... Space flight . Crew training . ... honing the skills of performing the tasks of operating the orbital (suborbital) spaceship in a normal autonomous flight and in case of occurrence of off-optimum situations; . ... preparing for conducting visual observations, photographing and video filming envisaged by the flight program; . ... preparing the astronaut's body to the effect of space flight factors, honing the skills of operating the spaceborne medical facilities, rendering self and mutual aid; . ...

... java.lang.Object ij.macro.Interpreter . ... This is the recursive descent parser/interpreter for the ImageJ macro language. ... Interprets the specified string. public java.lang.String run (java.lang.String macro, java.lang.String arg) . ... Interprets the specified tokenized macro file starting at location 0. public void run (int location) . Runs an existing macro starting at the specified program counter location. public void runMacro ( Program pgm, int macroLoc, java.lang.String macroName) . ...

Pulkovo NEO Page . ... EPOS Software Package . ... EPOS ( E phemeris P rogram for O bjects of the S olar system) is the Windows PC application for study and ephemeris support of observations of the Solar system objects. ... It controls the part of common data and transfers the control to one of the programs that solve the restricted set of tasks. ... So with the EPOS software package one can calculate the accurate ephemerides for many objects and get the quick illustration of their motion as well. ...

... The package AMPLE (Adaptable Minor Planet Ephemerides) is dedicated to solving a number of problems concerning minor planets with the aid of IBM-type personal computer. ... Obtaining selection of orbital elements and/ or photometric parameters of minor planets in conformity with imposed restrictions. ... The orbital elements of all minor planets used in AMPLE for 2015 have been determined in IAA on the ground of available observations in the catalogue of observations of the Minor Planet Center. ...

... is for inputs/outputs referenced to ground . ... On most architectures, lsampl_t is defined to be uint32. typedef struct comedi _trig_struct comedi _trig; struct comedi _trig_struct{ unsigned int subdev; /* subdevice */ unsigned int mode; /* mode */ unsigned int flags; unsigned int n_chan; /* number of channels */ unsigned int *chanlist; /* channel /range list */ sampl_t * data ; /* data list, size depends on subd flags */ unsigned ... read values from an input channel . ...

... Previous: Refining the Guide Star Catalog: Plate Evaluations . Up: Instrument-Specific Software . ... A losslessly compressed version of the Guide Star Catalog has been created by the authors and described in the present paper. ... To help PC users solve the problem of data retrieval, we have created the Guide Star Catalog Data Retrieval Software, or GUIDARES (Malkov & Smirnov 1995). ... The XSKYMAP software is an IDL widget application for retrieval, visualization and hard copy of ZGSC samplings. ...

Astronomy Discussion Forums . ... Hmm.. ... Post Message | ... Posted by Harvey on October 11, 2002 19:45:43 UTC . ... If I were to be fully intellectually honest, then I don't think we can know if labels can identify 'things' actually part of Ultimate Reality or not. ... What if Ultimate Reality is not guided by logical principles? ... www.astronomy.net . ... Forum posts are Copyright their authors as specified in the heading above the post. "dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

T he Siding Spring Survey (SSS) is a Near-Earth Object search program that utilises the 0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory, N.S.W., Australia. ... The mission of the Siding Spring Survey is to contribute to the inventory of near-earth objects (NEOs), or more specifically, the potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs) and comets (PHOs) that may pose a threat of impact and thus harm to civilization. ... Based on the CSS Mission page . ... Siding Spring Survey Main Page . ...

... Meade Instruments Corporation . ... Meade Pictor XT-Series CCD Autoguider/Imagers . ... Section 1: Getting Started . ... To Take an Image . ... Section 3: File Menu . Section 4: Edit Menu . Section 5: View Menu . Section 6: Image Menu . ... Merge Images . ... Meade Software License Agreement . ... Manufacturer is Meade Instruments Corporation, 6001 Oak Canyon, Irvine, California 92620. ... Index of Instruction Manuals . ... Copyright 2006 Meade Instruments Corporation, All Rights Reserved. ...

