... Table data are arranged in columns and rows, and stored in MIDAS files with the extension .tbl . ... An item in a table is accessed by giving its column and row in addition to the table name. The row number can either be given as an absolute value (i.e. the sequence number) or indicated by the value in a previously defined reference column. ... A table can be always expanded in the sense that its number of columns and rows is automatically increased when the allocated space is exceeded. ...

... Co-ordinate systems description . Directories structure . The file names' construction . The file set description . ... The orbital information for each month is presented in the separate directory. The INTERBALL orbital data are located on the STDA server, for each month in the separate subdirectory, which name consists from the year (YYYY) and month (MM) numbers. The Parent Directory of the Tail Probe orbital data is http://www.iki.rssi.ru/da/interball/tail/orbit/ . ...

This service contributes to the International Service of Geomagnetic Indices (ISGI) of the IAGA . ... The Kp numbers of the previous month are available in tabular format . ... There are available also historical and current Kp and derived indices per anonoymos FTP (see below). ... U.S.A. FTP server: ftp://ftp.ngdc.noaa.gov/STP/GEOMAGNETIC_DATA/INDICES/KP_AP/ . monthly update) . ... contains the monthly Kp / ap tables in a simple text format readable for both humans and computers (*.tab). ...

Next: The root filesystem Up: Overview of the Directory Previous: Overview of the Directory . This chapter is loosely based on the Linux filesystem standard, FSSTND, version 1.2 (see the bibliography, [ Qui95 ]), which attempts to set a standard for how the directory tree in a Linux system is organized. ... This chapter does not explain all files in detail. ... The major parts are the root, /usr љ , /var љ , and /home љ filesystems (see figure 2.1 ). ... Figure 2.1: Parts of a Unix directory tree. ...

... List of SAS threads . This thread contains a (very!) simple standard XSPEC session for fitting data from the X-ray cameras. ... Start XSPEC . ... Load spectrum data: . ... response 1 PN.rmf . ... plot data . Fig.1: XSPEC data plot . Ignore bad channels in data: . ... The latter, the maximum number of channels to bu summed. plot data with model adjustment and e.g. the residuals (alternatives, ratio data/model, absolute chi-squared, etc) . ... Fig.2: XSPEC data, model and residual plot . ...

Databases (NSDC) of the Natural Planetary Satellites. ... NSDC: Database of astrometric observations of Natural Planetary Satellites . ... They are thoroughly looking for observations in different sources, creating their owndatabases which are then mostly inaccessible to other researchers. ... In the file "content" with explications, the reference is given to the data source as well as the bibliographic reference. ... Data sources. ... Why a specific bibliographic database for Natural satellites? ...

This is the homepage of Andrew Fruchter, an astronomer on the staff of the Space Telescope Science Institute . ... Here you can look at an HST images of the optical counterparts of gamma-ray bursts and their host galaxies. ... Therefore, substantial information on the fine scale structure of objects can be obtained by offsetting the pointing of the telescope between exposures and then combining these "dithered" exposures into a single image. ...

Next: Silicate minerals Up: A Database of Optical Previous: Database of Optical Properties . ... If necessary, data have been determined for the different crystallographic axes. ... In the following we give some examples of the data and their possible applications. Table: Summary of data measured in the Jena laboratory, which are currently available from the JPDOC. compound . ... amorph. ... Next: Silicate minerals Up: A Database of Optical Previous: Database of Optical Properties root 2003-03-06 ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2000 October 29 . Microwave Hotspots: The Oldest Structures Known . Credit: DMR , COBE , NASA . Explanation: These spots are the oldest, most distant structures known. ... A more detailed analysis might result after NASA 's Microwave Anisotropy Probe is launched in 2001. ... About APOD | ... NASA Technical Rep.: ...

Next: A New Entropy Measure Based on Multiple Resolution and Noise Modeling . ... The entropy measurement has been proposed for image restoration several years ago in astronomy. ... The multiscale entropy has the advantage to introduce a noise modeling, and the concept of information at different level of resolution. ... We show in this paper that it can also be used for background fluctuations analysis. ... Five simulated images were created by adding 400, 200, 100, 50, 0 sources to a noisy image. ...

