STScI . Guidelines for Preparing Viewgraphs and Computer based Presentations to be used in an STScI Webcast . ... Us . ... To reach the largest possible audience with the greatest understanding of your material, ITSD has prepared a few guidelines for preparing viewgraphs and computer based presentations. ... Avoid using colors that appear at the same level of brightness (e.g., red text on a blue background), viewgraphs appear quite different on a projected screen compared to the computer. ...

A very important stage in a story of formation of any new science is the shift from discussion of situation which are possible but do not occur in practice due to some reason to recognition of real phenomena of interest. ... We suggest to consider computer viruses as this new specific form of life which is coming in the contact with our form of life. ... Computer life has been created by human being, the role of independent evolution of computer viruses seems to be still negligible. ...

... Despite the wide spread use of the terms MTF, CTF, limiting resolution, minimum resolvable target, and contrast to describe CCD image system quality, the terms are often misused and their relations are little understood. ... The modulation transfer function (MTF) is a Fourier transform of the line spread function i.e. its equivalent as an integral sum of sine waves taken over the whole range of spatial frequencies. MTF by its Fourier nature can only be used to operate on sinusoidal frequencies. ...

... To introduce you to the Python programming language, and its Visual module (VPython), which allows 3D simulation. The computer labs are held in room BOZO 112, not in the usual physics lab. ... This lab will use the Python programming language. ... Click on the Windows button in the bottom left, select "Programs", then the "A-Z" list of programs. ... Later in the course you will need to write your own VPython programs for assessment - this lab is your chance to make sure you can do this. ...

... Archives . ... If you do not mind the time predictor, it is hard to believe that this is a light curve, time dependent data. ... It?s hard to say this data set is designed for time series analysis apart from the complication in statistical inference due to measurement errors. How to design the statistical study with measurement errors, huge gaps in time, and unequal time intervals is complex and unexplored. ... The following is R output without measurement errors. ... Chandra Blog . ...

... A GB (GB1 and GB2) code is a two byte code, where the first byte is in the range $21-$77 (hexadecimal), and the second byte is in the range $21-$7E. A graphical ASCII character is a byte in the range $21-$7E. A non-graphical ASCII character is a byte in the range $0-$20 or of the value $7F. Since the range of a graphical ASCII character overlaps that of a GB byte, a byte in the range $21-$7E is interpreted according to the mode it is in. ... This code switches the mode from GB back to ASCII. ...

The original files with the data were in different formats. ... Such files were named "standard data files" and linked to the database. They can be easily transformed to any desirable format by a code. Here we present two simple computer programs of this kind. ... When running the code, you can specify columns in the output file: wavelength, energy (eV) or wavenumber (cm -1 ) as the first column, and complex refractive index or dielectric function as the second and third columns. ...

... subroutine omlcbuild read parameters loop i=0, nSources get handle on source rates file get handle on source region file if (exposure IDs are different) issue warning get handle on background rates file get handle on background region file if (exposure IDs are different) issue warning if (exposure ID source != exposure ID background ) call fatal get source extraction radius = s_radius get ...

... A technique allowing automatic representation by a relatively small number of independent parameters based on the principal component analysis of data sequences is presented. ... In recent years the spectrum of observed astronomical data can be characterized as greatly varied. ... In this instance, the problem of initial description and classification of newly-observed data becomes most urgent, especially if there is a lack of preliminary observational material and theoretical expectations. ...

The NTP standard specifies an extension which provides cryptographic authentication of received NTP packets. ... The specification allows any one of possibly 4 billion keys, numbered with 32-bit key identifiers, to be used to authenticate an association. ... In the case of MD5, the keys are 64 bits (8 bytes). xntpd reads its keys from a file specified using the -k command line option or the keys statement in the configuration file. ... A zero key in NTP format would be specified as 8080808080808080 . ...

Next: The Scenario Machine: Operational Up: Evolution of Magnetic Rotators Previous: Ejector-propeller hysteresis . ... The length of this segment is determined by the eccentricity. ... In this case no hysteresis occurs and transitions E -- P and the reverse take place in symmetrical points of the orbit. ... Here EP means a mixed state of the rotator at which it is in the ejector state during one part of the orbit, and in the propeller state during the rest of the orbital cycle. ...

