... ATNF Home . ... About ATNF overview . ... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Parkes radio telescope . ... Parkes | ... Atmospheric Modelling of the Companion Star in . GRO J1655-40 . ... We have measured the rotational velocity of the companion star to be = 80 10 kms -1 (1 ) by fitting Kurucz model spectra to our observed spectrum of the black-hole candidate GRO J1655-40. ... binaries: spectroscopic, stars: individual (GRO J1655-40), stars: rotation . ... Companion Star in GRO J1655-40 . ...

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(ASC-FITS-REGION-1.0) FITS region document: see ASC-FITS-REGION-1.0 . 1998 Feb 09: SDS-11.0: FITS function document (superseded by ASC-FITS-FUNCTION-1.2) . ...

... Focus Model . ... For a given time, this model estimates the amount of defocus at a particular camera. ... If you obtained focus model values from this site prior to May 23rd, for HST observations made after March 29th 2011, then obtaining those values again now will improve agreement with measurements. ... the average focus value over the time period requested (measured and/or modeled values as applicable). a link to a space-delimited text file containing Date, Julian date, Time, and Model value . ...

Internal Workshop on Forecasting Observing Conditions", May 1997, ESO Garching. ... Feasibility study of a meteorological prediction model for ESO observatories in Chile , CRS4, Cagliari (I), 1995. Feasibility Study of seeing prevision in the Paranal area using Meso-NH meteorological model , Nice University, Nice (F), 1997 . ... Analysis of meteorological conditions in Macon (Argentina) using the MM5 model ( Final Report, pdf) , University of Valparaiso, Faculty of Science, Valparaiso (CH), 2007 . ...

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... As part of the AXAF Science Center (ASC) Data Analysis Environment, we will provide to the astronomical community a Fitting Application. ... The high spatial and spectral resolutions that will be obtained with AXAF instruments require a sophisticated data modeling capability. ... Fitting models to data is a vital part of the analysis of astronomical data. As part of the ASC Data Analysis Environment, we have designed a Fitting Application. ... Empirical Models. ... AXAF Instrument Response Models. ...

. Although this design reduces the vignetting seen at the NA2 guider. We do not have a good feeling yet what the effect might be on scattered light at the focal plane.

... of the XXVI RadioAstron Meeting . Moscow, 18-20 July 2001 . ... A demonstration of the engineering model of the 10-m space radio telescope (SRT) antenna unfolding, and the engineering models of spacecraft were given by Lavochkin Association (LA). ... The SRT test facilities were inspected at the site of Pushchino Radio Astronomical Observatory. ... the engineering model of SRT antenna with many elements of flight model is manufactured and ready for space qualification tests; . ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Institute Explanation: The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) has been detecting so few neutrinos from the Sun that the Standard Model of fundamental particles in the universe may have to be revised. Pictured above is the SNO as it was being built. ... The most popular model for fundamental particles , known as the Standard Model , did not predict such schizophrenic neutrinos . ... The Sudbury Neutrino Detector . ...

... 2001 July 10 . Sudbury Indicates Nonstandard Particle Model . ... The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Institute . Explanation: The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) has been detecting so few neutrinos from the Sun that the Standard Model of fundamental particles in the universe may have to be revised. Pictured above is the SNO as it was being built. ... The most popular model for fundamental particles , known as the Standard Model , did not predict such schizophrenic neutrinos . ...

... Radiative Transfer & Galaxy modelling . 09:30- 10:00 Nick Kylafis - Radiative transfer in spiral galaxies . ... 10:30- 11:00 Coffee break . ... 12:00- 12:30 Angelos Misiriotis - Dust in near-by edge-on spiral galaxies from the 2MASS Large Galaxy Atlas. ... for the Study of Gas and Dust in Galaxies . ... 15:00- 15:30 Leslie Hunt - Bulges and disks in spiral galaxies: clues for secular evolution? ... 09:00- 09:30 Edvige Corbelli - Dust and gas as tracers of star formation in M33 . ...

