... Activity 3: Measuring the Position of the Sun in the Sky . Purpose: To give students the opportunity to measure the position of the Sun in the sky using simple tools and methods. ... Alternatively, you may have students devise their own methods of relative measurement and apply them to measuring the position of the Sun in the sky. ... Rangi is the sky, and when the Sun is near Rangi's head it is summer in New Zealand. ... Read the Maori story to students. ... back to Teachers' Newsletter Main Page ...

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 ? ...

Minutes of the INTAS meeting, Amsterdam, October 28 2000. ... After this, the different groups participating in the INTAS programme presented their interests and expertise within the light scattering context. ... Karine Chamaillard (Paris, not formally taking part in INTAS): light scattering of rough surface spherical particles, DDA method. ... The meeting then proceeded with a discussion on possible projects to be done within the coming 6 months to 1 year. ... Amsterdam, October 30, 2000 Rens Waters ...

... S.P. KOROLEV ROCKET AND SPACE CORPORATION ENERGIA . ... OAO RSC "Energia" . ... Company's History . ... History . Brief History of Rocket and Space Technology . ... Flights Chronology . ... Project History . ISS Russian Segment . Steps of ISS Assembly . Spaceflights Chronology . Chronology of Extravehicular Activity . ISS 45/46 . ... Rocket Space Complexes . ... Launches Chronology . ... Automatic Space Systems . ... HISTORY . ... 2015 JSC "S.P. Korolev RSC "Energia" . ...

... GE. ) lesser_eq ( = 256) { char errMsg[100]; gParse.status = PARSE_SYNTAX_ERR; strcpy (errMsg, Bit string exceeds maximum length: ' ); strncat(errMsg, ( yytext [0]), 20); strcat (errMsg, ...' ); ffpmsg (errMsg); len = 0; } else { while ( yytext [ len ] == ' ') len --; len = len - 1; strncpy(tmpstring, [1], len ); } tmpstring[ len ] = '\0'; bitstring [0] = '\0'; len = 0; while ( tmpstring[ ...

Stellarium 0.12.3 . ... CodingљStyle . ... FileљStructure . Coding Style Conventions in Stellarium . ... File Names . ... C/C++ Code . ... Source code should use the ASCII character set. ... The only exception is names of slots that use Qt's automatic connections to controls in .ui files. ... You can use the astyle program to format your code according to these conventions. ... There are different ways to comment C++ code with Doxygen, in Stellarium use the following for headers files: //! ...

... Between them, the following points are touched: ICRF-2 structure, ICRF Core sources selection, and some expected user's requirements. ... Suggested total number of sources is close to the number of sources already observed in the IVS and VCS sessions, and for most of them reliable positions are derived, mostly for declination > -40 deg. ... So, results of source position time series analysis heavily depend on method used for time series computation and should be used with care. ...

... 22.Reference Frames . ... Inertial Forces . 23a. The Centrifugal Force . ... When calculating the motions of the oceans and the atmosphere, it is much easier to use reference points on the rotating Earth and add a centrifugal force to all equations. ... The rest arises because the Earth is not a perfect sphere: the centrifugal force of its rotation causes its equator to bulge out , making the surface there more distant from the Earth s center and thus weakening the gravitational pull. ...

... 8, ``Celestial Mechanics'', 2002 Regularity and chaos for planetary orbits in binaries D. Benest Observatoire de Nice, Nice, France 1. ... Previous papers showed that stable planetary orbits, around either the lightest or the heaviest component of several nearby binary systems, exist up to distances from their primary of the order of more than half the binary's periastron sep­ aration. ... Chaos: bounded or sticky? It is now well­known that planetary dynamics may include some proportion of chaos. ...

All teams have to inform the Olympic Advisory Committee (OAC) and the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) about their participation not later than the dates determined by the Acting Statutes/Regulations on the International Astronomy Olympiad . ... For the XIII IAO the procedure of the informing is the following: . ... The questionnaire is analogous to one of the last year . ... Family name(s) [full name expanding initials as in Passport] . ... To write all family names (as in passport). ...

