... I normally begin by asking the class what they think would be different if the Moon didn't exist, or if the Sun were closer to Earth, or if a star exploded nearby. ... The winds would be much stronger. ... In using what-if questions in the classroom, it is worth bearing in mind that students extrapolating the effects of new scenarios will encounter two different situations: direct changes to the new version of Earth and indirect changes resulting from the direct changes. ...

... Gravitational wave search provides insights into galaxy evolution and mergers . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Antennae Galaxies move closer . ... The Antennae Galaxies are among the closest known merging systems. ... The new, smaller distance makes the Antennae Galaxies less extreme in terms of the physics needed to explain the observed phenomena. ... Only registered members of Astronomy.com are allowed to comment on this article. ...

... Comet Siding Spring Passes Mars . ... In fact, Comet C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring) passed closer to the red planet than any comet has ever passed to Earth in recorded history. ... Cosmic clouds form fantastic shapes in the central regions of emission nebula IC 1805. ... Messier 6 and Comet Siding Spring . ... At the time the spacecraft was about 472 million kilometers from planet Earth, but only 16 kilometers from the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. ... Eclipse at Moonrise . ... 2013 2014 . ...

Stellarium 0.12.3 . ... Classes . ... Public Slots | ... ShortcutsDialog Class Reference . voidљ . ... restore colors of all items it TreeWidget to defaults. ... prefixMatchKeySequence (const QKeySequence &ks1, const QKeySequence &ks2) . ... called when apply button clicked. virtual void ShortcutsDialog::createDialogContent . ... called when editors' state changed. void ShortcutsDialog::initEditors . ... checks whether one QKeySequence is prefix of another. void ShortcutsDialog::resetCollisions . ...

... With enough velocity, a spacecraft can break loose from the Earth's gravity and enter an orbit around the Sun, like that of a planet. If it then orbits the Sun with the same period as the Earth--one year--it may keep a fixed position relative to Earth. ... If the distance is just right--about 4 times the distance to the Moon or 1/100 the distance to the Sun--the spacecraft, too, will need just one year to go around the Sun, and will keep its position between the Sun and the Earth. ...

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. ...

... 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 . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Space Flight . ... Posted on October 30, 2014 | 5 Comments Humans have been exploring mysterious lands and faraway civilizations for hundreds of years ever since they had the ability and knowledge to do so.€а A curiosity and a desire to [ ] . Continue Reading.. Posted on May 28, 2014 | ... 1 Comment Comets are frozen lumps of ice (often called volatiles) and rock that come from distant parts of our Solar System. ...

... MAO main . ... July Issue: Global Sensor Networks Will Change Human Consciousness . ... Тема: July Issue: Global Sensor Networks Will Change Human Consciousness . ... July 2014 Issue Highlights . ... Scientific American Volume 311, Issue 1 . ... Extra Sensory Perception How a world filled with sensors will change the way we see, hear, think and live . ... Board Categories MAO main - Info - MAO - news - Flame Technical - Technical Support(Forum)(Техподдержка(Форум)) . ... MAO NASU . ...

... The European HST Archive has been moved to ESA's European Space Astronomy Centre ( ESAC ), Spain, where most of ESA's Space Science Archives are located and operated from. ... The Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility (ST-ECF), jointly operated by ESA and the European Southern Observatory ( ESO ) was, until the end of 2010, the European HST science facility, supporting the European astronomy community in exploiting the research opportunities provided by the Hubble Space Telescope. ...

... Exposure Time Calculator (ETC) . Survey processing . ... VISTA is a 4-m class wide field survey telescope for the southern hemisphere, equipped with a near infrared camera (1.65 degree diameter field of view at VISTA's nominal pixel size) containing 67 million pixels of mean size 0.34 arcsec and available broad band filters at Z,Y,J,H,K s and a narrow band filter at 1.18 micron. A wide field visible camera, if constructed, could also be used on VISTA. ... Tile . ... ESO VISTA Public Surveys . ...

Next: Scattering properties Up: Polarization properties (transmitted radiation) Previous: Linear polarization: wavelength dependence . Traditionally, the main problem considered in connection with circular interstellar polarization is the meaning of the wavelength where changes the sign . ... This is also demonstrated by Fig. 19 (lower panel) which shows the wavelength dependence of the factors of linear and circular polarization for particles of magnetite as was done by Shapiro ([ 1975 ]). ...

fitshdr_edit - FITS-file headers interactive editor fitshdr_edit [options] FITSfile_name . fitshdr_edit utility allows to modify FITS headers' lines interactively (FITS MultiExtentionsFiles included). fitshdr_edit is just simple shell script around fitshdr utility. ... It means, that You can't remove line from header! ... 560:CRDELT2 = 21.0 / this is example 640: 720:HISTORY header No.0: 1st history line 123456789012345678901234567 880:COMMENT Sat Sep 25 21:17:34 CEST 2004 / by fitshdr_edit . ...

Next: Restoring files with tar Up: Simple backups Previous: Simple backups . A full backup can easily be made with tar љ : # tar -create -file /dev/ftape /usr/src . ... If your backup doesn't fit on one tape, you need to use the -multi-volume ( -M ) option: # tar -cMf /dev/fd0H1440 /usr/src . ... usr/src/ . ... usr/src/linux-1.2.10-includes/ .. ... An incremental backup can be done with tar љ using the -newer ( -N ) option: # tar -create -newer '8 Sep 1995' -file /dev/ftape /usr/src -verbose . ...

... A language centre has helped move a group of Russian academics a step closer to realising their ambition of studying for a prestigious research degree in the UK. The scholars from Samara State Aerospace University lacked the English language skills needed to study at Glynd?r University for a PhD, one of the highest academic qualifications. ... This has seen Glynd?r University Professor Richard Day, Professor of Composites, visit Russia to deliver guest lectures to students at Samara. ...

The revision of the MASS/DIMM star catalogue N. Shatsky, V. Kornilov March 16, 2008 Abstract The compilation of the (updated) version of the MASS (MASS/DIMM) device target catalogue is described. ... Then the list was cleaned according to following criteria: I. Remove stars too faint for a MASS device. ... Here the color equation of the Sternb erg device was taken: M AS S mag = V mag + 0.45 (B - V ); stars with M AS S mag > 3.2 were removed. ... This was made based on the GCVS4.2 catalogue data. ...

... Submitted by Ben Kleschinsky on 11/02/2013 02:18:51 . Summer Solstice Super Moon 6/23/13 . Taken on the night of the Summer Solstice around midnight June 23, 2013. ... Camera: Nikon D5100 Lens: 70-300mm ED VR . Shutter-Speed: Unknown ISO: Unknown . POST PROCESSING: . ... Logon to post a follow-up comment or review comments from others . Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

... F. A. Primini, and H. E. Payne, eds. SVDFIT: An IRAF Task for Eigenvector Sky Subtraction Douglas J. Mink and Michael J. Kurtz Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Abstract. ... The technique is based on the iterative subtraction of continuum estimates and eigenvector sky models derived from singular value decompositions of sky spectra and sky spectra residuals. ... A subset of these eigenvectors is then fit to the ob ject+sky spectra and the fit removed, leaving residual ob ject spectra. ...

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... Corresponding authors will receive an e-mail with a PDF file of paged proof for checking and correction. The file can be read and edited using Adobe Acrobat Reader (version 9 and higher) which can be free downloaded via the Internet ( http://get.adobe.c om/reader/ ). ... You can use text correction tools to make corrections (after selecting the necessary text fragment). ... For users of Adobe Reader 9: . ... to insert text without replacing the existing text, use the "Insert text at cursor" tool. ...