Program: ROTMOD Purpose: This program calculates the rotation curve for a truncated exponential disk (Casertano, M.N.R.A.S., vol. 203, p735-p747, 1983), or for any other user supplied density law. ... USER= DISK radial surface density distribution supplied by the user [Y], or a truncated exponential surface density distribution. In case the user wants to supply his own density distribution, the following two keywords will be asked: UNITS= Enter units of radius and surface density [KPC,MSUN/PC**2]. ...

FOC Instrument Handbook Version 5.0 83 8.0 THE FOC EXPOSURE TIME SIMULATOR, FOCSIM The general procedures to compute the required exposure times for any FOC observing configuration and possible emission source outlined in the preceding section are perfectly ad­ equate for most purposes including proposal preparation and feasibility verification. ... In support of COSTAR, FOCSIM has been upgraded to allow for automatic selection of the COSTAR imaging modes. ...

... Alfa_ang is a GUI for the rotang routine. The purpose of this routine is to calculate the optimum rotation angle for ALFA given the RA and Dec of a source and the date and time of the observation. The routine also returns the azimuth and zenith angle of the telescope at the requested time, thus it can be used to find the correct rotation angle and azimuth for the Fixed Azimuth Drift Scan observing mode used by the AGES drift precursor observation. ... To run alfa_ang at Arecibo: . ...

After averaging the point data, we should pay attention first to the astrometry, i.e. the quality of the delay data and the station coordinates. ... Plot FDL_O-C, that is the observed minus calculated FDL delays, versus time. ... The reference station can actually be changed in the Calibrate|Astrometry|SOLVE menu. ... This figure shows the residual delays for station 2 after solving for station coordinates, using the widget displayed in the lower right of the figure. ... Back to tour page . ...

... In laboratory the design and a manufacturing techniques mirror aspherical optics are developed ("fokon", ellipsoid, aspherical mirror).Such optical elements are made of widespread aluminium alloys on the standard equipment without use diamond turning. ... Using: optical blocks of not image optical devices for transitions, collimation, focus (concentration) radiations in a wide spectral range from UV to IR. Focusing and collimation of light; . ... circle aperture/ring aperture; . ... Back Forward . ...

Next: Polarization efficiency: size/shape/orientation effects Up: Optical properties of cosmic Previous: The 2175? feature . To model the interstellar polarization one needs to calculate the forward-transmitted radiation for an ensemble of non-spherical aligned dust grains. ... Let non-polarized stellar radiation passes through a dusty cloud with a homogeneous magnetic field. ... The angle between the line of sight and the magnetic field is ( ). ... where the angle is connected with and ( ). ...

Some Effects of Earthquakes, Temperature, Wind Stor ms and Barometric Pressure on the Inter ferometer at Hanford Robert Schofield Masahiro Ito Rauha Rahkola Evan Mauceli Ray Frey David Strom Jim Brau University of Oregon Some Concerns With Low Frequency Influences · Loss of lock · Need for increased servo loop gain · May eat up actuator range · Possible increased background in the LIGO frequency band · Possible modulation of noise in the LIGO band Guralp ...

XMM-Newton Science Analysis System . ... This steps performs a statictical estimate of the possible telemetry loss. It does so by looking at the histogram of the time difference between consecutive time packets found in the time correlation file. All differences larger than a user-specified threshold are listed, and from these an estimated telemetry loss fraction is calculated. ... XMM-Newton SOC/SSC -- 2005-08-16 ...

... V.V. Busarev, Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, . ... V. V. Busarev1, M. N. Taran2, V. I. Fel’dman3 and V. S. Rusakov41 Lunar and Planetary Department, Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow State University, 119992 Moscow, Universitetskij pr., ... 1 Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, Universitetskij pr., ... V. V. BUSAREV, Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, Russian Federation (RF) (E-mail: busarev@sai.msu.ru); . ...

... Basic Observables: Zero-differenced phase and code ionosphere-free combinations of global GNSS network stations, corrected by P1-C1 satellite code biases (cc2noncc), daily observations with 30 seconds sampling rate Sites coordinates : IGb08 reference frame coordinates and velocities Displacements: solid tides, ocean loading, pole tide loading (IERS 2010) Geometric model : Receivers antennas eccentricities, absolute receiver and ...

Once students get the hang of it, they can find and measure the brightness of Delta Cephei in a few minutes. ... of Delta Cephei . ... Oct. ... The following table lists the measurements of Delta Cephei made by one amateur astronomer in autumn 1990. ... 4.0 . ... This activity is a simplified version of one that appeared in Hands-On Astrophysics, a series of activities prepared by the American Association of Variable Star Observers with support from the National Science Foundation. << previous page | ...

Taking into account the result by Watanabe P=2.5 days in outburst, I reconstruct old set of photographic observations being partly lost, and add some new observations. ... The periodogram calculated with the method by Lafler and Kinman is shown. ... The last periodogram indicates peaks corresponding following possible periods with the double-wave light curve: 0.4236, 0.4650, 0.5379, 0.6064, 0.7365, 0.871, 1.168, 1.5437, 2.8173, and 6.89 days. ...