Weaving together Astronomy+Statistics+Computer Science+Engineering+Intrumentation, far beyond the growing borders . ... Archives . ... There is a special issue on Atmospheric Science from the Annals of Applied Statistics , offering me intriguing discussions for finding a common ground between atmospheric science and astronomy. ... Here, provided are some interesting ones from my judegment with their [arXiv] links. ... As I write, the astrostat articles are all there. 03-24-2009, 3:25 pm . ...

SYM53C4xx SCSI Interface Adapter Cards These questions and answers are for any SCSI interface card that uses any Symbios Logic (or old NCR)53C400, 53C400A, 53C406, and 53C406A chips and connects to an ISA bus in the host. ... Are there drivers available for my card to operate under any operating system besides DOS? ... Yes, provided the manufacturer of the device provides a device driver for the scanner to operate from an pci/host adapter card that has a Symbios Logic scsi processor chip on it. ...

... Science Users Information > Observing Facilities > La Silla Facilities > La Silla Science Operations . ... La Silla News . ... Internal Pages . La Silla Science Operations Department (LSO) is part of the La Silla Paranal Observatory and is in charge of the operations of the telescopes on La Silla. ... In the La Silla Science Operation pages, you should find all the information you need for your observations from the time you have an idea of observations until when you finish processing your data. ...

... If you were to observe for proposal number a9999, upon arrival at the Observatory you will be provided with: . ... a project area attached to the observing computer (this is typically called, i.e. /share/obs4/usr/a9999) . ... A Source List (preferably placed in your project area on the observing computer - see below) . Your Spectral Line Set-up Files(s) (.sls & .par) (when generated by the gui, these will automatically be placed in your project area on the observing computer) . ...

... New Mexico State University is seeking a technical and computer-oriented person as a Support Astronomer for nighttime astronomical observing at Apache Point Observatory (APO) with the Astrophysical Research Consortium (ARC) 3.5m Telescope. б? . ... Paper/email documents will not be accepted. ... TELESCOPE OPERATIONS SPECIALIST . ... Responsibilities include nightly operation of the 3.5m telescope and instruments, Quality monitoring the data streams and system performance and observing efficiency. ...

It has been a busy time farewelling old and welcoming new staff members. ... Debbie has joined us as a cleaner and Lodge assistant, while Eric will work on the antenna drives and other power control systems. ... Millimetre observing during January (summer!) term was restricted to four 12-mm proposals (one of which experienced rain) and various tests. ... During the May term, millimetre observations at Mopra will be jointly run by the ATNF and UNSW, with each allocated six weeks of observing time. ...

... Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer Instrument Handbook for Cycle 17 > Chapter 2: Overview of NICMOS > 2.4 Basic Operations . ... 2.4.3 Target Acquisition Modes . ... In this section, we give a brief description of the basic operations of each NICMOS detector (see Chapter 7 for more details), and compare the infrared arrays to CCDs. ... Only ACCUM, MULTIACCUM, and ACQ are supported in Cycle 11 and beyond and ACCUM mode observations are strongly discouraged . ...

... The Large Telescopes Program Committee of Russian AS . ... Executive Secretary, e-mail: request@sao.ru . Telescope RATAN-600 Time Request deadline: I half-year (Jan. ... Program title .. ... Principal investigator .. ... Request status .. ... Retarded applications and ones not conforming to form will not be accepted by the Committee. ... In some exceptional cases the Program Committee Secretary can accept a request after deadline with permission of the Chairman of Committee or director of SAO RAS. ...

This note outlines how to configure the computers needed to run DIMMWIT. ... dimmwit : ICE (single-board computer in a box) that runs the Starlight Express CCD camera, to which it is connected by a USB interface. dimmwithost : displays the finder application via the X protocol (finder actually runs on dimmwit). Acts as a file server; both the finder software and the DIMM data are stored on dimmwithost. ... mkdir -p /data/oberon/data/finder . chown coast:coast /data/oberon/data/finder . ...

Stellarium 0.12.3 . ... Classes . ... Class List . ... Refraction Class Reference . ... virtual void  . forward ( Vec3d &altAzPos) const . ... backward ( Vec3d &altAzPos) const . Remove refraction from position ("reduce"). ... forward ( Vec3f &altAzPos) const . ... setupGLSLTransform ( StelGLSLShader *shader) . ... virtual void Refraction::backward . ... virtual void Refraction::disableGLSLTransform . ... virtual void Refraction::forward . ... virtual void Refraction::setGLSLUniforms . ...

