... Under conditions of the Earth gravitation we are using the method of semi-natural simulation of linear accelerations in the centrifuges with a mobile cab for simulation of G-loads, originating in a space flight. ... The major factor of the orbital flight, affecting a cosmonaut, is a weightlessness state, which causes essential changes in cardiovascular and vestibular systems operation. ... Under the Earth conditions you can "execute" a short-term space flight according to the following cyclogram: . ...

. The Source Code Control System is an essential tool for any project with multiple source files or which has several people working with multiple source files. It provides a way to keep track of a source file's development and to prevent it from being altered by more than one person at a time. Putting files under SCCS control . Checking out files . Checking in files . Getting information about files . Creating new releases . Comparing files under SCCS control .

... B=Command, 12AB=Azm, comma, 4000=Alt. ... Example: if the desired position is 220°, then POSITION_24BIT = (220/360)*224 = 10,252,743 Separate POSITION_24BIT into three bytes such that (POSITION_24BIT = PosHigh*65536 + PosMed*256 + PosLow). Exampe: PosHigh = 156, PosMed = 113, PosLow = 199 Send the following 8 bytes: a. Azm Slow Goto: 80, 4, 16, 23, PosHigh, PosMed, PosLow, 0 b. Alt Slow Goto: 80, 4, 17, 23, PosHigh, PosMed, PosLow, 0 The number 35 is returned from the handcontrol 4. ...

The VIRGO project is a physics experiment; its aim is the detection of gravitational waves. ... It has not yet been possible to detect directly the gravitational waves: it remains one of the major challenges of experimental physics. ... Interferometric antennas for gravitational waves Gravitational waves distort space-time: along two perpendicular directions, the distances between fixed points will increase (resp. decrease), at the arrival of a gravitational wave. ... Publications from our Group . ...

... --------------- SLY = (Vampire looking guy, high collar, grey backdrop) ------------------------------------------------------- Avg Elims /year : 5.29 Favorite veapons: S B Delta Max-1 Home : Moon Base Alpha Best Track : Chicago Car : Night Stalker Favorite Food : Smokey Links MOTOR MANIAC = (Negro guy with brace over nose, blue backdrop) -------------------------------------------------------------- Avg Elims /year : 6.42 ...

INFRARED FOURIER-SPECTROMETER SICH-F . ... Instrument work regimes: 1) Inside. 2) Calibration at inside standard sources 2 - 4 times per a rotation. 3) Calibration at "free space" 2 - 4 times per a rotation. 4) Infrared radiation measuring 10 - 40 min. per a rotation. ... Spectrometer consists of the photodetector block and the block of signal processing and control. ... Diagnostic information and attach data will transfer by state telemetric channels. ... Detector temperature. ...

Instructional Videos - ETX-80-TC . ... Windows Media . ... WMV . ... Home Position . ... Alignment . ... Alignment Star . ... Download Windows Media Player . Home | About Meade | ... Meade Universe | ... Copyright 2006 Meade Instruments Corporation, All Rights Reserved . ...

... Despite the use of counterweights, I have had ongoing problems with preventing unwanted motion in altitude, particularly during star parties when everyone seems to want to lean on the telescope while observing. ... After some difficulties at a windy star party a few years ago at the Boston Museum of Science, I designed a simple and very effective altitude brake and slow motion control which can be assembled very quickly and at minimal cost. ... The other end of the arm attaches to a turnbuckle*. ...

pswiggle - Plot anomaly along track on a map pswiggle xyz _ files -J parameters -R west / east / south / north [ r ] -Z scale [ -A direction ] [ -B tickinfo ] [ -C center ] [ -D gap ] [ -E azimuth / elevation ] [ -G fillrgb ] [ -H [ nrec ] ] [ -I fix _ az ] [ -K ] [ -M [ flag ] ] [ -N ] [ -O ] [ -P ] [ -S [ x ] lon0 / lat0 / length [ units ] ] [ -T ... Je lon0 / lat0 / scale (Equidistant). ... I Set a fixed azimuth projection for wiggles [Default uses track azimuth, but see -A ]. ...

... spectrum . ... nsource <n> : choice of source function (def: 3=Feautrier) . noptype <n> : choice of continuous opacity (def: 1=Kiel) . nhedat <nhedat> : choice of HeI data (BCS or Mon treal) (def: 1=BCS) . ... read_model <filename>: read model atmosphere in QUB/STERNE2 format . ... wavmax <w_max> : distance from line centre to compute . ... nvturb <n vt > : number of points in -dependent v turb . ... tau_exp <n> : increase resolution of optical depth scale by adding additional points . ...

