Computer Ephemeris. Precession/nutation matrix. Explanations. Each row contains for the date specified at 0 h of Time Dynamical Terrestrial nine elements of equatorial precession/nutation matrix minus unity matrix multiplied on 10 8 . This matrix is to be used for coordinate transformation of equatorial coordinates between mean equatror and equinox J2000.0 and real equator and equinox of date. ... This is the matrix for transformation from J2000.0 to date. ...

Open Systems Handbook: A Guide to Building Open Systems . ... This book is designed to provide interested individuals and organizations with an overview of open systems and the work being done to achieve them. ... This section is organized using a descriptive model of an open systems environment developed by the IEEE PI 003.0 Working Group, which is developing the Guide to POSIX-based Open System Architecture. ... Standards for open systems 13 . Chapter 3: The open systems environment (OSE) 15 . ...

... Telescopes . ... But regardless of where you observe from or whether or not you have a telescope, exploring the many aspects of astronomy can be an exciting hobby. It can be an activity shared with thousands of other amateurs all over the world. ... Or it might be pursued more actively by joining a local astronomy club like the Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston and learning by direct association with other amateurs. ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

This document explains how to install, configure and run Apache 1.3 under Novell NetWare 5.x and above. ... Apache 1.3 is designed to run on NetWare 5.x and above and is installed by default on all NetWare 6 servers. ... You will need to compile apache and copy the files over to the server manually. ... Follow these steps to install Apache on NetWare from the binary download (assuming you will install to sys:/apache): . ... Copy the MIME.TYPES and magic files to SYS:/APACHE/CONF directory . ...

Molniya Triplane Aircraft . ... This two engine aircraft is intended for transportation up to 30 tons of cargo in containers or on pallets or self-propelled machinery. In an overload variant its carrying capacity can reach 50 tons. There is a cargo-passengers modification of the MOLNIYA-400 designed for simultaneous transportation of 250 passengers with hand luggage on different decks and cargo in containers. ... Overload take-off mass, t . ... Payload with overload take-off mass, t . ...

... TESIS . ... position: Head of the XRAS Laboratory, TESIS Main Designer and Instrument Manager . ... address: LPI, main building, room 177 . ... tel. (499) 132-65-96 . ... address: LPI, main building, room 173 . ... tel. (499) 135-80-81 . ... address: LPI, main building, room 275 . ... address: LPI, main building, room 173a . ... address: LPI, main building, room 174 . ... address: LPI, main building, room 179 . ... address: LPI, main building, room 180a . ... address: LPI, main building, room 178 . ...

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SAI VO . ... SAI CAS . ... Access . ... We present the results of the development of Sternberg Astronomical Institute Catalog Access Services (SAI CAS) project - the first and the only project in Russia, which provides online access to the major astronomical catalogues and different services on top of them. ... SAI CAS is an open-source implementation of the general Catalogue access service (influenced by SDSS CAS CASjobs project), based on original algorithms and open-source software. ... SAI MSU | ...

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ACCURACY ASSESSMENT OF THE ERP PREDICTION METHOD BASED ON ANALYSIS OF 100-YEAR ERP SERIES Z.M. MALKIN1 , V.M. TISSEN2 1 Pulkovo Observatory, St. Petersburg, Russia e-mail: malkin@gao.spb.ru 2 Siberian Scientific Research Institute of Metrology (SNIIM), Novosibirsk, Russia e-mail: tissen@mail.ksn.ru ABSTRACT. ... CONCLUSIONS The method of ERP prediction developed at SNIIM has been tested by comparison with the USNO results using 671 UT1 predictions for 2006­2011 and 423 PM predictions for 2009­2011. ...

... Orbits in Space . ... The ion rocket is another means of providing thrust, more gradually but also more efficiently than a conventional rocket. ... As in the nuclear rocket, the energy which propels the xenon jet comes from a different source; here it is electrical energy from solar cells. ... The XIPS ("zips") ion engine developed by the Hughes corporation was tested in the laboratory and then aboard a Russian spacecraft, launched 6 October 1997; it is the one shown on top of this page. ...

