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... Fasti is a controller architecture originally developed for fast infrared astronomical array detectors, and intended to be powerful and extendible. ... 2002), Foppiani et al. 2002)). ... The parallel input interface (now a commercial board). ... Esposito, S., Riccardi, A., Storm, J., Accardo, M., Baffa, C., Biliotti, V., Foppiani, I., Puglisi, A., Ragazzoni, R., Ranfagni, P., Stefanini, P., Salinari, P., Seifert, W., Storm, J. 2002, SPIE Conference AS06, Wizinowich, P. L. Ed., in press . ...

... The software was originally developed as a set of Fortran routines which were available both as stand-alone executables and as IRAF tasks in the Dither package. ... This set of code formed the basis for a more automated task for aligning images to produce distortion-corrected images; namely, the Python task PyDrizzle (Section 5.3) . Finally, all the steps required to identify cosmic rays using the aligned images produced by PyDrizzle were automated in the Python task MultiDrizzle (Section 5.4) . ...

Open Systems Handbook: A Guide to Building Open Systems . ... This book is designed to provide interested individuals and organizations with an overview of open systems and the work being done to achieve them. ... This section is organized using a descriptive model of an open systems environment developed by the IEEE PI 003.0 Working Group, which is developing the Guide to POSIX-based Open System Architecture. ... Standards for open systems 13 . Chapter 3: The open systems environment (OSE) 15 . ...

... Bojan Nikolic web pages (r. 329) . ... http://carma.astro.umd.edu/wiki/index.php/Installing_Developer_CASA . Building CCMTools as required by CASA . ... Building . ... Notes related to building CASA . A prototype build system for CASA using SCons . ... Generating IDL files . ... Notes on the classic CASA build . ... Writing the tool XML file . ... Automatically generated IDL files from the files describing each of the tools of CASA. ... Building CASA . ... Building the casa-core libraries . ...

... The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is used to synchronize the time of a computer client or server to another server or reference time source, such as a radio or satellite receiver or modem. ... Information on the NTP architecture, protocol and algorithms can be found in the Further Information and Bibliography page. The Building and Installing the Distribution page presents an overview of the procedures for compiling the distribution and installing it on a typical client or server. ...

... To introduce you to the Python programming language, and its Visual module (VPython), which allows 3D simulation. The computer labs are held in room BOZO 112, not in the usual physics lab. ... This lab will use the Python programming language. ... Click on the Windows button in the bottom left, select "Programs", then the "A-Z" list of programs. ... Later in the course you will need to write your own VPython programs for assessment - this lab is your chance to make sure you can do this. ...

XmTel is intended for interactive remote telescope operation. ... The command set provides for several basic functions that enable slewing, pointing, fine guiding, and control of the telescope focus, reticle, and fans. ... XmTel is actively being used and developed with the Celestron Corrected Dall-Kirkham C20 telescope. ... Some NexStar features of the C20 -- the fan, temperature reading, and focus control -- are not presently available on other Celestron telescopes. ...

... Garage/Shop Building . ... APO Site Safety Plan . ... When in doubt, contact the Site Manager . ... In the event of an emergency , it is best to contact the Site Manager, Safety Officer , or other APO personnel listed on the APO emergency phone lists located in all control rooms and the Supply area. ... Do not enter this area without a safety briefing ; contact the Site Manager . ... Special training and safety equipment is required before handling cryogenics; contact Site Manager . ...

... fine at head dot cfa dot harvard dot edu . ... Twelve years software development in UNIX environments, with a strong emphasis on user interface development and user-centered design. ... Strong background in computer security, including maintenance of host and network security, investigation of security incidents, development of secure protocols and authentication software, and statistical analysis of security logs. ... Experience: . ... Developed WWW-based nameserver administration software. ...

