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... Posts tagged ?BEHR? ... A great advantage of Bayesian analysis, they say, is the ability to propagate the posterior. That is, if we derive a posterior probability distribution function for a parameter using one dataset, we can apply that as the prior when a new dataset comes along, and thereby improve our estimates of the parameter and shrink the error bars. ... Suppose you have two data sets, D1 and D2, hypotheses H, and background info (model, etc.) ... Comment . ... 7 Comments . ...

Next: RECEIVER CHOICE Up: Spectral-Line Observing at AO Previous: Spectral-Line Observing at AO . ... This involves deciding which receiver you wish to use, the observing procedure and parameters you wish to employ, what frequency range and set-up for the correlator boards you want, integration length, any equipment you may need to deal with RFI (filters, radar blankers, etc.), etc. ... These files are automatically saved into your project area on the ``observer'' computer. ...

... GOODS unites extremely deep observations from NASA's Great Observatories, Spitzer , Hubble , and Chandra , ESA's Herschel and XMM-Newton , and from the most powerful ground-based facilities, to survey the distant universe to the faintest flux limits across the electromagnetic spectrum. ... The space-based observations are complemented by ground-based imaging and spectroscopy, including extensive commitments of ESO and NOAO observing time. ... 2010-04-10: Deep VLA 1.4 GHz data for GOODS-North . ...

Russian SHAREABLE DATA CENTER Institute of Solar-Terrestial Physics SB RAS . ... Investigations of the ionospheric response to strong magnetics storms which are usual for our latitudes, are of great interest. ... In the figure, we present ionospheric parameter dynamics during three perturbed days in July 2000. ...

Computer Ephemeris for 2014 from DE200/LE200. Orbital parameters of the Sun. Date Mean Perigee Mean Paral Aberrat Epsilon Nutat longitude longitude anomaly Dec 24 272.6887 283.1787 349.5100 8.941 20.832 2326 6.72 -8.19 Jan 3 282.5451 283.1792 359.3660 8.943 20.837 6.71 -8.18 13 292.4016 283.1796 9.2220 8.942 20.834 6.76 -8.11 23 302.2581 283.1801 19.0780 8.935 20.818 6.87 -7.99 Feb 2 ...

... Paranal and La Silla general information and long term statistics of various parameters relevant for observational astronomy. on meteorology, telescope environment, atmospheric turbulence, and related topics (includes links to some other sites) . ... Databases for the Characterization of Astronomical Observatories Workshop La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain; 22-23 June 2015 . ... Astroclimatology of Chajnantor . ... Photometry: Night Sky Quality at Mauna Kea , Cerro Pachon , CTIO and IAC . ...

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... A technique allowing automatic representation by a relatively small number of independent parameters based on the principal component analysis of data sequences is presented. ... In recent years the spectrum of observed astronomical data can be characterized as greatly varied. ... In this instance, the problem of initial description and classification of newly-observed data becomes most urgent, especially if there is a lack of preliminary observational material and theoretical expectations. ...

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... Meta Index / Home Page / Astrometric correction The correction is deemed to be a success if the following criteria are met: . A sufficient number of stars have been matched (if the number of input sources (n) is less than 30, max(4, n/4), otherwise 10). The computed offset errors are no greater than the value of the input parameter maxradecerr (arcsecs). ... The user can use the task parameters maxradecerr and maxrmsres to change the settings that decide if an astrometric fit is okay. ...

... This formula is a function of the morphological type, t , and of the apparent flattening, logr25 . ... R is the axis ratio derived from logr25 . k is the bulge to disk ratio and depends on morphological type as follows: k=0.754*10 (-0.2*t) , if k >1 then k=1 (Simien and de Vaucouleurs) . ... It depends on the morphological type t as: . ... K = 0.094 if t >= 0. and C is defined as (dlogD/dlogR) and has the fixed value of 0.04 . ...

Analysis of general features of the chaotic system behavior and investigation of the properties of concrete chaotic sources. ... Analysis of information properties of chaotic systems and chaotic oscillations as concrete objects for information processing and comunications. ... This hypothesis gives a possibility of designing simple mathematical structures accomplishing various processes of information processing using chaos. ... Activities | ... E-mail: chaos@mail.cplire.ru ...

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Next: Star Formation Rate and Up: No Title Previous: Calculation of Evolutionary Tracks . To start calculations, we choose the distributions of the initial binary parameters: the mass of the primary ZAMS component, , binary mass ratio, , orbital separation a . ... whereas the mass ratio distribution is not. ... The zero assumption often made is that the mass ratio distribution has a flat shape, that is binaries with a high mass ratio occur as frequently as those with equal masses. ...

The problem of solar wind data correlation for the observations onboard several spacecraft is very important for three points of view: . ... This problem is studied now in detail by systematic determination of ion flux and ion velocity data correlations by INTERBALL-1 (IKI group), WIND and IMP 8 (both - MIT group). ... Solar wind plasma correlation lengths from IMP 8, WIND and INTERBALL-1. ... Correlation of solar wind observations onboard several spacecraft: INTERBALL-1, IMP 8 and WIND data. ...

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... The package AMPLE (Adaptable Minor Planet Ephemerides) is dedicated to solving a number of problems concerning minor planets with the aid of IBM-type personal computer. ... Obtaining selection of orbital elements and/ or photometric parameters of minor planets in conformity with imposed restrictions. ... The orbital elements of all minor planets used in AMPLE for 2015 have been determined in IAA on the ground of available observations in the catalogue of observations of the Minor Planet Center. ...