... The technology needed to implement a Distributed Astronomical Data Archive (DADA) is available today (e.g., Fullton 1993). Query interface standards are needed, however, before the DADA information will be discoverable. ... These parameters would be used to index each dataset in each catalog. ... The technology is available today to perform cross-catalog queries, to fetch the data at the click of a mouse, quickly to add new observation catalogs, and to distribute the load across multiple machines. ...

... Archive for November 2008 . Nov 19th, 2008| 01:34 am | Posted by hlee . ... Category: arXiv , Astro , Cross-Cultural , Frequentist , Methods , News , Quotes , Stat , Uncertainty | Comment . Nov 17th, 2008| 01:39 pm | ... Continue reading ?after ?Thanks to Henrietta Leavitt?? Category: Astro , Bad AstroStat , Data Processing , Methods , Stars , Stat | ... Tags: 2008 , cepheid , CfA , Henrietta Leavitt , Henrietta Swan Leavitt , history , November , period-luminosity , symposium . ...

It has been a busy time farewelling old and welcoming new staff members. ... Debbie has joined us as a cleaner and Lodge assistant, while Eric will work on the antenna drives and other power control systems. ... Millimetre observing during January (summer!) term was restricted to four 12-mm proposals (one of which experienced rain) and various tests. ... During the May term, millimetre observations at Mopra will be jointly run by the ATNF and UNSW, with each allocated six weeks of observing time. ...

... The ESO Library maintains a directory of astronomy librarians and libraries which is available on the World Wide Web. ... The maintainers invite colleagues to submit new names and addresses and, if necessary, to correct existing entries so that the information provided is complete and up-to-date. ... As of April 1998, the directory contained 159 addresses of astronomy librarians and libraries worldwide. ... Figure 2: Address submission form . ... E-mail and World Wide Web addresses are active links....

SAI 175 anniversary . ... Moscow University . Search for in SAI Moscow University Search for in Russian astronomical resources . ... SAI Astronomical Databases . ... Browse SAI Software archive(ftp.sai.msu.su) . ASTRONET.RU - Russian Astronomical Network (available in translit also) . ... SAI Supernovae Research Group . ... Department of the Galaxy and Variable Stars (in Russian) . Sternberg Astronomical Institute Seminars . ... All-Russian Astronomical Olympiad (in Russian) . ...

... The essence of the solution is to generate a virtual PC on your desktop PC and install an old Linux distribution, circa 2006, in that. ... There are two major free virtual machines available for Linux, these are VirtualBox and KVM. ... Boot the virtual machine. ... Install a Linux 2.6 kernel if it isn't installed by default (you'll need to reboot the virtual machine after this step): . ... Printable View of http://www.mrao.cam.ac.uk/projects/OAS/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/MROIDelayLine/TrolleySoftware) ...

Electronic access is now available for all ASP Conference Series Volumes. View the current list available on this page or browse the e-Book Access site . You may receive access with the purchase of a hard copy volume from the AstroShop , with an institutional subscription , or e-only purchases of books or articles on the e-Book Access site. ... Vol 1-218 . ... Vol 219+ . ... Purchase the printed volume, which includes free electronic access. ... Vol. ... Print ISBN: 0-937707-53-8 . ...

... Science Users Information > Libraries > LISA Conferences . ... This site provides links to past and future LISA conference pages and proceedings . ... via Program page or directly at http://eventi.oacn.inaf.it/lisa7/conference/lisa-vii-program/ . ... http://eventi.oacn.inaf.it/lisa7/conference/lisa-vii-program/ . ... Print and Electronic Conference Proceedings: . ... Available at http://www.eso.org/sci//php/libraries/lisa/lisa3/proceedings/ and http://www.stsci.edu/institute/conference/lisa3/ . ...

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems Conference (ADASS) 1997 14 - 17 September 1997 Allgau Stern Hotel, Sonthofen, Germany Limited funds are available to assist attendees who might not otherwise be able to attend ADASS '97. ... E-mail address and fax number 4. ... Type of financial assistance requested - Air fare (from where to where) - Number of nights lodging - Number of days per diem - Waiver of Registration fee, Abstract fee, Computer Demo fee 9. ...

