An improved correlator for ALMA has been proposed by an European consortium including Astron (NL), Bordeaux University (FR), IRAM (FR) and Arcetri. ... The work in Arcetri has focused on the efficent design of a digital receiver, that exploits the peculiarities of the astronomical signal, i.e. the extremely coarse quantization and the stochastic nature of the input signal. ... A complex mixer followed by a two stage bandpass filter. ... Phase effects in a hybrid correlator . ...

... PmWiki .Audiences$:Audience} . ... wiki administrators are the folks who install, configure, and maintain a PmWiki installation on a web server. In some senses it could be claimed that as the primary developer of PmWiki I should only have wiki administrators as my target audience, and that authors are the target audience for the administrators. ... Naive authors" are the folks who use wiki to generate content but may know next-to-nothing about HTML, much less style sheets or PHP or the like. ...

This tools manages the creation and deletion of USC types, and the application and removal of USC's on visits. accepts the following as inputs: . ... a list of windows (required input) . ... a list of visits (optional input) . ... passes visit selection criteria to a TBD query tool and accept a visit list from that tool in return. inserts USC records into assist for each visit. accepts the following as inputs: . ... A visit list must be provided if the USC type does not already exist.) ...

... It includes level converters and a optional radio modem designed to decode the radio timecode signals transmitted by the Canadian time and frequency station CHU. A complete set of schematics, PCB artwork, drill templates is in the pub/ntp/gadget.tar.Z file on ftp.udel.edu. ... One of these converts a TTL positive edge into a fixed- width pulse at EIA levels and is for use with a timecode receiver or oscillator including a TTL PPS output. ... See the schematic diagram gadget.s01 for reference. ...

... Tiny Tim has been used for generating Hubble Space Telescope ( HST ) point-spread functions (PSFs) for deconvolution, algorithm testing, proposal planning, and optical studies. ... Tiny Tim is a stand-alone program for simulating HST PSFs as viewed with the on-board imaging cameras (WF/PC-1, WFPC2, FOC, COSTAR/FOC). ... The measured aberrations for FOC f/96, WF/PC-1 PC6, WFPC2, and COSTAR/FOC are used by Tiny Tim . ... Figure: FOC f/96 observed and Tiny Tim model PSFs (pre-COSTAR) at 253 nm. ...

OptInt PmWiki . ... Edit Page | Page History | Attach | ... MROI Delay Line Design Contract . ... Document Management . ... Design Documentation . ... Released FDR Documents . ... MROI DL Production SW Contract . ... MROI Fast Tip-Tilt Contract . ... Design Documents . ... MROI . ... MROI FTT Contract Private Material . Contract Documents . ... MROI DL Design Contract Private Material . ... AP local page . ... Include Other Pages . ... Page last modified on December 01, 2009, at 06:39 AM . ...

... GIANT Magellan Telescope . Dr. Dan Fabricant . ... The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) is a 25 meter diameter optical-infrared telescope that will be sited in Chile. ... Dr. Fabricant, a leader in the design of new instruments for optical astrophysics, led the development of the optical and instrument design for the Multiple Mirror Telescope (MMT) in Arizona. ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

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... ROBERT J. CENKER . ... This has included launch vehicle evaluation and systems engineering support for Motorola on Iridium; avionics architecture, generation of performance specification, and generation of performance map for small expendable launch vehicle; and constellation configuration and launch vehicle performance definition for proprietary smallsat communications system. Last two years with RCA were spent as Manager of Payload Accommodations on EOS Platform. ...

The current Java Class Library for access to FITS files was designed for the VLT Data Flow System pipeline subsystem. ... all types of headers are decoded, . ... As the code has not been optimized, data access is slow e.g. on a 160 MHz machine and no JIT, 32-bit real images are read at 50k values/sec, 16-bit integer images at 80k values/sec while table data are read at 10k values/sec. FITS keywords are decoded at a rate of 2-3k keywords/sec depending significantly on their types. ...

