Target Acquisition Reference Information . There are limits to the brightest and bluest stars that can be acquired with mirrors N1 and N2 because of the very high fluxes of these objects. Figure 7.3 on page 91 shows the limits for these two mirrors as set in the Constraints and Restrictions Document (CARD). ... Once you have predicted an acquisition count rate, you then determine the integration time per dwell point during the target acquisition: STEP-TIME. ... STEP-TIME Constraints . ...

The distance modulus, mod0 [mag] is either computed from the distance catalogue or using the Tully-Fisher or Faber-Jackson relations. When measurements are available in the distance catalogue , mod0 is computed as the weighted average of those measurements. ... The Tully-Fisher relation uses the corrected total magnitude btc and the maximum velocity of rotation vmaxg . ... Another parameter, modz (redshift distance modulus), estimates the luminosity-distance using the redshift. ...

... The experience of determination of the link between radio sources and dynamical reference frames is presented. To obtain this connection we used a series of very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) observations of the spacecraft Phobos-2 and angularly nearby quasars. ... The dynamical reference frame is determined by equator and equinox of these ephemerides. ... References . ... The relative orientation of the radio and dynamical reference frames can be described by a sequence of three rotations . ...

... we show that the comparison between the calculated and observed numbers of the most ``fragile'' (from the point of view of the binary evolution scenario )   galactic binary types (such as X-ray low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXB), cataclysmic variables (CV),   Be-stars   with compact companions, relative number of visible binary radiopulsars   with normal and compact secondary components) impose certain constraints on the feasible initial ... Phenomenological Kick Velocity . ...

Next: CAL_getHKwindows Up: Routines of the Calibration Previous: List of CCF Components Contents . ... CAL_getHKwindows . Procedure . ... Used CAL State Variables . List of CCF Components used . CAL_getAUXwindows . ... CAL_getBoresightMatrix . ... CAL_rawXY2mm . ... CAL_mm2rawXY . CAL_rawX2chipX . ... CAL_chipX2rawX . ... CAL_getBadPixelList & CAL_getBadPixelMap . ... CAL_mosCTIcorrection . ... CAL_getmosOffset . ... CAL_mosgainCorrect . ... CAL_getEventPatterns . ... CAL_getEbounds . ...

... CentralProcessor 0.11 documentation . ... These parameters govern the pre-processing needed for the science field, to split by beam, flag, apply the bandpass (although none of the parameters listed here relate to that), and average to continuum resolution. ... FIELD_SELECTION_SCIENCE . ... Range of channels in science observation (used in splitting and averaging). ... Dynamic threshold applied to amplitudes when flagging science field data [sigma] . ... User Parameters - Bandpass Calibration . ...

alignasn -- Change the relative shifts in association file alignasn association . ... calnicb style association file with list of images to be aligned. ... Interactive program to compute relative shifts of images in an association file. ... After computing the relative shifts of the direct images, alignasn searches for corresponding grism images for each of the direct images. ... The grism association is then updated with the same relative shift measurements as determined from the direct images. ...

The starting page - The catalogues page - The list of the PUL2 fields - The list of the Pul-3(Pul-3SE) fields - The list of the PUL_ERS fields . please read short description of the access form controls . ... Relative proper motion in RA *cos(DE), arcsec/yr . ... s. e. relative proper motion in RA *cos(DE), arcsec/yr . ... Number of Pul2 area . ... Check the apropriate checkbox to output these data and radiobutton to select stars within interval. back to the list of the Pul2 fields . ...

THE PHOTOMETRIC RESEARCHS OF THE MERCURY'S SURFACE BY MEANS OF DIGITAL MODELS. ... The surface brightness of Mercury was measured Danjon (1933, 1949, 1953) and Harris (1961) in phase angle 3o-123o. The analysis of the various data of the integral photometric gives the results of determination of the main photometric constants for Mercury. ... THE PHOTOMETRIC RESEARCHS OF THE MERCURY'S SURFACE: S.G. Pugacheva The surface brightness of the Mercurian images was established on the geologic map Mercury. ...

... The models provided are: . abs - absorption of x-rays by neutral gas with solar abundances. parameter 1 = . ... parameter 2 = . ... normalization - logarithmic value of the flux density at 1 keV in units of keV cm -2 s -1 keV -1 . ... normalization - logarithmic value of the normalization of the gaussian in units of keV cm -2 s -1 . ... absorption ( params )* model ( params ) . ... A single value for the normalization (i.e., fixed normalization) will force the program to use that value. ...

