... Using sl_array . Array information . ... Inline::SLang . Doug's Home Page . ... Since the support for arrays in S-Lang and Perl do not match, the conversion of array values between the two languages is not entirely seemless, as shown in the examples below. ... The third option is to use a Perl Array_Type object to store the data; the Array_Type class is part of Inline::SLang and is as inefficient as using an array reference but does retain knowledge about the array size and type. ...

... The initial descriptions of the FITS format provided a simplified method for describing the physical coordinate values of the image pixels, but deliberately did not specify any of the detailed conventions required to convey the complexities of actual image projections. ... They were CRPIX n for the reference pixel location on pixel axis n , CRVAL n for the coordinate value at that pixel, CDELT n for the increment at that pixel in the coordinate value, and CTYPE n for the type of coordinate. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Universe . ... Space Flight . ... September . ... Posted on October 1, 2010 | 2 Comments In, say 1975, there was only one kind of ?stuff? in the Universe, matter made of protons and neutrons. ... Continue Reading.. ... No Comments We all love bright and showy spiral galaxies! ... Posted on September 27, 2010 | ... No Comments Dark matter and its part in the evolution of the Universe is revealed by new data collected by the Hubble Space Telescope. ...

... Limit of star magnitude. If you want to obtain best results, you should use reference stars not more dimly than limiting star magnitude of your telescope. Limiting star magnitude depends on time of an exposition also.) This value should be set as " maximum of star magnitude " in a dialog box " Extraction from catalogue". To find darkest stars in the frame, make the following: . ... Two star magnitudes (m1, m2 in two photometric systems) will be outputted in the window "Information". ...

... Bad Astronomy . Misconceptions . ... Bad Astronomy : "That's as remote as the dark side of the Moon!" ... As the tired, hackneyed refrains went on, one in particular caught my ear: " Fly me away to the bright side of the moon, and meet me on the other side." ... As the Moon orbits the Earth, different parts of it get illuminated by the Sun. ... Bad Addendum : At the end of the album "Dark Side of the Moon" by Pink Floyd, there is a voiceover that actually says "There is no dark side of the moon. ...

NEUTRON MONITOR DATA FOR JUNGFRAUJOCH AND BERN DURING THE GROUND-LEVEL SOLAR COSMIC-RAY EVENT ON 28 October 2003 R. Buetikofer and E.O. Flueckiger Physikalisches Institut, Universitaet Bern Sidlerstrasse 5, CH-3012 Bern , Switzerland This report includes information on the processing and use of the data for the ground-level solar cosmic ray event on 28 October 2003 obtained by the following three ... Section 3 of the IGY neutron monitor at Jungfraujoch is the central section. ...

... Catch a Falling Star: Thursday 9 October . ... Astronomy Today and the Role Played by the Hubble Space Telescope: Wednesday 17 September 2008 . ... Entitled "Chasing the Darkest Skies in America and the Lowell Observatory", it will describe Andy's latest astronomical adventures on the other side of the Atlantic. ... International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node . ...

A press release on the Canadian Galactic Plane Survey was associated with this poster. ... Below are maps of HI emission, HISA, and 12 CO emission in the eastern 25% of the survey, given as projections along the velocity ( Figure 1 ) and latitude ( Figure 2 ) axes. ... 2000, A. J. , submitted . ... GIF | ... We are developing automated methods of locating HISA in velocity cubes by removing large-scale emission in space and velocity and flagging small-scale dark residuals. ...

... Magnetic storms online . ... Geomagnetic activity forecast . ... October : 2015 . ... No magnetic storm is expected . From 4 October 2015 to 30 October 2015 the following magnetic storms and disturbances are expected: . October 14, 2015 geomagnetic disturbances . ... October 09, 2015 geomagnetic storm of level G1 (minor) . ... October 16, 2015 geomagnetic storm of level G1 (minor) 4 October 2015 - 30 October 2015 . 03.10.2015 . ... Probability of a magnetic storm . ...

