjustment *adjustment ); GtkWidget *gtk_hscale_new_with_range( gdouble min, gdouble max, gdouble step ); . ...

. To remove a directory that is a symbolic link that points to another directory use the command: rm directory_name . Notice that the directory does not need to be empty and you do not have to use the rmdir command. You are not really removing a directory, just a named symbolic link that points to the "real" directory.

Full-Color Mosaic Pictures for CDF-S and HDF-N . ... Here we present full-color images for the first 3 epochs of both the CDF-S and HDF-N, based on the combined mosaic fits files for the b,v,i and z bands. ... The process of producing combined mosaics for each epoch begins with the fully reduced single-epoch tiles, as produced by Anton's MultiDrizzle script running in Harry's automated GOODS pipeline. These are the tiles that are currently available as the GOODS v0.5 science products. ...

This page elaborates on the previous example which discussed the use of color maps in connection with Ggi plot fields. ... How this can be done will be shown in a later example. /* example8.c -XT */ # include stddef.h # include math.h # include gipsyc.h # include cmain.h # include init.h # include finis.h # include userfio.h # include pgplot.h # include ggi.h #define ROWS 100 /* number of image rows */ #define ...

Supernova 2001dr in NGC 4932 . This page is devoted to information on Supernova 2001dr in NGC 4932 Basic information on this SN, including the last reported brightness, on this Supernova can be found on the main page . Information on the original web pages for many of these images can be found on the updates and links web pages. ... Web pages dedicated to this SN. AUDE has a 2001dr page in French [ Translate ] . ... Image Credit . ... 2001/08/14.88 . ... VSNET Light curve (requires JAVA). ...

God Science Forum Message . Forums: . ... God and Science ћ SETI ћ Software ћ UFO ћ XEphem . ... God and Science | ... In The Beginning, God Created......prophecy . ... I am beginning to believe that Genesis creation is about the creation of prophecy as much as it is a statement that God is the creator. ... So I ask, are you (anyone) willing to consider Gen 1 2 as stories of prophecy or are you determined that it is either about science or a literal 7-day creation? ... www.astronomy.net . ...

... Does the time it takes different methods to create all the elements coincide with the universeт??s accepted age? ... Illinois Urbana-Champaign) Different kinds of stars create elements at different rates, all of which are consistent with the age of the universe. Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... Registration is FREE and takes only a few seconds to complete. If you are already registered on Astronomy.com, please log in below. ...

... Our Galaxy . ... Stars . ... Space Flight . ... NGC 2841: a spiral galaxy some 46 million light years away. ... It is especially hard to explain this process of star birth in some spiral galaxies. ... Targets include both star clusters and galaxies, and star formation rates seen range from the starburst galaxy M82 (the Cigar Galaxy) which is creating about ten new stars in its core alone every year to the much less fecund star producer NGC 2841. ... Tweets that mention Baby stars of NGC 2841 | ...