... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2010 November 28 . Anticrepuscular Rays Over Colorado . ... Although the scene may appear somehow supernatural , nothing more unusual is occurring than a setting Sun and some well placed clouds. ... At the anti-solar point 180 degrees around from the Sun , they are referred to as anticrepuscular rays . ... About APOD | ...

Here are some images of Australian currency. ... Some of the notes below are printed on paper, others are printed on a thin, flexible polymer (i.e. plastic). The polymer notes are fairly new - The Australian Mint is currently in the process of replacing all paper money with polymer. ... The front design features a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II of England, who is Australia's Head of State. ... This note is printed on paper, and is due to be replaced by a newly designed polymer note in 1996. ...

APAO is a relatively new Olympiad which was founded in the spring 2005 as an international regional programme in line with the International Astronomy Olympiad. So in 2008 the 4 th Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad (IV APAO) took place. ... 40 students from 6 teams took part in the Olympiad: . ... Korea - 8 students . ... Kazakhstan - 10 students . ... Singapore - 7 students . ... Dr. Michael G. Gavrilov, Founding Chairman and Coordinator of the Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad (APAO) . ...

... Steel supports being placed under the main beтАж . Sidebar Left . Sidebar Top . No Sidebar . Sidebar Bottom . Sidebar Right . ... Title: Steel supports being placed under the main beams of the library floor. ... Steel supports being placed under the main beams of the library floor. ...

... After delivery of all engineering models and SRT test sets to LA main ASC activities were moved to LA as well. ... Special attention was paid to the problem of tests on the electromagnetic compatibility between service and scientific on-board payload. ... The SRT was attached to special supporting frame, and LNA cooling system (NSOTR) was installed on the Focal Container. ... FC Focal Container - hermetic package with the scientific payload; it contains receivers, . ... TVT Thermo-Vacuum Tests . ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . Stonehenge: Ancient Monument to the Sun . ... 12.09.1999 . ... Long before modern England was established, ancient inhabitants somehow moved 25 ton rocks nearly 20 miles to complete it. ... Therefore, modern scholars interpret Stonehenge as a colossal monument to the Sun in celebration of the predictability of the seasons . ... September 1999 . ... Publications with keywords: Sun - Observatory - ancient . Publications with words: Sun - Observatory - ancient . ...

SAI, graduates year 1982. ... Note: when just a 7-digit phone number is shown, it refers to a phone located in Moscow (international access 007-495). "+" in front of a number means that you must dial an international access code first (or just press "+" on your mobile phone keypad). ... 939-1672(work); . ... Ataev Sasha . 1-(703)-536-8881(home) (USA); . ... Bychkov Sergey . ... 1-(410)-740-8205(home), +1-(301)-286-2150(work) (USA); . ... 1-(412)-767-0332(home), +1-(412)-608-9339(mobile) (USA); . ...

PRO cleandata , model = model ;; removes spikes from data, replaced with continuum ;; use: cleandata ;; cleandata ,/ model ; COMMON fileblock COMMON fitsblock COMMON procblock ; Define processed spectra specf = spec specr = spec ; Compute mean spectrum specm = fltarr(nwave) FOR iw = 0,nwave-1 DO specm (iw) = mean ( ...

Bright Supernova - Archives On these pages you will find references to Supernovae which have faded into oblivion. ... Finally, in 1999, when I took over the International Supernova Network's Latest Supernovae page I retitled the main page "Latest Supernovae", BUT, it's the "Latest Supernovae" page of the "Bright Supernovae" pages which are also sub-pages of ISN. ... Brightest supernova in 2005 . ... Brightest supernova in 2002 . ... Brightest supernova in 2000 . ... Brightest supernova in 1999 . ...

... Of course, the scope of chaos is vast, and we do not dare to cover it all. ... He will highly appreciate your help in compiling the list of URLs to such scientific groups and institutions. http://www.cplire.ru/win/InformChaosLab/ - InformChaos Lab (Moscow) . http://chaos.ssu.runnet.ru/ - Laboratory of Nonlinear Dynamics at Saratov State University (Saratov) . ... http://optics.npi.msu.su/sci/chaos.html - Chaos in laser systems . ... http://www.chaotic.com - Randle, Inc. ... Time: 2-6 July, 2001 . ...

