... The Science Operation Department is composed of Astronomers, Telescope Instruments Operators(TIOs) and Data Handling Administrators(DHAs). ... Astronomers have proposed several methods to quantitatively measure the amount of turbulence above the telescope, which the most common ones is Differential Image Motion Monitor (DIMM). In optical testing, the Hartmann test is the common method to test the quality of optical components. ... Hartmann mask consists of 48 lenses. ...

... Several HST instruments both current and decommisioned have provided imaging linear polarimetry capabilities. ... The STECF IRAF layered package impol provides five tasks specifically aimed at reduction of HST imaging polarimetry data. ... Reduction of HST polarimetry data and simulation of raw polarimetry images, together with polarization vector plotting, are covered. ... For reduction of data from imaging linear polarization instruments other than from HST, the instrument name is `SPECIAL'. ...

The idea of component-oriented programming is that in the course of implementation of various software projects a programmer (or a programmers team) accumulates a library of reused software fragments that are used in different projects. ... To solve such problems there are some special syntax means in Actor Prolog that support component-oriented programming. ... A package in Actor Prolog is a set of classes linked by implication. ... Actor Prolog supports visual component-oriented programming. ...

Test stand for geometrical calibration of imaging cameras . determination of the elements of internal orientation for imaging cameras as well as the parameters of mutual orientation of the internal and instrument coordinate systems . Test stand for photometric calibration of imaging spectrometric cameras . determination of the spectral and radiance characteristics of the imaging systems . ... Test stand for determining radiation stability of components . ...

From XEphem running the Soft03Cmt database of 20121002, for the date and time of the observation: RA: 08:16:04.25 Dec: 27:48:13 2012-09-30 UT 09:45 UTC Measured: RA: 08:16:04.4 Dec: 27:48:12.9 Header listing for HDU #1: SIMPLE = T / This is a FITS file BITPIX = -32 / NAXIS = 2 / NAXIS1 = 4341 / NUMBER OF ELEMENTS ALONG THIS AXIS NAXIS2 = 4355 / NUMBER OF ELEMENTS ALONG THIS AXIS EXTEND = T / This file may contain ...

Russian SHAREABLE DATA CENTER Institute of Solar-Terrestial Physics SB RAS . ... The ionogram catalogue is divided into the data file and the key file. ... The station codes database consists of the data file and two key files. ... This database consists of the data file and the key file. ... The antenna DB consists of two interrelated databases. ... The data file contains the following information: antenna type, antenna name, antenna parameters names, measurement units, and ranges of parameters. ...

... Field size . Object name . ... Map size . ... Field size: the approximate size of the map in the Y direction. ... Galaxies: . ... Galaxies, which size exceeds some value depending on the field and map sizes, are displayed with their real positional angles and sizes by 25m isophote. ... In the "tools" fields there are links to the several famous AVO (Astrophysical Virtual Observatory) resources: NED and Simbad databases and DSS2 (Palomar Digitized Sky Survey) images of the corresponding sky area. ...

Databases (NSDC) of the Natural Planetary Satellites. ... NSDC: Database of astrometric observations of Natural Planetary Satellites . ... They are thoroughly looking for observations in different sources, creating their owndatabases which are then mostly inaccessible to other researchers. ... In the file "content" with explications, the reference is given to the data source as well as the bibliographic reference. ... Data sources. ... Why a specific bibliographic database for Natural satellites? ...

Fortran 90 properties already in CF77 . ... Only the old form (fix form) of the source code is available. ... LOGICAL Default KIND number = 8 INTEGER Default int7 int15 KIND number = 6 1 2 digits = 46 7 15 radix = 2 2 2 range = 13 2 4 huge = 70368744177663 127 32767 bit_size = 46 8 16 INTEGER int31 int46 int64 KIND number = 4 6 8 digits = 31 46 63 radix = 2 2 2 range = 9 13 18 huge = 2147483647 70368744177663 9223372036854775807 bit_size = 32 46 46 REAL half Default,single double KIND ...

