XmTel ----- XmTel is a Motif-based telescope control program based on INDI, the Instrument-Neutral Distributed Interface. ... See the files LICENSE and COPYRIGHT for the details. ... About Epoch ----------- XmTel assumes that the telescope is set to "Epoch of Date", which means that it is using ideal celestial coordinates precisely aligned today. ... XmTel assumes that target coordinates entered from the keyboard are in the Epoch that the telescope coordinates are currently displayed in. ...

Next: HST Paper Products: A New Way to Look at HST Data . ... After providing on-the-fly re-calibration of HST data to archive users, ST-ECF has embarked on a new project aiming at grouping, cosmic ray cleaning and drizzling images taken by most HST instruments. ... The production of the missing jitter files combined with the extraction of additional engineering parameters will greatly enhance the homogeneity and the scientific value of the entire archive. ... 1995, HST Data Handbook, STScI, 107 . ...

CIMA is more than just the observing tool - in fact, the observing tool is just a part of a bigger package called the CIMA software package. ... There is also a another package called the CIMA WAPP software which contains the WAPP software, the special Tcl/Tk interpreter used by CIMA and support libraries. ... All CIMA software components recognize the following general options that are part of the CIMA version selection system: . ... The select_cima script can be used to set up a default version. ...

... Psrcat . ... Then select the correct version of tcs - check with local staff or look on the control-room whiteboard for this: . ... Select Pulsar, Expert mode and if desired an appropriate Recall state file (click on the arrow to browse). ... Select a schedule file (Sched file/Own). ... Data files are in PSRFITS format with extension .rf for pulsar files and .cf for calibration files. ... A complete record of all TCS operations and messages is recorded in the tcsgui.log files for each observing day....

D.Chumbalov and A.Romashchenko. ... Proc. 40th International Symposium in Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS), Part 1. ... Preliminary version: Proc. 6th International Computer Science Symposium in Russia (CSR), 2011.) download: arXiv:1102.5538 , slides: pdf . ... Bulletin of the EATCS (The Logic in Computer Science Column by Yuri Gurevich) no. 97 (2009) pp. 126--136. download: pdf . ... Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5162 Springer 2008 pp. 527-538). download: pdf . ...

home education > resources . ... Education from Mercury . ... Selected Topical Bibliographies . Astronomy Education Bibliography . ... Astronomy . ... Goldman, S. "Prime Time Astronomers: The Astronomers TV Series" in Sky Telescope, May 1991, p. 472. ... Goldman, S. "Astronomy on the Internet" in Sky Telescope, Aug. 1995, p. 20. ... Marschall, L. "Virtual Professional Astronomy" in Sky Telescope, Aug. 1995, p. 92. ... Wallin, J. "Astronomy Education on the Web" in Sky Telescope, Nov. 1997, p. 68. ...

... This thread contains a step-by-step recipe to extract MOS spectra of a point-like source observed in Imaging mode and to create associated response matrices, starting from a calibrated, concatenated event list (either produced with emproc or available as PPS product; here it has the assumed file name MOS.fits ). ... The users should note that the SAS metatask xmmselect allows them to interactively define source and background regions (via ds9) and to run backscale on the fly. ...

The left mouse button controls the creation and manipulation of region markers or cursors. ... Text When a marker type of selected, new markers of that type can be created using the left mouse button. The current default marker type is displayed below the menu. ... Set Default Marker Name (and Color) . ... Reset the fix parameter state of currently existing markers to match the global state set by the -fix command switch or by the Edit Global Fix Params For New Markers option in the Markers menu. ...

The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is used to synchronize the time of a computer client or server to another server or reference time source, such as a radio or satellite receiver or modem. ... Information on the NTP architecture, protocol and algorithms can be found in the following articles and reports, which are available online . Mills, D.L. Internet time synchronization: the Network Time Protocol. ... Mills, D.L. Network Time Protocol (Version 3) specification, implementation and analysis. ...

OptInt PmWiki . ... Forms . ... This page explains how you can embed input forms into wiki pages. ... input text name value size= n :) (:input hidden name value :) (:input password name value :) (:input radio name value :) (:input checkbox name value :) (:input select name value label :) (:input default default-name default-value :) (:input submit name value :) (:input textarea name [=value=] rows= n cols= n :) (:input reset name label :) (:input file name label :) (:input image name "src" alt :) . ...

... The numbers of three types of compact binaries containing accreting NSs and BHs, which are most interesting from the point of view of their observational appearances, have been calculated as a function of time: i) X-ray transient source containing a NS in an eccentric orbit around a main sequence Be-star (the observed prototype: A0535+26), ii) BH The evolution of the selected types of X-ray binaries during the first 10 million years after the starburst onset is presented in Fig. ...

... 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 . ...

... Pattern_Number: 11 Pattern_Type: ACS-WFC-DITHER-LINE Pattern_Purpose: DITHER Number_Of_Points: 2 (use 3 points to reject cosmic rays in gap) Point_Spacing: 2.994 Line_Spacing: N/A Coordinate_Frame: POS-TARG Pattern_Orient: 85.27 Angle_Between_Sides: N/A Center_Pattern: NO POS TARG equivalent: 0.000 0.000 0.247 2.984 0.494 5.968 (3rd pointing rejects cosmic rays in gap) Note that the significant ACS scale variation causes the larger pointing patterns to lose their integrity across the field-of-view. ...

Available on Commodore C16, C116 and +4 computers. (at the Computer) . ... External Cartridge Chip Selects C1 High . ... External Cartridge Chip Selects C2 Low (reserved) . ... External Cartridge Chip Selects C2 High (reserved) . ... Chip Select Line 1 . ... Column Address Strobe . ... DRAM address multiplex control signal . ... Bus Available (Low=DMA) . ... Data 7 . ... External Cartridge Chip Selects C1 Low . ... PHI 2: Address valid on the rising edge, data valid on the falling edge . ...

Available on Commodore C16, C116 and +4 computers. ... External Cartridge Chip Selects C1 High . ... External Cartridge Chip Selects C2 Low (reserved) . ... Column Address Strobe . ... Bus Available (Low=DMA) . ... Data 7 . ... PHI 2 . ... External Cartridge Chip Selects C1 Low . ... PHI 2: Address valid on the rising edge, data valid on the falling edge Contributor: Joakim жgren , Arwin Vosselman Sources: Usenet posting in comp.sys.cbm, Pinout specs for cbm machines needed by Lonnie McClure . ...

Next: Calibrating amplitude errors Up: Calibrate data Previous: Calibrate data Contents . ... The results will be entered in the calibrations table (strictly speaking an array of calibration entry structures), and automatically applied to the data. ... L IST List the entries . ... UNDO Remove entries and corresponding calibration . U NCAL Completely remove calibration from the selected data only. ... U NDO U NCAL will remove all calibrations for the selected data and all stars/scans. ...

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The original files with the data were in different formats. ... Such files were named "standard data files" and linked to the database. They can be easily transformed to any desirable format by a code. Here we present two simple computer programs of this kind. ... When running the code, you can specify columns in the output file: wavelength, energy (eV) or wavenumber (cm -1 ) as the first column, and complex refractive index or dielectric function as the second and third columns. ...

... 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 | ...

Permitted Context: SELECT . ... The OPTION element can only occur within a SELECT element. ... When the form is submitted, the NAME of the enclosing SELECT element is paired with the OPTION's VALUE attribute to contribute a name/value pair for the selection. ... CLASS . ... The string to be used together with the name attribute of the enclosing select element, when submitting the form. ... SELECTED . ... This attribute is used within menus to define shaped hotzones associated with this option's value. ...