... File format . ... The p12mProg is the AO control program for the 12 meter telescope. ... the time from the tick, till when we complete the status read from the device. ... P12M_STAT_BLK struct (read from controller via group read at tick) . ... azimuth master 32bit status word . ... dbl . ... azimuth error read from controller. ... azimuth velocity read back from controller deg/sec . ... elevation position read back from controller. stBlk.elErr_D . ... elevation velocity read back from controller . ...

... Apache HTTP Server Version 2.2 . Apache > HTTP Server > Documentation > Version 2.2 > Modules . ... To enable mod_dav , add the following to a container in your httpd.conf file: . ... In addition, a location for the DAV lock database must be specified in the global section of your httpd.conf file using the DavLockDB directive: . ... In order for mod_dav to manage files, it must be able to write to the directories and files under its control using the User and Group under which Apache is running. ...

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 . ...

... The Earth orientation parameters UT1 and polar motion (x pol ; y pol ) are relat­ ed with the values of UT0 and VOL obtained from the LLR analysis for a station with geocentric longitude and latitude (–; OE) by the following expression: 7 UT0 \Gamma UTC = UT1 \Gamma UTC + (x pol sin – + y pol cos –) tan OE 15 V OL = x pol cos – \Gamma y pol sin – At least four normal points for each station--reflector pair at one day were accepted for the diurnal UT0 estimations. ...

. RTT150 . Russian-Turkish 1.5-m Telescope . (C) Copyright . HEAD IKI . Telescope is installed at the TUBITAK National Observatory (TUG) under the administration of Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey. It is located approximately 50 km to the north from Antalya in the south of Turkey on the Bakyrlytepe mountain. Latitude: j = 36 o 49' 30'' North . Longitude: l = 30 o 20' East . Elevation: 2550 m . Time zone: +2 hours .

Please enter the lightcurve file name and period search parameters: . Lightcurve file: . ... Apply the Heliocentric correction and convert all dates to Terrestrial Time (TT)? ... Also, the Heliocentric correction cannot be applied to such lightcurves. ... This period search service is also available at the mirror sites: Mirror 1 , Mirror 2 , Mirror 3 , Mirror 4 . You may download the latest source code distribution and install the period search service at your own web server. ...

... This odd-looking structure silhouetted in the foreground houses the three largest solar telescopes in the world. ... Comet Hyakutake's Orbit . ... A stunning map of this distant, diminutive planet, the first based on direct images, was revealed late last week in a Hubble Space Telescope press release. ... Arecibo: The Largest Telescope . ... The Arecibo radio telescope is currently the largest single-dish telescope in the world. ... The Arecibo.. The 76 Meter Lovell Radio Telescope . ...

... The user database is traditionally contained in the /etc/passwd љ file. Some systems use shadow passwords , and have moved the passwords to /etc/shadow љ . ... However, installing shadow passwords later onto a system that did not support them can be difficult. ... The crack љ program can be used to crack passwords; any password it can find is by definition not a good one. ... The user group database is kept in /etc/group љ ; for systems with shadow passwords, there can be a /etc/shadow.group љ . ...

... IC1848 . IC1848 - The "Embryo" or "Soul" Nebula . ... It is variously referred to as the "Soul Nebula" or "Embryo Nebula", due to its resemblance to a baby. ... This image is a tricolor narrowband image, taken with Ha, OIII, and SII filters. ... Astrodon 50mm Ha, OIII, and SII filters, with 6nm bandpass . ... Ha: 8 hours of 30 minute subs . OIII: 14.5 hours of 30 minute subs . SII: 11.75 hours ...totalling 34.25 hours . ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

... We would like to make a second announcement of the workshop on simulations for ALMA, which will run from lunchtime on Monday 8th September to lunchtime on Wednesday 10th September. ... We have also prepared a page with a list of participants at the workshop and with the abstracts of confirmed presentations: . ... In order to allow us to efficiently do this, we would like to ask that participants that wish to give a presentation at the conference send us a title and an abstract by 25th June . ...

Last updated 22 October 2004 by JCB . Width (arcsec) Location Material Note 0.9 DIS Steel 1.0 3.5m Storage Quartz 1.1 ?? 1.2 DIS Steel 2.0" occulting bar; unpolished near edges 1.5 DIS Steel 1.6 ?? Does this slit really exist?) ... Does this slit really exist?) 2.0 3.5m Storage Quartz 5.0 DIS Steel NOTES: 'Locations' were as of October 2004. DIS" refers to slits which remain permanently availablein the so-called default slit wheel. ...

