... Image formation is typically described as a linear process. ... where, for 2-dimensional systems, the object coordinates are and the image coordinates are . Such a general description of a linear system is termed shift-variant, because the shape of , the impulse response (or point spread function, PSF), might change as the object position, , is shifted. ... Hence, the exit pupil geometry changes with field position, so the system response changes with field position (i.e., is shift-variant). ...

... The European HST Archive has been moved to ESA's European Space Astronomy Centre ( ESAC ), Spain, where most of ESA's Space Science Archives are located and operated from. ... The Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility (ST-ECF), jointly operated by ESA and the European Southern Observatory ( ESO ) was, until the end of 2010, the European HST science facility, supporting the European astronomy community in exploiting the research opportunities provided by the Hubble Space Telescope. ...

... For example, precision of the approximation was calculated for Solar system and 47 Uma star system Kepler orbital elements : Jupiter Saturn 9.537 0.0539 Uranus 19.189 0.0473 Neptune 30.070 0.0086 47 Uma b 2.10 0.032 0.10 3.76 5.83 0.89 47 Uma c 3.60 0 ... rad , rad , rad l, rad 0.0228 1.754 4.801 0.328 0.0434 1.983 5.865 5.591 0.0135 1.291 1.685 2.495 0.0309 2.300 4.636 4.673 Kepler elements for Solar ... Estimation accuracy of disturbing function (h1) expansion is presented. ...

... The described algorithm is suitable for measurements of complex images of stars. ... a) the zero-based number of stars in the complex (multicentric) image, . b) set of preliminary coordinates - x i , y i , for all stars, index i is number of a star, . ... i - index of a star in the complex image; . ... These parameters are calculated by a nonlinear method of a least squares.The main output parameters of this algorithm are x i , y i ; where the index i is number of a star in the multicentric image. ...

... Up: Data Analysis and Processing Techniques . ... Also, a method for quality control of CCD observations is suggested. ... Everyone who observes a celestial object using a CCD detects moving celestial objects as a ``by product''. ... We hope that our investigations may be useful for near-Earth space control and also for searches of the moving celestial objects through analysis of old and new CCD frames obtained at any amateur or professional astronomical observatory. ...

... Posts tagged ?parallel coordinates? ... Astronomers rely on scatter plots to illustrate correlations and trends among many pairs of variables more than any scientists [ 1 ] . ... Tags: ANCOVA , ANOVA , approximation , correlation , Gaussianity , graphics , MADS , modeling , nonparametric , parallel coordinates , PCA , quality , quantity , regression , scatter plots . ... Comment . ... MADS] Parallel Coordinates? ... vlk on [MADS] Parallel Coordinates . upvc windows on [MADS] Parallel Coordinates . ...

XMM-Newton Science Analysis System . ... Meta Index / Home Page The position of a source on the image ( XPOS and YPOS ) are referred to a coordinate origin in which the pixel at the far-left and bottom of the image has coordinates 1.0, 1.0. The coordinates are computed using the first-order moments of the intensity profile, and the algorithm is similar to that used in the sextractor program (please see the sextractor manual for a detailed discussion). XMM-Newton SOC/SSC -- 2008-10-22 ...

... Step 1: The magnetic field line tracing from the satellite position up to magnetic equatorial plane using IGRF magnetic field model. Step 2: Tracing back from the point (produced on the Step 1) to the Ionosphere (by using only dipole magnetic field) . ... The magnetic field line tracing from the satellite position up to the Ionosphere (the stop trace altitude 110 km) using Main (dipole) + Extraterrestrial magnetic field model (for example, Tsyganenko [1987], or [1989], or [1990] ) . ...

... Step 1: The Footprint position calculation by the magnetic field line tracing from the satellite position up to the Ionosphere by using IGRF + Tsyganenko [1987] magnetic field model (the stop trace altitude 110 km). Step 2: Tracing back from the Footprint (produced on the Step 1) to the dipole equatorial plane (by using only IGRF magnetic field model up to the geocentric distance 8 RE and dipole field model after this distance). ... Back to the description . ...

