home publications > mercury . SEARCH ASP SITE: Match ALL words Match ANY word . ... Communicating With Congress . ... Members of Congress are very interested in voters' views; much of a member's staff is dedicated to handling correspondence, telephone calls, and personal visits. Members of Congress meet frequently with veterans, farmers, business leaders, and others in their district and state, and receive letters from these interests daily. ... Limit your letter to one page and one subject. ...

You may see figures of this paper below... or download the whole paper in PostScript or LaTeX source , everything compressed by ZIP. LaTeX notes: you would need some specific LaTeX styles . See CS-11 HomePage for more. Figures are in EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) format to be inserted using software like dvips . You can download these files via ftp. If you use GIF format, choose "Save Image As..." on the images below, or click here: first and second . Figure 1. ...

PHYSICS Part IA Wednesday 19 January 2009 SELWYN COLLEGE REVISION TEST Attempt all three questions from section A and any two from section B. SECTION A ­ answer all questions. ... 5] A2 A3 SECTION B ­ answer two questions B4. ... 5] A uniform solid cylinder rolls from rest without slipping down a rough inclined plane, then along a horizontal section where the surface texture changes from rough to smooth, and finally up a second inclined plane with a perfectly-smooth surface. ...

. You interact with the Unix operating system by entering a command at the shell prompt . You can look up the command in the On-line Manual for a complete description of it. About commands . Did You Know? . Where are commands located? . Entering commands . Redirecting standard input and output . Connecting commands together . Creating a command alias . Locating a command . Making other commands available . Writing your own commands .

... New Developments in the FITSIO and Fv Software Packages W. Pence NASA/GSFC, Code 662, Greenbelt, MD 20771, Email: pence@tetra.gsfc.nasa.gov Abstract. This paper describes recent improvements to the FITSIO subroutine library and the fv FITS file viewer and editor, both of which were initially described at previous ADASS conferences. ... Introduction The FITSIO subroutine library for reading and writing FITS format files was last described in the ADASS IV conference proceedings. ...

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... Exposure Time Calculator (ETC) . Survey processing . ... VISTA is a 4-m class wide field survey telescope for the southern hemisphere, equipped with a near infrared camera (1.65 degree diameter field of view at VISTA's nominal pixel size) containing 67 million pixels of mean size 0.34 arcsec and available broad band filters at Z,Y,J,H,K s and a narrow band filter at 1.18 micron. A wide field visible camera, if constructed, could also be used on VISTA. ... Tile . ... ESO VISTA Public Surveys . ...

... By using the tools of sections (20) and (21), the mathematics of approximate solutions developed in (M-5), and assuming all orbits are circles, it is a relatively straightforward job to calculate the distance to the Lagrangian L1 point (or to L2). ... Let the gravitational constant be denoted by G , the mass of the Sun by M , that of Earth by m , the Earth's distance from the Sun by r and its velocity in its orbit by v . ... GMm / r 2 = mv 2 / r . and multiplying both sides by r / m . ...

. Next: Acknowledgements Up: No Title Previous: Science with CXO . The Chandra X-Ray Observatory will have a profound influence on astronomy and astrophysics. The Observatory is open to use by scientists throughout the world who successfully propose specific investigations. Data will be available through the Chandra X-ray Center (CXC), directed by Dr. H. Tananbaum, and located at the SAO. Sergei B. Popov . Tue Dec 7 18:45:32 MSK 1999

... VaST is a software tool for finding variable objects on a series of astronomical images. ... VaST performs object detection and aperture photometry using SExtractor on each image, cross-matches lists of detected stars, performs magnitude calibration with respect to the first (reference) image and constructs a lightcurve for each object. ... VaST FITS image viewer ./pgfv . ... Part I" PZP, vol. ... K. V. Sokolovsky, S. A. Korotkiy; "New Variable Stars Discovered by the NMW Survey" PZP, vol. ...

... 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 . ...

... Meade Instruments Corporation . Telescopes ћ Binoculars ћ Microscopes . ... Frequently Asked Questions: Telescopes and Astronomy . ... If I have questions after the purchase of my Meade telescope, whom should I contact? ... top . ... If I have questions after the purchase of my Meade telescope, who should I contact? ... Although thousands of nebulae and galaxies are directly visible through any Meade telescope, only long-exposure photos show the colors and full extent of these objects. top . ...

... Credit Copyright: Hubble Legacy Archive , NASA , ESA - Processing: Jos Jim nez Priego Explanation: Dwarf galaxy NGC 5195 is best known as the smaller companion of spiral M51, the Whirlpool galaxy . Seen together they seem to trace the curve and dot of a cosmic question mark , recorded in Lord Rosse's 19th century drawings as one of the original spiral nebulae. Dwarfed by enormous M51 (aka NGC 5194), NGC 5195 spans about 20,000 light-years. ... NGC 3310: A Starburst Spiral Galaxy . ...

... XmTel is a telescope control interface designed to to communicate with a telescope server, and Elwood Downey's XEphem, through the INDI protocol. It will also operate as a free-standing program for control of telescopes that use the NexStar, Paramount, and LX200 command sets, telescope drive systems built using Galil's industrial motion controller, and RC Optical's Professional series fork mount with electronics from Telescope Control Systems. ... See the notes in the Galil controller directory. ...

Russian Space Science Internet (RSSI) is a successful result of RSSI Project. ... space oriented organizations; . ... RSSI offers for its members : . ... videoconferences via MBONE Internet protocol (there are 2 tunnels available now through the general IP network: one to NASA Internet, and another to Moscow State University); . ... It is designed so that all organizations connected to the RSSI gain access to the resources of Russian computer networks as well as world wide Internet. ... nic@rssi.ru ...

... Contacting and discussing with people sharing your interests, participating in night sky observations with telescopes as well as a large choice of astronomical books, magazines and video-tapes out of our club library. ... A reasonable compromise for observing both planets and brightest deep sky objects ( nebulae, galaxies) are either a 4 to 8 inch mirror telescope ( Newton, Schmidt-Cassegrain ) or a 3 to 4 inch refracting ( lens) telescope. ... Where can I buy a telescope in Luxembourg ? ...

... In this case you have to write in your answer (in English or Russian): «impossible situation ­ ». ... The name of the moon in the solution and in the drawings should be written (or duplicated) in English. ... The answers "which moon" and "in what case" (configurations at the moment of Jupiter disappearance) have to be given in the form of drawings, and calculations should be the base for the answers. The names of the moons in the solution and in the drawings should be written in English. ...

... Discovery of the Radiation Belts . ... Planetary Magnetospheres . ... The most striking thing about these magnetospheres is their great diversity and this brief overview cannot possibly do justice to the extensive research done on them. ... The strongest magnetic field and the most intense trapped radiation are found in the magnetosphere of Jupiter, which is also the largest [ Dessler , 1983]. ... The preceding brief history only covers scientific aspects of magnetospheric physics. ...

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... A star party is a gathering of amateur astronomers who set up their telescopes and observe the dynamic night sky. ... Star parties are best scheduled during first quarter and waxing gibbous Moon. During full moon, the moon is so bright it obscures a view of other celestial objects and even the Moon is best viewed when NOT full. ... We will consult local weather forecasters and make a decision by 2:00p on the day of the star party. ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...