Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Moon . ... According to Ron Miller, author of the respected history of spaceship concepts The Dream Machines , the first known appearance of the tale in print was in the 2 October Тљ1909 issue of Scientific American where the hero was named т??Wang Tuт?? ... Naming a crater after Wan Hu т??the legendary Chinese inventorт?? was proposed shortly after the Soviet probe Zond 3 flew past the Moon in July 1965 returning images of the Moon?s western farside. ...

... Up: Algorithms . ... Non-linear and non-parametric algorithms for data averaging, smoothing and clipping in the RATAN-600 flexible astronomical data processing system are proposed. Algorithms are based on robust methods and non-linear filters using an iterative approach to smoothing and clipping. ... The history of algorithms, based on the robust methods and non-linear filters using an iterative approach to smoothing and clipping, began twelve years ago in the data reduction at the RATAN-600. ...

07sep15: using 3 distomats to measure the height. 11apr14: distomat failure by hour of day . ... This has caused the laser ranging measurement to fail (it needs all 6 distomats to measure the platform position). The tiedown tracking uses the distomat measurements to keep the platform at the correct height. ... For each hour of each day i marked the hour ok if there was at least 1 valid distomat measurement during this hour. ... 30dec15 distomat 3 & 6 window replaced. 2014 . ...

... Home Articles A History of the First Forty Years of the Amateur Astronomers Association . ... Beyond New York City . ... A History of the First Forty Years of the Amateur Astronomers Association . ... At the 35th Anniversary Dinner of the Amateur Astronomers Association, I had been asked to give a talk on the history of our society. ... The Amateur Astronomers Association had a past even before it began. ... 2016 Amateur Astronomers Association of New York Designed by Press Customizr Powered by . ...

... User Guide ] Task: cgcurs Purpose: Read quantities with cursor from images on a PGPLOT device Categories: plotting CGCURS displays an image via a contour plots or a pixel map representation (formerly called a "grey scale") on a PGPLOT device. The cursor is then used to read image values, or to evaluate image statistics in a polygonal region, or to write a polygonal region definition to a text file. ... Key: in One or two input images may be specified. ... Key: region Region of interest. ...

Internet Sites | ... K-3 Lessons on shadows - Some science exercises related to the Sun, shadows, and time. 4-6 Lessons on Shadows - - Some more advanced science exercises related to the Sun, shadows, and time. ... Exploratorium: Colored Shadows - A fun activity about making colored shadows. ... Bear Shadow by Frank Asch. ... Word Lore - Carl's lessons on exploring words we use in this curriculum, such as where did the word "Sun" come from, or what is the difference between "daylight" and "day"? ...