Stellarium 0.12.3 . ... StelCircleArcRenderer Class Reference . Provides functions to draw circle arcs using StelRenderer . ... drawGreatCircleArc (const Vec3d &start, const Vec3d &stop, const SphericalCap *clippingCap=NULL, void(*viewportEdgeIntersectCallback)(const Vec3d &screenPos, const Vec3d &direction, void *userData)=NULL, void *userData=NULL) . ... Create a circle arc renderer to draw multiple circle arcs . ... void(*)(const Vec3d &screenPos, const Vec3d &direction, void *userData)љ . ...

The IAO-type events have to stimulte the science-educating style of the Olympiads. To follow the main science-educating principles of the IAO-type events and Schools for Young Astrophysicists , particularly: . ... The minimum duration of the IAO-type event is defined as 5 days (4 nights). ... foreign language teams for an international IAO-type event - 1 / 2. ... The full text of the current Supplementary Instructions N 4 IAO-type events and Schools for Young Astrophysicists to be presented later. ...

Next: Mission Element Points-of-Contact . Previous: Mission Operations Data Transfer . ... Each mission element should ensure that their contact information remains current and notify the RSOG of any changes. ... Non-RSOG mission elements will also use the "dit" list to notify the RSOG (and all other mission elements) of unexpected events that may impact operations elsewhere, e.g., if a tracking station discovers that the spacecraft is in an unexpected configuration. ...

... 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 . ...

... FOR THE MIR SERVICE LIFE CHARACTERISTICS . ... The station operated nearly 3 times as long (its service life reached more than 15 years). ... Below are given the actual operating periods of the Modules as part of the Orbital Complex (as of December 31, 2000). ... Most of the onboard systems have significantly exceeded service life characteristics specified in the log books for assemblies, instruments, units and systems as a whole. ... Official WEB-site of S.P.Korolev RSC Energia . ...

... The file names' construction . The flight (m) stage's file set . ... the orbital data used for the flight operation monthly (m) long-term planning, . ... The orbital calculations are based on the initial orbital data determined by KIAM RAN using the orbital radio measurements treatment.The determined initial orbital data are presented as a state vector (satellite position and velocity) in the J2000 reference. ... Accept the file with extension '.bgr', where the Moscow time (MT=UT+3h) is used. ...

About us . ... Telescopes . ... Apart from the 6-meter telescope BTA two small telescopes are operative at SAO: the 1-m and 0.6-m telescopes, both manufactured by Carl Zeiss, Jena, are located near the BTA. ... These telescopes are used for adjusting the equipment and techniques of observations used at the BTA. ... The observational time allocation and also a brief description of the equipment of the 1-m telescope, which is used either permanently or mainly on this telescope, are presented below. ...

... Heracles Triplane and Aerospace Systems . The key characteristics of two-stage aerospace systems are determined according to speed and carrying capacity of the aircraft-carrier used . ... So the SPIRAL system hypersonic carrier was expected to launch the second stage by weight 63 tons at a speed corresponding to 6M; whereas launching weight of the MAKS system orbital stage with the use of the An-225 MRIYA heavy subsonic aircraft reaches 275 tons, and the HERACLES aircraft - 450 tons. ...

This section of library contains information about "classic" Star Catalogs. ... For a Henry Draper Catalog 272149 stars have received a total of 531,211 identifications in 7 сatalogs: . 270456 - in Astrographic Catalogue ( "Carte du Ciel", 4M), . 251943 - in Guide Stars Catalog (GSC), . ... A file with information on the components of 1788 of multiple systems in catalog HDEC (3681 component, or a combination thereof, with 4054 recording). ... A file with information about 21971 variable stars. ...

... Exposure Time Calculator (ETC) . Survey processing . ... VISTA is a 4-m class wide field survey telescope for the southern hemisphere, equipped with a near infrared camera (1.65 degree diameter field of view at VISTA's nominal pixel size) containing 67 million pixels of mean size 0.34 arcsec and available broad band filters at Z,Y,J,H,K s and a narrow band filter at 1.18 micron. A wide field visible camera, if constructed, could also be used on VISTA. ... Tile . ... ESO VISTA Public Surveys . ...

... Donate to Support Science Literacy . ... 2016 Annual Awards . The ASP is accepting nominations for the organizationтАЩs national annual awards which recognize special achievements in astronomy research, technology, education, and public outreach. ... Shop the AstroShop . ... The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) is accepting nominations for the organizationтАЩs national annual awards which recognize special achievements in astronomy research, technology, education, and public outreach.. ...