... This thread contains a step-by-step recipe to extract MOS spectra of a point-like source observed in Imaging mode and to create associated response matrices, starting from a calibrated, concatenated event list (either produced with emproc or available as PPS product; here it has the assumed file name MOS.fits ). ... The users should note that the SAS metatask xmmselect allows them to interactively define source and background regions (via ds9) and to run backscale on the fly. ...

... Doug's Home Page . ... In the examples below we show a number of ways that data can be moved back and forth between S-Lang and Perl . ... Source code typeof : "undef"; __END__ __SLang__ variable foo = Any_Type [3]; foo[0] = "a string"; foo[1] = 23; define getfoo(x) { return foo[x]; } message( "In S-Lang:" ); vmessage( "typeof(foo[0]) = %s", string(typeof(foo[0])) ); vmessage( "typeof(foo[1]) = %s", string(typeof(foo[1])) ); vmessage( "typeof(foo[2]) = %s", string(typeof(foo[2])) ); . ...

... If your workstation can run any of the standard data reduction systems, it can run Draco. ... The Draco source files and executable will require about 20Mb of disk space. Draco is written in Common Lisp, specifically Allegro Common Lisp 4.2 beta by Franz, Inc. The distribution includes an executable image, so you don't need a Lisp system at your site. We chose Lisp since it offered a powerful, high-level development environment that is available on many different machines. ...

The FITS "World Coordinate System" (WCS) standard defines keywords and usage that provide for the description of astronomical coordinate systems in a FITS image header. ... I: "Representations of world coordinates in FITS" , Greisen, E.W. & Calabretta, M.R. (2002), Astronomy & Astrophysics , 395 , 1061-1075. ... This diagram illustrating Bonne's projection with conformal latitude +35 was produced by WCSLIB , a C implementation of the coordinate transformations defined in the FITS WCS papers. ...

... This class is designed to be an up to date summary of the last 10-20 years of observations relevant to Cosmology. ... Theory today is bombarded by a vast array of observational data but there remains no clear and preferred model for the origin and evolution of structure in the Universe. ... The inflationary paradigm and the nature of the Dark Matter - Inflation solves a lot of problems that are inherent in the standard Big Bang Model. ... Kinds of Dark Matter and Observational Constraints . ...

Next: Search and Retrieval of the AXAF Data Archive on the Web using Java . ... ESA Villafranca . ... The International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) mission has produced a large collection of spectroscopic data containing about 104,000 spectra of ca. 9,600 different objects. ... This contribution describes the IUEFA project at Villafranca, and the plans to make the archive available to the scientific community under through the INES (IUE New Extracted Spectra) project. ... Data set . ... 2D spectra . ...

The FITS archive & data processing pipelines . ... The archived data are broad band images (BBI) and long-slit spectra (LSS) plus their associated template and calibration files. The data in HFA can enter into the HyperLeda processing pipeline and the results can be freely downloaded. ... Definition of the file system (structure of the archive) . ... The coordinate systems must be updated when the data (pixel data, other keywords, related tables) are altered (eg. rebinning of the image). ...

This service contributes to the International Service of Geomagnetic Indices (ISGI) of the IAGA . ... The Kp numbers of the previous month are available in tabular format . ... There are available also historical and current Kp and derived indices per anonoymos FTP (see below). ... U.S.A. FTP server: ftp://ftp.ngdc.noaa.gov/STP/GEOMAGNETIC_DATA/INDICES/KP_AP/ . monthly update) . ... contains the monthly Kp / ap tables in a simple text format readable for both humans and computers (*.tab). ...

... The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is used to synchronize the time of a computer client or server to another server or reference time source, such as a radio or satellite receiver or modem. ... Information on the NTP architecture, protocol and algorithms can be found in the Further Information and Bibliography page. The Building and Installing the Distribution page presents an overview of the procedures for compiling the distribution and installing it on a typical client or server. ...

... ClassљList . ... ClassљMembers . SphericalRegion Member List . ... contains (const SphericalRegion *r) const . ... contains (const SphericalRegionP r) const (defined in SphericalRegion ) . ... contains (const Vec3d &p) const (defined in SphericalRegion ) . ... contains (const SphericalPolygon &r) const (defined in SphericalRegion ) . ... contains (const SphericalConvexPolygon &r) const (defined in SphericalRegion ) . ... contains (const SphericalCap &r) const (defined in SphericalRegion ) . ...

