. You can customise the mail program so that you can use your usual text editor within the mail program to create and edit your mail message. Customising mail . Using the editor .

... For many ATMs, having a good ray trace program on hand is pretty valuable. ... http://www.willbell.com . ... It is a slick Windows package with great graphics, but my most recent machine (Win95 OSR2) now encounters many error messages. ... OSLO LT : This is the freeware Windows version of OSLO - it is limited to 12 surfaces, but is otherwise amazing. ... KDP : This is another powerful, freeware Windows raytrace package. ... ZEMAX : This is yet another powerful, Windows raytrace package. ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Mad Science . ... Site Info . ... Public Talks . ... Keep Bad Astronomy close to your heart, and help make me filthy rich. ... Who is this guy who calls himself "The Bad Astronomer?" ... First, yes, I am a real live astronomer (when people ask me what astronomers do, I tell them "They astronom !" ... These are emitted by powerful objects like black holes, exploding stars, and super-dense neutrons stars. ... Finally, am I really a bad astronomer? ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

... In a report on a recent information technology conference at Columbia University (Chronicle of Higher Education, 16 January 1998, p. A25), questions are raised with respect to the efficacy of computers in the classroom. ... The Summer Science Program is once again being held at The Thacher School in Ojai, California. ... The Consortium for Undergraduate Research and Education in Astronomy announces the Mount Wilson Summer Program for Undergraduates, August 12-25, 1998. ...

... 1. create a user directory from which IRAF will be run (called `myiraf' in these examples). This will contain the user set-up specifications and other IRAF-related subdirectories. 2. create an image directory in a disk partition where there is enough space to contain large files (image arrays). ... This creates a file ( login.cl ) which executes the set-up each time a new IRAF session is started. mkiraf should be run every time there is a new release of IRAF. ... edit the login.cl file. ...

... Adds a new column for the former correction. ... Version 1.7: 26 March 1999 removed accuracyLevel=LOW Version 1.6: 10 Dec 1998 Changed dependancies for mssllib-2.0 Version 1.5: 24 August 1998 Frametime computation included - uses frametime_mod from mssllib extra parameter win_ file added necessary for frametime computation SPR 420 closed : now uses errstr Version 1.4: 16th June 1998 CAL routines commented out due to cal errors ( spr submitted) ...

The aim of this assignment is to teach you how to carry out a very common programming task: reading in a bunch of data from a text file, doing something with it then writing the results out again. ... The goal of the assignment is to write a computer program which will select this sample for you. You will pick the micro-quasars to observe from a rather large catalogue, which can be found here: The catalogue is an ASCII (text) file - you can inspect it with a normal text editor. ...

... Meade Instruments Corporation . ... 505 Connector Cable Set . Operating Instructions for use with the Meade? Autostar? ... The #505 Connector Cable Set provides access to three Autostar operations: . ... 2: #505 Connector Cable Set connects between two Autostar handboxes. (1) 3-foot cable. ... If you have a question concerning use of the #505 Connector Cable Set, call the Meade Instruments Customer Service Department at (949) 451-1450, or fax at (949) 451-1460. ... Autostar Downloads . ...

The nasa.gov site requires that JavaScripts be enabled in your browser. ... Contact NASA . ... The term "astronaut" derives from the Greek words meaning "space sailor," and refers to all who have been launched as crew members aboard NASA spacecraft bound for orbit and beyond. Since the inception of NASA's human space flight program, we have also maintained the term "astronaut" as the title for those selected to join the NASA corps of astronauts who make "space sailing" their career profession. ...

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. ...

As an obligatory preparing for the application to participate in the IAO a short report of National Olympiad of the current year with a set of all problems used on the Olympiad has to be presented by the applicating team. ... The final minutes (protocols written in Latin or Cyrillic in form of tables) of the Olympiad (evaluating of solutions of the students participated in the last stage of the Olympiad) should be included as well. ... Historical data of the National Astronomy Olympiad: . ...

A computer controlled low light photometer for nightglow observations. Hardware units of portable photometer for low light measurements, especially night glow emission is described. ... Interface card contain three channels of 24 bit counter, 4 channels of 12 bit ADC and the buffer bus for the controlled motors of the altazimuthal fork mounting and filters wheel, the position encoders. ... Where N( ) is output signal photometer generated input light flux F( l ) . ... PMT # . 599 . ...

This course is designed to expose incoming students to the Internet and the resources that it contains. ... Clearly, one's global view is intimately shaped by one's own view of the relationship between Man and Nature. ... The point is then to compare these two opposing views against a body of scientific data about the Natural World in order to have students develop a line of moral reasoning about the future which is based on science, not prejudice, superstition or ego. ...

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 . ...

Russian version of HP . ... StarCalc is the fastest professional astronomy planetarium & star mapping program for Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP (StarCalc version for PocketPC computers you can found here ). ... Extensibility : This program is based on common "Plugin StarCalc interface to catalogs and object groups", which allows program to add new modules as Plugins. ... Welcome to the Pocket StarCalc Home Page: . ... Some bugfixes in eclipses" and line" plugins - see the new versions in downloads page. ...

... Coding Style . ... Plugins . ... Building Plugins . ... dynamic plugins are stand-alone dynamic libraries (separate files with .so extension on Linux, .dll in Windows or .dylib on Mac OS X) that are loaded at run-time (on start-up) by Stellarium. This allows dynamic plugins to be distributed separately from Stellarium. static plugins are linked statically at build-time. ... For the rest of this discussion, I will assume you downloaded the source code in the directory /home/me/builds/stellarium . ...

... Delphi procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject); 12. , var x,y,z:real; begin x:=strtofloat(Edit1.text); y:=strtofloat(Edit2.text); z:=sqrt(sqr(x)+sqr(y)); Edit3.text:=floattostr(z); end; 13. ... procedure TForm1.SelectionChange(Sender: TObject); begin SpeedButton1.Down:=fsBold in RichEdit1.SelAttributes.Style; SpeedButton2.Down:=fsItalic in RichEdit1.SelAttributes.Style; SpeedButton3.Down:=fsUnderline in RichEdit1.SelAttributes.Style; end; TForm1 ( private) OnSelectionChange RichEdit1 ( Events...

... Ham packet radio system including: . ... control computer RSC 2. dedicated software monitoring generation of probing pulses in onboard transceiver in radio beacon mode; . ground receiving network of ham radio packet communication to record probing pulses of onboard radio beacon; . ... Generation of onboard radio beacon probing pulses as time marks to ground receiving network (including ham radio receivers of USW) and transmission of the measurement results throughout Internet network. ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... An unusual triangle of light will be particularly bright near the eastern horizon before sunrise during the next two months for observers in Earth's northern hemisphere. ... X Ray Moon . ... In 1572, Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe recorded the sudden appearance of a bright new star in the constellation Cassiopeia. ... Two months ago, however, Pluto and its large moon Charon passed in front of a comparatively bright triple star system known as P126. ...

The database contains references to the papers, data files and links to the Internet resources related to measurements and calculations of the optical constants in the wavelength interval from X-rays to radio domain. ... References to some useful books and reviews on the subject (e.g. the classical handbooks edited by E.D.Palik) and links to Internet collections of optical constants and personal WWW pages with related software were also placed in the database. You have arrived at our welcome page. ...