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... Malkov, O. M. Smirnov . ... We present some current and future variations of our Guide Star Catalog Data Retrieval Software (GUIDARES). ... The GUIDARES software was born in 1991 (Malkov et al. 1992) as a PC-based tool for easy access to the Guide Star Catalog. ... Several applications arose (e.g., Malkov & Smirnov 1994b) where it was very useful for a program to be able to read the Guide Star Catalog easily, without the burden of sorting through its (very complicated) internal structure. ...

... Posts tagged ?distribution? ... No time for reading the whole article? ... Continue reading ?Guinness, Gosset, Fisher, and Small Samples? ... Category: arXiv , Fitting , Frequentist , Quotes , Stat | ... Continue reading ?chi-square distribution [Eqn]? ... 2008? Tags: bimodality , distribution , Fourier , GRB , K-S test , kurtosis , Nested Sampling , quantification , skewness , wavelet . ... Data-Driven Goodness-of-Fit Tests by L. Mikhail . ... ArXiv] Data-Driven Goodness-of-Fit Tests, Aug. ...

Dr John Butler making adjustments to the recently restored . Calver 18-inch telescope at the Armagh Observatory. The International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center recently named an asteroid after Armagh astronomer, Dr John Butler. ... Christopher John Butler (b. 1940) has worked on cool stars, the effects of solar variability on climate, and preserving Armagh Observatory's scientific heritage for future generations. ... John Butler was born in Cambridgeshire. ...

Next: Information Missing or Incorrect Up: Getting Data In and Previous: FITS Tapes and Miriad . For visibility data, the current version of fits can cope with both single- and multi-source files, with single or multiple antenna configurations (earlier versions of fits were more limited). ... Task fits does not read or use AIPS calibration tables (SN, CL, BP, and BL). ... By default the AIPS task to write FITS files, FITTP , writes to the directory /DATA/FITS . ... Read in visibility data . ...

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Bigbang Forum Message . ... Big Bang | ... Big Bang: Nagging Doubts Remain . ... I recently read 2 books by Simon Singh: Fermats Last Theorem and The Big Bang. ... No matter how many proofs there are to support a theory, if it is not mathematical then there will always remain an element of doubt as to the accuracy of that theory. ... www.astronomy.net . ... Forum posts are Copyright their authors as specified in the heading above the post. "dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

... ESO Science Newsletter May 2014 . ... This newsletter is a summary of recent ESO Science Announcement items. Follow the links or visit ESO Science Announcements to read more. ... Part of the Cycle 2 software is an on-line interface to the ALMA calibrator source catalogue, which will soon be available on the ALMA science portal . ... ESO Workshop, ESO Headquarters, Garching, Germany, 24тАУ28 November 2014 . ... You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the ESO Science Newsletter. ...

... Python TI: Reading, manipulating, and displaying image data: PyFITS function reference documentation . ... Data . ... Data Analysis . ... documentation written by Vicki Laidler and JC Hsu) Functional interface in PyFITS (0.9.8) These functions can be divided into three groups: reading, writing, and getting information. ... Specifying the FITS extension ----------------------------- All the read and write functions support a flexible means of specifying the desired FITS extension, for user...

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The database contains references to the papers, data files and links to the Internet resources related to measurements and calculations of the optical constants in the wavelength interval from X-rays to radio domain. ... References to some useful books and reviews on the subject (e.g. the classical handbooks edited by E.D.Palik) and links to Internet collections of optical constants and personal WWW pages with related software were also placed in the database. You have arrived at our welcome page. ...

... MAO main . ... IAU e-Newsletter - NameExoWorlds: An IAU Worldwide Contest to Name Exoplanets and their Host Stars . ... Тема: IAU e-Newsletter - NameExoWorlds: An IAU Worldwide Contest to Name Exoplanets and their Host Stars . ... Latest Press Release NameExoWorlds: An IAU Worldwide Contest to Name Exoplanets and their Host Stars . ... Welcome to the revamped version of the IAU e-Newsletter. ... IAU. ... NameExoWorlds: An IAU Worldwide Contest to Name Exoplanets and their Host Stars . ... MAO NASU ....