The Radar Interface (RI) is an A/D system built at the observatory. ... The device interfaces with the VME bus in the da vme crate. ... 1970's miguel feyjoo build the first ri with 1 MHz samplers. 1989 (?) edwin torres built the first ri that interfaced to the harris computers. 1994 bill sisk rebuilds the ri, now runs off the vme bus first ri was build by edwin torres and jon hagen around 1989is workhorse has been in operation since the early 1990's . ... Ch 1-8 : general info (.pdf) . ...

... Meade Instruments Corporation . ... Autostar Computer Controller Instruction Manual . Autostar Computer Controller . ... NOTE: This manual covers both Model #495 Autostar and #497 ETX Autostar Computer Controllers. ... Autostar Primary Menus and Options . ... Chapter 3: Alignment . ... Guided Tour Menu . ... Chapter 5: Autostar Menu Functions . ... Meade Autostar Computer Controller . ... Meade #505 Connector Cable Set Manual . ... Copyright 2006 Meade Instruments Corporation, All Rights Reserved. ...

A very important stage in a story of formation of any new science is the shift from discussion of situation which are possible but do not occur in practice due to some reason to recognition of real phenomena of interest. ... We suggest to consider computer viruses as this new specific form of life which is coming in the contact with our form of life. ... Computer life has been created by human being, the role of independent evolution of computer viruses seems to be still negligible. ...

It has been a busy time farewelling old and welcoming new staff members. ... Debbie has joined us as a cleaner and Lodge assistant, while Eric will work on the antenna drives and other power control systems. ... Millimetre observing during January (summer!) term was restricted to four 12-mm proposals (one of which experienced rain) and various tests. ... During the May term, millimetre observations at Mopra will be jointly run by the ATNF and UNSW, with each allocated six weeks of observing time. ...

Zeiss-1000 TCS computer

... Moscow University Search Engine . AstroSearch - search astronomical sites . Open FTS search engine . MailWare (PostgreSQL mailing list archive) Our commercial interests . ... This full text search engine by XWare team provides the document search over all Moscow State University Web sites. ... OpenFTS (Open source Full Text Search) is an advanced PostgreSQL-based search engine that provides online indexing of data and relevance ranking for database searching. ... 2001-116 XWare Team. ...

SYM53C4xx SCSI Interface Adapter Cards These questions and answers are for any SCSI interface card that uses any Symbios Logic (or old NCR)53C400, 53C400A, 53C406, and 53C406A chips and connects to an ISA bus in the host. ... Are there drivers available for my card to operate under any operating system besides DOS? ... Yes, provided the manufacturer of the device provides a device driver for the scanner to operate from an pci/host adapter card that has a Symbios Logic scsi processor chip on it. ...

... John Butler reports that the HLF-supported programme of restoration of three historic telescopes and their domes has continued throughout the year, and that a growing collection of images showing progress with the Telescopes and Telescope Domes restoration project is available on the Armagh Observatory web-site (see http://star.arm.ac.uk/history/Domes/). ... The new dome for the 18-inch Calver Telescope is now fully operational and awaits the return of the telescope to Armagh later in 2005. ...

... Science User Portal . ... ESO, the European Southern Observatory . ... Travel and Contacts . Travel to ESO Headquarters . ... Travel to E-ELT Armazones . ... Survey Telescopes . ... Star Clusters . ... Stars@ESO . ... Press Room . ... ESO Science Newsletter . ... ESO 3.6-metre telescope . ... MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope . ... The VLT telescopes and instruments are controlled through a gigantic series of computers, which fill a full room underneath the control room. ... cb_computer_room_dec2004 . ...

... Spectrometer and CCD camera attached to the 2 metre "Karl-Zeiss-Jena" telescope of the Observatory on peak Terskol (3100 m, Northern Caucasus). ... The accessible spectral range is ~3500 - ~10200 AA. The CCD camera and the data handling system, developed at SAO, consist of front-illuminated CCD device of 1024x1024 pixels (pixel size 16x16 mkm) inside a dewar, an electronic controller-interface and a IBM PC computer. ... R=45 000 (~90 spectral orders, ~3500 - ~10200 AA registered simultaneously) . ...