... The Science Operation Department is composed of Astronomers, Telescope Instruments Operators(TIOs) and Data Handling Administrators(DHAs). ... Astronomers have proposed several methods to quantitatively measure the amount of turbulence above the telescope, which the most common ones is Differential Image Motion Monitor (DIMM). In optical testing, the Hartmann test is the common method to test the quality of optical components. ... Hartmann mask consists of 48 lenses. ...

... Meade Instruments Corporation . ... Autostar Computer Controllers . 497 Autostar . ... One of the most important advances in telescope control in the past 25 years, the Meade #497 Autostar Computer Controller turns the ETX into an automatic celestial object locating system. ... The #497 Autostar Computer Controller plugs into the control panel of ETX-90EC, ETX-105EC, and ETX-125EC telescopes and enables automatic location of more than 30,000 celestial objects. ... about meade | ... Meade 4M | ...

... Remote observing has long been a part of the Keck Observatory operating plan. ... Remote observing from the Keck HQ now encompasses over 95% of observing runs at the Keck Observatory. Recently, additional efforts have been made to enable remote observing on the Keck Telescopes from the U.S. mainland. ... In this paper, we present a brief summary of the Keck remote observing efforts from the U.S. mainland, with an emphasis on the system at Caltech, which is the most recent to come on-line. ...

Russian page Zeiss-1000 TCS computer ( SAO RAS ) . TCS Web-interfaces . 20sm guide and TCS state Web-interface . ... Zeiss-1000 TV-cameras page . ... Common description of Zeiss-1000 new TCS software. PDF-version] . ... Web-interface for Zeiss-1000 administrator. ... Development history: annual reports of TCS software author: . ... FITS/WCS Fixer Web-interfaces page . ... TCS BTA Meteo-graphs . ... TCS Software Author . TCS Hardware Author . Computer System adminisrator . ...

Next: Mission Element Points-of-Contact . Previous: Mission Operations Data Transfer . ... Each mission element should ensure that their contact information remains current and notify the RSOG of any changes. ... Non-RSOG mission elements will also use the "dit" list to notify the RSOG (and all other mission elements) of unexpected events that may impact operations elsewhere, e.g., if a tracking station discovers that the spacecraft is in an unexpected configuration. ...

Winer Observatory P.O. Box 797, Sonoita, Arizona 85637-0797, USA . ... 2/3-m Telescope . ... Site . ... Commanding . ... In a typical robotic observing scenario, each afternoon, a telescope control computer obtains a set of objects to observe from its home institution from a command or script file. ... The file is then transferred to the telescope control computer at the Winer Observatory in Sonoita. ... The Iowa control computer then begins processing the telrun.sls file. ... 2013 Winer Observatory. ...

... 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. ...

Originally a manually operated photographic telescope, the Uppsala Southern Schmidt (USS, 0.5 metre corrector plate aperture) has been refurbished and modernised. ... This image of omega Centauri shows the central portion of the field. ... Built in 1956 at the Uppsala Observatory workshop in Sweden, the telescope was first located at Mount Stromlo Observatory near Canberra in 1957. ... The Uppsala Southern Station was relocated to Siding Spring Observatory in 1982. ... Siding Spring Survey Main Page . ...

... A Star Where Photons Orbit . ... A Wolf-Rayet Star Blows Bubbles . ... Wolf-Rayet stars can blow bubbles. ... All extremely massive stars will eventually evolve though a Wolf-Rayet phase. ... Wolf-Rayet stars generate bubbles because they continually eject their outer atmosphere as a stellar wind. ... Aurora Over Circle, Alaska . ... Although Aurora might first appear to be moonlit clouds, they only add light to the sky, and hence can not block background stars from view. ... X-Ray Earth . ...

... Dr. Ravil Nazirov is the head of the workshop, and Andrew Ananjev is the secretary of the workshop. ... The workshop is used to be held in the last decade of the month, preferably on Tuesdays. ... The next session will take place October 29, 1996 . ... There is "CONPAS" mailing list which you can join to discuss issues of problem solving and to be automatically notified of important dates and decisions with respect to the coming sessions. ... Secretary of the Workshop: Andrew Ananjev . ...