XmCCD ----- This distribution includes source code to utilize the Santa Barbara Instrument Group (SBIG) shared library libsbigudrv.so with a Motif-based graphical user interface program to control SBIG astronomical CCD cameras. ... The latest SBIG library is available from http://www.sbig.com However, the version included here is known to work with this program. ... The sources for these programs are available from the XmCCD home at http://www.astro.louisville.edu/moore/software. ...

... We distribute the following software (free of charge): . ... The version we distribute has been adapted by P.Ganelin, S.Lvovsky <serge (at) mccme.ru>, and A.Shen <shen (at) mccme.ru> to work with Russian texts. It is available via ftp . ... The russified teTeX for Linux, made by A.Shen <shen (at) mccme.ru>. ... The russified MiKTeX 2.0 for Windows is also available via ftp . ... If you see any errors on this page, please write us <compwww (at) mccme.ru> ...

... In brief: the frequency-dependent radiative transfer equation is solved for a dust under assumption of spherically-symmetric geometry for its distribution taking into account particle size distribution and quantum heating effects for the very small dust particles. ... Table: Model parameters for IRAS04296+3429. ... parameter . ... hot dust shell) . ... The best fit to the spectral energy distribution of IRAS04296 is shown by heavy solid line (see Table2 for details concerning parameters of the model...

... 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 | ...

... The New 1997 IEEE Standards Products Catalog features the complete listing of standards publica-tions and services IEEE Standards offers, along with the information you need to place your order. ... Books and Other Products on Standards - contains a detailed listing of informative print and electronic publications relevant to standards and their implementation in areas of electrical engineering, electronics and computer technology. ... IEEE Standards Products Listing 22 . ... Power Electronics 41 . ...

PROLOGUE Computer networking is one of the amazing feats of engineering of the late 20th century. ... 3) Network News. ... Any user can read this news, and many users can post a news article to the closest participating computer, which in turn mails copies of the article to other computers. ... In the summer of 1992, the newsgroup <rec.music.compose> was proposed by Joshua Barinstein, as a forum for the discussion of all kinds of musical composition. ...

... Software requirements . ... SAOImage DS9 is an astronomical imaging and data visualization application used by SAS . ds9 latest stable version 4.12 works fine with SAS 7.1.0 . ... We recommend the installation of HEASOFT version 6.0 (HEADAS) or later, since SAS 7.1.0 was built with that version (except for Mac OS X where version 5.3 was used). ... To work with this release of SAS on any Mac OS X version, the X Windows software or X11 (a.k.a X11R6) for Mac Os X must be installed . ...

Computer Ephemeris . ... Content of the Computer Ephemeris is the same as content of Soviet Astronomical Almanac (Ezhegodnik), but fully original algorithms and computer methods of calculations were used. Your requests for Computer Ephemeris for years before 2014 and your comments on its contents please direct to the author charlie@mail.univ.kiev.ua . ... Keywords: Computer Ephemerides, Computer Ephemeris, Computer Almanac, Computer Calendar. ...

... Stellar Evolution . Nucleosynthesis in Stars . The Evolution of Star Clusters . JAVA Physics Lab . Alternative Energies Class . Steve Kevan's Physics 251 Class . ... Talk on Solid State Physics of CCD detectors . Talk on Cosmological Issues . ... Digital Spectra of Stars . NETexperts E-mail List . The Electronic Universe Project e-mail: nuts@moo.uoregon.edu ...

... Photos of the conference are available here . ... The current conference fee is 3000 Russian rubles for a participant and 1000 Russian rubles for an accompanying person or a young scientist. ... The Organizing Committee of CC-2010 has pleasure to invite students, PhD students and young researchers (under the age of 35 years) to participate in the School of Young Scientists. ... Conference ends on July 31 at 13:00 . See 2nd Announcement of the 8th Conference on Cryocrystals and Quantum Crystals . ...

... The MIDAS system is available, free of charge, to all non--profit research institutes, whereas other organisations or companies may be charged a nominal fee to cover distribution. Institutes interested in using MIDAS must sign a User Agreement before they receive MIDAS. The necessary forms can be obtained by contacting the Data Analysis Group at ESO/Munich. ... The current system at ESO/Munich is frozen several months prior to the official release. ...