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... These Frontier Fields will combine the power of HST with the natural gravitational telescopes of high-magnification clusters of galaxies. ... We are soliciting gravitational lensing maps for the last four Hubble Frontier Fields clusters (MACSJ0717.5+3745, MACSJ1149.5+2223, AbellS1063, and Abell 370) based upon the exceptionally deep HST FF imaging and other new ancillary data. ... For the full set of proposal instructions and requirements, see the FY16 Frontier Fields Lensing Map Call for Proposals....

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... Also the help file was renamed the manual, formated for LaTeX and html, and to a large degree, rewritten. ... Increase maximum number of setup files to 50. ... 1995 July) . ... Also, only put pointing request in VLBA control files if this is not a DAR-only station (1995 October 4) . ... Allow in-line setup files much like the source and station catalogs. ... Allow specification of schedule input file name from main input. ... Adding SUMITEM input to allow specification of what is in the summary file...

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... This file contains latest information that did not make it into the documentation by the time the version 3.3.6 was finalized. ... This version was never released. ... Read the XOS2FAQ.HTM file which comes with this distribution. ... Reporting bugs: There is the official XFree86/OS2 bugs page which is updated when new bugs are found (maybe even together with a workaround). ... Read the file COPYRIGHT for details. ... XFree86-3.3.5 is a bugfix release over 3.3.3.1, and does not contain new features. ...

... Time calculated from Fermi GBM Trigger Time = 14:12:08.67 ( Connaughton, GCN 9230 ). 1% coincident with our start zero image time. 3x3 degrees around Swift XRT position . ... SUBJECT: GRB 090424 : MASTER-Net prompt optical limit DATE: 09/04/25 20:29:42 GMT FROM: Vladimir Lipunov at Moscow State U/Krylov Obs E. Gorbovskoy, V. Lipunov, V.Kornilov, A.Belinski ... Our observations results: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fermi GRB Trigg.* ...

SciSim 4.0.4 is the latest official release of the software. ... The release contains both programs, data as well as full reference help documentation in both HTML and PostScript format. If you are currently using a previous version of SciSim, it may be worthwhile to view the list of changes . ... i686 PC with Linux RedHat 9.0 . ... You can send general questions to the help desk . ... Please send your questions to the help desk instead. Questions should be sent to: XMM-Newton help desk ...

... ALMA . ... ARC Staff at ESO . ... The European ALMA Regional Centre (ARC) provides the interface between the ALMA project and the European science community. ... Below you can read the latest Announcements from the European ARC Network.. ... The call for 1-mm Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) proposals to use phased ALMA at Band 6 in Cycle 4, in collaboration with the Event Horizon Telescope Consortium (EHTC), will be released to coincide with the ALMA Cycle 4 Call for Proposals in March 2016...

... Why this is interesting: reasons for which astronomers get very excited around this time, and how your help can be valued for scientific research by Dr Apostolos Christou (Tolis), Armagh Observatory . Observing times . ... A variety of observing methods are suitable for the scientific study of mutual events. ... Time . The need for accurate time information is as important as the need for a reference object. ... International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node . ...

To: file From: Jon Hagen Date: 12-22-00 Subject: Azimuth (or other axis) Encoder calibration When an encoder assembly (pinion gear, arbor, flex coupling, and encoder) has been removed and repaired, the encoder position must be recalibrated (reset to its standard position). The most obvious procedure is as follows: Procedure I Move the azimuth arm to a known "cal" position, identified by a pair of scribe marks or other prearranged hardware pointers. Suppose the cal position is 360.000 degrees. ...

The HyperNews Linux KHG Discussion Pages . Forum: Supporting Functions . Keywords: release request . Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 16:15:26 GMT . From: < mharrison@i-55.com > . helo, Recently I read a series of articles on writing device drivers in the Linux Journal. The author mentions two functions: release_region(), request_region(). So far I have been unlucky in finding man-pages for these functions. any clues or hints would be most appreciated cheers Mike .

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The Sun is our nearest star and the source of energy for life on Earth. ... For centuries astronomers wondered whether they were clouds floating in the Sun's atmosphere, but we now know that they really are huge regions of magnetic field, about as intense as the field at the poles of an iron magnet. ... Such abrupt events were named solar flares , and what made them especially interesting was that occasionally, after a prominent flare, a magnetic storm would erupt on Earth. ...

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