Algebraic geometry studies geometric loci defined by polynomial equations, for example the complex plane curve f(x,y)=0. ... Some experience in geometry and topology (projective spaces, metric and topological spaces, simplicial complexes and homology groups) is desirable but not essential. Projective spaces. ... Plane projective algebraic curves: point multiplicities, intersection numbers, Bezout's theorem. Plane projective algebraic curves: singularities, duality, Pluecker formulas. ...

Weekly Bulletin on Solar and Geomagnetic Activity Highlights on 14 - 20.12.2015 г., Forecast on 21 - 27.12.2015, Carrington Rotation 2171 (28,17.11.2015) SUNSPOT-FORMING ACTIVITY OF THE SUN REMAINED AT THE MIDDLE LEVEL. ... ON THE VISIBLE SOLAR DISK THE FOLLOWING CORONAL HOLES WERE OBSERVED: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ sign N end е end S end W end EE R G Observatories CH - N30L134 N28L131 N05L158 N09L168 15.12 3 G0 SDO, SOHO.. ...

... Tour Objects Tours can be created using objects from within the Autostar database or a user can enter in different objects (such as a newly discovered comet). ... Automatic Mode: As the user advances to each object, the title of the object appears on line 1 of the display while its descriptive text automatically starts scrolling across line 2. ... For example: STAR "Rigel" LANDMARK az alt "title" "description" Enter the azimuth (az) for the desired object in the following format xxxdxxmxxs. ...

fitshdr - FITS-file headers manipulation tool fitshdr [options] [FITSfile_name] . ... fitshdr [options] --edit FITSfile_name . ... If You want to modify headers of FITSFILE using new FITS-header lines from HEADER file (or from stdin), You have to use this option (You can skip this option, if -H or --header option is used). ... Empty header lines are not displayed (in 'dump' mode only). --line-offsets . ... In 'dump' mode: file offset will be displayed for each header line. --no-line-offsets . ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... Observing . ... Bob Berman . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... Dave's Universe . ... Bob Berman's Strange Universe . Bob Berman's strange universe: Expect a surprise . ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... If you are already registered on Astronomy.com, please log in below. ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ...

. This is a new popup window - close it when you are done . Submitted by Bruce Berger on 03/14/2007 11:14:36 . Scopes for Sale at the Beijing Planetarium . I was surprised that the prices were close to what you'd spend online at Orion Telescopes. I expected them to be much less. But hey, this WAS a museum so I shouldn't have expected any bargains. Logon to post a follow-up comment or review comments from others . Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. About Us Contact Us

... 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. ...

... the data are described accurately enough to allow an unambiguous interpretation of the data, as well as a comprehension of the context in which the data were acquired and/or processed; a single ascii file, named ReadMe , is designed for this role. the data are in a format which allows their usage by tools currently in usage in our discipline -- normally flat ascii files ; other formats can be accepted, but are converted into flat files. ... How to prepare the Data files . ... How to deposit the data...

... Bad Astronomy . ... On Thursday, February 15th 2001 (and replayed on March 19), the Fox TV network aired a program called ``Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon?'', hosted by X-Files actor Mitch Pileggi. ... Dust around the lander . ... However, it appeals to our common sense: when the sky is black here on Earth, we see stars. ... Bad: The program claims that when the top half of the lander took off from the Moon to bring the astronauts back into orbit, there was no flame from the rocket. ...

... MASTER Net is 56 square degrees per 1 exposition . ... 06 Dec 2015: GRB 151205B: MASTER-NET early optical observations GCN18665 . ... 18 Nov 2015: GRB 151118A: MASTER-NET optical observations GCN18613 . ... 12 Nov 2015: GRB 151112A: MASTER-NET optical limit GCN18591 . ... 07 Nov 2015: GRB 151107A: MASTER-NET optical observations GCN18565 . ... 31 Oct 2015: Five OTs detected by Global Robotic MASTER Net ATel8232 . ... 02 Oct 2015: GRB 151001B: MASTER-NET early optical observations GCN18380 . ...