Astronomy Picture of the Day . Io Rotating . ... 31.12.1996 . ... Credit: The Galileo Project , JPL , NASA Explanation: Are any volcanoes on Io currently erupting? To help answer this, scientists instructed the robot spacecraft Galileo to take hourly pictures of this moon of Jupiter prior to its most recent encounter. ... The most prominent plume visible is from Prometheus, visible just below Io 's equator. ... U. Based on Astronomy Picture Of the Day . Publications with keywords: Io . ...

Подписка на рассылку обзоров astro-ph на Subscribe.Ru . ... Предыдущий выпуск (N335) . ... Обсудить на форуме Scientific.RU . ... Подписка на рассылку обзоров на Subscribe.Ru . Обзоры препринтов astro-ph . ... Собственно обзоры препринтов. ... Ранее обзоры также были на Астронете и на Scientific.Ru . ... АНКи доступны на Астронете , а с 2006 по 2008 г. также на сайте Элементы.Ру . ... Ранее они также размещались на сайте Астронет и в архиве моих обозрений (кодировка KOI8) на сайте Scientific.Ru . ...

... AAS 225 . AAS 223 . AAS 221 . ... In this graph I show how the number of friends and followers of users were distributed for the AAS 225 tweets. ... Total number of tweets , of which were made by the following accounts (the cut off to appear is tweets): . ... This is an experimental (i.e. it looks a bit naff) look at whether tweeting about AAS 225 changes your follower count; I got the idea after a conversation with @peterdedmonds about how tweeting about talks can change your follower count. ...

The "ring of fire" seen by satellite cameras around the polar caps (picture below) is probably created by electrons leaking from the tail's plasma sheet, whose magnetic field lines form a somewhat imperfect trap. ... One possible explanation involves the close association between auroral arcs and electric currents which flow along field lines between the ionosphere and distant space ( Birkeland currents ). ... That produces an extra resistance to the flow of current. ...

This widget provides a file selector (browser). ... Filewin_ResourceNames . ... Force a directory rescan in a Filewin widget. ... Get the current directory in a Filewin widget. ... Change the current directory for a Filewin widget. ... Multithreading Level: Unsafe . ... This routine will register a callback to capture directory selection events prior to the Filewin widget changing directory. ... w : The Filewin widget. callback : The routine which will be called when directories are selected. ...

On 01may11 dana noticed that the turret floor was not moving smoothly when it passed through some turret positions. ... sample turret motor amp and speed output once/second. move turret from 26 to 339 degrees and back. do the moves at 3deg/sec, 1 deg/sec, and .25 deg/sec. The plots show the motor current and speed for the various motions (.ps) ( .pdf ): . ... black: master motor current moving clockwise (CW) . red: slave motor current while moving clockwise(CW) . ... up to turret page . ...

... Our restless globe and its companion. ... A Look at the Motions of the Earth in Space and How They Are Changing . ... Earth's rotation as viewed from above the north and south geographic poles. ... The Earth revolves around the Sun-also counterclockwise viewed from above the North Pole, clockwise viewed from the South Pole-to give us our years (see Figure 2 ). The plane of the Earth's orbit is called the ecliptic (where eclipses happen). ... Earth's orbit as viewed from the north ecliptic pole. ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2002 December 16 . Night and Day in Melas Chasma on Mars . Credit: Arizona State U. , JPL , NASA . Explanation: What types of terrain are found on Mars? ... The above picture is a superposition of two infrared images , a black and white image taken during Martian daylight and a false-color image taken at night. ... About APOD | ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... Observing . ... Sky this Month . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Can you explain Mercury's retrograde motion? Do other planets appear to do this also? ... When astronomers talk about retrograde motion, generally they refer to the apparent motion outer planets make as Earth passes them while orbiting the Sun. ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ...

To change your password: passwd Old password: enter your current password New password: enter your new password Retype new password: re-enter your new password . Enter the command passwd and then respond to the prompts by entering your old password followed by your new one. ... The passwords will not appear on the screen as you type, to prevent other people from seeing them. If you make a mistake, the message Mismatch - password unchanged. is displayed and your password remains unchanged. ...

