. The University of Louisville has an active chapter of the Society of Physics Students. Summertime picnics at Moore Observatory are becoming a tradition. If you're a U of L SPS member, you might want to look through the pictures below and download any that you like. If you aren't already a member, think about joining up, the picnics and other activities are a lot of fun. http://owl.astro.louisville.edu/moore1.html . pam@moondog.astro.louisville.edu . Back to Moore Observatory Homepage

... HST view from 1990 788k tiff ; 12k jpg . edge-on rings (HST) 33k jpg ; 86k gif ( caption ) . nearly edge-on rings (HST) 36k jpg ; 86k gif ( caption ) . ... False-color view of Saturn 332k gif ; 61k jpg . ... Saturn (three color -red,green,blue- composite) by HST (670 km per pixel) 71k gif ; 39k jpg . ... Ring spokes (false color) 204k gif . ... Edge-on rings and four moons from HST (August 95) 24k jpg ; 108k gif ( caption ) . ... Spectacular false color image of the rings 130k jpg . ...

So what is "Code Blue" and what does it mean? It's no great secret that several years ago we had the mirror re-coated on the 31" Blue Beast at Warren Rupp Observatory, and within a few short weeks, portions of the coating began to fail. ... These are the fellows that showed up at the Observatory on February 20th to help with the gargantuan and nail-biting task of getting mirror out of the telescope safely, out of the cell safely, into the box safely, and put into the truck safely. ...

. "Gee, and I just happen to have a nice picture of it." Mike Schwartz . Mike actually got this one to me before the IAUC announcing it came out. Mike Schwartz , Director . Tenagra Observatories, Ltd. Cottage Grove, OR 97424 . Back to Bright Supernovae . David Bishop Last modified: Fri Feb 5 12:01:08 EST 1999

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... Next: An IRAF-Independent Interface Up: Software Systems Previous: A New PROS . ... We present a high-level representation of the packages and tasks within IRAF/PROS. ... We have produced a high-level overview of PROS. ... The incremental stages were the short-term goals: a project overview diagram (i.e., an organizational diagram of software modules); high-level diagram (i.e., a bubble diagram of each module in the system); and unifying element tables (i.e., tables of task vs. software attributes)....

... 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 . ...

An introduction to the celestial sphere, describing its . apparent rotation and the special role of the pole star. ... This lesson plan supplements the web page listed below. Originally named "The sky above us" , it was split into two parts, each of which now has a lesson plan. ... Celestial sphere, constellation, zodiac, celestial pole, the Pole Star ("Polaris"), celestial equator, rotation of the Earth, planets [theodolite, equatorial axis]. ... What makes the Pole Star special? ...

... Bad Astronomy . Misconceptions . ... I have a fun video on how to stand an egg on end on my blog at Discover Magazine . ... At the end of the show, one of the characters looks up the words "egg" and "equinox" on the web... and says it sent him to "thingsthatarewrong.com". ... Bad Astronomy : Only on the day of the Vernal (spring) Equinox, can you stand a raw egg on its end. Good astronomy : If you can stand a raw egg on end, it has nothing to do with the Equinox. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

Winer Observatory P.O. Box 797, Sonoita, Arizona 85637-0797, USA . ... Winer Observatory) was incorporated in 1983 as a 501(c)(3) non-profit public charity to perform basic research in astronomy, provide educational outreach programs, and provide site and maintenance services for small telescopes through cooperative agreements with other astronomical institutions. ... The picture at the top left of this page is of our facility near Sonoita, Arizona, approximately 50 miles southeast of Tucson, Arizona. ...

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. This color image was obtained with Fuji color film (Super Plus 400) in focal plane of the 70-cm reflector (F = 27 m) at Lisniki Observatory by A.M.Evtushevsky. Data and time of observation: April 27, 1997, 21:25 LT. Comet-Earth distance: 1.7 a.u. Time of exposure: 10 min. Field of view : 3 minutes of arc. Distance between shells, in average: 15 000 km. Diameter of bright coma in the picture center: of about 5 000 km. Last updated: January, 2005.

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... Photos and pictures at Archives.gov . ... Escher Art Collection . ... International Art Science . ... Earth Observatory image news index . ... Moscow: administration, culture, education.. ... Fluid Dynamics Pictures of the Week Collection . Sites With Pictures and Movies of Fluids also you can look at the interesting High-Speed Photographs . ... Moscow day by day . ... old maps of Moscow . ... Crimea . Crimea MAP (clickable) . Surfing Santa Cruz . On-line pictures: . ...

... How much energy is there in a 20 mph wind? . 20 mph wind =10 m/s .0006 * 10 3 = .0006 * 1000 = .6 KILO watts per square meter . ... In your back yard the average wind speed is 10 mph which yields 100 watts per square meter. ... 4 3 = 64 if a 10 mph wind gives you 100 watts per square meter then a 40 mph wind gives you 64 times more power per square meter 6400 watts per square meter . total power = 6400 watts per square meter * 2 square meters = 12800 watts = 12.8 Kilowatts this is a lot! ...