Microsymposium 38, MS083, 2003 (A4 format) MERCURY: LOCAL VARIATIONS OF THE PHOTOMETRIC RELIEF. ... Because of trajectory and pointing angle constraints the planet could be observed from Mariner 10 only over a small range of phase angles between about 75o and 110o. Therefore the photometric investigations are restricted to measuring the distribution of brightness on the Mercurian disk. ... Raw versions of real-time processing pictures FDS 0000984 and FDS 0000986 were used (images 196 and 202). ...

... Yerga Expedition . ... Novaya Yerga Expedition . ... I n 1662 a meteorite shower fell near the village of Novaya Yerga. ... In 2002, the Meteoritics Laboratory of the Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry And Analytical Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences (GEOKHI) organized an expedition to search for the location and any traces of the Novaya Yerga meteorite shower. ... After visiting the town of Kirillov, the expedition returned to Novaya Yerga, i.e. to near the village of Nekrasovo. ...

... AstroCC is a coordinate conversion utility for astronomy. It accepts an object designation or the coordinates of an object and calculates coordinates in alternative systems, and at different dates, times, and locations. It also provides lunar and bright planet coordinates to aid in planning observations. ... BJD values may also be retrieved from http://astroutils.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/time/utc2bjd.html which is based on Eastman et al. ... Coordinate data are obtained from SIMBAD. ...

Call for Ideas: P ublic D e e p F ie ld w it h M U S E The ESO Director General proposes to dedicate up to 60 nights of Director 's Discretionary Time1 in four forthcoming observing periods to a Public Deep Field using MUSE. ... PSF reference star: The point source used to measure the PSF accurately, on individual exposures and on the combined exposure; R(AB) < 20.0; Must be located within the central 50x50" (preferably 40x40") safe area, excluding field edges (see orange square in Figure). ...

... PUL2 catalog contains original absolute proper motions of 59646 stars in 149 fields with galaxies. ... Mean errors of relative proper motions in PUL2 catalog is 5.5 mas/year. ... The external mean error of one relative proper motion of a bright star of PUL2 catalog is 9 mas/year for both of coordinates. ... After issue of UCAC2 catalog, we decided to improve accuracy of proper motions, using Pul-3 coordinates (of 1950s) as the first epoch, and UCAC2 coordinates as the second epoch. ...

THE 75th NAME-LIST OF VARIABLE STARS. ... The 75th Name-List consists of two tables. ... the literature, taken from positional catalogues, including USNO A1.0/A2.0 and GSC, or determined by the authors); the range of variability (sometimes the column Min gives, in parentheses, the amplitude of light variation; the symbol ( means that the star , in minimum light, becomes fainter, than the magnitude indicated); and the system of magnitudes used ( P are photographic ...

Optical Observatories . ... National Optical Astronomy Observatories . ... Adam Mickiewicz University - Astronomical Observatory . ... Astronomical Institute and National Observatory of Athens . ... Jagiellonian University Astronomical Observatory - Scientific research here comprises radio and extragalactic astronomy, solar radio emission, active galactic nuclei, interstellar matter, galaxies, cosmology, variable stars and comets. ... National Radio Astronomy Observatory Home Page . ...

nearneighbor - A Nearest neighbor gridding algorithm nearneighbor [ xyzfile ( s ) ] -G out _ grdfile -I x _ inc [ m|c ][/ y _ inc [ m|c ]] -N sectors -R west / east / south / north [ r ] -S search _ radius [ m|c|k|K ] [ -E empty ] [ -F ] [ -H [ nrec ] ] [ -L flag ] [ -V ] [ -W ] [ -: ] [ -bi [ s ][ n ] ] nearneighbor reads arbitrarily located (x,y,z[,w]) triples [quadruplets] from standard ... Default is quadrant search, i.e., sectors = 4]. ... H Input file(s) has Header record(s). ...

NEUTRON MONITOR DATA FOR KERGUELEN AND TERRE ADELIE DURING THE GROUND-LEVEL SOLAR COSMIC-RAY EVENT ON 29 SEPTEMBER 1989 J.-P. Legrand and P. Kossa Territoire des Terres Australes et Antarctiques Francaises 75017 Paris - 27, France This report contains the data for the ground-level solar cosmic ray event on 29 September 1989 obtained by the neutron monitors at Kerguelen Island, and Terre Adelie, Antarctica. ...