... S.P. KOROLEV ROCKET AND SPACE CORPORATION ENERGIA . ... OAO RSC "Energia" . ... Company's History . ... ISS Russian Segment . ... For the first time the launch of the cargo vehicle was provided using a new modification of the Soyuz-type launch vehicle with a designation as Soyuz-2.1a. The purpose of the launch is to support further in-orbit operation of the International Space Station (ISS) in accordance with the Russian commitments under the project. ... 2015 JSC "S.P. Korolev RSC "Energia" . ...

grdvolume - Calculating volume under a surface within a contour grdvolume grdfile [ -C cval or -C low / high / delta ] [ -L base ] [ -R west / east / south / north [ r ] ] [ -S [ k ] ] [ -T ] [ -V [ l ] ] [ -Z fact [/ delta ] ] grdvolume reads a 2-D binary grd file and calculates the volume contained between the surface and the plane specified by the given contour (or zero if not given). ... Alternatively, search using all contours from low to high in steps of delta . ... Default is no scaling]. ...

... available from http://www.vsop.isas.ac.jp/ops/VSOG_doc.html . draft dated 1 July 1996. ... dated 12 March 1996. ... version 2.0, dated 14 Dec 96. ... version 2.0, dated 19 Feb 1996. ... version 1.0, dated 11 October 1996. ... version 3.0, dated 10 April 1996. ... version 1.1, dated 30 July 1996. ... version 1.10, dated 13 Nov 1996. ... version 1.0, dated 05 Sep 1997. available from http://www.vsop.isas.ac.jp/ops/VSOG_doc.html . ... draft version dated 27 November 1996. back to top . ...

... To derive the motion of a penny dropped inside an airliner moving at 600 miles/hr (about 1000 km/hr)--should we calculate it with respect to the interior of the airliner, or with respect to the ground? ... And if a similar penny is let go inside an orbiting spaceship--should its motion be calculated relative to the interior of the spaceship, or relative to the Earth outside? ... Each such choice is known as a frame of reference . Some possible frames are -- the interior of the airliner, . ...

... PUL VLBI Analysis Center . ... Pulkovo EOP and Reference Systems Analysis Center (PERSAC) is located at the Pulkovo Observatory . ... Processing of VLBI , GPS, and optical observations aimed at analysis of the Earth rotation, station displacement, and celestial reference system. ... Celestial Pole Offset (CPO) and Free Core Nutation (FCN) . Four daily updated CPO and FCN series (models) are provided. ... File fcn1.dat contains the ZM1 FCN model with variable amplitude and phase. ...

... The following links contain references to PBL based courses, and reference material on PBL. 0.5 truecm http://www.newcastle.edu.au/services/iesd/learndevelop/problarc/ PROBLARC: Australia's Problem Based Learning Assessment and Research Centre. 0.5 truecm http://meds.queensu.ca/medicine/pbl/pblhome.htm Queens University, Ontario. A guide to PBL, with an extensive list of WWW links. 0.5 truecm http://www.unimaas.nl/pbl/ Maastricht University. ... An example of a PBL based course. ...

... 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 . ...

... Stellar Evolution . Nucleosynthesis in Stars . The Evolution of Star Clusters . JAVA Physics Lab . Alternative Energies Class . Steve Kevan's Physics 251 Class . ... Talk on Solid State Physics of CCD detectors . Talk on Cosmological Issues . ... Digital Spectra of Stars . NETexperts E-mail List . The Electronic Universe Project e-mail: nuts@moo.uoregon.edu ...

... public class WindowManager . ... This class consists of static methods used to manage ImageJ's windows. ... static void . ... Adds the specified window to the Window menu. static boolean . ... Returns a reference to the active image or null if there isn't one. static ImageWindow . ... Makes the image contained in the specified window the active image. static void . ... Returns the first image that has the specified title or null if it is not found. public static void addWindow (java.awt.Frame win) ....

... Michael E. Lopez-Alegria (Captain, USN, RET.) ... After his second mission, he led the International Space Station (ISS) Operations branch of the Astronaut Office. ... In October 2014 Lopez-Alegria became an independent consultant; he is based in Washington, D.C. SPACE FLIGHT EXPERIENCE: Mission Specialist (MS)-2, STS-73 Columbia (October 20 to November 5, 1995). ... The primary mission objective was delivery of the Expedition 6 crew to the ISS and the return of the Expedition 5 crew to Earth. ...

... Liyong Liu (NAOC) . Site testing on seeing conditions of the astronomical observatories over China are briefly reviewed, including Xionglong station of NAOC, Gaomeigu station of Yunnan Observatory, Delingha station of Purple Mountain Observatory. ... PDF [3.0€аMB] October 8, 09:55 10:20 . ... In this paper, we will review the site survey activities in the past years, and present the site-testing results on the Oma site, including cloud cover, seeing, water vapor, transparency and sky brightness. ...