... The HST uses an onboard model of its orbit to perform in real-time various control functions relating to spacecraft operations and observation support. ... New coefficients for the ephemeris are updated every other day, and are archived as FITS keywords for each HST observation data set. Using these coefficients,an observer can perform a variety of calibration and characterization calculations relating to the orbital position and velocity of the telescope. ...

... HST Phase II Proposal Instructions for Cycle 20 > Chapter 10: Fine Guidance Sensors (FGS) > 10.2 Mode = POSConfig = FGS . 10.2 Mode = POS . ... In addition, a few stars (reference and/or target) should be observed multiple times during a visit to map any positional drift of the field due to HST pointing characteristics (see the FGS Instrument Handbook) . ... The default values of the Optional Parameters are set in this Mode to provide acceptable data for single, zero angular diameter stars. ...

Next: CAL_getBoresightMatrix Up: Routines of the Calibration Previous: List of CCF Components Contents . ... The CAL functions CAL_getBadPixelList & CAL_getBadPixelMap use the CAL state variable temperature only to check that the current operating temperature is consistent with the CCF constituent BadPix . ... Used CAL State Variables . List of CCF Components used . ... Next: CAL_getBoresightMatrix Up: Routines of the Calibration Previous: List of CCF Components Contents Michael Smith 2011-09-20 ...

... User Guide ] Task: uvfit Purpose: Fit point sources to a given vis file. ... Key: stokes Normal Stokes/polarisation parameter (e.g. i,q,u,v,ii etc). ... Key: object This gives the object type that uvfit fits for. ... Key: fix This gives a set a flag parameters, one parameter per source. Each parameter consists of a set of letters, which indicate which source parameters of a component are to be held fixed. These source parameters are fixed by the initial estimates given by the `spar' parameter. ...

... All the parameters provided in this database have been obtained using the the MIRIAD ( Sault et al. 1995 ) task MBSPECT . MBSPECT makes a spectrum of the velocity (or frequency) axis of a cube. The spectrum is beam-weighted, over the width specified, for the other image axes. ... Robust parameters are calculated by using an algorithm which minimises the mean absolute deviation of the flux-weighted velocities. mask= This specifies the x-axis ranges to be excluded from any continuum fit. ...

... readmodel , file _char Read a model file. calcmodel Compute the model data for data sets with non-zero weight. modelchisq () Function. Return reduced of currently loaded data wrt model. binarypos ([ epoch _real [, component _char ]][, lambda = lambda ][, com = com ][, abs = abs ]) Function. ... Use today if no epoch is specified, and use the top hierarchical component if no component is specified. ... Examples: PRINT,MODELK(' A'), PRINT,MODELK(' AB'). modelpx ( component _char ) Function. ...

... 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 . ...

Region markers can be moved, resized, rotated, zoomed, deleted, and can change geometric type. ... For example, markers placed on astronomical catalog positions should be fixed so that one cannot accidentally move them off the specified position. ... Parameters can be fixed using the fix option of the regions public access point (for fixing classes of markers) or by means of a fix keyword in the definition of an externally loaded marker. ... In the command: echo "regions fix all -position -size" | ...

... 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 . ...

The beam pattern and the polarization characteristics . of the radio telescope RATAN-600 . The Mueller matrix elements was computed via formulas [1]: . ... The BP were computed by the aperture method, proceeding from the fild distribution in the aperture of the primary mirror. The components of the main and cross-polarization components of the electric field in the vertical aperture of the primary mirror was computed in Frenel diffraction approximation. ...

... The first of the equations defines the position of the spectral orders, m , in the raw image, while the second equation gives, for each order, the dispersion relation in one dimension. ... where the coefficients are computed using least squares techniques on a grid , i.e. sample number and line number of points located within the spectral orders of the image. These points in the grid are found automatically by an order--following algorithm, normally using the FLAT or STD image. ...