Pacific-Sierra Research Corporation Computer Products Group 2901 28th Street Santa Monica, CA 90405 info@psrv.com Tel: +1 310 314 2338 Fax: +1 310 314 2323 This system offers translation in both directions, from Fortran 90 to Fortran 77 and from Fortran 77 to Fortran 90. ... The paper by John K Prentice, "Translation of Fortran 77 to Fortran 90 Using VAST-90", Fortran Journal, Vol. ... 4, July/August 1993, gives a very favourable view of VAST-90 and its performance at translation. ...

Eyepieces Forum Message . ... Moving Objects.. ... Posted by Anthony on January 10, 2003 17:41:38 UTC . ... That's true of all Dobs - bobsal - January 10, 2003 - 18:54 UTC . I'd still buy the Dob - danieldgj - January 14, 2003 - 01:03 UTC . Decisions, Decisions - Help Requested.. - imhotep - January 14, 2003 - 17:03 UTC . ... www.astronomy.net . ... Forum posts are Copyright their authors as specified in the heading above the post. "dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

... replaced by Duplicator class . ... Short images are always unsigned. ij.plugin.ImageCalculator.calculate(String, ImagePlus, ImagePlus) . replaced by run(String,ImagePlus,ImagePlus) . ... ij.gui.NewImage.createUnsignedShortImage(String, int, int, int, int) . ... replaced by ImagePlus.setOverlay(Roi, Color, int, Color) . ... replaced by the Plot class. ij.gui.PlotWindow(String, String, String, float[], float[]) . replaced by the Plot class. ij.gui.PolygonRoi(int[], int[], int, ImagePlus, int) . ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . News . Observing . ... Magazine . ... Gravitational wave search provides insights into galaxy evolution and mergers . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Open cluster NGC 2818, spiral galaxy NGC 2964, and spiral galaxy NGC 2976 . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... November 2011 . ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ... Astronomy Magazine . ...

... Next: Star Finding and Up: Image Restoration and Previous: Multiresolution and Astronomical . ... Design improvements continue to be made in the filter developed using mathematical morphology principles for the Infrared Astronomical Satellite ( IRAS ) images. The purpose of this filter is to eliminate Galactic cirrus emission from extragalactic fields. ... With an appropriate normalization, the filter curve was applied to each pixel in the image to remove the Galactic cirrus. ...

Central Institute of Economics and Mathematics, Russian Academy of Sciences . ... Central Institute of Economics and Mathematics Nahimovskii prospekt 47, 117418 Moscow, Russia Phone: +7-095-3324606 Fax: +7-095-7189615 E-mail: koshevoy@cemi.rssi.ru . ... Since 2003: Leading Researcher, Russian Academy of Sciences Central Institute of Economics and Mathematics, Laboratory of Mathematical Economics . ... 2003 . ... Leading Researcher, Central Institute of Economics and Mathematics, RAS, Moscow . ...

... Currently available documents for downloading: EZMex is a collection of functions for interfacing EZKit Lite from MATLAB/Simulink . ... This paper will explain how to connect external SRAM memory to your EZKit Lite. ADC and DAC converters to EZKit Lite . ... EZKit Lite with Ethernet port . ... This paper will explain how to add some basic TCP/IP functionality to your EZKit Lite (assuming Ethernet port available), and how to run servers on the DSP board for booting and data transfer. ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... The Nine Planets . ... The Sun stays at the center and the planets orbit it serenely, each in its place. ... Tiny Pluto, orbiting the Sun an average of nearly 40 times the Earth's orbital radius, has an odd orbit. Most planets orbit the Sun in nearly perfect circles, but Pluto's orbit is noticeably elliptical. ... The orbits of Pluto and Neptune have a coincidental timing to them: Pluto orbits the Sun twice for every three times Neptune does. ...

... It was designed to observe the solar wind approaching Earth, from a position near the Lagrangian point L1, and it is part of the International Solar-Terrestrial Physics (ISTP) Initiative . ... The original plan called for "Wind" to approach its final station over two years, undergoing two close encounters with the Moon to boost its speed. ... If however the object is moving , the encounter is not symmetric, and in the end the spacecraft may have gained or lost speed, depending on its trajectory. ...

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