Astronomers at Armagh Observatory observed the partial eclipse of the Sun on 29 March under unusually good conditions. ... The images, taken by astronomer Miruna Popescu, shows the eclipse as seen from the Armagh Observatory at around 11:30 (Summer Time) on 29th March, and the way it was observed by astronomer Apostolos Christou with a small portable telescope equipped with a filter to protect against the Sun's dangerous radiation. ... For more images from Armagh see: Miruna Popescu's Pages . ...

The first character in each record (line) of formatted output defines a carriage control character to the lineprinter, often called ASA-character, for a previous name of the US Standardization Organization ANSI. ... When using VAX/VMS for output first on a file, which is to be printed later on paper, it is advisable to use the extension .DAT . ... You use the compiler switch -vms f77 -vms prog.f and get the control characters removed from the screen output. ...