SAI 175 anniversary . ... Moscow University . Search for in SAI Moscow University Search for in Russian astronomical resources . ... SAI Astronomical Databases . ... Browse SAI Software archive(ftp.sai.msu.su) . ASTRONET.RU - Russian Astronomical Network (available in translit also) . ... SAI Supernovae Research Group . ... Department of the Galaxy and Variable Stars (in Russian) . Sternberg Astronomical Institute Seminars . ... All-Russian Astronomical Olympiad (in Russian) . ...

... This papier presents an overview of SAADA, a to ol designed to allow astronomers to easily create their own databases from archival files (images, sp ectra, tables, ...) or from imp orted data. ... Databases created by SAADA will b e hereafter refered as SAADA-DBs. All SAADA-DBs rest on the same branches of a common data mo del, but have their own ob ject layers (API and Web interface) and their own relational bases. ... Mo dule web wervice: This mo dule handles database accesses by web services. ...

... Created: 23 February 2001 . ... SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE MANUAL . ... 9 January 2001 . ... Note: in the final document, the table of contents will be to third level] . The Software Maintenance Manual describes the procedures for installation and maintenance of the software for the Gemini Near-infrared Integral Field Spectrograph (NIFS). ... Section 19.4.3 of the document “Programmatic Requirements for Gemini Instrumentation Development” states the requirements for the Software Maintenance Manual . ...

The database contains references to the papers, data files and links to the Internet resources related to measurements and calculations of the optical constants in the wavelength interval from X-rays to radio domain. ... References to some useful books and reviews on the subject (e.g. the classical handbooks edited by E.D.Palik) and links to Internet collections of optical constants and personal WWW pages with related software were also placed in the database. You have arrived at our welcome page. ...

We would like to announce the release of Version 3.02 of the CHIANTI database for astrophysical spectroscopy. This now extends the database to include the 1 - 50 wavelength region. The additions to the database are described in a paper `CHIANTI - an atomic database for emission lines, IV - Extension to X-ray Wavelengths' by K.P. Dere, E. Landi, G. Del Zanna, and P.R. Young and accepted for publication by the Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. ... Atomic Data Updates (April 30, 2001) . ...

... 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 | ...

XmCCD ----- The programs provided here offer a Linux graphical user interface to astronomical and scientific CCD cameras. ... It is the latest one they offer and the files included allow support for Android and Mac OS X. This distribution of XmCCD includes source code to utilize the SBIG shared library libsbigudrv.so with a Motif-based graphical user interface. ... The XmCCD source package includes and will install: SAOimage ds9 xpa cfitsio SAOimage is the primary image display for XmCCD. ...

This is a preliminary version of a document which will hopefully evolve into a useful SCIENCE HELP page. This is meant to be an easily accessed directory of science software and data products which are available in the high energy division, primarily those which are maintained by "volunteer" scientists. ... The idea is to make this a cooperative venture - this document can be edited by anyone on the HEAD network (/proj/qedros2/QEDT/www/Science_guide/science_guide.html). ... LOCATION: /soft/ciao . ...

... Natalya V. Raguzova and Sergei B. Popov . ... We present a compilative catalogue of Be/X-ray binaries and candidates in the Galaxy and in the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds. This catalogue contains 160 sources and provides information on names and spectral types of optical components, distances, on spin characteristics of neutron stars, and on orbital and X-ray properties of binary systems. ... Be/X-Ray Binaries and candidates in the Galaxy . Galactic sources: comments to the Table 1 . ...

... Most of us are aware that next generation instruments, with Terabyte databases, are going to present enormous challenges to the way that we process data, and our current ways of managing astronomical databases will probably no longer work. ... The Working Group on Astronomical Data (WGAD) has two key roles: to act as a communication channel between the IAU and CODATA (ICSU Committee on Scientific Data), and to provide a forum for discussion of data issues. ...

... GPI Data Pipeline 1.0 documentation . GPI Data Pipeline User?s Guide . ... Recipe Templates . ... Calibration Data Template Recipes . Software Testing Template Recipes . ... Template recipes are provided for most common data processing tasks, including analyses of calibration data and science data. ... For convenience, template recipes are divided into several different reduction types: . ... This is a section for template recipes that are used in testing and debugging the pipeline itself. ...

... Fortunately, astronomy is an exception in this regard. ... As commercial databases have been described in detail before (see e.g. Watson 1991), this chapter will concentrate on Library information services that require neither an account nor a password and do not charge fees according to the connecting time or the number of data sets that are displayed or downloaded. ... American Astronomical Society (AAS) . Astronomical Observatory Trieste (OAT) library . ... Center for Astrophysics library . ...

... Bojan Nikolic web pages (r. 329) . Out-Of-Focus (OOF) Holography . ... The architecture of the OOF data reduction software can be summarised in following points: . ... A well defined set of external libraries is used and generally newer versions of these libraries are adopted quickly after release . ... Routines for simulating OOF data-sets . ... OOF ? ... Description of the OOF software architecture . ... OOF Reduction Software . ... Copyright 2005 -- 2016, Bojan Nikolic feedback welcome ...

Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems VII ASP Conference Series, Vol. ... Distributed Searching of Astronomical Databases with Pizazz K. Gamiel, R. McGrath and R. Plante National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801 Abstract. ... In such a model, one would build a distributed searching gateway that would o#er a single user interface, but would map the user's query to each and every original data source in its native protocol and interaction style. ...

... 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. ...

For calculating model spectra of early-type helium stars in LTE, we maintain a database of atomic data for, mostly, blue-visual absorption lines of light elements. The data is sorted with one file for each ion. ... III = ++ . ... It will work on both complete linelists (including the atomic data at the start and references at the end) or raw ion files (such as Ni2.d). ... A Fortran utility to convert linelists downloaded from the Vienna Atomic Line Database into the new QUB format. synspec_qub . ...

... CATS is being expanded continuously. Now (March 1997) it comprises over 150 catalogs and big tables including most of the RATAN--600 catalogs, ninety the biggest world radio astronomical catalogs with number of objects more than 1500, hypertext documentation and full scientific references for every catalog (3 Mb), systems of coordinates transformations, software for spectral data processing, and occupies 450 Mb, while most of catalogs storaged in compress (gzip) files. ... 1996; Trushkin et al., ...

... Donate to Support Science Literacy . ... 2016 Annual Awards . The ASP is accepting nominations for the organizationтАЩs national annual awards which recognize special achievements in astronomy research, technology, education, and public outreach. ... Shop the AstroShop . ... The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) is accepting nominations for the organizationтАЩs national annual awards which recognize special achievements in astronomy research, technology, education, and public outreach.. ...

... The ESO-MIDAS system is built along lines which should allow easy integration of complex analysis algorithms as well as allowing greater flexibility in interactive use and in the creation of user specific procedures from the basic building blocks. The first design proposal for ESO-MIDAS, made late 1980, used some ideas from the UK STARLINK project for the software interface definitions. ... It consists of the following three parts, the monitor, the applications, and the interfaces. ...

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