... 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. ...

... The words are numbered according to the reference mentioned above. ... 59 WORD wSecond ; // 0 .. 59 satellite tracking start time (GMT) float fStep ; // reserved WORD wMass ; // reserved BYTE reserved [12] ; // reserved WORD wExtraBytes ; // reserved } TRAJECTORYHEADER ; NOTE: the satellite tracking start time is a hardware operating start time to follow satellite. typedef struct { // ephemeris at satellite tracking start time double time ; // Epoch time (yyddd.ddddddddd)...

Computer Ephemeris. Precession/nutation matrix. Explanations. Each row contains for the date specified at 0 h of Time Dynamical Terrestrial nine elements of equatorial precession/nutation matrix minus unity matrix multiplied on 10 8 . This matrix is to be used for coordinate transformation of equatorial coordinates between mean equatror and equinox J2000.0 and real equator and equinox of date. ... This is the matrix for transformation from J2000.0 to date. ...

This note outlines how to configure the computers needed to run DIMMWIT. ... dimmwit : ICE (single-board computer in a box) that runs the Starlight Express CCD camera, to which it is connected by a USB interface. dimmwithost : displays the finder application via the X protocol (finder actually runs on dimmwit). Acts as a file server; both the finder software and the DIMM data are stored on dimmwithost. ... mkdir -p /data/oberon/data/finder . chown coast:coast /data/oberon/data/finder . ...

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Data Processing . S2 or VLBA tapes containing the astronomical data recorded at tracking stations and ground radio telescopes must be sent to correlation center chosen by the principal investigator (PI). ... There are four correlators, which will be able to process RadioAstron data: DRAO S2-correlators in Canada, NRAO VLBA-correlator in USA, and Mitaka correlator in Japan. ... Data and Phase Links . Ground Support of the RadioAstron . ... Progress of the RadioAstron Project in Pictures . ...

... every new catalog of objects has to be contained in the UNIX directory having the same name as the catalog of objects; . ... the programs for local operations (programs of low level) with the catalog of objects are also in the same directory; . brief characteristics and names of the programs and file with the description of the catalog are stored in the file cats_descr ; . ... All astronomical catalogs have a different format and list different observables. ...

... Bad Astronomy . Misconceptions . ... I have a fun video on how to stand an egg on end on my blog at Discover Magazine . ... At the end of the show, one of the characters looks up the words "egg" and "equinox" on the web... and says it sent him to "thingsthatarewrong.com". ... Bad Astronomy : Only on the day of the Vernal (spring) Equinox, can you stand a raw egg on its end. Good astronomy : If you can stand a raw egg on end, it has nothing to do with the Equinox. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

The most recent kpyymm.tab (yymm stands for year and month, each expressed with two digits) files are distributed per e-mail half-monthly by Dr. H.-J. Linthe, mailto:kp_index@gfz-potsdam.de Both recent and past tables are supplied as an archive on the FTP servers . ... Since many observatories are interested mainly in the international quietest and most disturbed days, beginning August 1996 three extra lines have been added to the end of the table containing these values in an easy to read form. ...

For the selected intervals of the UT the co-ordinates of 4 spacecraft are shown with 10-min step. ... The region designations used in the numerical files. The simulative geophysical region models . ...

... 19-Jan-2013 12:53 . ... 2.8K . ... 11K . ... 10K . ... 15K . Apache/2.2.15 (CentOS) Server at rp.iszf.irk.ru Port 80 ...

... A technique allowing automatic representation by a relatively small number of independent parameters based on the principal component analysis of data sequences is presented. ... In recent years the spectrum of observed astronomical data can be characterized as greatly varied. ... In this instance, the problem of initial description and classification of newly-observed data becomes most urgent, especially if there is a lack of preliminary observational material and theoretical expectations. ...

... FTP access the basic models is here . ... Below, we put short descriptions of the used SED models for the photometric redshifts providing by the current server . ... The uniqueness of this model consists in expanding to the near IR (NIR) of Rocca-Volmerange and Guiderdoni's (1988) atlas of synthetic spectra with a revised stellar library, which includes parameters of cool stars. ... Homepage of the GISSEL model). ... Another model used earlier is the model of synthetic spectra of Poggianti (1997). ...

def DER_SNR ( flux ): # ===================================================================================== DESCRIPTION This function computes the signal to noise ratio DER_SNR following the definition set forth by the Spectral Container Working Group of ST-ECF , MAST and CADC. signal = median ( flux ) noise = 1.482602 / sqrt(6) median ( abs (2 flux _i - flux _i-2 - flux _i+2)) snr = ...

... Meade Instruments Corporation . ... Autostar Computer Controllers . 497 Autostar . ... One of the most important advances in telescope control in the past 25 years, the Meade #497 Autostar Computer Controller turns the ETX into an automatic celestial object locating system. ... The #497 Autostar Computer Controller plugs into the control panel of ETX-90EC, ETX-105EC, and ETX-125EC telescopes and enables automatic location of more than 30,000 celestial objects. ... about meade | ... Meade 4M | ...

CREW 19/20 . ... NIITsPK picture Charles SIMONYI . ... He was decorated with the Service Order (Hungary) in 2006 and the Grand Cross - the Hungarian Republic Order in 2007. ... Since September 5, 2006 he started training at Yu.A. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center under the VC-12 program as the spaceflight participant. ... On December 19, 2008 by decision of the Chief Medical Board with participation of IBMP and Yu.A. Gagarin CTC specialists Charles Simonyi was allowed for the crew training. ...

These are most of the photographs from the companion booklet of the `Dream Roots' 5 CD set. The describing text could be wrong in some cases. It must be wrong in photo no. 57, which is here described as taken in 1984, however, the same photograph is included in the booklet of the 'Tangerine Dream 70-80' 4 LP set which was released 1980. ... 1 - Click on a picture to view and read the text. You can return to here from there, or alternatively click to the next or previous picture . ...

... DESCRIPTION General Catalog of Variable Stars (GCVS database) . ... Kholopov P.N., Samus N.N., Durlevich O.V., Kazarovets E.V., Kireeva N.N., Tsvetkova T.M., 1990, General Catalogue of Variable Stars, 4rd ed., vol.IV, Nauka, Moscow. Kholopov P.N., Samus N.N., Durlevich O.V., Kazarovets E.V., Kireeva N.N., Tsvetkova T.M., 1992, General Catalogue of Variable Stars, 4rd ed., vol.IV, Bull. ... Kazarovets E.V., Durlevich O.V. Editor-in-Chief Samus N.N., 1998, New Catalogue of Suspected Variable Stars. ...

. Member's Memorial Day 2000 Rib BBQ . Get the Plugin - Hear the sound . The following Pictures are from the Rib BBQ Memorial Day Weekend 2000 .

... How much energy is there in a 20 mph wind? . 20 mph wind =10 m/s .0006 * 10 3 = .0006 * 1000 = .6 KILO watts per square meter . ... In your back yard the average wind speed is 10 mph which yields 100 watts per square meter. ... 4 3 = 64 if a 10 mph wind gives you 100 watts per square meter then a 40 mph wind gives you 64 times more power per square meter 6400 watts per square meter . total power = 6400 watts per square meter * 2 square meters = 12800 watts = 12.8 Kilowatts this is a lot! ...