... In some of the shots the Sun creeps into view - particularaly during the sunset sequence. ... The dust halo takes up a lot of rendering time so it is usually deactivated - it would be nice to have it enabled during the final descent and impact but the number of light sources required would make this unfeasably slow. ... There are two orbiting cameras in different planes - one to show the earth and the other to show the sun being eclipsed by the asteroid. ... Last sunset for the asteroid . ...

... They cover a period of 4 days in which the Supernova continues to rise in brightness (what astronomers call magntiude). ... First Image Taken on March 11 at 8:22 UT. Second Image Taken on March 12 at 8:52 UT. ... The supernova is the same brightness as in the previous image taken 2 hours ago . ... This image, taken 24 hours after the previous image, shows the supernova to be another 0.21mag (or about 25%) brighter. ... Hopefully the images do show that the brightness of the Supernova is changing. ...

... Common ghost images result from internal reflections in the filters and in the field-flatteners. Two filter ghosts, caused by double (and quadruple) reflection inside the filter, are visible below and to the right of the star in Figure 5.10 . ... The relative position of these ghosts does not vary much over the field. An additional ghost is caused by an internal reflection inside the MgF_2 field flattener lens immediately in front of each CCD (Figure 5.11 ). ...

... Show Times . ... Armagh Planetarium has a range of shows suitable for all the family. ... Due to the darkness and sound levels some shows are only suitable for children of six years and above. ... Please check the show descriptions (see below) for age ranges. ... AGE restrictions apply: NO ENTRY FOR CHILDREN UNDER SIX YEARS OLD . ... Live presenter-led show : Duration 25 mins . ... Specially produced by Armagh Planetarium, 'The Little Yellow Star' is a new show aimed at pre-school aged children. ...

... Its perihelion would occur on April 1, 1997, at which point the comet would be only 0.92 astronomical units from the Sun, just within the orbit of Earth. ... Taken in April 1993, the photo showed the comet over 13 astronomical units from the Sun, well beyond the orbit of Saturn. ... Hale, as in Comet Hale-Bopp, has written a book, Everybody's Comet (available through the ASP Catalog) and coordinated an Internet project, "Hale-Bopp: Live in the American Classroom." ... Anatomy of a comet. ...

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... Observatory . ... Science . ... Science Users Information > Data Handling and Products > Data Reduction FAQ > My data shows an extended, bright feature - what can this be? ... Observing Facilities . ... Observing with ESO Telescopes . ... Science Data Products Forum . ... ESO Data . ... You might also want to check http://www.eso.org/sci/observing/PublicSurveys/useful_links/OmegaCAM_images.html where we provide a collection of example OmegaCAM images, illustrating some special data features. ...

A bright supernova, 1998S, has been found on March 3 by Chinese astronomers at Beijing Observatory. 1998S is located in NGC 3877 an UMa galaxy at R.A. = 11h46m06s, Decl. = +47o29'.0. ... Recent magnitude estimates show the star at around magn 12. ... It covers a field of 35'x35' and shows stars down to magnitude 15 and is mainly based on the GSC and USNO catalogues. ... Below follows a list of field and sequence stars located within ~20' from SN 1998S in NGC 3877: . ... TI (b-r)=+0.5 . ...

This example shows a difference between CSS's table model for HTML and for other document formats. The first, HTML, example is defined by HTML to be illegal, as it would lead to overlapping cells if HTML's rules for layout are followed. ... The diagram depicts how the two examples, the HTML one and the almost identical non-HTML one, might be rendered. ... The rendering of the non-HTML example is on the right, it follows the CSS rules and thus has no overlapping cells. ...

... Saturns Moon Rhea from Cassini . ... Each moon of Saturn seems to come with its own mystery. ... The Rosette Nebula . ... The bland New General Catalog designation of NGC 2237 doesn't appear to diminish the appearance of the this flowery emission nebula. Inside the nebula lies an open cluster of bright young stars designated NGC 2244. ... The Virgo Cluster is so close that it spans more than 5 degrees on the sky - about 10 times the angle made by a full Moon. ... NGC 3132: The Eight Burst Nebula . ...

... Comet Animation . ... Comet structures are diverse and very dynamic, but they all develop a surrounding cloud of diffuse material, called a coma, that usually grows in size and brightness as the comet approaches the Sun. ... As comets approach the Sun they develop enormous tails of luminous material that extend for millions of kilometers from the head, away from the Sun. ... The evaporated molecules boil off and carry small solid particles with them, forming the comet's coma of gas and dust. ...

... Club By-laws . ... Other Club Activities . ... Public Nights . ... Dr. James Green, NASA, Director Planetary Science will be our esteemed speaker on Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 7:30 PM in Peyton Hall on the Princeton University campus. ... Our astronomers setup telescopes for public use at Communiversity in Princeton, Super Science Saturday at the NJ State Museum in Trenton and at various public events around Mercer County. ... Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton, Inc., ...

Hubble Observations Shed New Light on Jupiter Collision . Was it a comet or an asteroid? ... Their initial findings, combined with results from other space-borne and ground-based telescopes, shed new light on Jupiter's atmospheric winds, its immense magnetic field, the mysterious dark debris from the impacts, and the composition of the doomed comet itself. ... Hubble's ultraviolet observations show the motion of very fine impact debris particles now suspended high in Jupiter's atmosphere. ...

... 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. ...

XMM­Newton CCF Release Note XMM­CCF­REL­295 Modifications to EMOS Bad Pixel Table M.J.S. Smith March 1, 2013 1 CCF Components Name of CCF VALDATE EVALDATE Blocks Changed CAL Version XSCS Flag EMOS1 BADPIX 0036 2013­01­21T06:31:40 -- BADPIX NO 2 Changes Following the suspected MOS1 impact event of revolution 2382, in which CCD3 sustained extensive damage, several hot pixels developed in other MOS1 CCDs. ... This CCF reflects the currently uploaded MOS1 Bad Pixel Table. ...

New England observer Lew Gramer, fresh back from his mid-November fish observing and meteor-catching expedition in South Florida, reports that December also promises to be a great month for celestial sky-sparks!" ... Other showers adding to the mix this month include several very minor showers, such as the Chi Orionids (3 Dec), Monocerotids (9 Dec) and Sigma Hydrids (12 Dec), which usually contribute no more than 2 or 3 meteors per hour during even post-midnight observing this month. ...

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... Progress bars are used to show the status of an operation. ... This code also shows you how to reset the Progress Bar . #include gtk/gtk.h typedef struct _ProgressData { GtkWidget *window; GtkWidget * pbar ; int timer; gboolean activity_mode; } ProgressData; /* Update the value of the progress bar so that we get * some movement */ gint progress _timeout( gpointer data ) { ProgressData * pdata = (ProgressData *)data; gdouble new_val; if ( pdata - activity_mode) gtk_ progress _ ...