The current Java Class Library for access to FITS files was designed for the VLT Data Flow System pipeline subsystem. ... all types of headers are decoded, . ... As the code has not been optimized, data access is slow e.g. on a 160 MHz machine and no JIT, 32-bit real images are read at 50k values/sec, 16-bit integer images at 80k values/sec while table data are read at 10k values/sec. FITS keywords are decoded at a rate of 2-3k keywords/sec depending significantly on their types. ...

... Scope of Directives .htaccess Files . ... Apache is configured by placing directives in plain text configuration files. ... Any directive may be placed in any of these configuration files. ... Apache configuration files contain one directive per line. ... Directives placed in the main configuration files apply to the entire server. ... The server administrator further controls what directives may be placed in .htaccess files by configuring the AllowOverride directive in the main configuration files....

... Iowa Robotic Telescope | ... Talon is based on OCAAS, a software suite developed by software engineer Elwood Downey ( Clear Sky Institute ) for use at the University of Iowa ?s first remote facility (the ATF, or Automated Telescope Facility). ... XObservatory : Telescope Control Interface . ... This program calls upon and coordinates much of the interrelated portions of the Talon architecture, and forms the primary control panel for the telescope, dome, and peripheral systems when used locally. ...

As it proposed by the Statutes/Regulations of the International Astronomy Olympiad, the first part of preparing application to participate in the coming IAO is presenting of a short report of National Astronomy Olympiad of the current year for the Advisory Committee. ... Date of receiving report from the country . ... July 18 - August 7 . ... August 31 . ... Date of receiving draft report (or not full report) . ... Date of receiving official application . ... Done after receiving ANRAO application) . ...

Text can be included in the shell script by using a here document, a special form of input redirection. The << symbol is used to indicate that text should be read up to a given mark. For example: #!/bin/sh # this script outputs the given text before it runs cat << EOF This shellscript is currently under development, please report any problems to Danny (danny@cornflake.ed) EOF exec /usr/local/test/bin/test_version . ...

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... MAO main . ... Call for Expressions of Interest to organise Symposia and Special Sessions at EWASS 2016 . ... Тема: Call for Expressions of Interest to organise Symposia and Special Sessions at EWASS 2016 . ... Symposium or a Special Session. ... Special Sessions . ... Organisers of EWASS sessions are benefitting from the logistical support of the . ... EWASS website. ... This applies to the organisers during the EAS selection process of symposia, special sessions, and special meetings. ... MAO NASU...

... Smoke sighted . ... B. Call USFS at 437-2286, provide fire info as well as local weather data. ... B. 3.5m telescope: Face enclosure into smoke direction and turn on PF1. 2.5m telescope: Turn on HVAC system or set system for 1.0 pressurization. ... If time permits and immediate evacuation is not ordered: . a. make sure everyone on site is awake and aware of . ... Echelle: Top off LN2, (if time does not permit, turn Ion Pump off, turn off camera power) . DIS: Turn off camera electronics . ...

... New Developments in the FITSIO and Fv Software Packages W. Pence NASA/GSFC, Code 662, Greenbelt, MD 20771, Email: pence@tetra.gsfc.nasa.gov Abstract. This paper describes recent improvements to the FITSIO subroutine library and the fv FITS file viewer and editor, both of which were initially described at previous ADASS conferences. ... Introduction The FITSIO subroutine library for reading and writing FITS format files was last described in the ADASS IV conference proceedings. ...

. Latest HI Rez Visible Satellite Image . IR Enhanced Image of the PNW . (not always available - sorry) . 500 MB surface and the water vapor distribution: . Surface Pressures: . Extreme precipitation in 1995 and 1996 . Temperatures: Jan-Feb , Mar-Apr , May-Jun , July-August , Sept-Oct, Nov-Dec . Precipitation: Jan-Feb , Mar-Apr , May-Jun, July-Aug , Sept-Oct, Nov-Dec . Annual Precipitation Trends . The Electronic Universe Project e-mail: nuts@moo.uoregon.edu

Supernova 2004ey in UGC 11816 . This page is devoted to information on Supernova 2004ey in UGC 11816 . Basic information on this SN, including the last reported brightness, on this Supernova can be found on the main page . Information on the original web pages for many of these images can be found on the updates and links web pages. ... Click on the name in the "Image Credit" column to see the image. ... 2004/10/14.23 . ... Light curves and Spectra: . ... VSNET Light curve. ...

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... News . ... NASA's New Horizons detects Pluto surface features, including possible polar cap . ... New Horizons scientists interpreted the data to reveal that the dwarf planet has broad surface markings some bright, some dark including a bright area at one pole that may be a polar cap. ... These latest New Horizons images allow the mission science team to detect clear differences in brightness across Pluto s surface as it rotates. ... NASAт??s New Horizons nears historic encounter with Pluto . ...

. Other Relevant Links . Number counts have been illustrated earlier in the talk. QSO Clustering and Large-Scale Structure , Scott Croom et al . QSO Evolution and the Luminosity Function , B.J. Boyle et al . | Front page | . | << - Contamination | QSO close pairs - >> | . Robert J. Smith, ">rsmith@mso.anu.edu.au Last modified: Fri Sep 24 11:39:02 EST 1999 .

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Moscow Astronomical Plate Archives: . Contents, Digitization, Current and Possible Applications . ... We describe the astronomical plate archives in Moscow and Zvenigorod and the existing digitization projects. ... 2 The Plate Archive of the Sternberg Institute . The contents of the most important Moscow astronomical plate archive, that of the Sternberg Astronomical Institute, was briefly presented in Shugarov et al. [1] in 1999. ... THE MOSCOW PLATE COLLECTION (STERNBERG INSTITUTE) . ...