RCL Interface Library Routines ------------------------------ These routines are for use by software which controls devices using the RCL interface (RCL = Radioastronomy Control Link, also called Recorder Control Link). ... Different types of RCL devices are supported which can have different command sets, except for a small number of "generic" commands which must be implemented by all devices. ... Source files ------------ rcl_cmd.c -Generic RCL command interface routines. ...

... As an experiment, I made some three-color images of Messier 42, more commonly known as the Great Nebula of Orion. ... green enhanced . ... halfsize or fullsize . ... Each image is a ``true color'' composite of three monochromatic images, in which the red, green, and blue intensities each correspond to the intensity of one of the original images. ... The HST image is assembled from different filters than mine: red is Nitrogen [II] at 6583 , green is H-alpha at 6563 , and blue is O [III] at 5007 . ...

... useful to make html . HTML-standarts . Characters for html . ... Research computing center at MSU . ... Fortran . ACME-brand Unix software . Screen Savers (Lunar craters, Sky and others for Windows and for Unix) . Golden Software: Surfer, Grapher, MapViewer and Didger . ... Scientific Research Computational Center in MSU . Fortran Library Mark 18 . NAG library . ... ISM-computers . ... White Wind - computers . R-style computers . ...

... Two computers in the same network are usually linked via a single physical cable. When they communicate over the network, the programs in each computer that take part in the communication are linked via a virtual connection , a sort of imaginary cable. ... When it notices an incoming network login (i.e., it notices that it gets a new virtual connection to some other computer), it starts a new process to handle that single login. ...

... Bojan Nikolic web pages (r. 329) . ... Atmospheric Modelling for ALMA . This is a short and simple illustration of how to use (A)ATM to calculate the dispersive path delay introduced by the atmosphere as well as the non-dispersive parts. ... Compute dispersive delay in the atmosphere This program is part of AATM version 0.06 GPL license -- you have the right to the source code. ... Computing dispersive atmospheric delay with AATM . ... Computing atmospheric absorption with AATM . ...

... Meade Instruments Corporation . ... Autostar Computer Controller Instruction Manual . Autostar Computer Controller . ... NOTE: This manual covers both Model #495 Autostar and #497 ETX Autostar Computer Controllers. ... Autostar Primary Menus and Options . ... Chapter 3: Alignment . ... Guided Tour Menu . ... Chapter 5: Autostar Menu Functions . ... Meade Autostar Computer Controller . ... Meade #505 Connector Cable Set Manual . ... Copyright 2006 Meade Instruments Corporation, All Rights Reserved. ...

... The package AMPLE (Adaptable Minor Planet Ephemerides) is dedicated to solving a number of problems concerning minor planets with the aid of IBM-type personal computer. ... Obtaining selection of orbital elements and/ or photometric parameters of minor planets in conformity with imposed restrictions. ... The orbital elements of all minor planets used in AMPLE for 2015 have been determined in IAA on the ground of available observations in the catalogue of observations of the Minor Planet Center. ...

... Chapter 14. ... Data consist of numbers, of course. ... In the following sections, you will repeatedly encounter the following paradigm: § apply some formula to the data to compute a statistic § compute where the value of that statistic falls in a probability distribution that is computed on the basis of some null hypothesis § if it falls in a very unlikely spot, way out on a tail of the distribution , conclude that the null hypothesis is false for your ... 603 604 Chapter 14. ...

... Report on Cosmic Call 1999 . ... Cosmic Call Sessions . ... This Report outlines methodology, hard- and software, which were developed to transmit first public Interstellar messages from Evpatoria Deep Space Center (EDSC), and describes four Cosmic Call Sessions, which were fulfilled in EDSC on May 24 and June 30 - July 1, 1999. ... Each Cosmic Call consists of two parts. ... Dutil Message, . ... The software for gathering all messages and creating the Cosmic Call stream, was written on C language. ...