Next: Publication Costs of Astronomical Research . ... Purple Mountain Observatory, Academia Sinica, Nanjing 210008, China, e-mail: library@nanjing.jspta.chinamail.sprint.com . This article includes a general overview of the Purple Mountain Observatory (PMO) followed by a description of the document resources held in the Observatory Library. ... The predecessor of the Observatory was the National Research Institute of Astronomy in the former Academia Sinica and its observing site, the PMO. ...

... October 29, 1999 . The USNO Millennium Time Ball . Credit: United States Naval Observatory . ... Initiating a fledgling time service for the United States , the U.S. Naval Observatory dropped a time ball at precisely noon every day begining in 1845. ... Meanwhile, don't forget ... this year, in most of the U.S. Daylight Time ends at 2:00 am on Sunday, October 31 . ... About APOD > . ...

... Research areas . ... Events III All-Russian Research and Application Conference 'Actual Issues of Research in Avionics: Theory, Service, Development' - 'AVIATOR' . ... e-mail: aviator.vrn@mail.ru . ... State and development trends of electrical equipment and electro-optical systems of aircraft. ... Current state and development trends of information and management complex for aircraft. ...

... A Web browser with Java support and an account to establish a secure Internet HTTP connection to the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), is everything needed in order to use the new Control Center System (CCS). Then full access to the telemetry of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is given (Figure 2). A public version of CCS is also available. ... Rifkin, A. 1997, Reengineering the Hubble Space Telescope Control Center System, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. ...

Pursuant to paragraph 25 of the FCCs Report and Order on a Radio Astronomy Coordination Zone in Puerto Rico, most applicants in the following services are required to coordinate their applications with NAIC: applicants for fixed or base stations below 15 GHz in Part 5,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,73,74,78,80,87,90,95,97, and 101. ... 5.70 Notification to the Arecibo Observatory. ... 1) The notification to the Interference Office, Arecibo Observatory shall be made prior to, or simultaneously with, the filing . ...

... Within the transnational Access program of SOLARNET, European investigators can apply for observing time with the European instruments IBIS and ROSA , which are installed at the Dunn Solar Telescope of the US National Solar Observatory ( DST/NSO ). ... Periodic calls for proposals will be published for requesting SOLARNET observing time with the European instruments IBIS and ROSA, installed at the Dunn Solar Telescope of the US National Solar Observatory (DST/NSO). ... SOLARNET Access . ...

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SAI VO . ... Web Services . Catalog Access Services . ... SAI Web Services . ... This service aims to automatically match stars in FITS image provided with catalogue and add the correct WCS keywords to its FITS header. ... Service Web Interface . ... The service is available here To use it, you has to provide the image as a Base64-encoded string, along with the rough information on image field of view size and center (the latter may be deduced from FITS header keywords like 'RA' and 'DEC'). ...

... IAA VLBI Analysis Center . ... First IAA SLR EOP submission to IERS Annual Report . ... Beginning of operational processing of SLR observations . ... We use several program packages for analysis mostly developed at the IAA: GROSS for processing of the SLR observations and analysis of EOP and coordinates time series, OCCAM/GROSS for computation of EOP, station coordinates, and troposphere parameters time series from the VLBI observations, GRAPE for processing of GPS observations. ...

CREW 19/20 . ... SIXTEENTH RUSSIAN VISITING CREW . ... Launch of one ISS-19/20 Russian, one NASA crewmember and one participant of the visiting crew (VC-16) (USA) by transport manned spacecraft Soyuz TMA-14 in flight 18S; . ... Operational support for loading and undocking of Soyuz TMA-13 from FGB Zarya; . ... Support of the Space Station functionality; . ... Operational support for docking of the Space Shuttle in flight 2J/A. Rotation of one NASA crewmember by the Shuttle in flight 2J/A; . ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... Credit: United States Naval Observatory Explanation: In the nineteenth century , dropping a time ball from a prominent location was a practical way of communicating the time to the surrounding country side and ships at sea . Initiating a fledgling time service for the United States , the U.S. Naval Observatory dropped a time ball at precisely noon every day begining in 1845. ... Publications with keywords: time - millennium - U.S. Naval Observatory . ...

... Science . ... Science Users Information > Science Publications > Science Announcements . ... Observing Facilities . ... Observing with ESO Telescopes . ... Instrument Pipelines . ... Data Handling and Products . ... Science Data Products Forum . ... ESO Data . ... Science Announcements . ... Published: 05 Oct 2015 . ... New data products resulting from the VST Public Survey ATLAS are now available via the dedicated Phase3 query interface at the Science Archive Facility . ... Published: 31 Aug 2015 ....

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... Archives . ... ArXiv] 2nd week, Sept. ... Keeping the track of them and writing summaries based on daily arXiv updates for the slog over the past few months has become a quite overwhelming task for a single person. ... How to subscribe and how to cancel subscription is given at the following website: . ... Simply on your email tool, if you want to subscribe astro-ph (preprints in astronomy, astrophysics, and related fields), . ... Available arXiv is listed in http://arxiv.org/help/archive_list . ...

... Most Important Journals . Less Popular Astronomical Journals . Physics . Space, Selectial mechanics, .. Russian Journals . ... Astrophysics & Astronomy . ... Astronomical Journal . ... New Astronomy . ... Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific . ... STScI News . Space Telescope Insitute Newsletter . ... Journal of Astronomical Data . ... Journal of High-Energy Physics (mirror in CERN ) [astro, grav, hi-energy .. ... Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics . ...

NIST Spetial Publication 500-220 . Guide on Open System Environment (OSE) Procurements . ... An Open System Environment encompasses the functionality needed to provide interoperability, portability, and scalability of computerized applications across networks of heterogeneous, multi-vendor hardware/software/communications platforms. ... The Open System Environment concept has become ubiquitous throughout both the public and private sectors. ... ACQUIRING AN OPEN SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT 11 . ...

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... The Large Telescopes Program Committee of Russian AS . ... Executive Secretary, e-mail: request@sao.ru . Telescope RATAN-600 Time Request deadline: I half-year (Jan. ... Program title .. ... Principal investigator .. ... Request status .. ... Retarded applications and ones not conforming to form will not be accepted by the Committee. ... In some exceptional cases the Program Committee Secretary can accept a request after deadline with permission of the Chairman of Committee or director of SAO RAS. ...

Next: Achievements Up: Astronomy at Armagh Previous: Staff Contents . The system of staff appraisal and performance-related pay (PRP) follows that of the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS). ... The performance of the Observatory is also assessed externally at slightly longer intervals, for example through the Quinquennial Review process and participation in the UK Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), held in 1992 and 1996 and again in 2001. ...

NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER ORAL HISTORY PROJECT BIOGRAPHICAL DATA SHEET NAME: John Finley Yardley O RAL H ISTORY: 29 June 1998 30 June 1998 EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: BS in Aeronautical Engineering, Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa ... Yardley, John F. "Space Shuttle Test Program." ... National Academy of Engineering, 1993 Founders and Arthur M. Bueche Awards Nomination Form for John F. Yardley, Key Personnel File, Johnson Space Center Awards Office, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas. ...