Getting Involved . Are you looking to get your family and/or friends more involved in astronomy? ... Either way, with Family ASTRO you can get just about anyone engaged in astronomical topics while having a lot of fun at the same time. ... Each kit or game also has its own web site with more background reading and other resources (including Frequently Asked Questions) for those who wish to explore these topics in more detail. ... Frequently Asked Questions . ...

PROS is a multi-mission x-ray analysis software system designed to run under the Image Reduction and Analysis Facility (IRAF). The analysis of x-ray data differs from that of other wavelengths due to the nature of x-ray data. ... Programs in PROS are called tasks. Tasks are grouped by function into packages. ... The qpspec task allows users to extract a background corrected spectrum from a QPOE file for use in PROS or for export to other analysis systems. model specification and fitting . ...

XMM-Newton Science Analysis System Page: 1 immask July 2, 2008 Abstract This task makes a mask image which includes only those pixels whose values obey the speci ed selection expression. ... The output mask image is the same size as the input image. ... The input image is expected to be in the primary array extension of the input dataset and only this extension is written to the output. The data type of the output is not actually boolean, but 8-bit integer: the values are either 0 or 1. ...

Report “Laboratory zero-baseline interferometer tests” (ZBT) was prepared and issued in ASC (35 pages including 17 figures and diagrams in Russian language). ... The Ground-Space radio interferometer (OVLBI) Radioastron includes several space and ground-based segments which are designed and manufactured by different countries and organizations. ... ZBI tests (for OVLBI) were implemented in Russia firstly. The tests were implemented by joint team of ASC, JPL and NRAO in 1999. ...

... Version: $Id: html-design.html,v 1.15 1994/11/26 19:53:43 connolly Exp $ . ... The HTML 2.0 Specification Review materials includes complete information on the HTML Working group of the IETF, the discussion of the HTML 2.0 specification, mailing list archive, and other supporting materials. ... JHU/APL's WWW HTML Developer's JumpStation - Page 1 . ... Gentle Introduction to SGML from the TEI guidelines. www-talk . ... There is also a hypertext archive. ... IETF Working group for HTML. www-html . ...

... We are developing the following problems: a) combine optical and microwave technic to the indication of non-linear surface waves and wave breaking field; b) modelling of microwave propagation in a multiphase air-water interface; c) obtain quantitative dependencies of microwave radiation on geometry and statistics of wave breaking field in ocean surface; d) monitoring of ocean surface states using optical amd microwave airspace data sets. ... Important issue is spray and underwater bubbles. ...

... SITe Scientific Grade Fiber Optic CCD Imagers SIC003AF, SIC502AF and STC006AF: Ideal for electronic imaging applications including medical, X-ray, and inspection. ... The SIC family of imagers are fiberoptic window versions of SITe's most popular CCDs including the SIC003A, a 1024x1024 element CCD with MPP, and the SIC502A, a 512x512 element CCD. ... Device Description . ... Some degradation of the dark defect blemish specification of a normal bare imager due to Fiber Optic blemishes can be expected...

The Armagh Planetarium together with other public bodies in Northern Ireland joined with organizations throughout the world by switching off its lights on the evening of Saturday 28th March in recognition of Earth Hour 2009. ... Earth Hour originated in Sydney, Australia, and highlights the damage to the natural environment caused by wasteful use of energy, especially the unnecessary outdoor lighting that leads to light pollution. ... Last Revised: 2009 March 30th . ...

... Rocket-Space Complex N1-L3 . ... launch vehicle N1 . and Lunar Complex L3 . designed under . ... Launch vehicle N1 was designed of three stages (A, B, V) connected with transfer compartments of a truss type and a core stage. ... The rocket was a package design with suspended, single-unit, spherical fuel tanks and multi-engine propulsion units on stages I, II, and III. ... Mass of payload delivered to the Earth orbit, . ... Launch mass, t . ... Official WEB-site of S.P.Korolev RSC Energia . ...

... 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 . ...