Gleb OSHANIN (LPTL, Paris-6 Jussieu): Random walk generated by random permutations . ... We determine exactly the probability of finding the walker at position X at time moment l and show that this distribution converges to a Gaussian when l tends to infinity. ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2016 February 13 . Yutu on a Little Planet . Image Credit: Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese National Space Administration , . ... Explanation: Tracks lead to a small robot perched near the top of this bright little planet. ... About APOD | ... NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply . ... A service of: ASD at NASA / GSFC . ...

8th of February 2016 . The Year of the Monkey . ... The 8th of February 2016 is the first day of the Chinese New Year, the year of the monkey. Overlaid onto the Hubble color-composite image for the Monkey Head Nebula is a pattern of Chinese paper cutting for a monkey. ... The Monkey Head Nebula (NGC 2174) is an HII emission nebula located in Orion and is associated with the open star cluster NGC 2175 about 6,400 light-years away from Earth. Picture credit: ESA/Hubble NASA) . ...

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Astronomy Picture of the Day . Maria Mitchell Inspires a Generation . ... 16.10.1999 . ... October 1999 . ... 1999 2000 . ... NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers . NASA Official: Jay Norris. ... A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC . ... U. Based on Astronomy Picture Of the Day . Publications with keywords: astronomer - Maria Mitchel . Publications with words: astronomer - Maria Mitchel . ... APOD Is Ten Years Old Today . ... APOD is Five Years Old Today ...

I added a new directory search to Zope, which returns the important fields for an individual user. ... I finished changes to the ldap search product and asked it to be moved to production. ... I ran some reports to track down our problem childrenin Active Directory. ... I'm working on a fix to the employee update sscript. ... The problem with the employee update script proved to be more elusive than I thought. ... I finished changing the employee update script to remove employees who have left. ...

February 2008 Astronotes 1 China Heads for the Moon This month we will be celebrating Chinese New Year, as February 2008 marks the beginning of the Year of the Rat. This will be a significant year for the Chinese space programme, as it sees the continuation of China's ambitious Lunar Exploration Programme (CLEP), which successfully got under way at the end of last year. ... Phase two of the Chinese programme is intended to be the `landing' phase. ...

These observations are aimed at fully charactering FORS1 photometric system (UBVRI zero-points, color-terms and extinction coefficients) for the Tektronix 2048x2048 pixel CCD (24µm px) . To this aim, the two Landolt/Stetson photometric fields SA95 and SA101 will be observed on a number of epochs and at different airmasses during February and March 2007. ... SA101 . ... OBs for SA101 have to be observed during evenigh twilight (exceptions are expected for the second half of March) . ...

February 4, 2008 (Monday) Gabriella Sciolla, Massachusetts Institute of Technology . ... This detector, which will be operated underground in 2008-2009, will allow us to set limits on spin-dependent Dark Matter interactions using a directional detector. 4:00 pm, 472 Willamette Hall . ... return to top . ... This seminar will briefly review the role of axions in particle and astrophysics, and will describe the progress we have made in the experimental search. 4:00 pm, 472 Willamette Hall . ...

... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... This will include: efficient polarized and unpolarized spectrum synthesis; critical compilations of atomic data; determination of fundamental physical parameters; quantitative spectroscopy for abundance determination; magnetic field detection and modelling. ... Evelyne Alecian (Royal Military College of Canada) . ... Abundance analysis in magnetic and non magnetic stars (part I) . ... COFFEE BREAK . ... Herbig Ae/Be stars ....

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With the Square Kilometre Array planned to begin observations in around a decade and large neutral hydrogen multibeam surveys currently underway at Arecibo, the question of what we can learn about the evolution of galaxies through neutral hydrogen observations is very timely. ... Robert Minchin (NAIC, chair) . Emmanuel Momjian (NRAO) . ... Robert Minchin (co-chair) . Emmanuel Momjian (co-chair) . ... R. Minchin & E. Momjian ...

The VIRGO project is a physics experiment; its aim is the detection of gravitational waves. ... It has not yet been possible to detect directly the gravitational waves: it remains one of the major challenges of experimental physics. ... Interferometric antennas for gravitational waves Gravitational waves distort space-time: along two perpendicular directions, the distances between fixed points will increase (resp. decrease), at the arrival of a gravitational wave. ... Publications from our Group . ...

... user-defined data file formats . ... better integration with a user's analysis routines To add such functionality to SAOimage, we developed the XPA Messaging System that allows X programs to define points of public access through which data and commands can be exchanged with external programs. ... We have utilized XPA to develop "SAOimage: The Next Generation" (SAOtng), an extensible image display service that can cooperate with other processes and programs. ... SAOtng help pages . ...

... February 22 2001 09:00 (Moscow time) . The station "Mir" and cargo vehicle «Progress л 1-5» operations scheduled for 21-22 February completed. The onboard "Mir" and the cargo ship systems checked out, orbit radiomonitoring performed. ... The Station remains pressurized, the onboard systems perform nominal. ... The Station and the cargo ship onboard systems further checkout and the orbit radiomonotoring are scheduled for 22-23 Feb. ...

... Calibration and analysis of this observation posed very interesting challenges for the authors, in particular dealing with an exciting new instrument whose on-orbit calibration was not yet well defined. ... Five mosaic positions were observed during five consecutive orbits as well as observations for dark and flat calibration. ... Darks and flats had to be created from contemporaneous reference observations and problems within the calibration process had to be resolved. ...

... Apache HTTP Server Version 2.2 . ... Digest Authentication . ... MD5 . apr1$" + the result of an Apache-specific algorithm using an iterated (1,000 times) MD5 digest of various combinations of a randoml 32-bit salt and the password. ... apr1$r31.. ... Apache recognizes one format for digest-authentication passwords - the MD5 hash of the string user:realm:password as a 32-character string of hexadecimal digits. realm is the Authorization Realm argument to the AuthName directive in httpd.conf. ...

... I'd also like to wish you Kung Hee Fat Choy, which is Happy New Year's in Chinese although Chinese New Year does not begin until February 4th or 5th. ... Here on Oahu, it is legal to burn firecrackers but not aerial fireworks. Many aerials were brought in illegally and although the police confiscated and arrested a few people, there were thousands of aerials being used. ... Here in Kailua, many dead birds were found along Kailua Beach and this is . being blamed on the fireworks. ...

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... Magnetic storms online . ... Geomagnetic activity forecast . ... February : 2016 . ... No magnetic storm is expected . From 2 February 2016 to 28 February 2016 the following magnetic storms and disturbances are expected: . February 03, 2016 geomagnetic disturbances . ... February 08, 2016 geomagnetic storm of level G1 (minor) . ... February 16, 2016 geomagnetic disturbances 2 February 2016 - 28 February 2016 . ... Probability of a magnetic storm . ... Probability of a strong magnetic storm . ...