... While Sfit accepts input from "stdio", it is more natural to save/edit commands in a file (eg "solve_input.sfit") and run the code simply by entering > Sfit solve_input.sfit [linelist] . ... The model grid (3.4MB) produced by Example 1 and a selection of input spectra ( f008 f036 f068 f304 f354 ), together with SFIT output files are also given in this folder . ... The model grid (2.8MB) produced by Example 3 and an input spectrum together with SFIT output files are also given in this folder . ...

... Comparing the periods from the model and P2030 data (.ps) ( .pdf ) . aeroPer.dat...file containing aerostat periods. ... The model was then used to determine the periods that it could generate in pulsar observations. ... rf pulse length: 320 Useconds (this is actually 2 160 usecond pulses that are sequential in time). 7 ipps of 3771., 3504., 3076, 2809., 2903.5, 3289., and 3676. useconds. blanking of the radar signal for 42 degrees of azimuth centered on the observatory direction. ...

... This story was presented at a press conference at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, at 10am on 7th January 2004, US Eastern Time (2am 8th January AEST). ... The animation uses data from the Anglo-Australian Telescope (at Siding Spring Observatory) and the Blanco Telescope (at Cerro Tololo Observatory), and should be credited to NASA. NASA Website: The galaxy filament was first identified using the Blanco Telescope at Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory: . ...

... Bojan Nikolic web pages home . Next: Talk at the ALMA EU FP6 Enhancement.. Previous: Talk on the Oxygen sounder thermal profiler.. Recently I gave three talks at the observatory of Cagliari: . ... http://www.mrao.cam.ac.uk/~bn204/publications/2010/2010-09-Sardinia.pdf . ... http://www.mrao.cam.ac.uk/~bn204/publications/2010/Sardinia10.pdf . ... http://www.mrao.cam.ac.uk/~bn204/publications/2010/2010-09-OOFSoftware.pdf . ... Copyright 2012, Bojan Nikolic feedback welcome ...

... We find a transition of LBV star from the LBV instability strip to the region of classical WN for the first time. ... Numerical modeling of the atmospheres of these objects are very important for understanding the evolutionary relationship WR and LBV stars, as well as of the physical causes of LBVs variability. We studied spectra of two very luminous stars in the M33 galaxy - LBV V532 and late WN star FSZ35. ... Bottom: The spectrum of FSZ35 with the final model . ...

... In brief: the frequency-dependent radiative transfer equation is solved for a dust under assumption of spherically-symmetric geometry for its distribution taking into account particle size distribution and quantum heating effects for the very small dust particles. ... Table: Model parameters for IRAS04296+3429. ... parameter . ... hot dust shell) . ... The best fit to the spectral energy distribution of IRAS04296 is shown by heavy solid line (see Table2 for details concerning parameters of the model...

Chandra X-Ray Observatory CXC 1. ... BI CCD CTI Correction for ACIS Paul Plucinsky, Dan Dewey, & Joseph DePasquale 1 Paul Plucinsky EPIC Cal October 2006 Chandra X-Ray Observatory Gratuitous Pretty Pictures of E0102 S3 Summed Data ~100 ks CXC RGS Spectrum (Pollock 2006) Objective: develop a spectral model which can be used by RGS, HETG, EPIC & ACIS, etc. Paul Plucinsky 2 EPIC Cal October 2006 Chandra X-Ray Observatory What's New Since the Iceland 2006 Meeting? ...

The conference program included eleven one-hour talks and four free discussions. ... The talk also discussed different models for Internet traffic and quality of Service measures. ... The talk by Nikolai Vereschagin (Moscow State University) "The Kolmogorov complexity of approximate descriptions" discussed different notions of descriptive complexity of computable sequences which can be used in Internet measurements. ... What mathematics does Internet need?" ...

... The observed isotropy on the sky and non-uniform spatial distribution of gamma-ray bursts   (GRB) revealed by the BATSE   device onboard the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory (e.g. Meegan et al. , 1992)[ 138 ] lend support to the idea of a cosmological origin of GRB (Prilutski and Usov, 1975;[ 165 ] Usov and Chibisov, 1975)[ 199 ] for which the best candidates could be merging binary NS+NS   or NS+BH   at high redshifts (z 1 -2), (Blinnikov et al. ... Calculation of Binary Neutron Star Coalescence Rates...