... Another significant contribution to the crystal energy of metals is the electron-ion interaction or the electron bandstructure energy (E BS ) which is defined by the interaction of valence electrons and the Brillouin zone (BZ) planes. ... The program BRIZ has been developed for 3D visualization of Brillouin zone configurations and intersections of BZ planes with a Fermi sphere[4]. ... 1.75 (electrons/atom). ... 4] Degtyareva V.F., Smirnova I.S.: BRIZ: a vizualization program for Brillouin zone ? ...

The X-ray background Xavier Barcons Instituto de Fsica de Cantabria (CSIC-UC), Spain The cosmic X-ray background (XRB) above photon energies of  2 keV is known to be of extragalactic origin. ... Large-scale structure in the Universe at these redshifts produces excess spatial uctuations in the XRB, which could be measured by future missions. ... The sensitivity for the measurement of such a quantity is well within reach of proposed or planned all-sky survey X-ray missions. ...

This menu contains items that illustrate and explain some of the basic concepts that are represented by any operating system and by UNIX in particular. It helps you to understand why UNIX behaves in the way that it does. ... what an operating system is . the structure of the UNIX operating system . about commands and processes . the UNIX file system . ... Understanding these concepts you will help you make better use of UNIX and have a clearer idea about what it is you are doing. ...

... The data inside CHAMELEON is organized in tables (e.g. ScanTable), structures (e.g. GenConfig), arrays of structures (e.g. scans), and plain arrays (e.g. VisSq). ... RawData: unaveraged, typically 2 ms integrations, flat arrays (bin counts, laser positions, quad cell counts) . ... ScanData: scan averaged data ( scans, bgscans ), output from CHAMELEON, as well as data used in AMOEBA, velocities (spectrosopy) , positions (relative astrometry), magnitudes (photometry), arrays of structures . ...

This home page belongs to small group of scientists working at . Sternberg Astronomical Institute which is a part of Moscow State University . ... Электронная библиотека научно-технической и художественной литературы (доступна только из ГАИШ) . ... Local staff . Dr. Edward Kononovich (konon -at- sai.msu.ru), Associate Professor . ... Dr. Sergey Ayukov (asv -at- sai.msu.ru), Research Fellow, Webmaster of the group . ... Joint seminar of Solar Studies Structure Group and Solar Photometry Group . ...

... DataљStructures . ... WCSLIB data structures . The WCSLIB routines are based on data structures specific to them: wcsprm for the wcs.h ,c routines, celprm for cel.h ,c, and likewise spcprm, linprm, prjprm and tabprm, with struct definitions contained in the corresponding header files: wcs.h , cel.h , etc. ... In particular, wcsset() analyses the FITS WCS keyvalues provided, fills the required values in the lower-level structs contained in wcsprm, and invokes the setup routine for each of them. ...

... Global Ocean Suspected on Saturns Enceladus . ... 19.09.2015 . ... Credit Copyright: Cassini Imaging Team , SSI , JPL , ESA , NASA Explanation: Do some surface features on Enceladus roll like a conveyor belt? ... Inspection of these images show clear tectonic displacements where large portions of the surface all appear to move all in one direction. ... The small magnitude of Enceladus' wobble as it orbits Saturn might indicate damping by a globally extending underground ocean layer . ... 2015 2016 ....

Solar High Resolution Studies . ... Solar Group . ... High Resolution Studies . Small Scale Activity . ... High resolution observations at different heights in the solar atmosphere have emphasized that there is no such thing as a "quiet" Sun (e.g. Schrijver et al., ... This, and the temporal coincidence of other signatures, supports the idea that microflares are indeed just miniature flares, but that one needs a very high resolution in order to observe them (Cauzzi et al., 2003, in preparation) . ...

... The observed distributions of stars of different ages and metallisities in the Z coordinate relative to Sun: (a) young ( t 3 Gyr) metall-rich ( [Fe/H] -0.13 ) stars; (b) young metal-poor ( [Fe/H]<-0.13 ) stars; (c) old ( 3 Gyr) metal-rich stars, and (d) old metal-poor stars. ... next figure | previous figure . ...

... Animation of the neutral hydrogen data cube from Westerbork. ... VIRGOHI 21 was a dark galaxy candidate discovered in 2005 it was found to contain no starlight down to a very low surface-brightness level, yet its velocity structure implied that it had a mass of 10 10 10 11 solar masses. ... VIRGOHI 21 was first observed in the 21-cm line of neutral hydrogen with the Lovell telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory and the detection was confirmed using the Arecibo telescope ( Davies et al. ...