... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. February 12, 1999 . Lunar Close-Up . ... Explanation: Late last month, NASA's Lunar Prospector spacecraft moved in for a closer look at the Moon . Now entering an extended mission phase, controllers have reduced the altitude of this polar lunar orbiter from 100 kilometers to about 30 kilometers ( 18 miles ). ... About APOD > . ...

CCD Forum Message . Forums: . ... Looking For $2500 Monochrome Camera . ... At the end of the day, you might be better off looking at something like the Starlight MX916, and writing a driver yourselves (some people have done individual Linux drivers for the Starlight cameras). ... www.astronomy.net . About Astronomy Net | Advertise on Astronomy Net | ... Forum posts are Copyright their authors as specified in the heading above the post. "dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

... Credit: NEAR Project , JHU APL , NASA Explanation: The robot spacecraft NEAR Shoemaker continues to orbit asteroid Eros. This condensed 40-minute long time-lapse sequence taken last month shows what it looks like to pass within 200 kilometers of Eros ' west end. ... This month NEAR-Shoemaker closes to within 100 kilometers, and by the end of this month will orbit only 50 kilometers from the center of this 33-kilometer long asteroid . ... Publications with keywords: 433 Eros - movie - asteroid . ...

... java.lang.Object java.awt.Component java.awt.Container java.awt.Window java.awt.Frame ij.text.TextWindow . ... public class TextWindow . ... Constructor Detail public TextWindow (java.lang.String title, java.lang.String data, int width, int height) . ... public TextWindow (java.lang.String title, java.lang.String headings, java.lang.String data, int width, int height) . ... public TextWindow (java.lang.String path, int width, int height) . ... Method Detail public void append (java.lang.String text)...

... the shutters, loads . ... We have shutter/receiver protection to protect the receivers when we transmit with one of our transmitters (sband,430, hf). ... this is also controlled by the 430 ch load/antenna switch. closed always wins . ... shutter - open,close, or query the receiver/radar shutters . ... When the 430 dome is being used, we want to close all shutters, but leave the 430 dome receiver under control of the ch load/antenna switch (above the oscilloscopes in receiver room). ... shutter close...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Space Flight . ... April . ... Posted on July 30, 2012 | 23 Comments Unidentified Flying Objects seem to be here to stay. ... Continue Reading.. ... Posted on May 3, 2012 | ... Posted on April 19, 2012 | ... Posted on March 29, 2012 | 3 Comments The month of April is fantastic month for stargazing and for astronomy in general with numerous dates to mark in your calendar. €аFrom Earth Day celebrated on 22 April, in [ ] . ...

... You can boot Linux either from a floppy or from the hard disk. ... When booting Linux from a floppy disk, the boot sector contains code that just reads the first few hundred blocks (depending on the actual kernel size, of course) to a predetermined place in memory. On a Linux boot floppy, there is no filesystem, the kernel is just stored in consecutive sectors, since this simplifies the boot process. ... For example, when I boot, I it looks like this: љ љ љ љ LILO boot: Loading linux. ...

Estimate the load to be lifted. ... If there is ANY doubt about your ability to lift a load by yourself, get assistance...it will save time in the long run and protect your back. TEAM WORK - when lifting with another individual, lift smoothly to avoid strain produced by jerky movements. ... When lifting from a lower level, kneel or squat by bending the knees to get close to the level of the object. ... LIFTING : Bend with your knees, not your back. ... Lift objects only chest-high. ...

... Single and Multi-dimensional Arrays . Strings . ... BEWARE: In C Array subscripts start at 0 and end one less than the array size. ... In C Strings are defined as arrays of characters. ... char name[50]; C has no string handling facilities built in and so the following are all illegal : . ... In order to allow variable length strings the 0 character is used to indicate the end of a string. ... Write a C program to read through an array of any type. ...

Solution for Police Quest II by B. N. Cheng get key, open glove box, get card, look at card, look behind card (remember the number), get out of car , go to front door , unlock door , open door , go to counter (on the right, near pictures), unlock bin, get kit, go to locker room (2nd from right), walk to your locker (first from left) open locker with combination (behind card), get ammo, get ...