... New Developments in the FITSIO and Fv Software Packages W. Pence NASA/GSFC, Code 662, Greenbelt, MD 20771, Email: pence@tetra.gsfc.nasa.gov Abstract. This paper describes recent improvements to the FITSIO subroutine library and the fv FITS file viewer and editor, both of which were initially described at previous ADASS conferences. ... Introduction The FITSIO subroutine library for reading and writing FITS format files was last described in the ADASS IV conference proceedings. ...

In this gallery are many images of Low Surface Brightness Galaxies which have recently been discovered and analyzed. ... The central surface brightness of this galaxy is 24.28 . Malin 2 This galaxy is another huge disk galaxy with a scale length of 15 kpc and a redshift of 15000 km/a. The high surface brightness knot in one of its spiral arms actually has the same color, luminosity and H-alpha equivalent width as the entire Large Magellanic Cloud . ... Truly it is a Low Surface Brightness Galaxy. ...

Supernova 2002fk in NGC 1309 . This page is devoted to information on Supernova 2002fk in NGC 1309 Basic information on this SN, including the last reported brightness, on this Supernova can be found on the main page . Information on the original web pages for many of these images can be found on the updates and links web pages. ... 2002/09/19.848 . ... JM Llapasset image . ... 13.0 . ... Josep M. Bosch . ... Josep M. Bosch image . ... vsnet-campaign-sn 476 ] SN 2002fk in NGC 1309 . ...

... Class . ... ImageJ Plugin for reading an AVI file into an image stack (one slice per video frame) Version 2008-07-03 by Michael Schmid, based on a plugin by Daniel Marsh and Wayne Rasband Restrictions and Notes: - Only few formats supported: - uncompressed 8 bit with palette (=LUT) - uncompressed 8 16 bit grayscale - uncompressed 24 32 bit RGB (alpha channel ignored) - uncompressed 32 bit AYUV (alpha channel ignored) - various YUV 4:2:2 compressed formats - png or jpeg-encoded individual frames. ...

... comedi_data_read -- read single sample from channel . ... int comedi_data_read (comedi_t * device, unsigned int subdevice, unsigned int channel, unsigned int range, unsigned int aref, lsampl_t * data); . Reads a single sample on the channel specified by the Comedi device device, the subdevice subdevice, and the channel channel. ... The function comedi_data_read() reads one data value from the specified channel and places the data value in the location pointed to by data. ... comedi_data_write ...

Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, . Moscow, Russia . Supernovae make us brighter .. Search russian astronomical resources . Mirror of International Supernovae Network ( Original site ) . Catalogue of Supernovae Stars . HTTP access to SAI Catalogue of Supernovae Stars . SAI SN Light Curves Online . ... Sternberg Astronomical Institute ( in Russian ) . ... Astronet - Russian Astronomical Network . ... Russian Foundation for Basic Research . ...

G1.9+0.3 has been recently identified as the youngest known Galactic supernova remnant, about 150 years old at most. ... The Youngest Galactic Supernova Remnant: G1.9+0.3 . ... X-ray spectral variations in the youngest Galactic Supernova Remnant G1.9+0.3 . ... Radioactive Scandium in the Youngest Galactic Supernova Remnant G1.9+0.3 . ... Expansion of the Youngest Galactic Supernova Remnant G1.9+0.3 . ... Supernova Ejecta in the Youngest Galactic Supernova Remnant G1.9+0.3 . ...

. Logon . Home . About ATMoB . Library . Events . Gallery . Members . Presented by Charlie McDonald and John Reed. Pictures used with permission from the Reading Daily Times Chronicle/Joe Hakey. John Reed with Birch Meadow School student look at the sun through a special filtered telescope during a visit to the school recently. Birch Meadow students hold a piece of a meteor found in a crater in Arizona. In back are (l-r) John Reed, Charlie McDonald, and teacher Carol Wertheim.