... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Last week's Snack talked about how black holes can affect the environment around them in such a way as to be very bright . ... It's a common misconception that black holes always have matter swirling into them. ... As this matter gets closer and closer to the black hole it piles up and a large, fairly flat disk forms. This is called the accretion disk , because matter from this disk accretes (that is, falls in) on the black hole. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

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... This program was created for correlating chosen regions in the series of fts images. ... Chosen regions' . ... In this section the program counts the integral for each region of the grid for each image. ... As a matter of fact, the integral is total brightness of the region and it is counted by 'int_tabulated' IDL function. ... In addition, the program will show the count of the regions which correlate with the corresponding region (the brighter region means the bigger count) and its contour. ...

... Here are some tips on how to get the best guiding out of our current system. ... NA2 Guider Tips . ... Optical double stars, late-type galaxies, and bipolar PNs may pose a problem for guiding, as will objects where you desire to observe a position away from the bright center (e.g., SNs near bright galaxies). ... Field Star is good if your object is too faint or asymmetrical for Boresight guiding, or if you need the slit to be off-center. ... Use Field Star guiding almost always. ...

... Chapter 2: The Basics of Phase II Proposals > 2.4 Examples and General Advice . ... First, you have to acquire an object successfully that is at or near the position at which the science observation will be made. ... The object?s coordinates must be both precise and accurate and any proper motion must be known. ... An offset is explicit when you use a Special Requirement such as POS TARG (see POSition TARGet <X-value>,<Y-value> ) to move the telescope away from the position acquired. ...

... НЕПРЕРЫВНОГО МАТЕМАТИЧЕСКОГО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ . ... Кружок ?Олимпиады и математика? ... Московская математическая олимпиада . Заочный математический конкурс . ... Устные математические олимпиады . Олимпиады по программированию . Математический праздник . Математические регаты . ... Математические бои . Олимпиада по геометрии им. И.Ф.Шарыгина . ... Программа ?Math in Moscow? Научные конкурсы . Творческий конкурс . ... График олимпиад . ... XXVII Математический праздник . ...

... Next, the screen displays "Press 0 to align or Mode for Menu." Press "0" if you wish to begin Automatic alignment (or Easy Align, depending on your telescope model), or press Mode if you wish to choose a manual alignment method ("Automatic Alignment" displays, and you can press MODE to go through the menu to find other alignments). ... Note: If you press the "?" key while "Ctr Brightest Star" displays, the alignment star that AutoStar has chosen will display. ... Alignment successful" displays. ...

... To mark coordinate net in plot, first select Plate in menu bar and then Coordinate net in drop-down menu. ... User has possibility to save plot of sky or to print it using standard means. To save the file select File item in menu bar and then Save As... in drop-down menu. ... To print plot of plate select File item in menu bar and then take advantage of options Print Preview , Print Setup , Print. ... To return to the list of centers click on x button in title bar. ...

... These three bright nebulae are often featured in telescopic tours of the constellation Sagittarius and the view toward the center of our Milky Way galaxy. ... Molecular Torus Surrounds Black Hole . ... In the centers of active galaxies, supermassive black holes at least thousands of times the mass of our Sun dominate. ... C153 Takes the Plunge . ... Neutron Mars . ... Hurricane Frances Approaches Florida . ... The Dotted Dunes of Mars . ... What causes the black dots on dunes on Mars? ...

Next: A box, to include Up: To produce a region Previous: To produce a region . select cursor and circle . When in the image window, the mouse now has a box shape with an arrow at the upper left corner. The mouse buttons act as follows: . LEFT - to move the center of the circle at the position of the arrow point. ... RIGHT - idle. center the circle at the point source by positioning the arrow point and clicking on the LEFT mouse button. A circle will appear at the arrow position. ...

... Институт прикладной математики им. М.В.Келдыша . БАЛЛИСТИЧЕСКИЙ ЦЕНТР . О Центре . ... Баллистический Центр Института прикладной математики им. М.В.Келдыша РАН . Баллистический центр (БЦ) ИПМ им. М.В. Келдыша создан по предложению С.П. Королева и М.В. Келдыша в 1965 году. На него были возложены работы по баллистико-навигационному обеспечению (БНО) управления полетом пилотируемых кораблей и автоматических космических аппаратов научного и народно-хозяйственного назначения. ...

... This example illustrates the use of external files as the source for a layer. This example creates a web page for Nikki's Diner, which is a vegan restaurant that offers tasty daily specials. The web page contains some general information about the diner, and then offers a pop-up menu that lists the days of the week. ... These files contain HTML formatted text that describes the specials for that day. ... LAYER ID="menu" LEFT=50 WIDTH=400 src="specials/sat.htm"> </LAYER> . ...

... PmWiki . Summary: PmWiki group header. ... Summary: Styling text for colour and other attributes:) See also Wiki Styles Plus and Wiki style colors . ... PmWiki 2.0 introduced the ability to control the styling further and to even place styles on blocks. ... This text is %color=red% red, %color=blue% blue, %% and normal (black). ... For example, to define a style of %red% , one can use: . define=mystyle color=red% Here is some %mystyle% red text created using a style shortcut. ... Group . ...

... This plug-in enables you to add various types of lighting effects to your (RGB) image. ... Directional light . ... Well, you get the idea :) The default settings for this light-type is [-0.5,-0.5,-1.0]. ... Higher values makes your image reflect a lot of light (appear lighter or more intense), while smaller values makes it appear more dull or matte. ... A value of 1.0 makes your image very shiny (bright high-lights) while smaller values makes you image less shiny, making the high-lights dimmer. ...

... Gift Center . ... Why do aurorae appear strongest within rings centered on Earth's poles instead of filled-in circles? ... RELATED TOPICS: AURORAE . The visible aurorae result from electrons that move along magnetic field lines from space into the upper atmosphere. ... Just make sure you're registered with the website. Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... If you are already registered on Astronomy.com, please log in below. ...

OptInt PmWiki : Pm Wiki / Wiki Style Examples . Wiki styles | ... PmWiki uses WikiStyles for styling text with color and other attributes. PmWiki 2.0 introduced the ability to control the styling further and to even place styles on blocks. ... In addition, an author can define a style "shortcut" by using the define= property. For example, to define a style of %red% , one can use: . define=mystyle color=red% Here is some %mystyle% red text created using a style shortcut. ...

... 295 Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XII, eds. H. E. Payne, R. I. Jedrzejewski, & R. N. Hook (San Francisco: ASP), 411 . ... Observations by the Chandra X-Ray Observatory are made in a coordinate frame that is essentially fixed. Most objects observed with Chandra, such as supernova remnants, quasars, or pulsars, are at infinity for all practical purposes and the observations produce sharp, focused images. ... Figure 2: Jupiter in ICRS and Object Centered coordinates . ... 2002). ...

tranback -- Transform an X,Y position from output to input pixel position using the same conventions as drizzle tranback xout yout . xout = 400 [real] . ... The X dimension of the input image (this is used to determine the centre which is the origin of the transformations). (nyin = 800) [real] . ... If "output" the input image center is mapped to the center of the output grid, rotated about that center and then shifted along the grid of the output image. ...