Found on the DEC Multia and DEC UDB (Universal Desktop Box). It contains two Serial ports on one connector. ... At the computer) . 25 PIN D-SUB MALE at the computer. ... Not connected . ... Transmit Data . ... Receive Data . ... Ready To Send . ... Clear To Send . ... Data Set Ready . ... Data Carrier Detect . ... Data Terminal Ready . ... Ring Indicator Note: Direction is DTE (Computer) relative DCE (Modem). ...

... This is possible at modest cost due to the low moments of inertia of the telescope and enclosure. ... This same performance will be achieved in higher winds when the telescope enclosure is facing away from the wind, or by using wind screens. ... The telescope system (MILT) will be remotely operable with an on-site operator's assistance by an astronomer located at one of the ARC member institutions. ... Mean Wind Speed . ... Offsets > 10 deg: 1 arc sec rms max . ... 5 sec max, tracking to tracking . ...

This port is located in modern SUN Sparcs such as SUN LX/Classic/SS4/5/10/20 and has both serial ports (A/B) in the same connector. Simply plugging in a regular serial cable in results in accessing port A. (at the computer) . ... Port . ... Transmit Data . ... Receive Data . ... Data Set Ready . ... Data Terminal Ready . ... Transmit Clock from DCE, usually not used . ... Transmit Clock from DTE, usually not used. ... SUN Field Engineer Handbook, VolumeII, 12/15/93 . ...

... When are new gain curves made . ... The fit types used . ... When the new gain curve is installed it contains two dates: . The starting date for this gain curve. ... yyyy ddd This is the start of a gain curve set of data. yyyy ddd is the start date for the gain curve. yyyy is a 4 digit year (2004) and ddd is the day number of the year counting from 1. all other lines are gain curve data. ... col 2 The type of fit used for this gain curve (see below for the codes). col 3 -numcoefs. ...

... This file contains a single extension, BADPIX , describing the locations and several characteristics of the pn CCD bad pixels. These are pixels which exhibit a signal in a high proportion of readout frames and/or anomalously high signals. ... Keywords to describe the contents of the CCF: . ... Code of the bad pixel table (BPT) version described in the CCF. ... Type of the bad pixel listed. A bad CCD pixel can be: . ... hot : a pixel that contains a signal almost at every readout of the CCD. ...

... Co-ordinate systems description . Directories structure . The file names' construction . The file set description . ... The orbital information for each month is presented in the separate directory. The INTERBALL orbital data are located on the STDA server, for each month in the separate subdirectory, which name consists from the year (YYYY) and month (MM) numbers. The Parent Directory of the Tail Probe orbital data is http://www.iki.rssi.ru/da/interball/tail/orbit/ . ...

. In an effort to provide a centralized database for indexing locations and descriptions of Shuttle debris, the editors of Astronomy Net have generated a database and web page where reports can be logged. This may or may not prove useful for cataloging debris reports, but Astronomy Net is happy to dedicate computer resources to help out any way possible. We express our sympathy and prayers to the families and friends of the Columbia crew. If you have located Shuttle debris, report it here.

... To introduce you to the Python programming language, and its Visual module (VPython), which allows 3D simulation. The computer labs are held in room BOZO 112, not in the usual physics lab. ... This lab will use the Python programming language. ... Click on the Windows button in the bottom left, select "Programs", then the "A-Z" list of programs. ... Later in the course you will need to write your own VPython programs for assessment - this lab is your chance to make sure you can do this. ...

... The user database is traditionally contained in the /etc/passwd љ file. Some systems use shadow passwords , and have moved the passwords to /etc/shadow љ . ... However, installing shadow passwords later onto a system that did not support them can be difficult. ... The crack љ program can be used to crack passwords; any password it can find is by definition not a good one. ... The user group database is kept in /etc/group љ ; for systems with shadow passwords, there can be a /etc/shadow.group љ . ...

Computer Ephemeris. Second order reduction quantities. Explanations. This page consist of four little tables. First and second tables contains J a (in 0.000001 s ) and J d (0.0001") for nothern declination, third and fourth contains the same information but for southern declination. Each table have 13 informational columns headed with right ascension values, and some amount of rows, labelled with date. ...

