... 77, 1995 R. A. Shaw, H. E. Payne, and J. J. E. Hayes, eds. QPSIM: An IRAF/PROS Tool for Source Simulation K. R. Manning, J. DePonte, and F. Primini Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 60 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138 Abstract. ... Qpsim is an IRAF/PROS task which will gen­ erate events from sources of given intensity, shape, and position and ei­ ther overlay them on a flat background in a new QPOE file or inject them into an existing QPOE file. ...

... Analysis of in-orbit data closely follow the CSL data analysis. Stars with known astrometric positions are matched with their image centroids. ... The measured position, the expected position and the offset between the measured and expected positions are calculated and written into a file. ... select catalogued positions for different observations/pointings (e.g. positions of objects in photometric sequence) . ... The new distortion map was generated from in-flight observations of the G153 field. ...

... 2MASS Overview . The 2MASS Sky . Executive Summary of 2MASS Second Incremental Data Products . Point Source Catalog . Extended Source Catalog . ... Distribution Mode for 2MASS Products . Data Release Plan . ... Point Source Catalog (PSC) . Extended Source Catalog (XSC) . ... 2MASS Source Naming Convention . ... General Properties of the Data Release . ... Comparison of Achieved Performance of Second Incremental Release Catalogs with Level 1 Science Specification . ...

Contents] [Previous page] [Next page] Index] . This book describes how to use Dynamic HTML to incorporate style sheets, positioned content, and downloadable fonts in your web pages. ... Introducing Style Sheets . ... Style Sheets in Communicator . Using Cascading Style Sheets to Define Styles . ... Defining Style Sheets with the <STYLE> Tag . Defining Style Sheets in External Files . ... Combining Style Sheets . ... Style Sheets Ink Home Page . ... Positioning HTML Content Using Styles . ...

... 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. ...

Instrument Summary -- Why Use the GHRS? Here we provide a brief overview of the basic properties of the GHRS. ... The GHRS can obtain spectra from about 1150 to 3200 . ... The repeatability of fluxes is even better, being better than 1%; i.e., it is possible to compare measures of the same wavelength in the same star at different times to within 1% for observations with the LSA. ... The source to be observed may be placed in a Large Science Aperture (LSA) or a Small Science Aperture (SSA). ...

. Next: Spectrum Up: R CORONAE BOREALIS STARS Previous: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND . Figure: The light curve of RCoronae Borealis during a fading event in 1859 . RCB stars were first identified by their characteristic light curves. A part of the light curve of RCrB itself, taken from over a century of observations compiled by Ludendorff (1906) is shown in Figure 1 . Spectrum . Galactic distribution and absolute magnitudes . Numbers and distances . Simon Jeffery . 2002-01-25

... In the above example, the second region uses the global coordinate system (PHYSICAL by default). ... Supported systems include: name description ---- ----------- PHYSICAL pixel coords of original file using LTM/LTV IMAGE pixel coords of current file FK4, B1950 sky coordinate systems FK5, J2000 sky coordinate systems GALACTIC sky coordinate systems ECLIPTIC sky coordinate systems ICRS currently same as J2000 LINEAR linear wcs as defined in file In addition, two mosaic coordinate ...

... Physical Properties of Crystals . ... The course is an introduction into crystal physics and consists of two introductory parts devoted to the basics of crystallography and tensor analysis and six main chapters in which the physical phenomena in anisotropic medium are described by the example of the elastic, electrical and magnetic crystal properties. The effect of symmetry is also discussed. ... Effect of symmetry on crystal properties. ... Effect of symmetry on crystal optical properties. ...

... The event object contains properties that describe a JavaScript event, and is passed as an argument to an event handler when the event occurs. Client-side object . ... See Chapter 3, "Event Handlers," for complete information about event handlers. For more information on handling events, see the Client-Side JavaScript Guide . ... Setting any property of this object requires the UniversalBrowserWrite privilege. ... For information on security, see the Client-Side JavaScript Guide . ... event . ...

My research interests are focussed on the theory and modelling of accretion processes as well as star and planet formation mechanisms. I am particularly interested in the stability properties of accretion discs, the generation of MHD turbulence and associated angular momentum transport, disk - planet interactions and the origin and characteristics of jets and winds from accreting systems . ... These results have been published in Salmeron & Wardle, 2005, M.N.R.A.S., 361: 45-69. ...

... Interactive Catalogs - . ... The Parkes multibeam system was used for numerous large-scale HI surveys (e.g. HIPASS and HIZOA) from which the respective science teams extracted galaxy catalogs some of which are made available here. ... P ublished Catalogs: . the `HIPASS Bright Galaxy Catalog' (HIPASS BGC) by Koribalski et al. (2004) . the `HIPASS Catalog' (HICAT) by Meyer et al. (2004) and Zwaan et al. 2004) . ... RA (J2000) Fitted HI position (hms) . DEC (J2000) Fitted HI position (dms) . ...

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... Science . ... Science Activities > PhD Thesis Topics offered by ESO Faculty Members > Thesis Topic: Properties of kinematically decoupled structures in Early-Type Galaxies . ... Science Users Information . ... ESO-MIDAS . ... ESO Science Newsletter . ... The project consists in measuring the stellar kinematics, stellar populations, dynamics, and morphological properties of the kinematically decoupled structures observed in the inner regions of Early-Type Galaxies. ... Return to list of thesis topics...

. Mars is "behind" the sun from the earth's point of view and is therefore not visible in the nighttime sky (i.e. its up in the daytime). Venus it at greatest elongation and appears in the western sky as a bright object for 2-3 hours after sunset .

Next: Extinction efficiencies: general behaviour Up: Optical properties of cosmic Previous: Optical properties of cosmic . It is now evident that observed interstellar extinction cannot be explain using particles of only one kind. ... The intensity of radiation after passing a dust cloud is equal to . ... The interstellar extinction is . ... Next: Extinction efficiencies: general behaviour Up: Optical properties of cosmic Previous: Optical properties of cosmic root 2003-04-09 ...

Set the display of the status bar, tool bar, locator bar, and properties associated with the display of the pointer position in the Locator bar. ... Set fixed point . ... When the fixed point is set, and the display format is (DX, DY), (DIST), or (R, Theta) then give the location relative to the fixed point. ... Set the fixed point to (0.0, 0.0). ... DX, DY] Display the delta in X and Y of the position of the mouse relative to the fixed point, or (0, 0) if no fixed point has been selected. ...

... astro-ph . ... Statistical Characterization of the Chandra Source Catalog . ... The first release of the Chandra Source Catalog (CSC) contains ~95,000 X-ray sources in a total area of ~0.75% of the entire sky, using data from ~3,900 separate ACIS observations of a multitude of different types of X-ray sources. ... In addition to these traditional catalog elements, for each X-ray source the CSC includes an extensive set of file-based data products that can be manipulated interactively. ...

... At the simplest level of modelization, these phenomena are described by reaction-diffusion equations. The theory of this type of equation is far away from being fully understood but one can give however several results providing in some cases existence of solutions and their qualitative behaviour. ... Reaction-diffusion equations. ... Theory of uniformly elliptic equations: existence, regularity, Schauder theory, Agmon-Douglis-Nirenberg theory, Harnack estimates, boundary Harnack principle. ...

Analysis of general features of the chaotic system behavior and investigation of the properties of concrete chaotic sources. ... Analysis of information properties of chaotic systems and chaotic oscillations as concrete objects for information processing and comunications. ... This hypothesis gives a possibility of designing simple mathematical structures accomplishing various processes of information processing using chaos. ... Activities | ... E-mail: chaos@mail.cplire.ru ...