... Russian Foundation for Basic Research , Project number 98-02-17366 . ... A number of experiments proposes the d -type of the wave function, having two directions with positive and two (in orthogonal direction) - with negative sign of the order parameter. ... The effect of the wave function phase is most efficiently revealed in the experiments with Josephson structures, that are used for determination of the dependences on the pulse direction. ... The project goals are: . ...

Arecibo Upgrade Notes INSTRUMENTAL POLARIZATION : POLARIZATION ISOLATION ERRORS IN STOKES PARAMETERS Jim Cordes Joe Lazio 22 May 1996 Summary The purpose of this memo is to: 1 demonstrate how polarization isolation is related to errors in Stokes parameters ; 2 estimate a tolerable level of errors in Stokes parameters due to amplitude and ... There we had a level of cross coupling that gave about 10 errors in Stokes parameters. ...

... This paper describes distortion calibration procedures for the SOHO /LASCO-C2 Coronagraph, based on in-orbit data and extensive image processing methods. ... C2 suffers from moderate optical distortion, which must be corrected in order to properly locate the stars crossing its field-of-view (which are subsequently used for photometric calibrations), to retrieve critical attitude parameters, and to insure a correct overlapping of the region common to the C2 and C3 instruments. ...

Russian SHAREABLE DATA CENTER Institute of Solar-Terrestial Physics SB RAS . ... Although their determination is based on the scattering process model, independent check-ups by rocket experiments have shown their correctness in experimental applications. ... Ionospheric data analysis, especially during strong disturbances, cannot be without some other kinds of diagnostic tools. ... The lack of data has always been a challange in this case. ...

... 41 Table 1. ... Radiative Recombination Rates on the HeI ion levels .. ... Parameters ai and Ti for the total rates of dielectronic recombination . ... Recombination charge transfer rates in units 10-9 cm3 s-1 b etween atoms and ions of heavy elements . ... Relative Intensities of the C, N, O ions recombination lines Table 27. Parameters of the analytical approximation (Eq3.6) of the effective dielectronic recombination coefficients for lines of the ions of C, N, O, Ne, Mg, Al and Si Table 28. ...

... All the information about the propagation of a given plasma wave mode is contained in the appropriate dispersion relation, which relates the angular frequency w to the wave number k (magnitude of the propagation vector k ). ... Phase velocity . ... Group velocity . ... Wave propagation can also be described using diagrams called phase velocity or wave normal surfaces , which give the variations of the magnitude of the phase velocity of plane waves with respect to the magnetic field direction: . ...

... 0 ) = Z '' '' 0 [(1 \Gamma '')'' 1=2 sin 2 i sin 2!] ... We use the similarity theory to present the non--dimensional period T \ Lambda of the evolution of the parameters '' and i as a product of the independent factors: T \ Lambda = \ Gamma (4=15)(a \ Gamma3 =2 \ Lambda =LD )jL c (c 1 ; c 2 )j. Here LD = Ї k \ Lambda a \ Gamma3 k \ Lambda '' \ Gamma3 =2 k Ї \Gamma1=2 \ Lambda is the non-- dimensional parameter of disturbances similarity dependent on the dynamical characteristics of the ...

... Wind, Air Temperature, Dew Point and Relative Humidity Statistics, yearly, 2000 to 2005 (pdf) and seasonal, 1999 to 2007 (pdf) . Wind and Wind gust . Temperature . Relative Humidity . Dew-point Temperature . ... Real Time Astroclimate . ... Astroclimatology of ESO Sites , ESO Wide Review, April 2000 . Paranal Long Term Astroclimate Analysis . ... Send comments to <Marc.Sarazin@eso.org> . Last update: September 8, 1999 . ...

... Let us first find out which way -- rise in spectral resolution with some loss in the S/N ratio or increase in the S/N ratio with a fixed spectral resolution -- is better for the purpose of reduction of equivalent width determination errors. ... N -- number of counts for 1 ? ... line equivalent width, . ... Thus if the spectral resolution is managed to be increased (i.e. to decrease )without loss in the number of counts falling at 1 ?, the equivalent width measurement error is then proportional to . ...

INTERELATION OF GEOMAGNETIC DISTURBANCES AND SOLAR WIND PARAMETERS Ivanov V.G., Miletsky E.V. Central astronomical observatory of RAS at Pulkovo Abstract Interrelations between characteristics of geomagnetic activity and parameters of the solar wind are investigated. ... Relatively simple relations that link variations of geomagnetic activity and solar wind parameters are found. The obtained models allow quantitative estimation of influence of the solar wind parameters upon geomagnetic activity. ...