The Fractured North Pole of Saturns Enceladus . ... Credit Copyright: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Space Science Institute Explanation: The north pole of Saturn's moon Enceladus is unexpectedly fascinating and complex. Previous to the latest flyby of the robotic Cassini spacecraft , the northern region was known mostly for its unusually high abundance of craters . ... Broken terrain has been recorded at lower latitudes, with deep canyons dubbed Tiger Stripes near Enceladus' South Pole. ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2013 November 12 . The Unexpected Tails of Asteroid P5 . Image Credit: NASA , ESA , and D. Jewitt ( UCLA ) et al. Explanation: What is happening to asteroid P/2013 P5? ... Were the main belt asteroid struck by a large meteor, it would be expected to sport a single dust tail. ... About APOD | ... A service of: ASD at NASA / GSFC . ...

... 2000 March 12 . Supernova 1994D and the Unexpected Universe . Credit: High-Z Supernova Search Team , HST , NASA . Explanation: Far away, long ago, a star exploded. ... Supernova 1994D was not of interest for how different it was, but rather for how similar it was to other supernovae . ... The large number and great distances to supernovae measured over the past few years have been interpreted as indicating that we live in a previously unexpected universe . ... About APOD | ...

October 14, 2006 ---------------- Version 3.1 ----------- As of this version, XmTel is considered stable for routine use. and it is useful for the control of telescopes for both amateur and professional uses. ... XmTel does not yet include the suite of pointing corrections that are already in the menu system (but disabled). ... With the offset correction a well-aligned small telescope will point to arc minute accuracy and well enough to put an object in a CCD camera field of view. ...

... Science . ... Science Users Information > Data Handling and Products > Data Reduction FAQ > I see unexpected boxy emission-like features in my REDL spectra - where do they come from? ... Observing with ESO Telescopes . ... ESO-MIDAS . ... ESO Data . ... The pipeline by default interpolates across the bad columns in the REDL CCD when it creates the master bias, but does not so when it processes the science data. This inconsistency can create boxy emission-like features as seen in the figure below. ...

The Russian Parliament will soon consider a bill that would restructure the Russian space program, 35 years after the launch оf Sputnik. ... But the legislation's most striking and controversial feature is a provision that would ban testing and deployment оf space weapons ? including anti-satellite weapons and space-based missile interceptors. ... A draft bill was written by a group of experts within the Moscow Space Club, several of whom now work on space issues with the Russian Parliament. ...

... There is one record per exposure. ... Field dataset_ name date_obs dec_targ dec_v1 equinox expend expflag expstart exptime fgslock instrume linenum monangl mtflag npdectrg npratrg observtn ... progrmid proposid ra_targ ra_v1 seqline seqname short_pep_expo sun_alt sunangle surfaltd surflatd surflong targname time_obs tuple_id Contents Name of the dataset UT date of the start of the observation (dd/mm/yy) Declination of target ( degrees ) Declination of telescope's V1 axis ( ...

... Bojan Nikolic web pages home . ... For some numerical experiments with CASA , I have recently been recompiling some parts of this package. ... That is before even touching the code! ... I used the SCons build system to build the CASACORE libraries. ... Apparently missing include for strlen: --- a/code/display/Display/Options.cc +++ b/code/display/Display/Options.cc @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ #include <sys/stat.h> #include <iostream> #include <dirent.h> +#include <string.h> namespace casa { namespace viewer {...

... These are ``quirks'' rather than ``bugs''. Below is a list of quirks. When loading a file and ``Reset Intensity Upon File Load'' is disabled, the intensity range of the previous image will be used. ... When moving between two images (such as when blinking, or when loading a new image), the display system attempts to retain the old image parameters (i.e. zoom box). What is retained are the corners of the zoom box measured in image pixel co-ordinates, not world co-ordinates. ...