... S.P. KOROLEV ROCKET AND SPACE CORPORATION ENERGIA . ... OAO RSC "Energia" . ... Company's History . ... Brief History of Rocket and Space Technology . ... Missions Archive . ... News . ... S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia goes on with its activities aimed to perform an important social task it undertook of providing the employees with a modern comfortable housing. ... Contribution of RSC Energia to the Russian Rocket-Space Technology . ... 2015 JSC "S.P. Korolev RSC "Energia" . ...

Astronomes Amateurs du Luxembourg a.s.b.l. " We bring the Universe to you ! Founded in 1971 by a group of enthusiasts and star aficionados, our association is now counting more than 130 members.As a national association we attract hobby astronomers from the whole country to our regular night-sky observations and to the meetings in our club at Dudelange. ... by topic : PDF File Download (360KB) . ... Article about AAL in "Le Quotidien" newspaper of Juli 21 2005 - PDF File Download (132KB) . ...

... The ST-ECF consisted, until its closure in December 2010, of a small group of astronomers, software scientists and media specialists who support Hubble science in Europe and collaborate internationally on HST science, instrument, archive and outreach activities. provided detailed technical information about the HST and its science instruments, . supported European astronomers in the preparation of HST observing proposals . ... acted as a European centre for associated meetings and workshops, . ...

... Exposure Time Calculator (ETC) . Survey processing . ... VISTA is a 4-m class wide field survey telescope for the southern hemisphere, equipped with a near infrared camera (1.65 degree diameter field of view at VISTA's nominal pixel size) containing 67 million pixels of mean size 0.34 arcsec and available broad band filters at Z,Y,J,H,K s and a narrow band filter at 1.18 micron. A wide field visible camera, if constructed, could also be used on VISTA. ... Tile . ... ESO VISTA Public Surveys . ...

... 1997: . As a result of comprehensive RATAN-600 studies of the prominence on the W limb of the Sun, its instant detailed radiation spectrum in the range from 1.7 to 32 cm (at 39 different wavelengths) was obtained for the first time. ... Own radio emission from the lunar crater Copernicus was registered for the first time at 1.38 and 2.7 cm wavelengths in the RATAN-600 observations of the Moon. This indicates a temperature increase in this crater up to 100K at the depth of 5m. Archive . ...

... On April Fool?s Day 1969, just months shy of the landing of Apollo 11, Maxime A. Faget?s secretary telephoned a handful of Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) engineers, telling them to report to the third floor of Building 36. ... That model represented Faget?s vision for NASA?s next major program, which became the Space Shuttle. ... Details about the Orbiters and the Shuttle?s major elements were captured by the JSC History Office for the STS Recordation Oral History Project in 2010 and 2011. ...

Our School Observatory: . N56.2/E94.6 deg. and ~200m above sea level) . Our small observatory is located near Zelenogorsk (Siberia), in 170 kms to east from Krasnoyarsk - our regional main city. It includes a tower with a rotary dome (D=3.5m) on a roof of one of buildings. ... Our basic instrument is homemade D=150mm & F=695mm Newtonian reflector. Despite of its small size, we have learned to receive rather detailed views of heavens. ... HOME (Eng) | HOME (Rus) ...

Winer Observatory P.O. Box 797, Sonoita, Arizona 85637-0797, USA . ... The building is about 106 ft. long by 26 ft. wide and is divided into two parts: a shop area to the north, 54 ft. long by 26 ft. wide with parapet walls containing the control room, and the observatory area 52 ft. long by 26 ft. wide. ... Shop Wall Counterforts . ... The shop roof is suspended between parapet walls, that is, the walls are higher than the roof, to permit the observatory roof to roll unimpeded over the shop roof. ...

USING THE CORRELATION BETWEEN ISGRI SURVEY RESULTS AND OTHER CATALOGUES TO AID SOURCE IDENTIFICATION John B. Stephen, A. Malizia and L. Bassani IASF-INAF, Via P. Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, ITALY, E-mail: stephen@iasfbo.inaf.it ABSTRACT In order to help in the identification of INTEGRAL/ISGRI sources, we have developed a software package which allows a rapid and detailed cross-correlation to be performed between various source catalogues. ... We show below some preliminary results from this analysis. ...