... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Last week's Snack talked about how black holes can affect the environment around them in such a way as to be very bright . ... It's a common misconception that black holes always have matter swirling into them. ... As this matter gets closer and closer to the black hole it piles up and a large, fairly flat disk forms. This is called the accretion disk , because matter from this disk accretes (that is, falls in) on the black hole. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

... Because of the need to schedule observations as efficiently as possible, the order in which exposures are executed may be different from the order in which they appear in the observer's Phase II submission-unless an explicit special requirement dictates otherwise. ... Data files can then be associated with the corresponding exposure line in the Phase II proposal by comparing exposure information in the Phase II proposal with data file header keywords. ... Time_Per_Exposure . ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2010 June 15 . Starry Night Scavenger Hunt . ... OK, then find, the rings of Supernova 1987A , the Eskimo Nebula , the Crab Nebula , Thor's Helmet , the Cartwheel Galaxy , and the Ant Nebula . ... Then please identify any more hidden images not mentioned here -- and there are several -- on APOD's main discussion board: Starship Asterisk . ...

... The data below shows the most-popular words used in tweets about JWST@SXSW . ... However, I have not tried to combine different forms of the same word, so JWST and #JWST are counted separately (it is not surprising that JWST appears so much, since it is the search term used to find the tweets :-). Here we restrict ourselves to those tweets not flagged by Twitter as being a re-tweet. The top words are shown. Here we restrict ourselves to only those flagged by Twitter as being a re-tweet. ...

... Data Reduction FAQ > The reduced science spectrum displayed in the Reflex window appears good but when I try to plot it, it is quite different. How can I get it? ... Observing with ESO Telescopes . ... ESO-MIDAS . ... Reflex . ... ESO Data . ... ESO HST Image Galleries . ... ESO Data Access Policy . ... ESO Science Newsletter . ... ESO Annual Reports . ... Seminars at ESO Santiago . ... Seminars at ESO Garching . ... ESO Telescope Bibliography . ... Last Update: 01.04.14 ESO . ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... Sky this Month . ... Star Atlas . ... stars . ... The Sky This Week: April 1 - 10 . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... Why do some stars appear to flash a variety of different colors when you look at them through a telescope? ... So, Earthт??s atmosphere will bend some colors from especially bright stars more so than others, which makes the source look like itт??s flashing colors. Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . The Case of the Very Dusty Binary Star . ... For astronomers, close binary star system BD+20 307 originally stood out because it is extremely dusty. ... Active Region 1002 on an Unusually Quiet Sun . ... No one is sure. ... Haumea of the Outer Solar System . ... One of the strangest objects in the outer Solar System was classified as a dwarf planet last week and given the name Haumea. ... Equinox: The Sun from Solstice to Solstice . ... W5: Pillars of Star Creation . ...

... It is possible to change the meaning of keywords (to `overload' them), but it can be confusing, primarily because your new commands may not behave the same way that this manual claims. ... If you said box in your macro, then overloaded the keyword, you'd have a macro that called itself. ... Another example is that (when overloaded) lines saves the line numbers used, so that you can write a macro to print the top 10 lines of a file (it's called head ). ...

Next: List of Tables Up: No Title Previous: Contents . A dark current CCD exposure with cosmic ray events which are removed with non--linear filters. A) original, (B) 5*5 median filter, (C) 5*1 median filter, and (D) 5*1 recursive filter. Removal of cosmic ray events on a CCD spectral exposure with different techniques: (A) original, (B) median filter, (C) recursive filter and (D) stack comparison. ... Images RINGS and OFFRINGS. ... This image is obtained by the command visual/cube . ...

... Nashville. ... Is it my fault that I can't reap what I sow? Nashville, did you give me half a chance With your southern style, and your hidden dance away? ... Nashville , I'd like to know your fate I'd like to stay a while But I've seen your lowered states today ( I've seen them today , honey, I swear I've seen them today ) Now I'm leaving - I've got all these debts to pay You know we all have our dues - I'll pay 'em some other place I'd ...