MRO-ICD-CAM-1100-0108 FTTNAS-FTTA.odt Page 1 of 7 MRO FTT / NAS FLC ICD FTT / NAS Electronics to FTTA Controller ICD MRO-ICD-CAM-1100-0108 The Cambridge FTT Team Rev 1.0 9 May 2013 Cavendish Laboratory JJ Thomson Avenue Cambridge CB3 0HE UK MRO-ICD-CAM-1100-0108 FTTNAS-FTTA.odt Page 2 of 7 ICD Description ... 2.1 Signal definitions.. ... The analogue input interface in the FTT-NAS electronics interface is to accept the full range of output available, specifically: 1. ...

... DESCRIPTION General Catalog of Variable Stars (GCVS database) . ... Kholopov P.N., Samus N.N., Durlevich O.V., Kazarovets E.V., Kireeva N.N., Tsvetkova T.M., 1990, General Catalogue of Variable Stars, 4rd ed., vol.IV, Nauka, Moscow. Kholopov P.N., Samus N.N., Durlevich O.V., Kazarovets E.V., Kireeva N.N., Tsvetkova T.M., 1992, General Catalogue of Variable Stars, 4rd ed., vol.IV, Bull. ... Kazarovets E.V., Durlevich O.V. Editor-in-Chief Samus N.N., 1998, New Catalogue of Suspected Variable Stars. ...

... Currently a 50MHz 486DX PCBrand personal computer, located on the fourth floor in the warm room in lab number 443C, is used to control the charge coupled devices (CCDs). ... The PC is connected to a monitor and keyboard in the warm room and another pair in the dome itself. ... An intercom system simplifies communication between the dome and the warm room. ... The second intercom in the dome is used for two way communication between the dome and the warm room. ...

... 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 | ...

... Classes . ... casa::Block< T > . ... More... struct . ... Specify the default values for HashMap keys. ... doubly linked list primitive More... class . ... Doubly linked non-constant list iterator The List class above only provides for the list framework. ... casa::MapRep< key, value > . ... This class, Stack<t>, defines an implementation of a stack using the doubly linked list primitive, Link<t>. ... Error class for the Stack class. ... casa . ... Internal Containers_module classes and functions. ...

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... Description . ... The SCORPIO-2 project: . ... The multi-mode spectrograph SCORPIO-2 was developed using the experience of observations at the 6-m telescope BTA with the SCORPIO focal reducer . ... The focal reducer consists of several units ('floors') mounted in the common case in the following order (from the telescope focal plane): . ... The focal reducer is connected with the platform-adapter which used for guiding by offset stars and for illumination the spectrograph by calibration lamps. ...

Stellarium 0.12.3 . ... ClassљList . ... StelLocationMgr Class Reference . Manage the list of available location. ... locationForString (const QString &s, bool *ok=NULL) const . ... Get whether a location can be permanently added to the list of user locations The main constraint is that the small string must be unique. bool StelLocationMgr::deleteUserLocation . ... Return the StelLocation for a given string Can match location name, or coordinates. bool StelLocationMgr::saveUserLocation . ...

... A technique allowing automatic representation by a relatively small number of independent parameters based on the principal component analysis of data sequences is presented. ... In recent years the spectrum of observed astronomical data can be characterized as greatly varied. ... In this instance, the problem of initial description and classification of newly-observed data becomes most urgent, especially if there is a lack of preliminary observational material and theoretical expectations. ...

Data Processing . S2 or VLBA tapes containing the astronomical data recorded at tracking stations and ground radio telescopes must be sent to correlation center chosen by the principal investigator (PI). ... There are four correlators, which will be able to process RadioAstron data: DRAO S2-correlators in Canada, NRAO VLBA-correlator in USA, and Mitaka correlator in Japan. ... Data and Phase Links . Ground Support of the RadioAstron . ... Progress of the RadioAstron Project in Pictures . ...