... Up: Description of program searchdup Previous: Program use . Input records are ordered per date of observation, and the list of known (observed) sources is cleared. Each record is compared in position to all the known sources. If the sky distance is less or equal to the specified one, the record is added to the list of observations for that source. If no known sources are within the specified radius, a new source is created, with the coordinates of the observation record. ...

. This is BTA "indome" main server computer tb.sao.ru . It is local address in SAO's Intranet. But it is visible from Internet through our Web-site proxy as: http://www.sao.ru/tb/ . BTA TSC online Web-pages located here: http://www.sao.ru/tb/tcs/ . BTA WebCameras: . "In-Dome" TV-camera . and it's last images . "Outdor" TV-camera . and it's last images . Also, one can find here some documents: .

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. ...

... AstroCC is a coordinate conversion utility for astronomy. It accepts an object designation or the coordinates of an object and calculates coordinates in alternative systems, and at different dates, times, and locations. It also provides lunar and bright planet coordinates to aid in planning observations. ... BJD values may also be retrieved from http://astroutils.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/time/utc2bjd.html which is based on Eastman et al. ... Coordinate data are obtained from SIMBAD. ...

... Coordinate system . It is necessary to specify the coordinate system for the drilling of plug-plates so that the drilling file (currently named plPlugMap), plate drilling, cartridge, rotator wrap and the rotator itself are compatible. ... The TCC rotator angle (object system) is defined to be 0 degrees for this orientation. ... Thus, the rotator angle gives the conventional astronomical position angle on the sky of the y axis (although Russell won't acknowledge this necessarily). ...

. Lunches: lunches will be organized for participants . Conference fee: a conference fee will be approximately 100 euros. It will include lunches and will cover visa support expenses on the russian side.

University Satellites and . Space Science Education . ... Accurate Satellite Trajectory Determination Using IGS Precise Ephemeris . ... International Global Navigation Satellite Systems Service (IGS) let users of satellite navigation systems free access to the information of rather precise coordinates of every satellite in Greenwich coordinate system with two week delay. ... As a result of applying this algorithm the trajectory of every satellite was defined as precise as IGS data. ...

... 8, `` Celestial Mechanics'', 2002 Two trends in the development of numerical algorithms of celestial mechanics T. V. Bordovitsyna, V. A. Avdushev, A. M. Chernitsov Research Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Tomsk, Russia The motion of a material particle with the mass m in the gravitational field of the central body with the mass M under the action of conservative forces F i with the potential function V i and non--conservative forces P in a ...

. RTT150 . Russian-Turkish 1.5-m Telescope . (C) Copyright . HEAD IKI . Telescope is installed at the TUBITAK National Observatory (TUG) under the administration of Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey. It is located approximately 50 km to the north from Antalya in the south of Turkey on the Bakyrlytepe mountain. Latitude: j = 36 o 49' 30'' North . Longitude: l = 30 o 20' East . Elevation: 2550 m . Time zone: +2 hours .

The aim of this section of the course is to familiarise you with celestial Coordinates. ... I found some good notes explaining the celestial coordinate system on the web: . ... 1st Dec: 04hr, 00min In addition to the equatorial coordinates described in the notes above, astronomers also use (at least) two other coordinate systes: galactic coordinates and ecliptic coordinates. ... Ecliptic coordinates use the ecliptic (the Earth's path around the sun) as the equator, and are used for solar system work. ...

Drift scan are are normally done in coordinates of date (current coordinates). ... The telescope then remains fixed as the sky drifts by. ... Since the az, za is remaining fixed, the drift is being done in current not J2000 coordinates. ... To see how large this change was, a drift scan in J2000 coordinates (15 asecs/sidereal sec epoch J2000) was computed and then the relative motion of the az, za coordinates were plotted. For each day computed: . ... 2005: .5 amin/hour . 2006: .6 amin/hour . ...