Next: Pipeline Calibration for STIS . ... Previous: HST Paper Products: A New Way to Look at HST Data . ... This simplifies enormously the data reduction procedure and allows the user to interpret high-quality data correctly. ... This may result in confusion about basic instrumental parameters, the precision of the set-up, the amount and distribution of calibration frames which are required and finally the assumptions on which the data reduction procedure should rely. ...

... Satellite data ] . SMIS ] . The program controls the data acquisition according to the specified schedule of the sessions. ... The calibration of AVHRR instrument data is performed during acquisition . The program can be started in parallel with the satellite pass visualization, that allows the user to monitor a session and store data only relevant to specific regions in manual selection mode. ... Back to SMIS Home Page . ...

WPLTN-2012 Technical Workshop Research and Experiment of Lunar Laser ranging Yaoheng Xiong, Zhulian Li, Yuqiang Li, Honglin Fu, Xiangming Zheng, Dongsheng Zhai, Yuncheng Zhang Yunnan Observatory Chinese Academy of Sciences St. Petersburg , Sep24-28 2012 LLR researchs & experiments in Kunming Overview Key problems of LLR Very long distance ranging, sub-single photon detection,.. ... St. Petersburg , Sep24-28 2012 LLR Experiments in Kunming Station Thank you ...

... The Astronaut Who Captured a Satellite . ... Earth at Night . ... This remarkably complete view of Earth at night is a composite of cloud-free, nighttime images. ... 47 Tuc Near the Small Magellanic Cloud . ... Globular star cluster 47 Tucanae is a jewel of the southern sky. ... In the Center of Saturns North Polar Vortex . ... These clouds lie at the center of the unusual hexagonal cloud system that surrounds the north pole of Saturn. ... Is the night sky darkest in the direction opposite the Sun? ...

Human Powered Clock Drive . Articles | ... There are 86,400 seconds in a day and, if you, arbitrarily, want to rotate a knob once a minute like the second hand on a clock then you need a reducing gear ratio (or ratio of radii) of 1 to 1440. ... The "hour hand", which will naturally rest at the 6 o'clock(12hr clock military)position, is driven at the bottom of the hand by riding over a small diameter steel rod mounted at a 45 degree angle on the baseplate. ... www.astronomy.net . ...

This module allows "anonymous" user access to authenticated areas. ... Source File: mod_auth_anon.c . ... This module does access control in a manner similar to anonymous-ftp sites; i.e. have a 'magic' user id 'anonymous' and the email address as a password. ... Anonymous_VerifyEmail The example below (when combined with the Auth directives of a htpasswd-file based (or GDM, mSQL etc. ) base access control system allows users in as 'guests' with the following properties: . ... Default: none . ...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration . ... JOHN E. BLAHA (COLONEL, USAF, RET.) NASA ASTRONAUT (FORMER) . ... EDUCATION: Graduated from Granby High School in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1960; received a bachelor of science in engineering science from the United States Air Force Academy in 1965 and a master of science in astronautical engineering from Purdue University in 1966. ... NASA EXPERIENCE: Selected as an astronaut in May 1980, Blaha has logged 161 days in space on 5 space missions. ...

The ESA/ESO Astronomy Exercise Series 2 . The Distance to Messier 100 as Determined by Cepheid Variable Stars . ... The small variations in distance to the individual Cepheid variable stars in the Cloud are negligible compared with the much larger distance to the SMC. ... In this way Cepheid variable stars can be used as one of the 'standard candles' in the Universe that act either as distance indicators themselves or can be used to calibrate (or set the zero point for) other distance indicators. ...

... The mount is also adjustable so you can orient the axis of rotation to make it parallel with the Earth's axis of rotation (see the section on Polar Alignment). ... Locate the opening in the equatorial mount on the DEC axis. ... To mount the telescope tube: 1. ... ADJUSTING THE MOUNT FOR POLAR ALIGNMENT In order for the clock drive to track accurately, the telescope's axis of rotation must be parallel to the Earth's axis of rotation, a process known as polar alignment. ... R.A. & DEC axis ! ...

... Books . ... QC Reference Books . This is a list of relevant reference books available in the offices of the QC Group members. A separate reference book page is dedicated to SPIE and conference proceedings . ... Book Title (Author) . ... Practical C++ Programming (O'Reilly) . ... Burkhard . ... Unix Power Tools (O'Reilly) . ... The Quick Python Book (Harms) . ... Learning Python (O'Reilly) . ... Reinhard . sed & awk (O'Reilly) . ...