... It was designed to observe the solar wind approaching Earth, from a position near the Lagrangian point L1, and it is part of the International Solar-Terrestrial Physics (ISTP) Initiative . ... The original plan called for "Wind" to approach its final station over two years, undergoing two close encounters with the Moon to boost its speed. ... If however the object is moving , the encounter is not symmetric, and in the end the spacecraft may have gained or lost speed, depending on its trajectory. ...

... ESO Science Newsletter December 2015 . 17 Dec 2015 . ... This newsletter is a summary of recent ESO Science Announcement items. Follow the links or visit ESO Science Announcements to read more. ... Read more . ... The allocation of ESO telescope time for Period 97 (1 April БЂ“ 30 September 2016) is expected to be emailed in the week beginning 21 December 2015. ... ESO Workshop, ESO Headquarters, Garching, Germany, 27 June БЂ“ 1 July, 2016 . ... Joint ESO, ALMA, NAOJ, NRAO Workshop. ...

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OptInt PmWiki : Pm Wiki / Fmt Page Name . ... This page describes an internal function in PmWiki's engine called FmtPageName(). ... Returns $fmt , with $variable and internationalisation substitutions performed, under the assumption that the current page is pagename . ... Replace any sequences of the form $XyzFmt with value of any corresponding global variable. ... Typically this is used to handle things like $Name and $Group etc that are specific to the name of the current page. ...

The HyperNews Linux KHG Discussion Pages . Forum: The Linux Kernel Hackers' Guide . Keywords: KHG should reflect current changes in the linux kernel . ... I have read version 0.6 completely but so much has changed in the 1.3.xx kernels that for experienced linux kernel hackers KHG no longer is all that useful. I thinks this is high time we should do a complete overhaul of KHG so that it reflects current changes in the linux kernel especially in the areas such as memory management. ...

Displays the current status of the Dual Imaging Spectrograph (DIS) and allows you to change the configuration. Normally only the most common status is displayed and the configuration controls are hidden. ... Pushing the "Config" button displays configuration controls (each to the right of its corresponding item of status). Select TUI:Save Window Positions to remember the state of this checkbutton. ... Turret : current position of the grating turret. ... Grating : name of the current grating. ...

... Radio Astronomy . ... ASRAS Board Members . ... To see the most up to date news and events happening with ASRAS log in with your user name and password and then click on the Activities page. ... Messier Marathon (Member Observing) CANCELLED Saturday, April 9, 2016 9:00 PM Location:Farash Center Ionia NY . ... ASRAS Members meeting - Friday May 6 at Farash Center - Ionia NY . ... ASRAS Board members meeting - monday May 9 @ Farash Center Monday, May 9, 2016 7:00 PM Location:Farash Center Ionia NY . ...

From: TerryMosel aol.com Date: 30 November 2006 00:12:38 GMT Subject: Greenwich job, Geminid Meteors Hi all, 1. ROYAL OBSERVATORY GREENWICH: Job Vacancy - Astronomer - Public Engagement: Astronomer - Public Engagement. ... You can start to see the first Geminids in the late evenings from about December 8, but activity starts to pick up about the 10th, building to the maximum which this year will be in the early hours of December 14. ... Clear skies, Terry Moseley . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Armagh Planetarium . ... Solar System . ... Moon . ... Space Flight . ... Earth Satellites . ... Concept Spacecraft . ... Monthly Sky Notes . ... This image of Earth (left) and the Moon (right) was taken by the Juno space probe's JunoCam, three weeks after its 5 August launch. (image credit:: NASA / JPL / MSSS) . ... Earth and the Moon form a тАЬdouble planetтАЭ unique in the Solar System. ... Subscribe to Astronotes . ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... I think I will break from my usual format of Bad Astronomy/ Good Astronomy by saying that the way we define seasons currently is not strictly bad, but I feel (in my opinion!) that it could be better. The definition of when the seasons begin is at the moment of solstice or equinox; that is, winter (in the north) starts on December 22 nd and summer starts on June 22 nd . ... Now imagine breaking up the Sun's 46 degree up-and-down yearly swing into 1 day intervals. ...