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... Bad Astronomy . ... I think I will break from my usual format of Bad Astronomy/ Good Astronomy by saying that the way we define seasons currently is not strictly bad, but I feel (in my opinion!) that it could be better. The definition of when the seasons begin is at the moment of solstice or equinox; that is, winter (in the north) starts on December 22 nd and summer starts on June 22 nd . ... Now imagine breaking up the Sun's 46 degree up-and-down yearly swing into 1 day intervals. ...

Since XmCCD uses Motif, the libraries and include files must be available. ... By default it will create a directory xmccd-#.# with the command tar -xvzf xmccd-#.#.tar Set your current working directory to xmccd-#.# cd xmccd-#.# ... For "ls -l" you should see something like this -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 281883 Mar 10 01:08 xmccd Move xmccd to a directory in your search path such as /usr/local/bin mv xmccd /usr/local/bin xmccd will use ds9 for image display if it is present. ...

The night after the John Glenn program, I pitched the terraforming idea to my students. I asked them if they'd like to terraform Mars as a big class project; I wanted to throw the idea to them and see how they would react. Already I had a vision of splitting the class into several groups and having each group take charge of a portion of the project. ... Following my initial idea on how to conduct the project, I split the class into six groups, each student choosing his or her group. ...

Posting Observations . ... You will need to subscribe to vsnet-acc (to allow you access to post your observations). ... VSNet has several different e-mail sigs, and sub sigs. ... These list are controlled by a software package called " Majordomo ", which allows you to subscribe and unsubscribe yourself from these list with an e-mail message (automated). ... Once you have subscribed to vsnet-acc (which will only send you a welcome message back and nothing else) you can post to the other list. ...

... WIP is an interactive package with a simple to use interface designed to produce high quality graphical output. WIP was developed as part of the Berkeley-Illinois-Maryland Association (BIMA) project and is available via anonymous ftp. ... Included in the WIP distribution is a complete manual which contains several sample figures with associated commands, a frequently asked questions section, and a descriptive listing of all available commands. ... Figure illustrates WIP's ability to handle images. ...

... NGC 2261: Hubbles Variable Nebula . ... the Hubble Heritage Team ( AURA / STScI / NASA ) Explanation: What causes Hubble's Variable Nebula to vary? ... Hubble's Variable Nebula is a reflection nebula made of gas and fine dust fanning out from the star R Monocerotis. ... NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers . ... Публикации с ключевыми словами: Hubble space telescope - variable - reflection nebula - Хаббл - Пылевая туманность - отражательные туманности - пыль . ... NGC 7129 и NGC 7142 ...

... Subject of Astronomy. ... Basis of Spherical and Practical Astronomy. ... Celestial Sphere. ... Changes of Star's Coordinates as a Result of Daily Rotation of Celestial Sphere. ... Time Measuring. ... Changes of Solar Equatorial Coordinates. ... Stellar Day, Stellar Time. ... Real Solar Time. ... Mean Solar Time. ... Connections between Stellar and Mean Time. ... Apparent Path and Configuration of Planets. ... Ways of Energy Transportation to Stellar Surface.Basis of Spectral Analysis. ... Solar...

I. Installation . ... AMPLE package distributive (created with program InstallShield for Microsoft Visual C++) has been downloaded on FTP server of IAA RAS as archive Ample.zip. ... Note: If the window "file download" appears, select Open... switch button, then press OK button. ... The shortcut for AMPLE will be linked with this folder, and auxiliary files will be created here during AMPLE work. ... When running AMPLE all auxiliary and new configuration files are created in the WORK folder. ...

... ISC Kosmotras . Top Management Founder of ISC Kosmotras - Dr. Vladimir A. Andreev News . ... Dnepr launch record 17 August 2011. Cluster Launch of Dnepr LV 22 August 2013 KOMPSAT-5 Launch 21 November 2013. Dnepr Cluster Mission 2013 19 June 2014. ... According to the decision of ISC Kosmotras Board of Directors, Dr. Vladimir A. Andreev, Director General of ISC Kosmotras, has been appointed to a newly established position of ISC Kosmotras President. ... E-mail: info@kosmotras.ru . ...

