Log of Changes Made to CFITSIO Version 3.31 - 18 July 2012 - enhanced the CFITSIO column filtering syntax to allow the comma, in addition to the semi-colon, to be used to separate clauses, for example: [col X,Y;Z = max(X,Y)]. This was done because users are not allowed to enter the semi-colon character in the on-line Hera data processing system due to computer security concerns. - enhanced the CFITSIO extended filename syntax to allow specifying image compression parameters (e.g. '[compress Rice]') when

... Kepler (con't on Page 4) EYEPIECE Volume 61 Number 5 ISSN 0146-7662 Higgs Boson, The "God Particle" (Not Quite) By Alan Rude On July 4, 2012, two teams at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) completed massive, separate experiments, announcing the "discovery" of a Higgs-like boson particle. Higgs Boson, first theorized in 1964 by British physicist Peter Higgs, explains why matter has mass. ... Higgs did not get it exactly right, though. ... When Will the Higgs Boson Particle Matter? ...

The Official Publication of the Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton Director Rex Parker ( 609 ) 730-0670 rex_a_parker@msn.com Assistant Director John Miller ( 609 ) 252-1223 jmiller@princetonastronomy.org Treasurer Program Chairman Brian VanLiew Ken Kremer (908) 281-7957 ( 609 ) 558-4955 bvanliew@sensingstrategies.com ken@princetonastronomy.org Secretary Ludy D'Angelo ( ... Our guest speaker will be Dr. Guy Consolmagno of the Vatican Observatory. ... Observatory and Springtime Galaxies. ...