... If the previous calendar was baselined before midnight local time, then it was loaded into the current LRP. ... Clean up QSCHED_POOL. ... The e-mail should be sent to both calendar builders and should look something like this (substitute eaddresses for appropriate calendar builders): From: jordan@stsci.edu To: DJONES, ADLER CC: reinhart,lrpg Subj: LRP: The 97290A LRP is baselined for the 97314 calendar Hello, We have baselined the 97290A LRP and are ready for you to begin building the 97314 calendar...

February 2012 If you sometimes find yourself with so many tabs in Safari that you can't find things and end up opening them again in a new tab, this script can help. ... If it finds multiple matches, it offers you a list of matches that you can select from. set question to display dialog ("Find Safari tab:") default answer "" . ... display dialog name of win as string . ... set end of tabnamematchlist to ( id of win as string ) & "." & ( index of t as string ) & ". б  " & ( name of t as string ) . ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bad Astronomy : The Moon appears larger on the horizon than overhead because you are comparing it to foreground objects. Good astronomy : The Moon does appear larger on the horizon, but it is because of the way we perceive the sky. ... The most common misconception is that it is because you are unconsciously comparing the Moon to foreground objects like trees and houses, or even the horizon itself, and that makes the Moon look bigger than when it is all alone in the sky. ...

... Classes . ... casa . casa::DynLib . ... Class to handle loadig of dynamic libraries. ... DynLib (const std::string &library, const std::string &prefix=std::string(), const std::string &funcName=std::string(), bool closeOnDestruction= True ) . ... DynLib (const std::string &library, Bool closeOnDestruction, const std::string &prefix="lib", const std::string &suffix=".so") . ... If closeOnDestruction=True , the dynamic library is closed on destruction of the DynLib object. casa::DynLib::DynLib . ...

Next: Loading tables Up: Accessing data files Previous: Accessing data files Contents . ... If file is not open, set default system ID (NPOI). get_datum [, datum ] Read Date from HDS file. ... If file is not open, set default date (the next day). get_geoparms [[, sysid ][, datum ]] Load GeoParms object from HDS file. ... Next: Loading tables Up: Accessing data files Previous: Accessing data files Contents Christian Hummel 2015-04-28 ...

... February 25 - March 1, 2012 . End of February is the perfect time to be looking for the frequent displays from the Fairbanks area. Expert sky photographer, Dennis Mammana, has photographed the aurora borealis in Alaska, Iceland and Norway for twelve years. ... 2-nights Chena Hot Springs . ... Soak at the Chena Hot Springs . ... Monday, February 27, 2012 Fairbanks Chena Hot Springs . ... Tuesday, February 28, 2012 Chena Hot Springs . ... Wednesday, February 29, 2012 Chena Hot Spring Fairbanks . ...

As the Universe expands, gravity pulls on the Universe, and slows the expansion down over time. As we look to great distances, we are looking back in time. If we can measure how fast the Universe is expanding in the past, and compare it to how fast it is expanding now, we can see the total gravitational effect of all matter in the Universe. Here we plot the distance between two galaxies as a function of time. ... Universes with lots of material . ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2000 February 28 . The Sombrero Galaxy from VLT . ... FORS1 , VLT ANTU , ESO . ... Reasons include the Sombrero 's unusually large and extended central bulge of stars, and dark prominent dust lanes that appear in a disk that we see nearly edge-on. Billions of old stars cause the diffuse glow of the extended central bulge. ... About APOD | ...

Next: Intensity Transformation Tables Up: XWindow display Previous: Using the Cursors . Look--up tables or LUTs are the tables that map the data in the image memory into colours on the display when the system is used in pseudo--colour mode. ... Commands exist to load LUTs into the image display, to modify the LUTs interactively and to read back LUTs from the image display. ... MODIFY/LUT - interactively modify a look--up table . ... DISPLAY/LUT - show the look--up table as a colour bar . ...

An unbiased assessment of EPIC-pn Burst mode calibration Stefania Carpano 2012 EPIC BOC meeting, Leicester Tasks: Define the optimal calibration sample, by systematically analysing the whole XMM archive Assess the energy reconstruction accuracy in burst mode through comparison of spectra with theoretical models exposures taken in other EPIC-pn modes simultaneous obser vations with other payloads Estimate the impact of X-ray ...