... the data are described accurately enough to allow an unambiguous interpretation of the data, as well as a comprehension of the context in which the data were acquired and/or processed; a single ascii file, named ReadMe , is designed for this role. the data are in a format which allows their usage by tools currently in usage in our discipline -- normally flat ascii files ; other formats can be accepted, but are converted into flat files. ... How to prepare the Data files . ... How to deposit the data...

obsreq *.edb *.sch pc39.o gpsd wxd telescoped domed camerad telsched telrun (tty) apogee.o xephem xobservatory camera telrun.sls Batch Real­time shm OCAAS Data Flow driver process GUI file fifo shared­mem I/O telsched.cfg camera.cfg domed.cfg focus.cfg filter.cfg wxd.cfg telescoped.cfg Introduction OCAAS 2.0 November 12, 1998 1­7 1.4 Basic Software Architecture OCAAS design takes full advantage of the UNIX architecture. ... The special file to access the driver is $TELHOME/dev/pc39. ...

A computer controlled low light photometer for nightglow observations. Hardware units of portable photometer for low light measurements, especially night glow emission is described. ... Interface card contain three channels of 24 bit counter, 4 channels of 12 bit ADC and the buffer bus for the controlled motors of the altazimuthal fork mounting and filters wheel, the position encoders. ... Where N( ) is output signal photometer generated input light flux F( l ) . ... PMT # . 599 . ...

... VaST is a software tool for finding variable objects on a series of astronomical images. ... VaST performs object detection and aperture photometry using SExtractor on each image, cross-matches lists of detected stars, performs magnitude calibration with respect to the first (reference) image and constructs a lightcurve for each object. ... VaST FITS image viewer ./pgfv . ... Part I" PZP, vol. ... K. V. Sokolovsky, S. A. Korotkiy; "New Variable Stars Discovered by the NMW Survey" PZP, vol. ...