... new LaTeX template, approved version . ... only minor changes for task version 1.4 . ... applies to task version 1.5: . ... applies to task version 1.6: minor updates . ... applies to task version 3.0: new parameter names . ... applies to task version 3.1: parameter gain file removed . ... applies to task version 5.0: new parameter randomization_on . ... applies to task version 5.1: new optional parameter srcposition . ... Null values, high/low accuracy gain/cti correction, new errors and warnings ....

... Credit Copyright: Applied Optics Group ( Imperial College ), Herschel 4.2-m Telescope Explanation: This is what a star really looks like from the surface of the Earth. ... Because the atmosphere is always windy and changing, the number and position of images is always changing, with the result that stars appear to twinkle . ... Betelgeuse is the star twinkling above, and in space, above the Earth's atmosphere, it really looks like this . ... Publications with keywords: Betelgeuse - speckles - star ....

... Transforms a qpoe file according to the specified parameters. ... Any type of filtering can be applied to the input qpoe file, including region filtering. In addition, the size of the output event record can be different from the size of the input event record. Of course, usually one makes the output record equal to or smaller than the input. If the output record size is made greater than the input record, a warning is issued and the ``extra'' part of the record is undefined.) ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2000 July 25 . Why Stars Twinkle . ... Explanation: This is what a star really looks like from the surface of the Earth. ... The Earth's atmosphere , however, is clumpy, so that different air pockets produce different images of a single point-like star. ... About APOD | ...

... 13th European VLBI Network Symposium . and Users Meeting . on September 20-23, 2016. ... 13th European VLBI Network Symposium and Users Meeting on September 20-23, 2016. ... Year book "Ephemerides of Minor Planets for 2016" on-line . ...

GTK+ / Gnome Application Development . ... Use the Gnome autoconf macros, or the gnome-config script, to reliably locate the Gnome libraries and header files. ... Include the standard INSTALL file describing how to compile and install the package; change the standard file to reflect anything specific to your application. ... Install a .desktop file so your application will appear on the Gnome desktop's menus. Install help files along with topic.dat files so the Gnome help browser can locate them. ...

... The audience is assumed to have little or no prior exposure to Java and Object-Oriented programming. ... The topics will help you to understand how to use Java to create, access, and support Java applications and applets. ... Introduce object-oriented programming concepts and how they apply to Java programming. ... Java Applications. ... To develop Java applets and applications, one must first understand the fundamental concepts of object-oriented programming (OOP) and application development. ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... Sky this Month . ... space physics . ... The Sky This Week: April 1 - 10 . ... Sky this Week . ... Sky Events . Get to Know the Night Sky . Tour the Deep Sky . Sky Guide . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, Laurel, Maryland . ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ...

The Astronomical Society of Australia has been asked by STANDARDS AUSTRALIA to compile a list of "designated" optical observatories that are valuable resources for (i) research, (ii) education and (iii) community use. The ASA is the final arbiter of whether any particular observatory is so designated. ... Upon receipt of your application form, your observatory will be entered on a list of "Pending Designated Observatories" on the ASA Home Page. ... It will be emailed for you. ... Email . ...

According to the # 7.1. of the Acting Statutes/Regulations on the International Astronomy Olympiad there should be an Authorized National Representative (Astronomical) Organization (ANRAO) in every participating state: A national astronomical society, a department (section) of the EAAS or IAU in the state, a leading observatory, an astronomical department of a leading university, a ministry of education or another appropriate competent institution. ...

... Институт прикладной математики им. М.В.Келдыша . БАЛЛИСТИЧЕСКИЙ ЦЕНТР . О Центре . ... Баллистический Центр Института прикладной математики им. М.В.Келдыша РАН . Баллистический центр (БЦ) ИПМ им. М.В. Келдыша создан по предложению С.П. Королева и М.В. Келдыша в 1965 году. На него были возложены работы по баллистико-навигационному обеспечению (БНО) управления полетом пилотируемых кораблей и автоматических космических аппаратов научного и народно-хозяйственного назначения. ...

These routines are meant to provide support for work functions. ... Test for pending work functions waiting to be called. w_do_work . ... List work function priorities . ... This routine will register a routine which is called whenever a new work function is registered. Parameters: . ... This routine will determine if there are any pending work functions waiting to be called. ... Only when the work function at the top of the list is unregistered will the next work function be called. ...

The Face on Mars . ... The Raw Images . Table 1: List of Viking Orbiter Images of the "Face on Mars" . ... Processing the Face Images . Table 2: Dimensions of Mercator Projected Images of "The Face on Mars" . Map Projected Images . ... Processing the "Face on Mars" Images . ... This page will provide interested persons with both the raw Viking images, transformed to GIF format, and a brief tutorial (with examples) of image processing techniques applied to create "better looking" images. ...

... The Raw Images . Table 1: List of Viking Orbiter Images of the "Face on Mars" . ... Processing the Face Images . ... In July, 1976, Viking Orbiter 1 was acquiring images of the Cydonia region of Mars as part of the search for potential landing sites for Viking Lander 2. ... Using the height field, it is also possible to view the "Face" from different look directions, by mapping the Viking Orbiter image directly on the the topography and then placing the "viewer" at different locations. ... Mars . ...

. To change the access permissions for a file or directory use the command chmod mode filename chmod mode directory_name . The "mode" consists of three parts: who the permissions apply to, how the permissions are set and which permissions to set. **Caution** . Examples . Setting access permissions numerically . Changing default access permissions .

... STScI previously used Microsoft Word and Microsoft Access, a Sybase ODBC driver, and the Adobe Acrobat PDF writer, along with a substantial amount of Visual Basic, to generate a variety of documents for the internal Space Telescope Grants Administration System (STGMS). ... To create a document, the internal STGMS application invoked a VB program which launched Microsoft Word and Microsoft Access, Access extracted the required data from a Sybase database using ODBC into an Access table. ...

... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... Our calculations show that although the Newtonian model works very well for almost all practical purposes for the well known showers during present epochs, there could be some exceptional combinations of orbital elements for which the general relativistic precession in argument of pericentre and its influence on nodal distances could become significantly pronounced and decisive for predicting any earth-meteor intersection. ...

CIMA configuration files offer You a conveniant way of saving CIMA set-ups to files. ... Then instead of making this selections interactively when You are observing, You can just load and apply the configuration files. ... Any other set-up will be ignored! ... In that case, You are forced to use the 'Load only' option to load the configuration file, inspect the selected set-up carefully, apply the set-up (with the 'Accept' or 'Apply' buttons) and then save a new version of the configuration file. ...

OptInt PmWiki : Pm Wiki / Available Actions . Default actions . ... Cookbook actions . Page actions are applied to wiki pages, as a query string appended to the URL . ... displays dialog for setting/changing password of the specified page or group of pages, see passwords , see also $EnablePostAttrClearSession if you do not want to have the session cleared after validating change General use of passwords . ... display the specified page (default action if no ?action= is present) . ...

... B.1 New functionality . ... B.3 Semantic changes from CSS1 . ... CSS2 builds on CSS1 and all valid CSS1 style sheets are valid CSS2 style sheets. The changes between the CSS1 specification (see [CSS1] ) and this specification fall into three groups: new functionality, updated descriptions of CSS1 functionality, and changes to CSS1. ... Several internationalization features, including list numbering styles , support for bidirectional text , and support for language-sensitive quotation marks . ...