Modules | Directives | ... Apache HTTP Server Version 2.2 . Apache > HTTP Server > Documentation > Version 2.2 . ... This document describes some of the major changes between the 1.3 and 2.0 versions of the Apache HTTP Server. ... On Unix systems with POSIX threads support, Apache can now run in a hybrid multiprocess, multithreaded mode. ... Also, new calls have been added that provide additional module capabilities without patching the core Apache server. ... New module in Apache 2.0. ...

... P2419 Date Received: 2008-Jun-02 23:21:25 Technical Page Proposal Type: General Category: Observation Category: Total Time Requested: Minimum Useful Time: Prop osal Title: ABSTRACT: Regular Pulsars Galactic 9 Hours 2 hours Ultra-fine scintillation features in the pulsar B0834+06 Numerous lines of evidence, including the high sensitivity study of pulsar scintillation at Arecibo, indicate that there are compact, overpressured structures in the ionized interstellar medium. ...

... Browse on Line . ... To get this to work, add a macro menu item which calls open_include() . ... Oops. ) return } # # We have a filename ; now run through our list of paths see # if we can open the file . # include_path = $g_ include _path path_separator = : bpos = 0 epos = search_string( include_path , path_separator, bpos ) while( epos bpos ) { path_bit = substring( include_path , bpos , epos ) if( open_with_test (path_bit / ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... Observing . ... Bob Berman . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... Dave's Universe . ... Bob Berman's Strange Universe . Bob Berman's strange universe: Expect a surprise . ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... If you are already registered on Astronomy.com, please log in below. ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ...

This page is devoted to information on Supernova 1999dq in NGC 976 Basic information on this SN, including the last reported brightness, on this Supernova can be found on the main supernova page. Information on the original web pages for many of these images can be found on the Supernova links web page. Supernova 1999dq is the 24th LOSS discovery this year. ... VSNET Light curve (requires JAVA). ... vsnet-alert 3442 ] SNe 1999dp and 1999dq . vsnet-chat 2285 ] Host galaxy of SN1999dq . ...

Next: Procedure for Dealing with Up: scientific Previous: Code of Good Practice . ... Any practice or conduct that seriously deviates from the ethical standards embodied in the Code of Good Practice for Scholarly and Scientific Research for proposing, conducting and publishing scientific research constitutes Scientific Misconduct, and if proven renders the offending member liable to the Observatory's disciplinary procedures. ...

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Text can be included in the shell script by using a here document, a special form of input redirection. The << symbol is used to indicate that text should be read up to a given mark. For example: #!/bin/sh # this script outputs the given text before it runs cat << EOF This shellscript is currently under development, please report any problems to Danny (danny@cornflake.ed) EOF exec /usr/local/test/bin/test_version . ...

... OM Calibration Meeting, October 2000 ­ RM OM CCF Status Detail I ffl all OM CCFs required by the SAS pipeline are present ffl crucial files for scientific analysis were updated reflecting inflight perfor­ mance: -- AstroMet (position) -- Boresight (position) -- PhotToNat (flux) -- ColorTrans (flux) -- BadPix (cosmetics: reduced sensitivity, edge emission) ffl other updated files reflecting inflight performance: -- Darkframe ...

Communications For Your Astronomy Event . ... For many years two-way radios had a feature called by many names including Motorola's Private Line, GE/Ericsson's "Channel Guard", E.F. Johnson's "Call Guard", RCA's "Quiet Channel." ... Some call it by the most correct name (probably) of Continuous Tone Coded Squelch System (CTCSS). ... Since most radios seem to have adopted a 1 - 38 sub-channel system we at last have a way to express what CTCSS tone we all wish to utilize with a simple number. ... Tone . ...

Next: Coordinate Systems Up: IRAF/PROS Previous: Other Types of Files . A few new features and enhancements to the standard IRAF system have been introduced with the PROS software: . ... Default compound extensions are used by the PROS tasks when no extension is given for the output file name. Most PROS tasks allow the output file name to be defaulted, with the convention that the output file name will be composed of the input `root' name, plus the default extension specific to the task. ...