... The spacecraft of Magion type have been selected as the subsatellites of the Interball project: Magion-4 (C2-X) for the Tail Probe and Magion-5 (C2-A) for the Auroral Probe. ... Magion-4 was produced in the Czech Republic in collaboratrion with Russia, Ukraine, Hungary, Austria and has onboard scientific instruments and sensors designed and built in Czech Republic, Russia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Slovak Republic. ... Plasma flow detector VDP-S (Czech Republic, Russia) . ...

Pulkovo Database of Observations of Visual Double Stars . ... Catalog of relative positions of visual double stars, based on photographic observations performed since 1960 in Pulkovo on the 26-inch refractor (A.A.Kiselev, O.A.Kalinichenko, O.V.Kiyaeva, N.A.Shakht, L.G.Romanenko, I.S.Izmailov, O.P.Bykov, K.L.Maslennikov, E.A.Grosheva, D.L.Gorshanov), 2010 . ... Enter either ADS or WDS number. Click here to display full list of visual double stars observed at Pulkovo. ADS . ...

... They are concerned with Attitude Control System of the spacecraft, satellite visibility from tracking stations, limits on the satellite autonomous operations during the orbit, and needs for auxiliary operations with the spacecraft. ... Among the operational constraints the most important one is the number of programmed slews per orbit, which determines the maximum number of radio sources to be observed during one orbit. ... System temperature (K) . ... Progress of the RadioAstron Project in Pictures...

Stellarium 0.12.3 . ... StelCircleArcRenderer Class Reference . Provides functions to draw circle arcs using StelRenderer . ... drawGreatCircleArc (const Vec3d &start, const Vec3d &stop, const SphericalCap *clippingCap=NULL, void(*viewportEdgeIntersectCallback)(const Vec3d &screenPos, const Vec3d &direction, void *userData)=NULL, void *userData=NULL) . ... Create a circle arc renderer to draw multiple circle arcs . ... void(*)(const Vec3d &screenPos, const Vec3d &direction, void *userData)љ . ...

Catalogue of double stars . The Pulkovo Visual Double Star Catalogue Based on the Relative Positions Derived from the Photographic Observations Made with 26-inch Refractor since 1960. ... Into the present catalogue the seasonal mean relative positions ( r and q 2000 ) are included for 234 visual double stars observed at Pulkovo with 26-inch refractor from 1960 through 2001. ... The photographic and CCD observations of visual double stars are being continued now. ... The Format of the Catalogue. ...

lsst.tcc љ 1.2.2-3-g89ecb63 . ... Files . ... python . ... parse . getPVTPxPMRadVel.py . ... 15 љ and the following qualifiers: /Distance /Px /PM /RV. 16 љ . ... 19 љ @param[in] defTAI TAI date to use if time not specified (MJD, seconds) . ... 25 љ - /Distance and /Px are both specified . ... 31 љ if not parsedCmd.qualDict[ "distance" ].boolValueDefaulted: . 32 љ raise CommandError( "Must specify new position to specify /Distance" ) . ... tcc.parse.getPVTPxPMRadVel.getPVTPairPxPMRadVel . ...

tranback -- Transform an X,Y position from output to input pixel position using the same conventions as drizzle tranback xout yout . xout = 400 [real] . ... The X dimension of the input image (this is used to determine the centre which is the origin of the transformations). (nyin = 800) [real] . ... If "output" the input image center is mapped to the center of the output grid, rotated about that center and then shifted along the grid of the output image. ...

... With enough velocity, a spacecraft can break loose from the Earth's gravity and enter an orbit around the Sun, like that of a planet. If it then orbits the Sun with the same period as the Earth--one year--it may keep a fixed position relative to Earth. ... If the distance is just right--about 4 times the distance to the Moon or 1/100 the distance to the Sun--the spacecraft, too, will need just one year to go around the Sun, and will keep its position between the Sun and the Earth. ...

Next: Results & Discussion Up: Coronal Hole Diagnostics out Previous: Introduction . ... The dates of the observations discussed here, their locations, pointing, slit sizes and exposure times are given in BTDW. ... Line fits are given by the dotted line. ... An estimation of the errors in the derived parameters was obtained using the GA-derived parameters as an input for a ``classical'' IDL-CURVEFIT procedure (Peter, 1999; Peter & Judge, 1999). ...