Next: Extragalactic Gravitational Wave Background Previous: Transparency of the Stochastic . Let the sky be observed with a detector having a pencil beam diagram across. The number of stars per frequency decade that is swept by the detector is a function of celestial coordinates (say, galactic coordinates l , b ): . ... It is clear from the figure that for an all-sky detector the Galaxy becomes transparent above the frequency  Hz. ...

Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems VII ASP Conference Series, Vol. ... The IUE Archive at Villafranca M. Barylak and J. D. Ponz ESA Villafranca P.O. Box 50727, 28080 Madrid, Spain Abstract. ... The IUE Final Archive (IUEFA) project will generate a high quality and uniform spectral archive during the final phase of the mission (when specialized knowledge on the instrument and calibration procedures are still available), and maintain it so that it is accessible to the scientific community. ...

... Defining New Data Types . Unions . ... Static Variables . ... struct gun { char name[50]; int magazinesize; float calibre; }; struct gun arnies; . ... struct gun { char name[50]; int magazinesize; float calibre; } arnies; . ... typedef struct gun { char name[50]; int magazinesize; float calibre; } agun; agun arnies={"Uzi",30,7}; . ... stat() { int auto_var = 0; static int static_var = 0; printf( ``auto = %d, static = %d n'', auto_var, static_var); ++auto_var; ++static_var; } . ...

Change directory to where you want to install the OT system. ... You may want to set the variable OT_CACHE_PATH to something more specific than the default, like $HOME/eso/ot-cache . ... See below for the Installation Instruction. ... Make sure the OT environment variable is correctly set. ... If a full Allegro Common Lisp system is installed on your host, and the LISP environment variable is correctly set, retrieve the corresponding Short Term Scheduler V.1.4.1 binary distribution kit for: . ...

... The OpenContent license is available from http://www.opencontent.org/ . LICENSE . Terms and Conditions for Copying, Distributing, and Modifying . ... You may at your option charge a fee for the media and/or handling involved in creating a unique copy of the OC for use offline, you may at your option offer instructional support for the OC in exchange for a fee, or you may at your option offer warranty in exchange for a fee. You may not charge a fee for the OC itself. ... NO WARRANTY . ...

OptInt PmWiki : Pm Wiki / Wiki Group . ... PmWiki pages are organized into groups of related pages. ... By default, page links are between pages of the same group; to create a link to a page in another group, add the name of the other group and a dot or slash to the page name. ... To link to the default home page of a group, the name of the page can be omitted, like this: . ... For example, to make a default page in the group Foo, create a link to [[Foo/]] (or [[Foo.] ... Main : The default group. ...

... GE. ) lesser_eq ( = 256) { char errMsg[100]; gParse.status = PARSE_SYNTAX_ERR; strcpy (errMsg, Bit string exceeds maximum length: ' ); strncat(errMsg, ( yytext [0]), 20); strcat (errMsg, ...' ); ffpmsg (errMsg); len = 0; } else { while ( yytext [ len ] == ' ') len --; len = len - 1; strncpy(tmpstring, [1], len ); } tmpstring[ len ] = '\0'; bitstring [0] = '\0'; len = 0; while ( tmpstring[ ...

... spectrum . ... The photons we detect originate in the outermost layers, or atmosphere, of the star. In order to interpret stellar spectra, it is necessary to construct models which accurately represent the structure of a stellar atmosphere and the transfer of radiation from the stellar interior into interstellar space. For the study of helium stars and other stellar remnants, we in Armagh use several computer programs, of which sterne and spectrum are the most important. sterne . ...

... Documentation for the Python objects defined by the project is divided into separate pages for each package, module, and class. The API documentation also includes two pages containing information about the project as a whole: a trees page, and an index page. ... A description of the package. ... A summary of the classes defined by the package. ... The module contents frame contains a list of every submodule, class, type, exception, function, and variable defined by a module or package. ...

... For SIMS (Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry) analysis, a solid surface is bombarded by primary ions of some keV energy. ... The subsequent mass analysis of the emitted ions provides detailed information on the elemental and molecular composition of the surface. ... Extremely short ion pulses with a duration below . ... By rastering a fine-focussed ion beam over the surface, like an electron beam in an electron microprobe, mass resolved secondary ion images (chemical maps) can be obtained...