The code calculates the extinction, scattering and absorption efficiency factors for prolate or oblate homogeneous spheroids. ... We provide the code with a test input file and two output files. A run of the code with such an input should lead to the results given in the output files. ... Parameters: . ... Values of other parameters are specified in the input file homn.dat . ... Voshchinnikov N.V., Farafonov V.G. Optical properties of spheroidal particles, . ...

... Astronomical Observatory, Shevchenko Park, Odessa, 65014, . ... The XVI -th G. Gamow's Odessa Astronomical Summer Соnference-School, 14-20 August, 2016, Odessa, Ukraine . ... The XV -th G. Gamow's Odessa Astronomical Summer Соnference-School, 16-23 August, 2015, Odessa, Ukraine . ... The XIV -th G. Gamow's Odessa Astronomical Summer Соnference-School, 17-23 August, 2014, Odessa, Ukraine . ... The XIII -th G. Gamow's Odessa Astronomical Summer Соnference-School, 19-25 August, 2013, Odessa, Ukraine . ...

... CEPHEID VARIABLE STARS: A Cepheid variable or Cepheid is a member of a particular class of very luminous, massive variable stars with pulsation periods of 1-70 days. ... The relationship is calibrated using data collected from Cepheids whose distances are determined by other means. ... Browse through the 68 CCD fits images he sent you, using ds9 and locate the Cepheid variable. ... Image credits: ESA - "http://sci.esa.int/science-e-media/img/20/cepheid-variables.jpg" . ...

... 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. ...

... A (real) function of $n$ (real) variables is said to be skew-symmetric , if it changes sign whenever any two variables are interchanged: f(x_1,...,x_i,...,x_j,...,x_n) = -f(x_1,...,x_j,...,x_i,...x_n). A skew-symmetric function $f(x_1,...,x_n)$ is decomposable , if there exist functions of one variable $f_1$, ..., $f_n$ such that f(x_1,...,x_n) = \det\Vert f_i(x_j)\Vert_{i,j=1}^n. Problem 1. Find a criterion that a given skew-symmetric function $f(x_1,...,x_n)$ be decomposable. ...

... The main periodicity in the Sun 's activity is the 11-year cycle called the solar cycle. ... During the cycle, changes occur in the Sun's internal magnetic field and in the surface disturbance level. ... At the beginning of a cycle the solar magnetic field resembles a dipole which axis is aligned with Sun's rotation axis. ... The sunspot number - and Sun's activity - is at maximum in the middle of a cycle, when the Sun's internal magnetic field is most chaotic. ... Space Physics Text Book of Oulu ...

Authors: T.V. Borkova , V.A. Marsakov , . ... It is found that dispersions of spatial and kinematics characteristics of field stars change abruptly when the metallicity crosses the boundary [Fe/H] -0.95 . ... По опубликованным прецизионным наземным и спутниковым измерениям собственных движений, компилятивным лучевым скоростям и фотометрическим расстояниям вычислены компоненты пространственных скоростей и элементы галактических орбит для 174 переменных звезд типа ab RR Лиры околосолнечной окрестности. ...

... During the analysis of the surveys carried out on RATAN-600, it was found that almost one fifth of the detected sources shows significant radio flux variations. ... We used the data from "Cold" radio surveys carried out with RATAN-600 in 1980-1994 to search for radio sources with significant flux variability. ... On possibility of detection of variable sources using the data of Cold surveys carried out on RATAN-600. ... Detection of Variable Sources Using the Data of "Cold" Surveys. ...

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... В теме В разделе По форуму . ... Темы, интересные всем ? ... Научная панорама ? arxiv:0705.4195 VSOP: The Variable Star One-shot Project . предыдущая тема следующая тема . ... 0 Пользователей и 1 Гость просматривают эту тему. ... arxiv:0705.4195 VSOP: The Variable Star One-shot Project I. Описание проекта и первый релиз данных (VSOP: The Variable Star One-shot Project I. Project presentation and first data release) . ... VSOP - The Variable Star One-shot Project ( http://vsop.sc.eso.org/ ). ...