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. My astronomical research interests center on galaxy structure and evolution. Current topics include: . Polar-ring and interacting galaxies (see also new catalogue ) . Galaxy warps: statistics, properties and origin . Spiral galaxies at z~1: radial and vertical structure of stellar disks, statistics of interactions . Surface photometry and kinematics, dynamical modeling . Observational cosmology . Joomla Counter since Sep 1997

ASC-FITS-2.0.1: ASC FITS File Designers' Guide (Rots and McDowell) (1999 Jun) . ASC-FITS-REGION-1.0: FITS region document (McDowell and Rots) (1998 Mar) . ... CXC-DM-001 Introduction: Data Analysis with the Chandra Data Model (2001 Oct) . ... 1998 Feb 26: SDS-1.0: Data Product List: obsolete . ... 1998 Mar 09: SDS-10.0: (ASC-FITS-REGION-1.0) FITS region document: see ASC-FITS-REGION-1.0 . 1998 Feb 09: SDS-11.0: FITS function document (superseded by ASC-FITS-FUNCTION-1.2) . ...

... General information . ... Eurasian Astronomical Society . Main Optional Sections (Workshops) . ... Main Deadlines . ... The conference "Astronomy - 2005: Current State and Prospects" is to be held in Moscow, Russia, on June 1-6, 2005, in the frame of the Scientific Program of the 8th General Meeting of the Eurasian Astronomical Society. The main goal of the Symposium is to analyze the current state and possible prospect of astronomical science and work out a strategy of its development. ...

Dave Green's homepage . my other homepage) . Addresses: my contact details (both Departmental and College). Teaching: for the current academic year; . but, there is evidence that I've not been setting some of my students in College enough work! My current favourite is number 5. ... Research: details of my research, including: . ... details of my research antecedents . LaTeX: . I maintain a LaTeX class file -- NSTexam.cls -- for preparation of NST examination papers; . ...

... Workshop | ... I work in a field of relativistic astrophysics, and my current scientific interests are black holes and cosmology. Black holes are objects predicted by General Relativity. ... Why Do We See So Few Black Holes in Massive Binaries?" (with V.M. Lipunov). The limits got on massive binary system parameters for accreting black hole to be observable. ... Winter School on Black Holes Astrophysics 2002 . ... International School of Cosmic Ray Astrophysics 2002 . ...

... PmWiki . ... WikiStyles allow authors to modify the color and other styling attributes of a page's contents. ... The most basic use of wikistyles is to change text attributes such as color, background color, and font. ... Wikistyles can also specify a scope ; with no scope, the style is applied to any text that follows up to the next wikistyle specification or the end of the paragraph, whichever comes first. ... The >>style<< block can be used to apply a wikistyle to a large block of items. ...

... A dynamo (or electric generator) is a device converting . ... Faraday discovered that by moving a magnet next to a closed electric circuit, or changing the magnetic field passing through it, an electric current could be "induced" to flow in it. ... Faraday's disk dynamo Faraday showed that another way of inducing the current was to move the electric conductor while the magnetic source stood still. ... Faraday's disk dynamo needs a magnetic field in order to produce an electric current. ...

... Definition lists : the DL , DT , and DD elements . ... Definitions. ... An ordered list, created using the OL element, should contain information where order should be emphasized, as in a recipe: . ... Definition lists, created using the DL element, generally consist of a series of term/definition pairs (although definition lists may have other applications). ... For example, using CSS, one may specify that the style of numbers for list elements in a numbered list should be lowercase roman numerals....

... v1.2.3: muc09/10 added; monthly mode for phoenix (mcalib mode) . ... condor concepts | ... This tool visualizes the status of the current condor processing cascade on a MUC blade. ... in DATE mode (-d), it visualizes the latest cascade of that date (or, if -c is used, that specified cascade), in a detailed overview ("high-resolution") . ... The cadence of the tool for the watch mode is configurable and should be roughly adapted to the typical execution time of ABs (usually 30-60 sec is a good value)...

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. To display the pathname to your current directory use the command: pwd . This command has no options. Example . Did You Know? .

... spectrum . ... sfit . ... define >macro_name< : define a macro . ... meth_range <w1> <w2>: Set wavelength range for fit . data_spectrum <name> : data in "spectrum" format . ... data_sigma <sigma> : define mean standard error in data . ... data_line_set | ... NB: synth uses multiple calls to spectrum , so various Spectrum commands may also be required. synth : find optimum fit by adjusting abundances, v turb , v sin i , and v rad . ... save <fit> : Save the spectrum and best fit from synth . ...

... HistogramWindow (java.lang.String title, ImagePlus imp, int bins) . ... void . ... Draws the histogram using the specified title, number of bins and histogram range. protected void . ... Displays a histogram using the title "Histogram of ImageName". public HistogramWindow (java.lang.String title, ImagePlus imp, int bins) . ... Displays a histogram using the specified title, number of bins, histogram range and yMax. public HistogramWindow (java.lang.String title, ImagePlus imp, ImageStatistics stats)...

... Up: FITS-Flexible Image Transport System . ... The FITS List Calculator and Bulk Data Processor (FLC) is an IDL program with a graphical user interface developed for processing large groups of Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) test data efficiently. ... Figure 1 shows the data structures used to hold lists and images. ... The IDL structures for images are similar to the structures for lists except that the image headers and image data arrays are kept in the structure. ...

... After the edit, recompile the kernel and recompile the Apache server then reboot. ... If you're running a really busy BSD Apache server, the following are useful things to do if the system is acting sluggish: . ... Maximum # of processes . ... This machine is a server that handles lots of traffic, # so we crank that value. options NMBCLUSTERS=4096 # mbuf clusters at 4096 # # Misc. options # options CHILD_MAX=512 # maximum number of child processes options OPEN_MAX=512 # maximum fds (breaks RPC svcs)...

... Apache HTTP Server Version 2.4 . Apache > HTTP Server > Documentation > Version 2.4 > Programs . ... rotatelogs is a simple program for use in conjunction with Apache's piped logfile feature. It supports rotation based on a time interval or maximum size of the log. ... If given, rotatelogs will execute the specified program every time a new log file is opened. ... The time between log file rotations in seconds. ... At the end of each rotation time (here after 24 hours) a new log is started. ...

... Large Sunspot Group AR 9393 . ... Credit: MDI , SOHO , ESA , NASA Explanation: The largest sunspot group of the past ten years crossed the surface of the Sun late last month and early this month. The group was designated Active Region 9393 as it was the 9393rd region identified since counting officially began in 1973. ... Just after the end of the movie, on April 2, AR 9393 unleashed the largest solar flare of the last 25 years . ... Publications with keywords: solar maximum - sunspot . ...

For all keywords that contain a red and a blue value, the blue value comes first. ... The full pathname, but without the trailing "b.fit" and "r.fit", that would be given to the next exposure if the basename argument is not given to the expose command. ccdHeaters=float,float . ... bluelambda2=float [M] . The center wavelength for the given grating: the 1 or 2 indicates the grating bay. The bluelambda and redlambda keywords match one set of these, depending on the position of the turret. ...

Next: The exercise level Up: Using Ceilidh as a Student Previous: Using Ceilidh as a Student . ... This menu is identical whether it is obtained from the system level of Ceilidh using the sc command, or by entering Ceilidh with a -c argument. ... Course Summary button) If the teacher remembers to keep the information up-to-date, this command gives you a summary of the timetable for your course, with . ... ceilidh -c pr1 . ... If you entered the course level from the system level using first ceilidh . ...