. Image created by Miruna Popescu, showing some of the objects displayed in the Armagh Observatory's Human Orrery. Original images from NASA were used.

Solar Large-Scale Chains: Some Events . ... The chains appear to light up separators or quasi-separatrix layers between different interacting large-scale magnetic flux systems in the global solar magnetosphere and, in particular, to outline large-scale coronal structures involved in the CME process. ... Some features of the chains and their relations to CMEs are illustrated for a number of halo CME-associated events. 23 events of 1997-2000 . ... Halo-CME-associated events of November 1997 . ...

... In the context of assessing and characterizing structures in X-ray images, we compare different approaches. The intensity level is often very low and necessitates a special treatment of Poisson statistics. ... Finally, using a set of ROSAT HRI deep pointings, the presence of small-scale structures in the central regions of clusters of galaxies is investigated. ... Hence, WT has been used for clusters and subclusters analysis (Slezak et al. ...

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Low energy noise on the MOS CCDs C M Huber t Chen, CEA Saclay 31- 3-2009 - A.k.a. the MOS2CCD5 effect (Stuhlinger 2008) or `anomalous states' (Kuntz and Snowden 2008). ... Low energy noise on the MOS CCDs ­ p. 4/1 Noise has correlation in ODF E1,E2 ! ... Pattern-0 spectrum: - Low energy noise on the MOS CCDs ­ p. 6/1 Correlation is different in different CCDs MOS 1 CCD 4 MOS 1 CCD 5 MOS 2 CCD 2 MOS 2 CCD 5 Low energy noise on the MOS CCDs ­ p. 7/1 Application: Are the central CCDs noisy? ...

... We publish 16 Doppler imaging temperature maps for the years 1994-2002 of the active RS CVn star II Peg. ... Through Doppler imaging we want to study the spot evolution of the star and in particular compare this with previous results showing a cyclic spot behaviour and persistent active longitudes. ... The derived temperature maps are quite similar to the ones obtained earlier with a different methods, the main differences occurring in the spot latitudes and relative strength of the spot structures....

... 4.4 Imbedding HTML in a Document . In the following discussion of SPECIAL processing
, I will assume that rtftohtml has not been customized. If it has, the text styles used to create special effects may be different. ... Normally, if your RTF document contained the text "<cite>hello</cite>", the translator would output this as: "&lt;cite&gt;hello&lt;/cite&gt;". ... If, however, you want the <cite></cite> to be interpreted as HTML markup, you must format the tags using Hidden and Shadow. ...

... the time of observation . ... Observing the Changing Position of the Sun To Establish Cardinal Directions . ... Observations of the Sun's apparent movement across the sky and its pattern of rising and setting in the east and west horizon helped to establish the cardinal directions. ... The final stage of the Sun's return was marked by the observation that the Sun had reached its highest altitude when the full width of your mitted hand could fill the gap between the Sun and the horizon. ...

The Many Streams of the Magellanic Stream . ... As a part of the ongoing GALFA survey we have obtained an H I image of a region located at the tip of the Magellanic Stream. ... Figure 1 shows the velocity field of the tip of the Stream. ... Comparison with numerical simulations by Connors et al. (2006) suggests that a 3-way splitting of the main Stream filament may have taken place due to gravitational interactions between the SMC, the LMC, and the Galaxy. ... 2006) . ...

... 1 Star Mapp ers You are a group of amateur astronomers, and you've spent the last ten years mapping the sky, drawing beautiful charts of everything you can see with the naked eye. ... Rather different is the famous, and unexplained "Milky Braid", a band of diffuse white light that crosses the sky. ... At any given time, from and particular point on Klovia, you can only see half of it, but the full braid goes all the way, 360 degrees, around the sky. ... Let's say you see a dot of light. ...