Sloan Digital Sky Survey Telescope Technical Note 19910801 . ... It has long been apparent that an all-sky picture of clouds over an observatory site and available in near real-time would be a great benefit to personnel using a telescope. ... We have anecdotal evidence from J.T. Williams of MMTO and David Westfall, formerly of CFHT and now of New Mexico Institute of Mining, that video-rate 10 micron cameras are very effective at imaging clouds. ... The focal length of the mirror is 25 mm. ...

... Events . ... Pre-university education . ... Web of Science database ( http://webofknowledge.com ) is available since 2 October. This database is the most competent analytic and citation database of journal articles, including 3 bases: Science/Social Sciences/Arts&Humanities Citation Index. To rate citation index, impact-factor, Hirsch index scientists and specialists of all subject areas are recommended to use Web of Science database since it is the most important one for the researchers. ...

... The project assumes creation of an international space observatory - the interferometer "Earth - Space - Space" in order to perform of astronomical investigations in millimeter, submillimeter and infrared regions with extremely high sensitivity (to a few nanoJanskies units of flux density in continuum spectrum) and extremely high angular resolution (to a parts of microsecond of arc or, possibly, nanosecond). ... radio-interferometric channels of the system "Space - Space", region 0.2 - 3 mm; . ...

Decomposition of Galaxy Images and Galaxy Rotation Curves Mosenkov A.V.*^, Savchenko S.S.*, Sotnikova N.Ya.* ... The DECA (DEComposition Analysis) code is designed to investigate images of galaxies in an automatic regime (using the simple 'bulge+disc' model) as well as in manual mode for more detailed images and/or for multicomponent structures. ... The GRCF package was created for performing the galaxies rotation curve decomposition using the models of the bulge, the disc, and the dark halo. ...

The AstroGuide . ... AstroGuide | ... AstroGuide Listing . ... See many more Astronomy Listings by: Category or Alphabet . ... Listed Since October 22, 1998 . ... 203) 484-7705 . ... 203) 484-9016 . Web Site . ... Web . www.astronomy.net . About Astronomy Net | Advertise on Astronomy Net | ... Unless otherwise specified, web site content Copyright 1994-2016 John Huggins All Rights Reserved . dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

The data in the Table on p. 5788 – 5789 embrace estimated parameters for 128 binary systems in near Earth, Mars crossing, main belt and Trojan orbits (more than 90% of corresponding objects are marked in the Table "Minor planet lightcurve parameters" as undoubtedly binary and in other cases as suspected binary). ... The data were presented by P. Pravec (Astronomical Institute, Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic) (see Pravec, P., Harris, A. W., 2007. Binary Asteroid Population. ...

... Observatory . ... The Laboratory of Astrometry . Dept. for Physics of Stars&Galaxies . ... Astronomical Calendar . ... UkrVO . ... The purpose of research: Creating a stellar catalog to study the structure and kinematics of star systems, including open star clusters and stars with large proper motions; the enhancement ICRF / Hipparcos system to stars dawn to 17 m (V); Search of binary systems of brown dwarfs and determination of their parameters; astrometry of minor bodies of the Solar System. ...

Instrument . ... Scanning TV-sensor with on-board data recording system for global coverage mode . ... recording, direct transmission . ... IR-radiometer for global coverage and direct data transmission modes . ... The scientific instrument package onboard the Meteor-3 spacecraft provides for regular instant acquisition of images of cloudiness and Earth surface in visible and infra-red bands, data on air temperature and humidity, sea surface temperature and clouds temperature. ...

... 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). ...

GEOMAGNETIC POLAR CAP (PC) INDEX The PC-index is a fifteen-minute index for magnetic activity in the (P)olar (C)ap. It is based on data from a single nearpolar station, and aimed to monitor the polar cap magnetic activity generated by such solar wind parameters as the southward component of the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF), the azimuthal component of the IMF (By), and the solar wind velocity (v). ... 1988), Vennerstrom (1991), and Vennerstrom et al. 1991). ...

. Authors: V.A. Marsakov , Yu.G. Shevelev , . Journal: Bull. Inform. CDS, 1988, № 35, p.129-130. љљљљљThe values of [Fe/H], the distancec, the componets of the space velocities and orbital parameters are calculated for 1304 non-evolved F -stars with homogeneous data and proper motions.