Our introductory notes presented by V.G.Farafonov give the definitions of such basic optical characteristics of non-spherical scatterers as amplitude and scattering matrices, different cross-sections, asymmetry factor, etc. Special attention is paid to the differences between these definitions and those for spherical scatterers. ... 2000). The PostScript version of the notes is here . ... Created by V.I. Last modified: 10/05/03, V.I. ...

... Titan is one of the strangest places in our Solar System. ... Noted for the common beauty of its overall shape, parts of the Rosette Nebula, also known as NGC 2244, show beauty even when viewed up close. The N44 Emission Nebula . ... N44 is one of the largest and most intricate nebulas in this part of the universe. ... Plato and the Lunar Alps . ... NGC 1309 and Friends . ... NGC 1309 spans about 30,000 light-years, one third the size of our larger Milky Way galaxy. ... UB313: Larger than Pluto . ...

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... Aurora from Space . ... Magnetic Storms . ... The "ring of fire" seen by satellite cameras around the polar caps (picture below) is probably created by electrons leaking from the tail's plasma sheet, whose magnetic field lines form a somewhat imperfect trap. ... One possible explanation involves the close association between auroral arcs and electric currents which flow along field lines between the ionosphere and distant space ( Birkeland currents ). ... Why no aurora at the magnetic poles? ...

... Procedure . ... Wind Baffle Pendant Control ; Location : 2.5m enclosure . ... Spreader Bar (for wind baffle counterweights); Location : behind the Machine shop. ... Attach three sets of wheels to the secondary truss. ... With the overhead crane, move the truss far enough east to clear the wind baffle frame. ... With the crane and spreader bar set-up, remove the outer white wind baffle counterweights. ... With the crane and spreader bar set-up, remove the middle white wind baffle counterweights. ...

... Drop points . ... Pick ops use the point in a set nearest to the location of the pointer when clicked to select the set for the chosen operation. ... To activate a set, select the set number, specify the number of points in the set and click on "Accept." ... Press the button marked Accept . ... Press the button marked Accept to divide the selected set into (length of selected set) / N sets with the remainder to the last set. ... Press the button marked Accept to merge all sets to the selected set. ...

home publications > mercury . ... Rings of Creation . ... In 1755, Immanuel Kant had the remarkable insight that stars and planetary systems form by the gravitational collapse and rotational flattening of interstellar clouds. Later in the 18th century, Marquis Pierre Simon de Laplace refined Kant s idea by suggesting that planets condensed from rings produced at the edge of a contracting disk while the Sun formed at the center a picture thereafter known as the Nebular Hypothesis. ...

... Submitted by Robert Halstead on 10/12/2010 20:35:42 . Stacked image to get longer exposure . This image was created by stacking nine 60-second exposures that were made over the course of a 30-minute period. The comet is moving through the sky quickly enough that aligning the comet in all the images causes the star images to spread out in a line. ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

Actor Prolog is well adapted for implementation of different methods of visual programming. ... To create a source SADT diagram it is possible to use any diagram tools with IDL format support (like BPwin (TM) PLATINUM technology, Inc. or Design/IDEF (TM) Meta Software Corporation). ... Consequently, Actor Prolog has to create two processes and guarantee the capability of message transmitting between them. ... class 'Receiver': -- entry_i1; value_i1; -- con; -- [ goal:-!. -- show ( _ ) :-!, con ? ...

... This program was created for correlating chosen regions in the series of fts images. ... Chosen regions' . ... In this section the program counts the integral for each region of the grid for each image. ... As a matter of fact, the integral is total brightness of the region and it is counted by 'int_tabulated' IDL function. ... In addition, the program will show the count of the regions which correlate with the corresponding region (the brighter region means the bigger count) and its contour. ...

Stellarium 0.12.3 . ... Classes . ... FileљStructure . ... ClassљIndex . ... StelVertexBuffer< V > Class Template Reference . Vertex buffer interface. ... Destroy the vertex buffer. ... addVertex (const V &vertex) . ... getVertex (const int index) const . Return vertex at specified index in the buffer. ... setVertex (const int index, const V &vertex) . Set vertex at specified index in the buffer. ... Each StelRenderer backend might have a different vertex buffer buffer implementation. ...

... Our Galaxy . ... Stars . ... Space Flight . ... NGC 2841: a spiral galaxy some 46 million light years away. ... It is especially hard to explain this process of star birth in some spiral galaxies. ... Targets include both star clusters and galaxies, and star formation rates seen range from the starburst galaxy M82 (the Cigar Galaxy) which is creating about ten new stars in its core alone every year to the much less fecund star producer NGC 2841. ... Tweets that mention Baby stars of NGC 2841 | ...

The aim of this section of the course is to enable you to use simple computer programs to solve a variety of common astronomical tasks. ... I have (somewhat arbitrarily) decided to use Python for this course, because it seems to be gaining popularity fast for astronomical data handling, and because some of you will have encountered it at the ATNF course. ... We've put Python (plus all relevant libraries) on the Stromlo Linux computers moron and maggot. ... Now log in to moron (or maggot). ...

This photograph of Dr. Moore was taken at the Star Lane Observatory in 1972, just before the 52 cm telescope was removed to be rebuilt and installed at Moore Observatory. Dr. Moore's home was on the hill above this site, and here he is raking hay with his favorite Cub tractor. An oral history of his life was recorded at the University of Louisville in December 1981 is available here through the Creative Commons License . ... Audio files. ... Last update: July 26, 2010 . ...

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... 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! ...

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In Memory of Vsevolod Gantmakher . ... Having received his Ph.D. in 1964, V. Gantmakher continued work at the Institute of Solid State Physics (ISSP) of the USSR Academy of Sciences, which had been founded a year before. For the next three years, he worked on his D.Sc. thesis at IPP. ... For many years, as an outstanding personality and highest scientific authority, V.Gantmakher made a remarkable contribution to creating a friendly atmosphere and a creative approach to the research work at ISSP. ...